The Latest Breaking News from Northumbria

Concern about Northumbria Police's proposed cuts after spate of crime in Prudhoe

More than 100 community support officer roles are being cut due to inflationary pressures

Chronicle Live · Apr 25, 2023

Knife crime education in schools essential to help prevent further tragedies on our streets

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness is urging Government to make funding available to get any violence education on the curriculum

Chronicle Live · Apr 25, 2023

23-year-old man tragically dies after falling from building in Newcastle city centre

Northumbria Police and the ambulance service attended but they found the man deceased at the scene

Chronicle Live · Apr 21, 2023

Kidnapping gang forced men into van, beat them and threatened to cut off fingers and ears

Mason Schubeler, 20, Harri Pearce, 22, Reece Speirs, 23, Ricky Fidler, 21, and Laura Watson, 46, all played their part in a terrifying kidnap which saw two men bound with cable ties and forced into a van on July 1 last year

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Northumbria Police seize $63,000 from account belonging to a bogus cleaning company

Police suspect the money was obtained in a series of telephone and banking scams

Chronicle Live · Apr 4, 2023

Man killed outside Northumbria pub after being struck by van

A murder investigation has been launched after a 55-year-old man died after being struck by a car outside a pub in Northumbria.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2023

The North East gambling addicts whose habits drove them to commit appalling crimes

These gambling addicts have appeared before the courts to be sentenced for their crimes

Chronicle Live · Apr 2, 2023

'He could still be here now': Murdered Jimmy Prout's brother's agony as report reveals string of missed opportunities to prevent torture death

A domestic Homicide Review into the harrowing crime tells how police were called when the victim went to hospital with knife and baseball bat injuries just three months before he died, but no 'safeguarding alert' was made

Chronicle Live · Mar 31, 2023

Police cordon in Tynemouth linked to search for missing Blucher man Karl Pyle

Northumbria Police carried out a search at the Knott Memorial Flats in Tynemouth which is linked to missing man Karl Pyle

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2023

Police crackdown after 'illegal' use of roads in Slaley Woods by 4x4s causes 'considerable damage' to countryside

Northumbria Police warn anti-social behaviour by people illegally using off-road vehicles in countryside areas will not be tolerated.

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2023