THIEVES stole equipment and other items from the back of an ambulance at a North Yorkshire hospital.

Police were called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to Harrogate District Hospital at about 6.20am on Wednesday.

A spokesman said the ambulance had been parked outside of the hospital while staff took a patient inside, and items were stolen from the vehicle including a green bag and respirator, a helmet, high visibility clothing and a green medical bag.

Anyone with any information should phone 101 and quote reference number 12160072602.