GAZETTE & HERALD: CORSHAM police are appealing for witnesses to a burglary on Thursday January 20.

A large quantity of electrical and battery operated building and carpentry tools, worth almost £2,000 were stolen from Katherine Park development site on Park Lane.

Three thieves struck between 4.25pm and 4.40pm. The men are all described as being in their mid-twenties, one was white, one Asian and the third Afro-Caribbean.

They also took a bunch of car keys from a van belonging to the workmen.

A witness distracted the men when he saw them acting suspiciously and confronted them.

They raced off in a silver Renault Laguna, registration NV54 POU.

That evening the same three men and vehicle were sighted in connection with a burglary at Wootton Bassett.