RESULT North East Mayoral Election Paul Donaghy (REF) – 41,147 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 126,652 Andrew Gray (G) – 17,631 Aidan King (LD) – 25,485 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 185,051 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 52,446 Kim McGuinness is the first mayor of the North East

In years to come, Khan getting a generation of men to pump the brakes on that green suit they were eyeing up for wedding season will be seen as his greatest legacy

The same pollsters who predicted a “dead-heat” in the North East mayoral election

I’ve never felt more seen

First time in history that there are more people in the cabinet who were born in Sunderland (Bridget Phillipson and Jonathan Reynolds) than went to Eton. Result

The biggest golf tournament in the country. An Irishman leading, two Englishmen joint second, loads of big names embarrassed - and the BBC Sport liveblog is just empty… The Open

Did… did Biden time this with the end of The Open because he knew Donald Trump would be glued to it?

Oh what's that, politics guy who lives in London . . . you said Walz gave a great speech but RFK might tank the Wisconsin numbers? Huh interesting - quick question: who's the current Taoiseach?

The combination of excellent local connectivity (metro), long history, beautiful architecture, diverse industrial past, excellent higher education, dense urbanism, suburbia, countryside, and coast that makes Newcastle such an economic powerhouse. [Ed: check stats on this].

Fallout from my story on the bullying complaint made against Newcastle City Council leader Nick Kemp by a senior council director... A Labour cabinet member, Alex Hay, has resigned today. Lib Dems are calling for an independent inquiry. Story to come The Chronicle later.

Latest here on the Nick Kemp bullying complaint. One cabinet resignation today and rumours flying around that there could be more to come. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

We're very pleased and honoured to see that The Chronicle has been nominated in the Society of Editors UK Media Freedom Awards 2024 Regional News Media Organisation of the Year category. Well done to Sophie Barley and the whole team 👏

Wonder where Matt learned such stellar analytical skills? Perhaps his memorable tenure at Northern Rock?

This is my Mariah moment Greggs

I had a lovely chat with the nice people at the Met Office about how difficult it is to forecast snow ⛄️ TLDR: Bring a big coat just in case uk.news.yahoo.com/when-will-it-s…

What you need to know about the Christmas Boxing Day Dips scheduled across the North East chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Outstanding from O2 - promising 24/7/365 service if your phone gets pinched, then telling you to call back in the morning when it actually does. Sorry it happened at such an inconvenient time for you