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A dispersal order was issued yesterday afternoon following two incidents involving groups of men fighting.

The first fight happened near The Crown pub in Lincoln Road, New England, at about 10.30pm on Saturday, and the second near Welland Medical Practice, in Eye Road, at just before midnight the same evening.

Cambridgeshire police said this morning: “It is believed that the two fights were linked. Reports suggest around 30 people were at the first incident in Lincoln Road and around 12 people at the second incident in Eye Road.

“It is believed that some individuals in the groups were known to each other.”

One man was taken to hospital with minor injuries following the second fight in Eye Road, he added.

The dispersal order was in place from 7am on Sunday evening until 7am this morning.

It covered the New England and Millfield areas bordered by Fulbridge Road, Soke Parkway, Bourges Boulevard, Bright Street, Geneva Street, Park Road, Dogsthorpe Road and St Paul’s Road.

The order granted under Section 34 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 allowed for officers and Police Community Support Officers to direct a person to leave the area if they had reasonable grounds to suspect that their behaviour had caused, or was likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to members of the public.

Failure to comply with the order could have resulted in arrest.

The police spokesman said: “No arrests have yet been made and no dispersals were issued during the order.”

Asked if further violence is expected, he replied: “There is some community tension but we are hopeful that they were isolated incidents.”

Police are not currently appealing for witnesses but enquiries are ongoing.

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