Overview
- Northumbria Police say eight people are in custody after a man and a woman in their 60s were seriously injured in Elswick, with five held on suspicion of attempted murder, one on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and two on suspicion of assisting an offender.
- The woman remains in critical condition with serious head injuries and the man is stable in hospital, as a cordon, forensic searches and a tent remain at the Durham Street property and next of kin have been informed.
- Detectives are seeking witnesses, CCTV or doorbell footage and information about a red Renault Twingo believed to have been in Newcastle’s West End on Friday evening before being found in Longbenton on Saturday.
- Cleveland Police have launched a murder investigation in Hartlepool after a 22-year-old man was found dead in a house on Allerton Close, with two men aged 22 and 23 arrested on suspicion of murder and cordons maintained at the scene.
- Separate cases continue in Bradford, where a man in his 50s suffered life‑changing stab injuries and two people were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and in Aberdeen, where a 36-year-old woman was charged with attempted murder and robbery after a 33-year-old man was taken to hospital.