Spiralling police bills have taken their first summer scalp with Glade forced to cancel its July event after its security costs more than quadrupled. The policing costs issue, recently highlighted in MW, is now threatening the whole summer festival season, although the boutique festival’s organisers are vowing to come back – probably in a new location – at some point in the future. Glade promoter Nick Ladd says that last year’s policing costs were £29,000. But this year the opening offer by Hampshire Police was £175,000 for police, £20,000 for security and £10,000 for stewards, plus CCTV throughout the festival site. After a fight, ...

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