A food bank has been left needing thousands of pounds worth of repairs after being wrecked by vandals days before Christmas.

Hundreds of pounds worth of food and necessities have also been left unusable after Coatbridge Community Foodbank was broken into on Wednesday.

The food bank's organisers say they are "heartbroken", with so many local families needing help at this time of year.

They have vowed to open the food bank as soon as possible and say it will be open as normal tomorrow.

In a post to its Facebook page, the group said: "It's with great sadness and devastation that our Coatbridge Community Foodbank was broken into last night and trashed.

"Coatbridge Foodbank at this time help so many families, particularly in the lead up to Christmas, we are heartbroken but will pull together as a team.

"At this moment the repairs are being estimated in to the thousands.

"Despite this the food bank will be open as normal tomorrow to insure nobody goes hungry at Christmas."