HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• BBC TV licence could be scrapped for 'sliding scale' payment amid reform - what you need to know READ
• North East Mayor wants all old Metro trains scrapped by summer as new fleet marks first anniversary READ
• 'Glimmers of hope' this Christmas for North East tot with cancer in both eyes READ
• Thermostat placement could be costing households more in energy bills, expert says READ
• Dangerous Northumberland rapist jailed for 24 years for sex attacks on two women READ