A PICNIC bench at a popular Island beauty spot has been found destroyed just days after exercise restrictions were relaxed by the Government.

A County Press reader has sent in a photo of a picnic bench in Firestone Copse, near Havenstreet, which he fears had been wrecked by vandals.

The CP reader said: "This is mindless vandalism by someone out to spoil people's pleasure at this time, why do it?

"It is beyond me, I am a frequent dog walker at the Copse and I have also noticed the increase of litter around the forest.

"Please do not spoil this beautiful woods, it is always filled with bird songs, the chance to see Red Squirrels and Buzzards."