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Northumbria Police facing financial pressure as fuel and cost of living continue to rise

Energy costs and fuel are a major budgeting concern as police try and negotiate costs

Chronicle Live · Jul 27, 2022

'It will only get worse' – Fears mount after shocking report reveals scale of North East child poverty crisis

The North East has been named this week as the UK's new child poverty capital, overtaking London after a substantial rise in deprivation since 2014

Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2022

Boris Johnson's North East legacy: 'A story of failure'

Has Boris Johnson left the North East a better place than he found it?

Chronicle Live · Jul 8, 2022

Concern after 'drug related deaths' in Haltwhistle in Northumberland

The police and crime commissioner said a "two pronged" approach was needed

Chronicle Live · May 16, 2022

'It's going to get worse before it gets better': North East boss of anti-violence unit speaks of fight against crime

Steven Hume, director of the North East's first Violence Reduction Unit, outlines plans for the challenging years ahead

Chronicle Live · May 3, 2022

Looking back on the brutal murder of Sara Cameron 22 years ago this month

Sara Cameron was murdered just yards from her Whitley Bay home in April 2000 sparking a four-year manhunt to find her killer

Chronicle Live · Apr 30, 2022

Kim McGuinness on sexism in politics and 'real action' needed after Tory MPs' Angela Rayner claims

The Labour police and crime commissioner was once branded a "Barbie doll" by an opponent and says there is a "real focus" on whether or not she will have children

Chronicle Live · Apr 26, 2022

North East police boss's vow to improve women's safety following "sickening" rape in Newcastle park

Kim McGuinness has vowed to keep fighting to improve women's safety following "sickening" reports of rapes in Newcastle

Chronicle Live · Apr 8, 2022

Pledge to cut North East 101 waiting times – with less than half of calls answered within a minute

At a lowpoint last October, just 15% of non-emergency calls to Northumbria Police were being picked up within the force's 60 second standard

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2022

Police boss hits back after her bid to combat North East poverty branded 'cheap' vote-winner

Kim McGuinness' new 'Fighting Poverty, Fighting Crime’ came in for criticism on Monday, but she said she would be 'neglecting a duty' if she ignored the problem

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2022