Police are investigating after thieves targeted a container in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Criminals stole a bike and other equipment from Prudhoe Waterworld.

A spokesman for Northumbria Police said: “At 2.15am on Wednesday we were alerted to a suspected theft at Waterworld, on Front Street, Prudhoe.

“Officers attended and found a container unit had been broken into with an offender having stolen a bike, a number of bike locks and a repair kit."

Anyone with information should use the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of the police website or call 101.