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• Celebrity Big Brother: Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson joins Christopher Biggins and Sam Fox in house

  28-07-2016 23:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Geordie Shore's Marnie entered alongside Ariana Grande's brother, Vicky Pattison' ex Stephen Bear, X Factor stars and TOWIE's Lewis Bloor
  
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• 35 years ago, thousands partied in the streets of the North East - here's why

  28-07-2016 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our photographs from around the North East reflected hundreds of street parties taking place on this day in 1981
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother: Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson "definitely after some fun" in TV house

  28-07-2016 23:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Geordie Shore star made her CBB entrance after Christopher Biggins and ex Eastenders actor Ricky Norwood
  
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• Home Jobs Appointments Dale picked to Lead the Team at New Newcastle Building Society Gateshead... - North East Connected (press release) (subscription)

  28-07-2016 22:30
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  Home Jobs Appointments Dale picked to Lead the Team at New Newcastle Building Society Gateshead...
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  The North East's biggest building society has chosen Dale Barclay to lead the team at its new signature Gateshead branch. By Emily -. July 28, 2016. 0. 23. Share on Facebook · Tweet on Twitter ...and more »
  
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• Dale picked to Lead the Team at New Newcastle Building Society ... - North East Connected (press release) (subscription)

  28-07-2016 22:30
  
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  Dale picked to Lead the Team at New Newcastle Building Society ...
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  The North East's biggest building society has chosen Dale Barclay to lead the team at its new signature Gateshead branch. By Emily -. July 28, 2016. 0. 23.and more »
  
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• 10 countries, 83 days and 2,650 miles: Run Geordie Run is back on home soil

  28-07-2016 21:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Allison, who raised more than £42,000 for charity, says he is now looking forward to sleeping in his own bed and watching Newcastle United
  
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• Ryanair passengers flying from Newcastle Airport with children to pay extra for reserved seats

  28-07-2016 20:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The budget airline - which this month announced eight new routes from Tyneside - revealed the pricing change on Thursday
  
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• 'A war, not a friendly': FA launch investigation into Spennymoor's abandoned pre-season match

  28-07-2016 19:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Spennymoor Town refused to return for the second half of their match against Newton Aycliffe amid allegations of aggressive play
  
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• Watch as progress continues on new £30m Morpeth Northern Bypass scheme

  28-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Drone footage shows contractors carrying out work on the new 2.4 mile stretch of road, which will cut congestion in Morpeth
  
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• Someone has to carry the northern torch in the UKIP leadership election - that's why I am standing

  28-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East UKIP MEP Jonathan Arnott says any candidate that tries to "out-Nigel Nigel" cannot win the Ukip contest
  
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• Share your selfies at North East stunning landmarks this summer

  28-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  English Heritage is urging people to share their photos when they visit the region's historic sites this summer
  
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• Schoolboy spends three nights in hospital after newly-pierced ear becomes infected

  28-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Tait, 11, from Blyth, was admitted to hospital for an operation after the infection caused his ear to almost 'double in size' - WARNING: Graphic images
  
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• 'Least wanted' - could you offer a home to these poor pooches who are looking for loving families?

  28-07-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We visited Cleadon Kennels to hear the stories of some of their long-term residents who are still looking for their forever home
  
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• 'Get off my land': Farmer receives threats after asking men on quad bikes to leave

  28-07-2016 19:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One of the men threatened to damage the land, farmhouse and cattle after a Hetton farmer asked them to leave his land on Monday
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother: Marnie Simpson confirmed in Big Brother Instagram teaser?

  28-07-2016 19:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Viewers were quick to guess that the snap posted on Big Brother's Instagram account was of Marnie, hours before CBB's live launch show
  
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• First Drive: 2016 Mini John Cooper Works Challenge

  28-07-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Specced-up Mini delivers top track adjustability – and exclusivity
  
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• How Northumbria Police followed a trail of blood to knife killer Joe Welsh

  28-07-2016 18:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Detective behind the murder inquiry praise courage of witnesses who helped get killer Joe Welsh off the streets
  
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• North Shields murderer Joe Welsh to serve at least 25 years for stabbing Reece Allen to death

  28-07-2016 18:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Killer Welsh had a series of convictions for violence prior to murdering popular Reece, a judge at Newcastle Crown Court said
  
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• No convertible Bugatti Chiron planned

  28-07-2016 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bugatti is not planning to chop its £1.9 million supercar
  
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• See the moment Benwell shelf-stacking pervert hoping to meet schoolgirl for sex is trapped on camera

  28-07-2016 17:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Damian Morton thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl at a Newcastle Metro station - but was met by paedophile hunters Dark Justice
  
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• School proms 2016: Kepier School pupils enjoy their prom at Beamish Hall

  28-07-2016 17:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Houghton le Spring students feature in this gorgeous video and gallery as we celebrate prom season in the North East
  
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• The gangland past of North Shields murderer Joe Welsh revealed

  28-07-2016 17:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joe Welsh was on Thursday convicted of murdering Reece Allen - and here we reveal the violent past of the killer
  
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• Tesla battery factory opens early

  28-07-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mega site gears up for mass-market EV launch
  
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• New York percussion group to premiere collaborative new work in East Durham

  28-07-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The stories and memories of local people have fed into a new work called From Out a Darker Sky to be performed in August
  
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• 'We had no idea of the difference we could make' Gateshead pupils give 45k for South Africa school - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 16:30
  
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  'We had no idea of the difference we could make' Gateshead pupils give 45k for South Africa school
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  Pupils at a Gateshead school have raised a staggering £45,000 to build a primary school for some of South Africa's poorest children. Money raised and donated by students, staff and parents at Emmanuel College, Gateshead in honour of its 25th ...and more »
  
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• 'We had no idea of the difference we could make' Gateshead pupils give 45k for South Africa school

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Students from Emmanuel College have just returned from South Africa with touching stories of how the primary school they've funded will change lives
  
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• 'We had no idea of the difference we could make' Gateshead pupils ... - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 16:30
  
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  Students from Emmanuel College have just returned from South Africa with touching stories of how the primary school they've funded will change lives.and more »
  
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• Watch video of a River Tyne bustling with activity 50 years ago

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Colour home movie footage shot in the 1960s shows the River Tyne busy with industry and ships and boats
  
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• Superdad Ivan Hollingsworth completes final Coast to Coast run for sick children

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ivan has raised £435,000 over the last seven years through his charity to help the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital
  
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• Newcastle Kard Bar fire: Inquest hears how blaze which killed owner Brian Sandells broke out

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Videotapes and a mattress were stacked near the TV which caused it to overheat and catch fire at the Kard Bar in Newcastle city centre
  
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• 'Incredible' park ranger named Durham Tourism Superstar 2016 after 17 years' service

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Auckland Castle's park ranger Alan Anderson held off competition from four other finalists to scoop Visit County Durham's award
  
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• How a Newcastle woman who beat the bullies is helping other young people do the same

  28-07-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dee Hunter has been nominated for a Chronicle Champions Award for her battle against the bullies
  
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• Labour donor loses legal challenge over Jeremy Corbyn's place on leadership ballot

  28-07-2016 16:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Foster brought the case against the party's general secretary, Iain McNicol, and leader Mr Corbyn
  
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• Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of rape after incident in Sunderland

  28-07-2016 15:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old girl was dropped off in Castletown in the early hours of Saturday morning and police would like a witness to come forward
  
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• Find out the average cost to repair a used car

  28-07-2016 15:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The used cars to avoid if you want to minimise unexpected repair costs
  
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• Durham Miners' Association stalwart Dave Hopper's life to be celebrated at memorial event

  28-07-2016 14:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dave Hopper died aged 72 earlier this month and hundreds of mourners are expected to attend a memorial service and then his funeral
  
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• Jury finds Joe Welsh guilty of murdering former friend Reece Allen in vicious knife attack

  28-07-2016 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joe Welsh found guilty of murdering Reece Allen in unanimous verdict after Newcastle Crown Court trial
  
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• Gateshead IT firm Aspire wins £8m to improve broadband in schools - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 14:38
  
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  Gateshead IT firm Aspire wins £8m to improve broadband in schools
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  IT specialist Aspire Technology Solutions is to improve the infrastructure in over 100 North East schools after winning an £8m contract to install new broadband lines. The Gateshead firm will upgrade facilities in 102 primary, secondary and special ...
  
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• How Gateshead FC striker Danny Johnson has made a big impression in pre season - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 14:32
  
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  How Gateshead FC striker Danny Johnson has made a big impression in pre season
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  Striker Danny Johnson has come in for praise ahead of Gateshead's final pre-season game at home to Boston United on Saturday. The 23-year-old has bagged five goals in five warm-up games, despite only playing 45 minutes in each one. Signed from ...
  
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• TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin to bring his talents to Gibside in Gateshead - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 14:30
  
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  TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin to bring his talents to Gibside in Gateshead
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  A top garden designer is to bring his talents to a National Trust estate whose 18th Century owner once indulged her passion for plants. Mary Eleanor Bowes, who inherited Gibside near Rowlands Gill, built an elaborate 60ft by 40ft stone and brick ...
  
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• TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin to bring his talents to Gibside in Gateshead

  28-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Diarmuid’s new design will focus on Gibside’s three-acre 1730s Walled Garden and Inner Pleasure Grounds
  
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• Kenton mum has facial reconstruction surgery after brutal attack by boyfriend

  28-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Violent thug Paul Nolan was jailed for 34 months after breaking Gemma Howarth's eye socket and nose in a sustained assault
  
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• Hero Gateshead carer saves man from 85ft fall at Lightwater Valley theme park - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 14:30
  
  Hero Gateshead carer saves man from 85ft fall at Lightwater Valley theme park
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  An heroic carer has spoken of the terrifying moment he rescued a man with learning difficulties from falling from an 85ft theme park ride. During a care home's day trip to Lightwater Valley, Paul Marshall was on the Black Pearl pirate ship ride with ...and more »
  
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• Hero Gateshead carer saves man from 85ft fall at Lightwater Valley theme park

  28-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Marshall, from Dunston, was on a day trip to Lightwater Valley with a care home when he came to the aid of a man with learning difficulties
  
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• Hero Gateshead carer saves man from 85ft fall at Lightwater Valley ... - ChronicleLive

  28-07-2016 14:30
  
  Hero Gateshead carer saves man from 85ft fall at Lightwater Valley ...
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  Paul Marshall, from Dunston, was on a day trip to Lightwater Valley with a care home when he came to the aid of a man with learning difficulties.and more »
  
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• Consett man who ran illegal dump jailed after being caught for the second time

  28-07-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A suspended sentence didn't stop Christopher Nash from running an illegal waste site at a Murton allotment but he has now been jailed
  
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• School proms 2016: Hebburn Comprehensive pupils enjoy their prom night at Beamish Hall

  28-07-2016 14:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hebburn Comprehensive pupils feature in this gorgeous video and gallery as we celebrate prom season in the North East
  
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• School proms 2016: John Spence Community High School pupils step out

  28-07-2016 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Shields students feature in this gorgeous video and gallery as we celebrate prom season in the North East
  
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• Chester-le-Street priest handed court date after being charged with fraud

  28-07-2016 13:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Father John Reid will appear in court next month after a two-year investigation by Durham Constabulary for alleged fraud
  
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• Newcastle City Council complete £2.36m housing development at Cambo Green

  28-07-2016 13:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The development of 26 bungalows in Blakelaw has been completed this week and tenants are delighted with the result
  
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