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BBC News
6 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Plans to turn old Gateshead police station into flats
A former police station that has stood empty for years could be turned into building on Sunderland Road in Felling, Gateshead, stopped being used as a police station in 1999. Planning documents showed it was later used as a youth probation centre and a school, but had been empty for more than five Leo Investments has applied to Gateshead Council to turn it into an apartment complex with 15 flats. Planning documents said the project would give "a diverse group of people" the chance to rent an affordable property in the area and bring the building back into use.A previous application was submitted and approved in 2018 to turn the former station into an aparthotel, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Former police station to be sold at auction
A town's former police station is due to be sold at auction next month, with a guide price of £ four-storey building in Tamworth was built in 1975 and was in use until Property Auctions said planning permission had been granted to convert it into 54 apartments, with a gym and car auction is due to take place on 26 June. Auctioneer Andrew Parker described the potential development as a "much-needed residential scheme in the heart of Tamworth".The firm said there was high demand for apartments in the Staffordshire town, partly because of its rail links to Birmingham and described the former police headquarters, on Spinning School Lane, as a "brutalist-style property", which had been built to replace the previous Victorian-era police station. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Al Jazeera
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Deadly blast rocks police station in eastern Syria, killing three: Report
At least three people have been killed in a blast targeting a police station in the eastern Syrian town of Al-Mayadeen, the SANA state news agency has reported, citing a security source. The explosion in the Deir az Zor countryside on Sunday also injured several people, the report said, without providing further details. A video verified by Al Jazeera's fact-checking unit Sanad shows the aftermath of the explosion. The incident took place a day after Syrian authorities said security forces killed three ISIL (ISIS) fighters and arrested four others in Aleppo. It was the first time the interim government announced such an operation against the armed group. The raids, launched by the General Security Department in coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate, targeted multiple ISIL sleeper cells operating across Aleppo, Syria's Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Saturday. One security officer was killed in the operation, it said. Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who assumed power in Damascus in December, has long opposed ISIL. His forces battled the group's self-declared caliphate during the Syrian war. Al-Sharaa seized power after his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham armed group led a lightning opposition offensive that toppled Syria's longtime President Bashar al-Assad. Al-Sharaa cut ties with al-Qaeda in 2016. The recent operation comes just months after Syrian authorities said they had foiled an ISIL bombing plot near the Sayeda Zeinab shrine, a key pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims south of Damascus. This also comes after US President Donald Trump stunned the world by announcing on Tuesday that the United States was going to lift sanctions on the country – a move that Syrians hope will help their nation reintegrate into the global economy, and bring much-needed investment.
