Vandals set fire in Hartlepool park

Emergency services were called to the play area in Burn Valley Gardens where a slide was well alight at around 7.30pm last night.

A spokesman for Hartlepool Neighbourhood Police Team said a group of youths, both male and female, aged 13 and 14-years-old, were seen making off from the area.

They said: "This is an act of mindless vandalism and will not be tolerated."

Fire crews said they attended the incident and the fire was quickly extinguished.

Police investigations are ongoing and anyone with information should ring 101 or call crimestoppers anonymously on 0800555111 and quote reference number CVP-18-075933.