Gateshead news

• Geordie Shore original Sophie Kasaei admits North East criticism hit hard

  07-05-2016 22:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sophie is back in the Geordie Shore fold for Big Birthday Battle and says she feels like she's home after being an original cast member in 2011
  
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• Oldest Brit ever to take on a zip-wire, Harold Robson, 93, named a 'Champion of Change'

  07-05-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Probably the oldest person ever to ride a zip wire, Harold honoured for raising cash for Alzheimer's research and his work with Rotary International
  
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• From pub rumours to game shows: 11 things you know if you grew up in Chester-le-Street

  07-05-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Things you know if you used to go down 'Chesta' - or for anyone else who has had the pleasure of living there
  
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• CCTV shows how obsessed Louis Perez Perez gave neighbours seven years of hell

  07-05-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A family who endured years of misery at the hands of Perez now talk about their ordeal after the accused is jailed by a judge
  
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• Carnival atmosphere at Jesmond Community Festival fancy dress parade

  07-05-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scores of people wore vibrant and colourful outfits as they walked down Acorn Road, led by the town crier Marjorie Dodds
  
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• Watch the moment Chester-le-Street shopkeeper chased off knifeman wearing 'Scream' mask

  07-05-2016 17:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The would-be robber left empty handed after threatening the shopkeeper with a knife, who then chased him with a stick
  
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• Tynemouth Food Festival attracts thousands of hungry foodies

  07-05-2016 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stalls lined up around the grounds of Tynemouth Priory and Castle selling gourmet burgers, delicious doughnuts and barbecue street food
  
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• Trainspotters gear up for the Flying Scotsman - but there's a warning to those keen to see it

  07-05-2016 17:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The recently renovated locomotive will come to the region on Tuesday, May 10 when it makes a return journey from York to Newcastle
  
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• What are the new passport rules for holidaymakers flying to America?

  07-05-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With flights to New York returning to Newcastle airport this month, here's how to make sure you're not caught out by new US passport rules
  
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• We open the doors to Grosvenor House in Jesmond, which has had its asking price slashed

  07-05-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Privacy and security are highlights at this grade-II listed building, which was said to have been built for Lord Armstrong
  
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• The Broad Chare in Newcastle fails to hit the spot as Eddy Eats heads out for Sunday lunch

  07-05-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Broad Chare, in Newcastle, does Scotch eggs remarkably well but Eddy Eats was less impressed by the Sunday roast
  
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• Who wouldn't like to quit their jobs and travel around Europe in a campervan with their two dogs?

  07-05-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle couple Emma and Paul Burton sold up, bought a motorhome and set off across Europe - and have now written about their adventure
  
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• Celebrities flock to help save swan named after Northumbrian engraver Thomas Bewick

  07-05-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bewick Swans - named after the engraver and wildlife author - have seen population half in 20 years
  
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• Man wearing 'Scream' mask in Chester-le-Street knifepoint robbery

  07-05-2016 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police say a knifeman holding the horror film mask over his face targeted a shop in the Avenues area of the County Durham town
  
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• Top Tyneside barber Tom Baxter is 'on a mission to raise standards' across the North East

  07-05-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Award-winning barber Tom Baxter from North Shields has become the North East's first 'Master Barber'
  
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• How David Cameron and Zac Goldsmith failed to (Donald) trump Sadiq Khan in Mayor race

  07-05-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our award-winning Decency 1 Hatred 0 headline should be dusted down and used in London after Sadiq Khan won Mayoral race there
  
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• Builders Persimmon try to claim back cost of repairing new-built house in Sunderland

  07-05-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shock for Sunderland home owner Vince Wareham in builder's defence and counter-claim
  
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• Car hire firm admit giving Gateshead customer an unreasonable deadline in row over charges - ChronicleLive

  07-05-2016 12:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Car hire firm admit giving Gateshead customer an unreasonable deadline in row over charges
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  A car hire firm has admitted it was wrong to impose an unreasonable deadline on a customer in a row over extra charges to pay for alleged damage. Enterprise Car Holdings had given Ellie Reynolds just one day to decide if she wanted £150 reduction.
  
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• Car hire firm admit giving Gateshead customer an unreasonable deadline in row over charges

  07-05-2016 12:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Enterprise car holdings said it should not have imposed condition and have now paid back the cash as a "goodwill gesture"
  
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• Throckley pensioners living in fear after being fleeced by first their carer and then her boyfriend

  07-05-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Dickinson stole from two vulnerable pensioners just months after his girlfriend did the same while working as their carer
  
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