A delivery firm has apologised to a bride-to-be whose wedding dress was stolen

A delivery firm has apologised to a bride-to-be whose wedding dress was stolen after a bungling courier dumped it on her doorstep.

Reverend Jan Atkins, 67, bought the £275 gown online and arranged to have it delivered to her home by couriers Yodel.

But she received a text to say it had been dropped off when no-one was around - before it was swiped by "rotten" thieves.

Jan said: "I got a text from Yodel at about a quarter past three - when I was out at bowls and then I went to Cambridge to see my partner's daughter."