Page Hall in ‘CHAOS’: Groups charge at each other with golf clubs as shocked kids watch
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Footage captured by a resident shows large groups of men shouting and then charging at each other with golf clubs and road signs on Wheldrake Road last night.
Police were called to the disorder at 7.52pm yesterday (Thursday, August 20) after a fight broke out between a group of men.Four men, aged 27, 27, 22 and 20 were detained on suspicion of assault and a fifth man, aged 45, has been arrested this morning (Friday, August 21) in connection with the incident.
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Hide AdThe resident, who has lived on the street for the last seven years, put her house up for sale due to the plethora of neighbourhood problems troubling the community – with as incidents of street fights and antisocial behaviour that have increased in recent months.
South Yorkshire Police have increased patrols in Page Hall with more officers on the street to combat the area’s persistent problems.
The woman witnessed the large scale disorder last night.
She said the area’s problem’s have ‘escalated’, with people playing loud music, fights in the street and gardens in the area infested with rats.
"It is just complete chaos.
"Your home should be somewhere where you come home from work and it's your little sanctuary where you can chill out, relax and enjoy – it’s not been that way unfortunately.
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Hide Ad"There have been ebbs and flows where you think 'oh it's not so bad, things are improving' and then recently it starts to build up again and you get all this going off.
"It is just heartbreaking really.
"It is effecting all of us, all of our health when you're only getting two or three hours of sleep a night then you've got to go to work and then you come home, you haven't got the energy.”
The woman hopes to sell her property and move out of the area ‘as soon as possible’.
She said she first noticed problems in Page Hall within her few months of living there, as she was plagued with fraudulent purchases, benefit claims and even a bailiff coming to her door to collect items she never purchased.
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Hide AdShe is now urging the local authority, police, landlords and community services to work together to combat the area’s issues.
"It is so difficult to solve problems because it has been left for so long, if it had been dealt with at the start in 2014 it wouldn't be so bad now.
"It is getting out of hand."
Neighbourhood policing sergeant, Ben Hall said: “We implemented a section 35 order in the area last night which will run it to the weekend.
"This is a preventative power, meaning that we can direct people to leave the area in order to prevent further disorder.“We already have a highly visible police presence in the Page Hall area, and will have additional resources deployed there over the next few days."