Heart-shaped island looks broken now

A heart-shaped island that became a lovers' favourite now looks like a perfect destination for the romantically desolate after two strips of forest were bulldozed - leaving scars that look like sticking plasters, Daily Mail has reported.

Lovers' Island - known locally by the more prosaic name of Galesnjak - is located in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of of Croatia.

The uninhabited island caused a stir several years ago when eagle-eyed Google Earth users realised that it looked like a clumsily scrawled heart.