Tom Wilkinson

Crime

Man who admitted A1 police pursuit crash charge drove to work two days later

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was taking a woman out for a first date when the crash took place near the Denton roundabout on April 9.

19 Apr 2025
Crime

Two men charged with murdering grandfather after ‘van driven into group’

No pleas were entered when Martin and Shaun Breeze appeared in court via a videolink from prison.
25 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother guilty of murdering three-year-old son after ‘campaign of violence’

Christina Robinson, 30, was convicted following a three-week-trial.
21 Mar 2024
Crime

Football mascot’s father left unable to work following serious work accident

Carl Lowery was injured while working on an apartment block, leading to a Health and Safety prosecution.
20 Mar 2024
Crime

Jury out in trial of mother accused of murdering toddler

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham.
19 Mar 2024
Crime

Murder-accused mother urges ‘Do not find me guilty of something I have not done’

Christina Robinson denies murdering her three-year-old son Dwelaniyah by violently shaking him at the family home in Durham in November 2022.
19 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother charged with murdering son, three, subjected him to violence, jury told

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham.
18 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother accused of murdering son says he was oxygen-starved during birth

Christina Robinson denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham in November 2022.
18 Mar 2024
UK

Square named in honour of teenager whose bravery helped shorten Second World War

Thomas Brown, a civilian on a warship, was just 15 when he helped rescue crucial papers from a sinking Nazi submarine.
15 Mar 2024
Business News

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt turn tables on media and get behind TV cameras

The Prime Minister and Chancellor were in Sunderland to promote a film studio to be built on a brownfield site
15 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother accused of murdering three-year-old denies he was an ‘inconvenience’

Christina Robinson, 30, is charged with murdering her son Dwelaniyah and a child cruelty offence.
14 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother accused of murder used cane on toddler after hearing scriptures online

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham.
13 Mar 2024
Crime

Mother accused of murdering three-year-old son wanted more than 10 children

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah Robinson at the family home in Durham.
13 Mar 2024
Crime

Little boy’s blood found on his teddy bear, mother’s murder trial hears

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering Dwelaniyah, her son, at the family home in Durham
11 Mar 2024
Crime

Judge criticises drill music after boy, 14, was fatally stabbed in gang feud

Gordon Gault was killed in 2022 after rival groups in Newcastle’s West End carried out tit-for-tat violence.
8 Mar 2024
Crime

Two teenagers sentenced for killing 14-year-old boy in street violence

Gordon Gault was stabbed as part of tit-for-tat violence between rival groups in Newcastle’s West End.
8 Mar 2024
Crime

Three-year-old died from brain injury and burns, murder trial hears

Christina Robinson denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham in November 2022
7 Mar 2024
Crime

Police video shows mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son

Christina Robinson, 30, denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in Durham.
6 Mar 2024
Crime

GP accused of attempted murder now also charged with chemical weapon offences

Dr Thomas Kwan is accused of making and using ricin.
6 Mar 2024
Celebrity News

Knopfler ‘excited’ to unveil new Local Hero track to 50,000 Newcastle fans

The former Dire Straits front man has joined more than 50 guitarists to record a reworked version of the track in aid of the Teenager Cancer Trust.
1 Mar 2024
Music

Sam Fender can manage fame and be ‘as big as he wants’, says Mark Knopfler

Fender will join more than 50 artists on Knopfler’s Going Home: Theme from The Local Hero for Teenage Cancer Trust.
1 Mar 2024