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• Whitley Bay toilets re-open after revamp in latest phase of coastal regeneration

  28-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The facilities at Watts Slope are the latest stage of renovation carried out in the Whitley Bay regeneration project
  
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• Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah wades in on France's controversial burkini ban

  28-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle Central MP said the ban had made French Muslim women feel 'under attack in the land of their birth'
  
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• Mother and son speak out after Christmas Day crash in Gosforth that left then traumatised

  28-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Durschak and son James have spoken of Christmas Day crash in Gosforth which left them both recovering from horrific injuries
  
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• Mother and son speak out after Christmas Day crash in Gosforth that left them traumatised

  28-08-2016 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Durschak and son James have spoken of Christmas Day crash in Gosforth which left them both recovering from horrific injuries
  
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• Sage Gateshead has taken to Tusk Festival - The Northern Echo (registration)

  28-08-2016 18:10 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Sage Gateshead has taken to Tusk Festival
  The Northern Echo (registration)
  TUSK Festival returns for the sixth time this October, bringing its ambitious and uniquely diverse three-day programme of genre-defying out-there and experimental international music. Now as part of a new partnership with Sage Gateshead, Tusk has taken ...
  
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• Durham Castle's battles far from over as Durham University renews conservation bid

  28-08-2016 16:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Work is under way to slow the decay of the historic stonework in Durham Castle's Norman Chapel
  
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• Mexican restaurant Tortilla set to open at Eldon Square's new dining zone in Newcastle

  28-08-2016 16:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The firm has submitted an application for a premises licence with Newcastle City Council and could become the latest addition to Grey's Quarter
  
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• Parents' fury as school enforces new £42 uniform which can only be bought from one shop

  28-08-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Park View School in Chester-le-Street says the new dress code will stop students making 'fashion statements' in class
  
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• Newcastle motorcycle pioneer honoured with Tyne Bridge bike procession

  28-08-2016 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stars of the 100-strong procession were two rare century-old Dene motorbikes manufactured on Tyneside
  
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• Magician Chris Cross echoes his hero Houdini with a dizzying escape attempt atop the Castle Keep

  28-08-2016 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hung upside down from his ankles, the Geordie conjurer was strapped into a straightjacket and winched high above Newcastle
  
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• How police and medical staff are working together to keep mental health patients out of jail

  28-08-2016 16:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Government minister Sarah Newton visited a safe space in Sunderland as part of a week long tour of the North East
  
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• South Shields bomb squad incident: Man charged with a number of offences

  28-08-2016 15:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wayne Allen, 38, of Lake Avenue has been charged after 61 homes had to be evacuated during a police raid in South Shields
  
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• Newcastle West End over the years: 24 photographs from the Chronicle archive

  28-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Benwell, Elswick and Scotswood as seen through 24 classic pictures from the Chronicle archive
  
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• Cramlington Hospital announces plan to brighten lives of patients

  28-08-2016 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The £25,000 garden 'masterpiece' at Cramlington Hospital is being created by nurse turned award-winning designer Sean Murray
  
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• Hitchhiker stole driver's car after asking for a lift to Silverlink in North Tyneside

  28-08-2016 13:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for any witnesses to the robbery which happened on the way to Silverlink from Wallsend on Friday
  
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• Northumbria University lecturer claims sexual harassment made 'invisible' due to private payments

  28-08-2016 13:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ruth Lewis said non-disclosure agreements make it hard to know the scale of sexual harassment within British universities
  
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• Tall Ships showcases Blyth to impressed tourists and day trippers

  28-08-2016 12:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The sun shone over the Northumberland coast for the second day of the Tall Ships Regatta in Blyth
  
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• Newcastle Indian takeaway Jaipur is crowned the region's best

  28-08-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The takeaway, on the city's West Road, won two awards at the prestigious English Curry Awards held in Manchester
  
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• Hero to villain: Ashington double lifesaver jailed after three injured in high-speed crash

  28-08-2016 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liam Clark saved a bridge jumper and stopped a man opening a plane door - but has now been jailed for injuring a pregnant woman and her partner
  
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• Tall Ships Blyth 2016: Drivers warned of potential delays as car park closed due to heavy rain

  28-08-2016 11:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A car park due to be used by thousands of Tall Ships visitors has been flooded by heavy rain on the third day of the Regatta
  
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• Tall Ships Blyth 2016: Drivers warned after southern event car park closed due to heavy rain

  28-08-2016 11:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A car park due to be used by thousands of Tall Ships visitors has been flooded by heavy rain on the third day of the Regatta
  
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• Cyclist seriously injured after collision with a motorbike near Testos Roundabout

  28-08-2016 10:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The cyclist was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a collision with a motorbike on the A184
  
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• Whatever happened to Newcastle's Hippy Green? How a regular meeting place has been transformed

  28-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'Goth Saturday' and the George and Dragon pub were once the beating heart of Old Eldon Square - but not any more
  
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• Want some free school uniform? Newcastle mum organises clothes giveaway with hundreds of donations

  28-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With back-to-school time rapidly approaching, a mum from Walker has mobilised a whole community to share out-grown clothes
  
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• Sunderland soldier's four-year journey after surviving Afghanistan bomb blast

  28-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Corporal Alan Fernandez, from Sunderland, is ready to start a new life after having his leg amputated following injury
  
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• Revealed: The areas in the North East which have the highest rates of teenage pregnancies

  28-08-2016 09:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New figures show that the number of youngsters getting pregnant has more than halved over the past 10 years
  
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• Road menace branded an 'idiot' after fourth dangerous driving conviction in three years

  28-08-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jason Young, of North Shields, was called an 'idiot' by a judge, who said he is going to kill or maim if he keeps driving dangerously
  
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• Newcastle pensioners' horror at £70 parking fine letter following rush to medical centre

  28-08-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  William Dawson, 86, was shocked to receive a letter out of a blue after rushing his ill wife to the walk-in centre on Westgate Road
  
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• 'Losing my hair is a big fear - I'll know what it feels like for people going through chemo'

  28-08-2016 06:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bishop Bridget Wilson Hall, from Washington, decided she would shave her entire head to help defeat cancer
  
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