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DARK SECRETS: Bigg market | Vintage Vibes

Hibou Blanc in Newcastle's Bigg Market launches afternoon tea fit for a King ahead of Coronation

Those wanting to celebrate the Coronation in style can enjoy a regal afternoon tea at the Bigg Market venue

Chronicle Live · Apr 28, 2023

Whickham teen left man with broken eye socket after one-punch attack outside takeaway

Jack Cayden floored his victim and left him needing surgery following the assault in Newcastle's Bigg Market

Chronicle Live · Apr 10, 2023

Newcastle United fans perform hilarious 'Dan Burn dance' in Bigg Market as they celebrate reaching Carabao Cup semi-finals

Supporters attempted to recreate Dan Burn's entertaining dance as they celebrated the 2-0 win against Leicester City

Chronicle Live · Jan 11, 2023

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Stags and hens can take on real-life Squid Game challenge in Newcastle's Bigg Market

Stags and hens can take part in the Squid Game experience in Newcastle

Chronicle Live · Oct 3, 2022

Newcastle 270 years ago - a brutal murder in the Bigg Market and a botched execution

On this day in 1752, a Scottish soldier called Ewen McDonald was hanged after he knifed a man to death in a pub brawl in Newcastle's Bigg Market - but the execution didn't quite go to plan

Chronicle Live · Sep 22, 2022

Bigg Market bar plans pulled after warning that Geordie Racer would cause 'lifetime of misery'

Developers have put plans to open the Geordie Racer on hold after objections from Northumbria Police and council officials, but are set to return with a new proposal

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

Newcastle care worker glassed woman and hit her friend after karaoke suggestion

Sophie Robinson, of Newcastle, lost her temper with the two victims when a member of her group was upset outside a Bigg Market bar and attacked them back inside

Chronicle Live · Jun 9, 2022

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Fears opening new pub in abandoned Newcastle city centre building could cause spike in crime

Northumbria Police objected to the plans stating the location is in a 'very demanding' area with The Gate and Bigg Market close by

Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022

Empty Newcastle city centre offices to be transformed into 35 new flats

Part of the £8m Cathedral Square building overlooking the Bigg Market and Newcastle Cathedral is set for a new future

Chronicle Live · May 23, 2022

Plan for Geordie Racer bar plan emerges for former KFC restaurant in Newcastle city centre

A ground floor and basement venue could soon open in the empty unit on the corner of Bigg Market and Grainger Street

Chronicle Live · Apr 25, 2022

Newcastle pizzeria Twenty Twenty launches city's only late-night brunch and this is what's on the menu

The New York-style bar and restaurant opened in Newcastle's Bigg Market in November

Chronicle Live · Mar 18, 2022

The Newcastle ladies' public loos that would be reborn as a trendy city centre gin bar

In 1995 these Newcastle public toilets were set for closure - only to get a major makeover and new lease of life 27 years later as a gin bar

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2022

Newcastle's famous Rupali restaurant, its colourful owner, and his 'curry hell'

When the proprietor of Newcastle's Rupali restaurant, Abdul Latif - aka Lord of Harpole - died aged just 52 in 2008, the city lost one of its most colourful characters

Chronicle Live · Feb 11, 2022

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