Julie Butler said she and her friend, Joanne Dodds, had organised the event at Blyth beach in Northumberland for the last seven years and she loved the community's "enthusiasm" for the event.

Three of the huts were badly damaged, as well as several cars and a van, in the suspected arson attack in Blyth, Northumberland ... The colourful beach huts are a popular tourist attraction ...

Kites are to be flown over a beach to raise awareness of motor neurone disease. The event in Blyth, Northumberland, has been planned by Andrew Greaves, from Matfen, whose son David died in 2016 ...

Three beach huts, a number of cars and a van have been set alight by arsonists who went on a rampage in a Northumberland town. Firefighters and police in Blyth were called to the beach hut blaze ...