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• Lee Irving murder trial: Imray says co-accused threatened him and tried to get him to take blame

  11-11-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Barry Imray said James Wheatley threatened to cut his face from one side to the other and break his jaw when they were remanded in HMP Durham
  
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• 'I was lucky, I came home': 97-year-old veteran leads Armistice Day tributes in Durham

  11-11-2016 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Harry Oliver, from Sherburn, was just 20 years old when he was captured as a prisoner of war during the Second World War
  
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• Cash-strapped families 'struggling to feed children' during school holidays, say worried teachers

  11-11-2016 20:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Food banks across the North East have reported a spike in requests during school holidays, shock figures show
  
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• The X Factor: Sam Lavery's mam urges North East viewers to get behind her

  11-11-2016 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sam found herself in the bottom three last weekend and her nearest and dearest don't want a repeat for Disco Week
  
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• A19 closed at Testos Roundabout after four-vehicle crash

  11-11-2016 19:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The crash, which happened just before 5pm, involved four vehicles and led to the road being closed northbound for around an hour
  
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• Would letting teenagers drink in pubs reduce binge drinking?

  11-11-2016 19:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has said 16 and 17-year-olds drinking in pubs could be a 'civilising influence'
  
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• Is this the jazziest home in Sunderland? We take a look around this £1.3m colourful mansion

  11-11-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This sprawling property covers 6,5000sq ft and doesn't do anything in half measures with a colourful decor throughout
  
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• Devolution deal in North East still possible, says Northern Powerhouse minister

  11-11-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  On his first official visit to the region, Andrew Percy says he'll listen to alternative North of Tyne proposals
  
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• Caught on camera: Pervert who turned up to meet underage girl with pornography

  11-11-2016 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Haswell thought he was meeting a 15-year-old for sex but was instead confronted in Newcastle by paedophile hunters Dark Justice
  
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• Newcastle veteran given Legion d'honneur medal for role in D-Day campaign

  11-11-2016 18:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joseph Gifford was presented with France's highest honour for his role in liberating Europe from the Nazis
  
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• See Kenton School's beautiful field of remembrance poppies for Armistice Day

  11-11-2016 18:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pupils at the Newcastle school created a field of handmade, unique poppies in tribute to the fallen of all conflicts since 1914
  
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• Distressed woman found on cliff edge during search operation in South Shields

  11-11-2016 18:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police, the coastguard, RNLI and volunteer brigades worked together to search for the woman in the early hours of Friday morning
  
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• Watch explosive interview with underworld enforcer David Glover reliving gangland torture

  11-11-2016 18:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Glover was convicted of the chilling 1995 attack on Billy Collier, which saw his teeth pulled out with pliers
  
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• New Year New Artists at Sage Gateshead - Classical Music

  11-11-2016 18:00 via rhinegold.co.uk
  
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  New Year New Artists will bring together rising stars from the contemporary and classical music world, offering audience members the chance to hear the artists of tomorrow in action. The festival, which will take place 27-28 January 2017, is produced ...
  
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• Can Gateshead FC continue their good form in November? Here's Neil Aspin's thoughts - ChronicleLive

  11-11-2016 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Can Gateshead FC continue their good form in November? Here's Neil Aspin's thoughts
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  Gateshead return to action after a two-week break with a trip to third-placed Dagenham & Redbridge. It's the start of a tough month for the Heed with games against Eastleigh, Tranmere and Macclesfield Town. All are pushing for the play-offs, Gateshead ...
  
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• Trail to honour hundreds of miners lost to war unveiled on Armistice Day

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The trail, in South Moor, County Durham, has been launched to mark the role of 200 miners from the village who died during the First World War
  
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• Rich fishing heritage of Cullercoats thrown into focus by schoolchildren

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pupils met retired fishermen and learned traditional skills such as how to make a lobster pot, and also gutted and salted their own herrings
  
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• Over 100 years after it was built in Newcastle, this 1911 Model T Ford Racer is back

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Model T Ford Racer was built in Newcastle in 1911, now it's going on show in the city's Stephenson Quarter
  
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• How a beard of bees is helping apiarists keep hives healthy across the North

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Allan Hodgson, of Esh Winning, has helped keep the noble bee on the agenda highlighting its importance to the food chain
  
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• Conditions at Northumberland school's boarding house laid bare as Ofsted report rates it inadequate

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ridley Hall, near Bardon Mill in Norhtumberland, houses pupils who live far away from the school during week day evenings
  
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• Armistice Day across the North East: Region unites in memory of fallen war heroes

  11-11-2016 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  On Friday, November 11, thousands gathered throughout the region to remember those who have been killed in conflict
  
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• Where are Newcastle's plague pits - and which nightclub was 'haunted by plague ghosts'?

  11-11-2016 16:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  380 years on from a devastating plague outbreak in Newcastle, we discover where the unfortunate victims were buried
  
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• What's going on with Felling Bypass? We find out the reason behind new traffic light work

  11-11-2016 16:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Council explains what will be happening on one of the region's busiest roads from November 21
  
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• Road test: Range Rover Evoque Convertible vs Mercedes C-Class Cabriolet

  11-11-2016 16:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We pitch diesel version of drop-top SUV against a more conventional premium four-seat convertible
  
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• Tyne and Wear firecrews winch stricken dog to safety after falling cliff fall

  11-11-2016 16:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bella was hoisted to safety by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue officers after falling from a cliff at Ryhope
  
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• Tyne and Wear firecrews winch stricken dog to safety after cliff fall

  11-11-2016 16:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bella was hoisted to safety by Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue officers after falling from a cliff at Ryhope
  
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• Woman remains fighting for her life after alleged Whitley Bay assault

  11-11-2016 16:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The victim was walking down Esplanade Place on Monday with her partner when they were attacked
  
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• Three men arrested after explosive device detonates under car in Washington

  11-11-2016 15:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police say the car parked in Compton Court in Oxclose was targeted but have now arrested three men - two aged 32 and one aged 28
  
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• KLM sale offers cheap flights from Newcastle between now and Monday

  11-11-2016 15:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you fancy a break as winter starts to set in, you can take advantage of the Dutch airline KLM's Oh My! sale
  
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• Durham University Champagne Society probed over 'sex, nudity and cocaine' at summer ball

  11-11-2016 15:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The society partly blamed suppliers for sending them magnums instead of single bottles after an official investigation was launched
  
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• Gateshead's Baltic gallery launches £120,000 art award - BBC News - BBC News

  11-11-2016 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead's Baltic gallery launches £120,000 art award - BBC News
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  Gateshead's Baltic gallery launches a new art prize that will distribute £120000 between four winners every two years.and more »
  
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• Gateshead's Baltic gallery launches £120000 art award - BBC News

  11-11-2016 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead's Baltic gallery launches £120000 art award
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  The Baltic gallery in Gateshead has launched a new art prize that will distribute £120,000 between four winners every two years. The Baltic Artists' Award will see a panel of four established artists pick four rising stars who are "deserving of an ...and more »
  
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• Watch a feisty shopkeeper fend off a robber wearing Marigolds and brandishing a machete

  11-11-2016 15:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The shop owner, from Hebburn, tried to rip off the robber's ski mask despite him wielding a huge knife at Ray's Convenience Store in Hebburn
  
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• I'm A Celebrity: Scarlett Moffatt gets her own campaign van as bookies tip her to win

  11-11-2016 15:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The North East has the reigning Queen of the Jungle in Vicky Pattison and bookies are tipping Scarlett to follow suit
  
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• Thug who casually smoked cigarette while female victim lay unconscious jailed

  11-11-2016 14:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Wilkinson, 37, has been sentenced to 5 years for the sickening attack in Sunderland on February 20
  
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• 'It is not acceptable' Union says it wasn't consulted about hospital changes in Northumberland

  11-11-2016 14:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Unison says it was not consulted on changes at Hillcrest Maternity Unit in Alnwick and Rothbury Community Hospital
  
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• Who was convicted at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court between October 28 and November 1?

  11-11-2016 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A pervert attempting to meet a boy for sexual activity and a bike thief were among the cases heard at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court
  
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• See the moment bully targets 73-year-old by throwing his magic trick in the river

  11-11-2016 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham Police have asked Northumbria Police marine unit to search for the magic trick which was thrown into the River Wear
  
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• Newcastle United hero Vic Keeble to join Supermac and other legends at New Year bash

  11-11-2016 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vic, 86, will join Supermac, Iam 'Willie' McFaul, Alan Kennedy and Stewart Barrowclough at a talk-in with a surprise legend appearance
  
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• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art launches new international art award - the first of its kind

  11-11-2016 13:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Baltic Artists' Award will result in four presentations next year which the gallery hopes will attract tens of thousands of visitors
  
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• The X Factor: Sam Lavery's singing teacher thinks she'll come back in style as a real disco diva

  11-11-2016 13:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sam needs to do the business in Disco Week after landing in the bottom three last Sunday and Julie Miles thinks she'll have her moment
  
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• Man falls from ladder in Newcastle city centre suffering suspected spinal injuries

  11-11-2016 13:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man was stuck after falling from a ladder near the Vermont Hotel and was helped by the fire service's rope rescue team
  
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• I'm A Celebrity: Ant and Dec given Newcastle United cake by Australian hotel

  11-11-2016 13:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The huge football fans have been made to feel right at home Down Under as they get ready to present the new series of I'm A Celebrity
  
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• Pub Watch boss criticises 'restrictive' licensing holding back Newcastle bar scene

  11-11-2016 12:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A North East Pub Watch chairman has said bars opening in Newcastle face 'very restrictive' rules which force many to close
  
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• Community is divided over plans for pedestrian crossing at key city route

  11-11-2016 12:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors and community groups have come out in favour of a plan to build a pedestrian crossing on the Great North Road
  
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• Watch Mark Knopfler perform the Last Post in memory of First World War heroes

  11-11-2016 12:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Dire Straits frontman played a moving guitar version of the military call in memory of the Northumberland Fusiliers killed in battle
  
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• Newcastle dance company to pay homage to the Pitmen Painters

  11-11-2016 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Eliot Smith Company is performing a dance interpretation of the renowned North East miners and artists
  
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• The X Factor: What is Sam Lavery singing for Disco Week on Saturday night?

  11-11-2016 11:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  She found herself in the bottom three for the first time last week but Sam is ready to show her sassy side and come back strong for Disco Week
  
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• Lee Irving murder trial: Updates as murder-accused Barry Imray is cross examined by prosecutor

  11-11-2016 11:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Murder accused Barry Imray faces questions from the prosecution in his fourth day in the witness box at Newcastle Crown Court
           
  
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• Lee Irving murder trial RECAP: Murder-accused Barry Imray is cross examined by prosecutor

  11-11-2016 11:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Murder accused Barry Imray faces questions from the prosecution in his fourth day in the witness box at Newcastle Crown Court
           
  
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