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Police in Staffordshire are currently searching for a group of youths who broke into Crown Bank Allotments in Talke Pits, stealing the entire contents of 10 of the on-site sheds.

The garden shed is a simple storage solution for all households, however a lot of us end up keeping hidden treasures stored in our sheds that we sometimes forget about amongst the disorganisation in our shed or don't realise they're value.

After the recent spate of allotment thefts in Staffordshire we are now seeing the phenmoenon rear its ugly head in the London borough of Sutton.

Following St Jude's Storm that hit Britain last week it is safe to say we are fully set into Autumnal weather. Not unusually enough, we do not seem to be the only animals preparing for the cold weather ahead.

For generations men have retired to their shed to pot plants, repair lawnmowers and perhaps escape 'her indoors'. It is said that the shed to a man is like what a handbag is to a girl.

Shockingly approximately 100,000 dogs are taken into animal shelters every year in the UK. The majority of these animals are found wandering the streets however it has come to light that a significant number of stray and unwanted dogs are found in garden sheds.

Between the hours of 6pm Wednesday evening through to 7am last Thursday a numerous amount of shed break ins were reported to the Derbyshire police.

Last week it was recorded in the town of Southwold, Suffolk that a fire starting from a wooden shed ignited a fire that would spread to two nearby homes of two families and a nearby wooden garage complete with car inside.

As we are all adjusting to the darker nights and moving swiftly into the heart of winter, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate the safety of your property and valuables.