A BEAUTIFUL stained glass church window dedicated to Queen Victoria has been smashed by thieves - for the second time in four months.

It cost £2,000 to restore and replace a section of the 125-year-old window at St Mary’s Church in the town centre after the church was broken into back in July.

A brick was thrown through the glass destroying one panel which had to be carefully reconstructed and hand-painted by an expert.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle