Family fun day shut down early after mass brawl

A family fun day in Nottinghamshire had to be brought to an abrupt end on Saturday night after a mass brawl. Police were called to Bramcote Hills Park at about 9:20pm after reports of groups of youths fighting at the annual Hemlock Happening event.
Organisers say violence broke out at the 'periphery of the event' and the decision was made to call it off as thousands of people were enjoying the last music act of the night. It meant the fireworks finale at 10.30pm was entirely cancelled.

In a statement organizers said: "This is the first time in 14 years that the Hemlock Happening has had to be terminated prematurely and the organizers are astonished and devastated that a tiny minority of our community should behave in the way that they did.
"Feedback meetings will follow after which the future of the event will be considered." Nottinghamshire Police said the majority of people had been behaving peacefully. They added that no arrests were made and they moved all the trouble makers out of the area.