PhD student's appeal over laptop

A PhD student says he wants anyone who may know the whereabouts of his stolen laptop - containing two years of research - to come forward.

Thieves broke into Issam Hussain's shared house on Robey Street in Lincoln overnight on Wednesday taking the laptop as well as several passports.

The computer contained Mr Hussain's work into stem cell research and he said he was desperate to get it back.

Lincolnshire Police have urged anyone with information to contact them.

Mr Hussain, a student at the University of Lincoln, added: "The work is very, very important for me and very important for my university and England as well because this research is new, it's new stem cell research."