By Andreea Nastase and Luke Stuart Police in County Durham are still searching for the attackers of a man in Durham’s City Centre. The attack took place in the city centre at 9pm on Saturday, April 2. Police have released CCTV footage of the attack for the public. The man […]
Crime
52-year-old tortoise snatched from family home during hibernation
A 52-year-old tortoise has been reported stolen from a house in High Barnes. The family pet, named Benji, had been in hibernation for the winter since October 2015. The owner went to check on the hutch on Sunday, April 3, as it was the end of the tortoise’s hibernation and […]
Teenage girls accused of kidnapping toddler to ‘commit sexual offence’
Two teenage girls have appeared in court charged with kidnapping a two-year-old with the intention of committing a sexual offence. The girls, aged 13 and 14 and from Tyneside, were also charged with shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. The little girl was taken from a Primark store in […]
Search for wanted Newcastle man Steven Burr
A man from Newcastle is wanted by police after failing to appear at Crown Court. Thirty-five-year-old Stever Burr, from Wilbury Place, is wanted for on warrant after the Judge issued an order for his arrest. He was due to appear in relation to burglary offences. Police enquiries continue, and […]
Four cars vandalised in Heaton area of Newcastle
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’ […]
Vandals trash community garden in Newcastle
Vandals have caused around £500 of damage to a community garden in west Newcastle. The ‘bike garden’, as it is known locally, was targeted last weekend. A polytunnel was destroyed among other damage at the site in Nuns Moor Park. The community project is run by charity The Time Exchange, which […]
Johnson begins appeal against his six year sentence
Adam Johnson has begun an appeal against his six-year sentence for grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a teenage fan, court officials have said. The sacked Sunderland and ex-England winger was jailed last month after he was convicted of sexual activity with a 15-year-old following a trial at Bradford […]
Police name man who died in fatal Hebburn crash
The man who died in a collision in Hebburn over the weekend has now been named by police. 56-year-old Gavin Bolam, from Hartleyburn Avenue in Hebburn, died after being hit by a car, which is believed to be a Silver Mercedes C-Class, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The […]
Tyne Bridge protester who spent 12 days on the bridge faces trial
An activist who scaled the Tyne Bridge, spending 12 days on top of it in what he described as a five star stay, has appeared in court. Simon Anderton, from Real Fathers for Justice, is accused of causing a public nuisance after the protest on Father’s Day last June. The […]
Man jailed for kidnapping and raping 11-year-old girl
A paedophile, who kidnapped and raped an 11-year-old girl after grabbing her off the street as she walked home, was branded the “living embodiment of every parent’s worst nightmare,” as he was jailed. Paul Ripley, 53, abducted the terrified youngster in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire on a winter’s night last year, […]