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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...
Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner Vera Baird QC, has once again called upon the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to fully commit to investigating what happened at Orgreave in South Yorkshire. Mrs Baird is also supporting the demand by...
Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird QC is in London to take part in the Prime Minister’s high level Summit in Downing Street on tackling Child Sexual Exploitation. This follows Mrs Baird describing the much-praised work done by...
Vera Baird, Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has pointed to the extremely strict policy of the Northumbria force on taser use and said even occasions where the devices are drawn from their holders are electronically logged and later reviewed...
North east trailblazers Vera Baird QC, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, and Cris McCurley, Gateshead solicitor and campaigner against domestic violence, are among the women being celebrated as ‘Inspirational women of the law’ in a new exhibition opening...
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