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A brawl involving up to 40 people broke out outside a Newcastle pub on Friday night.

A man was arrested on suspicion of assault following the incident outside Ouseburn’s Tyne Bar.

A man was taken to hospital following the altercation and was left needing hospital treatment for facial injuries.

The pub was forced to shut as a result.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “There was an incident just after 7pm on Friday.

“A male has been arrested and another male was treated for facial injuries, but they are not thought to be serious.

“There has been one arrest and inquiries are ongoing.”

A tweet sent by Tyne Bar at 9.22pm confirmed that the pub was shut, posting a photo of a sign on the door that read ‘Bar closed due to unforseen circumstances. Open tomorrow as normal.’

The message said: “We are sorry to say we have had to close for the evening.

“We are back open as usual tomorrow for evolution emerging.”

A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 19.09 to reports of around 40 people involved in a brawl outside Tyne Bar.

“We deployed one rapid and an ambulance crew, and the police were on scene.

“We treated three people at the incident and have taken at least one person to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.”