Crime

Northumbria Police has said that ‘no criminal offences have been identified’ following inquiries into Northumberland County Council’s concerns around finance and governance at Arch.

Helicopter footage has been released of the moment a driver tried to reverse into a police car and then led them on a high-speed pursuit on the wrong side of a busy dual carriageway.

More than £1.6million of fraudulent transactions have been prevented in the last two years, thanks to an initiative which sees Northumbria Police work alongside banks to protect vulnerable people being conned in to handing over their savings.

A Wooler woman has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting theft and drugs offences.

An Amble man has been disqualified from driving for three years.

Northumberland residents are being warned to to be on their guard following another spate of Council Tax telephone scams.

A teenager has appeared in court charged with making an explosive substance and arson with intent following an incident in a north Northumberland village.

Police have charged a teenager following an incident in Glanton earlier this week.

An Alnwick man was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 16 months after admitting a drink-driving offence.

Police investigating a suspected arson in Morpeth are appealing to the public for information.

Police are warning teenagers not to share explicit images via social media.

The owner of an animal sanctuary has spoken of his devastation after a llama at the site near Morpeth died as a result of being shot in the chest.

Police may have to look at new ways of working to cope with budget cuts, parish councillors in Seahouses have been told.

A man has been jailed after being caught helping to smuggle drugs, mobile phones and a flick knife into HMP Northumberland.