Northumbria Police will be appearing on a children’s TV programme on CBBC. The TV show, called All Over The Workplace, will air in a 30 minute episode this morning (Tuesday, March 15) at 10.50am. Film crews arrived at force headquarters in Ponteland before Christmas to produce the programme. The series […]
A man has been reported for dangerous driving following a collision with a police car in Gateshead. At just after 9pm on Sunday, March 13, motor patrols officers attended a report of drivers gathering and driving dangerously in the area near to McDonalds on the Team Valley trading estate. While […]
A man has died after falling from Marsden Grotto cliffs in South Shields. At 8am, on Sunday, March 13, police received a report that a man had fallen from the cliffs at Marsden Grotto and into the water. The police and coastguard responded to the incident and a body of […]
Officers from Alnwick Neighbourhood Policing team carried out a warrant this morning in Alnwick to target those in suspicion of supplying illegal drugs. A quantity of Class A and B drugs were recovered and a 25-year-old man was arrested and remains in police custody. The activity is part of an ongoing intelligence-led […]
On Tuesday evening, March 1, police arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of having explosives in suspicious circumstances. The arrest was part of a pro-active intelligence led operation and the man remains in custody helping police with their enquiries. As part of these enquiries police officers and Explosive Ordnanse Disposal […]
Police are appealing for information after a report that a 15-year-old girl was raped in Sunderland. The incident happened at around 10pm on Saturday, February 27, on a grassed area in St Mary’s Way, near to the car park. The offender is described as a white male in his 30s, […]
Police reveal the exact location where a young woman was raped in Heaton Park, Newcastle, and are appealing for further information from the public. The victim was walking alone in Heaton Park in a woodland area, when she was attacked in the late evening on February 21, between 10:50pm to […]
Tackling alcoholism was the big discussion at a conference in Durham, where senior police figures and 100 delegates met to express their concerns. The event heard from a line-up of speakers, including Northumbria PCC Vera Baird and Durham PCC Ron Hogg, call on the Government to push through legislation meant […]
An annual PEEL report has found that Northumbria Police “ requires improvement” in legitimacy, but is rated “good” in two other areas. The PEEL report, which stands for Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy, was conducted by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). It is the first time HMIC has graded forces on their legitimacy, […]
Northumbria Police have released a response to the recent PEEL report. PEEL stands for Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy programme. The evidence collected by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s is used to assess the standard of police forces in the area. HMIC has introduced these assessments so that the public […]