Quick-thinking by a group of children led to prompt action to stop a wildfire from spreading to a nearby church when it broke out in a village field on Sunday.

Twelve-year-old Andrew Neller rushed to raise the alarm when he, his brother, sister and a friend spotted smoke from the fire off Church Lane, Southwater.

Andrew dashed back to his home in nearby Ash Road and told his mum: “I think something bad is happening.”