A nursery in Preston city centre has seen its roof trashed by vandals.

Broken tiles litter the roof of Stoneygate Nursery – behind Preston Minster.

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PCSO Ross from Preston Police has issued an appeal to trace those responsible.

He said: “We’ve had multiple reports over the last few days about groups of youths climbing on the roof of Stoneygate Nursery and damaging the roof.

“A group of youths has been ripping off roof tiles and throwing them down, usually around 9pm in the evening.

“As you can see from the images there has been some substantial damage done to the roof which has had to be repaired and paid for by the nursery.”

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Police have stepped up patrols in the area to deal with the problem.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting log reference LC-20170704-1293.