Staff at a McDonald’s branch were allegedly attacked by a group of teenagers during the latest wave of yob-related disorder in a town.

Police patrols were sent to the fast food joint in Sittingbourne Retail Park on Saturday (November 23) at 8.30pm following reports of a disturbance involving three teenage boys.

A member of the public who witnessed the alleged attack told KentOnline a manager was headbutted and suffered a cut, while another staff member was punched during the altercation.

Police did not not provide more details but confirmed an investigation in ongoing.

Officers are now appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward, contacting them on 01795 419119, quoting 46/199333/24.

The alleged attack is just the latest of a series of yob-related incidents in the town.

On Sunday (November 24), police responded to reports of a window being damaged in Station Street.

They arrested a 20-year-old woman outside Ephesus Lounge & Meze Bar in the High Street at around 9.15pm on suspicion of criminal damage and being drunk and disorderly in a public place, and she was taken into custody.

Today (November 25) MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Kevin McKenna (Lab), raised the problem of disorder in the town in Parliament.

He asked the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, what the government is doing to tackle increased incidents of anti-social behaviour.

The Labour MP pointed to youths causing havoc during Sittingbourne High Street’s annual Christmas lights switch-on earlier this month.

The incidents, which were reported to the police, involved teenagers throwing water at the entertainment act, Rock Choir Kent, as well as riding bikes at members of the public and knocking barriers over.

Organisers of the event said it would need extra funding next year to pay for security to police the area.

In Ms Cooper’s response, she said that the government will be setting out plans for 13,000 more neighbourhood police officers.

The minister also set out plans to introduce respect orders which ban repeat offenders from town centres.

The government will also look to revoke the previous Conservative administration’s so-called ‘£200 rule’, which she called “ludicrous”.

This was a reference to legislation meaning shop thefts involving property with a value of £200 or less is a summary-only offence.

McDonald’s was approached for comment regarding the incident in Sittingbourne Retail Park.