POLICE are investigating after vandals ran amok in a former pit village's graveyard.
Flowers and wreaths have been ripped up and urns overturned at Langley Park Cemetery, near Durham City.
A police spokesman said: "We have received two complaints in the last few days concerning flowers and urns being disturbed and scattered.
"We are going to pay close attention to the graveyard. In the meantime we would urge anyone who thinks they know who might have been responsible to contact us.
"It has all the hallmarks of local youths mucking about, and we would urge them to stop because it is upsetting for the relatives of people buried in the graveyard."
Anyone with information is urged to ring Consett police station on (01207) 504204.
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