YOUNG thugs are making life miserable for a lot of law-abiding people according to several reports in the Evening News.

Churchyards and young children's play areas are targets for these thugs. There are always people being sentenced to hours of Community Service, so why not use them to tidy up children's playgrounds and churchyards every week?

I think that after a while, the people tidying these places would come to take a pride in their work, or get fed up with cleaning up after other thugs - and may even start protecting "their patches".

F E HOOPER,

Malvern,

Worcestershire.