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| Cromer disorder: 'Wrong to blame just travellers' | Cromer disorder: 'Wrong to blame just travellers' |
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| A police chief has said it would be "totally disproportionate" to blame disorder at a seaside town on the whole travelling community. | A police chief has said it would be "totally disproportionate" to blame disorder at a seaside town on the whole travelling community. |
| Venues in Cromer, Norfolk, closed their doors on Saturday night after there were thefts and anti-social behaviour. | Venues in Cromer, Norfolk, closed their doors on Saturday night after there were thefts and anti-social behaviour. |
| Residents on social media had linked the disturbances to travellers who had arrived in the town on Friday. | Residents on social media had linked the disturbances to travellers who had arrived in the town on Friday. |
| Norfolk Police Deputy Chief Constable Nick Dean said officers were treating the weekend's events "seriously". | |
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| A taxi driver told a BBC reporter "travellers are rampaging the town" on Saturday night and staff at The Wellington pub said they closed after a group of 30 travellers became "rowdy". | A taxi driver told a BBC reporter "travellers are rampaging the town" on Saturday night and staff at The Wellington pub said they closed after a group of 30 travellers became "rowdy". |
| The chairman of Cromer Carnival, Tony Shipp, said children from the travelling group were "throwing objects". | |
| Mr Dean said: "Cromer is a very safe town, this is an isolated incident. | Mr Dean said: "Cromer is a very safe town, this is an isolated incident. |
| "We can't deny a group of the travelling community were in north Norfolk at that particular time. | "We can't deny a group of the travelling community were in north Norfolk at that particular time. |
| "But to put the blame completely on the travelling community as a whole I think is totally disproportionate." | "But to put the blame completely on the travelling community as a whole I think is totally disproportionate." |
| He did not comment on who he thought was to blame. | He did not comment on who he thought was to blame. |
| Up to 25 travellers' caravans had arrived at the town's Runton Road clifftop car park on Friday. They have since moved on. | Up to 25 travellers' caravans had arrived at the town's Runton Road clifftop car park on Friday. They have since moved on. |
| Mr Dean said no arrests have been made but reported crimes were being investigated. | Mr Dean said no arrests have been made but reported crimes were being investigated. |
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| Cromer Pier's Theatre Bar was among the venues to close its doors. | |
| The town had been hosting its annual carnival week, which ended on Friday. It draws in about 250 people to north Norfolk, according to the organisers. | |
| Gary Dickenson, chairman of Cromer's Chamber of Trade and Business, said businesses "lost thousands of pounds of trade" but they made "absolutely the right decision" to close. | Gary Dickenson, chairman of Cromer's Chamber of Trade and Business, said businesses "lost thousands of pounds of trade" but they made "absolutely the right decision" to close. |
| North Norfolk District Council leader Tom FitzPatrick said the council served a notice on Saturday for the travellers to leave. | North Norfolk District Council leader Tom FitzPatrick said the council served a notice on Saturday for the travellers to leave. |
| Norfolk Police said they had left the county and were thought to be in Colchester, Peterborough and London. |