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• Sunderland businessman taunted woman about her dead sons before fracturing her cheek with a punch

  22-09-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  George Frater made a hurtful remark about a woman's dead children then punched her so hard it fractured her cheek during a row in a pub
  
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• Newcastle Racecourse's first floodlit night meeting - all you need to know

  22-09-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new all-weather track at Newcastle will be used for the first time under floodlights on Friday
  
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• Gateshead facing further swingeing cuts as council agrees £92m budget savings - ChronicleLive

  22-09-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead facing further swingeing cuts as council agrees £92m budget savings
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  Gateshead Council is now facing up the fact it has to find £92m in savings by 2022 which could see vital services axed. A full council meeting on Thursday night rubber stamped the move and followed a cabinet decision earlier this month which had waved ...
  
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• Gateshead facing further swingeing cuts as council agrees £92m budget savings

  22-09-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The cash-strapped authority has already been under intense financial pressure after slashing £130m from its budget since 2010
  
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• Brainy Stanley schoolchildren shine on CBBC's Top Class TV show

  22-09-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Youngsters from Greenland Community Primary School in County Durham sailed through to the next round of a CBBC quiz show on Wednesday
  
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• Midfielder Russell Penn has joined National League side ... - News & Star

  22-09-2016 21:06 via newsandstar.co.uk
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  Midfielder Russell Penn has joined National League side ...
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  But the former Kidderminster Harriers, Burton Albion and Cheltenham Town man, who also played for England C earlier in his career, has featured in just two ...
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• Barbara Abbott - News & Star

  22-09-2016 21:06 via newsandstar.co.uk
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  But the former Kidderminster Harriers, Burton Albion and Cheltenham Town man, who also played for England C earlier in his career, has featured in just two competitive games since his arrival at Brunton Park. He was an 84th-minute substitute, coming on ...
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• Uber-style app launched by North East bus company Stagecoach

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stagecoach Bus is a free app for iOS and Android users which bosses hope will make missing your bus a thing of the past
  
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• Transformers star Mark Wahlberg tees-off and hits birdies at Northumberland golf course

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood actor took time out to pose with fellow golfers after playing 18-holes at Bamburgh Castle Golf Course
  
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• See the Newcastle 'mystery' lights from above as revealed in this drone footage

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The beams of light have been seen across the city at night since the beginning of September causing much speculation among readers
  
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• Northumbria Police has suspension from Government stop and search scheme lifted

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The force was one of 13 to be suspended by the former Home Secretary last year after it failed to fully comply with the rules
  
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• New gallery is set to showcase mining artworks in the North East

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A former Durham bank building will showcase work by pitmen and the mining community
  
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• Ex-Northumbria chief Sue Sim criticises report that dismisses her calls for sexism investigation

  22-09-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Chief Constable had asked for successor Steve Ashman to launch a probe into alleged sexism at the force but he refused
  
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• MI6 looking to recruit hundreds more staff to help fight groups like ISIS

  22-09-2016 18:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you fancy your chances as a real life James Bond, get your application into the British Secret Intelligence Service
  
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• Metro ticket machines now able to accept the new plastic £5 note, Nexus says

  22-09-2016 18:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The plastic fiver was initially rejected, but an upgrade to all 225 ticket machines means the notes will now work
  
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• Police searching for missing 20-year-old North Shields woman Jade Harris

  22-09-2016 17:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old from Grey Street in North Tyneside was last seen on Tuesday and police are asking for the public's help to find her
  
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• First drive: 2016 Seat Ateca 1.0 TSI Ecomotive SE

  22-09-2016 17:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The time has come to face the truth: the era of the 1.0-litre SUV has arrived
  
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• Is the iOS 10 iPhone update a stroke of genius or a frustrating failure?

  22-09-2016 17:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With plenty of talk around Apple's newest update, we asked a Newcastle University tech expert to run the rule over the latest features
  
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• What do Newcastle University's international students like about the city?

  22-09-2016 17:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The scenery, cinema, social life and - of course - cups of tea, are all favourites of the students interviewed in the uni's video
  
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• We've got no chance of winning under Jeremy Corbyn, claims David Miliband

  22-09-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former South Shields MP says voters won't elect Jeremy Corbyn as PM because they are 'not stupid'
  
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• Properties in historic North Tyneside Georgian Square to undergo restoration

  22-09-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Work to start on three listed buildings in Georgian Northumberland Square, North Shields
  
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• Properties in historic North Tyneside Georgian Square to under go restoration

  22-09-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Work to start on three listed buildings in Georgian Northumberland Square, North Shields
  
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• Newcastle vs Aston Villa: Relegation fall-out, first meeting, biggest win - and more

  22-09-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Newcastle United head to Aston Villa, how have the two clubs fared against each other over the decades?
  
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• Little Aaron Armstrong's special trike has given him a new lease of life

  22-09-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Meet the family who are delighted over a new trike which is adding fun to life for their disabled son
  
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• Watch the terrifying moment men armed with crowbars raid a County Durham bank

  22-09-2016 16:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  See the moment masked robbers raided the TSB branch on Blackhill’s Road and attacked staff and customers before stealing cash
  
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• Former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi in court over alleged killing

  22-09-2016 15:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  He said in his autobiography that he punched a man who approached him with a knife, then threw him into a canal in Amsterdam in 1988.
  
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• New £5 notes selling for over £200 - so is yours worth hundreds?

  22-09-2016 15:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Last week the Bank of England launched its first ever plastic banknotes - and they are already selling for hundreds
  
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• First look at new homes being built at Smith's Dock in North Shields

  22-09-2016 15:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former North Shields shipyard is being transformed under a multi-million pound scheme
  
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• See Tynemouth and Whitley Bay like never before in this stunning drone video

  22-09-2016 14:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The footage, showing the coastline's landmarks and beaches, was shot by videographer Chris Ainsley using a drone
  
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• A prison officer who kissed and fondled an inmate has been jailed for six months

  22-09-2016 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Melissa Priestley struck up a relationship with Leonie Kinnish, who was serving a five year sentence for theft, while working at Low Newton prison
  
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• What's new about the new Yeezy Boost 350 V2 trainer and how can I get a pair?

  22-09-2016 14:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kanye West's latest design of his Yeezy Boost 350 V2 hits stores on Saturday morning - are you ready?
  
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• TV show the Antique's Road Trip set to reveal North East hidden treasures

  22-09-2016 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Among the findings from expert antique hunters during their visit to the region were a vintage doll and WW1 relic
  
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• Are your children getting top notch child care? See how different areas of region rate

  22-09-2016 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  86% of Sunderland's three and four-year-old who are receiving early education provision are cared for by degree-holding staff
  
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• Aldershot Town boss Gary Waddock draws comparisons between "experienced" Gateshead and his side - gethampshire.co.uk

  22-09-2016 13:52 via gethampshire.co.uk
  
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  Aldershot Town boss Gary Waddock draws comparisons between "experienced" Gateshead and his side
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  Gary Waddock believes that Gateshead are in a similar position to his Aldershot Town team in that it is a new group that are currently gelling together. Saturday's visitors are currently sitting in tenth place in the National League having won five and ...and more »
  
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• Watch how two people are rescued after their car is submerged in water off Holy Island

  22-09-2016 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This RNLI video shows a man and a woman perched on the roof of their car as the tide rises around them
  
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• Did you see these cars that may have been used in a shooting in Sunderland?

  22-09-2016 12:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  20 people have been arrested over an alleged shooting in Hylton Castle, and police have seized these two vehicles
  
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• 20 arrested over Sunderland shooting as police appeal for witnesses

  22-09-2016 12:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After a window in Hylton Castle was shot at on September 12, police have arrested 19 men and one woman as their operation continues
  
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• Real or fake? How to spot if you've been conned with a dodgy new £5 note

  22-09-2016 12:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new plastic fivers are now in circulation - but how do you know that yours is the real deal and not counterfeit?
  
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• Wallsend bride tells how she would 'rather just forget' honeymoon nightmare

  22-09-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michelle Green said the trip turned to one she would 'rather forget' after she was hospitalised with deep vein thrombosis
  
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• Snapped: Police caught parking in disabled bays as blue badge holder tries to park

  22-09-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A blue badge holder spotted the police cars parked in the only two disabled bays at Alnwick station
  
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• Readers' react as police officer spotted on her mobile at the wheel on ITV's Car Wars

  22-09-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police say the officer was on private land, so has not broken the law, but she has given money to charity after flouting force police
  
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• Plans to build a 26-storey Newcastle 'skyscraper' could get greenlight by end of September

  22-09-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The tower is planned for a plot in Rutherford Street, near St James' boulevard, and would contain 162 private apartments
  
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• I'm A Celebrity: Vicky Pattison and Chris Ramsey confirmed to host spin off show

  22-09-2016 11:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Queen of the Jungle Vicky and South Shields comic Chris will be joined by Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash for the show which has been renamed Extra Camp
  
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• Unions seek job assurances after two colleges on opposite sides of the Tyne reveal merger plans

  22-09-2016 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  South Tyneside College and Tyne Metropolitan College have announced proposals to form a partnership
  
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• This armed robber who terrified staff at Wallsend shop was caught by hero passers-by

  22-09-2016 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A raider who left shop staff terrified after threatening them with a knife is behind bars after brave members of the public helped catch him
  
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• New plaza opens to mark role of Newcastle factory in world wars

  22-09-2016 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Focal point of the new Newcastle plaza is the Challenger 2 tank which was built in Scotswood
  
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• HS2: A waste of money or a much welcome economic boost for the North East?

  22-09-2016 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Divides have emerged north and south of the Tyne over the benefits of high speed rail for the region
  
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• The morning news headlines: Labour unelectable under Jeremy Corbyn, says David Miliband; Women's lives 'needlessly put at risk by breast cancer drug funding confusion'

  22-09-2016 08:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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• On this day in 1984: Newcastle United played in an epic 10-goal thriller

  22-09-2016 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United were 4-0 up at half-time at Queen Park Rangers - but incredibly the game would end 5-5!
  
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• When does autumn start, how the date is set and other questions answered

  22-09-2016 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The season's "turn" is officially Thursday so why did weather forecasters announce it three weeks ago - and which story do you Fall for?
  
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