County Durham news

• Cramlington estate residents finally have pedestrian link to town after two-year campaign

  16-05-2024 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Residents have been campaigning for a pedestrian link to the town centre for some time
  
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• The 10p pill that can slash your chances of catching a cold - and cut symptoms short

  31-10-2024 23:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Experts have identified key supplements for each season, including vitamin D, probiotics, zinc, magnesium, and echinacea to support immunity and manage stress this winter
  
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• 25-year-old woman suffers stroke due to missed contraceptive pill risk by GP

  31-10-2024 23:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Danielle Jones had been suffering visual disturbances, known as aura, which is a key sign that a patient is at risk from a stroke, six months before she collapsed
  
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• Vera 'replacement' Ellis' creator reveals 'problem' with rival shows as new series debuts

  31-10-2024 22:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Death In Paradise, Midsomer Murders and Inspector Morse are all popular detective dramas - but Ellis' lead writer has pointed out an issue they all share
  
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• Preston Road cycle lane plans scrapped by North Tyneside Council

  31-10-2024 22:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council has cancelled plans for cycling infrastructure in Preston Road, North Shields, but will now work on road safety improvements.
  
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• Saltwell car wash plans due to be decided by council planning committee

  31-10-2024 22:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead councillors will consider plans to convert a Saltwell garage into a car washing facility.
  
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• The simple morning habit could help you fall asleep faster, according to an expert

  31-10-2024 21:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Professor of Circadian Neuroscience Russell Foster says people have an "internal clock" that helps us with the "demands" of a 24-hour day, and it needs to be "tuned"
  
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• Blue Badge rules for drivers - 11 places you can't park at any time day or night

  31-10-2024 20:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The rules around Blue Badge parking permits can be confusing - but these are the places where permit holders are not allowed to park at any time of the day or night
  
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• Labour Budget 2024: Key points you may have missed including changes for tax, pensions and minimum wage

  31-10-2024 20:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a range of tax and spending changes in her Autumn Budget, but other important changes were revealed in Treasury documents
  
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• Chancellor's vape tax hike is 'unsustainably high' and will 'hurt working people', warns Newcastle and Wallsend MP

  31-10-2024 19:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  During the Budget debate in the Commons, MP Mary Glindon hit out at the Chancellor's tax increase on vape liquid, warning it will discourage people from quitting smoking.
  
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• Two-day sentencing of Holly Newton's teenage murderer Logan MacPhail begins at Newcastle Crown Court

  31-10-2024 18:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Logan MacPhail, 17, was convicted of murdering 15-year-old Holly Newton in Hexham
  
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• Man jailed after bullets fired through County Durham home where mum was preparing bedtime snack for child

  31-10-2024 18:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The bullets travelled through the property and were later found lodged in a vacuum cleaner and wedged in an internal wall
  
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• Ouseburn historic site in Newcastle transformed into four-storey luxury townhouses

  31-10-2024 18:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The building was once a cornerstone of Newcastle’s industrial shipbuilding and ropemaking heritage
  
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• Death at Niagara Falls: Investigation as mother and children die after climbing over safety rail

  31-10-2024 18:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chianti Means, 33, is understood to have climbed over a safety rail at Niagara Falls with her five-month-old baby Mecca, and nine year old son Roman Rossman before they fell to their deaths
  
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• Budget 2024: North East critics claim ‘all we got was cuts’ after Labour axes A1 dualling

  31-10-2024 18:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The big news for the North East in Wednesday's Budget was the scrapping of the plans to dual the A1 in Northumberland, with no mention of a series of other key regional ambitions
  
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• Tyne Bridge restoration 'missing money' still under review as Budget fails to confirm final £6 million

  31-10-2024 18:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The last of the Government's promised £6 million for the Tyne Bridge's revamp remains under threat of being cut, with Wednesday's Budget offering no clarity on its status
  
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• Police appeal after Wallsend football ground sustains around £2,000 worth of damage

  31-10-2024 17:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police received a report of significant damage to the spectator rails around the football pitche
  
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• Newcastle Airport will 'continue to operate as normal' during £17 million runway resurfacing project

  31-10-2024 17:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The works will take place overnight from early November until the end of March and the airport has said there is "no planned disruption" to the flight schedule
  
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• Police appeal after Ben Stokes' County Durham home burgled while wife and children inside

  31-10-2024 17:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several sentimental items were taken in the burglary at his Castle Eden home
  
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• North East Waspi women warn 'lessons not learned' after Budget compensation snub

  31-10-2024 17:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 30 women from the North East joined a Waspi protest outside Parliament as Rachel Reeves delivered her first Budget as Chancellor on Wednesday
  
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• Denise Welch owns up to 'past affairs' in double standards debate on Loose Women

  31-10-2024 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Loose Women star Denise Welch has opened up about her past 'infidelities' and how she was treated like the 'wicked witch of the west' when she admitted to cheating in the past
  
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• Gateshead killer driver left much-loved grandad dying on A1 after ploughing into his motorbike

  31-10-2024 16:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christopher Donnison, of Gateshead, failed to notice the traffic in front of him had slowed down to a standstill and killed motorcyclist John Wood
  
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• Budget 2024: ‘They want a Trump wall!’ Labour leave County Durham residents feeling cheated - GB News

  31-10-2024 16:53 via news.google.com
  Budget 2024: ‘They want a Trump wall!’ Labour leave County Durham residents feeling cheated  GB News
  
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• Shields Ferry evening crossings to be suspended due to 'unexpected challenges with crew availability'

  31-10-2024 16:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daily crossings are expected to end at 5.45pm from Mondays to Saturdays until January 2025
  
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• Sunderland vehicle suspected of being used for fly-tipping seized by council

  31-10-2024 16:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The seizure marks the 29th vehicle Sunderland City Council has confiscated on suspicion of involvement in fly-tipping since August 2019
  
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• 'I was told I was too young for cancer by doctors - they were wrong'

  31-10-2024 16:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Courtney Bailey was left facing a 'life or death' decision and opted to have a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer when she refused to accept there was nothing wrong
  
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• Calls for funding for North Tyneside schools with structural issues continue post-budget

  31-10-2024 15:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Following the budget, North Tyneside Council continues to lobby for extra cash for a string of local schools blighted by non-RAAC-related concrete issues.
  
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• Byker man jailed after police raid home and find drugs wrapped in chocolate packaging

  31-10-2024 15:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liam Allen, 32, was sentenced to 27 months in prison. The other occupant, Rebecca Brown, also 32, received a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years
  
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• Megabus significantly reduces coach services due to 'low passenger demand' - but some Newcastle services survive

  31-10-2024 15:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Some of the low-cost operator's routes from Newcastle will continue, but many more have been axed
  
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• Loose Women's Kaye Adams disappears from set during live show after 'struggling'

  31-10-2024 15:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kaye Adams walked off the set of Loose Women during a poignant conversation with fellow panellist Nadia Sawalha, who was discussing her husband Mark Adderley's sobriety
  
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