DRAGGING her shopping bag up the almost-deserted high street, an elderly woman stops to kick an empty can of lager out of her way. It’s just a stone’s throw from a plaza known as ‘Suicide Square’ on Shields Road, in Byker, Newcastle, where drug addicts and alcoholics waste away the hours. The two-mile-long stretch of […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
COPS are calling for help to find a schoolgirl who vanished from a park yesterday, Faith Fishwick, 13, disappeared from Westbridge Park in Stone, Staffordshire. The location where she was last seen is more than ten miles from her home, in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Police have now called for anyone with information to come forward urgently. In […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
THE heartbroken parents of a man who died after eating a pizza ordered on Deliveroo said he could have been saved by simple changes to the app. James Atkinson, 23, tragically died after ordering a takeaway pizza from Dadyal Restaurant in Newcastle as he suffered a suspected allergic reaction. The computer science graduate from Leeds […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
BRITS started the Easter bank holiday with a spring in their step last night as they hit the town in swathes. Revellers sporting bunny ears appeared to have had an egg-cellent evening as they make the most of the boozy four-day weekend. And it looks set to be a very Good Friday indeed – as […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
A WOMAN has been raped in a park by an unknown man. The victim, 63, was attacked in daylight hours in the busy park, which is used by dog walkers, joggers and cyclists. Police were called to reports of the woman in a distressed state on Monday at the Rising Sun Park, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Her attacker […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
A RANDY couple were nicked after onlookers watched a woman perform a sex act on her lover in public. Kerry Walker, 33, and Lee Martin, 40, were seen getting hot and heavy at the taxi rank outside of Central Station in Newcastle. A commuter who saw the pair approached a member of staff at the […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
A “TRAUMATISED” mum-of-two had almost all of her possessions binned by her landlord. Shellie Mullen sobbed after irreplaceable photos of her kids, her grandad’s war medals and even her family’s birthday certificates were taken to the tip. The 34-year-old had been in the process of moving out of her Places for People-owned property in Cramlington, […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
BRITAIN’S most formidable mum was remembered by her kids in a hilarious funeral notice praising her battleaxe qualities. The obituary for tough Geordie Joan Parkin included her family revealing she once “chopped lumps out of a neighbour’s front door”. Anyone posing a risk to her brood was threatened with having their head “cut off with […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
A PENSIONER claims she was left without heating or hot water for almost a week during one of the coldest spells of winter so far. Valerie Barzey, 81, found it “impossible” to keep warm after a leak poured through her walls which left her with no gas or electricity. Her daughter, Denise Gilley, blames Northern […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …
A NIGHTMARE neighbour opened a couple’s post, photographed them sunbathing and called police to their house 27 TIMES during a horrific year-long stalking campaign. Creepy David Whinham, 45, continuously harassed the terrified pair and even falsely informed financial companies one of them was a criminal. The exhausted couple were knocked up by cops and their […] The Sun Newcastle upon Tyne …