Latest police updates, appeals and public information reports for Northumbria.
A man has been jailed for life after attacking two elderly residents in their home with a hammer, causing life-changing injuries to one.
Two brothers have been jailed for their part in a targeted Newcastle assault which left their victims seriously injured.
Two men have been jailed for their roles in an assault in Sunderland which left a man with serious head injuries.
A 19-year-old man has been jailed for six years and nine months after causing the death of an 86-year-old woman in a hit-and-run collision on Burdon Road, Sunderland.