A LARGE amount of cash has been stolen from a popular hotel and restaurant in Dalton.

Police are investigating a burglary which took place at Clarence House Hotel in Skelgate.

The crime is believed to have taken place in the early hours of Monday August 15.

A police spokesman told the Evening Mail that £2,600 in cash had been taken.

Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around the hotel in the early hours is asked to contact police on 101, asking for PC Hill.

Alternatively information may be left anonymously with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.