THE POLICE, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a legislation currently at the committee stage, the third step towards the long process of a bill becoming official law. The bill, commonly known as the policing bill, has various proposals, including allowing police to have additional powers within protests. As the […]
Crime
138 victims of domestic abuse every day in NE – women 26-30 most at risk
THE death of Sarah Everard has raised many questions on the number of cases of harassment, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the UK. SR News has analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the North East to understand the situation in our region. Data shows […]
Man arrested after gun fired in Tyneside Metro station argument
A MAN was arrested on Monday morning after an alleged shooting in Newcastle. Police were called to an incident near Walkergate Metro Station at 8am, after residents reported gunfire during an argument between four men. Nobody was injured and witnesses reported seeing two men with a gun get into […]
Vera author backs project to recruit reading coaches across the North East
AWARD-WINNING crime writer Ann Cleeves is helping fund a new scheme, which looks at the link between health and losing yourself in a good book. The project, which she will talk about in a free online lecture at the University of Sunderland next month, builds on evidence that proves […]
Northumbria Police stepping up road safety enforcement
DRINK and drug drivers will be handed a one-way ticket to the dock as police step up enforcement on the roads during the festive period. Northumbria Police are joining forces across the country in backing a National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) road safety campaign launched on Tuesday 1 December. The […]
Police appeal for witnesses after teen girl badly hurt in supermarket car park
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident in a Sunderland supermarket car park which has left a 16-year-old fighting for her life in hospital after suffering serious head injuries . Shortly after 9.45pm yesterday, police were alerted by staff at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) that a woman […]
Police warn drivers ‘social-distance yourselves from cyclists … or else’
SHOCKING footage (see above) has been released showing how the lives of cyclists have been put at risk by dangerous drivers across the region. Northumbria Police have published the head-cam videos in a bid to encourage vulnerable road users to submit footage of cars passing by them too closely. […]
Yorkshire Ripper, Britain’s most notorious killer of 20th century, dies at 74
THE Yorkshire Ripper, Britain’s most notorious killer of the 20th century, has died in hospital aged 74 after refusing treatment for Covid-19. PETER Sutcliffe was serving a whole-life tariff for murdering 13 women across Yorkshire and the North West between 1975 and 1980 and had brutally attacked at least seven […]
Off-duty detective praised for catching alleged Sunderland shop knifeman
A SENIOR Northumbria Police officer has praised an off-duty detective who bravely detained a suspected shoplifter accused of threatening staff with a knife. Shortly after 3pm on Saturday (November 7) police were alerted to a disturbance in Sunderland city centre. It was reported that a shopper had stolen items […]
Senior officer praises off-duty detective who detained suspected shoplifter accused of threatening staff with a knife
A SENIOR officer has praised an off-duty detective who bravely detained a suspected shoplifter accused of threatening staff with a knife. Shortly after 3pm on Saturday (November 7) police were alerted to a disturbance in Sunderland city centre. It was reported that a shopper had stolen items from Poundland […]