A primary school has bounced back after raiders stole food put aside for the the children of key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gosfield School, near Braintree, Essex says it has been "overwhelmed" with support after thieves broke in on Friday and took four commercial-sized freezers of food, dry food and all the chilled food from the fridges.
The theft was discovered on Mother's Day by a senior member of staff who had gone to collect a minibus to do the school run on Monday.
Registrar Caro Daniels told the PA news agency: "They took about £6,000 worth of food. All of the dry goods, even the catering equipment, things like clingfilm, plastic rubber gloves, literally everything they could get their hands on." Staff had to call the