AN ANGUS community has slammed the actions of bigots after a small minority allegedly targeted English people in the area.

A number of Inveresk’s community councillors have hit out after hearing reports of problems in the glens around Edzell, including the case of a woman too intimidated to leave her home.

During the council’s latest monthly meeting, Agnes Lowden, said, “I’ve heard of some anti-English feeling in the glens.

“One or two people, because they are English, have been targeted for trouble.”

“The woman in question is frightened to come out on her own and I think this is shocking.”

Council chairman Charles Simpson also hit out at those causing problems.

“This is certainly not something we would want in our area,” he said.

PC Iain MacPherson said the police were aware of the allegations and urged anyone experiencing difficulties to get in touch with them.

“We know the people (who are having problems) and they know to report it to us if they are getting bother like that,” he added.

The alleged problem is not the first time that the thorny issue of race has reared its head in the area.

In November several Inveresk Community Council members slammed a “xenophobic” and “racist” flyer campaign that had been spotted on the streets of Edzell and Montrose.

The flyers, by the C@mp@ign for Scottish Democracy, referred to a clearance of “native people” on an estate and spoke of the need to “embarrass the non-indigenous owners.”

They also called on “an end to the foreign landlord system that has been in force in Scotland since the Act of Union.”

Circulation of the flyers coincided with the repeated removal of the Union Flag from one of the three poles at the northern entrance to Edzell, and led to speculation by community councillors that the vandalism and flyers were connected.