It is early evening on Bradford's notorious Holme Wood estate - and it feels like the frontline of a battlefield.

The streets echo with the whine of revving mopeds and the screech of teenage yobs hurling foul-mouthed threats.

Balaclava-clad gangs tear through the roads on scooters, pulling reckless wheelies and shouting abuse at terrified passers-by.

Others - barely in their teens with acne-pocked faces - loiter on corners with hammers in hand and pockets full of eggs, ready to smash car windows or pelt shops just for the thrill of it.

What was once a tight-knit, working-class community has become a lawless wasteland - where decent families say they've been left to fend for themselves against a new wave of 'wannabe gangsters'.