SCHOOL holiday high spirits have hit a new low across the Fylde - with old people terrorised, arson attacks and wanton vandalism.

Police say parents need to keep a closer watch on their youngsters' activities - more than £30,000 worth of damage was done on the Fylde Coast in three days alone.

Det Sgt Kevan Turner said: "During the past ten days it's been very evident that the schools are on holiday - there's been a lot of wanton damage.

"We're urging parents to keep tighter control of their children, we appreciate that you can't be with them 24 hours a day, but we urge them to know where their children are, to have them home at a reasonable time and if they see juveniles committing damage or terrorising elderly people to get in touch with the police."

Two special police operations, codenamed Aslan and Arrival, are currently under way to combat crime and disorder, including juvenile nuisance.

Since teachers rang the bell for the Easter holidays, school-age youngsters have:

thrown bricks through the windows of two pensioners' flats in Grange Park, pelted golf balls through 18 windows of Heyhouses Junior School, St Annes, and broken its TV aerials - damage: £1,700

tried to set fire to Grange Park Junior School - damage: £100 - and broken concrete fencing at Bispham flats for people with learning difficulties - damage: £500

rampaged through a St Annes metal scrapyard, breaking windows and denting cars and shoved each other into a Mitsubishi Space Wagon near Revoe Junior School, buckling panels - total damage: £700

A girl and boy in their mid-teens got so drunk they fell through a card shop window in The Crescent, St Annes, and seven young drunks were found by police in Grasmere Road. Their alcohol was seized and warnings dealt.

Anyone who can help with any of these incidents should call police on 293933 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

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