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Emergency services were called to a crash on Stockton Road, in Hartlepool, shortly after 8.30am on Wednesday, June 4.

Two treated at the scene of a crash in Hartlepool

Emergency services were called to the scene of a crash at the junction of the A689 and Clarence Road, in Hartlepool, on Friday, May 30. Picture credit Becca Twigg.

Casualty taken to North Tees Hospital following crash

Drink driver crashes into wall and leaves injured passengers behind

'Cowardly' driver crashes car and flees - with a passenger in the boot

CCTV shows flames tear through home after devastating explosion

News from Northumbria Police.

Police issue appeal after woman's death following road collision

Minibus smashes head-on into car - seriously injuring three.

Watch: Minibus smashes head-on into car - seriously injuring three

Armed police arrest man who threw acid in boy’s face.

Dramatic moment armed police arrest man who threw acid in boy’s face

Emergency services temporarily closed a Hartlepool road after a car ploughed into the front of a house on Elizabeth Way, in Seaton Carew, on Tuesday, April 15.

Casualty taken to hospital after car ploughs into home

Video grab of the moments before and after Israel Baber setting fire to a sofa in Eccleston House, in Aiken Street, Bristol.

Watch: Building goes up in flames as 'dangerous' man set fire to sofa

Nigel Francis.

Watch: Moment man spits in paramedic’s face as he’s led to police van

Fire at property once owned by Jimmy Savile.

Watch: Blaze erupts at home once owned by Jimmy Savile

Harrowing CCTV shows the final moments of a teenager's life as he fled two thugs who stabbed him in a park in broad daylight.

Harrowing CCTV shows moment stabbed teen flees his killers

A sinkhole has opened in South Shields on Monday morning

Watch the aftermath as sinkhole opens on residential street

Dilovan Sindi.

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Emergency services and members of the public helped rescue a cow that had got itself trapped in some ice on Friday, January 10. Picture courtesy of Tom Richardson.

Cow rescued from frozen water in Seaton Carew
Emergency services and members of the public came together to help rescue a cow that had become trapped in icy water.
Madeleine Raine

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Man wakeboards along flooded road in Leicestershire.

Watch: Moment man wakeboards along flooded road

View of the flooding at Proctor's Pleasure Park near Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire.

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Cars stranded in deep water due to flooding in Stockport.

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Residents are rescued from fire.

Watch: Police run into burning building to rescue residents from blaze

People battle against the wind and rain.

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All three emergency services attended the incident on Rossmere Way, Hartlepool.

Several people treated after Rossmere Way crash

Cargo plane crashes into house in Lithuania.

Watch: Moment plane crashes into house a 'mile' short of runway

Catherine Davies was paralysed from the neck down as a result of the collision.

Watch: Teen drives with his knees before paralysing a mum in crash

The bedroom table on fire.

Watch: Police rush into smoke-filled burning flat to save man’s life

Emergency services were called to the scene of a crash in the Belle Vue area of Hartlepool shortly after 4.30pm on Thursday, October 31. The road was closed until shortly after 7pm.

Casualty cut free from vehicle following crash
Emergency services were called to the scene of a crash in the Belle Vue area of Hartlepool at rush hour last night.
Madeleine Raine

Valencia Airport runway submerged in flood water.

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Aftermath of 'horror' train crash: 1 killed, 15 injured

Video shows aftermath of 'horror' train crash: 1 dead, 15 injured

Emergency services arrived at the scene of a one-vehicle crash on the A689 heading out of Hartlepool on Wednesday, October 9, shortly before lunchtime.

Man taken to hospital following crash on Hartlepool’s A689

Flames light up the Hartlepool sky.

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Fire erupted at the former Odeon cinema, in Raby Road, Hartlepool, late on Saturday, October 5.

999 services tackle serious blaze at former cinema

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Camerons Brewery. Picture by FRANK REID.

Fire crews tackle blaze at Camerons Brewery

Emergency services were called to a car “well alight” on the A179 heading out of town on Monday, September 30, shortly before 11.30am.

Car bursts into flames on A179 in Hartlepool

Emergency services attended the scene of a two-vehicle crash on the morning of Friday, September 20, on the A689 in Greatham, Hartlepool.

Motorists face delays following crash on A689 leading into Hartlepool

Man taken off plane after ‘trying to storm cockpit at 30,000ft’.

Watch: Man taken off plane after ‘trying to storm cockpit at 30,000ft’

The large blaze at a Birmingham grocery shop, Alum Rock Road, Saltley.

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

A light blue Audi R8 supercar hit a street post.

£130k Audi supercar now a 'crumpled heap' after lamp post crash

Alicia Reid and Ryan Reid.

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Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash on the evening of Thursday, August 8, at the junction of Challoner Road and Raby Road, in Hartlepool.

Cyclist freed from under vehicle following crash

Drink driver Simon Wright, 43, crashed his Audi convertible in a head-on collision

Drunk-driver's head-on collision in Audi convertible caught on dashcam

'Cowardly' driver left friends to die in crash

"I'm gunna die": Chilling Snapchat video before fatal 100mph crash

A689 at Greatham Village. Picture by FRANK REID

Two taken to hospital after A689 collision

Fire rages through crane on A road as smoke billows into air.

Watch: Fire rages through crane on A road as smoke billows into air

Maurice Jones was arrested after murdering Tsvetomir Genov - known as TG.

Watch: Man arrested after murdering love rival in front of his toddler

One casualty had to be rescued from an early morning house fire in Eton Street, in Hartlepool, as three fire engines arrived from Billingham and Hartlepool.

Casualty rescued during early morning house fire

Eight armed men chase teen leaving him with multiple stab wounds.

Watch 8 armed men chase teen leaving him with multiple stab wounds

A689 Wolviston Emergency services arrived at the scene of a fire on the outskirts of Hartlepool on Friday, July 12, at around 10am. Fire engines from Billingham and Stockton assisted in putting out the fire.

Motorists faced delays following Jaguar XJ car fire

Boeing 737’s tyre explodes, flinging rubber across the runway.

Watch: Boeing 737’s tyre explodes as flight powers down runway

Fires burn outside London shops as police race to extinguish blazes.

Watch: Fires burn outside shops as police race to extinguish blazes

Fire rages at a Huyton industrial estate as 10 fire engines tackle blaze.

Watch: Fire rages at industrial estate as 10 fire engines tackle blaze

British tourists in Greece have been slapped with an "emergency alert" as a ferocious wildfire rages across the holiday hotspot.

Watch: Greek firefighters battle wildfires as warning issued

A British Airways Airbus-A380-841 comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in April 2024.

Watch: Fire rages through airport truck parked at plane

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