A CHILDREN’S play area in Grimethorpe has been ruined after it was set alight by vandals.

Grimethorpe Park’s climbing frame - which was installed just 12 months ago by Barnsley Council - will be removed next week and will not be replaced after louts struck at around midnight last Friday.

A spokesman from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue confirmed the incident was treated as a deliberate act and told the Chronicle that an on-fire wheelie bin was placed underneath the play equipment.

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