Expensive bikes and an Xbox were among the items stolen during a spate of burglaries in a coastal town.

Police investigations are under way in connection with a series of break-ins that have seen sheds and a garage targeted at homes across Lowestoft.

Officers are seeking witnesses and are appealing for information after four incidents in recent days that have seen sheds and a garage in Oulton Broad, Lowestoft and Carlton Colville broken into.

At some time between 3.49am and 3.54am on Saturday, November 9, an unknown person used a wheelie bin at the back of a home on Gorleston Road to climb over the fence.

A lock was then forced off the shed and an attempt was made to remove a motorbike - however the steering lock on it prevented it from being stolen.

A pedal bike was stolen after a garden shed at a home on Staplehurst Close, Carlton Colville was broken into between 6.15pm on Thursday, November 7 and 6.55am on Saturday with a pedal bike stolen.

A garden shed at a home on Dell Road was targeted with a bright orange and black Van Wolf pedal bike and a D-lock stolen between 11pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday, November 10.

Burglars also forced open a garage on Victoria Road with a Carrera Hustle mountain bike and an Xbox stolen at sometime overnight between 11pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday.

If you have any information about these burglaries, please contact Suffolk police quoting the crime reference numbers respectively 37/63816/24, 37/63955/24, 37/64072/24 or 37/64093/24 via 101.