DARK SECRETS: 5 - The Real Truth

Meet the longest-serving member of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service as he prepares to hang up his boots

Dave Metcalf has spent more than 40 years handing out uniforms to firefighters across Tyne and Wear

Chronicle Live · May 20, 2022

Firefighters find cannabis plants after being called to fire in Walker home

The Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service alerted police to eight plants of the class B drug growing inside Alan Scott's bedroom

Chronicle Live · May 12, 2022

Newcastle University lab burnt out in early morning electrical fire

Dramatic photos show the blackened interior of a Newcastle University laboratory following the blaze

Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022

Wheelie bin fires cost North East taxpayers with 132 deliberate blazes reported in just three months

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) revealed there have been 132 incidents, with the majority linked to teenage anti-social behaviour

Chronicle Live · Apr 13, 2022

Fire at former Stereo bar on the Quayside being treated as suspected arson

40 firefighters spent seven hours trying to put out the blaze at the derelict building on City Road on Thursday

Chronicle Live · Apr 8, 2022

Fire crews tackle flames as blaze tears through former Stereo bar building near Newcastle Quayside

Fire crews were called to the former Stereo nightclub building, also previously called the Barley Mow, on City Road in Newcastle to tackle a blaze

Chronicle Live · Apr 7, 2022

'I've lost everything' - Newcastle woman left devastated after bungalow fire

The incident occurred after a tea towel was left on the electric cooker hob and the Newcastle victim said a smoke alarm saved her life

Chronicle Live · Apr 6, 2022

Firefighters come to rescue of Sunderland midwife after wedding ring got stuck on swollen finger

Lynn Metcalf has a medical condition which can attack the joints of her body, and found herself in need of assistance from crews following a flare up

Chronicle Live · Apr 5, 2022

Fire crew rescues eight-week-old kitten trapped inside bathroom wall in North Shields

The kitten, named Tubs, was rescued by cat-lover firefighter Paul Simpson

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2022

Firefighters rescue curious kitten trapped in wall after six hours in new home

The fluffy black adventurer has been named Tubs after his six-hour bathroom ordeal.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022