Gateshead news

• Police appeal after pregnant Benwell woman goes missing

  04-03-2016 23:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lyndsey Wilkinson, from Hugh Gardens, is described as 5ft 4ins with a heavy build, brown eyes and long brown hair
  
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• Adam Johnson’s family targeted by burglars in double raid as shamed star receives threats

  04-03-2016 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The disgraced footballer has stepped up security around his £1.5m Durham mansion after raids on the houses of his parents and sister
  
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• Adam Johnson's partner stayed with him for the sake of their child until full allegations emerged

  04-03-2016 22:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stacey Flounders left the ex-Sunderland winger when the true extent of allegations emerged during his trial at Bradford Crown Court
  
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• Newcastle University expert says Geordie accent among the hardest to master

  04-03-2016 21:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dr Danielle Turton, a linguistics professor at Newcastle University, spoke after a Geordie accent in US TV show Castle sparked outrage
  
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• Sunderland by night: Our photographers see Wearside in a different light

  04-03-2016 20:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  From Keel Square to the Wearmouth Bridge - our photographers have captured Sunderland after dark
  
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• Watch shoppers do their best Geordie accents after US TV show howler

  04-03-2016 20:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  How do these Geordie accents compare to the actor who failed to pull off the Tyneside twang in US series Castle
  
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• West Denton man appears in court charged with making explosives

  04-03-2016 20:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Thomas Gilhespy appeared before North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Friday and was remanded in custody ahead of a bail hearing next week
  
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• Vast majority of North East children secured first choice secondary schools for coming year

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland has the highest rate of successful applications with 98% of pupils securing a place at their first choice secondary school
  
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• South Shields drink driver jailed for killing pensioner while speeding in souped up new car

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sean Flynn, from South Shields, was drunk and had been driving like an 'idiot' in the run up to the fatal crash in Jarrow
  
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• North East shops across the decades of the 20th century - and the retail revolution

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With the traditional North East corner and high street store struggling, we recall the shops of yesteryear in pictures
  
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• North East criminals jailed: 13 criminals who were locked up in February

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A gallery of 13 North East offenders who have been convicted and jailed at courts around our region throughout February 2016
  
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• Keep your gaze strong and look down the lens, says the photographer. But I just look constipated

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Carrie Armstrong balances moving house with undergoing an interview and photoshoot
  
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• Jesmond property looks like a modest home from the outside - but a slice of history could be yours

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Holly Avenue terraced property, on the market for £525,000, once featured in a book showcasing the historic architecture of Newcastle
  
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• Find out about Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, one of the greatest ever Northumbrians

  04-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kirkharle is to host a 300th anniversary programme to mark the achievements of the man who transformed the English landscape
  
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• Two violent attacks in Blakelaw could be linked - say Northumbria Police

  04-03-2016 19:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A teenage cyclist was assaulted in Blakelaw on Thursday before his bike was stolen and a man had a glass bottle smashed over his head minutes later
  
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• Missing Gosforth man Daniel Chapman found dead in a London canal

  04-03-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Chapman went missing from Gosforth on February 5, his body was recovered from Regent's Canal on Thursday
  
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• Jesmond jewellery shop owner explains how he foiled masked robbers' daytime raid

  04-03-2016 18:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jesmond jewellery shop owner says the security system at AC Silver on St George's Terrace stopped raiders from escaping with a big haul
  
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• Funeral of Cullercoats schoolboy Oliver Bilcliffe attended by hundreds

  04-03-2016 17:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friends of the 14-year-old Tyneside schoolboy Oliver Bilcliffe who lost his battle with a brain tumour wore hats to his funeral service
  
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• How the Adam Johnson case unfolded: Step-by step guide on key dates

  04-03-2016 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We chart the unfolding of the Adam Johnson story from his arrest to the post verdict furore that erupted
  
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• Watch a suspected burst pipe in Jesmond submerge Sandyford Road

  04-03-2016 16:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called to the apparent burst water main in the early hours of Friday morning and cordoned off the road
  
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• Why was Adam Johnson allowed to continue playing for Sunderland AFC despite his initial suspension?

  04-03-2016 15:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Questions that need to be answered: We ask Sunderland football club to supply answers over Adam Johnson case
  
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• Watch the moment Denise Robertson thanks well-wishers as she battles pancreatic cancer

  04-03-2016 15:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular South Tyneside agony aunt was speaking from her hospital bed to thank those supporting her in her cancer fight
  
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• Holy Island dig aims to find monastery where Lindisfarne Gospels were made

  04-03-2016 15:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A major excavation is planned for the summer at the historic Northumberland site thanks to crowdfunding initiative
  
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• Who is Margaret Byrne? Profile of under-fire Sunderland chief executive

  04-03-2016 15:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We profile Sunderland AFC's chief executive Margaret Byrne who has been asked to answer questions surrounding the Adam Johnson case
  
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• Jarrow and Sunderland schools to produce young person's version of 1,300 year old bible

  04-03-2016 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pupils' version of Codex Amiatinus will replicate journey of original from monks of Wearmouth-Jarrow to the Pope in Rome
  
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• New KFC in Newcastle won't sell late-night chicken after licence mix-up

  04-03-2016 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The announcement of late operating hours on Fridays and Saturdays was just a fowl-up as the fast food firm hadn't even applied for a licence
  
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• Watch huge RAF cargo plane dipping low over Newcastle Airport in training exercise

  04-03-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A400M Atlas, one of Britain's latest transport aircraft, was filmed by local plane spotter Jonathan Winton as it passed over Tyneside
  
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• Newcastle support unit for autistic students wins national award

  04-03-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Cherrywood Centre at Benfield School took out the top award on Monday night for their "inspirational" work with autistic secondary students
  
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• Newcastle shop could lose licence after £40,000 bootleg booze haul seized

  04-03-2016 14:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The owner of Kingston Park shop VG Stores, also known as Kingston Park Post Office, could lose his trading license after the booze haul
  
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• New 2016 Renault Scenic revealed

  04-03-2016 14:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You may have thought that the ‘crossover’ class sounds like one which straddles two others. But no.
  
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• Adam Johnson may end up in tough prison HMP Frankland - but will have the chance to play five-a-side

  04-03-2016 13:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Disgraced former Sunderland player Adam Johnson may find himself in HMP Frankland prison alongside child killers Ian Huntley and Levi Bellfield
  
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• MH17 tragedy: Why do Newcastle United fans applaud on 17 minutes?

  04-03-2016 13:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United fans applaud the memory of two Magpies fans, John Alder and Liam Sweeney, who died on the doomed MH17 flight
  
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• Your World Book Day photos of children at schools and nurseries in Newcastle & the North East

  04-03-2016 13:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Children at schools and nurseries all dressed up for World Book Day 2016 in Newcastle and the North East
  
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• Geordie character on American TV series Castle: Is this the worst Geordie accent ever?

  04-03-2016 12:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The eighth season of cult American TV series Castle featured a Geordie character but putting it mildly he wouldn't fit in in the Bigg Market!
  
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• North East set to escape the worst of the snow as Storm Jake blasts across the country

  04-03-2016 12:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Storm Jake is set to bring snow to the hills in the North and wind, cold and rain is set to put a major dampener on weekend
  
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• Northumberland health services praised by Public Health England

  04-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Duncan Selbie met with Northumberland County Council staff and representatives of local charities
  
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• Newcastle United's former manager Kenny Dalglish was born on this day 65 years ago

  04-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kenny Dalglish, the brilliant player and successful manager. who couldn't repeat the winning formula at St James' Park
  
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• German boss of Newcastle's new Motel One makes flying visit to attend launch party

  04-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Official opening of Newcastle's Motel One celebrates the company's most northernly English venture
  
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• County Durham colliery town 'shocked and disappointed' after Adam Johnson's conviction

  04-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shamed Sunderland star Adam Johnson rose from humble beginnings in a former mining town to sporting stardom only to lose it all
  
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• Bomb squad in West Denton: Man charged with making explosives after house search

  04-03-2016 11:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Thomas Gilhespy, 50, of Beltingham, in West Denton due in court today after he was charged with making/having explosives
  
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• Bugatti gets 150 orders for new 261mph hyper car

  04-03-2016 11:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There was the charismatic Bugatti Veyron. There was also competition in the form of the McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder. Now, none of those cars are in production.
  
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• Snow causes delays and closures in the north of England

  04-03-2016 10:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The north of England has been blanketed, with as much as 10cm of snow reported on high ground.
  
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• Motorists clocked at over 95mph on residential Newcastle roads demonstrated 'suicidal driving'

  04-03-2016 10:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Drivers were snapped doing twice the legal limit on built-up roads.
  
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• Ashington brute Steven Young jailed for attacking his pregnant girlfriend

  04-03-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Steven Young was already on a court order for domestic violence on another woman when he attacked his pregnant partner in her Northumberland home
  
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• Former Newcastle journalist Greg Dyke takes on a new television role

  04-03-2016 09:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The one-time Newcastle journalist will support Prince William in an ambassadorial role at film and TV charity Bafta
  
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• The morning news headlines: UK discovery could lead to bespoke treatments for patients with advanced cancer; Remain campaign trying to bully British people - IDS

  04-03-2016 08:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• Newcastle primary school one step away from national finals of prestigious tournament

  04-03-2016 08:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The u11-girls' Newcastle side has made it to the Northern finals of the Danone Nations Cup, the world's biggest football tournament for the age group
  
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• North East the worst region for empty shops in the country with one in 14 vacant for three years

  04-03-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has accused the government of 'forgetting we exist' as nationwide recovery eludes North
  
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• Loyd Grossman offers support to Winlaton church damaged in arson attack

  04-03-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The TV personality, who is chair of the Church Conservation Trust, has offered advice following the blaze last month
  
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• County Durham car crash family were on the way to watch daughter's final dance performance

  04-03-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Five members of the Cockburn family, from Chester-le-Street, were killed in a head-on collision
  
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