AT 8.00 AM THIS MORNING I RECIEVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY PARTNER SAYING SAYING SKY NEWS HAD REPORTED A PIGEON LOFT IN THE BISHOP AUCKLAND AREA HAD BEEN BURNT TO THE GROUND WITH 140 BIRDS BEING DESTROYED,AFTER MAKING A PHONE CALL I LEARNT THAT THE LOFTS OF MR-MRS WALTON OF BISHOP AUCKLAND . JEFF AND DENISE ARE ONE OF THE TOP LOFTS IN THE WDA BEING HIGHEST PRIZE WINNER IN WEST DURHAM FED FOR THE PAST 2 SEASONS.I PHONED JEFF TO EXPRESS MY SORROW OF THIS TRAGEDY AND TO SAY IFF ANY HELP I COULD DO BY ORGANISEING A LOFT OF FUND RAISING SALE.OBVIOUSLY JEFF IS DEVETATED AND SAID HE IS FINISHED.WHO WOULD DO SUCH A COWARDLY ACT BY SETTING FIRE TO SOME ONES LIVE STOCK AND LIVELY HOOD.THE LOFTS WERE SET A LIGHT APPROX 11PM ON TUESDAY NIGHT ANY BODY WHO MAY HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT BISHOP AUCKLAND POLICE.ONCE AGAIN JEFF AND DENISE OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU.