North Wales police threaten to ban people who call about bins and noisy kids

Decision to seek contact ban orders for people who repeatedly call about non-criminal matters is believed to be UK first

People who call to complain about their neighbours could face a contact ban for wasting police resources, a police force has said.

In a social media post on the weekend, North Wales police (NWP) said they had responded to four antisocial behaviour callouts in 24 hours for disputes such as “neighbours who don’t put their bins away or kids playing in the garden making too much noise during the day”.