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    1. [ENG-LIV] Flaybrick Hill cemetery - Two arrested after 100 gravestones vandalised
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    3. >From the Liverpool Echo: "Two teenagers were arrested after more than 100 headstones and memorials were allegedly damaged by a gang of youths at a Wirral cemetery. "Merseyside police launched an investigation after receiving complaints there had been criminal damage to graves at Flaybrick Hill cemetery now known as Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, on Tollemache Road, Claughton. "Officers were called to the scene at around 11am last Friday morning to a report that more than 100 headstones and memorials had been damaged. "It is believed a gang of youths carried out the heartless crime the evening before. "As a result of police enquiries, two teenagers aged 15 years and 13 years from the local area were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.... "Anyone with information is asked to call officers in Birkenhead on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111." The full article can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/q7y7em5

    06/05/2014 03:57:20