Crime

Revellers are being urged to stay safe while out drinking in Hartlepool over the festive period.

A van was stolen while its driver made a delivery.

A danger driver sped from police at almost three times the speed limit and raced the wrong way down a dual carriageway.

Police officers and councillors have both warned figures showing a 16% rise in crime do not necessarily show ‘a true reflection’.

A film inspired by the shocking murder of a vulnerable Hartlepool woman by two teenage girls has been made.

The three Police and Crime Commissioners for the North East today slammed the Home Secretary for increasing council tax bills to fund policing, instead of the Government providing a fair funding settlement.

A 23-year-old man set fire to his upstairs flat before locking the door and walking calmly away.

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has appeared in court to deny sexually assaulting a woman by kissing her on a train.

More than 350 men failed a roadside breath test this year and fails by those aged 51-60 have doubled in the Cleveland area since 2016.

Residents told of their shock after an elderly neighbour was confronted in her own home by an intruder wearing a balaclava and brandishing a large knife.

Police have launched an manhunt after a masked man burst into an elderly woman's home brandishing with a knife.