Police are investigating the theft of a bicycle from outside a leisure centre.

The road bike, worth £2,000, had been left padlocked to the bike rack outside Witham Leisure Centre in Spinks Lane when it was taken.

The suspect, seen in the area at the time, is described as a white man and wore a blue top and black bobble hat.

Witnesses to the theft, which happened at 8.30pm on Monday, April 13, can contact police at Braintree on 101.