A response officer located in Newcastle has saved a man’s life after a suicide attempt on Byker Bridge last Tuesday. At around 6.30pm, May 3, police were receiving several reports of concern as a man was seen on the opposite side of the railings on Byker Bridge. Police officer, PC […]
Police investigating counterfeit money used in Sunderland have released an image of the man they would like to trace. Counterfeit Scottish £20 notes were used at four different premises throughout Sunderland on Monday, April 18. Officers carrying out the investigation are keen to speak to the man pictured to get […]
Police have sent out a warning to members of the public in North Shields following two incidents involving suspected bogus callers. Officers were called at around 2pm yesterday (Monday, April) after a man purporting to be a roofer had attended two different addresses in Portland Gardens. The man who […]
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 […]
Police have appealed for information following an incident in South Shields last month. Between 9pm and 9:15pm on Tuesday, March 1, a man threatened another man and shouted offensive language at a woman outside the McDonalds on King Street. Officers are keen to trace a man who was in the […]
Police are appealing for information after several cars were damaged on the same street in Newcastle. The four vehicles were parked on Simonside Terrace, in the Heaton area of the city. All cars suffered damages totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds. The offender use a sharp object to scratch across the cars’ […]
Extra officers are on patrol in Sunderland after a woman has been allegedly raped. Police received a report that a woman, said to be in her 20s, had been raped in the early hours of Sunday morning. The woman had got into a vehicle which she believed was a taxi […]
Residents in Houghton are being urged to be on their guard to burglars and report any suspicious behaviour to police. In the past two weeks, there have been two burglaries in neighbouring streets. The first happened on Monday, March 28, in Outram Street, where a burglar smashed the back door […]
Police investigating an attack in Sunderland that saw a man suffer (pictured) a serious slash wound on his face have arrested a man. On Saturday, April 2, 28-year-old Liam Newby (pictured) was attacked with a knife in Town End Farm after being approached by three men. He sustained a serious […]
Police are appealing for information after an attempted robbery at a fish shop in Gateshead. Just before midnight on Tuesday, April 5, a man entered Rob’s Fish Bar in Morley Terrace in Felling threatening staff with a knife and demanding they hand over money. The staff refused and the man […]