Giant pumpkins stolen from Sonning Common

Every year David Young spends months growing large pumpkins to help raise money for the Royal British Legion, but on Wednesday two were stolen from his driveway in Sonning Common, near Reading.

David is a very keen gardener and spends hours every day tending to his vegetables and plants.

The biggest pumpkin was thought to weigh up to 60 kilos and was difficult to lift. Now there's just an empty patch where it grew.

David was planning to use the biggest pumpkin as a raffle prize or to auction it off at an event on Remembrance Sunday to raise money for the poppy appeal - a charity he has been involved with for 30 years.

He says the pumpkin was around twice the size of a dustbin lid. He's not been deterred - he plans to grow an even bigger one next year.