Potential witnesses are sought as today marks the seventh anniversary of fatal collision in Sunderland. In 2009, on Thursday, February 12, 15-year-old Kane Howey Scales was hit by a Volkswagen Passat on the northbound carriageway of the A1018 Newcastle Road in Sunderland. Kane, from the Roker area of Sunderland, suffered […]
The family of PC David Rathband have lost their High Court negligence claim against Northumbria Police. David Rathband’s relatives’ argued the force ‘failed to alert officers that Raoul Moat was likely to target them’. Mr Rathband was shot in the eye by Moat in Newcastle in 2010. He began legal […]
Police have confirmed that the body found in the River Tyne, on Wednesday, is of missing Ponteland woman Sally Allan. At 1:07pm Wednesday, February 3, the body of a woman was found in the water near the riverside in Jarrow. The 59-year-old was last seen leaving her home, in Errington Road, […]
Three men have been charged after a student was robbed in Newcastle city centre. At around 1:40am on Tuesday, January 26, a 19-year-old man was walking in the underpass near Windsor place after leaving Robinson library. He was then approached by a group of men and threatened with a knife. […]
Police have released an image following a public order offence that happened on Derby Day last October in Sunderland. A lit flare was thrown in the concourse area of the Stadium of Light on Sunday, October 26. Officers investigating the incident are hoping to identify the man pictured as he […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary at a house in Sunderland. Between 10:30am and 12pm on Monday, January 11, offenders broke into an address in Atkinson Road and stole a lot of jewellery. Among the items stolen was a gold band with an elephant charm attached, a silver […]