HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• Tyneside mum's meningitis horror - 'I'm fighting for my life to get home for my kids' READ
• Northumberland man comes fifth in race around the world in boat he built in his shed READ
• Fire service statement as crews tackle blaze on Tyneside industrial estate READ
• Two easy-to-miss symptoms of diabetes as UK figures hit 'all-time high' READ
• Northumberland mum with incurable cancer didn't think she'd see son's third birthday READ