Arsonists have targeted a Keighley family's home for the second time in under week.

Last Thursday night the porchway of the house, in Nightingale Street, was devastated by fire.

And on Wednesday evening this week rubbish was placed against an outside wall of the property and set alight, causing minor damage.

Susan Hoyle and her partner Kevin Aubrey said there had been a string of attacks against them.

And Mrs Hoyle, 40, made an emotional plea for the campaign of violence to stop and claimed her two children, aged nine and ten, were too afraid to live in their home.

"I am so scared that this is going to happen again. They have sent us letters saying that is we stay here they will make sure that the house is ablaze," she said. "They will end up killing us before we get out of here - we just dared not live here any longer. I think this attack was just an effort to scare us and show they weren't joking about the threats."

During the campaign of violence, Mrs Hoyle said the house had been pelted with bricks and the family had been subjected to constant verbal and physical abuse.

Both children have been attacked while playing outside, and they have been given drugs needles and syringes by members of the gang. Mrs Hoyle claimed ten-year-old Samantha had even been given money and ordered to buy drugs from a local dealer.

During last Thursday night's suspected Arson attack Mrs Hoyle, who was alone with her children in the house at the time, suffered an epileptic fit in the street.

The family is trying to sell its current home and has asked Bradford Council to find them a temporary home to allow them to escape the area. However, so far they have only been offered a place in a hostel.

"If they know that we have gone into a hostel, and left all our things here, then they will be straight round and everything will be destroyed. We are desperate to find somewhere though because the kids are just too scared to stay here any longer," said Mrs Hoyle.

Geraldine Howley, Bradford Council's director of housing, said: "We are very concerned for the family's safety and have offered them temporary accommodation which they have refused.

"The family are not living in council accommodation at present but we would strongly advise them to take up our offer until we can find them more permanent accommodation."

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman confirmed they had received reports of youths throwing bricks at the house and an envelope containing tablets was left on the family's doorstep.

And Det Insp Christopher Moorehouse, of Keighley Police, has renewed appeals for witnesses to the arson attacks, both of which occurred at about 9pm.

He told us: "Although the incident on Wednesday evening caused only minor damage, it is extremely disturbing and was potentially very dangerous.

"We have helped the family with various security measures and are doing all we can to assist them with their move to other premises."

Anyone with information should contact Keighley police on 01535 617083.