Crime

An 11-year-old boy has been left frightened to go out after a reported attack by a gang of teenagers in a Hartlepool park.

Police say they are tackling an increase in drinking and anti-social behaviour which resulted in one young person being taken to hospital.

A disqualified Hartlepool motorist who police rescued from drowning has been jailed after he was caught driving again.

Crime prevention officials have issued a range of tips and advice for how householders can protect themselves from criminals during the spring and summer.

Police are investigating a £100,000 burglary at an electrical sub-station in Hartlepool.

Police investigating an incident in the tunnel after a match at Barnsley Football Club on Saturday have arrested a man on suspicion of racially aggravated offences.

A man who suffered a broken back after being thrown down stairs in a nightspot has thanked police after his attacker was put behind bars.

Police in Hartlepool are investigating a £100,000 burglary at an electrical sub-station.

A mum says she is disappointed at the punishment given to a danger driver who hit her, her daughter and her mother as they tried to cross a busy Hartlepool road.

Two 14-year-old boys have been seriously injured after the motorcycle they were riding was involved in a collision with a car on Saturday night.

A Hartlepool man who survived a murder attempt has been warned by  a judge that he was facing jail for gun and drugs offences