Jewellery worth more than £10,000 was stolen from a home on the Suffolk/Essex border.

Detectives are appealing for information after a house in Ashen Road, Clare, was broken into.

Thieves broke into the property whilst the occupants were on holiday between 12am on October 18 and 2pm on October 26.

The thieves fled, stealing various items of jewellery worth more than £10,000.

Anybody who saw any suspicious vehicles or people in the area are asked to contact Dc Melanie Burns at Braintree CID on Essex Police 101.

Alternatively contact the independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or through their anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

No personal details are taken, information cannot be traced or recorded and you will not go to court.