Nursery school and play centre staff are livid after bogus callers stole almost £500 it had raised for charity.

Staff and youngsters at Childsplay Adventureland play centre, in Clarendon Way, Colchester, had raised £490 for Children in Need.

But the cash was handed over to a man and a woman who called at the centre, claiming to be from Children in Need and showed fake ID.

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