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Police given extra powers after city centre fight

Essex Police A map of Southend-on-Sea. It has a large yellow box over the area where the dispersal order is in place, in the city centre.Essex Police
The dispersal order covers a large area of Southend-on-Sea's city centre

Police have imposed a dispersal order after a fight involving a group of people in a city centre.

A knife was seized during the disorder, which took place at about 17:30 BST in Queens Road, Southend-on-Sea on Tuesday.

Essex Police said the order, which gave officers the power to direct people to leave the area, would remain in place until 19:00 on Wednesday.

"This order will have no impact on the vast majority of good, law-abiding people," said Insp Steven Baker, who revealed those fighting were known to each other.

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