Police are investigating death threats made to Sunderland winger James McClean after the Ireland international declined to wear a poppy to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Sunderland players Nicklas Bendtner and Lee Cattermole have been arrested and questioned after an incident in which cars were damaged in Newcastle city centre earlier this month.
Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll has been charged with assaulting a teenage girl, police said on Monday.
Sunderland defender Titus Bramble was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of rape, a police source said.
Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is being held under the Mental Health Act, a police source said on Thursday.
Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne swerved to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle and crunched his car into the back of a delivery truck.
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