The Latest Breaking News from Northumbria Police

Battered on his birthday: Mum's horror as son dragged off Metro and beaten on way home from celebrating his sixteenth

Police are hunting a gang that left a Heaton GCSE student with facial injuries after a terrifying attack in Palmersville

Chronicle Live · Apr 5, 2022

Police release photos of jewellery suspected to have been stolen in Gateshead

The pictures have been released by Northumbria Police in an effort to reunite the jewellery items with their rightful owners

Chronicle Live · Apr 3, 2022

Northumbria Police operation to keep people safe on night's out in Newcastle wins national recognition

Similar initiatives and pilot schemes have since developed across the country

Chronicle Live · Apr 2, 2022

Pledge to cut North East 101 waiting times – with less than half of calls answered within a minute

At a lowpoint last October, just 15% of non-emergency calls to Northumbria Police were being picked up within the force's 60 second standard

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2022

Confusion continues over alleged police investigation into Advance Northumberland

Northumbria Police have denied an investigation ever took place but members at a public meeting were told a probe was ongoing

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2022

Serial offender who breached court order by abusing Gateshead care home staff is jailed

Daniel Davies has a long history of reported disorder and violence in South Tyneside

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022

New York-inspired cocktail bar Manahatta set to open in Newcastle after council backs plans

Councillors have backed proposals to transform the former Allied Irish Bank building in Collingwood Street

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022

Northumbria Police cyber detective warns parents of online 'stranger danger'

Children as young as four are streaming inappropriate content on social media platforms such as TikTok and Snapchat - here's what parents can do to keep youngsters safe

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022

Pensioner, 73, sustains life-threatening injuries after being knocked over by car in Whitley Bay

Officers from Northumbria Police are now appealing for witnesses to the incident which occurred at Park View

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022

Hit and run driver flees Sunderland city car crash leaving three people injured

Northumbria Police are hunting the occupants of a car which was involved in the crash on the junction of Borough Road and Villette Road

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022