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I'd like to say a massive thank you for all your support. Having thrown a majority of 16 years into restoring this garden, it can be pretty soul destroying when we get this sort of damage. Luckily. it's few and far between but it does happen. Slowly, we're starting to get things back to...

We're council funded mate. I try to keep out of such matters but i think we have a budget for buildings and other infrastructure etc. Thank you for concern though, it is appreciated.

I've contacted the appropriate contractors, they've been and looked at it, just got to wait now. Will be chasing them up on monday if nothing's done.

I agree mate but if there's a large group of youths sitting on the bank in the rockery for example and the OB have a walk though, what can they do if the youths aren't doing anything? The moment the OB leave the garden, the yobs can start. Unless they are actually caught in the act or witnessed...

CCTV is a real tricky subject. For a start, there's the "invasion of privacy" bit.....yeah i know but people will complain. We'd also have to think about where the cameras can go without them being vandalised. The cameras would have to be wireless for obvious reasons and how many cameras...

As frustrating as it is, i can't call 999 on a monday for something that happened over the past weekend and as soul destroying as it is, there are far more serious crimes going on out there that the police should be attending. People can only be prosecuted for the crimes if they're caught doing...

You're a star Gray.....as usual

No mate.....we've had travellers in the park on many occasions and they've always been as good as gold. This is a group of bored yobs that are either local or down from the smoke by train (as we've had on previous occasions)

As garden manager in the Rockery, let me explain a bit more about the incidents over the past week or so. Firstly, i've looked after the garden for over 16 years now. In that time, i don't think i've ever seen such systematic criminal damage as i have this week. It all started last thursday...