A NURSERY has appealed to its local community to be on the lookout for vandals who have consistently targeted their premises over the last year.
Linthaugh Nursery School in Crookston claims they have suffered from at least 10 separate acts of vandalism against their premises since Easter.
The vandals have set fire to items, used a playhouse to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, and broken several items during their regular rampages.
The nursery can’t estimate the cost of the damage but they are appealing to the community for help.
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Acting Team Leader Diane Girvan said: “Our appeal is for the local community to not let the vandals have the opportunity to do this.
“The nursery has been affected as the children are seeing all their hard work been destroyed. This makes us all feel very sad.”
The nursery has been in consultation with community police to tackle the issue.
Their appeal comes after we reported last December that a quarter of city schools and nurseries had been wrecked by vandals in just eight months.
A total of 58 attacks were recorded from March to December 2018 with some schools and nurseries targeted more than once.
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A Glasgow City Council said: “Any vandalism to property is upsetting but when it’s a nursery and young children being repeatedly targeted it seems callous and totally unnecessary.
“The staff are so disheartened each time this happens and are appealing to the local community to help them catch the mindless idiots who are causing such distress.”
A Police Scotland spokesman added: "Local Officers routinely patrol the area and engage with staff as appropriate.
"There have been no significant issues reported or identified at this time.
"However, we would always ask members of the public who see anyone acting suspiciously, or who have any information on crimes in their area to contact their local police station through 101."
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