Groups of teens are coming together to commit "serious violence" on our streets, and police need the public's help to stop them.
That's the message of a top officer in response to Chronicle readers' questions about 'teen gang culture' on Tyneside.
Northumbria Police's knife crime lead Chief Supt Helena Barron said that while Newcastle does not have problems with teen gangs on the same scale as some cities, the issue is happening here.
