In an interim report published today, Friday 1 July 2016, the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) says that soliciting by sex workers, and sex workers sharing premises, should be decriminalised. Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, was invited...
Northumbria PCC Vera Baird QC this morning sent condolences to the family of Labour MP Jo Cox, killed apparently by a constituent while she was engaged in work as the local MP for Batley and Spen. Commissioner Baird, said:...
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird QC welcomed Wednesday’s Justice Committee report commenting on new Sentencing Council guidelines. The guidelines propose to continue allowing judges to reduce the sentence by a third for a defendant who pleads...
Operation Encompass, a scheme which sees police forces and schools working together to support children who witness domestic abuse, ‘should be rolled out across all forces’, Northumbria PCC Vera Baird told the BBC 2 Victoria Derbyshire programme yesterday. Commissioner...
‘Let’s blow the whistle on domestic abuse’ – that’s the message from Northumbria Police along with Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, and local partners this summer. As part of their latest campaign, the force aims to raise awareness...
Northumbria’s Volunteer Police Cadets will be supporting Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations in Newcastle this weekend. Celebrations will begin on Saturday June 11 with a concert in Newcastle City Hall on Saturday (June 11) with three of...
Northumbria Police have released footage of a drink driver as their Op Dragoon team launch a campaign to stop offending during the European Championships. The annual TIPSOL summer drink and drug drive campaign has been extended this year to...
It’s time to ban driving with hands-free mobile phones, say Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, as new research finds driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be just as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile....
More than 100 volunteers attended the first ever Volunteers’ Conference hosted by Northumbria Police and Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner on Saturday. The event was an opportunity to thank the many people who give up their own time to...
At a conference last week, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird, introduced a line-up of safeguarding experts to update local professionals, who work with domestic abuse victims, on progress being made by Gateshead’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). Commissioner...
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