POLICE have arrested an 11th person in connection with the suspected drug deaths of three Tyneside university students. The three – two 18-year-olds from Newcastle University and a 21-year-old Northumbria University student – died over the weekend, along with an 18-year-old male from Washington, with drugs suspected to have contributed […]
THIS was the seemingly innocent torch found by police while searching a suspect – which turned out to be a disguised stun gun. Officers were called to Mowbray Park, in Sunderland, in September 2018 after a member of the public reported a man with a suspected Taser. They spotted […]
DATA just released by the government has shown that officials expect only only 25% of student loan fees to be repaid. Roughly £17billion is loaned to about 1.3million students in England each year, and total student debt is predicted to hit reach nearly £500billion by the middle of this […]
A NORTHUMBRIA Police dog has been praised by a top cop after helping hunt down a burglary suspect who allegedly threatened his victim with a knife. At about 8.20am on Saturday (October 3) police were alerted to a raider at a home in Ashfield Park, Whickham, Gateshead. He was […]
A HIGH COURT judge is set to oversee the latest leg of a lengthy legal fight between ex-England footballer Alan Shearer and a former financial adviser. More than three years ago, the former Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle striker agreed a settlement with Kevin Neal after claiming that he was given […]
A TEENAGE student who was one of four young people to die in suspected drug incidents over the weekend had been a “model pupil”, her former school said. Jeni Larmour was one of two 18-year-old women who died in Newcastle University student accommodation after they were thought to have taken […]
OFFICERS investigating the deaths of three teenagers and a 21-year-old over the weekend have made 10 arrests and carried out searches with drugs dogs. A large-scale investigation was ongoing today (Monday 5 October) after two 18-year-old women, and two men, aged 18 and 21, were found at addresses over […]
A NEW report has revealed that 74% of workers in the arts and cultural sectors across the North East have experienced or witnessed discrimination, harassment or mistreatment. The North East Cultural Worker Discrimination, Harassment and Mistreatment (DHM) Survey Report, is the result of a “strong concern for our cultural […]
By Jane Kirby, Health Editor, and Ian Jones Press Association THE North East is among areas in England where the weekly rate of new Covid-19 cases has jumped, with the addition of nearly 16,000 cases which went unreported because of a technical error with an Excel spreadsheet.The problem has led […]
A PARAMEDIC student from the University of Sunderland (UoS) proved a guardian angel for a cyclist badly injured in a road crash. Kay Norris was able to put her trainee skills into action after witnessing the incident, which left cyclist Andrew Moore with a catalogue of injuries. Now Andrew […]