A teenager has been arrested after a McDonald’s staff member was assaulted over the weekend.

The 15-year-old was detained at Westlands in Sittingbourne this afternoon in connection with the disturbance at the fast food restaurant in Sittingbourne Retail Park.

A witness told KentOnline a manager was headbutted and suffered a cut, while another staff member was punched during the altercation with three teenage boys on Saturday (November 23) at around 8.30pm.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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

The news follows a series of yob-related incidents in the town including one during Sittingbourne High Street’s annual Christmas lights switch-on earlier this month.

Yesterday (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.

In Ms Cooper’s response, she said the government would 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.