THIEVES damaged windows as they broke into St Edmund's Church, in Shipston, on Saturday morning and made off with items of silverware.

Police searched CCTV records and a search further out of town found a blue plastic bag tucked under the back wheel arch of a car with some of the stolen items inside.

The recovered items have been sent for forensic work and Shipton police continue to work on CCTV footage in the town centre with the help of local shop owners.