POLICE broke up a group of 50 kids in Horwich causing trouble - and had to take two drunk teenagers back to their homes. 

A strong warning was sent out to parents asking if they "knew where their child was", saying they could be fined.

A police spokesman said: "As well as spending time taking these kids home there’s quite a bit of paperwork involved for the officers.

"Let’s not forget no-one should be out and about unless they have a specific reason defined under the coronavirus exceptions. Your kids should be at home."

Police have now sought to reassure that anti-social behaviour is only coming from a small minority of children and youths.

A neighbourhood spokesman said: "A thank you to the majority of young people out there.

"Last night we posted about some of the groups of kids that we came across throughout the evening.

"We realise that when we put these posts out that it may come across that we our demonising our young. This is not the case.

"We know that 99.9 per cent of our young people are at home with their loved ones and not out causing problems for their community.

"It's just a small minority of children that are out causing a nuisance, involved in anti-social behaviour and making the lives of local residents a misery."