THERESA May would be well-advised to put on her slingbacks and come down to Rose Hill before she kills off the Antisocial Behaviour Order.

Asbos have been a controversial method since their inception. Some claim they are too easy to impose using only flimsy evidence, while others say they are not properly enforced when breached.

And, we are told, there is an underclass who ‘wear’ them as a badge of honour.

Rose Hill, though, is an area that believes they have calmed some of the yob problems it suffered. The area also had an exclusion zone imposed to break up gangs of teenagers, so police and authorities have been looking at a range of potential solutions.

Now Home Secretary Ms May is unlikely to be completely swayed by their argument, but hopefully it may show her that the entire scheme should not be completely junked.

The problems with Asbos is that they have been misused too often or as a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

However, there are circumstances whereby they can be beneficial.

Ms May should look at all their uses and retain the positives, see them backed up with appropriate sanctions but also issue new rules that stop the more ridiculous uses.