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• Brexit will strengthen the Northern Powerhouse, according to a government minister

  01-07-2016 19:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Wharton MP rejected claims the UK's exit from the European Union would stop the Northern Powerhouse in its tracks
  
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• A1 in Gateshead to be roadwork - and sinkhole - free this weekend for the first time in 22 months - ChronicleLive

  01-07-2016 19:37
  
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  A1 in Gateshead to be roadwork - and sinkhole - free this weekend for the first time in 22 months
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  After almost two years of waiting, the A1 at Gateshead will finally be roadwork - and sinkhole - free this weekend. After 22 months of traffic snarl ups, noise, dirt and frustration for motorists and residents living nearby, the end is just hours away ...
  
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• Tyneside athletes put through their paces ahead of the Special Olympics

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Special Olympics Gateshead will be strongly represented at next summer's games, which take place in Sheffield
  
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• The Leave vote turned the clock back to 1973. And it's not a pretty place

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Benneworth, North East born but working in the Netherlands, on how we must get together to make the best of things
  
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• Take a look around this rare Holy Island property - which comes with stunning views

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The bungalow has high windows to get the best views of migrating birds - and also has a fantastic view of the castle
  
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• Meet the Hexham brother and sister going the extra mile to look after their sick mum

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Northumberland mum fighting a crippling illness has nominated her two children for a Chronicle Champions Award for 2016
  
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• High-flying South Shields oil and gas worker's child porn stash 'left police needing counselling'

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Kirkley blamed 'boredom' for downloading almost 15,000 indecent images and videos of children and sharing them online
  
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• Could Newcastle soon see a legal red-light district?

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A report calling for the decriminalising of prostitution has been backed by leading North East figures
  
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• A1 in Gateshead to be roadwork - and sinkhole - free this weekend for the first time in 22 months

  01-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Drivers will finally be able to use the extra lane on the A1 at Gateshead this weekend after almost two years of roadworks
  
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• Silverlink triple decker roundabout: Drivers warned to prepare for two years of disruption

  01-07-2016 19:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Work is due to start on the A19 and A1058 Coast Road junction in North Tyneside in August
  
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• Did you spot these bizarre bodies in Newcastle streets? Here's the serious reason they were there

  01-07-2016 18:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Models in fluorescent body paint and skin-tigh lycra paraded through Newcastle's city centre streets to highlight a serious health issue
  
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• Sam Russell: Forest Green Rovers re-sign goalkeeper from Gateshead - BBC News

  01-07-2016 18:06
  
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  Sam Russell: Forest Green Rovers re-sign goalkeeper from Gateshead
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  Forest Green Rovers have re-signed goalkeeper Sam Russell, one year after he left to join fellow-National League club Gateshead on a two-year contract. The 33-year-old previously spent three-and-a-half seasons at Forest Green, playing 144 consecutive ...
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  Goalkeeper Sam Russell returns to Forest Green Rovers after release by Gatesh
  
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• Ex-Sunderland AFC chief Margaret Byrne who resigned over Adam Johnson case is back in football

  01-07-2016 17:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Margaret Byrne admitted she made a serious error by letting Adam Johnson continue playing for Sunderland - he claimed the club knew what he did
  
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• FOOTBALL: Sam Russell makes Forest Green return from Gateshead - Stroud News and Journal

  01-07-2016 17:54
  
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  FOOTBALL: Sam Russell makes Forest Green return from Gateshead
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  Don't be last to know! Get the latest local news straight to your inbox. Sign up. GOALKEEPER Sam Russell has rejoined Forest Green from National League rivals Gateshead on a one-year deal. A fans' favourite at the New Lawn, Russell,33, spent three ...
  
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• Teenager facing police action after alleged racist comments in Gateshead - ChronicleLive

  01-07-2016 17:24
  
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  Teenager facing police action after alleged racist comments in Gateshead
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  A teenager who made allegedly racist comments to a number of people in Gateshead will now face action. Police received a report from a member of the public who said they had witnessed a boy making racist comments to a number of people in Coatsworth ...
  
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• Teenager facing police action after alleged racist comments in Gateshead

  01-07-2016 17:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A member of the public reported the 16-year-old making racist comments to a number of people in Coatsworth Road - he admitted the offence
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: Bruno Tonioli wants Cheryl to compete in new series

  01-07-2016 16:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  She isn't on The X Factor this year, but is Cheryl about to join its rival show and take to the Strictly ballroom? One judge is keen to sign her up!
  
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• Newcastle teen who used to self-harm 'because demons told her to' opens up about mental health woes

  01-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jessica Anderson, of Kenton, has suffered depression and anxiety since the age of 13 but is using her experiences to help others
  
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• Labour leadership challenge on Corbyn 'likely in next few days'

  01-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shadow chancellor John McDonnell appealed to party's MPs to "calm down" and settle Labour's differences through democratic process
  
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• Gateshead FC part with goalkeeper as summer reshaping continues - ChronicleLive

  01-07-2016 16:30
  
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  Gateshead FC part with goalkeeper as summer reshaping continues
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  Gateshead have paid up the contract of experienced goalkeeper Sam Russell, with the Teessider heading back to Forest Green Rovers. The 33-year-old returned to the North East last summer on a two-year deal after three years at the ambitious West Country ...
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• CCTV footage shows one punch attack outside Newcastle pub the Dog and Parrot

  01-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We reveal footage as a second man is sentenced over city centre attack which left Wallsend teen Billy Close with catastrophic injuries
  
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• A view down the River Tyne in 1981: See how it looks now, 35 years later

  01-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two views of the River Tyne showing how the location has been radically changed across the last 35 years
  
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• Labour deputy leader Tom Watson cancels appearance at Durham Miners' Gala

  01-07-2016 16:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  MP Tom Watson has pulled out of an appearance alongside Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn due to his father's illness
  
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• Porsche Panamera goes for second generation

  01-07-2016 16:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Revised appearance and more tech
  
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• Do you recognise missing Walker man Euan McGregor?

  01-07-2016 15:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Euan McGregor from Walker was last seen on June 28 and police are now appealing to the public to help find him
  
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• Northumberland MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan on why Michael Gove is the man to lead the Tories

  01-07-2016 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Justice Secretary Mr Gove says he'll cut immigration and spend £100m a week more on the NHS if he becomes Prime Minister
  
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• Ryan Giggs to leave Manchester United after 29 years - reports

  01-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Welsh winger made record 963 appearances for the club but is set to leave after arrival of Jose Mourinho
  
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• Pioneering new radiotherapy treatment at a Newcastle hospital is set to save lives

  01-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Precision treatment to blast brain tumours is now available at a cancer centre based at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital
  
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• Fighting at taxi ranks and on trains: The bad behaviour of Newcastle United fans revealed

  01-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police recorded a catalogue of disorder involving Newcastle fans travelling to and from away games last season
  
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• Newcastle bin collections: What we know so far about how the chaos unfolded

  01-07-2016 14:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We take a look back and examine where the 'Spring of Discontent' began, as bins across the city continue to go unemptied
  
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• George Osborne warns of no budget surplus by 2020 despite six years of austerity

  01-07-2016 13:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor said the country 'must be realistic' about efforts to shore up the nation's finances following the Brexit vote
  
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• Nissan Leaf long-term report

  01-07-2016 13:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In which we learn about charging-point etiquette
  
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• CCTV released by Northumbria Police after drill stolen in Byker

  01-07-2016 12:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police want to speak to the woman in the CCTV images after a drill was stolen from Shipley Walk, Byker in April
  
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• Newcastle set to be hit with a wave of £139m 'devastating' welfare cuts

  01-07-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the Government seeks to make £30bn of savings over the next three years, the city is bracing itself for ravaging cuts
  
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• How safe is your summer holiday? Where to go and where to avoid

  01-07-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We take a look at which countries should be avoided this summer amid concerns about growing terrorist threats
  
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• Watch the moment a day at Newcastle Central is interrupted by a troop of WW1 soldiers

  01-07-2016 11:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The actors surprised Newcastle travellers as they marched into Central Station re-enacting First World War troops arriving in 1914
  
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• Love Island: Newcastle's Sophie at the centre of a spat after Tom's exit

  01-07-2016 11:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sophie was ganged up on by Tom's ex Emma and her on-screen love interest Terry after accusing Emma of having a game plan
  
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• Newcastle remembers Somme war heroes in poignant ceremonies in the city

  01-07-2016 11:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle fell silent to honour the thousands killed in Britain's bloodiest battle of the First World War, one hundred years on
  
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• Woman who fell from Quayside footpath dies in hospital, police say

  01-07-2016 11:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The woman had climbed over the footpath railings and then fell onto a walkway by the river on Thursday night
  
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• 'You shall not go to the ball' — Gosforth girl told she is too late for prom tickets

  01-07-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jenni Brown missed the deadline to buy tickets for the prom, and her school said it would be too late to fit her in — should they have been flexible?
  
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• Northumberland Tory MP Guy Opperman gives his verdict on party leadership front-runners

  01-07-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Guy Opperman, the MP for Hexham, reveals his thoughts on those who have made a bid to become the next Prime Minister
  
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• Somme remembered 100 years on from bloodiest day in British military history

  01-07-2016 08:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The British Army suffered almost 60,00 casualties on the first day alone and more than a million men would be killed or wounded on both sides over the course of the 141-day offensive.
  
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• Labour MPs who don't back Jeremy Corbyn told: 'Stay away from Durham Miners' Gala'

  01-07-2016 08:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dave Hopper, of Durham Miners' Association, believes the 172 MPs who backed a motion of no confidence were trying to humiliate the leader
  
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• Morning news headlines: Nation falls silent to honour Somme sacrifice; Top Tories back leadership favourite Theresa May

  01-07-2016 08:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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• Remembering the Newcastle volunteers who went 'over the top' on July 1, 1916

  01-07-2016 08:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of men who joined the city's first volunteer battalion are remembered in a book which records their courage and sacrifice
  
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• 100 years on from the Somme: Updates as fallen heroes are remembered on battle centenary

  01-07-2016 08:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Battle of the Somme began 100 years ago today - the anniversary will be commemorated in a special service at Newcastle's St Nicholas Cathedral
  
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• North East news LIVE: Woman dies in Quayside fall; plus latest breaking news

  01-07-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Friday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• The Somme - a bloody battle which brought the war home and ravaged communities across the North East

  01-07-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pals Battalions from Tyneside and Durham suffered huge losses as neighbours died side by side on the first day of the Western Front's deadliest fight
  
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• How the Pals Battalions - where neighbours fought side by side in the Somme - were created

  01-07-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kitchener made the call and our brave boys answered - but forming battalions of men from the same towns and trades had a devastating effect
  
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• How the North East will mark the centenary of the Somme

  01-07-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Events are taking place across the North East to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme
  
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