HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• Blue Badge rule change for 3 million people who could save up to £126 a year READ
• Huge emergency response in North Shields street with house cordoned off READ
• Convicted teenage robber caught with Rambo knife at busy Newcastle Central Station READ
• Newcastle dad who spent £800 on cigarettes a month quits smoking to protect his children READ
• Northumberland lad who moved to Argentina with 'just his dog and guitar' to release album READ