A 24-hour “grey guard” has been set up in a Telford estate after residents claimed they had been terrorised by yobs for weeks.

In the latest attack people living in Snedshill Way in St Georges woke up this morning to find the air had been let out of their tyres, leaving 14 cars out of action.

Householders said they had also had yoghurt pots and eggs thrown at their front doors and discovered flowers ripped up and strewn across gardens.

Now in a bid to stop the attacks residents, including pensioners, have decided to keep the 24-hour watch over their estate and will stay awake throughout the night – ready to call police if there are any problems.

Police today said they were also stepping up patrols to the area.

Pensioner Norman Lloyd said he would be keeping watch during the day after two of his car tyres were deflated.

“The trouble is we are old pensioners and there’s quite a few of us who are disabled,” he said.

“I suffer with Parkinson’s Disease and something like this does me no good. On Tuesday night I had one tyre let down but I didn’t notice and I drove off and damaged the tyre.”

Residents living in the street have also had to call out breakdown services after the vandals unscrewed the tyre valves, making it impossible for them to refill the tyres properly.

Stephen Cook, 47, said he would be joined by two other pensioners who would all take turns on the night shift keeping watch. He added: “I had to clean yoghurt off my front door recently at 6am and that’s not funny.

“These people think they can just go around terrorising people without thinking of the financial cost. We are really angry and some older people, who are also disabled, are very upset by it.”

Anne Lowe said she was fed up with the constant attacks after her husband, Alan, 59, had to abandon his car and pay for a taxi to work this morning.

Telford police spokesman Chris Ammonds said officers will now step up surveillance on estate and call in the Anti-Social Behaviour Team to monitor the situation.

Anyone with information on the attacks can contact police on 0300 3333000.

By Jason Lavan