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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Sam Hall

Vandalised church hides graffiti with plants to host wedding

Graffiti daubed on gravestones at St James Church in Leyland, near Preston (Paul Wharton-Hardman/PA) - (PA Media)

A church that was vandalised on Good Friday has been forced to hide obscene graffiti with plants as it hosts a wedding over the Easter weekend.

Lewd images and offensive phrases were daubed on the walls of St James Church in Leyland, near Preston, as well as on dozens of gravestones.

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