BURGLARS have broken into the headquarters of the North- East No campaign.
Volunteers arrived at their offices yesterday to find a third-storey window had been smashed and a box containing petty cash had been stolen.
The thieves appeared to have scaled a building next to the campaign office in Frederick Street, Sunderland.
Campaigner Neil Herron said the cash box appeared to be the only thing taken during the burglary and there had been little damage other than the broken window.
But he added: "It is annoying that it has happened right in the middle of a campaign.
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