A van driver was nearly run over as he tried to stop a thief stealing his vehicle in Leamington. Mark Pavier, from the gardening company Ground Control, saw the offender stealing his van and did his best to stop them. But they got away with the vehicle, which contained lots of gardening tools. The incident happened near Screwfix in Leamington at about 12pm today (Friday). Anyone with any information should contact Warwickshire Police on 101.