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Police counting the cost of 'tinderbox' summer

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September 05, 2025

A North East police boss has revealed a “tinderbox” summer cost the force a “fortune” amid regular asylum hotel protests.

- By AUSTEN SHAKESPEARE

Police counting the cost of 'tinderbox' summer

The Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Susan Dungworth stressed how weekly demonstrations have strained police resources.

The PCC also shared that leave at weekends has been cancelled for officers in the Northumbria Police area. Mrs Dungworth also hoped a resolution could be reached to see protests and counter protests conclude at a set time.

PCC Dungworth said: “I feel it has been a tinderbox this summer and after last summer you really don't know what the spark might be, it might be something totally disconnected.”

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