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so the situation with newington is as follows.
The light box has a padlock on and the timing for the lights is screwed. However you can gain access via the side hatch and reach into the box to flick the main switch. It's a bit of a squeeze but is do-able.
A really nice lady who works for the council came around yesturday to chat about the incident with the kids. She has connections with the council and can get them to sort the timing out on the lights if we want. We said leave it for the time being as we can still do the lights manually but if another lock appears then we have a lead to follow.
Regarding the trouble with the kids. She said to first call the police (they have a local patrol so should be really quick to respond) then to contact her if anything happens again. Try and get a description of some kind of the group. She patrols the area (with a few other people and police back-up if needed) talking to any groups of kids they meet so is likely to have contact with them before.