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A BRADFORD family is "absolutely devastated" after a car crashed into their Horton Bank Top home, leaving a big hole in the side of their house. The crash, which involved a black Audi Q7, took place in the early hours of Friday morning on Poplar Grove. The black Audi Q7 was reported stolen and the vehicle failed to stop for officers shortly before the incident. Shortly after the car smashed into the home on Poplar Grove at 4.06am, the driver and the occupants of the vehicle fled the scene. The residents of the house, Cath Smith and Alan Hill, were asleep at the time but did not hea...

A WOMAN who refused to stop shouting and swearing outside of a police station has been spared jail, despite breaching a suspended prison sentence order. Karen Eldrett avoided custody in April this year after she spat at an Arriva bus driver during the height of the national pandemic. However, she left court with a suspended prison sentence, meaning if she reoffended she would be sent to prison. But after appearing at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court this week for a further offence, the 55-year-old was again spared custody and instead handed a conditional discharge. John Garside, p...

A RAPIST who held a woman captive for more than a day while subjecting her to horrendous sexual violence has been jailed. Shaun Jackson locked his victim, a woman in her 20s, in a County Durham property for around 36 hours where he punched and strangled her and threatened her at knifepoint. He then raped her and carried out a prolonged sexual assault, before she eventually managed to break free and bravely raised the alarm. Police swiftly arrested Jackson, from Eldon Lane, Bishop Auckland and earlier this year he pleaded guilty to rape. Yesterday, the 53-year-old appeared before Dur...

A now-vanished Newcastle city centre street 50 years ago - but where was it? Linking Newgate Street and Blackett Street, the curved High Friar Street was demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the Eldon Square shopping complex Updated Sign up for our free newsletter on Dave Morton's nostalgia and local history stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subs...