A Northumberland man has been fined for fly-tipping garden waste illegally in Lynemouth following a council investigation.

Forensic DNA technology coming to Scot's Gap, Northumberland event November 1st - Adding to £300,000 worth of machinery already marked in anti-theft initiative

A Northumbria University PhD student has won an esteemed studentship award to support her research into the mental well-being of people from farming communities.

A valais ewe has been stolen from a farm in Hexham, Northumberland.

Northumbria Police officers will use new thermal cameras to identify poaching or wildlife offences and help to locate vulnerable missing people in Northumberland's vast countryside

Northumberland Partnership Against Rural Crime said the session would help farmers to protect their equipment from being stolen

Firefighters tackled two farm-related incidents on the same night involving a farm shed and 50 bales of hay in Berwickshire and Northumberland.

Police seized drugs, weapons and even suspected stolen jet skis on roads in Alnwick, Corbridge and Otterburn

North Shields 'nuisance' quad bike seized by police after complaints

A man has been jailed for stealing a livestock trailer worth more than £1,000 from a farm track in Northumberland.

Enforcement action led by Northumbria Police in Slaley Woods saw three 4x4s seized as part of a crackdown on illegal use of off-road cars and bikes.

Across Northumbria, Durham, Cleveland and Cumbria, more than 100 vehicles were proactively stopped as part of the dedicated week of action – with police carrying out routine checks on anything that roused suspicion.

Inquiries are still ongoing today, with a number of vehicles at the scene in Cottingwood Lane, Morpeth, with forensic units also attending a cordoned off section of woodland.

Northumbria Police’s dedicated rural policing team has vowed to maintain momentum and continue to hit criminals hard after receiving landmark funding.

Councillor Scott Dickinson says the pavilion will likely need to be demolished after the incident on Saturday afternoon