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• Man charged with murder following death of dad in Darlington as Durham police continue inquiries

  02-07-2017 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Lawson died after an incident in Geneva Road, near Fenby Avenue, at around 4.10am on Saturday and detectives are still appealing for witnesses
  
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• Cullercoats Harbour Day 2017: Thousands flock to the coast and enjoy the sunshine

  02-07-2017 19:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Harbour Day is a vital way of raising much-needed cash for the RNLI Cullercoats Lifeboat Station
  
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• Going, going, gone! See demolition of Norham Road Bridge in North Shields

  02-07-2017 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 50-year-old bridge, above the A1058 Coast Road, has been knocked down and will be rebuilt as part of a major road scheme
  
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• Village celebrates as colliery's lodge banner is held high for the first time in seven decades

  02-07-2017 19:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A new banner designed by primary school pupils and care home residents was marched through the streets of Dipton Colliery, County Durham
  
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• Can you help find Sunderland man Robert Cummings who has been reported missing by family?

  02-07-2017 19:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police say the 61-year-old, from Wayside, was reported missing on Saturday night after his family had not heard from him
  
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• From Wearside to the world - meet the stars with Sunderland roots

  02-07-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The area has produced its fair share of high profile people, some of which might surprise you
  
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• Do Wetherspoons pubs have a dress code and what is it?

  02-07-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Britain's budget pub chain does have one rule applying to all of its boozers -and it's pretty basic
  
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• Brave Blyth mum tells how she was sexually assaulted by her brother when she was 11-years-old

  02-07-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michelle Edminson waived her right to anonymity after her brother Gary Waters pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her when she was a child
  
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• Durham police release CCTV footage of car whose driver may have seen man being stabbed to death

  02-07-2017 18:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The white vehicle drove past Geneva Road, in Darlington, during an incident which resulted in the death of 34-year-old dad Michael Lawson
  
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• Newcastle city centre taken over by bikes as hundreds join in the City Ride event

  02-07-2017 18:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several roads around the city centre were closed on Sunday while parts of pedestrianised areas were roped off for the 2017 HSBC UK City Ride
  
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• What's that massive cruise ship docked at North Shields?

  02-07-2017 18:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One of the larger vessels to dock at the Port of Tyne arrived from Edinburgh on Sunday on its way to Copenhagen
  
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• Thrillseekers brave 180ft drop off Newcastle Civic Centre for 'lifesaving' Royal Marines Charity

  02-07-2017 17:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Royal Marine and dad-of-three Jason Burns, from South Shields, says the help of the Royal Marines Charity was life-changing
  
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• See latest pictures of ongoing revamp of Spanish City Dome in Whitley Bay

  02-07-2017 17:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Grade-II listed building is being transformed into a leisure attraction under a multi-million pound scheme by North Tyneside Council
  
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• Obsessed Gosforth garage boss threatened to send humiliating footage of ex to her parents

  02-07-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Beadling has a shameful history of harassing ex partners and breaching restraining orders and has been back at it again
  
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• Man arrested after being spotted on the wrong side of Redheugh Bridge railings

  02-07-2017 15:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called to the Redheugh Bridge on Saturday night to reports of a man on the wrong side of the railings
  
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• The real UP: Stubborn pensioner is the last man left on his 258-house council estate after six-year battle with ... - Daily Mail

  02-07-2017 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  The real UP: Stubborn pensioner is the last man left on his 258-house council estate after six-year battle with ...
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  The last man living on an abandoned council estate has told how he is refusing to leave the home he moved into almost 50 years ago. Michael Crossman has turned down numerous offers from Gateshead Council to move from his house on the 1960s-built ...and more »
  
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• Gateshead pensioner last left on 258-house council estate | Daily ... - Daily Mail

  02-07-2017 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead pensioner last left on 258-house council estate | Daily ...
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  75-year-old Michael Crossman is not budging from the Gateshead home he bought and shared with his late wife, despite all his neighbours from the ...and more »
  
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• New Lidl in Killingworth to open in August - and they are still hiring for jobs at the store

  02-07-2017 14:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The discount supermarket is being built at Comet Row, at the Stephenson Industrial Estate, on the site of the former Chan warehouse
  
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• NHS trust cleared over claims nurse was bullied for IT security concerns

  02-07-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An employment tribunal ruled there was no evidence the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust tried to 'silence' Stacey Riachardson
  
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• First look at The County Hotel refurbishment in Newcastle by Gainford Group

  02-07-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The firm is also eyeing further expansion of its care and leisure divisions, including work on its fourth Newcastle hotel
  
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• 'Check your skin - it could save your life': Newcastle nurse opens up on cancer scare

  02-07-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Freeman Hospital nurse Emily Renshaw was diagnosed with malignant melanoma when a mole started to change colour and shape
  
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• Boris Johnson enjoys slap up meal in Hadrian's Wall country

  02-07-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary and former London Mayor enjoyed a steak dinner in Blenkinsopp Castle Inn where he chatted with staff and customers
  
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• Ashington man charged with rape following alleged street attack

  02-07-2017 13:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ryan Brody, 20, from Ashington, has been charged with rape after a woman was allegedly attacked near Ashington Cricket Club
  
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• Gateshead energy saving company saves money - by not paying its bills - ChronicleLive

  02-07-2017 12:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
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  Gateshead energy saving company saves money - by not paying its bills
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  Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, Local News & Events and much more... Albert Jones, from Blaydon, who claims his energy saving company is owed a lot of money by a supplier but they have ...
  
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• Why you shouldn't show your boarding pass at airport shops

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You only need to show your pass when buying duty free goods - shops should not ask to see it if you're purchasing anything else
  
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• Who went to Lambton Lion Park in County Durham? It opened this month 45 years ago

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lambton Lion Park in County Durham provided the safari experience for thousands of North East schoolchildren and families
  
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• Who went to Lambton Lion Park in County Durham? And what became of it?

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lambton Lion Park in County Durham provided the safari experience for thousands of visitors - it opened 45 years ago
  
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• Sky vs BT and others: how we watch sport is changing - here's a run-down

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sky has completely changed its bundles after replacing the traditional numbered channels - Sky Sports 1 through 5
  
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• Mum's joy as young boy injured in Westgate Road crash wakes from coma

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ayesha Basit thanked the community for their support through the Newcastle Central Mosque
  
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• Jon Walker speaks: Time to give public sector workers a pay rise

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'There are five million working people in this country who have seen their wages go down, year after year'
  
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• Gateshead energy saving company saves money - by not paying its bills

  02-07-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead firm Adaptera does not cough up after county court judgement and now Mr J is on the case
  
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• Eight-year-old boy fighting for his life after car crashes into a tree

  02-07-2017 11:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A crash has left a schoolboy fighting for life after a car he was in hit a tree after hurtling off the A194M near Washington
  
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• Man dies and two others left seriously injured after a car crashes into a wall

  02-07-2017 10:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham police are appealing for information after the crash in Esh Winning, County Durham on Saturday
  
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• What do people Google about Newcastle? What people around the world want to know about our city

  02-07-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We look at the Google questions asked about the city - and we answer them for a worldwide audience
  
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• Warning over 20 years of failure to cut the gap between the haves and have-nots

  02-07-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Britain is only going to become more divided unless the Government steps up attempts to improve social mobility, says Alan Milburn
  
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• Tony Blair at the Durham Miners Gala and why it wouldn't surprise me if he turned up

  02-07-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The historic event held every year in the city is enjoying a popularity not seen since its heyday in the 1950s
  
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• IVF 'postcode lottery' leaves desperate couple fearing they could miss out on children

  02-07-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michelle Kennedy moved from South Shields to Leeds - where she can only receive one round of NHS-funded IVF treatment
  
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• Fancy buying a 63-bedroom North East hotel? Well, here's your chance

  02-07-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Premier Inn is putting one of its hotels in the North East on the market - but how much will you have to hand over?
  
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• Newcastle United's 1980s Brazilian star: ‘We’ve got Mirandinha, he’s not from Argentina'

  02-07-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Happy 58th birthday to the first Brazilian to play in English football, Mirandinha, who arrived at Newcastle United in the summer of 1987
  
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• How do Ofsted inspectors say your children's schools are performing?

  02-07-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A round-up of the schools in Newcastle, Northumberland, Durham and Gateshead which have been praised and criticised by inspectors this month
  
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• Girl Power: Should women be playing five sets at Wimbledon this coming week?

  02-07-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Academics have argued women should play the same length of match to the likes of Andy Murray and Roger Federer at Wimbledon
  
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