{"id":335289,"date":"2025-12-25T18:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335289\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:14:11","slug":"north-east-pub-forced-to-close-on-christmas-day-due-to-police-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335289\/","title":{"rendered":"North East pub forced to close on Christmas Day due to police incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens Head had a police van parked outside on Christmas morning as it told customers it would be closed all day<\/p>\n<p>13:14, 25 Dec 2025Updated 13:14, 25 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_SGP_NEC_251225CROOK07JPG.jpg\" alt=\"The pub issued a message to customers on its Facebook page\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The pub issued a message to customers on its Facebook page(Image: Simon Greener\/Newcastle Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A North East pub has been forced to close its doors on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Christmas<\/a> Day due to an ongoing police incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A police van was seen parked outside The Queens Head in the village of Willington, near Crook, on the morning of Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/all-about\/county-durham\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">County Durham<\/a> pub shared a message to its Facebook page at 7.20am on December 25, telling customers: &#8220;Sorry, The Queens Head Willington will be closed all day today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The reason behind the closure and police presence is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Durham Constabulary and the North East Ambulance Service have been contacted for comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Our ChronicleLive Daily newsletter is free. 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