Wrekenton

Abraham Tewelde brought the curtain down on the Start Fitness North East Harrier League campaign with another resounding victory in his own club's promotion in Wrekenton. The Saltwell-based Eritrean athlete made it two wins in a row after making his ...

Durham City Harrier Rosie Smith (22.37) was the fastest in the women's race, finishing second from the fast pack. Sunderland Harriers finished a final mid-table in the second division after their fourth place at Wrekenton, with Vikki Cotton in 12th and ...

The Gateshead force's darkest day in the Victorian era came on January 24, 1889 when PC John Graham was stabbed, then beaten to death with his own truncheon by Edward Wilkinson, the so-called 'flying butcher' in Wrekenton. Into the 20th century, the ...

Loved ones of Tom Henderson, from Wrekenton, Gateshead, had become concerned about his safety after he went missing on Thursday, and officers made an appeal to the public to help trace him. The 16-year-old disappeared after leaving his home on ...

A schoolgirl is bedbound in hospital after suffering serious leg injuries in a crash in Gateshead. Police closed the B1296 Springwell Road in Wrekenton just before 5.10pm on Wednesday evening after a collision between a Renault Clio and the 12-year-old ...

“At 5.08pm on Wednesday September 16, we received a report of a collision involving a child pedestrian and a black Renault Clio on Springwell Road in Wrekenton,” a spokesman for Northumbria Police said. “Officers and paramedics attended and a ...