WORK is expected to start within the next few months to install closed-circuit TV cameras in Broadway village centre.

The move comes after almost two years of wrangling over the shape of the cameras and where they should be sited.

The delay, following a dispute between the local council and English Heritage, has meant that fewer cameras than originally planned will now be installed.

But villagers are just relieved that the introduction of the cameras, which they hope will help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, is going ahead.

' At a meeting this month Wychavon District councillors agreed to finally install the cameras in the next five months.

Broadway parish clerk Eddie Vickers said: "This is excellent news for the village and will provide further support alongside other measures recently introduced by the police to help fight crime and vandalism in the village. We expect these state of the art cameras, which will monitor the village 24/7, to be fully operational by early autumn."

Administration and finance officer Nigel Jancey from Wychavon District Council said: "The cameras with dual heads with one side providing light and the other side with a camera will be installed in Broadway in September or October providing security to residents and traders in the village.

He added: "I don't have an exact date as to when the CCTV cameras would be installed but we are looking at having them put up by late September, October.

"We are working with our contractors, British Telecom and it depends upon their time limit as they have to put in links wiring the cameras into action."