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Crime & Public Safety
Joe Brown, of Peth Head in Hexham, has received a 12-month community order after a woman reported seeing what appeared to be a gun near Newcastle’s Centre For Life. The item was later found to be a gun-shaped lighter bought on Facebook.
Crime & Public Safety
Joe Brown, 32, of Peth Head, Hexham, has received a 12-month community order after admitting possessing an imitation firearm in public. The novelty lighter, bought on Facebook, appeared to be a black handgun and left a woman shocked near Newcastle’s Centre for Life.
Crime & Public Safety
An 18-year-old man has been released on conditional bail after being arrested on suspicion of burglary in Hexham.
Crime & Public Safety
Kenneth Scott, whose financial services companies included offices in Hexham, has been ordered to repay £1,269,660 after a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Newcastle Crown Court.
Crime & Public Safety
Former accountant Kenneth Scott, whose Willis Scott group had offices in Hexham, has been ordered to repay £1,269,660 after a judge ruled that he benefited by more than £3.3m from tax fraud.
Crime & Public Safety
Jordan Reynolds has been fined and banned from driving after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving when his Vauxhall Corsa crashed into a tree on Lowgate, Hexham, and caught fire.
Crime & Public Safety Bellingham
Roger Crosby, from Bellingham, has met the North East Ambulance Service colleagues and other responders who helped save his life after he collapsed at Byker Asda while buying lunch.
Crime & Public Safety
Daniel Porter, 35, has been charged with causing the death of 76-year-old Doreen Flatman by dangerous driving after a crash on the A69 near Hexham. He faces further charges, including driving while unfit through drink or drugs, and has been remanded in custody.
Crime & Public Safety
Northumbria Police is appealing for information to locate Keith, a 41-year-old man from Jarrow who was last seen near Tynemouth Road shortly before midday on Wednesday and may have travelled towards Hexham.
Crime & Public Safety Hexham East
Campers have left Tyne Green in Hexham after a 34-day stay that residents said brought alleged abuse, dangerous driving, large fires, noise and disruption. Town councillors want Northumberland County Council and Northumbria Police to agree a clear response before next summer, while both organisations say they are reviewing what happened with partner agencies.
Crime & Public Safety
Hundreds are expected at Hexham Abbey for the funeral of 22-year-old Coldstream Guardsman Liam Potts, whose body was recovered from the River Tyne near Wylam Bridge after a four-day search.
Crime & Public Safety
The funeral of 22-year-old Lance Corporal Liam Potts, who was found dead in the River Tyne near Wylam Bridge, will take place at Hexham Abbey at 11am on Friday. Soldiers, comrades and veterans are expected to line the approach to the abbey.
Crime & Public Safety Corbridge
Olly White, 22, admitted possessing 11 cannisters of nitrous oxide for recreational use after police approached a vehicle in a Hexham car park in the early hours of May 29. Newcastle Magistrates’ Court imposed a six-month conditional discharge, £85 costs and a £26 victim surcharge.
Crime & Public Safety
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth has confirmed there are no plans to close Hexham Police Station, while acknowledging concerns about rural policing and the level of service available in isolated communities.
Crime & Public Safety
Gareth Gear, 40, of Linnel Wood, Hexham, has been disqualified from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to dangerously driving a Peugeot 3008 on the northbound A68.
Crime & Public Safety
A 23-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a motorbike and another vehicle collided at the junction of Battle Hill and Eastgate in Hexham at about 5.30pm on Sunday, August 9.
Crime & Public Safety Hexham East
Anvil Homes plans to refurbish and extend 12 former Northumbria Police houses in Hexham after the properties stood vacant for almost a decade. Councillors have welcomed their return to residential use but criticised the absence of social or affordable homes in the scheme.
