VANDALS have razed to the ground a shed and greenhouse at the allotments on Madresfield Road, Malvern, less than a month after five other sheds were burned down.

The latest attack took place at about 1am on Saturday (January 1). All that is left of both buildings is a pile of ashes.

Shed owner Maureen Buckland said she was furious and was wondering if it was worth renewing her allotment lease.

"It's so mindless and really leaves a nasty taste in your mouth," she said. "I wish they could find something better to do with their time.

"The allotments are part of my life in a way and there are elderly people who spend their lives there. I'd love these youngsters to go up there and find out what it really means to people."

Mrs Buckland had removed all items of value and padlocked the shed after the previous attack on December 5.

"I don't know what else we can do," she said.

Arthur Kirby, who has had a greenhouse at the allotments for 20 years, said it had been subjected to repeated attacks.

Before Christmas, the door was kicked in, windows were slashed and it was set on fire.

However, Mr Kirby he said he would not be deterred.

"I just keep putting it back together and patching things up," he said. "You can't let them beat you, can you? If you don't do anything, they've won."

John Fletcher, allotments association secretary, said: "It's difficult to find anything more to be able to do about it.

"The only other thing that I've come up with is to have an allotment watch, but I don't really fancy turning out elderly allotment holders to keep watch in the middle of the night."