Police are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Newcastle. Between 1:30am and 2am on Sunday, May 22, a 27-year-old man became involved in an altercation with three men in the Side street just down from the Empress Bar in the city centre. Another altercation involving the same […]
A mother and her civil partner have been convicted of murdering her two-year-old son. Toddler Liam Fee was found dead at his home near Glenrothes in Fife on March 22 2014, having suffered a ruptured heart as a result of severe blunt force trauma to his body. His mother, Rachel […]
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage across Gateshead. Graffiti has recently appeared in a number of locations including the town centre, Bensham and the Shipcote area. The damage will cost the local authority thousands of […]
Two men have been jailed after a knife-point robbery in Newcastle. On September 7, 2015, Thomas Paul Keenan, 20, and Steven Smith, 22, and both of no fixed abode, threatened two homeless men who were sleeping in a car park in Lisle Street in the city centre. They were armed […]
Wearsiders and students at nearby Bede College have said they are worried about an increase in anti-social behaviour and vandalism as Barnes Park will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 1st June. Michael Dono, who lives in High Barnes, said: “Back when it [Barnes Park] was refurbished […]
A Sunderland landmark is set to be removed from English Heritage’s ‘at risk’ register as part of a scheme which will see it restored to its former glory. Plans to repair Seaburn’s white lighthouse, designed by eminent engineer Thomas Meik, are included in the latest £1.6million phase of Sunderland City […]
A second set of highways works supporting Sunderland College’s new city centre campus begin from Tuesday, May 31. Sunderland City Council’s works are re-modelling Holmeside between where it crosses Maritime Street and Park Lane to the west and where it meets Waterloo Place to the east. Holmeside traffic becomes westbound only for […]
The downy duckling days are back at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Washington, Sunderland. Award-winning duckery talks bring visitors nose-to-beak with the centre’s newest hatchlings every day during May half-term from 1-2pm. Your brood will be able to see them from Saturday, May 28 to Sunday, June 5. Children – […]
Officers from the west end of Newcastle took the opportunity this week to meet with a number of Syrian families based across the North East. They were invited to come and speak to over 40 families at a meeting held in the west end of the city on Sunday evening. […]
Police are appealing for information after a motorbike was stolen in Newcastle. Between 6pm Tuesday, May 24, and 6am on Wednesday, May 25, thieves broke into a garage in Dykelands Avenue in Fawdon. They stole a number of items from inside the garage including a red Specialized road bike, a silver and black […]