A section of green space in Biddulph has been damaged only a few weeks after repairs were completed using funding secured by votes from local residents.

We reported last month how Severn Trent Water had allocated a total of £250,000 to help local communities improve nature and carbon neutral initiatives in their towns - and Biddulph was in the running for a share.

Funding was available for towns that received enough votes, and Biddulph Town Council announced that it had been shortlisted for a grant to improve the area of green space between Halls Road and Briarswood.

Nub News then campaigned for residents to vote for Biddulph to give the area the best chance of receiving the funding necessary for the place to be spruced up.

And thanks to your votes, that funding was granted to improve the area, allowing repairs to the steps and handrails to be carried out.

Unfortunately however, the same area that had just been repaired has now been damaged again, less than five weeks after it was announced that the repairs had been completed.

As you can see from the pictures, the wooden railings along the pathway and the bridge have been damaged.

Derek Stubbs, Secretary of the Briarswood Residents' Association, said: "The damage that has been caused to the bridge area is a smack in the mouth after the council has just spent money on repairs to this area. The person or persons who have done this should be ashamed."