A ROYAL Mail worker was left shaken up but uninjured after his van was attacked by yobs.

The 7.5tonne vehicle had a brick thrown at its windscreen in Stanhope Road, in Darlington, at about 11pm, last night.

Eyewitnesses said the glass in the windscreen shattered.

Police are appealing for information. Witnesses are asked to call PC John Tyres, of Durham Police, on 101.