A TEENAGER who has caused mayhem in Bacup has agreed to sign an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) to keep the peace.

Bryan James Herbert, 17, of Clough Road, Bacup, is currently in custody, but when he is released he will be subject to a series of conditions.

It is the first ASBO the Rossendale Council has pursued and assistant solicitor Richard Lester said: "We are delighted that the order has been made. It will hopefully improve the situation for the residents of Bacup.

"We have one ASBO pending, on a 18-year-old from Bacup. We are determined to take action as an authority against people where we have the evidence to do so."

And Rossendale police say they are compiling evidence to pursue two ASBOs against a 14 and a 15-year-old from Haslingden.

Herbert has been convicted of throwing stones at a moving bus, breaking windows at St Mary's RC School in Bacup, stealing goods and other offences.

On his release he will be ordered not to throw or kick stones, bricks, fireworks or any other object in a public place or towards buildings, vehicles, public property and or any premises.

He must not act violently towards a person, make threats of violence or abuse verbally or intimidate any person in Rossendale.

Herbert must not damage or make threats to damage property, buildings or vehicles or public property in Rossendale or behave in an anti-social manner which may cause alarm or distress or incite others.

There has been no curfew placed on him and he has not been banned from any area of Rossendale.

In addition the three teenagers from Haslingden who have already been issued with ASBO's, Stephen Derbyshire, Philip Sourbutts and Jordan Pilkington, have now lost their liberty.

Derbyshire, 15, Maple Avenue, got six months custody for breaching his ASBO and affray, Sourbutts, 16, of West View, got four months for breaching his ASBO twice and Pilkington, 17, of Greenfield Street, was sentenced to 12 months for a robbery in Bury.