Ok, here is a slightly strange one. I don't believe that it is a l@ser, but this has happened to me three times in the last week or so.
But on descent into Newcastle, we have been caught by a couple of quite bright torch beams, which managed to catch us at around 12000 feet. The lights themselves are not like l@sers, and are actually looking like searchlights. They are not green.
However, they do trace us as we are flying into Newcastle - today the light was being shone into the flightdeck for a good couple of minutes. However, we have reported these incidents a couple of times to ATC. It's very strange though... I don't know who they are or what they are playing at - but in my mind, it's not like the previous l@ser attacks I have encountered.