POLICE are warning antique dealers to look out for dozens of valuable china figures, stolen from a New Forest home over Christmas.

Burglars broke into a 72-year-old woman's house in Bellmore Lane, Lymington, before the new year, and took property worth about £15,000, including the old collection of 30 Royal Doulton figures.

Police said they also stole silver, jewellery and a set of Jersey spoons. If offered such items in suspicious circumstances, contact Lymington CID on 0845 045 4545.