Police investigating a report of rape in Newcastle are appealing for potential witnesses. It was reported that shortly before 2am on Sunday, February 9, a man in his 20s had been raped near Pottery Lane. An investigation was immediately launched by detectives from Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Department and the victimContinue Reading
Officers searching for a wanted man are appealing to the public to help locate him. Kenneth Joicey, 44, is wanted in connection with an assault. Extensive searches to locate him are ongoing across the region. Joicey has strong links to the Gateshead area, in particular Felling, Leam Lane, Wrekenton and theContinue Reading
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a road traffic collision in Northumberland left a woman with serious injuries. Shortly before 3.30pm yesterday (Tuesday), police received a report of a collision on the A1068 in the Widdrington area of Northumberland. It was reported that a black Ford Focus carContinue Reading
Officers are appealing for the public’s help to locate a wanted man. Jack Hudson, who is aged 26, is wanted for breaching a community order and is understood to be actively evading arrest. Hudson has links to Gateshead, particularly the Beacon Lough area. Officers from Northumbria Police are today (Tuesday)Continue Reading
A paedophile who sexually abused two children and boasted online about his offending has been jailed. Ian Campbell threatened to share indecent photographs of one of his victims online if she did not follow his orders, and his abuse lasted over a two-year period. In March 2021, he unwittingly braggedContinue Reading
Three people have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Robert Scott Clive. Robert Scott Clive, known as ‘Scott’, was last seen shortly after 11pm on October 10, 2002, in the Coronation Street area of North Shields. Scott, originally from Stranraer, was reported missing by concerned family members, andContinue Reading
A man who assaulted his girlfriend’s brother causing catastrophic internal injuries has been jailed for more than nine years. Pearse Kavanagh, now 47, attacked his then partner before turning on Philip McQueeney as the trio socialised inside a South Shields house on July 19, 2022. As a result of theContinue Reading
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man sadly died following a collision in Northumberland. Shortly after 1am today (Monday), police attended a one-vehicle collision on Fairfield Drive in Ashington. For reasons yet to be established, a black Skoda Kodiaq car was travelling South on Fairfield Drive, towards the junction withContinue Reading
Officers searching for a wanted man are appealing to the public to help locate him. Robert Bradford, 35, is wanted on breach of bail conditions and failure to appear at court and is understood to be actively evading arrest. Extensive searches have been ongoing across the region to locate him.Continue Reading
Police are appealing to the public for information after two men were seriously injured in a collision in Newcastle. Shortly before midnight yesterday (Wednesday), police received a report of a one-vehicle collision on Great North Road, Gosforth. It was reported that a grey Volkswagen Passat car was travelling northbound whenContinue Reading
