Parts of Hadleigh are becoming a "war zone" with many residents frightened to venture out after dark, a councillor has claimed.

Godfrey Isaacs, a member of Hadleigh and Daws Heath area forum, said he felt safer walking the streets of New York than his home town.

He said: "There is a growing problem of youth nusiance particularly by John Burrows recreational ground."

Published Friday, June 6, 2003

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