Crime

Police are hunting thieves who smashed their way into a village store using a dumper truck and stole its cash machine.

Northumbria Police is rolling out new ‘poaching packs’ to officers in a bid to crack down on wildlife crime.

Child cruelty and neglect offences in the Northumbria Police force area have risen almost four-fold over the last five years, the NSPCC has revealed.

A former prison kitchen worker is now behind bars herself after conspiring to smuggle Spice into a jail for use by inmates.

I am responding to an article in this newspaper last month about Northumbria Police Chief Constable Winton Keenen’s concerns about the impact of budget cuts on policing.

People in the North East lost more than £8.7million to fraud in the last three years, figures have shown.

Northumbria Police and partners put on a show of strength in a co-ordinated effort to tackle rural crime in Northumberland.

Reckless vandals who caused £20,000 worth of damage to a primary school treehouse in Blyth have been dealt with in court after pleading guilty to committing arson.

Vandals have smashed a vehicle, which was specially donated to the Aln Valley Railway (AVR).

Police are investigating a break-in at Lowick Village Store in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Fewer crimes are being prosecuted at Newcastle Crown Court, according to Ministry of Justice figures.

A fifth of schoolchildren in the North East have witnessed animal cruelty and neglect on social media, according to data from the RSPCA.