Man stabbed near South Shields nightclub in early-morning disturbance

Police were called to a disturbance outside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A man was treated by paramedics with stab wounds to his arm and back.

A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.17am to treat a man who appears to have been stabbed.

“We sent a paramedic ambulance and one of our hazardous area response teams.

“They treated the patient for wounds to his arm and back before taking him to South Tyneside District Hospital.”

The incident took place near Roxannes, in Ocean Road, at shortly before 3.30am.