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• Bradley Lowery spends the day helping his dad at work on a rare break away from hospital

  15-03-2017 22:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The youngster's parents shared the adorable snaps online and said he is 'excited' to be mascot for the England game next week
  
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• Crimes that shook Sunderland: How Mary Ann Cotton became Britain's first female serial killer

  15-03-2017 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Described as Britain's first female serial killer, her story still shocks even if you've heard it before
  
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• Mum's horror at 'mould' in Tommee Tippee formula machine

  15-03-2017 21:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  County Durham mum Leanne Soulsby posted a video on her Facebook page in which she took apart her Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep machine
  
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• What went wrong at Heworth Grange school as inspectors brand it 'inadequate'?

  15-03-2017 20:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The school has entered special measures and will now be required to become an academy
  
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• Residents' anger as controversial 2,000 home 'garden village' scheme approved for Ponteland

  15-03-2017 19:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland County Council gave outline permission to two controversial schemes for the area
  
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• Watch footage of revellers dancing at underground Ouseburn sewer rave

  15-03-2017 19:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  See footage from inside the illegal rave which police shut down on Saturday night in Ouseburn
  
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• Watch armed raider point handgun at terrified shop manager in West End of Newcastle

  15-03-2017 19:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Reece Bell, of Whitley Bay, targeted Drinks Express on Westgate Road, leaving the victim fearing he was about to be shot dead
  
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• Working people are getting poorer, Chancellor Philip Hammond is warned

  15-03-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East MPs hit out at the way the Government is running the economy, with the poor getting poorer
  
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• She has brought chaos to America's east coast, but is Storm Stella going to hit Britain?

  15-03-2017 17:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stella's brought chaos to the USA and the weather front is heading west - will it be as powerful?
  
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• Gateshead manufacturer Turbo Power Systems continues hunt for a buyer - ChronicleLive

  15-03-2017 17:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead manufacturer Turbo Power Systems continues hunt for a buyer
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  Gateshead manufacturer Turbo Power Systems said its search for a buyer continues after bosses heralded last year's performance as confirmation of a “turnaround”, despite reporting a loss of £765,000. The firm, based on the Team Valley Trading Estate, ...
  
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• Why are some raves illegal? We look at the law after police shut down sewer rave

  15-03-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police officers say the underground party was dangerous and lives were at risk at the party which was held in an Ouseburn tunnel
  
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• Sewer rave organiser says safety precautions were in place for Ouseburn party

  15-03-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 200 people went to an illegal rave held in an underground tunnel under the bridges in Byker
  
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• School secretary plunders kids' dinner money - stealing a staggering £27,000

  15-03-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Susan Rowe, 42, of Tennyson Gardens in Dipton stole £38,000 in total from the school and used forged cheques at posh hotel Beamish Hall
  
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• Campaigners call for public inquiry into plans for multi-million pound Morpeth development

  15-03-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans for an out-of-town retail park, 200 homes and a school were approved, despite 1,700 objections
  
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• And they're off.... Vicky Pattison joins the field at Cheltenham Ladies Day

  15-03-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ladies Day outfits ranged from fanciful to fabulous at one of the country's most prestigious racing events
  
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• Knife-wielding robber makes off with cash following morning raid

  15-03-2017 16:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A bearded man in a hoodie threatened staff in St Michael's News on Westoe Road at about 8.40am and police are hunting the culprit
  
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• EU court's 'headscarf ban' does not mean British employers can stop staff wearing religious symbols

  15-03-2017 16:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Employment lawyers say the ruling on a Belgian receptionist's sacking does not set a precedent for companies to ban religious clothing
  
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• Gateshead start-up offers online physio sessions - Prolific North

  15-03-2017 16:03 via prolificnorth.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead start-up offers online physio sessions
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  JimJam Physiotherapy provides remote access to physios via video call and personalised online rehab programmes. It aims to address musculoskeletal problems such as back pain and sporting injuries by providing patients with experienced UK-registered ...
  
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• North East jobless total revealed as hundreds at Coty warned of redundancy

  15-03-2017 15:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The region sees a slight rise in unemployment rate while across the whole of the UK it falls
  
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• Philip Hammond heckled in Commons over National Insurance U-turn

  15-03-2017 15:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chancellor has confirmed he will no longer proceed with planned 2% increase in Class 4 NICs
  
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• Meet the heroes who helped to save a pensioner from a house fire

  15-03-2017 15:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alfredo Romero and Chris Ward have been praised for their actions after a blaze broke out at a house in Roker
  
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• Newcastle Nightlife: 30 photos of weekend glamour at Newcastle clubs & bars

  15-03-2017 14:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Take a look at our video and gallery from city nightspots including Jalou, Players, Harry's Bar and more!
  
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• Coty staff in Northumberland claim poor UK job rights cost them their jobs

  15-03-2017 14:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff claim they were told factories in Germany and France escaped axe because of better workers' rights
  
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• Wildlife expert Michaela Strachan to launch whale and dolphin monitoring scheme on DFDS ferry

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The ORCA charity onboard the King Seaways ship helps to survey marine populations in the North Sea
  
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• See how a radical plan 50 years ago might have changed this Newcastle Quayside view

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 1967 All Saints scheme would have given us a Quayside very different to the one we know today
  
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• Magnesia Bank pub in North Shields now under new management team

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The live-music venue closed its doors for a refurbishment in February leaving many customers wondering when it would reopen
  
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• He played for both Newcastle United and Birmingham City - can you name 14 others?

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As Newcastle United prepare to head to Birmingham City, we recall 15 players who represented both clubs
  
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• Date set for inquest into tragic death of four-year-old struck by a car

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An inquest has been officially opened after the four-year-old died when she was struck by a car in Jarrow in May of last year
  
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• British wine could 'help oil the wheels of Brexit' - according to a North East MP

  15-03-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan backs proposals to ensure UK embassies serve British wine
  
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• Appeal to reunite 1930s scrapbook with its owner - a former South Shields bobby

  15-03-2017 13:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The scrapbook, filled with old newspaper cuttings and photographs, was found at South Shields Police Station
  
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• Man arrested following anonymous letter allegedly offering up to £50,000 bounty on councillors

  15-03-2017 13:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested and questioned by police following the sending of a poison pen letter to Labour councillors
  
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• See house ravaged by flames as Sunderland property is gutted by fire

  15-03-2017 13:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A blaze broke out at the two-storey property, on Cooper Street, Roker, at around 5.20am on Wednesday
  
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• The Replacement final episode poses a number of questions - anyone else left feeling frustrated?

  15-03-2017 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's the latest in a growing line of much talked about dramas from the BBC but The Replacement came to a rather frustrating end
  
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• Watch Floyd Mayweather dance on the bar in Newcastle - or 'mini Vegas' as he puts it

  15-03-2017 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Are Newcastle and Las Vegas similar? We've found some very tenuous links between the two cities
  
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• Four people arrested as police target suspected drug dealers in early morning raids

  15-03-2017 12:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police officers searched four houses in Horden, County Durham during the raids and arrested four people, as well as seizing drugs and cash
  
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• Armed robber makes off with cash after raiding North Tyneside betting shop

  15-03-2017 12:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The offender targeted Chisholm Bookmakers on the Coast Road on Tuesday evening, police say
  
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• 'Unfair' Council Tax sees some of Newcastle's wealthiest paying little more than the poorest

  15-03-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lord Beecham says it's wrong people in mansions pay only three times as much as those with much less valuable properties
  
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• Revealed: the areas where people are most likely to get caught engaging in 'sex acts'

  15-03-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Northumbria Police force has recorded 13 offences of outraging public decency involving couples since 2014
  
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• Warning to parents: Fears raised over bows after baby reportedly suffocates in cot

  15-03-2017 10:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A warning has been issued to parents not to put hair clips on young children after a young baby suffocated
  
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• Cost of gin, helmets and soya milk used to calculate inflation, do these items reflect your life?

  15-03-2017 09:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Every year the Government adds new items to its 'basket of goods' which it uses to calculate inflation, here are some of the new additions
  
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• Firefighters are tackling a large house fire which erupted in a Sunderland street

  15-03-2017 09:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The fire broke out in what is believed to be an empty home on the corner of Cooper Street and Horatio Street in Roker, Sunderland early on Wednesday
  
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• 'Cannabis farm' could have been inside Sunderland home ravaged by fire

  15-03-2017 09:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police say they are investigating after a suggestion that a cannabis farm was inside the Roker home when a fire started early on Wednesday
  
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• How will the Stagecoach changes to Newcastle bus routes affect me?

  15-03-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Timetables and routes on a range of services will be changed in the shake-up which will come into effect from April 30\n
  
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• Adam Johnson's mansion still hasn't sold - eight months after £1.7m home was put on the market

  15-03-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The shamed footballer has failed to sell his County Durham mega mansion which he bought when playing for Sunderland
  
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• The morning news headlines: Angus Robertson: Brexit compromise for Scotland may help PM avoid new referendum; Ibuprofen linked to increased risk of cardiac arrest

  15-03-2017 08:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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• North East news LIVE: Firefighters tackle large house fire in Sunderland

  15-03-2017 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Wednesday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• What will happen to Northumberland if Scotland leaves the UK?

  15-03-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence
  
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• Motorcyclist ploughed head-on into car on wrong side of road as he 'pulled a wheelie'

  15-03-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Adam Rae was overtaking at speed on Station Road, Ashington, when he crashed into an oncoming car
  
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• Lib Dems claim Brexit threatens £60 million EU funding for North East jobs

  15-03-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister accused of putting high-profile North East jobs fund at risk in battle with European Investment Bank
  
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• How this identical twin is helping his brother fight justice from beyond the grave

  15-03-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Roger Soulsby, 76, from Dudley, North Tyneside, died from asbestos-related cancer and now his twin John is searching for answers
  
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