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• Thousands of visitors descend on County Durham food festival

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bishop Auckland Food Festival saw 30,000 people descend on the town bringing around £700,000 into the surrounding area
  
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• See stunning views of the Byker Wall taken from across Newcastle

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Byker Wall can be seen from across the city jutting out into the skyline
  
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• Prison investigation under way after Northumberland inmate escaped during hospital trip

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The HMP Northumberland inmate was at large for two hours after he escaped guards at Cramlington Hospital before police arrested him in Wallsend
  
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• Newcastle University scoops three top education awards

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle University swept the board at the Educate North Awards winning three top awards
  
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• 'Iconic' Northumberland ice cream man 'forced off' patch after 47 years

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tommy Brash has lost his pitch at Newbiggin to a rival seller after his tender bid with Northumberland County Council failed
  
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• 75 years ago: World War II bombs rained down on Newcastle killing 47 people

  24-04-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  On this day in 1941, World War II bombs fell on Newcastle killing 47 people and wiping out whole families
  
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• Postcard sent from Jesmond home is returned - 110 years later

  24-04-2016 18:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jesmond man Silvano Levy loves local history, so he was thrilled to find a card online penned more than a century ago in his own home
  
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• Visitors stunned by lightning duels and space ships at Newcastle Maker Faire

  24-04-2016 18:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 300 inventors, crafters and coders delighted visitors with ingenious inventions at the last day of the annual exhibition
  
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• Final call for volunteers for new County Durham Kynren attraction

  24-04-2016 17:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Performances at the County Durham-based Kynren project will begin this summer and organisers have made a last appeal for volunteers
  
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• Gateshead boss Neil Aspin's verdict as Heed end home campaign on a high nite - ChronicleLive

  24-04-2016 17:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead boss Neil Aspin's verdict as Heed end home campaign on a high nite
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  Gateshead manager Neil Aspin had the rare luxury of being pleased with his side at both ends of the pitch on home soil. The worst home record since they returned to the Conference Premier in 2009 had already been recorded ahead of the final bow at the ...
  
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• Miracle surviving Rington's biscuit barrel helps in Winlaton church hall restoration

  24-04-2016 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The biscuit barrel was the only surviving item in the blaze at St Paul's Church Hall and now Ringtons has donated cups so they can have a cuppa again
  
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• Is this Northumberland home among the region's best designed buildings?

  24-04-2016 16:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A '21st century' home in Northumberland has picked up first prize at the Royal Institute of British Archiects North East awards
  
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• North East decades - 1990-1999: Gateshead Garden Festival and King Kev - ChronicleLive

  24-04-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  North East decades - 1990-1999: Gateshead Garden Festival and King Kev
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  We're living in a world defined by ever-advancing technology, much of which made staggering strides during the 1990s. Who would have imagined before then that mobile phones, for example, would become so commonplace? We've reached the final ...
  
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• North East decades - 1990-1999: Gateshead Garden Festival and King Kev

  24-04-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 1990s: The North East in the decade that gave us the Angel, the Newcastle Arena and the Entertainers
  
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• Cramlington school girl in the running to scoop national 'Heart Hero' award

  24-04-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cramlington girl Rachel Hooley has been nominated for a British Heart Foundation award for her work urging people to join the organ donor register
  
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• Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon heading for Rio as the fastest GB woman in the 2016 London Marathon

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Finishing with a time of 2:31:52 the North East marathon runner secured her place on the plane to Rio
  
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• More than 250,000 people in the North East face losing jobs to robots in next few years

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New data shows that there are 258,000 jobs in the North East which could be axed in the next few years due to them potentially becoming automated
  
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• Great North Run: Organisers seeking runners from 44 UN countries to complete global dream

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Help is needed to fulfil Great North Run ambition to include a runner from each of the 193 members of the United Nations
  
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• Durham University ranked the best in the North East in latest university league tables

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham University was ranked sixth in the UK by the Complete University Guide while Newcastle University came in at 25th place
  
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• Duchess of Northumberland opens new £7m care home in Ponteland

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Royal Hampton, in Ponteland, is a 73-bed home providing residential, nursing and dementia care, creating up to 100 new jobs
  
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• Crack new anti-social behaviour team blitzing North Tyneside streets and estates

  24-04-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council is taking a zero tolerance approach to those making life a misery for neighbours
  
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• Durham MPs call on councillors to reject 'unsound' North East devolution deal

  24-04-2016 12:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Six Durham MPs have written to their Labour council colleagues urging them to pull out of deal
  
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• Newton Aycliffe couple in power struggle after their account was taken over by mistake

  24-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ian and Valerie Waine, of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, had problems getting back to normal after mistake
  
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• Cramlington cyclists gear up for coast-to-coast bike ride in memory of Jessica Robson

  24-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff from HTL Group in Cramlington will ride 140 miles over three days from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth for Jessica's Sarcoma Awareness
  
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• Controversial plans to pave over Cramlington war memorial gardens have been withdrawn

  24-04-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 2,000 Northumberland residents signed a petition against proposals to flatten land near Cramlington's war memorial
  
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• For sale: Tuk Tuk from BBC series

  24-04-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This one-of-a-kind motor, used by The Inbetweeners' Greg Davies and Twilight's Taylor Lautner would surely attract attention - and it's priced at less than £700.
  
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• Voter turnout in parts of North East worse than anywhere else in England

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two wards in the North East have been revealed as having the poorest voter turnout in the whole of England
  
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• Scott Rogan: Fireworks for mixed martial arts star a year after tragic death

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scott, of Lemington, died in a motorbike crash in Kenton and now his brother Lee is remembering him with a fire works display in Thailand
  
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• Northern League chairman Mike Amos on 'Last Legs' of his epic charity trek

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mr Amos is nearing the end of his challenge to carry out a series of walks to each of the league’s 44 grounds
  
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• How cute is this feathered family which has taken up home on Newcastle's Exhibition Park boat lake?

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our award winning photographer Simon Greener spotted the coots on the lake and captured mum, dad and their chicks on video
  
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• Fishy goings-on are target of new operation on North East waterways

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Four police forces come together for Operation Traverse to tackle illegal fishing and fish theft in the North East
  
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• Campaigners renew calls for forgotten Victorian fountain to be uncovered from Tynemouth beach

  24-04-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council says it is looking into uncovering the Lion's Head fountain on Longsands Beach, Tynemouth
  
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