Residents in a Nottinghamshire village say people on off-road bikes doing wheelies and loudly riding around are becoming a "real pain". Police say there have been multiple reports of off-road bikes causing problems in and around Cotgrave, as well as in Screveton and Flintham.
Police say they have been targeting footpaths and areas of private farmland where they do not have permission to ride. As part of their crackdown on the anti-social behaviour, police seized an off-road bike and another person was summoned to court for trying to obstruct them.
Maureen Bell, 69, who lives in Cotgrave, said: "I hear them quite a lot as they are very noisy. They usually go in the fields but sometimes I've seen them on the road, it's usually at the top end of the village. You hear them throughout the day. I don't think they are supposed to be on the roads so it's good police are trying to get on top of it, you have quite a lot of children around here. I've seen them doing wheelies as well which can't be safe."
