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A man has been arrested and charged after a "big increase" in reported burglaries targeting students in Jesmond and Heaton.
Northumbria Police officers say they have received 51 reports of burglaries and thefts from motor vehicles in just over a month.
The majority of victims are students with intruders gaining access to their home through an open window or unlocked door.
The police force say extra patrols have been stepped up by the local neighbourhood policing team to tackle offenders operating in the area.
And yesterday a man appeared in court after being arrested in the area on suspicion of burgling a property on Saint George’s Terrace in Jesmond.
Neighbourhood Inspector Julie Rana hopes the work of police will reduce the crime spates but has called on residents to keep their homes secure.
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The UK’s most prestigious cycle race will make a spectacular return to the North East this year.
It has been confirmed today that two bids to bring the world’s top cyclists back to the region in September have been successful.
The third leg of the Tour of Britain will be staged across a picturesque route through Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle - including a dramatic city centre finish.
Then stage four of the race will start on the Gateshead Quayside the following day as part of a route that will also pass the world famous Angel of the North.
Hosting a double bill of the country's premier professional cycling race is a major coup for the region's leaders.
North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll said: “This is great news - I’m really looking forward to the Tour of Britain coming to the North of Tyne.
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Disgruntled parents have not been given a choice on a potential move from a three-tier to a two-tier educational system in a Northumberland town, an MP has warned.
Northumberland County Council has agreed to carry out a consultation on Whitley Memorial CE First School and Bedlington West End First School extending their age ranges from September 2020.
The Bedlington Partnership is predominantly a two-tier system of primaries and secondaries, while these two first schools and Meadowdale [Middle] Academy remain as a three-tier set-up.
Bedlington Academy and St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy will only accept Year 7 pupils from September 2020, and Meadowdale is now consulting on becoming a primary from this September.
These circumstances could see the complete abandonment of the three-tier system, and Ian Lavery, MP for Wansbeck, says parents have been "denied the opportunity" to oppose the potential move.
Mr Lavery said: “We all understand the pressures that have been placed on all schools due to central Government cuts with those in Bedlington losing more than £1m in real terms from their budgets since 2015.
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One person has been rushed to hospital after flames ripped through the roof of a Northumberland home.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene of the house fire on Rowlington Terrace, Ashington , on Wednesday evening.
Neighbours gathered in the street with one onlooker suggesting flames stretched 20ft into the sky.
Michael Watson, 69, said: "It was my neighbour who come along and told me the house was on fire.
"The flames were 20ft at least. There was a lot of people out in the street.
"This is the quietest area in the world, a lovely place to live.
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Northumberland County Council's bid for a new caravan and camping site at Druridge Bay Country Park has been given the green light.
The proposals, for a plot to the south of Ladyburn Lake, were approved by eight votes to two by the North Northumberland Local Area Council this week.
The scheme had attracted 35 objections from residents - and three letters of support - while East Chevington Parish Council was opposed to what it described as 'simply commercialisation of public land', but no objectors spoke against the application at Tuesday's (May 21) meeting.
The planning officer's report said that camping provision was specifically included in the provision when the park was created in 1983, before opening to the public three years later.
It adds that the area in question continues to be used for camping to this day, but 'due to the modern popularity of caravans/camper-vans, the current set-aside area is no longer considered fit for purpose.'
Coun Jeff Watson said: "It's quite obvious that the area we are talking about is already used for this purpose at various times.


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