Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has described it as “completely unacceptable” that a third of domestic violence victims cannot receive legal aid and says controversial changes to the system are a way of rationing the access to funds. The...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed the announced increase in firearms licensing fees. The Home Office announced the increases on Thursday which are said to create a fairer and more effective system for forces, licence holders...
Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird QC has initiated a training programme to help Northumbria Police and staff to recognise patterns of coercive control used by domestic aggressors over their victim. To reinforce the importance of the training...
Northumbria is ahead of the game in ensuring Government plans to revise the criminal justice system are appropriate and instil confidence in communities, Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has said. She was speaking about the House of...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed an HMIC report which finds that children need care, not custody. In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC to conduct a thematic inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people...
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird, and the Chief Constable, Sue Sim have set up a Joint Independent Audit Committee to consider the financial governance, assurance, risk management and statutory financial duties for both the Office...
A vital service helping rape victims in Newcastle and Northumberland has moved to new premises. However, Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland will continue to provide the same high level service to women aged over 16 who have been victims...
Burglary crimes will always be given top priority in the Northumbria Police region with officers tackling the issue head on, Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has said. Her promise followed a report by former Minister and Labour MP David...
Plans for a new strip club at the heart of a multi-million pound redevelopment of Newcastle have been slammed. For Your Eyes Only Ltd has applied for sexual entertainment and premises licences for what is currently The Den nightclub,...
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