An inmate has absconded from HMP Kirklevington Grange near Yarm. Bernard Sharkey was last seen carrying out community work at Newham Grange Farm in Coulby Newham at 12:30 BST last Thursday.
A Hull man caught carrying a fake gun for “a laugh” has just escaped jail. Michael Roughton, of Hampshire Street, west Hull, has two previous cautions for common assault and for carrying a penknife.
The merger of Yorkshire police underwater search teams will go ahead in the autumn. The projected new team based in the Humberside Police area will cost just under £720,000.
Four men from the North East region were involved in a lucrative drug-dealing network. Following a six-week trial at Teesside Crown Court three of the gang were convicted of conspiracy to supply the class A drug by a jury.
In the court case of NHS Leeds v Larner, clerical worker Janet Larner originally brought an employment tribunal claim for unpaid holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998.
More than 900 jobs will come to Newton Aycliffe after a new factory for inter-city trains is built. A new maintenance depot will also be going up in Doncaster.
Workers in Ashington are among those who have today (Thursday) begun a 24-hour strike. They are protesting at plans to close facilities for disabled staff at Remploy.
A massive 10.7% of people aged between 18 and 24 in Bradford are claiming jobseeker’s allowance compared to the UK average of 7.8% according to the Office for National Statistics.
