Thieves have used a JCB digger to steal a cash machine from a Lancashire supermarket, police have said. The "ram-raid burglary" happened shortly before 03:00 GMT on Friday at a Co-op in Longridge, Lancashire Police said.

Watch the shocking aftermath after ram-raiders smashed through a wall with a JCB digger and drove off with a cash machine.

Police have launched an appeal after a cash machine was stolen from a Longridge Co-op store, in a ram-raid burglary. At around 3am today (March 14), a JCB digger drove into a Co-op store in Berry Lane.

This is the scene of destruction left behind after a shop was ram-raided in Longridge. Dramatic images show the aftermath of the incident overnight, which happened at the Co-op store on Berry Lane. Extensive damage has been caused to the front of the building,