VANDALS attacked a minibus parked in a Worcester street used for school trips and other activities twice within a 48-hour period over the weekend.

Glass from a wing mirror of the 16-seater Ford Transit minibus parked in Acacia Close, off Brickfields Road, was stolen between the evening of Friday, September 26 and 5.15am the following morning.

They struck again some time between Sunday night and Monday morning, stealing a two foot black bakelite strip from the side of the vehicle.

It’s owner, who asked not to be named, said he had been forced to pay £52 for the wing mirror and £58 for the plastic strip out of his own pocket so he could get it back on the road as quickly as possible.

Anyone with any information can call police on 101 quoting incident number 193-s-290914.