More than £155k donated to sabotaged Harlow allotment

Celebrities and members of the nationalist person donated much than £155k to a foundation inaugural aft its allotment was sabotaged.

She said she was "heartbroken" to find the ungraded covered successful brackish connected Saturday.

Messages of enactment included 1 from shot pundit Gary Lineker who tweeted: "Why would you ever bash thing similar that?"

The erstwhile footballer's sanction was subsequently listed successful the apical donations connected her fundraising page.

Entrepreneur and BBC Dragon, Steven Bartlett donated £2,000 and told the BBC helium was "so moved by her story".

The allotment provides caller effect and vegetables to radical connected benefits, low-income earners and pensioners.

The mother-of-three has supplied much than 1,600 radical with nutrient parcels since September, done a substance of crops grown successful her plot and donations.

The harm took spot aft section disadvantaged children had planted a caller crop.

Ms Burd posted an affectional video astir the incidental connected TikTok, which was watched much than 900,000 times successful a day.

In it she said the sabotage would not halt her but she was "just precise heartbroken astatine the moment".

"You won't halt maine due to the fact that I'll conscionable prime it each up and transportation on... you won't halt maine whatsoever," she said.