Gateshead news

• Watch as the German state flag is hoisted outside Newcastle Central Station in rail protest

  01-04-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East trade unionists raised the flag in protest at the Northern Rail franchise being handed over to a German state owned company
  
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• Crash on the A697 near Longframlington leaves one person being airlifted to hospital

  01-04-2016 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A white car reportedly crashed into the back of a lorry on the A697 with one person flown to hospital by the Great North Air Ambulance
  
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• This is what £1m can buy you if you're looking for that dream North East home

  01-04-2016 20:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Land Registry figures show the amount of £1m homes sold in the region, we've opened the doors to luxury properties on Millionaire's Row
  
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• The classic Raleigh Chopper: An iconic symbol of a 1970s childhood

  01-04-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the summer approaches, we recall the Chopper which was launched in 1969 and was produced until the early 1980s
  
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• North Tyneside councillor 'deliberately' made Nazi salute during heated meeting

  01-04-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Ord, the former Liberal Democrat councillor for the Northumberland ward, claimed the gesture was an American Bellamy salute
  
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• REVIEW: Rick Astley, The Sage Gateshead - Sunderland Echo

  01-04-2016 15:30
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  REVIEW: Rick Astley, The Sage Gateshead
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  Rick Astley kicked off his UK tour with a thoroughly entertaining evening of live music at a sold-out The Sage Gateshead. Fully embracing his new lease of life, he effortlessly melded his '80s hits with entertaining covers of contemporary pop and his ...and more »
  

• Phil Vickery cooks fish pie live on ITV in memory of Denise Robertson - and here's the recipe

  01-04-2016 15:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Phil cooked his classic fish pie in memory of the Sunderland agony aunt, who died aged 83 on Friday following a cancer battle
  
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• North Tyneside nursery closures: All you need to know about the council's review of childcare

  01-04-2016 15:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two council-run nurseries are to close and the future of four more is uncertain - here, we take a look at what is happening in the borough
  
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• Ask the Vet: Advice on pet health - Why has my dog been prescribed an antihistamine?

  01-04-2016 15:23 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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• Have you got The X Factor? Open auditions are heading to Newcastle

  01-04-2016 15:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you fancy following in the footsteps of Little Mix or Joe McElderry you might want to get in the queue for The X Factor 2016
  
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• Denise Robertson: From Sunderland childhood to TV stardom as agony aunt

  01-04-2016 15:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Denise Robertson spent more than 30 years helping the viewers with their problems and never forgot her North East roots
  
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• Denise Robertson: This Morning pays tribute to the nation's favourite agony aunt

  01-04-2016 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stars pay emotional tribute to Denise Robertson while 24,000 viewers contact the ITV show during a two-hour broadcast
  
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• Family of Denise Robertson pay tribute to an 'extraordinary woman'

  01-04-2016 15:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular agony aunt's family talk of their sorrow at the passing of 'a very great lady' after her death aged 83 on Friday
  
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• New operators take over Newcastle City Hall, Pool and Turkish Baths

  01-04-2016 14:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Historic Newcastle pool and baths to re-open as a health and wellbeing centre while Theatre Royal takes on running of City Hall
  
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• Byker pyjama pursuit: Teenager charged with possessing fake firearm

  01-04-2016 14:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alliyah Jackson, 18, of Linnetsfield in Walker, Newcastle, was arrested and charged and will appear before magistrates in May
  
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• Watch Charlotte Crosby cry on Celebrity Juice when asked about Gaz Beadle

  01-04-2016 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Geordie Shore co-star's relationship appears to have nose dived this week and Keith Lemon's questioning clearly hit a nerve with Charlotte
  
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• April Fools: Here's what you had to say about our prank about the Metro using an historic tunnel

  01-04-2016 14:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Readers had quite mixed views on plans to extend the Metro through the Victoria Tunnel, but some of you saw straight through us
  
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• Mysterious flood closes Gateshead road and key route to the Metrocentre - ChronicleLive

  01-04-2016 14:30
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  Mysterious flood closes Gateshead road and key route to the Metrocentre
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  Work is under way to establish the cause of a mysterious flood which caused a Tyneside road to close. The stream at the former site of J & J Stanley scrapyard in Swalwell, Gateshead, has led to police cordoning off Longrigg Road, a route used to get to ...
  

• Mysterious flood closes Gateshead road and key route to the Metrocentre

  01-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency roadworks are under way to re-open Longrigg Road in Swallwell after a stream appeared near to a disused scrapyard
  
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• Future of two more North Tyneside nurseries in doubt after transfer plans fall through

  01-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council was hoping to move Battle Hill and Denbigh nurseries to local primary schools but those plans have now been halted
  
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• Formica sawyer bids farewell to North Shields firm after almost four decades

  01-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Todd operated machinery at the Formica laminate factory in North Shields for 38 years, but he has now hung up his tools
  
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• Big Garden Birdwatch: Which are the North East's most common garden birds?

  01-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 people in the North East took part in a national weekend of recording birds in gardens and open spaces
  
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• See what Farne Islands visitors can expect when it re-opens for business

  01-04-2016 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The beautiful National Trust nature reserve, off the coast of Northumberland, will re-open to the public again on Friday
  
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• Denise Robertson: How meeting orphans Fred and Emmanuel in Uganda moved her to tears

  01-04-2016 14:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The agony aunt journeyed to East Africa in 2004 with our reporter and photographer for a charity trip to the Aids-ravaged country
  
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• 'Heartbroken' Phillip Schofield leads tributes to agony aunt Denise Robertson after she dies aged 83

  01-04-2016 13:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ITV confirmed that agony aunt Denise Robertson, from Sunderland, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday
  
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• Read a Northumberland fish and chip shop's brutal responses to negative TripAdvisor reviews

  01-04-2016 13:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pinnacles Restaurant's PR manager hits back at website users in who left negative reviews of the fish and chip shop
  
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• Surrey McLaren registration plate goes on sale for £175,000

  01-04-2016 13:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This McLaren registration plate costs as much as a standard super car
  
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• Geordie Shore's Holly and Kyle to star in new MTV show Car Crash Couples

  01-04-2016 13:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  On/off couple Holly Hagan and Kyle Christie are putting their relationship to test on new challenge show Car Crash Couples
  
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• First drive: 2016 Volkswagen Passat Bluemotion

  01-04-2016 13:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This is the Passat that puts efficiency ahead of everything else. But does that put it in step with buyers’ priorities?
  
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• Did we trick you? Plans drawn up to use the Victoria Tunnel for new Metro line was our April Fool

  01-04-2016 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  April Fool! Proposals for a new link between Ouseburn and Newcastle's universities would be a boon to the city's students - if it was true
  
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• Asda recalls kids Disney crisps and biscuits as they could be contaminated

  01-04-2016 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency said that if you have bought bags of the Disney crisps and biscuits at Asda, to return them for a full refund
  
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• New Subaru Impreza WRX revealed

  01-04-2016 12:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Subaru shows its next-gen hatchback – with a hybrid WRX on the cards
  
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• Take a video tour of Saltwell Park in Gateshead in less than two minutes - ChronicleLive

  01-04-2016 12:31
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  Take a video tour of Saltwell Park in Gateshead in less than two minutes
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  And with our video you can get a quick tour of Saltwell Park in less than two minutes. Opened in 1876 the park has been a haven ever since for locals wanting to escape the bustle of urban life. Spread across 55 acres the park has a lake, bowling greens ...
  

• Take a video tour of Saltwell Park in Gateshead in less than two minutes

  01-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We took a tour of the famous Saltwell Park and speeded up the footage so you can see round in no time at all
  
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• Super saveloy dips and perfect pease pudding! What you're saying about Dicksons expansion plans

  01-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The family butchers, which started off in South Shields, aims to have 40 high street shops across the North East in three years
  
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• Newcastle men and women expected to live shorter as cuts are blamed for life expectancy fall

  01-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The latest health figures for the city have revealed a worrying reverse in life expectancy for both men and women, the council says
  
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• How a London newspaper was conned by the most tasteless Newcastle April Fool ever

  01-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Way back on April Fool's Day 1801, the London Courier reported how the steeple at Newcastle's St Nicholas' church has collapsed, killing seven!
  
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• This Morning's Denise Robertson dies aged 83: tributes paid to much-loved agony aunt

  01-04-2016 12:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fellow host Holly Willoughby said Robertson was "quite simply one of life's good ones"
  
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• The best April Fools' Day pranks and jokes that we've seen today

  01-04-2016 11:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's April Fools' Day today and there are many who are already pulling some of hilarious pranks
  
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• Britain could be as warm as Barcelona this weekend

  01-04-2016 11:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could reach 18C
  
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• Watch Denise Robertson's best TV moments as tributes pour in for the agony aunt

  01-04-2016 11:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Denise, from Sunderland, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and ITV posted the news of her death on Friday morning
  
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• North East agony aunt Denise Robertson has died aged 83 it has been revealed

  01-04-2016 11:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular This Morning presenter and former Journal columnist passed away after a short battle with pancreatic cancer
  
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• Gateshead won't be taking anyone lightly as they try to turn their home form around - ChronicleLive

  01-04-2016 09:37
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  Gateshead won't be taking anyone lightly as they try to turn their home form around
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  Gateshead manager Neil Aspin insists his side can ill-afford to underestimate anyone as they look to turn their flagging home form around. The Heed return to the International Stadium tomorrow for the first time since their Good Friday horror show ...
  

• Lauren Laverne takes over from AC/DC singer Brian Johnson as the voice of BBC Newcastle

  01-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Sunderland-born former Kenickie frontwoman Lauren Laverne will take over from Brian Johnson on May 2
  
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• How cute! Female Blue Tit tries to create a nest using only a few scraps of grass

  01-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Blue Tit breeding season begins, Dr Stephen Willis from Durham University has set up a live stream camera inside a nesting box
  
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• German state flag to fly outside Newcastle Central Station in rail protest

  01-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Union bosses have claimed the arrival of a new German franchise will mean worse services, fewer jobs and poorer passenger safety
  
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• The morning news headlines: Sajid Javid to meet Port Talbot steelworkers amid heavy criticism, experts say fifth of humans could be obese by 2025

  01-04-2016 08:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• North East has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in country

  01-04-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead saw increases in 2014 but the region has seen numbers of teen pregnancies fall
  
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• Newcastle University experts call for better diagnosis of autism

  01-04-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Newcastle University study has found that the age of autism diagnosis has not decreased in a decade
  
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• Newcastle food bank set to lose £75,000 in funding putting service at risk

  01-04-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The West End Food Bank will have to make some dramatic changes over the next three months as they scramble to find enough funding to stay open
  
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