Lloyds Bank cash machine ripped from Cleobury Mortimer wall Published duration 21 December 2015

image copyright Sam Howells image caption The cash machine was taken from Lloyds Bank in High Street, Cleobury Mortimer

Thieves have ripped a cash machine from the wall of a bank in Shropshire overnight.

It was taken from Lloyds Bank in High Street, Cleobury Mortimer, during the early hours.

A JCB was thought to have been used in the incident as one was found abandoned nearby.

An eyewitness said he saw what he described as a "cherry picker" being driven by a masked man and rang 999.

The vehicle was believed to have been reported stolen, a spokesman for West Mercia Police said.