knife crime
North East police and community leaders have repeated their commitment to the fight against knife crime in the region, with the relaunch of a task force this week. Politicians, police, community and charity leaders and all three police and crime commissioners from Durham, Northumbria and Cleveland gathered to reintroduce the Northeast Knife Crime Task Force […]
The United Kingdom is facing a serious issue with knife crime. In 2024, nearly 50,000 knife-related offences were recorded. Over the past five years, Northumbria has seen a 46.02% increase in such crimes (Licensed, 2024). Cleveland recorded the highest rate of knife-related assaults, with 8.61 incidents per 10,000 people. These attacks are often carried out […]
A pensioner who stabbed a father-of-three to death in a row after a long dispute over parking has been jailed for murder, for at least 18 years. On Monday, a judge at Newcastle Crown Court sentenced 68-year-old Alder Willis to life imprisonment with a minimum period, for the murder of 35-year-old North Tyneside man […]
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