Metro disruptions have continued for a third day. It was announced on Tuesday, January 12, that there were no trains travelling between Pelaw and Brockley Whins, in either direction, due to a power supply fault. Services between Heworth and Pelaw have resumed. Trains are now running between Heworth and Pelaw but […]
A flood alert has been issued for high tide at the Sunderland coast at 5.30pm. The Environment Agency have issued a flood alert for the Tyne and Wear coast from St Mary’s lighthouse down to Crimdon Park, North Hartlepool, which means that flooding is possible along this stretch. The agency say strong onshore […]
Missing Newcastle woman Laura Harden has been found safe and well.
The number of top priority ambulance calls waiting over eight minutes for a response more than doubled in the North East. For the financial year 2013/14, the North East Ambulance Service hit this target reaching 76.9 per cent of Red 1 callers within eight minutes. However, in 2014/15 this dropped […]
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 […]
Paul Barclay, a brave warrior from Gateshead, has took it upon himself to take part in a “Middle Earth (film) Marathon” in the name of charity. During the movie marathon, the 29-year-old University of Sunderland student will watch all three Hobbit movies, followed by the three Lord Of The Rings in […]
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 […]
The North East is the region with the highest number of attacks on NHS staff in the UK for the fourth time in five years, figures show. It is reported that the region made 8.48 per cent of attacks on NHS staff across the whole country. It was the Northumberland […]
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 […]