The Latest Breaking News from Whickham

Whickham fraudster jailed after scamming more than £1m from North East victims

Paul Henderson, of Whickham, has been jailed for eight years and nine months after scamming more than £1m from North East victims

Chronicle Live · Apr 20, 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

The Whickham house which has stood unfinished for almost two decades

Completion on this renowned property, which was first granted planning permission by Gateshead Council in 1998, could finally be reached within two years

Chronicle Live · Mar 4, 2023

Whickham mum joins Love Island star Amber Gill on Jordan trek for cervical cancer charity

Tracey Virgo was inspired to take on an epic charity trek across the Jordanian desert after her own experience with abnormal smears

Chronicle Live · Jun 19, 2022

Police appealing for CCTV after spate of vehicle break-ins across Gateshead

There has been a spate of incidents in the Whickham and Teams areas

Chronicle Live · Jun 10, 2022

Lloyds Bank in Whickham set to close for good in September

Falling customer use leads to High Street branch becoming one of the latest victims of Lloyds' nationwide cuts programme

Chronicle Live · May 23, 2022

Five-year-old Whickham boy with cerebral palsy 'desperately' wants to ride a bike

Kyle Dixon, who has cerebral palsy, has always wanted a bike but he needs a specialist one to be able to ride

Chronicle Live · Apr 11, 2022

Bensham blackmailer preyed on vulnerable pensioner by posing as boiler engineer to burgle her

Robert Bain had been released from prison on licence after a blackmail conviction when he tricked his way into an elderly lady's Whickham home

Chronicle Live · Mar 29, 2022

Mourners say goodbye to beloved Whickham lad Jamie Grant after month-long search ends in tragedy

Beloved son Jamie Grant disappeared from his Gateshead home in February, and his body was found nearly a month later

Chronicle Live · Mar 23, 2022

See Gateshead's pie champion on BBC'S Countryfile this weekend

The Woodmans Arms at Whickham is celebrating its fourth win in a row at the British Pie Awards where it has impressed with its beef, vegan and new chicken varieties

Chronicle Live · Mar 19, 2022