POLICE were called out to County Hall in Morpeth while a council meeting was being held.

Shortly after 2.30pm on Wednesday, November 2 police received a report of a disturbance at the Northumberland County Council building.

It was reported that a member of the public had disrupted a meeting which was being held inside.

"Officers attended and spoke to a man in relation to breach of the peace", said a spokesman for Northumbria Police. "He subsequently left the premises and was offered appropriate advice."