BIZARRE: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

Ashington dad lost both of his legs after small cut on his hand turned into life-threatening sepsis

*Warning: Contains distressing images* Darren Spence was placed in an induced coma after developing sepsis and had to have his legs amputated

Chronicle Live · Oct 30, 2022

Kevin Keegan and Gazza send messages of support to toddler waiting on heart transplant

Beatrix Adamson-Archbold, 20 months, is waiting in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle for a donor organ

Chronicle Live · Oct 20, 2022

How Sunderland's Monkwearmouth Hospital will look after controversial redevelopment

Sunderland's Monkwearmouth Hospital will see its entrance rebuilt as part of a regeneration plan

Chronicle Live · Oct 11, 2022

BBC Ambulance highlights how emergency services handled Sunderland gas explosion

The Sunderland gas explosion early this year and a shocking car accident which saw a drunk driver plough off an overpass above the A1 featured in an episode of the BBC's Ambulance

Chronicle Live · Sep 30, 2022

North East Ambulance Service staff in the GMB union set for formal strike ballot

Paramedics and support staff at North East Ambulance Service could walk out on strike this winter

Chronicle Live · Sep 30, 2022

North East children at risk of serious illnesses after missing vaccinations, UKHSA warns

The percentage of children in the region receiving their routine vaccinations including the MMR fell last year

Chronicle Live · Sep 30, 2022

'I won't make it': Melanie Hartshorn's last ditch plea to raise £32,000 in less than a week for lifesaving op

Melanie Hartshorn's condition is worsening - and if she can't undergo surgery in Barcelona next week, she fears she won't make it into 2023.

Chronicle Live · Sep 30, 2022

Houghton Feast returns next month with tributes to Queen Elizabeth II

North East residents look forward to the week-long festivities every year - with plenty to do and see when it lands in the region

Chronicle Live · Sep 29, 2022

Family of brave girl, nine, raise £70,000 for lifesaving baby X-ray machine at Sunderland hospital

Luna Petrucci's mum and dad set up the Red Sky Foundation in response to her ordeal - she was diagnosed with two holes in her heart as a newborn

Chronicle Live · Sep 29, 2022

Newcastle heart unit tot Beatrix inspires Freeman Hospital builders to wear pink for Organ Donation Week

Beatrix Adamson-Archbold's brave wait for a heart transplant has inspired many - including the building contractors she sees in hospital every day.

Chronicle Live · Sep 28, 2022