HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• Royal Mail delays causing 'severe consequences' for Northumberland residents READ
• Ex-midwife seriously injured cyclist after ploughing into him in Land Rover in Northumberland READ
• Woman's birthday celebrations at Newcastle hotel ended in horror due to bully boyfriend READ
• The £470m boost to the North East that it once would have missed out on READ
• Driving age of 16 proposed amid consultation on Minimum Learning Period READ