We understand there was a break in at Cotton's bakery at Bitterne Park Triangle overnight (March 15/16).
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People said to be wearing hoods and gloves apparently forced open the front door, and also emptied a Marie Curie cancer charity box.
The intruders were also said to have "thrown things about within the shop".
A new lock has had to be fitted on the door following the break in.