FOUND: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

Ashington mum gave friend who saved her life morphine for knee pain that caused his death

Kelly Rowell, of Stakeford, supplied her friend, David Rose, with the drugs that caused his death

Chronicle Live · Jan 31, 2023

Dismay as one of Northumberland's most deprived towns misses out on levelling up funding

Ashington saw a £16 million bid turned down which would have seen the development of a cinema and restaurants as well as upgrading Wansbeck Square and Portland Park

Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2023

Ashington miner was begged to stay alive by daughter after killing terminally ill wife in Cyprus

David Hunter has admitted to killing his terminally ill wife of 52 years in Cyprus and his trial is due to last until Easter

Chronicle Live · Jan 18, 2023

Ashington 'career thief' burgled two pubs on same day

Brian Walton, 37, along with an unidentified accomplice, burgled two pubs in September this year

Chronicle Live · Dec 4, 2022

Ashington man facing jail after dramatic eight-hour rooftop stand-off with police

Officers, police negotiators, fire crews and paramedics all had to attend the scene as Liam Johnston made threats to stab himself and refused to come down

Chronicle Live · Nov 24, 2022

Ashington brute threatened to 'chop up' and kill his partner during terrifying attack

John Groves carried out two attacks on his partner after an argument broke out about who had given her a lift home in May

Chronicle Live · Nov 20, 2022

Northumberland pensioner David Hunter no longer faces Cyprus murder trial over terminal wife's death

75-year-old David Hunter was initially charged with the murder of his wife Janice, 74, who died at the couple's retirement home in December 2021.

Chronicle Live · Nov 18, 2022

Ashington daughter who fraudulently took phone contracts out in family members' names dodges jail

Laura Rowell was living with her mother, father and sister when she took out the contracts without their knowledge in March 2020

Chronicle Live · Nov 14, 2022

The folk tales of Northumberland are inspiration behind new children's book

Award-winning Ashington author's new book, Once Upon A Time in Northumberland, tells of the county's fairies, monsters and magical beasts

Chronicle Live · Nov 10, 2022

Newcastle's fabled Paddy's Market did exist - and this is where it took place

Paddy's Market traded on Newcastle Quayside, while newspapers from the turn of the last century reveal there were Paddy's Markets in Ashington, Chester-le-Street and elsewhere around the region

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022