RESIDENTS have told of their frustration at the increasing level of antisocial behaviour by rowdy teens - despite a drinking ban in Feltham town centre.

John Kavanagh, who lives in Feltham High Street, has been abused and had eggs thrown at him and thinks trouble from teen gangs is increasing.

He said: "It's still happening in the park opposite Feltham Green. They are still drinking, they are having parties with drugs and drink day and night over there.

"There are often 10 or 20 of them and if you dare to go near them they'll attack you. It's beyond a joke and it's getting worse and worse. The police don't seem to care about them - this drinking ban hasn't had any effect whatsoever. They just let them drink."

An 18 per cent jump in antisocial behaviour in Hanworth Park, Feltham West and Feltham North in July, August and September from the same period last year follows the end of a curfew in the town centre that police declared a success.

Between October 2008 and March this year offences dropped 12 per cent when officers were given powers to send home unsupervised under-16s who were out after 9pm and ban them from the town centre for 24 hours.

The dispersal zone, which only took in the area around the High Street, was replaced by a year-long drinking ban covering a wider area including most of Hanworth Park, Feltham and parts of Bedfont.

People caught drinking on the streets inside the controlled zone can have their alcohol confiscated and be fined up to £500 for persistent offending or alcohol-related antisocial behaviour.

When it was introduced, Simon Williamson, whose Bedfont Lane home has been plagued by yobs, was one of many who warned the drinking ban would not be a sufficient alternative to dispersal to stop the gangs from gathering.He said: "I hate to say I told you so, but this summer's been terrible, and with the warm weather continuing, it has not let up one bit.

"You see them taunting the police with a can in their hand and making noise until all hours. It's got worse and this so-called drinking ban is doing nothing to help."