SEVERAL vehicles were damaged after a van was set on fire in a village near Ludlow in the early hours of this morning.

Fire crews from Leominster and Tenbury helped Shropshire crews extinguish the blaze in Woofferton at around 1.40am.

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said a Citroen van was set on fire and damaged the trailer alongside it, as well as a Land Rover Discovery and a Renault Kangoo.

There were no reported injuries but it is being treated as arson and witnesses are urged to call police on 101.