HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• New committee created to scrutinise Northumberland council housing after damning inspection READ
• Thief stole watches from Newcastle gym members after they left them in changing room READ
• The North East's two wildlife trusts pay tribute to Sir David Attenborough as he turns 100 READ
• Up to 270 new homes could be built in Killingworth despite 'horrified' objections READ
• Three Tyneside mothers diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer after putting symptoms down to the menopause READ