County Durham news

• Strictly voting glitch leads to extended time as Chris Ramsey urges fans to vote

  30-11-2019 22:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Some "technical problems" meant people couldn't vote shortly after Saturday night's show, which saw comedian Christ perform an Oliver! inspired foxtrot
  
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• 'Lock them up': Calls for all violent thugs to be jailed as yet another attacker walks free from court

  30-11-2019 21:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mum of tragic one punch attack victim urges courts to get tough on offenders
  
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• Robbie Williams messes up live on Loose Women and has to leave the set

  30-11-2019 20:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The singer was a bit too keen to get on set to see his wife Ayda Field, who was a panelist on the show
  
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• Candidates clash over campaigning in the wake of London Bridge terror attack

  30-11-2019 20:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour candidate and former MP Ian Mearns slammed Tories campaigning for Jane Macbean for canvassing but they accused him of political point scoring
  
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• Who are V5 on X Factor Celebrity? Girl group reach final of talent TV show

  30-11-2019 20:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Girl group V5 were one of the stand out acts of X Factor Celebrity's first live show
  
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• National Lottery Lotto results LIVE: Winning numbers for Saturday November 30

  30-11-2019 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The National Lottery draw for Saturday November 30 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• Lotto results LIVE: National Lottery winning numbers for Saturday November 30

  30-11-2019 20:00
  
  The National Lottery draw for Saturday November 30 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• Who is Kelvin Fletcher on Strictly Come Dancing? Jamie Laing's replacement reaches final

  30-11-2019 19:32
  
  Kelvin Fletcher replaces Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing in the lineup for Strictly Come Dancing 2019
  
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• Driver 'waited 25 minutes to go down one level' in congested car park despite signal improvements

  30-11-2019 19:27
  
  The NCP John Dobson Street car park saw huge levels of congestion last week - did the council's signal monitoring improve things?
  
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• The hidden heartbreak that spawned Gateshead rave legend's biggest tunes

  30-11-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  By night Paul Megson is better known as Newcastle rave legend MC Stretch
  
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• 'It’s quite rough now and I don’t really bother going out much' - the sad decline of Welbeck Road

  30-11-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shoppers could once spend hours browsing what was a thriving high street, but now shops are little more than a sea of shutters
  
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• Here are the North East MPs standing down in this general election

  30-11-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Three North East MPs are definitely leaving Parliament after they chose not to stand again in this election
  
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• Why proud parents flew 4,500 miles in first trip abroad to see their son

  30-11-2019 17:00
  
  Ajay Kumar Kalla, 66, and his wife Seema, 59, have told how they could not have been prouder as they watched son Himanshu collect his graduation certificate at the Stadium of Light after studying a Masters in Project Management at the University of Sunderland
  
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• Meet the Newcastle United fan who lost nine stones after squeezing through the turnstiles

  30-11-2019 17:00
  
  Call centre leader Joe Jensen, 32, of Newcastle, joined Man v Fat Football and shed the weight after playing footie and changing his eating habits
  
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• London Bridge terror attack stabbing victim named as university worker Jack Merritt

  30-11-2019 16:51
  
  Attack victim Jack Merritt was a course coordinator for the University of Cambridge prisoner rehabilitation event where the terrorist incident started
  
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• The best and worst banks for customer satisfaction: Are app-based banks like Mozo a better choice?

  30-11-2019 16:46
  
  Online banks First Direct and Starling Bank have come out on top as Which? releases its annual survey of bank customer satisfaction
  
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• North East set for chilly but sunny start to week as temperatures plummet below freezing

  30-11-2019 15:43
  
  Weather in the region to be mainly cold and sunny with the potential for frost and fog
  
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• What did the flag say which flew over St James' Park before Newcastle's clash with Man City?

  30-11-2019 14:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A political stunt was carried out prior to Saturday's Premier League fixture
  
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• Grieving widow robbed in street attack the day before she buried husband

  30-11-2019 13:47
  
  Police are appealing for information after the man stole the 85-year-old woman's bag in Langley Park
  
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• Elderly widow robbed of medication in County Durham the day before she buried her husband

  30-11-2019 13:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after the man stole the 85-year-old woman's bag in Langley Park
  
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• 'I hope you trust us again': Cowgate takeaway where food was kept in a bucket has been re-inspected

  30-11-2019 13:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The takeaway - previously dubbed the dirtiest in Newcastle - has been re-inspected by council officials
  
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• Stunning images show how nature has returned to once heavily polluted river

  30-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Walks along the River Don in Jarrow helped Sid Gibson recover after a heart attack, and his pictures feature in superb Tyne Rivers Trust calendar
  
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• 'Stop sending women to prison for non-violent crime' says Police and Crime Commissioner

  30-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police's elected boss has said women are being "jailed for problems of their lifestyle" and should be rehabilitated in the community
  
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• Personal trainer who underwent major surgery to be fitted with pig heart says he fears every cold

  30-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Darren Cutler, of Consett, had a life-threatening heart condition called pseudoaneurysm, where the blood was leaking into the muscle wall
  
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• Around 1,300 died in the North East last winter as a result of the cold

  30-11-2019 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the number of “excess winter deaths” seen in 2018/19 is around 1,300
  
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• Man caught with £800,000 of cocaine on A1 at Durham jailed

  30-11-2019 11:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Francis Cain, 45, admitted to possessing cocaine with intent to supply at Durham Crown Court
  
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• Watch the uplifting Alnwick shopkeepers' Christmas advert that's taking on the big chains

  30-11-2019 10:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shopkeepers in Alnwick have created their very own Christmas advert, inspired by Visa, to take on the likes of John Lewis
  
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• North East news LIVE: Heavy traffic on A1(M) near Birtley

  30-11-2019 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ChronicleLive and Teesside Live's breaking news service including Saturday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle, Teesside and the North East
  
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• North East news LIVE: Delays after crash in Bedlington

  30-11-2019 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ChronicleLive and Teesside Live's breaking news service including Saturday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle, Teesside and the North East
  
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• The 10 most viewed Newcastle houses for sale on Zoopla right now

  30-11-2019 09:00
  
  Leading property website says Britons love to look around other people's houses, even if they are not thinking of moving
  
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• Rapist found hanged in HMP Frankland after staff confiscate his tapestry easel

  30-11-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A report from the Prison and Probation Ombudsman revealed sex offender Stephen Harper was found hanged after his tapestry easel was taken from him
  
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• Deaf grandmother scared to leave her home after attack outside Blakelaw Social Club

  30-11-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michelle Riley, from Cowgate, says her hearing aids were pulled out during terrifying assault
  
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• Cowgate hit and run victim left in hospital for 12 days speaks out as driver is jailed

  30-11-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tom Martin, 21, of Cowgate, Newcastle suffered a catalogue of injuries due to culprit Daniel Tait, who has now been jailed for eight months
  
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• Thug floored girlfriend with one punch and knocked her unconscious in Newcastle city centre

  30-11-2019 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Brown was caught on CCTV and spotted by a passer-by assaulting his partner outside TJ Hughes.
  
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• The Durham community event aiming to end loneliness this Christmas

  30-11-2019 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Abbeyfield Society, Age UK County Durham and The Kingslodge Inn have teamed up to host a free 1940’s party to help combat loneliness this Christmas
  
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• Murder of Andrei Stefan will not be subject to safeguarding review - authorities reveal

  30-11-2019 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Denis Beytula pleaded guilty to murdering his three-week-old son and attempting to murder his partner at the flat they shared in Howdon
  
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• Labour's Catherine McKinnell refuses to attend Newcastle North hustings over bias fears

  30-11-2019 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Labour said the involvement of Newcastle Independents made her concerned the event would be politically neutral
  
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• 'I want to kill a policeman' - what angry 64-year-old wrote on police complaints form

  30-11-2019 00:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sidney Callaghan, of Gosforth, was angry police were not investigating his missing phone so he threatened to kill them and staged a dirty protest
  
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