Newcastle news

• Aleksandar Mitrovic on why his 'head' is still in Newcastle - despite offers from European clubs

  27-08-2017 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United have rejected two loan offers from Serie A clubs for Aleksandar Mitrovic, who has two goals in as many games
  
  Read more

• Newcastle's win has lightened our hearts, but more action is needed this week

  27-08-2017 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Rafa Benitez has shown he can lift his players after two defeats, now he must get the players he needs in the final week of the transfer window
  
  Read more

• Jack Rodwell is the unwitting millstone around Sunderland's neck as they try to rebuild

  27-08-2017 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Jack Rodwell has been linked with a move away but even were he to leave the Stadium of Light in the coming days, Sunderland are likely to keep paying
  
  Read more

• Re-live the emotion of the Great North Bike Ride 2017 with these pictures

  27-08-2017 19:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 1,200 riders made their way from Seahouses to Tynemouth on Sunday to help raise money for the Chris Lucas Trust
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 'She left me with two beautiful children': Jarrow dad tells of daily life after partner's death

  27-08-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gavin Calvert has taken on the role of both parents after the sudden death of partner Lisa Kelly who collapsed outside the school where she worked
  
  Read more

• One crucial word missing as Lee Cattermole's comments hint at complacency off field too

  27-08-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It was good of Lee Cattermole to front up when others would not but his post-match words lacked remorse and hinted at something worrying
  
  Read more

• Escape to the country - five remote properties on sale in rural Northumberland

  27-08-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With the views these properties have you can see why escaping to the country is so popular
  
  Read more

• A Newcastle side built on youth and masterminded by Rafa - it's time Ashley saw the big picture

  27-08-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Rafa Benitez is very much the people's champion at Newcastle United - and Chris Waugh believes Mike Ashley needs to wake up to what he has
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Luke McCormack defeat leaves brother Pat and Calum French carrying Birtley's Hamburg hopes

  27-08-2017 18:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pat McCormack and Calum French are a fight away from quarter-finals at the boxing World Championships but Luke McCormack has been defeated
  
  Read more

• Durham coach in coaching shock as Jon Lewis gears up for important finish to season

  27-08-2017 17:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jon Lewis has had a week preparing Durham for an important final month of the County Championship season - and he has really enjoyed it
  
  Read more

• Wahbi Khazri's time at Sunderland is up after fans turn on him at Barnsley

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sunderland manager Simon Grayson only wants players who are committed to the cause, but Wahbi Khazri is looking for a way out of Wearside
  
  Read more

• The Gateshead student flats boom - why it's becoming a magnet for students

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead has seen the sharpest rise in student housing since 2010 across the North East - for a number of reasons
  
  Read more

• See carnage inside Sunderland home after BMW smashes through front window

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The white BMW crashed into the front bedroom window of Edmund Hammond's home on Forster Street in Roker, Sunderland, on Sunday morning
  
  Read more

• Rent-a-gob researchers risk leading the North East into decisions which cause us harm

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Benneworth argues that an army of ideologues would sacrifice the region to pander to their outdated dogma
  
  Read more

• Man who dreamed of becoming youth worker caught with indecent images of children

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jake Corrie, from Annitsford, was found to have 46 images of movies of children - some of the most serious kind - on his computer
  
  Read more

• Bird poo brings Elliot luck, No 60 shirt and a busy fourth official - moments you might have missed

  27-08-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United recorded a 3-0 victory over West Ham United on Saturday - but did you pick up on all these incidents?
  
  Read more

• 'If we can upgrade him then let's do it' - Newcastle fans react to Dwight Gayle rumours

  27-08-2017 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United striker Dwight Gayle has been linked with a move away from St James' Park - here's what the fans have made of it?
  
  Read more

• 'Newcastle were better in every aspect' - Under-fire Slaven Bilic admits West Ham deserved to lose

  27-08-2017 15:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic is reportedly close to the sack following Newcastle United's 3-0 victory over his side
  
  Read more

• Sunderland's abject defeat at Barnsley puts early-season optimism in perspective

  27-08-2017 15:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland manager Simon Grayson has a fortnight to chew over this defeat, but only four days to bring in the reinforcements he desperately needs
  
  Read more

• Bensham neighbours tell of shock after alleged early-morning park rape

  27-08-2017 15:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police cordoned off a park, near Bensham Road in Gateshead, after an alleged rape was reported to officers at 1.30am on Sunday
  
  Read more

• Mikel Merino watch: Newcastle find a creative alternative to Shelvey - and a new fans' favourite

  27-08-2017 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United summer signing Mikel Merino excelled during the Magpies' 3-0 victory over West Ham United
  
  Read more

• Barnsley 3-0 Sunderland analysis: Ellis Short beware - Black Cats fans are back on the boos

  27-08-2017 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland's Championship honeymoon is well and truly over after a limp performance got the reaction it deserved from the travelling supporters
  
  Read more

• What are the motivational banners popping up around Newcastle city centre?

  27-08-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Quotes inspired by the This Girl Can campaign are on display at six locations across the city centre - and here's why
  
  Read more

• Warden pocketed thousands of pounds of funding granted to restore Northumberland church

  27-08-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Steven Clark was awarded Lottery funding to transform a church in Alnham but kept the majority of it for himself
  
  Read more

• Sunderland construction firm Brims doubles profits after year of landmark projects

  27-08-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Firm built the Liveworks offices in Newcastle and will oversee tombola's new HQ in Sunderland
  
  Read more

• Aleksandar Mitrovic hoping he is still a Newcastle United player by 11pm on deadline day

  27-08-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Mitrovic delighted with his goalscoring start to the season and says he is focused on life with the Magpies
  
  Read more

• Topless man arrested after BMW crashes into Sunderland house

  27-08-2017 13:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A BMW crashed into the front of a bungalow in Roker, Sunderland, at around 6am on Sunday but luckily nobody was injured
  
  Read more

• Arrest after woman raped in Gateshead park

  27-08-2017 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Northumbria Police say the woman was attacked in the early hours.
  
  Read more

• Which Sunderland players were not up to it? Rate Simon Grayson's men after Barnsley defeat

  27-08-2017 13:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sunderland's early season optimism has been brought back down to earth with a 3-0 defeat at Barnsley, but did anyone impress you?
  
  Read more

• Gateshead park rape investigation: Everything we know so far

  27-08-2017 13:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A woman has reported being raped in a Bensham park in the early hours of Sunday morning - here's what we know as an investigation is launched
  
  Read more

• Volunteer army sought for Hadrian Wall conservation plan

  27-08-2017 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A three-year £1.3m project aims to stop the Roman structure from deteriorating further.
  
  Read more

• Lee Cattermole: Sunderland 'lacked quality with the ball and discipline and attitude without it'

  27-08-2017 13:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Black Cats captain Lee Cattermole did not hold back in his criticism of the team after their insipid 3-0 Championship defeat away to Barnsley
  
  Read more

• England v West Indies: Ben Stokes reprimanded by for ICC code breach

  27-08-2017 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Ben Stokes is reprimanded for using "obscene, offensive or insulting" language during day two of England's Test against West Indies.
  
  Read more

• Prime Minister Theresa May 'sets date to stand down' as she plans to steer Britain through Brexit

  27-08-2017 12:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The plan is to have a leadership election over the summer of 2019 with the winner announced on August 30
  
  Read more

• Newcastle United considering move for left-back Nicolás Tagliafico and offered Ecuador international

  27-08-2017 12:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez is looking to bring in a new left-back after learning he will lose Paul Dummett until November
  
  Read more

• This lifelong Newcastle United fan had the surprise of his life at his first match in 15 years

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Billy Bell has been unable to attend a single match since he suffered a devastating stroke in 2002 - but was at St James' Park for the West Ham win
  
  Read more

• The nine projects that show the North-South investment gap DOES exist

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A political row and broken out over funding in the North and, as these examples show, the gap between London and the rest is real
  
  Read more

• Terrified mum locks herself in bathroom as her own son smashes his way in and burgles her

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Serial offender Liam McNulty, of North Shields, left his own mum petrified after ransacking her home because he mistakenly thought she owed him £20
  
  Read more

• Newcastle Falcons go into new season with depth to make luck less of a factor as they chase dream

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dean Richards did not come to Newcastle Falcons to be an also-ran and in 2017-18 he thinks his squad will be better equipped to compete
  
  Read more

• Made4TheCage 25: Legacy - Five reasons to attend the mixed martial arts show

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Made4TheCage are one of the biggest MMA shows in the country and have reached a milestone 25th show
  
  Read more

• Daughter fighting for justice tells how her father worked with asbestos which fell like snow

  27-08-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Allison Brayson is helping her dad fight justice from the grave after he died from asbestos-related lung cancer
  
  Read more

• Newcastle 3-0 West Ham: Read Chris Waugh's player ratings after a much-needed home win

  27-08-2017 11:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez's Newcastle United side delivered a first win of the season - but who impressed and who was man of the match?
  
  Read more

• Rafa Benitez explains what he wants from the last few days of the transfer window

  27-08-2017 11:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez eager to add to his squad with key positions in his mind before deadline day
  
  Read more

• Bensham park cordoned off LIVE: Police dealing with 'ongoing incident' in Gateshead

  27-08-2017 10:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have taped off a park next to Bensham Grove Community Centre in Gateshead - we have updates from the scene
  
  Read more

• Bensham park cordoned off LIVE: Man arrested after alleged rape in early hours

  27-08-2017 10:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have taped off a park next to Bensham Grove Community Centre in Gateshead - we have updates from the scene
  
  Read more

• North East news LIVE: BMW driver arrested after car crashes into Sunderland house

  27-08-2017 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Sunday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
  Read more

• Should the North East have its own immigration policy to bring in foreign workers?

  27-08-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As EU migrants quit the UK over Brexit, some MPs say regions like the North East should be allowed to bring in immigrant workers
  
  Read more

• Revealed: Millions of pounds generated through 'money-spinning' schemes

  27-08-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  City centre parking, bus lane cameras and redevelopments are making councils and public bodies millions of pounds
  
  Read more

• Happiness and heartache as parents prepare to watch Great North Bike Ride in memory of son

  27-08-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The annual bike ride takes place in memory of Chris Lucas who died as a teenager of rhabdomyosarcoma
  
  Read more

• Barnsley 3-0 Sunderland analysis: It all seemed too easy for Black Cats - maybe they thought it was

  27-08-2017 08:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  In the first 25 minutes at sunlight Oakwell it all felt a bit easy for the Black Cats. Perhaps the players fell into the trap of thinking that it was
  
  Read more

Follow @Newcastle_Nws on Twitter!