A passenger flying from Newcastle Airport to Gatwick was pulled aside at security after staff thought his pease pudding was Semtex, a plastic explosive. The part-time actor was going through customs ...

21:31, Tue, Apr 7, 2015 Updated: 17:45, Thu, Apr 9, 2015 One fan of the treat alarmed security at Newcastle Airport who were concerned by its apparent similarity to the dangerous explosive. The ...

PEASE pudding hot, pease pudding cold, pease pudding in the pot - nine days old. This is a nursery rhyme that seems to have disappeared like the dish. However you liked it, this simple Tyneside ...

A plane passenger was stopped before his flight at Newcastle Airport - because his pease pudding was mistaken for the explosive Semtex. The 58-year-old man was about to board an Easyjet flight from ...

A tourist visiting Newcastle was stopped before her flight home because of an illicit substance - pease pudding. Helen Hook had been visiting old friend Anne Watson in the North East over the weekend ...

A Geordie air passenger was stopped before a flight - because his pease pudding was mistaken for the explosive Semtex. The 58-year-old was leaving Newcastle Airport for a short hop to Gatwick with the ...

I am quite proud of the fact I have never missed a Christmas dinner at home. Occasionally one of my brothers or sister dares to suggest going elsewhere for Christmas Day, but this idea doesn’t last ...

Pease pudding, a northern delicacy made of boiled split peas, had a moment in the spotlight today - not for its culinary merits but for its resemblance to an explosive called Semtex. A 58-year-old man ...

Back in August, we polled Chronicle Live readers to see what their favourite North East snack was, and the Ham and Pease pudding sandwich was the clear winner. It was then that I decided to try the ...