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• Newcastle students protest at the decision to axe maintenance support grants

  03-02-2016 22:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Students gathered outside the Newcastle Civic Centre to persuade councillors to write to the Government to condemn the plan
  
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• Sports Direct's legal action against Glasgow Rangers branded ridiculous by High Court judge

  03-02-2016 21:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sports Direct owned by Mike Ashley has halted legal fight against Glasgow Rangers after claiming breach of confidentiality
  
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• If it wasn't for those who attempt the impossible the human race would be far less adventurous

  03-02-2016 20:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle headteacher Bernard Trafford on the nature of heroism and the accusations of foolishness that dog those who ask too much of themselves
  
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• Sir Bobby Robson's family see how his legacy continues to help save lives

  03-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Newcastle United manager's widow and sons visit the city's Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital
  
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• Newcastle paedophile hunters catch pervert on video arriving in city to meet child for sex

  03-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Crombie thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl called Amy in Newcastle city centre but Dark Justice were waiting with their camera
  
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• New home needed for Gateshead pony Elsa after she was found dumped in back lane - ChronicleLive

  03-02-2016 19:30 via
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  New home needed for Gateshead pony Elsa after she was found dumped in back lane
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  Nine-month-old Elsa was found by staff at RSPCA Felledge, in County Durham, on Follingsby Lane with wounds vets believe were probably caused by being dragged along the floor. The filly, named Elsa after the character in hit Disney movie Frozen, had ...and more »
  

• New home needed for Gateshead pony Elsa after she was found dumped in back lane

  03-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The nine-month-old filly was found in Wardley with wounds so severe her muscles could be seen - but she is now on the road to recovery
  
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• Devastated Sunderland husband hears nothing could have been done to prevent wife's cancer death

  03-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jeanette Scully from Sunderland was left crying out in pain after cancer was missed at 58 appointments, inquest is told
  
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• Ex Newcastle University Boat Club members complete 3,000 mile race across the Atlantic

  03-02-2016 19:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After 44 days at sea, the four-man team All Beans No Monkeys who met at Newcastle University came sixth in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
  
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• A69 fatal car crash: Police still looking for witnesses after Bellingham man killed

  03-02-2016 18:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Grant Hutton, 23, was struck and killed by an Audi car on the A69 on December 19 and police are seeking any witnesses
  
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• Newcastle City Council meeting recap: Student grant cuts and Metro delays on the agenda

  03-02-2016 18:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Students having their maintenance grants axed, Metro delays and the city's alcohol problems will all be discussed tonight
  
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• Newcastle City Council meeting live: Student grant cuts and Metro delays on the agenda

  03-02-2016 18:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Students having their maintenance grants axed, Metro delays and the city's alcohol problems will all be discussed tonight
  
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• Man arrested after two alleged knifepoint robberies in Durham city centre

  03-02-2016 18:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old man is being questioned about two alleged armed robberies which both happened in the Gilesgate area of Durham
  
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• Newcastle actress Jenni Evans opens new performing arts school in city

  03-02-2016 17:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jenni Evans from Jesmond is opening Little Voices in Newcastle to find the next generation of North East stars
  
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• Pioneering Northumberland proton beam therapy unit given green light by planning committee

  03-02-2016 17:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new Northumberland centre will bring hope to thousands of cancer sufferers living across the north of the UK
  
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• New British-built Avatar car revealed

  03-02-2016 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kit car manufacturer targets track-days with affordable but exclusive new production model
  
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• MY BALL Joel Dixon deals with a cross LEANNE BOLGER - NW Evening Mail

  03-02-2016 17:01 via
  MY BALL Joel Dixon deals with a cross LEANNE BOLGER
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  THE lowest crowd of the season at Holker Street saw the dourest of goalless draws as two sides failed to master tough conditions. Played in the remnants of Storm Henry, neither team could cope with a wind which blew towards the Holker Street end for 90 ...
  

• Barrow and Gateshead play out dour stalemate at Holker Street - NW Evening Mail

  03-02-2016 17:01 via
  Barrow and Gateshead play out dour stalemate at Holker Street
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  THE lowest crowd of the season at Holker Street saw the dourest of goalless draws as two sides failed to master tough conditions. Played in the remnants of Storm Henry, neither team could cope with a wind which blew towards the Holker Street end for 90 ...
  

• North East employers depend on the EU and want the referendum over with, says MP

  03-02-2016 16:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Conservative party leader David Cameron was urged to get a move on with a vote on whether to quit the European Union
  
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• Gateshead College enrols Miller Homes to help bridge skills gap - North East Times (press release)

  03-02-2016 16:41 via
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  Gateshead College enrols Miller Homes to help bridge skills gap
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  It has been announced that Miller Homes will be helping Gateshead College to encourage people of all ages to consider a career in construction, by promoting the college's Construction and Property courses within its new homeowners' packs across ...
  

• Women hit by 'patently unfair' pension age changes, Newcastle MP warns

  03-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle MP Catherine McKinnell demands help for women told they must wait years longer than expected for their state pension
  
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• Watch CineSecrets Newcastle: Can you name the West End 1970s/80s club comedienne?

  03-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Watch North East Film Archive film footage of this Newcastle club comedienne and answer our questions about her
  
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• Keith Rochester showing signs of improvement after fighting for his life in a Cuban hospital

  03-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Keith Rochester, of Houghton-le-Spring, suffered complications after suffering pancreatitis when on holiday but now he is off the ventilator
  
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• Have the big hitters of the business world simply become too arrogant?

  03-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East businesswoman Jacqui Miller-Charlton on the questions we are having to ask ourselves about the giants we once respected
  
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• First drive: New Land Rover Defender concept car

  03-02-2016 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  What will the next Land Rover Defender be like? A drive of 2011’s DC100 Sport concept provided a glimpse of the future
  
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• Northumbria Police vow to step up patrols ahead of controversial Roosh V Newcastle rally

  03-02-2016 14:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has also written to the Home Secretary urging her to ban the American blogger from the UK
  
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• Police target Blyth streets as part of drugs and anti-social behaviour crackdown

  03-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Operation Merlin has been launched in Cowpen by Northumbria Police in a bid to clean up Blyth's 12 most needy roads
  
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• Budding Berwick engineer travels 125 miles a day to Newcastle in hope of achieving dream

  03-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Annie Wilson travels from Berwick to Newcastle and back to attend the Engineering Training Academy and follow her dreams
  
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• Birtley woman takes a bean bath to help raise funds for Kian Musgrove

  03-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jean Hay spent seven hours in a bath full of beans to raise funds for cancer treatment for four-year-old Kian Musgrove
  
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• Vicky Pattison tweets support for I'm A Celebrity friend George Shelley after he comes out

  03-02-2016 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The I'm A Celebrity runner-up and Union J singer told his fans he's had girlfriends and boyfriends in a candid Youtube video
  
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• Double death of Sunderland couple could not have been prevented - but they were let down

  03-02-2016 13:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Failings are identified into the care of James Stokoe who killed his wife before killing himself at their home in Hylton Castle in 2013
  
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• Ask the Vet - advice on pet health: My Staffy has mysterious bald patches

  03-02-2016 13:17 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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• Lord Lucan's son granted death certificate 42 years after peer vanished

  03-02-2016 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lord Lucan vanished after his nanny was found murdered at the family home in central London on November 7, 1974
  
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• Jesmond vet jailed for torturing man during extreme drug-fuelled sex session is struck off

  03-02-2016 12:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kirk Thompson, who met David Kochs on a gay website and invited him back to his Newcastle flat, was convicted of his manslaughter in 2014
  
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• The EU referendum is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the North East - and we need to leave

  03-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Business for Britain North East chairman Andy Saunders reflects on the EU draft proposal and argues why the UK will be better off out
  
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• Roosh V Newcastle rally: Readers send clear message to 'neomasculinity' campaigner

  03-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  American blogger Roosh V, who is holding a rally for like-minded men at Grey's Monument on Saturday, has angered our readers
  
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• Northumberland County Council to apologise over Kwik Save row

  03-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Campaigners gathered more than 600 signatures on a petition to stop the former supermarket being replaced with an office block
  
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• Lee Irving: What happens next following the collapse of crown court trial?

  03-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vulnerable Lee Irving was murdered last June and, as the trial entered its fourth week, a judge dismissed the jury at Newcastle Crown Court
  
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• Championship-winning Tynemouth biker Eddy Johnson dies from heart attack

  03-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to devoted husband Eddy, 79, who took ill while out cycling with friends in Whitley Bay
  
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• Your community events in the North East: Fun days, fashion show, craft fair and free talks

  03-02-2016 12:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Community events written by you forweek beginning February 1 includes Newcastle, Whitley Bay and Northumberland
  
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• The BAFTAs 2016: How to watch the British Academy Film awards on TV and this year's nominees

  03-02-2016 11:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Everything you need to know about the BAFTAs including who's up for a nomination and likely to win, and how you can watch it on TV
  
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• How to buy a used BMW

  03-02-2016 11:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bargains galore with budgets from £5000
  
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• Fourth Brit Awards appearance for Rihanna

  03-02-2016 10:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Organisers confirmed the appearance with a tweet: "Surprise. Rihanna is performing at #BRITs 2016! We. Cannot. Deal."
  
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• The morning news headlines: PM to set out details of EU reform deal; World leaders urged to back £5.48bn deal to help Syrian refugees

  03-02-2016 10:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  PM TO SET OUT DETAILS OF EU REFORM DEAL
  
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• Roosh V in Newcastle: Opponents of controversial blogger urged to gather on Saturday

  03-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Women and men being encouraged to meet at Grey's Monument in Newcastle to disrupt militant masculinity campaigner's event
  
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• Olympian Denise Lewis visits Newcastle dementia charity to highlight Sport Relief work

  03-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The gold medalist visited the charity in Brunswick Village as part of a drive to highlight projects funded by Sport Relief
  
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• North East economy receives multimillion boost from national tourism project

  03-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Growing Tourism Locally has generated an additional £103.9m of spending in the North East, along with
  
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• Four illegal workers caught after immigration raid on Berwick curry house

  03-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Amran’s Indian Kitchen and Grill may now face a fine of £80,000 unless it can demonstrate that appropriate right to work checks were carried out
  
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• Durham Police force see biggest fall in officer numbers in the country

  03-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham Police have lost more officers than any other force while Northumbria has lost a fifth of its PCSOs in a year
  
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• Your inspiring weight loss stories: Determined Gateshead woman now 11 stone lighter - ChronicleLive

  03-02-2016 08:00 via
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  Your inspiring weight loss stories: Determined Gateshead woman now 11 stone lighter
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  We asked readers to share their best tips for losing weight - learned through experience - and to share their weight loss stories with fellow readers. Suzie Burns of Gateshead. About me: "I'm 29 years old, turning the big 30 this year and I'd love to ...and more »
  

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