With the woman in the passenger seat, he then sped on to the A1 where the major crash happened near the Denton roundabout.

They included failing to stop after the crash on the A1 near the Newcastle and Gateshead border at about 02:30 BST on 9 April. The court heard police were pursuing Iran-born Azarbonyad as the 20 ...

The Iran-born defendant, who came to the UK in around 2020, was behind the wheel of a powerful BMW which was being pursued by police along the A1 near the Gateshead and Newcastle border at around ...

Peter Mole, who has died aged 83, had also been a Gateshead Council mayor and was appointed MBE. Seven officers were hurt in the six-vehicle crash on the A1 near the Newcastle-Gateshead border.

There were 10,241 penalty charge notices issued to drivers breaching the High West Street bus gate restrictions in Gateshead between April 2024 and the 31 March, compared with 6,708 the previous year.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, from Sylvia Terrace, in Stanley, County Durham, admitted dangerous driving following the crash on the A1 near the Newcastle and Gateshead border at about 02:30 BST on 9 April.

Seven officers were injured and five police cars damaged when the force vehicles crashed into each other on the A1 near the Newcastle and Gateshead border at about 02:30 BST on 9 April.