- 'Fighting to keep the lights on': Newcastle restaurant shares challenges of life in 'party city'
Closed days and empty restaurants: ChronicleLive investigates the reality of running a restaurant in Newcastle in 2026
- The 121-year-old drink recipe found in a drawer that triggered a £38m takeover of North East firm
The original ginger beer recipe lay in a drawer for decades until it provided the inspiration for Fentimans' revival
- Son's plea as Newcastle mum's disappearance linked to Suffolk strangler
Kurtis Pratt has told of the moment he discovered his mother Kellie's disappearance was linked to serial killer Steve Wright
- Gateshead Council set for multi-million pound bid to repair historic Dunston Staiths
It is hoped further works can be done to the Staiths to preserve Gateshead's industrial past
- Isolation and connectivity issues among 'unique' challenges faced by rural Northumberland residents
The annual report of Northumberland County Council's top health official also looked at key issues such as mental health in farming
- 'You only get one chance with a gun' - Shooting victim's son's warning on 30th anniversary of Dunblane massacre
Bobby Turnbull's mum, aunt and sister were shot dead at a home in County Durham in 2012
- Gateshead stabbing victim left close to death after being repeatedly knifed over 'pathetic argument'
Argenti Jahelezi stabbed the victim after Lewis Thompson pulled him off an electric bike during a row in Gateshead
- Newcastle neighbourly row sees panes of glass thrown and 'dead man' threat with golf club
Paul Stephenson threatened Aaron Purcell with the club before Purcell threw the glass towards him after an argument between the pair turned violent
- More than 80 arrested as £120k criminal cash, Class A drugs and weapons seized in North East raids
A total of 12 deal lines were shutdown across the region and large quantities of Class A and B drugs were seized
- See haul of drugs and cash seized in North East amid County Lines crackdown
A total of 84 arrests were made in the region within one week amid a County Lines crackdown
