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POLICE SLAM BRAKES ON ‘RIDE-OUTS’

NORTHUMBRIA Police have made four arrests, seized six bicycles and visited almost 50 homes as part of a crackdown following reported disorder at three “ride-out” events involving hundreds of cyclists in Newcastle during March. Officers said the...

‘WE DON’T BLAME HIM’

THE grieving family of an elderly woman who tragically died following a collision involving a police officer did not want him to go to jail, a court heard. Motorcycle pillion passenger Muriel Pinkney sadly died days after being involved in a crash...

GUNS AND VIOLENCE OBSESSIVE JAILED

AN OBSESSIVE fan of guns and fantasy violence films used a 3D printer to manufacture viable parts for a lethal weapon. Paul Dunlavy made upper and lower receivers for a semi-automatic firearm at his home in Newcastle. A court heard he enjoyed making...

DANGEROUS DAVE BRINGS EASTER CHAOS

STORM Dave caused chaos and destruction across the North East over the Easter weekend. Trees have fallen, thousands of properties have been affected by power cuts and several events were cancelled. Yellow weather warnings were put in place over the...

‘FOUR YEARS FOR TRYING TO SET PEOPLE ON FIRE?’

A MAN whose flat was damaged in a spate of arson attacks says the fouryear sentence handed to the arsonist is a “grave miscarriage of justice.” Three flats in Dean House, on Tumulus Avenue in Walker, and seven cars nearby were targeted on July 6 last...

LOAN DANGER

A POPULAR Newcastle sports venue is to continue trading after its operators went into administration, but millions of pounds of public money loaned for its restoration is “very unlikely” to be recovered, council chiefs fear. It will be business as...

‘HE WAS AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY CHILD BEFORE THIS

A MUM has called for there to be more awareness of the dangers of helium balloons for youngsters after an incident saw her son come close to death – and left with brain damage. Two years ago in May, Leland Child was five days past his ninth birthday...

OUR HOME WAS WRECKED BY POWER BANK FIRE

A FAMILY from South Shields are “lucky to be alive” after a blaze broke out in a bedroom when a charging power bank exploded. Angela Hamilton and her son Joe had to flee their home on Saturday night after a fire broke out and caused devastation to the...

RAPIST STRUCK AFTER HE WAS ASKED TO HELP OUT

A RAPIST who attacked a woman who asked for his help as he walked past her house has been branded a “dirty horrible beast” and jailed. William Flamson was asked by the victim if he would move some bags of rubbish but after doing so he forced himself...

A CHANCE TO SAVE YOUNG LIVES

DON’T miss this opportunity to save our kids from social media. That’s the desperate plea of a mum whose 12-year-old daughter took her own life after being bullied. Charley Ann Patterson hanged herself at her home in Cramlington, Northumberland, in...

END OF THE LINE

SHE thought it was the breakthrough she had prayed for since her beloved son vanished over 23 years ago. When police re-opened the investigation into Robert Scott Clive’s disappearance his mum clung onto the hope that she would finally get the answers...

‘I HOPE MY SON’S DEATH HAUNTS YOU’

A KILLER driver who fled the scene of a crash and left his friend dead has been jailed. Ross Neville, 35, was doing 106mph in a Ford Ranger Raptor pickup seconds before crashing into a barrier on the A69 near Throckley on November 28, 2024. His...

‘MIRACLE’ CRASH BOY BACK FROM THE BRINK

LEFT close to death after a horrific electric scooter crash, Davide-Daniel Tiblea was not expected to pull through. The 12-year-old suffered catastrophic injuries in the collision with a car, which happened near his Newcastle home. But the brave...

Pilgrim Poles to light the way in the city centre

THE installation of huge lighting pillars along Newcastle’s main shopping street has begun. As the long-running refurbishment of Northumberland Street finally nears its end, work has now started on the erection of huge Pilgrim Poles designed to pay...

TWO SIPS AND I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN

A YOUNG woman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer after suffering from pain when drinking alcohol. Lucy Fraser, 24, from North Shields, North Tyneside, was told she had stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma after experiencing pain in her back after just...

BREAK POINT?

NEWCASTLE United fans were left in despair after yesterday’s derby day defeat to Sunderland at St James’ Park. The Black Cats won the lunchtime game 2-1, completing the double over their rivals amid a tense and rowdy atmosphere. Despite reports of...

GOING, GOING...

DEMOLITION of the Gateshead Flyover will finally start in April – but it is expected to take six months to complete. The long wait to see the crumbling concrete viaduct torn down will soon be over, with its removal set to begin within a matter of...

ANTI-SOCIAL AGGRAVATION

ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour on a North Tyneside estate is so bad that some people don’t feel safe going out at night, as buses have been bombarded with stones and other items. The 307 bus service was withdrawn from the Meadow Well Estate after 6pm on...

Bid to bring historic flag ‘home where it belongs’

THE director of North East Museums says that a Union Flag flown at the Battle of Trafalgar would become a “star exhibit” at the Discovery Museum. Should the organisation’s acquisition of the flag be successful, it would be on display to “hundreds of...

HOWE ABOUT THAT!

EDDIE Howe paid tribute to the “special” Geordie public as the Newcastle United boss accepted the city’s highest civic honour. 12 months on from the club’s historic Carabao Cup final triumph, the NUFC manager has now been presented with the Freedom of...

FORGOTTEN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE WELL

A TEACHER says she is “facing a death sentence” after battling a form of cancer known as the silent killer. Emma Durkin was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer after initially believing she was suffering from symptoms of the menopause. Over the...

‘I DON’T THINK I’LL EVER GET OVER IT’

A VULNERABLE elderly woman and her dementia-suffering husband were left terrified after marauding armed raiders smashed their way into their home and threatened to behead her and their dog. The couple were in bed in their Newcastle home when Craig...

SHATTERED

FOUR suspects have been questioned after police disrupted 10 potentially lethal cannabis ‘shatter’ labs in the North East. Archie York, seven, died when a dangerous drugs factory set up in the flat below his Newcastle home sparked a huge...

Bikers’ Easter Egg Run is saved by sponsorship

A CHARITY event which has been operating every Easter for more than 20 years was almost cancelled after the organisers were slapped with a bill of more than £1,000. Hundreds of motorcyclists get together in Northumberland each year for the Northumbria...

‘WE WERE TOLD SHE WAS MINUTES FROM DEATH’

A SWALWELL mum has spoken of her horror after her little girl was sent ent home from A&E and told she had d a “stomach bug” – when she had a rare are infection. Little Haisleigh Finlay, now two wo years old, was, by the time she was rushed back to...

OUR LITTLE BRAVE HEART

A THREE year-old boy is now thriving after battling back from three open heart operations. Sam and Gordon Thompson from South Shields found out at their 20-week scan that their son Bobby had a hole in the heart. Following his birth, medics discovered...

MAYOR’S CASH BOOSTER

£104m funding pledged in bid to salvage major infrastructure projects, including a world-class arena on Gateshead Quayside and new film and TV studios development on the banks of the River Wear

RAPISTS JAILED FOR HORROR ATTACK

TWO friends who raped a young woman at the same time in a “dehumanising” attack have been locked up for a total of 22 years. Taylor Dove and Vieri Chapman violated the woman in a “vile” attack after she rebuffed suggestions of a threesome. After...

WE’VE HAD 80 TRIPS TO DISNEY WORLD!

A ROLLER COASTER mad grandad and his wife have forked out more than £325K on holidays to Disney World which they visit up to four times a year. Retired train driver Phil Taylor, 65, and former bank clerk Melanie, 63, first went to the theme park 27...

‘HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING’

A RAPIST has been convicted of deliberately infecting seven men with HIV. Adam Hall, 43, from Washington, was found guilty of seven counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to transmitting the virus. He was also convicted of...

‘LUDICROUS’

THOUSANDS of pounds of damage were caused when a man rammed a coach into his former boyfriend’s flat in a “ludicrous, irresponsible, stupid and childish” attack. Ian Anderson was struggling to cope with the breakdown of his seven-year relationship...

12 YEARS IN JAIL FOR SEX ATTACKER WHO STRUCK TWICE IN MINUTES

A PREDATOR made the “stuff of nightmares” come true for two lone women by subjecting them to separate terrifying violent sex attacks within minutes. Both victims had been to the Come Together music festival on Newcastle’s Town Moor last summer when...

‘We can drive improvement even further’

KEIR Starmer wants to see exam results in the North East “dramatically” improved under a new bid to improve standards across the region. The Prime Minister was at a school in Newcastle on Thursday, after the announcement of the Mission North East...

‘THEY’VE CUT MY HAND OFF’

BLOODIED, stitched and bruised, this is how a man was left after an alleged machete attack. Paul Boomer has revealed his injuries following the alleged incident, which he said also left his brother shouting for help saying “they’ve cut my hand...

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10 YEARS FOR KILLER DRIVER

KILLER driver Ryan Scott ripped a family apart when his “unbelievable speed” caused the death of an adored mum. Claire Laybourne was returning from taking her mum on a trip to the theatre as part of her Christmas present when their happiness was...

LUCKY ESCAPE FOR NURSE AS CAR CRUSHED

GUILT T!

A GEORDIE Shore star and a former Miss Newcastle are among seven reality TV personalities who have admitted illegal promotion of foreign exchange trading on Instagram. Scott Timlin, known as Scotty T, appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London...

ROAD SAFETY WORKER CAUGHT DOING 120MPH ON A1

A TRAFFIC management worker employed to help keep the roads safe was caught speeding at up to 120mph while over the limit for cannabis. Yousef Majid put lives at risk while behind the wheel of a luxury highpowered Mercedes on the A1, Newcastle Crown...

‘Spaces our patients deserve’ now open

BRAND new facilities designed to make a hospital a centre of excellence for cancer treatment will “make a big difference when you come through the door”. The new Northern Gynaecological Oncology Centre has opened at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It...

MUSIC TO OUR EARS

NEWCASTLE will stage the prestigious Mercury Prize for the second year running after the spectacular success of the 2025 ceremony. There were wild celebrations back in October when Sam Fender landed one of music’s biggest accolades on home turf – and...

Drink driver led police on high speed chase

A ROAD menace ploughed through a fence and into bollards after he took police on a high-speed chase through Newcastle suburbs. Mitchell Wright was over the alcohol limit when he flouted red lights, travelled at more than 70mph in 30mph zones and drove...

SOMEONE WE LOVED

THE world is officially a better place. Yes, there’s a lot going on at the minute that’s not so good, but Sunday for Sammy is back in Newcastle, so all is well. And what a comeback it made yesterday – with laughs, music, theatre, a few secret star...

BANNED BIKE MENACE JAILED FOR ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ 100MPH CHASE

MOTORBIKE menace Peter Smith has been jailed after speeding along footpaths, tearing over football pitches and racing down a road at more than 100mph. With police in hot pursuit, and already banned from the roads, Smith put lives in danger. Newcastle...

TEEN HAD KNIFE HELD TO THROAT BY PAIR OF KIDNAPPERS

A TEENAGE girl had a knife held to her throat and was dragged into an alley by kidnappers in a case of mistaken identity. The 18-year-old was walking to a shop for a snack with her headphones on when she suddenly became embroiled in a feud between...

MOBILE DELIVERY

A WOMAN from Northumberland who gave birth to her son in a moving car is “still in disbelief”. Michele Hall, from Alnwick, delivered the baby on the A19 while she was being driven from her home to Cramlington Hospital by her partner Lee Mawer, 38. On...

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UNITED SHOULD STAY IN HEART OF THE CITY

NEWCASTLE’S council leader has reiterated her hopes of a “worldclass stadium at the heart of the city centre”, amid ongoing uncertainty over the future of St James’ Park. Fans of Newcastle United have been waiting to hear whether the club plans to...

WE CAN HOST THE OLYMPICS

NORTHERN leaders led by North East mayor Kim McGuinness want the North to host the Olympics. A group of 12 mayors and council leaders - from all four main political parties - have written to the Government setting out how the Olympics could be staged...

BUTT SIR!

A NORTH East maths teacher who claimed to be a naturist was spotted naked in the street by pubgoers in Hebburn. Andrew Peacock, who had been deputy head of department at Hetton Academy, did not appear at a public disciplinary hearing at which he was...

LISA’S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON

THE family of a woman who died in a suspected assault in North Shields have paid tribute to her, saying that she “carried herself with integrity and kindness”. Lisa Denton, 40, died in hospital on Sunday, January 25, the morning after an incident...

‘I HAD GIVEN UP ON BEING HAPPY’

A BLYTH mum who survived cancer as a teenager said that before having her daughter she had “given up hope of ever feeling truly happy”. But for Leah Cullen, 25, the birth of little Aria a year ago has transformed her life. Leah had cancer in her...

‘I’m scared in my own home’

A DAD has been left living in fear of his son after he burgled him on Christmas Day. John Luke, who was banned from contacting his father, broke in while he was out and helped himself to a ham sandwich. As he was jailed, his dad told how he has is...

Hen do guest turned violent, smashing glass in man’s face

A WOMAN out on a hen party smashed a glass into a man’s face for playfully tapping her with an inflatable golf club. NHS worker Donna Stalker was in a Tyneside pub with a group of women when a harmless interaction suddenly turned to violence and...

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Metro price hike warning despite new cap on fares

PLANS for a new ticket price cap on the Tyne and Wear Metro have sparked a mixed reaction, with warnings that many passengers will miss out on promises of cheaper fares. North East mayor Kim McGuinness announced on Monday that the cost of Metro travel...

New weather warning for ice issued after severe storm

A NEW weather warning has been issued for the North East after Storm Chandra struck the region yesterday. Heavy rain, snow and strong winds caused problems across the North East, and the Environment Agency issued a series of flood alerts. Coastal...

Mayor reveals Metro ticket price cap for Pop card users

THE cost of a single journey on the Tyne and Wear Metro will be capped at £2.50 rate – in what is being branded the biggest change to the network’s ticketing for 20 years. North East mayor Kim McGuinness has confirmed plans to introduce the new price...

TEENAGER HELD AFTER WOMAN DIES

A MURDER investigation has been launched after a woman died following a suspected assault in North Tyneside. Shortly after 10pm on Saturday, police received a report via the ambulance service of concern for the welfare of a woman on Russell Street in...

‘I know he’s got difficulties but it’s not an excuse for stealing’

A MUM has slammed a thief who claimed he was “lonely” when he stole her beloved dog. Shaun Flaherty, 38, stole Felicity Dickinson’s nine-year-old bulldog Lizzie from outside Molineux Pharmacy in Byker, Newcastle. Felicity, 59, had left Lizzie outside...

£128m vision to transform ‘bleak’ corner of city centre

FRESH details have emerged of a £128m vision to o regenerate an “inaccessible and d bleak” corner of Newcastle stle with new homes, shops, hops, a multi-storey car park, and an urban park. ark. Proposals for a dramatic overrhaul of a disused d railway...

‘WE’LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR WHAT HE PUT US THROUGH’

ROBBED of his dad before he was even born, a teenager is coming to terms with the fact that the killer who changed his life forever is now walking free. Paul Gilbert had been excitedly looking forward to the birth of his first child when he was knifed...

ALMSHOUSE TO BE HOME ONCE MORE

A PROMINENT heritage building which is pivotal to Tyneside’s industrial and social history is to be saved and restored by a £4.6m grant. The Grade II listed Keelmen’s Hospital, which overlooks the River Tyne in Newcastle, is one of the city’s most...

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