Police are reminding residents with uPVC doors to lock them with a key.

Some people think that by lifting the handle and closing the door the lock is engaged, but unless the key is used too it can still be opened from the outside.

Officers spread the message after a significant increase in burglaries involving unlocked uPVC doors in recent weeks, reports Barking and Dagenham Post.

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