A spate of burglaries has prompted police to ask people in Blyth to secure their sheds.
Officers are warning the public to check their sheds and garages are secure to prevent theft of items such as lawn mowers and bicycles now the warmer weather is here.
The warning comes after a number of burglaries to sheds and garages in the area, the latest being a bike that was stolen from a garden shed in Blyth overnight between Tuesday, May 11, and Wednesday, May 12. Thieves took a BMX bike from a garden shed in the back garden of a house in Kingsway.
A shopper chased a mugger and reclaimed her bag after he snatched it off her in Bondicar Terrace.
The 59-year-old woman was walking towards shops on Bondicar Terrace when she was approached from behind by a man who snatched her bag and started running off.
The woman chased after him and screamed at the thief who dropped her bag and then fled towards Waterloo Road.
Burglars walked into unlocked houses in Blyth, took car keys then drove away.
Police are looking for information following two burglaries in which cars were taken.
The first burglary happened between 1pm on Friday, February 19, and 1am on Saturday February 20. Thieves entered a house in Melville Avenue, stole a set of car keys from inside the house and then took the owner's black Audi A4 estate, which was parked in the driveway. The car is still missing.
Police are hitting antisocial behaviour in Blyth at the source by cracking down on underage drinking.
Blyth Neighbourhood Policing Team targeting licensees selling alcohol to underage drinkers.
In December officers carrying out routine patrols saw a 14-year-old being served alcohol at a local off-licence. Officers followed this up and reported the man for selling alcohol to children, seized the drink from the child and reported the teenager for buying alcohol.
Police are warning hoax callers they will be caught after they tracked down a Blyth man and arrested him.
The 20-year-old Blyth man rang police and purposely falsely reported an incident on Saturday November 14. He was arrested and given an £80 penalty notice for wasting police time.
Police are now warning those who contact police and make false allegations that they are taking time away from those who really need their help.
Northumbrians can order their old garden waste to be delivered to their door thanks to a county composting scheme.
Household waste recovery centres in the county are launching a scheme so that households can buy back their old composted garden waste.
Last year the council collected almost 20,000 tonnes of leaves, grass and hedge and tree cuttings for processing into compost at local farms - saving this material from being buried in landfill sites, reducing greenhouse gases and also reducing the need for peat based composts.
The RNLI in Blyth was called out after the coastguard got a report of a small boat in trouble.
Three people were in trouble in 'Musketeer' due to engine failure between the two offshore wind turbines to the east of the East Pier, Port of Blyth.
The crew of the RNLI Blyth Lifeboat 'Jennie B' were called out by HM Coastguard, and it arrived on the scene only 11 minutes later.
The Northumberland Ladies Netball Summer League is into its fourth round of matches out of five, and there were some high scoring games happening at Cramlington.
In Division One, Concordia A were outclassed 19-11 by Prudhoe A while Division Two saw two games. Croftway A cruised comfortably passed Wansbeck B 32-17, while Amble A lost 20-15 to Hexham A.
Walker Central, unbeaten in the league since October 1 and yet to lose at home, look set to claim a second Northern Alliance Premier Division title in successive seasons.
They have banged in eight goals in each of their last two games to indicate what their rivals are up against. John Campbell, Ian Dunn and Dave Thompson have found the net eleven times between them in those two matches.
This weekend the Central will be protecting their home record against Blyth Town, the latest visitors to 'Fortress' Monkchester. Blyth are unlikely to be intimidated after taking maximum points from their three most recent outings and at Peterlee on Wednesday night they had Danny Beresford claiming a hat-trick in a 4-2 victory with Chris Taylor also on target.
Blyth Town became only the second team to claim the NFA Senior Benevolent Bowl in successive seasons with a 2-0 victory over league colleagues Percy Main at Whitley Park.
Joe Race's 75th minute free kick gave Blyth the lead and it was doubled nine minutes later by Danny Beresford.
Gillford Park have played one game more than Walker and Gillford, and after beating Heddon 2-1 in the Challenge Cup Final in midweek extended an unbeaten run to eleven games with a 1-1 draw at home to Alnwick Town.
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