Northumbria Police station closures - the questions you wanted answering

In light of the Northumbria police decision to close all but one of its stations to the public after 8pm, we asked the questions our readers want answered.

From July 17, the front desk at its HQ, Forth Banks, will operate from 8am to 8pm, seven days per week, as will Gateshead . All other stations within Central Area command will move to opening hours of 9am to 5pm.

in Northumberland, Bedlington police station will see its front desk operation reduced from 24 hours to 12, between 8am and 8pm.

In Ashington and Morpeth, station front desks will be open from 9am to 5pm.

While stations in Hebburn, Amble and Killingworth will no longer have a front desk provision.

Here are the questions our readers want answered.