Police are appealing for information after an incident on a bus in East Boldon. It occurred between 3:05pm and 3:20pm on Friday, February 26, on the number 30 bus between X and Y bus stops. A woman reported seeing a man who appeared to be touching himself inappropriately. Officers would like […]
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 […]
The man who died in a collision in Hebburn over the weekend has now been named by police. 56-year-old Gavin Bolam, from Hartleyburn Avenue in Hebburn, died after being hit by a car, which is believed to be a Silver Mercedes C-Class, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The […]
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 […]
South Tyneside Council has taken action to prevent an off licence from continuing to sell alcohol to underage children. Sims Corner, in Stanhope Road, West Park, has had its licence suspended for a three month period, following a hearing of South Tyneside Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee, on Friday, March 4. The […]
A 24-year-old man from South Shields, who was shot by a Northumbria Police firearms officer has died, it has been announced. James Wilson was shot in the chest by officers who were called to Frenchman’s Way at about 01:00 BST on 29 March, to reports of a man in the […]
A man was today in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by a firearms officer. The police watchdog is investigating after the 24-year-old man was left seriously injured. He was shot after apparently being told by police to “put the gun down” and is in hospital. […]
The North East of England is home to not just one, or two, but ten Guinness world records that have been set over the last 15 years. Ranging from the youngest ever open-heart surgery patient and the largest ever game of treasure hunt, to the most sweetcorn kernels to be […]
A former government minister has spoken out against the upcoming Mayor for the North East. Speaking at an event in Newcastle campaigning against a regional mayor, Newcastle East MP, Nick Brown, claimed that the proposed Devolution Agreement is not fair to the region and thinks the people of the North […]
It has been announced that the NHS will be putting an extra £1billion a year into mental health services by 2020. The pledge came after Jeremy Hunt explained that the government need to provide extra money in order for the NHS to cope with demands on services such as mental […]