POLICE are investigating a spate of burglaries and thefts in Winchester.

Cash and jewellery were stolen from a top floor flat in The Valley, Stanmore, between August 26 and 28.

Police are appealing for information on cold callers after a door was forced at a house in Chilbolton Avenue between August 24 and 28.

Meanwhile, a thief broke into a house in Andover Road, Weeke, on August 15 or 16.

There were also two thefts in Eversley Place, Stanmore, with a thief stealing garden tools from a shed between August 18 and 30.