North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has kickstarted a plan to tackle child poverty across the region and support families. The Mayor met with community leaders, charities, businesses and teachers in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland and took part in a story time reading session with local pupils as she saw first hand work underway to helpContinue Reading
A teenager has been charged with a slew of offences after he was arrested in connection with a burglary in Sunderland. In the early hours of Monday morning (January 27), police received a report that a vehicle had been taken from an address in the Glenleigh Drive area of Sunderland.Continue Reading
A travelling library which serves rural communities across North Yorkshire is adding another stop to its busy schedule. Residents in Fairburn, near Sherburn in Elmet, can now access the county’s vast library collection on their doorstep when the touring vehicle makes its monthly stop. North Yorkshire Council’s supermobile library carriesContinue Reading
Police are appealing to the public for information after a man and dog sadly died in a collision in Northumberland. At around 7.40pm yesterday (Wednesday), police received a report of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian on the A1 in Berwick. It was reported that a yellow CitroënContinue Reading
Oliver Henry Alexander King, 52, of Bedale, North Yorkshire, appeared at York Magistrates’ Court on Friday 24 January 2025, where he pleaded guilty to one charge of operating a waste site without an environmental permit, and one charge of failing to comply with a notice to clear waste from theContinue Reading
The fight against rural crime has come under the national spotlight as a government minister pays a visit to Northumberland. Daniel Zeichner, Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, joined Superintendent Andy Huddleston of the National Rural Crime Unit and partners on a tour of the county on Thursday (January 23). TheContinue Reading
