Ian Johnson
The Chronicle
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Paedophile worked on County Durham school construction project before being found with indecent images
Peter Farnaby worked as a site manager on a project revamping a North East school for almost two years → Read More
The North East lockdown-party estate where locals 'couldn't care less' about 'No10's bash'
Grove Hill estate hit headlines for holding a 300-participant VE Day party with burgers, hotdogs and loo roll bingo → Read More
Report reveals what life is like inside the North East's only female prison which held Rose West
The prison has held some of the most evil women in British history including Rose West and Tracey Connelly → Read More
Man jailed after choking County Durham mum-of-two Sophie Moss to death during sex
Sam Pybus went behind his sleeping wife's back to meet Sophie Moss - but it ended in tragedy → Read More
Fed-up Domino's driver sacked for 'threatening to stab colleague's face'
Disgruntled Geoff Lynch has now lost an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal, after claiming he had been a whistleblower → Read More
The North East care homes hit hardest by deadly Covid outbreaks
The Care Quality Commission has published figures which reveal that four North East homes have had at least 30 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic → Read More
Pregnant Sunderland mum left paralysed after suffering 'catastrophic' stroke aged just 26
Ashleigh Turner, 26, from Sunderland, was pregnant at the time and spent the next seven months in hospital after suffering the stroke while wrapping her children's Christmas presents → Read More
Nestle unfairly sacked dad from his £30,000-a-year job at Fawdon factory over 'a bit of banter'
The firm argued 'joker' Kirk Fleming has breached safety rules - but a tribunal ruled he had been treated unfavourably compared to other staff → Read More
Fish Quay favourite Lobo Rojo to open two new sites after lockdown takeaway boom
The smaller units will open in Tynemouth and Sandyford, offering a taste of Mexico on Tyneside → Read More
Bentley driver high on drink and drugs leads police on 130mph chase through County Durham
A photographer captured the moment Richard Boswer's sport car left the ground. He's now been jailed. → Read More
Covid infections falling everywhere in the North East
All seven LA7 councils are now reporting a reduction in cases, compared to the previous week → Read More
Universal Credit cut could leave 100,000 working families in the North East worse off, warns the TUC
The union has sent the warning as it calls for the Government to scrap the proposed £20-a-week cut → Read More
Universal Credit cut could leave 100,000 working families in the North East worse off, warns the TUC
The union has sent the warning as it calls for the Government to scrap the proposed £20-a-week cut → Read More
Walker armed police incident LIVE: Updates as man is arrested after reports of a fight
A large number of police officers have been at the scene in Walker → Read More
Tesco, Lidl, Asda, Morrisons, M&S and other stores confirm how bad shortages are at supermarkets
Supermarket chains have opened up about the scale of the problem - and what that means for shoppers → Read More
BBC to give away free ice cream at the Angels of the North salon
It comes ahead of the third season of the hit TV show making a return to our screens → Read More
New mutant Covid strain 'could send the world back to square one', warns WHO
World Health Organisation Director-general Tedros Adhanom, 56, urged for the world to unite in a combined effort to end the pandemic → Read More
Eastender's legend Adam Woodyatt spotted cyling after spending a night in Newcastle in a £93k camper van
The actor, who plays Ian Beale, is currently starring in a play at the city's Theatre Royal and enjoyed cycling in the city → Read More
Newcastle student's tonsillitis turned into 'one-in-a-million' fight for her life
Sarah Bradshaw, 23, from Newcastle, suffered a series of strokes as she battled sepsis → Read More
Royal Family share new Prince George picture on his birthday
The future king appears somewhere very close to his great-grandfather's heart → Read More