A FIRE at behind WH Smith on New Street, believed to be caused by arson is, destroyed more than £9,000 worth of items.

The incident which took place at around 2.30am on Thursday, September 24 was started when a large amount of newspapers were set on fire.

Wiltshire Fire and Rescue attended the scene and extinguished the fire in which nobody was injured.

PC Luke Taylor said: "We have carried out extensive CCTV enquiries and are now asking for anyone who was in the area and may have seen anything suspicious to call us."

Anyone with information is asked to call PC Taylor at Amesbury police station on 101.