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• Manhunt launched after woman threatened in Newcastle's Exhibition Park

  22-12-2017 21:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The hooded culprit stopped the woman in Exhibition Park and shouted threats, before she escaped and fled the scene
  
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• North East children living in poverty could miss out on free school meals under universal credit

  22-12-2017 20:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Children's Society has warned that the proposed changes could leave families better off taking a pay cut
  
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• This is the moment paedophile hunters Dark Justice snared Grindr pervert in Newcastle city centre

  22-12-2017 19:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dawid Rozycki groomed what he thought was a 15-year-old boy online but when he turned up hoping for sex he was confronted by Dark Justice
  
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• See how work to transform Sunderland department store into student flats is progressing

  22-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Joplings store in Sunderland will cater for 166 students and include 20,000sq ft of retail space
  
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• Despicable: 91-year-old mugging victim is shadow of her former self after cowardly Blyth attack

  22-12-2017 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Audrey Bremner was attacked as she walked to her local shop in Blyth, pushed to the ground and dragged about
  
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• Burglars ransack 'devastated' Gosforth man's home, stealing £11k worth of goods

  22-12-2017 17:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help as they investigate a burglary in South Gosforth
  
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• Nightclub closures: See the drugs seized as police make two more arrests

  22-12-2017 17:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have now arrested 21 people on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
  
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• See the emotional moment parents are reunited with the paramedic who saved their son's life

  22-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East paramedic Steve Miles was reunited with four-year-old Jan and his parents on ITV's This Morning
  
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• Howdon care home put in special measures after inspectors find 'multiple safety risks'

  22-12-2017 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Care Quality Commission has branded Croft Dene Care Home, in Howdon, North Tyneside, as 'inadequate'
  
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• Black Eye Friday 2017 RECAP: Festive fun across Newcastle as people wind down for Christmas

  22-12-2017 16:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pubs, bars and clubs are set to be packed out in Newcastle as city centre workers transform into festive revellers and celebrate Christmas
  
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• Black Eye Friday 2017 LIVE: Festive fun across Newcastle as people wind down for Christmas

  22-12-2017 16:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pubs, bars and clubs are set to be packed out in Newcastle as city centre workers transform into festive revellers and celebrate Christmas
  
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• Flights between Newcastle and Bristol cancelled and delayed after landing plane comes off runway

  22-12-2017 16:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  On one of the busiest travel days of the year, there is severe disruption to flights between Newcastle and Bristol
  
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• Norovirus outbreak: 10 hospital wards now closed as visitor restrictions to be partially lifted

  22-12-2017 14:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Northumbria NHS trust is lifting the ban on visitors for one hour on Saturday for unaffected wards
  
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• Great Christmas getaway: Here's the latest across the North East travel network on 'Frantic Friday'

  22-12-2017 14:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year to travel across road, rail and air as the working week comes to an end
  
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• Proud to have been tattooed by Dean - tributes for Newcastle tattoo artist who died suddenly

  22-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dean Taylor, 27, of Wallsend, who was famed for his eye-catching and intricate work, died on December 10
  
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• Calls are made to bring back Nuns Moor allotments in Newcastle

  22-12-2017 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The allotments in Fenham were closed in 2015 over contamination fears and the plots were razed to the ground
  
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• Spectacular Christmas lights at homes across Newcastle and the North East

  22-12-2017 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Readers in Newcastle, Gateshead and Ashington are among those celebrating Christmas in style
  
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• Uber offers NHS staff a 'free ride' to and from work over Christmas

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The taxi firm has launched its promotion for health workers on duty from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day
  
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• Officers to be rolled out in Gateshead in clampdown on dog fouling and littering

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Council has approved plans for environmental officers to be rolled out from April 2018
  
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• Investigation under way after burglars steal high value items from Washington home

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Items taken from the house in Fatfield Park include a MacBook Air, a diamond ring and designer watches
  
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• Gateshead burglar caught with phone sticking out of his backside on arrival at HMP Durham

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liam Miles left a Gateshead family traumatised after breaking in as they slept then smuggled a mobile phone and drugs into prison
  
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• Christmas nights out in Newcastle never change - ten pictures from the noughties

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  10 images of revellers enjoying a Christmas night out in Newcastle city centre between 2005 and 2010
  
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• Christmas lights on Newcastle's Northumberland Street - but what was the year?

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christmas lights on Newcastle's Northumberland Street, more than a decade before it was pedestrianised
  
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• Benefit cheat pocketed £72,000 by pretending he was not married for 15 years

  22-12-2017 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Louis Bell, 69, claimed state handouts on the basis he was a single man while living with his wife, who was working, a court heard
  
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• Officers to be rolled out in Gateshead in clampdown on dog fouling and littering - ChronicleLive

  22-12-2017 11:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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• Gateshead burglar caught with phone sticking out of his backside on arrival at HMP Durham - ChronicleLive

  22-12-2017 11:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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• Can you refuse to work on Boxing Day? Find out your holiday rights

  22-12-2017 11:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scores of retail staff members have to work on December 26 and miss out on precious family time over the festive period
  
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• Karbon Homes invests £20m into affordable homes in 7 months as part of plan to build 2,400 houses

  22-12-2017 11:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The firm has completed 200 homes across the region and work is underway to create another 600, with more on the way
  
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• Fancy becoming a film tour guide at Alnwick Castle? Here's your chance as 100 jobs go up for grabs

  22-12-2017 10:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular visitor attraction in Northumberland is taking on seasonal staff members, including shop and kitchen assistants
  
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• Blue passports set to return for UK travellers after Brexit as burgundy bites the dust

  22-12-2017 09:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis said the new passport will be the 'most high-tech and secure we have ever seen'
  
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• Police and council run operation to crackdown on illegal taxi drivers in Newcastle

  22-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council and Northumbria Police are carrying out patrols to catch drivers operating without a licence
  
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• Gran hissed as she slashed her niece in a frenzied attack with a Stanley knife

  22-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ishyia Kaier left relative Sharon Eckert badly hurt and scarred for life after attacking her in the street in South Shields
  
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• Ex Geordie Shore star arrested in connection with supply of Class A drugs

  22-12-2017 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Marty McKenna is one of 19 questioned after police swooped to close four city centre bars over concerns about drug dealing in, or near, the venues
  
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• North East news LIVE: Traffic updates as the North East gears up for 'Frantic Friday'

  22-12-2017 07:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's live breaking news service including Friday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• What is the difference between top pay and bottom pay in our region?

  22-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New study reveals regional pay gap - and the figures for the North East may surprise you
  
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• Northumberland vicar pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting a man on an aeroplane

  22-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rev Peter McConnell denies touching a 23-year-old man in the groin area on a British Airways flight from the US to the Uk
  
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• Great Christmas getaway: Fasten your seatbelts it's a big day for the roads, railways and airports

  22-12-2017 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friday, December 22 is set be one of the busiest days on the transport network, and this is where the disruption will be
  
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