FIVE youths have been interviewed by police in connection with a brawl outside a Bolton high school in which bus windows were smashed with stones.

Violence flared outside Sharples School on Friday, September 17.

School children were showered in glass after gangs of youths hurled stones at buses following a stand-off outside the gates of the Hill Cot Road school at 3.15pm.

The five youths, three aged 15 and two aged 17, were released on bail.

Police today appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 872 5050 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.