HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

• North East thug caved in man's head with dumbbell leaving him with fractures and 58 stitches READ
• 1900s and 1950s Town engager roles among the jobs currently being advertised at Beamish Museum READ
• One of the two men who chopped down Sycamore Gap released from prison to serve sentence at home READ
• Hapless burglars caught red-handed stealing copper piping from Gateshead pub READ
• Pet sitter sentenced for dog abuse caught on camera during £1,400 holiday care READ