A MAN has been arrested after a woman was found dead at univeristy accommodation in Newcastle.
The 18-year-old was found unconscious yesterday morning, police in Northumbria revealed, with an 18-year-old man taken into custody.
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Emergency crews were reportedly called to a home at the Park View student villageCredit: NCJ Media
Police said their officers were called out by paramedics shortly after 6am on Saturday.
The teenager was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A Police Northumbria spokesperson said in a statment: "At 6.06am yesterday (Saturday) police received a report via the ambulance service of an unresponsive woman at an address on Richardson Road in Newcastle.
"Emergency services attended where sadly the woman - aged 18 - was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Enquiries into the circumstances around her death are ongoing. Her next of kin have been informed and are being supported by officers at this time.
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Police vehicles at the scene of the tragedy
'"An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and is currently on police bail while the investigation continues.
"The investigation is at an early stage but this is not believed to be Covid-19 related death."
Emergency crews were called to a home on the same road as Newcastle University's Park View student village yesterday.
A Newcastle University spokesperson said: "We are shocked and saddened to learn of the death of one of our students and our welfare teams are offering support to those affected.
"This is not Covid-related and as this is an active police investigation, we are unable to provide further comment at this time."
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Park View is a £75 million development which provides self-catered accommodation across six residential buildings.
The Home Secretary has pledged to make the UK's asylum system "firm and fair", promising "the biggest overhaul in decades."
In a speech at the Conservative Party virtual conference, Priti Patel said: "We will protect those most in need and put the rights of those who respect the rules above those who take our country for a ride."
Ms Patel said that under Conservative leadership, the UK "has and always will provide sanctuary when the lights are being switched off on people’s liberties".
She told those tuning into the online conference: "A fair asylum system should provide safe haven to those fleeing persecution, oppression or tyranny.
"But ours doesn’t. Because our asylum system is fundamentally broken. And we have a responsibility to act."
Commenting ahead of Ms Patel's speech, Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds MP said: "The British people will see through the Home Secretary’s shameless comments about a ‘broken system’, when the system has been overseen by the Tories for a decade.
He added: "This is yet more evidence of how lacking in compassion and competence the Tories are."
In her address, Ms Patel added: "From the expulsion of Ugandan Asians from a repressive regime, to proudly resettling more Syrian refugees than any other EU country, to supporting campaigners fleeing political persecution in Hong Kong.
Home Secretary Priti Patel Credit: Leon Neal/PA
"Under Conservative leadership, the United Kingdom has and always will provide sanctuary when the lights are being switched off on people’s liberties.
"So, I will introduce a new system that is firm and fair.
"Fair and compassionate towards those who need our help. Fair by welcoming people through safe and legal routes.
"But firm because we will stop the abuse of the broken system. Firm, because we will stop those who come here illegally making endless legal claims to remain.
"And firm, because we will expedite the removal of those who have no claim for protection.
"After decades of inaction by successive governments, we will address the moral, legal, practical problems with this broken system. Because what exists now is neither firm nor fair.
"And I will bring forward legislation to deliver on that commitment. I will take every necessary step to fix this broken system. Amounting to the biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades."
Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PA
The Home Secretary vowed to "accelerate" the operational response to illegal migration.
Adding: "We will continue to hunt down the criminal gangs who traffic people into our country.
"I will continue to use the full force of our outstanding National Crime Agency and intelligence agencies to go after them.
"We will make more immediate returns of those who come here illegally and break our rules, every single week.
"And we will explore all practical measures and options to deter illegal migration."
Why has she STILL not quit? Nicola Sturgeon faces demands to join MP recall petition for SNP's Margaret Ferrier after her 800-mile round trip to Parliament with coronavirus symptoms
SNP's Margaret Ferrier facing fury for flouting coronavirus self-isolation rules
Travelled to House of Parliament while suffering symptoms and taking a test
Took train 400 miles back to Scotland after testing positive for the disease
Nicola Sturgeon is facing demands to join a bid to oust Margaret Ferrier after he 800-mile round trip to Parliament while suffering coronavirus symptoms.
The MP has yet to resign from the Commons despite being stripped of the SNP whip and Ms Sturgeon publicly calling for her to go.
Scotland Yard confirmed it was looking into Ms Ferrier's admission that she travelled 400 miles from Glasgow to London while awaiting the results of a test, and then took the train back after being told it was positive.
Ms Ferrier could face a £4,000 fine for a first-time offence of 'recklessly' coming into contact with others when she should have been self-isolating under a law that came into force on the day of her positive test.
The Scottish First Minister is now under pressure to sign up to a recall petition that could force Ms Ferrier out of her £82,000 a year job.
Nicola Sturgeon (left) is facing pressure to back a recall petition to oust Margaret Ferrier (pictured right) from the Commons
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said today that he is 'surprised, amazed and shocked' that Ms Ferrier has not yet resigned.
He told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday her actions were 'irresponsible and dangerous'.
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has said Ms Sturgeon must support a recall petition to remove Ms Ferrier, which could be triggered if she is suspended from the Commons for two weeks.
Under parliamentary rules, the MP would face a by-election if at least 10 per cent of her 81,000 constituents signed.
Ms Ferrier travelled by train to London from Scotland last Monday while awaiting the results of a Covid test taken on Saturday, and then travelled back the following day after being told the test was positive.
Images on her Twitter page showed her in several public places likely to have been busy on a Saturday, including the Vanilla Salon and South Lanarkshire Eastfield Lifestyle leisure centre in Rutherglen, and Sweet P gift shop in Burnside.
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle lashed out at her astonishing actions as she faced calls from her own party leader to quit the Commons.
Ms Sturgeon used a series of expletives and said her 'head was in her hands' on being told that her 'friend and colleague' had broken the law, sources told the Times.
However, Ms Ferrier is resisting calls to quit and may seek to stay in the Commons as an independent, having referred herself to the parliamentary standards watchdog.
Images on Ms Ferrier's Twitter page showed her in several public places likely to have been busy on a Saturday, including the Vanilla Salon and South Lanarkshire Eastfield Lifestyle leisure centre in Rutherglen (pictured with the MP centre)
The SNP has insisted it was unaware Ms Ferrier had taken a Covid-19 test on Saturday before travelling to Westminster to take part in a debate on coronavirus in the House of Commons on Monday.
By Ms Ferrier's own account, she was informed the test was positive that evening.
The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP said she was screened after experiencing 'mild symptoms', meaning she should have self-isolated.
In a statement, she admitted she travelled home to Glasgow on Tuesday, where she has been self-isolating ever since. She apologised for her actions and said there was 'no excuse'.
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is investigating the journeys along with British Transport Police over potential breaches of the Health Protection Regulations 2020.
There were 12,872 new cases announced on Saturday. However, the government said a technical issue meant some cases earlier in the week were not recorded at the time so had been included in Saturday's data.
The prime minister said: "The best thing we can do now for all those who have suffered in the course of this pandemic is bring it to an end in the speediest possible way."
Labour's shadow health minister, Alex Norris, criticised the interview as a "wasted opportunity" to set out a "serious strategy to improve public confidence in the government's handling of this crisis".
He said: "Instead [the PM] waffled and ducked every question. His serial incompetence is holding Britain back."
Mr Johnson said he believed over the "next few weeks and months" the "scientific equation will change whether that is vaccines or testing" and there will be "progress" in beating the virus.
As a result, he said there was "hope" and "things can be significantly different by Christmas", as well as being "radically different" by spring.
But, the prime minister warned there could be "a very tough winter for all of us", adding: "I tell you in all candour, it will continue to be bumpy through to Christmas and may even be bumpy beyond."
Is Boris Johnson optimistic or pessimistic about the fight against Covid? He seems to be a bit of both.
The prime minister's prediction for the next few months is gloomy - winter will be "bumpy".
Restrictions of varying degrees could be with us for months.
But at the same time, he is urging people to be fearless if they use common sense - and believes a "radically different" spring is around the corner.
The short-term forecast is downbeat. But the PM wants to retain hope that things could improve again in the not so distant future.
Mr Johnson said the system was "not perfect" and that he was "frustrated with it".
But he defended its "massive increase in capacity", saying it had "made a huge difference" in tackling Covid-19.
Mr Johnson also stood by the Eat Out to Help Out restaurant discount introduced in August, which some critics have said added to the rise in coronavirus cases in September.
"In so far as that scheme may have helped to spread the virus then obviously we need to counteract that and we need to counteract that with the discipline and the measures that we're proposing," he said.
But he insisted it was "right to reopen the economy" as the government tries to "strike the right balance".
Mr Johnson said he took "full responsibility for everything that has happened since the pandemic began".
'Suspicion'
Asked about how effective the latest local lockdowns were in tackling the growing number of cases, the prime minister said it was "too early to say".
Mr Johnson said he understood the "frustrations" of people living in the affected areas - as well as a number of his own backbench MPs - but defended the action, saying: "I'm a freedom-loving Tory. I don't want to have to impose measures like this, are you crazy?
"This is the last thing we want to do. But I also have to save life. And that's our priority."
"And I also think, by the way, that's the priority of the British people and I think they will want to see their government continue to work, continuing to fight the virus and that's what we're doing."
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth earlier called for the government to publish guidelines on what criteria they used to impose local lockdowns, and to involve local council leaders and health officials.
He said there were questions as to why current areas have extra restrictions, while the constituencies of cabinet ministers with higher case numbers remained unchanged.
"Because there are no clear guidelines as to why an area goes into restrictions, and how an area comes out of restrictions, then there is a suspicion that there is political interference," he told Andrew Marr.
"I hope there isn't. But until the government publish clear guidelines, that suspicion will always linger."
The prime minister said when he had the virus he was "too fat" and it was a "teachable moment for our great country" to get on top of the issue of obesity.
But he claimed it was "balderdash" that he was still suffering from the effects of coronavirus, known as "long Covid".
He said the claim was "drivel", adding: "It is balderdash and nonsense. I can tell you I'm fitter than several butchers' dogs."
The Conservatives are currently holding their first virtual party conference due to coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings.
The prime minister said: "The best thing we can do now for all those who have suffered in the course of this pandemic is bring it to an end in the speediest possible way."
Labour's shadow health minister, Alex Norris, criticised the interview as a "wasted opportunity" to set out a "serious strategy to improve public confidence in the government's handling of this crisis".
He said: "Instead [the PM] waffled and ducked every question. His serial incompetence is holding Britain back."
Mr Johnson said he believed over the "next few weeks and months" the "scientific equation will change whether that is vaccines or testing" and there will be "progress" in beating the virus.
As a result, he said there was "hope" and "things can be significantly different by Christmas", as well as being "radically different" by spring.
But, the prime minister warned there could be "a very tough winter for all of us", adding: "I tell you in all candour, it will continue to be bumpy through to Christmas and may even be bumpy beyond."
Is Boris Johnson optimistic or pessimistic about the fight against Covid? He seems to be a bit of both.
The prime minister's prediction for the next few months is gloomy - winter will be "bumpy".
Restrictions of varying degrees could be with us for months.
But at the same time, he is urging people to be fearless if they use common sense - and believes a "radically different" spring is around the corner.
The short-term forecast is downbeat. But the PM wants to retain hope that things could improve again in the not so distant future.
Mr Johnson said the system was "not perfect" and that he was "frustrated with it".
But he defended its "massive increase in capacity", saying it had "made a huge difference" in tackling Covid-19.
Mr Johnson also stood by the Eat Out to Help Out restaurant discount introduced in August, which some critics have said added to the rise in coronavirus cases in September.
"In so far as that scheme may have helped to spread the virus then obviously we need to counteract that and we need to counteract that with the discipline and the measures that we're proposing," he said.
But he insisted it was "right to reopen the economy" as the government tries to "strike the right balance".
Mr Johnson said he took "full responsibility for everything that has happened since the pandemic began".
'Suspicion'
Asked about how effective the latest local lockdowns were in tackling the growing number of cases, the prime minister said it was "too early to say".
Mr Johnson said he understood the "frustrations" of people living in the affected areas - as well as a number of his own backbench MPs - but defended the action, saying: "I'm a freedom-loving Tory. I don't want to have to impose measures like this, are you crazy?
"This is the last thing we want to do. But I also have to save life. And that's our priority."
"And I also think, by the way, that's the priority of the British people and I think they will want to see their government continue to work, continuing to fight the virus and that's what we're doing."
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth earlier called for the government to publish guidelines on what criteria they used to impose local lockdowns, and to involve local council leaders and health officials.
He said there were questions as to why current areas have extra restrictions, while the constituencies of cabinet ministers with higher case numbers remained unchanged.
"Because there are no clear guidelines as to why an area goes into restrictions, and how an area comes out of restrictions, then there is a suspicion that there is political interference," he told Andrew Marr.
"I hope there isn't. But until the government publish clear guidelines, that suspicion will always linger."
The prime minister said when he had the virus he was "too fat" and it was a "teachable moment for our great country" to get on top of the issue of obesity.
But he claimed it was "balderdash" that he was still suffering from the effects of coronavirus, known as "long Covid".
He said the claim was "drivel", adding: "It is balderdash and nonsense. I can tell you I'm fitter than several butchers' dogs."
The Conservatives are currently holding their first virtual party conference due to coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings.
The Met Office said it expected between 25-50mm (1-2in) of rain to fall on Sunday, with as much as 70-90mm over higher ground.
It said delays or cancellations to train and bus services were possible, while spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures.
A yellow warning for rain remains in effect in Northern Ireland until 18:00 BST.
An amber warning for parts of the West Midlands, west and south-west England and most of Wales, and a yellow warning affecting eastern Scotland, northern, central, southern and western England came to an end at midday.
There had been 116mm of rain at Blackpitts Gate in Somerset, and 101mm at Princes Marsh in Hampshire by 18:00 BST on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Flood barriers have been put in place in the Aberdeenshire towns of Stonehaven and Kemnay.
BBC weather forecaster Chris Fawkes said the number of flood warnings have risen as the rain works its way into already high river levels.
There are currently 17 flood warnings in England, including on the River Ure in North Yorkshire, the River Stour in Warwickshire and the River Aller in Somerset.
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has 30 flood warnings and 12 flood alerts covering areas across the whole of the country.
In Wales there are two warnings for the River Aeron at Aberaeron and the River Rheidol in Aberystwyth.
The rainy weather affecting the UK comes after Storm Alex struck brought devastation to south-eastern France and northern Italy. At least three people have died and dozens more are missing.
The prime minister said: "The best thing we can do now for all those who have suffered in the course of this pandemic is bring it to an end in the speediest possible way."
Labour's shadow health minister, Alex Norris, criticised the interview as a "wasted opportunity" to set out a "serious strategy to improve public confidence in the government's handling of this crisis".
He said: "Instead [the PM] waffled and ducked every question. His serial incompetence is holding Britain back."
Mr Johnson said he believed over the "next few weeks and months" the "scientific equation will change whether that is vaccines or testing" and there will be "progress" in beating the virus.
As a result, he said there was "hope" and "things can be significantly different by Christmas", as well as being "radically different" by spring.
But, the prime minister warned there could be "a very tough winter for all of us", adding: "I tell you in all candour, it will continue to be bumpy through to Christmas and may even be bumpy beyond."
Mr Johnson said the system was "not perfect" and that he was "frustrated with it".
But he defended its "massive increase in capacity", saying it had "made a huge difference" in tackling Covid-19.
Mr Johnson also stood by the Eat Out to Help Out restaurant discount introduced in August, which some critics have said added to the rise in coronavirus cases in September.
"In so far as that scheme may have helped to spread the virus then obviously we need to counteract that and we need to counteract that with the discipline and the measures that we're proposing," he said.
But he insisted it was "right to reopen the economy" as the government tries to "strike the right balance".
Mr Johnson said he took "full responsibility for everything that has happened since the pandemic began".
'Suspicion'
Asked about how effective the latest local lockdowns were in tackling the growing number of cases, the prime minister said it was "too early to say".
Mr Johnson said he understood the "frustrations" of people living in the affected areas - as well as a number of his own backbench MPs - but defended the action, saying: "I'm a freedom-loving Tory. I don't want to have to impose measures like this, are you crazy?
"This is the last thing we want to do. But I also have to save life. And that's our priority."
"And I also think, by the way, that's the priority of the British people and I think they will want to see their government continue to work, continuing to fight the virus and that's what we're doing."
Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth earlier called for the government to publish guidelines on what criteria they used to impose local lockdowns, and to involve local council leaders and health officials.
He said there were questions as to why current areas have extra restrictions, while the constituencies of cabinet ministers with higher case numbers remained unchanged.
"Because there are no clear guidelines as to why an area goes into restrictions, and how an area comes out of restrictions, then there is a suspicion that there is political interference," he told Andrew Marr.
"I hope there isn't. But until the government publish clear guidelines, that suspicion will always linger."
The prime minister said when he had the virus he was "too fat" and it was a "teachable moment for our great country" to get on top of the issue of obesity.
But he claimed it was "balderdash" that he was still suffering from the effects of coronavirus, known as "long Covid".
He said the claim was "drivel", adding: "It is balderdash and nonsense. I can tell you I'm fitter than several butchers' dogs."
The Conservatives are currently holding their first virtual party conference due to coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings.
