VOLUNTEERS of a community woodland, planted with the help of hundreds of Andover schoolchildren, have spoken of their “heartbreak” after vandals left a trail of destruction following a drink fuelled party.

Supporters of Andover Trees United say the “thoughtless” group littered broken bottles, ripped up dozens of sapling stakes and used wooden seats to set a large fire at their site in Harmony Woods, Enham Alamein.

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