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High-strength painkillers and methadone have been stolen during a burglary at a pharmacy on Teesside.

The medication was taken from Lloyds Pharmacy at South Grange Medical Centre in Southbank in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Police are warning the medication could be dangerous if taken by someone who has not been prescribed it.

Police want to speak to this man over an assault in Washington.

A taxi driver was attacked by a man following a dispute over a fare on Manor Road, Sulgrave, at 03:00 on 28 October.

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A motorcyclist is in hospital with broken arms and legs after a crash with a car in Norton.

The 28-year-old biker and a Silver Skoda were involved in a crash at around 13:30 yesterday on Albany Road.

The 27-year-old car driver also needed hospital treatment.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

Officers in Dover found £7m-worth of drugs in a lorry trailer driven by the 47-year-old.

A passenger who was in a white van that collided into a wall in Newcastle this week has died in hospital.

He was named by police as 38-year-old Michael Young who lived in the Lobley Hill area of Gateshead.

Police received a report at 01:00 on Monday that a white Ford transit van had collided with a stone wall eastbound on the Coast Road between the junction with Sandyford Road and the Cradlewell Bypass.

The 44-year-old driver is described as being in a stable condition.

An investigation into the crash is on going and anyone who may have seen what happened is still being urged to contact the police.

Police have praised a woman for her bravery after her stalker was handed a seven-year jail term.

Karl Philp, 29, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court to two counts of breaching his restraining order and stalking.

Philp's latest court appearance came almost two years after he started carrying out offences against his victim, which ranged from assault to criminal damage and then stalking.

Northumbria Police says the tenacity of Berwick-based PC Mick Young over the last year helped "put a very dangerous offender behind bars".

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Middlesbrough become the first English club to join the Breastfeeding Welcome scheme and openly encourage breastfeeding.

It is a day of reflection for many old soldiers in the region - it is 50 years since the Durham Light Infantry regiment was formally disbanded.

The DLI recruited a total of 57 battalions of servicemen during the two World Wars alone.

It was then amalgamated with others including the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and serves today in The Rifles Regiment, created in 2007.

In case you missed it last night - A council sprang into action when it emerged that all the children's outfits had been thrown out in error.

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Plans for 144 new homes which attracted "false" letters of support have been approved.

Gateshead Council planning officerssaid 15% of the 140 letterssupporting the Wardley Colliery plan were fake and recommended it be rejected.

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But the council's planning committee approved the scheme saying it was a "final opportunity" to improve the derelict site.

Landowner Bill Coats and developer Persimmon denied any wrongdoing.

Drug users visited a church in Durham last night to have their product tested to see if it was safe.

The pop-up lab will be available in St Nicholas Church in the market place on Saturday as well.

It is a scheme run by a non-profit organisation called The Loop and offers people the chance to have drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy tested for free without fear of being arrested.

Users are not told if the drugs are safe, but they will be told about the risks of taking them.

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The union Unison is demanding stronger punishments for people who attack ambulances after a BBC investigation found they were being targeted with knives and bricks.

There have been more than two-hundred attacks on ambulances and rapid response vehicles in the UK since 2015.

North East Ambulance crews were the first in the country to start wearing body cameras in October - after the number of attacks on them increased by a quarter on last year.

Staff here have been threatened with needles and knives - and been spat at while at work.

Police are appealing for help from the public to trace a man from Sunderland.

Officers are eager to locate Nicholas Stoker, 28, in connection with criminal damage offences and breach of a restraining order.

A number of properties have been searched in an attempt to find him.

Now police are keen for the public to assist officers by reporting if they have seen him or know his whereabouts.

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