Vandals torch speed camera

The camera was destroyed by fire

A speed camera on the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk border is the latest to be destroyed in an arson attack.

Police said vandals targeted a camera on the A1101 between Littleport and Mildenhall near the tiny village of Prickwillow.

A tyre filled with petrol was set on fire around the device, which caused damage estimated at £25,000.

Several cameras in the east of England have been hit by arsonists and airgun pellets over the last few months.

A fixed speed camera site costs about £40,000 to install.