Vandals hit reserve for second time in a week

Vandals have struck at a nature reserve in East Yorkshire for the second time in a week, a council has said.

Volunteers planted 400 trees at Howden Marsh on 9 February, but some had been ripped out of the ground within 24 hours of planting.

Howden Town Council said there had been "further vandalism" at the site on Monday with the "surrounds protecting the new trees ripped up out the ground again and thrown about the nature reserve".

A spokesperson said Humberside Police had "stepped up patrols" around the area and they urged anyone with information to contact the force.

In a statement posted on social media, the local authority said: "The work to plant all these trees, and the work to repair and replace after the vandalism, is all done by volunteers and this is not acceptable."

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