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• What is Alan Shearer's phone screensaver? Michael McIntyre's Big Show reveals all

  02-12-2017 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer appears on Michael McIntyre’s BAFTA award-winning variety show on BBC One tonight
  
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• Santa Claus is coming to town - Puffing Billy train gets ready for tour of North East

  02-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Puffing Billy train is decked out in Christmas lights ready to take Santa and Papa Elf on their fifth tour around the North East this December
  
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• 'I'll remember that smile forever': Devoted uncle's tribute to precious baby Hope

  02-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Allen Winter-Moore's niece Hope died when she was six months old after being born with a serious heart defect
  
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• How do you confuse a cockney? Slip in a few of these Geordie sayings

  02-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  They divvin' knaa what 'up a height' means - but Geordie has been named one of the nation's favourite accents
  
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• Elswick teen's dream of becoming a football star on hold as he battles cancer

  02-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Barcelona fan Aldair Reis from Elswick has been battling cancer so he can get back on the pitch and impress football scouts
  
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• Freed Nick Dunn could be back home in Ashington within days as he tells of his Indian prison ordeal

  02-12-2017 18:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mr Dunn is one of the 'Chennai Six' who are waiting for the Indian authorities to allow them to return to the UK
  
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• Police hunting two suspects after alleged armed robbery at Asda in Lemington

  02-12-2017 18:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A G4S security guard was reportedly targeted by two people with a gun at around 2pm in the car park of the supermarket
  
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• G4S van targeted in car park of Asda in Lemington as police launch inquiry

  02-12-2017 18:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police confirmed they were dealing with an incident after reports from witnesses in Newcastle supermarket car park
  
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• This £1.5m country home comes with stables, fishing rights and extensive grounds

  02-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Derwent Lodge is near Shotley Bridge, has seven bedrooms in total, two of which are in an annexe, and several reception rooms
  
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• Nick Dunn's dad opens his heart as his son waits to fly home after years in an Indian jail

  02-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jim Dunn reveals how superfit former soldier Nick survived his prison hell which has finally come to an end
  
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• Disabled Amelia Scott 'excited' to welcome baby sister as Darras Hall family announce pregnancy

  02-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Scott family, who had to fight to adapt their home for Amelia's needs, will welcome another baby girl in summer next year
  
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• Guess how much The Pogues, Slade, Mariah Carey, and Slade STILL earn from their Christmas hits

  02-12-2017 15:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fairytale of New York, All I Want For Christmas and Merry Xmas Everybody are still bringing in the cash
  
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• Man who hid GoPro in helmet to film up women's skirts banned from having cameras in pubilc

  02-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christopher Cole, from Blyth, secretly recorded the footage in Asda and other stores until he was caught by a passing shopper
  
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• Can you spot yourself or your children at Whitley Bay's St Nicholas Festival?

  02-12-2017 12:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of youngsters walked through the town centre waving their colourful lanterns in the sky
  
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• This is the despicable bogus window cleaner who fleeced an 80-year-old disabled woman in Gateshead

  02-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel McGill deliberatel targeted a disabled pensioner in her bungalow in Deckham and stole irreplacable jewellery handed down by her mother
  
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• It will soon be all change, but what about the early days of the Tyne and Wear Metro?

  02-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With the Tyne and Wear Metro set for a new fleet of trains, we recall the early days of the system which opened in 1980
  
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• Did a 19 year old student's summer job lead to a deadly condition decades later?

  02-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Barry Fitzgerald, 72, of Newcastle, when at university but he now has asbestos related cancer
  
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• Report of woman's body in the River Wear sparks police search

  02-12-2017 11:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Marine officers are carrying out searches of the area near the Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland
  
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• Watch hundreds of Geordies get Christmassy with mass singalong of Fairytale of New York

  02-12-2017 11:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Grainger Market in Newcastle was opened up for an evening of festive fun - and this Christmas classic made an appearance
  
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• Attention Toon drinkers: Why doner kebabs could soon be made illegal

  02-12-2017 11:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A change in European Union rules could see nightclubber’s favoured snack banned from Britain
  
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• How to make a real Christmas tree last longer

  02-12-2017 11:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Why you should not buy a tree still in its wrapping and other useful tips to help you this festive season
  
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• Police searching for missing Wallsend woman Hannah Baker-Smith

  02-12-2017 10:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hannah has not been seen since 4pm yesterday and officers are appealing for help to find her - can you assist?
  
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• Body found in search for missing Wallsend woman Hannah Baker-Smith

  02-12-2017 10:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police say they have found a body near Consett and that the 29-year-old's family have been informed of the development
  
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• The one advantage Gateshead hold over Luton Town could be a vital one - ChronicleLive

  02-12-2017 09:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  The one advantage Gateshead hold over Luton Town could be a vital one
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  Gateshead played Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the FA Cup back in 1955 - a 2-0 defeat at their old Redheugh Park ground. Few in a crowd of 18,840 that day would have believed that their club would be voted out of the Football League within ...
  Gateshead 0-5 Luton TownBBC Sport
  Gateshead player Scott Barrow in head injury horror against Luton ...The Times
  Gateshead 0-5 Luton: Lee brothers
  
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• Why this Benwell couple won't take their sofa delivery complaint lying down

  02-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jackie and John Nolan were unable to assemble the sofas which had been left in packaging and had to call their son for help
  
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• Joker arrested for 'flashing' his penis - but it turns out to be a sausage roll

  02-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Proctor held the pastry near his groin to make out like he was exposing himself to a passing woman outside Mcdonald's in Newcastle
  
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• Burglar snared by passer-by stealing £11,000-worth of cigarettes from Newcastle store

  02-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Charles Tams broke into the Best One Xpress, in the city centre, and helped himself to bin liners to carry the tobacoo products and other items
  
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• Tyne Bridge traffic hack: Watch the cheeky tactic drivers are using to beat the queues

  02-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The hack is being used by drivers who want to avoid the long loop you need to take after you come off the Swan House roundabout
  
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• Bradley Lowery's family switch on Durham's Christmas tree lights in his memory

  02-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tragic Bradley, who died in July, was the guest of honour at County Durham Christmas lights switch-ons a number of times
  
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