County Durham news

• Caitlyn Jenner tells I'm a Celebrity campmates how she kept her gender transition a secret

  29-11-2019 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here contestant opened up about her fear of being revealed as a transgender woman before going public
  
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• See Hexham Abbey lit entirely by candlelight in an atmospheric 'Festival of Flame'

  29-11-2019 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hexham's famous 12th century abbey was illuminated entirely by candlelight for it inaugural Festival of Flame
  
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• Labour tells staff in Newcastle call centre they'll be out of work by New Year

  29-11-2019 21:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour Party staff currently working on the election campaign will be out of work on December 31
  
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• Farmer claims roadworks could be 'disastrous' for his Christmas tree business

  29-11-2019 21:25
  
  Highways England is partially closing the A184 in both directions this weekend as part of the multi-million pound Testo's roundabout works
  
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• Devious mum blamed boyfriend for three speeding tickets - leaving him fined, banned and devastated

  29-11-2019 21:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lauren Taylor, of Sunderland, hid letters to Darren Alberts about the speeding tickets after lying that he had been driving
  
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• Labour candidate raised by a single mum responds to Boris Johnson's controversial column

  29-11-2019 21:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle candidate Chi Onwurah says Boris Johnson isn't fit to wipe her mother's boots in response to the unearthed column
  
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• General election: What's in the Conservative Party election manifesto?

  29-11-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here's what Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party are saying they will do if they win the general election
  
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• EuroMillions numbers RECAP: Winning lottery numbers for Friday, November 29

  29-11-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, November 29 - live breaking updates below
  
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• EuroMillions numbers LIVE: Winning numbers for Friday, November 29

  29-11-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, November 29 - live breaking updates below
  
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• EuroMillions numbers LIVE: Winning lottery numbers for Friday, November 29

  29-11-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, November 29 - live breaking updates below
  
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• 'Inadequate' asylum seeker housing slammed as families forced out of homes at a week's notice

  29-11-2019 20:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One family were given just one week's notice that they would be moved out of their home as a new firm took over the housing
  
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• Burglars at Earsdon scrap yard steal saws, strimmers, welders and motorcycles

  29-11-2019 19:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police are appealing to the public for help after the incident at Backworth Scrap Yard in East Holywell
  
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• Brexit Party hopeful told not to contact ad agency after shouting at staff through megaphone

  29-11-2019 19:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Ogden turned up at the company's Gateshead depot after claiming he had made 'several failed attempts' to get a quote
  
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• Brexit Party hopeful banned from contacting ad agency after shouting at staff through megaphone

  29-11-2019 19:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Ogden turned up at the company's Gateshead depot after claiming he had made 'several failed attempts' to get a quote
  
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• London Bridge terror attack: Everything we know as two members of the public killed

  29-11-2019 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several people have been stabbed, while the Metropolitan Police say a man with a 'hoax' bomb was shot in the capital
  
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• London Bridge terror attack: Everything we know as two members of the public believed dead

  29-11-2019 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several people have been stabbed, while the Metropolitan Police say a man with a 'hoax' bomb was shot in the capital
  
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• London Bridge terror attack: Everything we know as police name man shot dead a 'terrorist'

  29-11-2019 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several people have been stabbed, while the Metropolitan Police say a man with a 'hoax' bomb was shot in the capital
  
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• London Bridge terror attack: Everything we know as a police name man shot dead a 'terrorist'

  29-11-2019 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several people have been stabbed, while the Metropolitan Police say a man with a 'hoax' bomb was shot in the capital
  
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• Labour pledges to expand ports on Tees and Tyne rivers if it wins general election

  29-11-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour has published a regional manifesto for the general election and has revealed how they would spend billions on the North East
  
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• Glass is back - Newcastle milkman is on a mission to bring back glass bottles to his round

  29-11-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Milkman Allen Brown is determined to combat plastic pollution by bringing glass bottles back to hundreds of doorsteps in Newcastle
  
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• 'Bog-standard' plans to turn former Crofters Lodge pub into petrol station approved

  29-11-2019 18:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  McDonald's dropped plans to open a restaurant at the Kenton site after a long battle with residents and Newcastle City Council
  
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• Dangerous Gateshead paedophile, 68, jailed after subjecting child to years of sexual abuse

  29-11-2019 18:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The victim said the sexual assaults, which took place in Gateshead, plagued him for 50 years and and had a huge impact on his life
  
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• Suspended AGAIN - but this disgraced doctor is still 'busy seeing patients'

  29-11-2019 17:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plastic surgeon Ashish Dutta pressured a woman into a bargain boob job and laughed when another claimed she had been groped
  
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• Revealed: The end of Blyth 'rat run' as council plan bus lane camera to snare cheeky drivers

  29-11-2019 17:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The camera is understood to be first time Northumberland County Council has used a bus lane camera
  
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• Hundreds of young climate activists gather in Newcastle to tell politicians 'time is running out'

  29-11-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The latest in a series of global climate strikes saw students walking out of lessons to demand action on climate change
  
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• Geordies go mad for these foot long battered pigs in blankets after 500 sell in one week

  29-11-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After selling 500 in the first week of the foot long pigs in blankets at Fisherman's Bay, bosses are now selling them in their other three takeaways
  
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• Brave pensioner fends-off callous thief trying to steal her handbag in North Shields

  29-11-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The elderly lady was helping her disabled 80-year-old friend when brazen Georgia Little grabbed her bag outside a photo booth
  
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• 10 of the strangest things every parent has noticed about Peppa Pig

  29-11-2019 16:37
  
  If your child loves watching this cartoon, you will have watched it plenty of times too - and may have wondered about these strange things happening in the Peppa Pig world
  
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• Durham teen who sent series of hoaxes to US emergency services handed suspended jail term

  29-11-2019 16:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Connor Ash, 18, of Hawthorn Terrace, Stanley, claimed to be armed with an assault rifle and holding hostage in a series of emails
  
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• Police treating London Bridge stabbing as 'terror-related' as man shot by officers

  29-11-2019 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are at the scene following the incident and a number of people have been stabbed
  
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• Multiple people injured in stabbing near London Bridge, police confirm

  29-11-2019 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are at the scene following the incident
  
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• London Bridge cordoned off amid reports of gun shots

  29-11-2019 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are at the scene following the incident
  
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• A million illegal cigarettes seized by police along with drugs and air rifle in Winlaton raids

  29-11-2019 15:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two men in their 60s were arrested following the discovery and have since been released under investigation
  
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• Manhunt under way for driver who fled scene after smashing into a lamppost in Walker

  29-11-2019 14:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a crash on Friday morning in Walker Road where the occupants abandoned the car
  
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• Horrific injuries suffered by mother at centre of love triangle murder attempt revealed

  29-11-2019 14:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Graphic image shows horrific injuries suffered by the woman at the centre of a love triangle between Alnwick Garden staff
  
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• Unconscious driver cut free from flipped car by firefighters after crash on Redheugh Bridge

  29-11-2019 14:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to a man who was trapped inside an overturned car on the bridge on Friday morning
  
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• Unconscious driver cut free from flipped car by firefighters after crash near Redheugh Bridge

  29-11-2019 14:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to a man who was trapped inside an overturned car on the approach to the bridge
  
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• Armed police called to Newcastle's West End after officer is assaulted

  29-11-2019 13:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A large-scale response was spotted on Grainger Park Road following the assault of an officer on Thursday evening
  
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• I'm A Celebrity's first eviction takes place this weekend and here's who could be set to go

  29-11-2019 13:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The signs are that one of these two camp mates could be voted out and their identities may surprise you
  
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• County Durham food hygiene ratings: The takeaways and chippies with the lowest scores

  29-11-2019 13:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  These are the County Durham establishments who have been given a score by inspectors they probably don't want on their door
  
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• Boris Johnson says he's 'made of Greggs' but doesn't have a clue how much a sausage roll costs

  29-11-2019 13:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Tory leader boasted that he is 'made out of Greggs' during a telephone interview ahead of the general election
  
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• Watch the stars of Newcastle United in 1974 visit the Wilkinson Sword factory in Cramlington

  29-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Macdonald, Terry McDermott,Bobby Moncur and other Newcastle United players visit a local factory in May, 1974
  
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• Tory general election candidate claims food bank users need to 'get better at handling money'

  29-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hexham parliamentary candidate Guy Opperman's claims have sparked outrage
  
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• Youth charity hosts huge pamper party to promote self-esteem in teenage girls

  29-11-2019 12:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The huge pamper party took place at Newcastle College, where teenage girls enjoyed makeovers, hair styling and nail treatments.
  
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• Climate strike protest RECAP: Updates as hundreds of children strike in Newcastle and Durham

  29-11-2019 11:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Youngsters say that the threat of the climate crisis is "infinitely greater" than that of missing school
  
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• Climate strike protest LIVE: Updates as hundreds of children strike in Newcastle and Durham

  29-11-2019 11:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Youngsters say that the threat of the climate crisis is "infinitely greater" than that of missing school
  
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• Santander and HSBC customers set to be refunded millions after banks broke overdraft rules

  29-11-2019 10:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Government has ordered them to refund customers who had not been texted as they went into an unarranged overdraft
  
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• TSB Newcastle branch will be one of 82 sites axed by the bank over the next year in wave of closures

  29-11-2019 09:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The branch on Chillingham Road in Heaton will close in September 2020 as TSB announced on Monday that it is slimming down its store portfolio
  
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• Mum used her bra to smuggle a mobile phone into HMP Northumberland for her spice-addict son

  29-11-2019 09:00
  
  Diane Drinkeld hid the items in her bra and tried to give them to her son, who owed money for drugs, in the visiting room of HMP Northumberland
  
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• Muddler to double in size after arguing it won't add to 'drunk and rowdy' Grey Street behaviour

  29-11-2019 09:00
  
  The Pan-Asian restaurant has finally won its battle to move into an empty unit next door, amid complaints from opponents that the historic Grey Street is turning into 'another Bigg Market'
  
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