HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

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