The Force: Manchester

In Newcastle, cops race to a stabbing outside a pub after an argument between a group of youths turns violent. A man is arrested after threatening to kill his granddad.

Officers race to save a suicidal man. A police van collides with a taxi leaving officers injured. A man is arrested for terrorizing the public with a snake.

There's a high speed chase after a driver fails to stop. A fight in a bar gets out of hand. Officers arrest a man after his partner is rushed to hospital with a suspected drugs overdose, and a man is arrested for threatening the public with a knife.

A burglar is arrested twice within days but can the police find evidence to lock him up? A helicopter searches for a woman heard screaming in a park. A gang is stopped equipped for burglary, and an argument over cigarettes escalates out of control.

A man wanted for criminal damage and domestic violence is hunted down by police in Washington. A tip off leads officers to a quiet residential street on a drugs raid. And an uninsured driver gives the police the run around in South Shields.

An emergency call to a stabbing is not quite as it seems. A victim reporting an assault leads to the discovery of a cannabis farm.

In Sunderland, the dog unit is called to help deal with a man who has barricaded himself inside his house with a Rottweiler. A man who smashes up his flat with a baseball bat is arrested, and a woman suspected of taking an overdose goes missing.

Officers receive a tirade of abuse from a man high on booze and drugs. There's a hunt for a violent addict and a trail of blood that leaves officers puzzled. A domestic fight leads to an arrest.

Northumbria Police answer a flood of 999 calls. A property is raided after officers suspect it's being used by men to exploit young girls. A man survives a violent attack from his own neighbours, and an injured pensioner is rescued from her home.

Police respond to a 999 call of a man brandishing a samurai sword, destroying his mother's house and threatening to set fire to himself. It's Saturday night fever in Newcastle.