The yob population has grown to nuisance proportions in recent years and it's become necessary for "decent" people to take steps to stop them getting onto one's land.
For example, residents on a Kentish Town estate are calling for a perimeter fence to "keep out the yobs", reports local newspaper The Ham and High. "We get youths from all over northwest London coming in and indulging in antisocial behaviour," explains the residents' association chairwoman.
Elsewhere, people have tried to tame yobs with "yob contracts", also known as acceptable behaviour contracts, we learn from the Norfolk Evening News.
Others simply attempt to drive them away. "Yobs warned - dispersal order is going into effect," shouts a headline in the Northern Echo, as posters go up in Middlesbrough town centre to "warn youngsters they'll be arrested if they fail to move on when ordered".
But yob watchers beware: it's very easy to confuse the yob with its close cousin, the young person.
- It would be foolish to expect the media to look on the bright side but coverage of Ofsted's annual report on childcare is always depressing, not least because it presents a skewed picture.
"At least 1,000 nurseries failing in care for young," says The Daily Telegraph, while The Times has the headline: "Ofsted: failing carers threaten children's future."
Of course, we should be concerned if any childcare setting does not meet Ofsted's basic standards - but the fact is 96 per cent do. And it's worth remembering that a childcare setting can fall down on areas that are important but don't pose any direct threat to children, such as paperwork.
However, every year parents are given the impression that thousands of children are at risk of serious harm. And that is simply not true.
- When professionals involved in child protection make the news it's not usually good news.
So it was great to see a positive piece in The Scotsman about volunteers on children's panels.
One slight quibble though. As much as we all like a clever reference to a classic song title in a headline, maybe this wasn't the time or place - remember these are people who make heart-wrenching decisions including removing children from their parents.
Nevertheless one bright spark of a sub editor came up with: "Volunteers find breaking up is always hard to do."
SOUNDBITE
"When you have a problem in the mirror you do not fix the mirror, you fix that which is reflected" - Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the web, responds to concerns about youth violence on the internet on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
