IT came as no surprise, on Monday, when Warndon residents warned police that, if the law didn't deal with yobs plaguing their streets, residents would.

The threat, we're sure, will have echoed around the large parts of the Faithful City which have faced similar misery.

So today's news that two top Worcester officers are to hold talks with the Government's advisor on fighting yob culture will be of particular interest.

Louise Casey will explain how the West Mercia force will be able to make the most of Government legislation to tackle so-called neighbours-from-hell, abuse of air weapons, graffiti and unruly children. In turn, she wants to hear what they're doing on the front-line.

Worcester MP Mike Foster says it will be a "unique opportunity". That may be the case, but we can't help feeling a greater one has been missed.

Local councils already have the power to tackle the issue of noisy neighbours themselves.

But we see precious little evidence of Guildhall doing as much as they could - and should - to make lives in pockets of the city tolerable.

With a fresh new mandate provided by the electorate, the time was right for a cross-party group of city councillors to join the London talks - with a couple of residents whose lives have been blighted both by yob culture and society's inability to act.

Each of those groups need to hear what the other has to say, to understand where the concerns, the difficulties and challenges lie.

Unless there's concerted, co-ordinated action, the only people who'll be laughing are the yobs themselves.