LIGHTS which were stolen from one of the Christmas trees on the roundabout at Yelverton have been returned ... in the shape of a heart!

Parish councils were left downcast last week when their festive lights were taken and made an appeal for information through the Times.

Chairman of Buckland Monachorum Parish Council, which includes Yelverton, Ric Cheadle, said the councillors had been talking about what a 'heartless' thing to do in the festive season.

'Amazingly the lights were returned a short time after in the shape of a heart so maybe someone had a conscience after all.'