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• Glass Slipper Awards: High-flying North East women are celebrated at glittering ceremony

  26-02-2016 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ex-Emmerdale actress Charlie Hardwick helps fly the flag for female achievement as annual awards mark local success stories
  
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• This Gateshead pensioner was forced to sleep in his greenhouse after rat 'bit his head' - ChronicleLive

  26-02-2016 19:36
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  This Gateshead pensioner was forced to sleep in his greenhouse after rat 'bit his head'
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  A terrified grandfather has had to flee his home and sleep in a greenhouse after being attacked by rats. Former docker Dario DiCarlo, 80, has told how he was bitten on the head by a rat as he was sleeping at his home in Garvey Villas, Gateshead.
  

• Adam Johnson trial: Ex-Sunderland winger 'lied, lied and lied again', jury is told

  26-02-2016 19:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The defence claims panic led the ex-Black Cats player to lie to his girlfriend and play down liaisons to police - but prosecutors disagree
  
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• Wallsend comic Gavin Webster to fund own show after rejection by BBC 'pillocks'

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gavin Webster, who has appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, says he was turned down for his 'non-Hollywood looks'
  
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• Tipu Sultan trial: Youngsters found sawn-off shotgun hidden in undergrowth, court hears

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Three 13-year-old boys were out playing when they allegedly discovered a sawn-off shotgun which prosecutors say is linked to alleged killer
  
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• This Gateshead pensioner was forced to sleep in his greenhouse after rat 'bit his head'

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead pensioner Dario DiCarlo has told how aggressive rats have driven him out of his home and forced him to sleep in his greenhouse
  
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• The ever-changing face of Newcastle captured in 19 photographs

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  From the Stephenson Quarter to the historic St Andrew's Church, we look at how the city is changing in our 'old meets new' gallery
  
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• Northumbria bird ringers track 330,000 birds over 50-year history

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham British Trust for Ornithology garden wildlife conference hears of group's conservation feats
  
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• Miller Homes unveil plans for new houses in the North East - and here's what you get for your money

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The house builder will construct 300 new properties on new sites at Backworth, Shiney Row and Middleton St George
  
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• Heaton Park rape: Candlelit vigil held in park to show support for victim

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Over 100 people attended a candlelit vigil to 'reclaim' Heaton Park after a woman was raped as she walked through on Sunday
  
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• By the time the starters were served I knew he was the love of my life

  26-02-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Carrie Armstrong, our very very single columnist, on how all of a sudden she is not very very single after all
  
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• It's great up North - why we're leading the English tourism boom

  26-02-2016 19:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In the first nine months of last year there were nearly half a million visits to the North East - and that's before the figures for the World Cup are even counted
  
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• Sunderland hero Julio Arca meets fundraiser Mark Solan ahead of charity boxing match

  26-02-2016 18:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Residents of St Cuthbert's Hospice were delighted to receive visit from Boro and Black Cats legend Julio Arca
  
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• Search for Longbenton hit and run driver who knocked down eight-year-old boy

  26-02-2016 17:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The boy is still being treated in hospital with a serious leg injury after being knocked down in a hit and run collision in Longbenton
  
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• Government announces u-turn on child poverty targets after calls from Bishop of Durham

  26-02-2016 17:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ministers have caved in and accepted calls from the Bishop of Durham to continue a legal requirement to publish child poverty figures
  
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• Elderly driver dies in County Durham crash after car collides with telegraph pole

  26-02-2016 17:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after her car left the road and crashed into a telegraph pole in Stanley Crook
  
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• Woman racially abused on Newcastle Metro travelling between Monument and Byker

  26-02-2016 16:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help to trace the victim following the incident on the Metro on Tuesday evening
  
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• FC Halifax Town: Gateshead preview - Halifax Evening Courier

  26-02-2016 16:36
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  FC Halifax Town: Gateshead preview
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  Jim Harvey insists the return of Neil Aspin is of no importance to him ahead of Town's eagerly-anticipated FA Trophy quarter-final against Gateshead at The Shay tomorrow (3.0). Aspin will return to The Shay for the first time since being sacked by the ...
  FC Halifax v Gateshead: Returning Neil Aspin stands in Shaymen's way on road to WembleyYorkshire Postall 3 news articles »
  

• South Shields Victorian butcher's shop tiles donated to museum bosses as area demolished

  26-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Family of South Shields butchers hand over tiles to museum to ensure town's shopping heritage is recognised
  
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• Newcastle Kard Bar fire: Police and fire investigators continue inquiries into fatal blaze

  26-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Investigators remain at Newcastle city centre shop Kard Bard where they are working to establish how a fire that killed the owner started
  
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• Newcastle five-a-side offers chance for amateur players to go viral

  26-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  SoccerWorld, in Newcastle's West End, has installed pitchside cameras to capture the highs and lows of five-a-side teams
  
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• Competition which saw Northumberland birdman Ron Freeman fly into the record books cancelled

  26-02-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Worthing International Birdman Competition, which challenged participants to fly 100m in a human-powered craft, has been cancelled indefinitely
  
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• Gateshead horse is rescued by firefighters after falling down 20ft mine

  26-02-2016 16:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This is the miracle moment a horse was pulled to safety after falling 20ft down an old mine at Dunston West Farm Livery Stables
  
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• Rail engineering works need to be quicker and faster says the Transport Secretary

  26-02-2016 15:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Network Rail (NR), which manages Britain's rail tracks and many key stations, closed a number of major lines over Christmas to allow it to carry out work as part of its major investment plan
  
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• Hospitals having to remove thousands of children's decayed teeth

  26-02-2016 15:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More boys than girls needed teeth out as inpatients in 2014/15. There were over 14,000 cases among children aged five and under needing teeth removed.
  
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• Little Mix star Perrie Edwards left with serious burns on hand after boiler accident

  26-02-2016 15:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Less than a day after hitting the stage at the Brits Awards, South Shields Little Mix singer Perrie was left in agony
  
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• Ringleader of Rotherham gang jailed for 35 years

  26-02-2016 15:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Arshid Hussain jailed for 35 years for grooming, raping and abusing teenage girls in Rotherham
  
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• 'Arrogant' Adam Johnson has lied and lied and lied again, court hears

  26-02-2016 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The prosecution said former Sunderland star Johnson manipulated his teenage victim in closing speeches
  
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• Hundreds of people pay tribute to Cullercoats teenager who died days after his 14th birthday

  26-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cullercoats teen Oliver Bilcliffe died surrounded by his family just days after celebrating his 14th birthday
  
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• Desperate North Tyneside parents plead 'find our son a school'

  26-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Oliver Whalley from North Tyneside has not been in school since the beginning of the year after collapsing at a WWE event
  
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• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series two at 30: Rare pictures and reader memories

  26-02-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Series two of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series two began in February, 1986. Readers share their memories of the show
  
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• Newcastle man denies trying to push police officer off bridge over A1

  26-02-2016 14:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Walker from West Denton denies attempted murder and attempting to cause GBH with intent   
  
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• Hundreds of residents gather to speak out about Northumberland open cast mine plans

  26-02-2016 14:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two-hour discussion sees residents of Northumberland and beyond question Banks Group about its plans for a new surface mine     
  
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• This Mercedes can survive a rocket-propelled grenade attack

  26-02-2016 13:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bullets, mustard gas, rocket-propelled grenades… all in a day’s work for Merc’s new armoured limo
  
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• Fancy owning one of Jerry Seinfeld's Porsches? Comedian's classics go under the hammer in March

  26-02-2016 12:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is auctioning 18 cars
  
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• Gateshead have Wembley in their sights - and Neil Aspin's former club Halifax - ChronicleLive

  26-02-2016 12:35
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  Gateshead have Wembley in their sights - and Neil Aspin's former club Halifax
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  Gateshead will move to within one round of a Wembley return should they see off Neil Aspin's former club FC Halifax Town at the Shay on Saturday. The Tynesiders have overcome Stockbridge Park Steels, Eastleigh and AFC Fylde en route to the ...
  

• South Tyneside Council latest in the region to hit residents with a 4% tax hike

  26-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Council bosses say they need to save an additional £14m in the next financial year - on top of £126m already slashed from the budget since 2010
  
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• Newcastle charity boss urges shoppers not to give money after 'aggressive beggar' jailed

  26-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Bell, chief executive of Changing Lives, says beggars are likely to use the cash to fund drug habits
  
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• Landlords in Durham must get planning permission for student homes under tougher rules

  26-02-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillor Neil Foster, cabinet member for regeneration, said the change will allow the council to achieve the right balance for the city's housing
  
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• We are still waiting for our country to start a genuine debate about migration

  26-02-2016 10:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham University's Prof Thom Brooks on how the discussion about immigration has become mired in distortions
  
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• Pedestrian hit by car in Jesmond during morning rush hour

  26-02-2016 10:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A woman was taken to the RVI following a crash in Jesmond and a section of Osbourne Road was closed
  
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• Leona Lewis at Sage Gateshead: 7 things we learned from her I Am gig - ChronicleLive

  26-02-2016 10:24
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  Leona Lewis at Sage Gateshead: 7 things we learned from her I Am gig
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  Does Leona Lewis still have the X factor 10 years on? We check her out at Sage Gateshead. Shares; Comments. Get what's on news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later. Leona Lewis. Gordon Barr.and more »
  

• TUC survey reveals North East workers losing out because of unpaid overtime

  26-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East staff working on average an extra 6.8 hours extra a week for no pay costing them thousands
  
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• Newcastle 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen: A Champions' League win at St James' Park

  26-02-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An Alan Shearer hat-trick sees of the previous season's Champions' League finalists in front of 40,508 at Gallowgate
  
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• Adam Johnson trial LIVE: Day 11 of the ex-Sunderland footballer's child sex trial

  26-02-2016 09:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Adam Johnson is expected to return to the dock on Friday, following-on from evidence given by ex-girlfriend Stacey Flounders on Thursday
  
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• Horse in Gateshead falls 20ft down old mine off Whickham Highway - ChronicleLive

  26-02-2016 09:02
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  Horse in Gateshead falls 20ft down old mine off Whickham Highway
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  A horse slipped and fell 20 feet down old mine workings in Gateshead on Thursday evening. Twenty firefighters were called to the incident, off Whickham Highway, in Whickham , Gateshead, at around 7,20pm. The horse had slipped backwards and fallen ...and more »
  

• The morning news headlines: Lord Howard: Brexit vote would shake 'complacent' EU leaders; Rotherham brothers await sentence for rape, violence and prostitution

  26-02-2016 08:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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• Horse in Gateshead falls 20ft down old mine off Whickham Highway

  26-02-2016 08:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The horse was lodged 15-20ft down the mine as 20 firefighters and specialist rescue teams brought the animal to safety
  
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• Fascinating Ever Ready factory photos show famous County Durham site before development

  26-02-2016 08:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tanfield Lea photographs reveal a magnificent mural, curious old machinery and more at the former battery factory
  
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• Northumberland MP states some women have been treated unfairly by pension age changes

  26-02-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Government insists state pension age changes are fair - but Tory MPs say there is still a real problem for women born after 1953
  
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