HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Chronicle

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