Gateshead news

• Gateshead pub hosts its first ever ghost hunt, but did they find any ghosts?

  21-12-2017 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Landlord Paul Smith had organised the event to get some answers after around 100 spooky sightings by staff and customers
  
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• Howzat: Sick children bowled over by Christmas visit from Durham cricketers

  21-12-2017 19:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham County Cricket Club’s players and staff attended the Great North Children’s Hospital on Thursday
  
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• This 14-week-old baby is facing Christmas in hospital after rare heart defect diagnosis

  21-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Doctors diagnosed Charlie with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, which affects one in every 20,000 babies
  
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• Meet the Newcastle University team hunting University Challenge glory

  21-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle four have made it through to the second round of the famously difficult BBC Two quiz show
  
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• Help! My Christmas online presents have not arrived in time - what are my rights?

  21-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We explain when you can get a refund - and when you can't if your Christmas gifts have not arrived in time
  
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• Heartbreak at sudden death of popular young Newcastle tattoo artist

  21-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dean Taylor, 27, of Wallsend, who had 110k Instagram followers was about to open a new tattoo studio when tragedy struck
  
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• Stunning: See the Farne Islands as you've never seen them before in aerial images

  21-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rangers of the National Trust island used a drone to record the number of seal pups
  
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• Norovirus hospital outbreak 'caused by visitor bringing MUSSELS for a patient'

  21-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 180 patients and staff at four North East hospitals have been hit by the winter vomiting bug
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement photos released by Kensington Palace

  21-12-2017 14:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The prince and actor were photographed by Alexi Lubomirski in Frogmore House, Windsor, close to where they will get married in May
  
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• 21 hard-won tips from North East superslimmers to help you lose weight in 2018

  21-12-2017 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Slimmers across Newcastle & the North East have shared fantastic tips over the years and this video includes some of the best
  
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• Bike riding would-be robbers flee empty handed after failed hold up at Asda in Benwell

  21-12-2017 14:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police were called to the Asda supermarket in Benwell on Thursday morning
  
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• Three men in court accused of robbing a woman in her home in Blyth

  21-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jamie Bostock, Jamie Smith and Dane Richardson are alleged to have entered the female's house while she was inside and stolen cash
  
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• Thieves ruin Christmas after stealing trees from South Tyneside cemetery

  21-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Friends of Hebburn Cemetery community group has been left in shock after the theft of the Christmas trees
  
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• Elswick Pool reopening plans take a step forward as progress is made in talks with council

  21-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council is in discussions with the Friends of Elswick Pool and is now looking for a partner for the project
  
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• Keep your dog away from the chocolate this Christmas - here's why

  21-12-2017 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chocolate is toxic for dogs as they can not process theobromine, and Christmas is the time when vets are most likely to see cases of poisoning
  
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• This is why Apple have been slowing down some iPhones

  21-12-2017 12:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Your iPhone may be slower because of Apple - but not for the reason you think
  
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• 18 brilliant winter walks and woodland outings across the North East

  21-12-2017 12:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We want your photos winter beauty and suggestions of where to see it in Newcastle & the North East
  
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• Newcastle city centre's Blackett Street in the mid-20th century - then and Now

  21-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A coloured-up picture postcard of Blackett Street, Newcastle, and the same view around six decades later
  
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• Gateshead shop stripped of licence after selling booze to a 15-year-old

  21-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ravensworth Food Market in Birtley was caught selling cans of Foster's to a 15-year-old volunteer
  
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• Former Jesmond offices to be turned into 15-storey apartment block for city living

  21-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The scheme to transform Sandyford House into 91 flats is set to create more than 100 jobs in Newcastle
  
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• Five arrested after Northumbria Police reveal faces of their 12 'most wanted' for Christmas

  21-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police still searching for seven people they want to speak to before Christmas
  
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• Christmas shoppers on Newcastle's Northumberland Street 15 years ago in 10 photographs

  21-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle was reporting how Newcastle city centre was expecting a last-minute festive sales rush in 2002
  
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• Winter Solstice 2017: The traditions and meanings behind the UK's shortest day of the year

  21-12-2017 11:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The nights have been drawing in but the days will soon be getting longer again!
  
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• Investigation under way after man found dead on Ponteland golf course

  21-12-2017 11:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called to the golf course but the man was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• If you've bought these supermarket chicken wraps DO NOT eat them - they may contain metal

  21-12-2017 10:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Products from Aldi, Morrisons and Co-op have been recalled over safety fears - they can be returned for a full refund
  
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• Man rescued after blaze breaks out in popular Sunderland pub The Saltgrass

  21-12-2017 10:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Saltgrass in Deptford, Sunderland, was severely damaged by the fire which started at around 1.30am
  
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• Bus driver Carol Hadwin to stand trial accused of knocking over schoolgirl in Newcastle

  21-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Carol Hadwin, of Walker, pleaded not guilty to leaving a 15-year-old with serious injuries while driving a single decker dangerously on the West Road
  
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• Boyfriend from hell cut up girlfriend's clothes and smeared them in mint sauce and ice cream

  21-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A judge said George Farrell poses a 'significant risk' to girlfriends after he trashed his partner's flat and flooded it in two burglaries
  
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• Theatre Royal panto stars spread Christmas cheer to sick children at Freeman Hospital

  21-12-2017 08:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cast members of Peter Pan – The High Flying Pantomime Adventure visited sick youngsters and their families
  
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• 'Stuff that nightmares are made of' - intruder beats up and tries to rape stranger in her bedroom

  21-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Johnson has been jailed for 15 years after a shocking attack on a woman after creeping into her home in the Houghton-le-Spring area
  
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• How amazing Geordie generosity provided 2,000 Christmas meals at West End Food Bank

  21-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest food bank brings some festive cheer to people struggling to make ends meet
  
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