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Police will be allowed to destroy nuisance vehicles after just seven days under new powers.

The strict new laws will apply to cars and e-scooters seized because of anti-social behaviour (ASB). This will allow officers to dispose of vehicles quicker – giving hooligans less time to reclaim them and start offending again.

The Home Office says it will help tackle so-called car meets, where hundreds of drivers cause misery for neighbours by revving up engines and playing loud music late into the night.

People across the country are fed up with off-road bikes tearing through parks, dangerous e-scooters on pavements and the chaos of illegal car meets.