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A man in his 30s has been arrested by police investigating an attempted murder. A woman in her 60s sustained serious head injuries after an incident at a house in Newcastle.

She is fighting for her life in hospital, whilst a man in his 60s is also in hospital, in a stable condition. Emergency services were called to Durham Street in Elswick at around 6.45pm on Friday (November 21) night, reports the ChronicleLive .

A cordon remains in place this afternoon, with a heavy police presence in the residential area to the west of the city centre. The man who police arrested remains in police custody today (Saturday).

Northumbria Police's Detective Chief Inspector Mark Atherton, the Senior Investigating Officer on the case, said: “This is a serious incident which has resulted in t

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