POLICE are appealing for witnesses after money was stolen from a telephone box on Colburn Lane, in Colburn, at about 11am on Wednesday.

A vehicle, a silver Ford transit van with a wide amber light across the rear of the roof and the registration number YG09 VXS, was seen at the time of the theft.

The two suspects are described as white males, the first in his early twenties, of scruffy appearance and wearing a dark top and trousers.

The second man is about 5ft 10in tall, in his early twenties, clean shaven and wearing a grey T-shirt and black trousers.

Anyone with information should call North Yorkshire Police on 0845-60-60-247, quoting reference number 110520110136.