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• Collision in Consett leaves 50-year-old man hospitalised with serious head injuries

  29-01-2016 21:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 50-year-old was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary with 'substantial' head injuries this evening
  
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• Durham woman who fled Nazi Germany says more action is needed to help refugees

  29-01-2016 21:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sylvia Hurst, 92 from County Durham escaped the Holocaust on one of the last trains to leave Germany before the outbreak of the Second World War
  
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• Up to 30 jobs could go at North East dry cleaners as business shifts away from the high street

  29-01-2016 20:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bosses at Sunlight said 'every effort' will be made to move staff who have been laid off to new roles if the six shops close down
  
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• Washington man who remains in coma following alleged street attack supported by hundreds

  29-01-2016 20:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people are set to take part in a charity bike ride following an alleged street attack that left Steve Willey in a coma
  
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• Northern Powerhouse minister accused of 'contempt for the north' as she hints MORE jobs could move

  29-01-2016 20:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anna Soubry, part of George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse team, failed to mention Gateshead as a potential site for a slimmed down office
  
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• Crime gang who raided Gateshead bank and bus depot jailed for more than 20 years - ChronicleLive

  29-01-2016 20:10 via
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  Crime gang who raided Gateshead bank and bus depot jailed for more than 20 years
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  An organised crime gang who pillaged more than £160,000 from banks and bus depots across the country have been jailed. Two of the burglaries included a bank in Whickham, Gateshead and a bus depot in Redcar, Cleveland. The gang, who caused ...
  

• Missing Gateshead woman Leanne Bramwell sparks Northumbria Police appeal

  29-01-2016 20:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police are appealing for the public's help to find Leanne Bramwell, 34, from Felling, who was reported missing on Friday
  
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• Crime gang who raided Gateshead bank and bus depot jailed for more than 20 years

  29-01-2016 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Manchester gang made off with more than £160,000 in raids across the country before coming unstuck in the North East
  
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• Newcastle West End alleged street assault: Police arrest 40-year-old man

  29-01-2016 19:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police said a 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after an incident in West Road
  
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• We've become obsessed with reforming the public sector just for the sake of it

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Benneworth says plans for the North East to have regional mayors is just another project to deliver central government's fantasy
  
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• Through the keyhole of ex-Newcastle United coach Steve Stone's Northumberland home

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stone, who worked alongside John Carver at St James' Park last season, is selling his historic stately mansion for a cool £1.5m
  
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• Sunderland pensioner jailed for stabbing wife 10 times in frenzied attack

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Laurence Crosby has been jailed for seven years after he brutally attacked his wife of 46 years in their Wearside home
  
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• Storm Gertrude hits North East bringing travel chaos and disruption

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Trees fall on cars and roads, trains delayed and Shields Ferry suspended as Storm Gertrude brings 70-80mph winds to the North East
  
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• Stanhope family's plea to help disabled teenage son make the most of life

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mason Gleeson's family are hoping to raise almost £30,000 to help buy a life-changing specialist wheelchair for the 17-year-old
  
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• South Tyneside by night: Our photographer captures the best of the borough

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As night falls on South Tyneside some of the borough's most recognisable landmarks take on a unique appearance
  
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• Big Garden Birdwatch set to involve 20,000 observers in North East

  29-01-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Region's spotters are gearing up for the annual RSPB event to record sightings of wild and wonderful species on their doorstep
  
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• Baltic Gateshead welcomes artist's debut UK show looking at world of secrecy and surveillance - ChronicleLive

  29-01-2016 17:58 via
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  Baltic Gateshead welcomes artist's debut UK show looking at world of secrecy and surveillance
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  Before meeting Hajra Waheed, my knowledge of Saudi Aramco could have been written on the head of a pin. Clearly I haven't been paying attention. A report in The Economist this month called Saudi Aramco “the world's biggest, most coveted and secretive ...
  

• Meet the Brazilian with a love for Blyth Spartans - thanks to 'Football Manager'

  29-01-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lucas Martins developed a love for Blyth after playing with them on 'Football Manager' - now he has watched them play in real life
  
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• Rumours of organised fight in Newcastle city centre park prompt extra police patrols

  29-01-2016 16:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Extra officers will be on patrol in Leazes Park after rumours of a fight set to take place on Friday night circulated on social media
  
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• Pioneering technique from Newcastle University to use stem cells and seaweed to heal wounds

  29-01-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A team of experts from Newcastle University have used stem cells encased in a seaweed "bandage" to help heal wounds for the first time
  
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• Fraudsters con Newcastle pensioners out of thousands of pounds in cruel scam

  29-01-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joseph Ramsey and Liam Patterson targeted victims in Westerhope and Forest Hall and offered to do gardening and handyman work
  
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• Public in County Durham used phones to film rather than help mum trapped in car

  29-01-2016 16:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police express concern over passers-by filming rather than helping woman and children left trapped when tree fell on their car
  
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• Vicky Pattison rings Celebrity Big Brother house and tells Scotty T he's "smashing it"

  29-01-2016 15:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  They appeared together on Geordie Shore and Queen of the Jungle Vicky said that Scotty T is "doing himself proud" on Celebrity Big Brother
  
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• Watch as British Olympian tests out Nissan's new seven-seat bobsleigh

  29-01-2016 15:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Olympic medallist takes to the ice in a seven-seat bobsleigh in the latest stunt by Nissan.
  
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• Northumberland floods: MP and Environment Agency chiefs to meet over county's response

  29-01-2016 15:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Guy Opperman will hold meetings with constituents to discuss how Northumberland can recover from violent winter weather
  
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• Storm Gertrude throws up a spectacular double rainbow across Tyneside sky

  29-01-2016 14:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our photographers - and you - captured stunning photos of the double rainbow as strong winds battered the North East
  
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• Partner of author Tom Sharpe faces £1,320 pay out after bizarre burial in Northumberland

  29-01-2016 14:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Money must be paid if church is to return items she buried without permission at a remote Thockrington churchyard
  
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• Tynemouth pub landlord David Irving in the dock on sex assault charge

  29-01-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Irving, who is in charge of the Cumberland Arms in Tynemouth, has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a young woman
  
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• River Tyne-built HMS Hercules, India's first aircraft carrier, to be reused to make motorbikes

  29-01-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Royal Navy ship, built by Vickers-Armstrong and launched in 1945, was renamed INS Vikrant and became the pride of the Indian fleet
  
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• Newcastle peer says budget cuts have put councils under 'unprecedented pressures'

  29-01-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour peer Lord Jeremy Beecham accused the government of 'passing the buck without passing the bucks'
  
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• It's 40 years since the CB Radio craze took off across the North East and the UK

  29-01-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 1976 number 2 hit single Convoy, by CW McCall, helped spark a CB Radio fad which swept into Britain from the USA
  
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• Drink driving debate: Several Chronicle readers call for zero tolerance

  29-01-2016 14:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As House of Lords discusses reducing drink-driving limit, other readers raise concerns for the great British pub
  
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• Tree falls across Newcastle's Great North Road as Storm Gertrude causes travel chaos

  29-01-2016 13:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A tree uprooted and fell onto the Great North Road as Storm Gertrude caused travel disruption around the North East on Friday
  
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• Bank holidays 2016: How to book a longer holiday and use less annual leave

  29-01-2016 13:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  By cleverly booking your holiday around the 2015 bank holiday weekends you can get more time off work for your money
  
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• Gateshead expecting a big crowd as they take on title-chasing Grimsby Town - ChronicleLive

  29-01-2016 12:39 via
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  Gateshead expecting a big crowd as they take on title-chasing Grimsby Town
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• Smith's Dock in North Shields to be lined with new waterfront apartment blocks

  29-01-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council has given the go-ahead for two apartment blocks to be built on the historic site, which dates back to 1851
  
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• Lee Irving trial: Accused's sister says he was 'really badly beaten' and 'died slowly'

  29-01-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Danielle Lawrence, the sister of one of those accused over vulnerable Lee's death, told a court what her sibling told her had happened
  
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• Doomed Newcastle bar Idols is offered a chance to party on as pub bosses come to its rescue

  29-01-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bid to "save a bit of Geordie history" sees bar operators agree to find new home for city centre favourite, securing 25 jobs
  
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• Dementia charity hits out at Newcastle City Council over 'catastrophic' cuts to funding

  29-01-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dave Stevens, from Dementia Care, said proposed reductions in the social care budget would harm vulnerable people
  
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• Your inspiring weight loss stories: Cramlington dinner lady celebrates losing 7.5 stone

  29-01-2016 12:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lisa Pickard found weight loss success through the support of others
  
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• What is the Zika virus? Am I at risk and should I cancel my holiday if I am pregnant?

  29-01-2016 11:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As The World Health Organisation declares the Zika virus to be 'spreading explosively', here is all you need to know about the disease and the risk to unborn babies
  
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• Ask the Vet: Advice on pet health - Is my cat experiencing a phantom season despite being spayed?

  29-01-2016 11:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Send your question for veterinary surgeon Rory Thomson of St Clair Veterinary Care in Croft Road, Blyth, using the form below - he will answer selected questions each week
  
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• Drugs, booze and bullying rife at Northumberland Prison, Wansbeck MP says

  29-01-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery tells the Commons that conditions at Northumberland Prison are "frightening"
  
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• Power cuts and travel chaos as storm Gertrude hits Scotland

  29-01-2016 09:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  British Isles bracing itself for strong winds, heavy rain, snow and ice as the extreme weather batters the UK
  
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• Newcastle University students to hold stem cell donor registration event for Match4Lara campaign

  29-01-2016 08:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After the fight to find a genetic match for a London student went viral, North East residents are urged to register as stem cell donors
  
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• Newcastle is a hot spot for disabled badge prosecutions figures reveal

  29-01-2016 08:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Report reveals the number of prosecutions for misusing Blue Badges in Newcastle has risen by 400% in a year in the city
  
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• The morning news headlines: David Cameron to hold talks with key players in Brussels; Google should pay more UK tax

  29-01-2016 08:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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• Storm Gertrude hits North East LIVE: Updates as 80mph winds, snow and rain cause chaos

  29-01-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Met Office warns the North East to prepare itself as severe weather from Storm Gertrude brings gale-force winds and snow to the region
  
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• Storm Gertrude hits North East LIVE: Updates as 80mph winds and rain cause chaos

  29-01-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Met Office warns the North East to prepare itself as severe weather from Storm Gertrude brings gale-force winds and snow to the region
  
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• North East teacher recruitment crisis laid bare as online jobs portal launched in region

  29-01-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Schools North East says 9 in 10 head teachers have had issues recruiting and retaining teachers in the last year
  
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