IC: After the call is found to be a joke, the RMP set off to arrest the man in Byker.
Meanwhile:
the Newcastle Nives have been proscribed as a terrorist group by the Home Secretary
Phillip Proudfoot has been phoned and asked if he succeeded in joining the armed wing.
Sentences have been tougher for the murder of a police officer.
(The starting tariff is now 9 years for a person aged 10 to 12,
12 years for a person aged 12 to 16,
30 years for a person aged 16 to 18
a whole life order for a person aged 18 or over).