Urinating yobs who broke into a Darlington school and graffitied on walls are among the incidents that led to a bid for new security fences.

Wyvern Academy is set to put up 63 metres of 2.4m high anti-climb mesh fencing following a string of trespassing incidents and break-ins.

Durham Police confirmed there had been eight incidents reported by the Eggleston View secondary school this year alone.

In February, youths clambered onto the school roof and damaged a wooden board, and later that month, one person launched a large rock at a window and smashed it.

In March, two youths reportedly broke-in, graffitied on the walls, and urinated on the school site.

In another two incidents that same month, a gang broke the locks on a door and damaged roof cladding after climbing on the top of the

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