Gateshead news

• Who did students vote as Newcastle's greatest alumni?

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vita Student - who are opening student accommodation in the city centre - launched a poll to find our best alumni
  
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• Kenton pervert tried to cover up illegal sex with schoolgirl using fake Facebook 'smokescreen'

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thomas Stephenson Wade was more than twice the 13-year-old's age when he started grooming her before stealing her innocence
  
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• 'Don't cut out our green lung' - thousands protest over Town Moor roundabout plans

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Almost 2,000 residents attended a rally to condemn Newcastle City Council's Blue House roundabout upgrade plan
  
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• Creator of TV hit Our Friends In The North is back on home turf

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Peter Flannery will be star guest at Whitley Bay Film Festival for chat with film historian Chris Phipps
  
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• Creator of Our Friends In The North is back on home turf

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Peter Flannery will be star guest at Whitley Bay Film Festival for chat with film historian Chris Phipps
  
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• Blown to the ground: Photos reveal trail of devastation across Newcastle after WW2 air raid

  21-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The community is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the raid on the Manor Goods Station, one of the worst to hit Tyneside
  
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• Durham University student on the Great British Bake Off practised with £5 whisk in shared kitchen

  21-08-2016 16:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Georgiou will appear on the Great British Bake Off but the student had to make do with the bare essentials during his house share in Durham
  
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• Caught on camera: Jarrow man who sent indecent video of himself to 'child' online

  21-08-2016 16:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Callum Jennings thought he was talking to a 13-year-old online and turned up to meet her in Newcastle, where he was confronted by paedophile hunters
  
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• Town Moor clean-up unearths 41-year-old crisp packet among mounds of rubbish

  21-08-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Devil's Burn stream was 'filled to the brim' with rubbish before it was cleaned up - and among the waste was a 41-year-old bag of crisps
  
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• North East's most visited attractions revealed - how many have you ticked off?

  21-08-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  County Durham attractions top the region's list with Durham Cathedral and Beamish Museum drawing in the crowds
  
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• Great North Run 2016: Three Metro stations to close at busiest times to help smooth flow of runners

  21-08-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Metro bosses have taken this step to help speed up the movement of runners and spectators on one of its busiest days of the year
  
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• Rio Olympics: Northumbria Police officer referees men's boxing final

  21-08-2016 16:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  PC Danny McFarlane was the only boxing referee from the UK invited to officiate at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerica
  
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• West Denton family's plea for answers after asbestos death of former joiner

  21-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Frederick Norman Gregan, of Newcastle, died in November last year after being diagnosed with lung cancer and asbestosis
  
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• Statue of the great Rabbie Burns returns to Walker Park - and it's at the double

  21-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The original statue of the poet, erected by Scots in 1901, was vandalised - but the park now has a shiny new replica
  
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• Seriously ill Newcastle schoolboy surprised with very special gift

  21-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Young Callum McGilligan, from Longbenton, suffers from a host of rare conditions, but today he can forget all about that as he enjoys an amazing gift
  
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• Fans welcome back Vera as Brenda Blethyn returns to crack another North East case

  21-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Long-running success is no mystery as popularity ensures a seventh series seven of the crime drama is now well underway
  
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• See engineers build the state of the art radar set to predict the North East's weather

  21-08-2016 13:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's hoped this new hi-tech radar will help forecasters predict the weather more accurately
  
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• Little Comets aiming to be the first band to play a set while running the Great North Run

  21-08-2016 12:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Newcastle band has teamed up with 20-year-old Jim Lynskey who is on a heart transplant list
  
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• Wallsend mum who fears she lost her son to drugs brands dealers who preyed on him 'scum'

  21-08-2016 12:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bodybuilder Craig Cook, 28, was found dead from a suspected drug overdose after dealers threatened to shoot him if he did not pay his debts
  
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• In Mitchell's memory: proud Cramlington mum unveils longed-for tribute to her murdered son

  21-08-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Public support fulfilled Catherine Bertram's dream to have memorial bench in Cramlington village of home to remember her IRA victim son
  
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• Concern for missing Newcastle man Andrew Johnson sparks Northumbria Police appeal

  21-08-2016 12:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 48-year-old was reported missing on August 16 after he failed to turn up to a medical appointment in Newcastle
  
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• Two men in hospital following two alleged Newcastle city centre attacks

  21-08-2016 11:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Three people have been arrested in connection with a stabbing near Haymarket Metro but culprits behind an attack in Times Square are still on the run
  
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• North East news RECAP: Haymarket stabbing and Times Square assault; plus latest breaking news

  21-08-2016 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Sunday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• North East news LIVE: Haymarket stabbing and Times Square assault; plus latest breaking news

  21-08-2016 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Sunday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• Taxpayer hit with £600,000 bill as troubleshooters called in to North Tyneside NHS body

  21-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Top executives drafted in to turnaround a financially-stricken North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
  
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• Amid Paralympics budget fears, Cramlington's Stephen Miller stays focused on his job in hand

  21-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paralympian Stephen Miller hopeful stays positive while Rio budget fears threaten to stop some competitors in their tracks
  
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• GCSE results day: Tips for nervous teens ahead of big day for North East students

  21-08-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Karen Blackburn, director of main school at Gosforth Academy, gives advice on what to do if results aren't what you hoped and what to expect next year
  
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