Iain Buist

1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Iain Buist |James Robinson |Daniel Hall

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is in Morpeth today to launch his party's campaign for the Northumberland Local Elections. The Clacton MP will meet Reform candidates at the Waterford Lodge before doing a walkabout on the high street. Mr Farage is the third national party leader to visit the county ahead of the election, after Kemi Badenoch of the Conservatives and Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer. It comes after Mr Farage made his Reform UK campaign speech in County Durham on Tuesday lunchtime.

1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Simon DukeTv |Simon Duke |Iain Buist

It's an event that always attracts a big crowd and this year a man travelled all the way from Texas to be at the Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival. The event is a big draw for Geordies and visitors to Newcastle city centre alike year after year and with a great line-up of vendors for 2025, there was no shortage of takers for launch night on Wednesday, with revellers queuing up with their tokens in hand to sample some top notch tipples.

1 month ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Simon DukeTv |Simon Duke |Iain Buist

With just days to go until tens of thousands of people are set to descend on it for Newcastle United's trophy celebration, workers arrived at the Town Moor on Monday, as preparations began for the massive event. It's now been over a weekend since a superb header from Dan Burn and a second half strike from Alexander Isak helped seal a memorable 2-1 victory for Newcastle over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, clinching their first major trophy in 70 years.

1 month ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Iain Buist |Kieran Murray |Craig Connor

It's going to be some party tonight for Newcastle fans! The Magpies have ended 70 years of hurt by winning the Carabao Cup final. Goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak secured the historic win at Wembley, making it the first domestic trophy triumph since the 1955 FA Cup. Eddie Howe’s men took full advantage in front of a crowd of 88,513 as he became the first English manager to win a domestic trophy since Harry Redknapp in 2008.

1 month ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Iain Buist |Nicole Goodwin

Hundreds of people gathered in Alnwick on Shrove Tuesday for an unusual tradition which has been going for over 200 years. The annual Shrovetide Football match, known locally as Scoring the Hales, took place in the fields surrounding Alnwick Castle between the rival parishes of St. Michael and St. Paul. It has been going for 207 years and is said to be one of only five games left that are still played in the country.