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• Mum's terror after four-year-old son falls from tractor and fractures skull

  29-04-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Aynsley fell from the vehicle while helping on his family's farm in Northumberland and was flown to hospital in an air ambulance for treatment
  
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• Reform UK hold off Lib Dem surge to win Newcastle City Council by-election

  28-08-2026 01:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Reform UK survived a challenge from the Lib Dems to secure victory for Martin Evison in Thursday's Throckley, Walbottle, and Newburn by-election
  
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• Sunniside locals object to plans for over 200 new homes amid wildlife, traffic, and infrastructure worries

  28-08-2026 01:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Residents and councillors gathered to speak to the Local Democracy Reporting Service over their fears about hundreds of proposed new homes
  
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• Newcastle man banned from ex's home caught there after argument over 'music choice'

  28-08-2026 01:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The victim had invited Alan Atkinson over to her address, despite him being subject to a restraining order, then phoned the police after he refused to leave
  
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• Walker armed burglar targeted elderly couple in their home after bus-stop queue-jumping dispute

  28-08-2026 01:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Young left the pensioners terrified after pushing his way into their home and brazenly stealing from them
  
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• North East man to run 470 laps of St James' Park in memory of 'Newcastle-mad dad'

  28-08-2026 01:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Charles McManus is aiming to run over 200 miles in just 48 hours, in aid of St Oswald's Hospice, who cared for his dad David before he passed away in 2017
  
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• Landlord at famous Northumberland pub hits out at 'grossly unfair' supermarket pricing

  28-08-2026 01:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cheap alcohol deals in supermarkets are "grossly unfair" on the pub trade, and contribute to "worryingly high levels" of at home boozing, said Joanne Dwyer.
  
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• Newcastle City Council by-election result in full

  28-08-2026 00:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle City Council by-election was launched when Reform UK councillor Amy Hunter stepped down from her post earlier this summer, just a couple of months after being voted in at May's local elections
  
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• Newcastle City Council by-election LIVE: Updates as Reform hold seat after councillor stood down

  28-08-2026 00:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Voters in the Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward headed to the polls today after a by-election was called when Reform UK's Amy Hunter resigned from her post
  
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• Newcastle City Council by-election LIVE: Updates from vote called after Reform councillor stood down

  27-08-2026 23:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Voters in the Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward headed to the polls today after a by-election was called when Reform UK's Amy Hunter resigned from her post
  
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• Couple who tied the knot at Britain's highest pub return to celebrate 30th wedding anniversary

  27-08-2026 23:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sarah Baulch and John Dalton got married at Tan Hill Inn which was the first pub in England to be licenced to hold weddings
  
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• Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat launches 134 miles out to sea after receiving emergency call-out

  27-08-2026 22:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tynemouth RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was called out more than 130 nautical miles off the North East coast
  
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• Newcastle City Council by-election LIVE: Updates from count for Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward

  27-08-2026 22:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Voters in the Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward headed to the polls today after a by-election was called when Reform UK's Amy Hunter resigned from her post
  
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• Vile killer who lured schoolgirl to savage murder trap dies in prison

  27-08-2026 22:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Donna Marie Brand was jailed for life in December 2023 after being found guilty of murdering 14-year-old Caroline Glachan in 1996. She has now died in prison.
  
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• North East predatory teaching assistant systematically sexually abused vulnerable pupils

  27-08-2026 21:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Philip Watson, of South Shields, has now been convicted of sexually abusing six pupils at a school in Sunderland where he worked
  
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• Pictures as Fisherman's Mission cancer project brings 'pivotal' health messages to Meadow Well

  27-08-2026 21:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The C-Aware Project is run by the Fisherman's Mission and brought "pivotal" information the Meadow Well estate in partnership with the Cedarwood Trust
  
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• Warning issued after life-saving throwline boards targeted by vandals in three Newcastle parks

  27-08-2026 21:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Over the past few months throwline boards have been targeted by vandals, the latest of which occurred earlier this week
  
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• Winning Set for Life lottery numbers for Thursday, August 27

  27-08-2026 21:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We have everything you need to know about the Set for Life draw for Thursday, August 27
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, August 27

  27-08-2026 20:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years
  
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• Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ amid trade war with Canada

  27-08-2026 19:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The president has signed an executive order to rename the lake that spans the US-Canadian border
  
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• Woman killed in North East house fire was 'not involved with gangs', brother says

  27-08-2026 19:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Investigations are continuing into the blaze which was only a mile away from the scene of a head-on collision which killed two police officers
  
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• Calls to tackle predicted £60m road repair backlog in North Tyneside by 2029/30

  27-08-2026 19:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council's Tory group leader has said the backlog needs to be grappled with now to avoid more expensive repairs down the line
  
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• Emotional Vicky Pattison admits 'I became a caricature of myself' on Geordie Shore

  27-08-2026 18:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vicky Pattison has opened up about her time in reality TV, the 'dangerous path' she was led down, and her fears about her children ever entering the industry
  
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• New strategy to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour on North East public transport

  27-08-2026 18:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In the year ending March 2026, Northumbria Police received 1,020 reports of incidents on public transport
  
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• Can you see the lunar eclipse from where you live? Check your postcode

  27-08-2026 18:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  At its peak, around 93% of the Moon will be covered by the darkest part of Earth's shadow.
  
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• Armed police called to North East street after man attacked with bladed weapon

  27-08-2026 17:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers holding guns surrounded a property on Sedgemoor Road after a man was hospitalised following an attack involving a bladed weapon
  
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• Union brands Newcastle University's India expansion plan "risky business venture"

  27-08-2026 17:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The UCU maintains its position that international expansion remains risky for Newcastle University
  
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• Union brands Newcastle University’s India expansion plan “risky business venture”

  27-08-2026 17:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The UCU maintains its position that international expansion remains risky for Newcastle University.
  
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• New details emerge on A66 crash which saw two police officers among seven killed

  27-08-2026 17:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Inquests have opened into the two police officers and five occupants of a Volkswagen Passat who were all pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on A66 crash
  
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• Incel forum member banned from loitering outside women's toilets

  27-08-2026 16:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Victor Valentine received a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, despite having no history of sexual offending
  
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