Gateshead news

• Mike Ashley says he regrets buying Newcastle United - read his revealing new interview

  21-03-2016 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mike Ashley talks about how he runs Newcastle United and admits he regrets buying the club
  
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• Driver airlifted to hospital after crashing into Cramlington home while family inside

  21-03-2016 22:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The man's car veered off the road, before ploughing into a house on Horton Drive after he reportedly took ill at the wheel
  
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• Hebburn photographer tells how he accidentally sparked 'gun' drama on Gateshead motorway

  21-03-2016 21:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Armed police were called after a member of the public thought Hebburn photographer Neil Arcus' camera was a gun
  
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• Sunderland thug claimed stabbing Asian stranger in the neck was revenge for ISIS beheadings

  21-03-2016 20:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Hilton attacked a man outside Tesco in Sunderland then told police 'they should not be beheading people' and 'God told me to do it'
  
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• Northumberland County Council has voted in favour of devolution proposals

  21-03-2016 20:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Demands include commitment to rural funding and the reestablishment of the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne Line
  
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• Newcastle Central Station in line for upgrade as council draws up high speed train plans

  21-03-2016 20:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council hopes to be awarded a stop on the new HS2 line at Central Station
  
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• Vandals smashing bus windows in Sunderland and Gateshead being hunted by police - ChronicleLive

  21-03-2016 19:36
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  Vandals smashing bus windows in Sunderland and Gateshead being hunted by police
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  Reckless vandals are putting lives at risk after a spate of incidents where moving bus windows have been smashed in Sunderland and Gateshead, police have said. Since February 22 there have been six incidents reported to police of people throwing things ...and more »
  

• Vandals smashing bus windows in Sunderland and Gateshead being hunted by police

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police warn spate of incidents could lead to injury after six bus windows were smashed in six weeks in Sunderland and Gateshead
  
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• Stanley dad issues warning to parents after son diagnosed with scarlet fever

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dad tells parents to look out for symptoms of the "old-fashioned" illness scarlet fever after six-year-old is taken to hospital
  
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• See derby day in 60 seconds as our timelapse captures thousands at St James' park

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We filmed fans outside St James' Park from the vantage point of the nearby Sandman hotel in Newcastle
  
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• Northumbria University students create superheroes to clean up Newcastle

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City council challenges undergraduates to help in bid to keep streets spick and span
  
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• Northumberland fire service: Union warns lives 'will be put at risk' after cuts were approved

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland County Council backs plans to close Haydon Bridge Fire Station as part of £500k cuts to fire services
  
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• Durham painting tells story of city's rags to riches mayor John Duck

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Artwork belonging to Durham's John Duck which was missing for a century comes up for auction in Newcastle
  
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• Derby day brawl leaves frail 84 year old grandmother in Newcastle hospital

  21-03-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bedlington widow needed hospital treatment after she got caught up in derby day violence following a weekend away
  
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• George Osborne accused of £1.7 billion black hole in local government funding as Budget unravels

  21-03-2016 19:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Conservatives under fire again following the resignation of former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith
  
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• North East MPs urge Commons committee to force Mike Ashley to answer questions

  21-03-2016 18:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley laughed off demands he go to Westminster, MPs face a choice between admitting defeat and forcing him to attend
  
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• Newcastle-based education group announces merger with Carlisle College

  21-03-2016 18:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  NCG, which own Newcastle College and Newcastle Sixth Form, announced the move and a public consultation process is now open
  
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• Eddi Reader on her Sage Gateshead gig and how singing helps overcome her shyness - ChronicleLive

  21-03-2016 18:11
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  Eddi Reader on her Sage Gateshead gig and how singing helps overcome her shyness
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  To me, Eddi Reader has one of the most angelic voices I've ever heard. From her Fairground Attraction days to her recordings of Robert Burns songs, every piece of music she adds her voice to I find hard to resist. She also owns the stage when ...
  

• What Alan Shearer, Sir Bobby Robson and a speedy tortoise have in common

  21-03-2016 17:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We reveal a list of some of the North East entries in the Guinness World Records book - we're well represented!
  
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• Newcastle United pitch invader at St James' Park evades the grasp of Peter Withe

  21-03-2016 17:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A bizarre incident at St James' Park in 1979 as a collie dog called 'Shep' enters the field of play during a match against QPR
  
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• Revealed: The car colour that could cost you an extra £250

  21-03-2016 17:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Buying a new car can cost more than you think, if you choose this colour.
  
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• Watch this Northumberland seal head off to freedom after becoming tangled in ropes

  21-03-2016 16:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Worried beach walkers in Northumberland contacted rescue organisation after a seal became tangled in fishermen's ropes
  
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• Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery opens Ashington High School's £4.2m extension

  21-03-2016 16:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland County Council chipped in £3.8m to pay for new sports courts, drama studio, music room and sixth form centre
  
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• Heaton Park rapist remains at large one month on from attack

  21-03-2016 16:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rapist's distinctive gloves could hold key to identifying attacker who struck as woman was walking through Heaton Park in Newcastle's East End
  
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• Gateshead prisoner found dead in his cell at HMP Northumberland - ChronicleLive

  21-03-2016 16:41
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  Gateshead prisoner found dead in his cell at HMP Northumberland
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  Prison bosses have launched an investigation after an inmate was found dead in his cell at HMP Northumberland. The 29-year-old man, understood to be from Gateshead, was discovered on Sunday morning by prison staff. The tragedy comes just weeks ...
  

• County Durham PCSO's idea leads to new police missing child alert

  21-03-2016 16:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mum Marie Garfoot from Consett develops new system which alerts all parents if a schoolchild goes missing
  
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• Gateshead prisoner found dead in his cell at HMP Northumberland

  21-03-2016 16:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prison bosses launch investigation after a prisoner is found dead in his cell at the problem hit prison over the weekend
  
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• Watch Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer have his say on the Tyne Wear derby

  21-03-2016 16:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shearer says Sunderland handled occasion better at first and he hopes a confidence-boosted Mitrovic now fires Newcastle to safety
  
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• Sports Direct's Mike Ashley would love to 'box the ears' of critic Ed Milliband

  21-03-2016 16:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Labour leader Ed Miliband accused company of "Victorian" practices for hiring workers on zero-hours contracts
  
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• Firefighters in Fenham attacked by stone-throwing youths as they tried to respond to a callout

  21-03-2016 16:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The fire crew were called to reports of a bin on fire in Fenham, but when they arrived a stone-throwing gang damaged their vehicle
  
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• 125 years of fighting child poverty in the North East as charity celebrates its birthday

  21-03-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  125 years ago, two Newcastle men took 120 children to the seaside for the first time and sparked a new Tyneside charity
  
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• Family of Sally Allan say Northumberland mum took her own life despite coroner's 'open' ruling

  21-03-2016 16:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Coroner Terence Carney said he could not be certain 'beyond reasonable doubt' that Sally Allan committed suicide
  
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• Alan Shearer drops in to British Airways for Flying Start and Sport Relief fundraising

  21-03-2016 16:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle legend Alan Shearer posed for photos with giddy fans at British Airways who queued around the canteen for their chance for meet the hero
  
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• Sunderland teen arrested after 15-year-old boy shot in the face with airgun

  21-03-2016 16:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was left injured in the shooting in Sunderland, now police want to trace two other males
  
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• Police launch appeal to find missing South Tyneside man Trevor Giles

  21-03-2016 16:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Trevor Giles, 50, was last seen on Thursday, March 17 at the Last Orders pub in South Shields and police think he may have got on the number 3 bus
  
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• Sports car maker offers factory tours and clothes with every car purchased

  21-03-2016 15:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  KTM goes back to black with its latest lightweight sports car, to be built in a limited edition of 10
  
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• Easter 2016: Supermarket and shopping centre opening times in Newcastle

  21-03-2016 14:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you're planning on doing some last minute shopping over Easter, here are the shopping centre and supermarket opening times
  
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• Status Quo have been rocking in Newcastle across five decades

  21-03-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Status Quo announce their last electric tour, we recall their North East gigs which date back to 1968
  
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• Forest Hall man works to overcome cerebral palsy and climb Mount Kilimanjaro

  21-03-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Law plans to raise money for disabled children's charity Smile for Life by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
  
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• Alleged Tyne-Wear derby day pitch invader charged and handed an interim banning order

  21-03-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John West, 35, of Gilesgate, County Durham, is alleged to have gone onto the pitch when Aleksandar Mitrovic scored for Newcastle United
  
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• Easter 2016 in Newcastle: Metro and Bus timetables - all you need to know

  21-03-2016 14:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Your guide to Metro and bus services running on Good Friday, Easter weekend and Easter Monday in Newcastle, Gateshead and Tyne & Wear
  
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• Your Sport Relief 2016 photos in Newcastle and the North East

  21-03-2016 13:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We invited readers to send in four our gallery of all the weekend fundraising action in Newcastle, Gateshead, Washington and beyond
  
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• Teenager jailed for 20 years for killing PC Dave Phillips with stolen truck

  21-03-2016 13:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jurors at Manchester Crown Court cleared him of murder and convicted him of the alternative count of manslaughter
  
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• First time buyers in North East face eight year wait to get on the property ladder

  21-03-2016 13:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Report finds that single first time buyers in North East will take eight years and nine months to save for deposit
  
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• Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema launches fundraising bid for pavement cafe plans

  21-03-2016 12:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tyneside Cinema in the city centre wants to transform High Friars Lane with a canopy of lights and continental alfresco cafe
  
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• Car shooting claim on Gateshead motorway turns out to be a false alarm - ChronicleLive

  21-03-2016 12:41
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  Car shooting claim on Gateshead motorway turns out to be a false alarm
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  An alleged shooting at a car on a Gateshead motorway was a false alarm, police have discovered. At 6.09pm on Sunday, a member of the public reported to police that they had seen someone in a black vehicle discharge a firearm at a blue vehicle while ...
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• Car shooting claim on Gateshead motorway turns out to be a false alarm

  21-03-2016 12:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A194(M) in Gateshead was closed overnight after a member of the public reported a shooting but police have discovered the 'firearm' was a camera
  
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• Meet the schoolboys raising awareness of communication issues - by telling jokes

  21-03-2016 12:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two schoolboys from the region reached the finals of a national comedy competition, which aims to support children with speech issues
  
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• Newcastle City Council target beggars and charity 'chuggers' in crackdown

  21-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council bosses are to pass new powers to curb anti-social behaviour in the city centre
  
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• Newcastle 1-1 Sunderland: What you are saying about Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby

  21-03-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Readers take to Facebook to have their say on the crunch Derby at St James' Park on Sunday which ended in a 1-1 draw
  
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