New figures obtained by SR News show students made up a tiny minority of North East households checked by police for suspected Covid lockdown breaches last year. But we also found dissatisfaction among some students about the way their community was policed during Covid. STUDENT households accounted for less […]
THE number of crimes being committed online slightly dropped during last years first national lockdown, according to figures released by Northumbria Police to SR News following a Freedom of Information request (FOI). WHEN the nation entered it’s first national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of online crimes […]
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 […]
A POLICE wildlife officer is making it a Christmas to remember for animals across the North East. In his spare time, PC Peter Baker has launched Operation Santa Paws in a bid to support the RSPCA and other animal charities during the festive period. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the […]
THE shock resignation of the leader of South Tyneside Council was announced today, as police confirmed an ongoing investigation into “financial concerns” raised by the authority. Neither police nor council would comment on whether the two revelations were connected. Police said their inquiries were triggered by the authority itself. A […]
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. […]
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 […]
POLICE have launched an investigation after a woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision in Sunderland. It happened at about 7.10pm on Sunday, when a blue Ford Focus car collided with the 53-year-old in Hall Farm Road, as she was getting into her car. The Focus had previously […]
MEET our very own Pc April Casey – officially the UK’s strongest police woman. The 31-year-old, from Wearside, had to lift more than just a trophy after competing at the 2020 Britain’s Strongest Police Officer competition last weekend. Fearless April dragged a 110-kilo yoke over concrete for 15 metres, […]
HEROIC paramedics have been praised by police after saving the life of a stab victim who was minutes from death. Police were called to a flat in South Shields just two days before Christmas last year, after a man had been savagely beaten and stabbed. Incensed thug Michael Wilson […]