HERE's a round-up of some of the local court cases we've covered from around the Tyne Valley in 2025 so far. A paedophile who befriended a family so he could get close to a young child has been put ...

A playwright who spent 10 days watching the trial of two men who felled a landmark British tree is to write a play about the ...

The host of one of the UK’s most popular podcasts has argued the two men who felled the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in ...

Why do offenders film themselves committing crime, then share that film with friends, or upload it onto social media platforms?  It ...

Earlier this month, two men were found guilty of illegally cutting down a much-loved sycamore tree. The more than 150-year-old tree had been ...

Rory Stewart raised concerns about overcrowding in UK prisons and said jail should only be used for violent, dangerous ...

Drayton Parish Council is saddened to report a recent act of criminal damage at Green Lanes, where two mature beech trees were deliberately cut ...

The convicted vandals were arrested but never charged for the attacks as the tree-felling case moved through the courts.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were found guilty of criminal damage – for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian's Wall. The evidence was certainly damning. Graham's car ...

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of felling the iconic Sycamore Gap tree ... guilty on two counts of criminal damage — one for the sycamore tree, and one for the Roman ...