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The Tyneside riots in the North Shields housing estate, Meadow Well, notorious for disaffected residents, erupted in blazing fury on the evening of Monday 9th September, 1991.
BBC North news the following night reported the devastation and explored causes and remedies.
As usual, politicos of all flavours denied any responsibility, blaming the unrest on wayward youth and "criminal elements". One local MP stated that the police were powerless to keep order on the Tyneside streets, an accusation denied by the Chief Constable. For so long as these people squabble with each other nothing will be done to improve the lives of the residents of this and other similar areas.