TEENAGERS CHARGED OVER FIRE AT PEAKY BLINDERS MILL

Two teenagers have been charged with arson after a fire at a mill which appeared in the TV show Peaky Blinders.

The blaze destroyed much of the historic Dalton Mills complex in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in March 2022.

Police said two 17-year-old boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were charged and were due to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on 29 April.

Three other youths aged 17, 17 and 18, who were arrested at the time, have been released without charge.

As well as featuring as a location for Peaky Blinders, the mills also appeared in Downton Abbey.

Despite much of the building being destroyed, a Heritage England report later found it did not need to be demolished.

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