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 […]
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Meet April … the strong arm of the law!
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, […]
Reckless raider inadvertently left name & address behind for police at the home he’d just burgled
A RECKLESS raider inadvertently left his full name and address behind for police – at the home he had just burgled. Malcolm Pyke broke into a garage in East Herrington in the early hours of March 6 and made off with £150 worth of cleaning machinery. But in his haste […]
NYPD-Boo! Northumbria’s youthful police dog Boo hunts down alleged armed raider
A NORTHUMBRIA Police dog has been praised by a top cop after helping hunt down a burglary suspect who allegedly threatened his victim with a knife. At about 8.20am on Saturday (October 3) police were alerted to a raider at a home in Ashfield Park, Whickham, Gateshead. He was […]
Knife Angel leaves Gateshead to go to the next location on its UK tour
THE Knife Angel is set to leave the North East today, it has spent the last month educating the North East on the effects of knife crime. THE 27 ft sculpture is currently touring the UK in order to raise awareness for knife crime. The Knife Angel has been located […]
Exclusive: Drink spiking reports hit four year high in 2018
A recent Freedom of Information request sent to Northumbria Police has revealed a four-year high in drink spiking incidents in 2018. Last year saw a four-year high as 32 incidents were reported across the region, this number has increased since 2015 in which there were only nine reported incidents […]
More than 100 drivers caught using their mobile phone in Durham in 2018
Police across the region have launched a crackdown on people texting, taking photos and videos while driving. SR News has been investigating. A Freedom of Information request sent to Durham Constabulary has shown the number of people caught on their mobile phones while driving has decreased in the last three […]
Sunderland Snow Angels Scheme Seeking Support as Winter approaches
Sunderland City Council and Durham Constabulary are preparing elderly citizens for cold conditions, as 2018 welcomes another intervention from their Snow Angels scheme. The scheme was introduced in 2010 when heavy snowfall hit the North East and left many elderly people unable to access public footpaths, or sometimes even leave […]
Northumbria Police bolster armed officer budgets
Northumbria Police force has boosted its arsenal of armed officers by over 50 per cent in the past 12 months, a spokesperson says. The staff increase coincides with a number of terrorist attacks this year including the Westminster attack, the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack and the London Underground […]
Sunderland theatre company reaches out to community with real-life production
“We are a theatre company that aims to change the world one play at a time”. This is what Catrina McHugh from Open Clasp Theatre Company hopes to achieve. Rattle Snake is a epic tale based on real life stories of women who have faced and survived coercive controlling domestic […]