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Pumpkin artist Adele Richards with her Chronicle pumpkin

HERE’S a cracking Chronicle Halloween scoop!

Coppice super-scooper Adele Richards takes days off work to fulfil a long list of Halloween pumpkin orders — on average around 70 a year, raising hundreds of pounds for charity in the process.

This year she has literally hit the headlines - by creating a Chronicle pumpkin!

This year house renovations have seen her scale down her efforts, so only30 orders have been taken ranging from Bambi to Batman, but with an overwhelming demand for Minion-inspired Jack o’Lanterns.

“It all started when I did a Blackpool Tower pumpkin for a neighbour who moved to Blackpool. People saw it and asked if I could do them one...”