Blyton Rock! Gang Warfare Hits Toytown!

Residents of the sleepy village of Toytown were today reeling as two rival gangs took to the streets. The Sensational Seventeen refused to move on from territory The Fabulous Fifteen had earmarked for their treehouse and said they’d already instigated the erection of a rope slide on the same site.

Local policeman PC Clod spoke to our reporter at the scene. “The villagers have been getting nervous for a few months now, the instances of empty ginger beer bottles left lying around has increased twofold to er … two - and the kids are hyper due to the amount of pop being consumed.”

County councillor Justin Timeforbed said they were investigating ways to tackle the juvenile aggravation, adding that many of the teenagers involved came from single parent families and that it was extremely rare to find a male role figure in their lives. In fact, many of them had been known to run away to camp in the hills or on the tiny islands in the river that ran through the county, returning only when they‘d found some hidden treasure or a runaway parrot.

The gangs themselves were unrepentant. Geraldine Keirin, the transexual cyclist now known as Gerry, said: “I say, it’s a jolly bad show when all you’re trying to do is establish a rave base for your chums.”