A model Christ has been snatched from a church crib, police said.

*UPDATE: BABY JESUS HAS NOW BEEN RETURNED*

Officers said the baby Jesus had been taken from a straw-filled wooden crib outside St Mary's Church, Witney, overnight.

Writing on social media, officers from Thames Valley Police's west Oxfordshire division asked: "Please keep your eyes peeled."

They finished the post with a hashtag ‘Happy Christmas’.

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