Sunderland
Around 100 jobs have been lost across a group of companies that had been behind NHS 111 call centres, including three sites in the North East. Around 250 people were based at Totally plc sites in Newcastle, Sunderland and Stockton when administrators were appointed to the firm, along with Greenbrook Healthcare (Hounslow) Limited and Vocare Limited. Insolvency […]
Officers investigating a report of assault in Sunderland city centre, have released an image of a man they would like to speak to. At around 3am on Saturday, April 4, it was reported that a man had been assaulted outside of 7Even nightclub on Derwent Street. The victim, a man in his 40s, sustained serious […]
Weapons have been seized and more than 150 arrests made during a dedicated week of action aimed at further tackling knife crime and serious violence in the North East. As part of Operation Sceptre last month, Northumbria Police officers carried out warrants at addresses across the Force area while also taking part in targeted patrols […]
Police and Crime Commissioners Joy Allen and Susan Dungworth joined bikers at a motorcycle rally in support of fundraising work for a stalking awareness charity. The County Durham and Darlington PCC joined her Northumbria counterpart at the England III Blue Knights annual residential ride in Sunderland as the bikers rode out from the Grand Hotel […]

Officers are appealing for witnesses after a woman sadly died in a collision in Sunderland city centre. Just after 3pm on Friday (May 30), police received a report of a three-vehicle collision on the A1231, Stockton Road, near to the junction with Cowan Terrace, close to Park Lane Interchange. It is understood a white Skoda […]
A grieving family has shared a heartfelt tribute to their loved one – following a fatal collision in Sunderland. Shortly before 1pm on Friday, May 16, police received a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on the B1286 Burdon Road in Sunderland, near to the junction with Lidcombe Close. It was […]

Officers are appealing to identify and locate a woman following a suspected assault in Sunderland. Just after midnight today (Wednesday), police received a report of a disturbance on board the number 63 bus which was travelling towards its final destination in Silksworth. It is believed a woman, who boarded earlier at Ryhope Road, has sustained […]
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