Detectives investigating the disappearance of Michael Whinham are specifically appealing to people in the Meadow Well area of North Shields for any information on his whereabouts. The last confirmed sighting of the 31-year-old was by CCTV cameras on Newcastle Quayside at 12:48pm on Saturday, November 14. Michael is then believed to […]
The Queen celebrates her 90th birthday today, April 21 – a milestone that will be marked both privately with family and publicly by the nation. Tributes will be paid to the monarch, born on April 21 1926, who has become the country’s first nonagenarian sovereign. Tonight, the Millennium Bridge in […]
Two teenage girls have appeared in court charged with kidnapping a two-year-old with the intention of committing a sexual offence. The girls, aged 13 and 14 and from Tyneside, were also charged with shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. The little girl was taken from a Primark store in […]
A man from Newcastle is wanted by police after failing to appear at Crown Court. Thirty-five-year-old Stever Burr, from Wilbury Place, is wanted for on warrant after the Judge issued an order for his arrest. He was due to appear in relation to burglary offences. Police enquiries continue, and […]
Police are trying to locate a man from Newcastle who has been missing since January. Raymond French, 52, from Keith Close, has not been seen since January 2 when he left home, telling family he was going down south to see friends as he had done regularly in the past. […]
Britain has been basking in warm temperatures and sunshine – but the summer-like weather is not here to stay. Cold, frosty conditions are forecast across the country, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and snow predicted in parts. People flocked outside to enjoy the sunny weather on Wednesday as England experienced the […]
The North East is once again going all-Japanese this year with the return of SunnyCon in June. After hosting last year’s SunnyCon at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, this year it is to be held at St James’ Park in Newcastle. Former chairman and ambassador Michael Tuckwell said: “We had come […]
An activist who scaled the Tyne Bridge, spending 12 days on top of it in what he described as a five star stay, has appeared in court. Simon Anderton, from Real Fathers for Justice, is accused of causing a public nuisance after the protest on Father’s Day last June. The […]
According to a new study, Geordies who are single use the blowing kisses emoji the most. Nearly 50 per cent (47 per cent) of single Geordies choose the blowing kisses emoji to flirt with potential partner. Other popular emojis used by singles in the UK were a winky face – […]
North East Ambulance Service are among high spenders on taxis for patients, with £722,000 spent on taxis as part of its service to NHS hospitals, new figures show. The cost is for transferring patients by private taxi when they are too ill, frail or unable to travel to and from […]