The Ambleside Avenue area in Telscombe Cliffs has been plagued by teenage hooligans again this week, starting with the smashing of the bus shelter by a mini-moto rider who drove off across Chatsworth Park at 11.45pm on Monday evening.

Last night, another shelter at the top of Ambleside Avenue was targeted and a dog waste bin was pulled out of the ground, with bags of hazardous dog waste kicked around the grass and pavement, where up to 80 primary school-children cross the road in the morning and afternoon.

Gangs of up to 15 teenagers gather in the small children's park in Ambleside Avenue in the evenings - surely a community police officer needs to be talking to these children and their parents to prevent further acts of vandalism?

-Paula Woolven, Telscombe Cliffs