A postbox has been painted gold following Kent's Lizzy Yarnold's win at the Winter Olympics.

Vandals struck overnight in Hever Road in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks - the skeleton champion's home town.

It comes after Royal Mail said it had no plans to decorate postboxes for Sochi winners - like it did for gold medallists at London 2012.

It said it will instead look into other ways of honouring Yarnold, a former Maidstone Grammar School for Girls' pupil.

This could include creating a special postmark to recognise the achievements of top athletes.

But a Twitter campaign #paintitgoldforlizzy is hoping to force the organisation into a U-turn.

The 25-year-old, from West Kingsdown, has shown her appreciation by adding the hashtag to her Twitter profile.