The Latest Breaking News from Northumbria

Chief Constable Winton Keenen will remain in the role until March next year as the search for his successor begins

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness said the force is starting to improve

Police have arrested wanted Wallsend man Mark Smith following an appeal in connection with a stalking offence

Sometime around the turn of the 8th century, on Lindisfarne, a windswept island off the English coast in Northumbria, a monk by the name of Eadfrith sits down and sharpens his quill. He dips it into the black ink pot before him and, guided by the light of flickering candle,…

A range of prizes have been awarded in the 58th year of the competition

Northumbria Police confirmed that they believe the call to a Tynemouth school was made in good faith

As well as the mishap on the Tyne 50 years ago, HMS Northumbria had been involved in accidents in 1962 at Gateshead, and in 1968 during a NATO exercise in the English Channel

Tomasz Oleszak, described as ‘kind and caring’, moved to the UK from Poland a few years ago

Northumbria Police attended just 35% of home burglaries in 2021 and Durham attended 59.5%, but leading chiefs hope to change that