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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ted Hennessey

‘Arson attack’ on MP’s office wrecks charity and veterans’ mental health unit

Labour MP Sharon Hodgson’s offices in Washington were wrecked (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

A suspected arson attack on an MP’s office has also wrecked a charity base and an NHS mental health service for veterans, it has emerged.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson and criminal damage after the major fire at Washington and Gateshead South MP Sharon Hodgson’s office at Vermont House in Concord, Washington, Tyne and Wear, in the early hours of Thursday.

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