Charity van delivering meals from food bank stolen and stripped of its engine by thieves

Steve Clay, the chief executive of Cambridge City Foodbank, next to the stolen van - (Cambridge City Foodbank)

Thieves have stolen a charity van from a food bank and stripped it for parts and removed its engine.

Cambridge City Foodbank discovered that the vehicle had been taken from outside its warehouse unit on Tuesday night, leaving them without the means to transport donations and food parcels.