ABERGAVENNY Fire Brigade put out a blaze in Bailey Park on Monday evening when the hedge surrounding the bowling green was set on fire.

As well as destroying part of the hedge the fire also damaged part of the green. Youngsters are thought to be responsible and they are also accused of taking up the boards which surround the piste used by Abergavenny Petanque Club.

A resident said: "The children who were there at the time were aged around 12 and you wonder whether parents know where their children are and what they're getting up to.

"In our youth we'd never think of doing things like that." She said the fire started just after 8pm.

Last week Abergavenny Town Council agreed to pay £8,000 for a new metal fence around Bailey Park Bowls Club in an effort to stop vandals setting fire to the hedge