HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• Newcastle travel live updates: Traffic and public transport latest from the North East READ
• Storm Claudia flooding warning issued for north of England with a 'month's worth of rain' in 24 hours READ
• People over state pension age could be due higher benefit payment READ
• Parents raise funds for legal fees over fears of potential Tyneside school merger READ
• Tyneside thug fractured partner's knee by slamming car door on her leg READ