Missing woman Dionne Gallon has been found safe and well in Newcastle. Dionne Gallon is 25 years old, from Gateshead, and had not been seen since March 31. Officers were particularly concerned as she has recently been released from hospital and may not have taken her essential medication.
Police are urging people in Newcastle to beware of bogus doorstep callers and be careful who they let in their home. The warning comes after a number of incidents in the Lemington, Blakelaw, Cowgate, Fenham and Elswick areas reported to police over the last few days. Officers have received […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked and left disfigured in Sunderland. At around 1.50pm on Saturday, April 2, police received a report that a 28-year-old man had been attacked with a knife in Sunderland. Liam Newby had been walking along a path on the Town […]
Police are appealing for help to locate the victim of a possible robbery in Newcastle. At 9:51am on Sunday morning, April 3, police received a call from security staff at the Sainsbury’s store in Falconar Street that a man had just been robbed and had come into the store for […]
Police are appealing for information after a man was bitten by a dog in Gateshead. At 4pm on Thursday, March 31, we received a report that a 31-year-old man was bitten in the face by a small Jack Russell type dog while on Cobden Street. The victim told police that […]
More than 8,000 (8,489) homes in the North East could be helped by a new flood insurance scheme. The scheme, called Flood Re, would help at-risk households get more affordable cover. Its aim is to re-energise the home insurance market for households living in flood-prone areas. This could mean that […]
The education secretary has called for bids for the children’s services funding pot. Town halls will be offered cash incentives as part of an overhaul of social services for troubled children. As well as this, Mrs Morgan has urged councils and charities to suggest new schemes for running children’s services […]
Sunderland City Council has teamed up with a customer service centre and a national charity to promote the importance of health and wellbeing. EDF Energy, based at Doxford International Business Park, hosted a special health assessment event for all employees, which included examinations of participants’ levels of body fat, water […]
Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously injured in a road traffic collision. At 1.53pm on the afternoon of Saturday, April 2, officers were called to Lizard Lane, Whitburn near to the junction with Kitchener Road, where a silver Ford Focus had left the road. The 31-year-old […]
Almost half of residents in the North East have confessed to being so unfit that they would get out of breath running for the bus, a new research finds. As much as 54 per cent of people surveyed consider themselves to be according to the new statistics released as part […]