THIEVES have been busy in York. Keys for a car, which was later stolen, were taken when a house was broken into in Towton Avenue.

Police said the incident happened on Tuesday night. The missing car was a Vauxhall Vectra with the registration number Y967 OTM.

Yesterday afternoon, a black handbag and its contents were stolen from a house in Lower Ebor Street.

The thieves broke in through a window just after 3.30pm.

Another handbag was stolen yesterday when thieves broke into a house in Corlett Court.

A pair of 3ft chimney pots were stolen from a garden in Grosvenor Terrace on Tuesday night.

Updated: 12:01 Thursday, July 10, 2003