Gateshead news

• Whitley Bay cordoned off as police seek to recover marine flare

  03-06-2016 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police cordoned off the area in Whitley Bay near to St Mary's Lighthouse for three hours after the flare was found
  
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• Two mums join Miss Newcastle finalists to strut their stuff on catwalk for Sunshine Fund

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mothers Rachel Kaczmar and Debbie Clelland, who are hoping to get vital equipment for their children, took part in the charity fashion show
  
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• Tributes paid to the brains behind Alnwick Garden, who has died aged 75

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Northumberland led the tributes to Ian August, who devoted his working life to Alnwick Castle and its gardens
  
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• Take a peek inside this £1.3m former vicarage nestled in the Tyne Valley

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Highlights of this Victorian country house, at Newton Hall, near Stocksfield, include original features, a huge outdoor area and a veranda
  
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• St Bede’s Junction rail crash: We look back at one of the North East's worst railway disasters

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The crash in December 1915 claimed the lives of 19 people and injured 81, with newspapers reporting passengers' first-person accounts  
  
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• Mum jailed after Bonbar nightclub glass attack leaves victim with permanent scarring to face

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chelsea Newton, 26, lashed out with a Martini glass while partying in the popular Newcastle city centre nightspot last summer
  
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• Geordie Shore fans and dodgy accents: Things you notice when you swap the North East for down South

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Get ready to explain that Byker is actually a real place if you're planning on moving
  
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• Cheryl James inquest gives fresh hope to family of North East Deepcut soldier Geoff Gray

  03-06-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Loved ones of tragic County Durham army recruit to apply for his suicide verdict to be overturned and new inquest held
  
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• Heartbroken Durham mum backs water safety campaign after teenage son's tragic death

  03-06-2016 19:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friends and family of Cameron Gosling who died aged 14 are warning about the dangers of cold water
  
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• Limited edition BMW i8 on the way

  03-06-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  BMW’s hybrid supersports coupé gets a spruce up
  
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• MPs debate economic impact of EU Referendum as North East voters remain split

  03-06-2016 18:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Politicians William Cash and Pat McFadden argued for and against leaving the European Union at Gateshead Hilton ahead of the vote later this month
  
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• Family of County Durham crash victim Hazel Nunn pay tribute

  03-06-2016 18:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hazel Nunn, 36, died after a red Seat Ibiza car collided with her shortly after 2.30pm on June 1 on the A181 near Durham
  
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• Miss Newcastle 2016 LIVE: Updates as 20 girls hope to be crowned winner of annual contest

  03-06-2016 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friday's final at the Civic Centre in Newcastle will see 20 girls compete to be crowned Miss Newcastle 2016 from reigning winner Vicky Turner
  
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• Miss Newcastle 2016 LIVE: Charlotte McIntosh, 19, crowned winner of annual contest

  03-06-2016 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friday's final at the Civic Centre in Newcastle saw 20 girls compete to be crowned Miss Newcastle 2016 from reigning winner Vicky Turner
  
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• 31,000 solar powered Nissans produced in the North East each year

  03-06-2016 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 6 out of every 100 Nissans produced at its Sunderland plant are now solar powered
  
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• Gateshead's devolution shun made the North East a 'laughing stock', ex-Tory claims

  03-06-2016 17:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East mayoral hopeful Jeremy Middleton slammed the council's devolution decision as he quit the Conservative Party on Friday
  
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• Plans for new £20m state-of-the-art A&E department at Durham hospital submitted

  03-06-2016 17:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The emergency department at the University Hospital of North Durham is currently operating at double capacity
  
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• MP slams 'frightened' Mike Ashley as Sports Direct boss defies Commons

  03-06-2016 17:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United owner Ashley says he won't attend a Commons hearing next week - but it will take place without him
  
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• Vauxhall Zafira Tourer gets a makeover

  03-06-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Medium-sized MPV gets a medium makeover
  
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• Mike Ashley pulls out of MPs meeting over Sports Direct working condition

  03-06-2016 16:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The retail tycoon and Newcastle United boss had been hit with a summons from the committee in March
  
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• North East legends Lindisfarne back Newcastle University's Future Fund campaign

  03-06-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than £4.2m has been raised towards a specialist children's cancer research facility at Newcastle University
  
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• Fresh hope as Walker centre facing closure is bailed out by £16,000 donation

  03-06-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An anonymous businessman and the owner of Pink Boutique gave the cash to Greater Walker Community Trust to stop it from closing
  
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• Former Durham soldier set to walk 950 miles to the Somme in time for battle centenary

  03-06-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham University student will walk 1.9 million steps to reach battlefield and raise money for veterans charity
  
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• Sepp Blatter and other officials awarded themselves 80m over five years, Fifa says

  03-06-2016 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Evidence will be given to American and Swiss federal prosecutors who are investigating corruption implicating the world football body
  
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• North East mayoral hopeful Jeremy Middleton quits the Conservative Party

  03-06-2016 15:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Middleton has turned his back on the Conservative Party in a shock move months after he announced he was standing for North East Mayor
  
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• Watch the Honey Monster score a Wembley winner for Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United in classic ad

  03-06-2016 15:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kevin Keegan teamed up with Sugar Puffs for this 90s advert where the Honey Monster scores a last-minute cup-clinching goal for the Toon
  
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• Building a Blower Bentley – for the modern era

  03-06-2016 15:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Continental R was created in homage to the legendary Le Mans racers of the 1920s
  
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• 'Unexploded marine flare' discovered at Whitley Bay beach: Updates from the scene near St Mary's Lighthouse

  03-06-2016 15:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police have cordoned off the area in Whitley Bay near to St Mary's Lighthouse after the unexploded was discovered
  
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• 'Unexploded marine flare' discovered at Whitley Bay beach: Live updates from the scene near St Mary's Lighthouse

  03-06-2016 15:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police have cordoned off the area in  in Whitley Bay near to St Mary's Lighthouse after the unexploded was discovered
  
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• 25 free things to do with kids in and around Newcastle this June

  03-06-2016 14:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We've created a list of 25 free things to do in the North East that will keep the kids entertained and happy at weekends during June
  
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• Sam Allardyce to take charge of Soccer Aid team as Manchester United boss Mourinho drops out

  03-06-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Special One was set to take charge of the England side but fears he would overshadow the game at Old Trafford
  
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• 'Light up in gold to help save children like my Beth' - mum's plea to local landmarks

  03-06-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sunderland mum Karren McCaffrey, whose daughter is recovering from leukaemia, has joined a group of parents raising awareness of children's cancer
  
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• Blyth dog attack accused denies owning dangerously out of control Staffordshire bull terrier

  03-06-2016 13:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Claire Neale, 37, of Chasedale Crescent, Blyth, appeared a Newcastle Crown Court charged with the offence on Friday
  
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• See the moment a man in a balaclava with cut-out of the Queen is asked to leave the Metro

  03-06-2016 13:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man with a life-sized cut-out of Her Majesty caused delays on the Metro service after boarding a train at South Gosforth on Friday
  
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• Dozens of council bungalows could be built in Newcastle's West End for social tenants aged over 55

  03-06-2016 13:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council says the development will free up larger social housing properties for families
  
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• A monument at Haymarket commemorating the Boer War is known as what? Try today's quiz

  03-06-2016 13:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Test your knowledge of the North East and beyond in our daily quiz - but beware, you're against the clock
  
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• Former Newcastle United goal hero offered chance of Tyneside return with Gateshead FC - ChronicleLive

  03-06-2016 13:10
  
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  Former Newcastle United goal hero offered chance of Tyneside return with Gateshead FC
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  Vanarama National League club Gateshead have made an ambitious attempt to bring Shola Ameobi back to Tyneside. The 34-year-old former Newcastle United striker was one of 14 players released by League One outfit Fleetwood this week after starting ...and more »
  
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• Plastic £5 note featuring Winston Churchill will stand test of time, says Governor of the Bank of England

  03-06-2016 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Carney said new note, which is being issued in September, paid tribute to the wartime prime minister's "bulldog spirit"
  
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• Charlotte Crosby set to appear on Geordie Shore in the future despite quitting the MTV show

  03-06-2016 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Days after Charlotte announced she was walking away from Geordie Shore after 12 series, it's been reported she will return for guest appearances
  
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• Why Newcastle's Grainger Market is bucking a tradition to open on Sunday

  03-06-2016 12:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The grade I-listed market, which rarely opens on that day except sometimes over the festive period, will open its doors on Sunday
  
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• Our politics and democracy have been diminished by the bully and bluster of the EU debate

  03-06-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle headmaster Bernard Trafford on the downward spiral of the referendum debate - and how Mr Cameron may have the last laugh
  
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• Newcastle shoppers react as BHS confirmed as latest high street casualty

  03-06-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Concerned readers took to our Facebook page over the news that thousands of jobs will be lost after no buyer was found for BHS
  
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• Newcastle cultural quarter set for 70-stall market this weekend

  03-06-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Lower Ouseburn Valley in Newcastle set for new weekend market starting from Saturday
  
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• Jarrow man avoids jail after being photographed in bed with under age girl

  03-06-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Judge imposes suspended prison sentence on 'decent' 21-year-old who went to bed with girl of 15
  
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• Swing Bridge fire 'started by discarded cigarette', say fire investigators

  03-06-2016 12:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More than 35 firefighters tackled the blaze on Newcastle's historic bridge on May 25 after smoke billowed from a wooden platform
  
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• River Seine still rising in Paris as France floods leave 20,000 without power

  03-06-2016 10:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Country's environment ministry said the Seine had not reached such levels since 1982.
  
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• 'Balaclava-clad man with life-sized Queen cut-out' removed from Metro by police

  03-06-2016 10:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Eye-witnesses say a man in a balaclava with a cut-out of the Queen was taken away by police after the incident at South Gosforth
  
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• New bars and restaurants in Newcastle to check out for the weekend

  03-06-2016 10:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We can never be assured of beer garden weather but that doesn't stop you having fun over summer weekends in Newcastle
  
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• Durham Road in Gateshead closed after car and motorbike collide - ChronicleLive

  03-06-2016 09:56
  
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  Durham Road in Gateshead closed after car and motorbike collide
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  A serious crash involving a motorbike and a car has closed a Gateshead road during rush hour this morning. The A167 Durham Road was shut in both directions after a crash between Enfield Road and Valley Drive. Police were at the scene and diverting ...
  
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• Durham Road in Gateshead closed after car and motorbike collide

  03-06-2016 09:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A167 Durham Road in Gateshead is closed following a serious crash between a motorcycle and car
  
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