By Rajan Simons & Harry Pamely SR News Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that attacks involving acid and other corrosive substances in the Northumbria Police area are on the rise. Figures obtained through the FOI, from Police forces in the region, show that attacks have nearly doubled when compared […]
One of the UK’s most popular classical singers is the first performer to launch a series of exciting concerts in Sunderland planned throughout the summer. Katherine Jenkins has not only made classical music popular to a wide audience but has also appeared in TV shows, ranging from Pop Star to […]
Police are appealing for help to locate a missing woman. Laura Harden, who is 18 and from Keith Close in Newcastle, left her home address at around 6:30pm on Monday, January 11, and her family have been unable to contact her since. Police are concerned for her welfare and are […]
By Amy Stark, Abby Watts & Samantha Spowart Two police forces in the North East refused to provide details of missing sex offenders claiming the information was ‘personal’. SR News sent Freedom of Information requests (FOI) to three North East police forces: Northumbria, Cleveland and Durham Constabulary. The FOI asked for the […]
Police are releasing an Efit image of a man they want to identify after a report of a blank firing gun being discharged in Newcastle. At 7:09pm on Tuesday, November 24th, a man was seen on the Town Moor in Newcastle with the small gun. Officers attended and found a […]
Police are appealing for help to locate a missing Newcastle woman. Tatiana Chessa, who is 47 and from Colby Court in Newcastle, has not been seen since leaving her home address just before 9am on January 2. Tatiana is around 5ft 6ins tall, of large build and was last seen […]
Police are appealing for help to trace a man after a public order incident in Newcastle. It happened at Uno, Sandhill, Quayside, between 5.45pm and 6pm on Friday, December 18, when a man came into the premises and became abusive to staff. Police investigating the incident have released an image […]
Northumbria Police have reported that parts of rural Northumberland are already experiencing heavy snow, which could lead to potentially dangerous road conditions. Drivers travelling on the A696 Otterburn Road should be particularly careful. There is snow on the road but it is “passable with extreme care”. There are also pockets […]
The Met Office have issued a level 2 (yellow) alert for the whole of the North East for next week, from Monday to Thursday. “Issued at: 09:26 on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 Weather patterns begin to change from a west to southwesterly flow into a northwesterly flow during Tuesday 12th […]
Northumbria Police & Crime Commissioner is asking for the views of residents on the amount of money local households are asked to pay for policing in the area. The Government recently announced that Northumbria Police would receive £217.5m, but the only basis on which the police budget will not be […]