THREE men have been charged with theft after scaffolding was stolen from a building site in Wordsley in the early hours of Thursday (June 24).

Police arrested the men in Kingswinford following the incident at the old Wordsley Hospital site on Kirkpatrick Drive at around quarter past midnight on June 23.

Three men, aged 20, 24 and 24, were arrested nearby on suspicion of theft. All three have been charged, and one of the 24-year-old's was also charged with dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

All three men have been bailed to appear at Dudley Magistrates Court on July 1.