Blundering Scot caught with £14k worth of cocaine after leaving fingerprints on bag
Ciaran Ramsay, 19, answered the door to police and let them in, but fled when they started to have a look around the property.
24 Sep 14:42 · Daily Record
Jailed former SNP officer unmasked by the Sunday Mail accessed services at controversial rape crisis centre
Cameron Downing, who identifies as non-binary, was first exposed by this newspaper in October 2022 after he threatened violence towards women in a series of tweets.
24 Sep 14:49 · Daily Record
Fury as Gosforth one-punch killer who robbed loved son Trevor Reid of his life launches bid to appeal his sentence
Trevor Reid died after he was ambushed by Michael Johnson outside a pub in Gosforth, Newcastle
24 Sep 15:14 · ChronicleLive
First picture of man accused of murdering 63 year old in Wallsend
George Ness was remanded in custody after appearing in the dock at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court charged with murder, possession of a kitchen knife and threatening a person with a bladed article
24 Sep 15:27 · ChronicleLive
North Tyneside primary school to open community hub with foodbank and warm space
Greenfields Community Primary School in Wideopen is set to launch its "much-needed" community hub in October
24 Sep 15:54 · ChronicleLive
Homeless man makes charity clothes bin his home and says 'it's more comfortable than any bed I've ever had'
Nigel, 52, ended up on the streets after leaving a multiple occupancy house filled with drug addicts. He has been sleeping in the clothes bin for the last four or five weeks
24 Sep 16:00 · ChronicleLive
Dog killed and man in hospital after pair hit by motorbike on Scots road
Emergency services raced to Chapel Level in Kirkcaldy after the alarm was raised at around 8.10pm on Monday.
24 Sep 16:05 · Daily Record
Labour urged to 'act now' or leave thousands more children to be born into poverty
Labour continues to be met with a major backlash for refusing to lift the two-child benefit limit
24 Sep 16:11 · ChronicleLive
Gateshead MP backs Reeves over winter fuel payments and says Labour has made 'gear change'
Speaking at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, Gateshead Central and Whickham MP Mark Ferguson said the party was not going to "dodge" unpopular decisions
24 Sep 16:12 · ChronicleLive
Gateshead Interchange could be demolished as MP backs plan for major overhaul of bus and Metro hub
Knocking down the sprawling town centre interchange and building a smaller replacement is a £34 million ambition listed in the North East's latest transport vision
24 Sep 16:13 · ChronicleLive
Sick pair who impersonated cops to scam elderly Scots out of over £200k jailed
Derek Moore, 42, and Julie Ann McQuade were sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh following a large-scale fraud investigation across Scotland.
24 Sep 16:39 · Daily Record
Team GB Olympic medallist returns to County Durham school to inspire students
Lauren Irwin, a former pupil at St Bede’s Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, made an emotional trip back home.
24 Sep 20:03 · ChronicleLive
Two hospitalised after crash involving motorcycle on the A19 in North Tyneside
Two people were 'pre-alerted' - which means ambulance crews warned A&E colleagues to expect casualties being rushed to hospital
24 Sep 22:36 · ChronicleLive
Junk food ads to be banned on buses and Metro as mayors back Jamie Oliver campaign
Kim McGuinness is among nine UK mayors to have today committed to backing Jamie Oliver’s ‘AdEnough’ campaign to crack down on outdoor junk food advertising
24 Sep 23:01 · ChronicleLive
Prolific shoplifter banned from parts of Wallsend caught stealing again
Gemma Rowell, who is not allowed to enter stores in Wallsend town centre, Battle Hill and Middle Engine Lane under a three-year CBO, helped herself to toiletries from Next
25 Sep 03:00 · ChronicleLive
Newcastle City Council governance review launched aimed at 'improving the democratic process'
It is hoped the review will be completed by the end of the municipal year
25 Sep 03:00 · ChronicleLive
Taxi driver left terrified when passenger pulled knife and robbed him after pick up from his Gateshead home
Kieran Elsdon has been jailed for robbing a taxi driver who picked him up from his home in Gateshead
25 Sep 03:00 · ChronicleLive
Scots super gang member was close ally of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll and drove hood to his death
John Bonner, who was caged this week, was Gerbil's driver on the day he was gunned down.
25 Sep 03:30 · Daily Record
National Crime Agency wins legal battle to keep hitting gangsters through EncroChat trap
Encrochat evidence helped convict Jamie 'Iceman' Stevenson who last month admitted masterminding a £76m plot to smuggle cocaine into Scotland via crates of bananas.
25 Sep 03:30 · Daily Record
Scottish cops face being hauled before court for abusing their position
Annual report says Scots officers should be treated the same as those south of the border
25 Sep 03:30 · Daily Record
Prime Minister urging Brits to leave Lebanon as UK sends 700 troops to area ready for emergency evacuation
Britons have been urged to leave Lebanon but with airlines suspending flights to the country because of the violence, commercial escape routes could be cut off as the situation deteriorates
25 Sep 06:19 · ChronicleLive
Family's 'immeasurable' loss after young woman killed by boyfriend in dangerous driving crash
Briony Watkins, 24, died after sustaining 'catastrophic' injuries after a crash in Cornwall in April 2023
25 Sep 07:15 · PlymouthLive
Northumbria Police officer who admitted stalking has been suspended and will face misconduct probe
Robert Stringer, 31, appeared at York Magistrates' Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to an offence of stalking involving serious alarm and distress
25 Sep 10:06 · ChronicleLive
Gosforth Academy Trust required to 'revise admission arrangements' after random allocation 'fiasco'
26 people made an objection to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator regarding Gosforth Academy Trust's admission arrangements
25 Sep 10:26 · ChronicleLive
A19 in North Tyneside closed for almost two hours following collision involving motorbike
Northumbria Police attended the scene of the collision shortly after 9pm following an alert from the ambulance service
25 Sep 12:06 · ChronicleLive
Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell accepted £2,000 tickets to Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert
The Labour MP was given two hospitality tickets by the Premier League to see Taylor Swift's first Wembley date on the Eras Tour this summer
25 Sep 12:54 · ChronicleLive
North Tyneside Council gears up for expected increase in damp and mould cases this winter
The local authority has ramped up resources to deal with an expected increase in damp and mould cases as the nation tightens its belt
25 Sep 13:23 · ChronicleLive
County Durham teacher who sent naked Snapchat selfies to schoolgirl permanently banned from classroom
David Amos, 32, was locked up in 2022 for the sex chats on Snapchat, following a Teaching Regulation Agency Investigation.
25 Sep 14:02 · ChronicleLive
Police appeal to find two men after Rottweiler 'jumped on' girl and 'bit her shoulder' in Northumberland pub
Northumbria Police want to speak to these men
25 Sep 14:25 · ChronicleLive
Northumberland masked robber who twice threatened shop workers with 21-inch machete jailed
Gary Walsh stole just shy of £1,100 on 26 July last year from the shop on Brierley Road, before returning six days later, but left empty-handed
25 Sep 14:44 · ChronicleLive
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