A council has pleaded with vandals to 'please stop' after a string of mindless acts of vandalism across play areas used by children and families.
North Lanarkshire council is calling on communities to help combat the rise in recent incidents which have taken place across Kilsyth, Cumbernauld, Motherwell, Airdrie, Harthill, Coatbridge and Birkenshaw.
Earlier this year, residents were devastated after wooden statues, at a park that had just opened last November, were defaced.
