Following the piece in your paper on antisocial behaviour in the Tally Ho area (Youths make our lives misery', April 5), I would like to point out that the problems are complex and involve several issues, including parking hours, licensing and town centre planning.

It requires council departments to work together with the police, councillors and residents - something I hope the Community Protection Group will achieve for residents in Stanhope Road.

Labour councillors have been advocating this approach for some time.

Councillor Anne Hutton Woodhouse ward, Labour