Newcastle Evening Chronicle

The evening chronicle is Newcastle's most popular newspaper (by a small margin) and is a good read despite not being the best written of papers. Released in the evening, the paper is great to pick up if you see something during the day on your travels and want to know what went on. Its usefulness is also enhanced by the dodgy politicians these days. Being constantly bombarded with flyers from the local councillors is confusing and this paper helps to clear up what is really going on in the area. The sport section is also very good and I find it very useful for getting information on happenings at Newcastle Falcons which does not tend to get a ...  Read the complete review

Part of the Trinity Mirror stable of newspapers, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle is the biggest-selling daily newspaper in the North East. Although I don't buy it every day, preferring the South Shields Gazette, I've been reading the Chronicle on and off for most of my adult life, along with another 400,000 people in Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear. Along with The Journal, the Chronicle's morning equivalent, the paper is published every day except Sunday. Copies usually hit the streets of Newcastle in the late morning when the street sellers' cries of "Ronnie Gill" can be heard throughout the city centre. Costing 30p, the paper ...  Read the complete review