Vandals have smashed their way into a scout hall causing more than £10,000 in damage.

Toilets, kitchen equipment, meeting rooms and priceless photographs were all ruined at Longfield and Hartley scout headquarters after the mindless break-in.

Yobs smashed their way through the building’s front door, threw cans of paint all over the hall, and even unplugged a freezer containing food for the scouts’ camping trips.

Acting group scout leader, Stuart Knowles, estimated it would cost at least £10,000 to repair the hall, in Larkwell Lane, Hartley.

He said: "This is very disappointing, but the one silver lining is that it has come at the end of the scouting year and we will be back in business by September."

If you can help the group with the clean-up, electrcials, plumbing and decorating email stuart.knowless@homecall.co.uk