County Durham news

• Boris Johnson prepares to call general election after historic Commons defeat over no-deal Brexit

  03-09-2019 23:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said he will attempt to hold a general election unless opponents back down
  
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• Development of new £25m Berwick hospital hoped to be revealed later in the year

  03-09-2019 22:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new facility for the town has been on the cards for years
  
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• How a thrifty mum manages to make 15 pack lunches for less than £10 a week

  03-09-2019 20:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Supermum Lynn has revealed the secrets of making healthy packed lunches for just £9.41 a week
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning National Lottery and Thunderball numbers for Tuesday, September 3

  03-09-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions numbers and Thunderball for Tuesday, September 3 are below - live updates below
  
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• EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning National Lottery and Thunderball numbers for Tuesday, September 3

  03-09-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions numbers and Thunderball for Tuesday, September 3 are below - live updates below
  
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• Man 'brandishing a knife' allegedly jumped in front of late night traffic near Tyne Bridge

  03-09-2019 19:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Worried drivers said they had to swerve to avoid the man who reportedly jumped onto Askew Road in Gateshead holding a knife
  
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• The Fenham student stabbed to death by a stranger - for just £10

  03-09-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Talented Newcastle art student Joseph Cook was found stabbed to death in his Leeds student accommodation a decade ago
  
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• Brave South Shields schoolboy faces injections every six weeks with a smile despite being terrified of needles

  03-09-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kristopher Dale, from South Shields, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of just three weeks
  
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• Medics restart baby girl's heart after dunking her into a bucket of icy water

  03-09-2019 17:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Holly Hutchinson's grateful parents said doctors at the Freeman Hospital tried to shock the organ into a normal rhythm with the drastic treatment
  
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• Police should have treated Marty McGartland shooting as terrorism not attempted murder, review says

  03-09-2019 17:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ex-spy gunned down in seaside town says Tyneside public had a right to know truth as independent investigators find that IRA links were suspected days after shooting
  
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• How many episodes of The Capture are there on BBC1? New drama hits the screen

  03-09-2019 17:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  BBC1 look set to have a ratings winner in the shape of new drama The Capture
  
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• North Tyneside container park given green light bringing hundreds of job to the area

  03-09-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of jobs are on the way to North Tyneside as plans for a £20m container park were given the green light this morning
  
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• MH17 investigators want to speak to 'person of interest' imprisoned in Ukraine

  03-09-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Barry Sweeney has welcomed the news that a further "person of interest" has been identified in the investigation into the MH17 atrocity
  
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• Indian restaurant immortalised in Viz gets makeover as part of Bigg Market revamp

  03-09-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Koh-I-Noor was immortalised in the adult comic Viz in the 1980s and even starred in the Viz film
  
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• More than 100 Chiquito and Frankie & Benny's restaurants to close

  03-09-2019 16:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Restaurant Group, which also owns Wagamama, is shutting around half of its sites in the UK
  
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• The Assembly Rooms to close its doors after owners decide to retire

  03-09-2019 16:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Michaelides family has run the historic events venue, bar, restaurant and nightclub for more than 40 years
  
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• Vision for the Future of County Durham at Cabinet - Newton News

  03-09-2019 16:52
  Vision for the Future of County Durham at Cabinet  Newton NewsSep 3, 2019 | County News |. Vision for the Future of County Durham at Cabinet. By 2035, County Durham will have more and better jobs, people will live long ...
  
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• Investigation into collapse of Odeon building still ongoing more than two years later

  03-09-2019 16:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Health and Safety Executive are investigating the collapse of the former cinema, as well as reports of a workman seen with a can of lager at the site hours later
  
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• This Morning's Alison Hammond heartbroken live on air as The Rock Dwayne Johnson 'dumps her'

  03-09-2019 16:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alison Hammond 'broke down' to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield live on ITV
  
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• £6.9m development to deliver 50 new County Durham homes - Bdaily

  03-09-2019 16:24
  £6.9m development to deliver 50 new County Durham homes  BdailyWork has begun on a £6.9m housing scheme that will bring 50 new homes to a County Durham village. Local firm believe housing is set to create 28 ...
  
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• Great North Run 2019 route from Newcastle to South Shields and best places to watch

  03-09-2019 15:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  What runners taking part in this year's Great North Run need to know about Sunday's Newcastle to South Shields half-marathon
  
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• Washington man Thomas Gary Mawson denies assaulting two women

  03-09-2019 15:08
  
  The 41-year-old, of Alwin, Rickleton, appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court and pleaded not guilty to four offences
  
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• Parents face hours of gridlock in frantic rush for uniforms as single shop serves over 60 schools

  03-09-2019 15:06
  
  Emblematic, in North Tyneside, is the sole school uniform supplier for tens of schools across the North East
  
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• £2.7m drugs gang member who was on the run for two years is jailed for almost 17 years

  03-09-2019 14:44
  
  John Mullally was the last of six men to be sentenced as part of a year-long investigation into a £2.7m drugs conspiracy
  
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• New look for Baja Beach Club unveiled as top nightclub set to become offices

  03-09-2019 14:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The beach-themed club in Gateshead will become Pipewell Studios with some of the coolest office views around
  
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• The hardest North East schools for children to get into as applications for places re-open

  03-09-2019 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You can use our interactive tool to find out how oversubscribed your own school is
  
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• North's leaders campaign for Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 - as Government confirms huge delays

  03-09-2019 13:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Troubled high speed rail projects receive backing from the north's business leaders and councils
  
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• Judging panel for North East Charity Awards unveiled

  03-09-2019 13:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Awards the best of the region's charities - and the people and companies that support them - will take place on October 17
  
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• Job vacancies at Newcastle International Airport that can help your career take off

  03-09-2019 13:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  From drivers to deli staff, there are plenty of vacancies available at the region's biggest airport
  
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• Brexit vote: Everything you need to know as Boris Johnson faces showdown in Parliament

  03-09-2019 13:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If the Government wins the vote then Brexit can go ahead on October 31 even with no deal, but if it loses then there could be a general election
  
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• 80 years after World War II began, day-by-day video documentaries are being released

  03-09-2019 12:31
  
  YouTube, Instagram and Facebook-based documentary series
  
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• 16-19 and at school in Newcastle? You could claim up to £18.28 a week for free

  03-09-2019 12:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Teenagers may be entitled to the bursaries, which are designed to pay for travel and school supplies
  
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• Italian rugby stars pay inspiring visit to Gateshead rugby club ahead of St James' Park clash

  03-09-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  England take on Italy in their final World Cup warm-up match at St James' Park on Friday
  
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• Gateshead student who plans to join police caught drink driving after his friend wanted pizza

  03-09-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old had been out in Newcastle City Centre when police pulled over his VW Polo on the way to buy pizza
  
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• Bars, rides and toboggan run down Blackett Street - plans for bigger Newcastle Xmas market unveiled

  03-09-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A carousel, helter skelter and children's fairground ride are among the proposals for the revamped Christmas market
  
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• A fifth of North East people don't know when World War II started

  03-09-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Worrying finding of survey published to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict
  
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• What is The Capture on BBC1? New crime drama ready to make its debut

  03-09-2019 11:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The BBC are ready to unleash a new crime drama on its viewers in the form of The Capture
  
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• Man to appear in court charged with a string of racially aggravated offences

  03-09-2019 11:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Todd, of Dunston, has been charged with racially aggravated assault, racially aggravated criminal damage and burglary
  
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• See Strictly Come Dancing stars in their costumes in first official pictures

  03-09-2019 10:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  South Shields comedian Chris Ramsey faces competition from footballers Alex Scott and David James as well as Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2019 official contestant photos

  03-09-2019 10:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chris Ramsey is among the celebrities taking on Strictly this year
  
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• Abusive behaviour and urinating in public: Hundreds arrested for being drunk on planes

  03-09-2019 10:08
  
  Drunken travellers who sexually abused staff, urinated in public and were too intoxicated to fasten their seatbelts were among those held, research shows
  
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• Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid clash with DUP's Jim Wells in Strictly same-sex couple row

  03-09-2019 10:02
  
  The Good Morning Britain presenters had a heated debate with DUP politician Jim Wells on ITV's Good Morning Britain
  
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• Lucy Bronze up against Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan for FIFA best player in world award

  03-09-2019 09:51
  
  The 27-year-old defender from Northumberland won her second Champions League before starring for England in the World Cup
  
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• 'Therapeutic centre' for children excluded from schools given green light in Sunderland

  03-09-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In June, charity Hopespring lodged a bid for the Millennium Bungalow near the Hill View Junior School
  
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• Innocent grandad savagely assaulted with spade in 'misguided' Houghton-le-Spring revenge attack

  03-09-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Luke Scorer left Kenneth Allen seriously injured after smashing his way into his home in Houghton-le-Spring
  
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• Frankie Sherwood's friend Kian Musgrove becomes first child to use retreat set up in his pal's name

  03-09-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Frankie and Kian became friends when they were being treated for childhood cancer neuroblastoma - now Kian and his family are the first to use a beautiful Spanish retreat set up in memory of Frankie
  
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• Giant landmark office block could be approved this week to kickstart Pilgrim Street transformation

  03-09-2019 06:00
  
  Plans for the 14-storey Bank House project on the site of the old Bank of England building could win the backing of councillors on Friday
  
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• Britain entered World War II 80 years ago - what was happening in the North East?

  03-09-2019 06:00
  
  Britain declared war on Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany 80 years ago today - the Chronicle reflected what was going on in the North East
  
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• Treasure Island with Bear Grylls contestants include Sunderland ex-marine Marco

  03-09-2019 01:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Island has been revamped to become Treasure Island with Bear Grylls and the contestants have been confirmed
  
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• CBI urges North East MPs to 'strike a deal' and stop a no-deal Brexit

  03-09-2019 01:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The North East will suffer more than any other region in the UK, warns the CBI
  
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