THIEVES stole 400 litres of diesel from a lorry parked at South Milford in the early hours of yesterday.

The red and white DAF lorry was parked in the north-bound lay-by of the old A1, at the Selby Fork Motel, South Milford.

The driver, who had pulled into the lay-by to sleep at 8.30pm on Tuesday, woke at 3.30am to find his fuel tank had been emptied.