A GROUP of Delabole children were left broken-hearted after the pumpkins they had been growing from seed were stolen from the pre-school allotment.

The Delabole Mini Minors Preschool Play Group has an allotment in the village playing fields where they grow lots of vegetables, including, at this time of year, pumpkins.

Preschool leader Linda Hammond said: "We went down on the Friday and the children were looking at them. There were enough pumpkins for all the children to have one.

"We had been growing them and watering them all summer but when we went down there to our allotment on Monday morning they had all gone."

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