Gateshead news

• Ant McPartlin makes emotional speech after he and Dec scoop three National Television Awards

  23-01-2018 23:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dynamic Geordie presenting pair Ant and Dec came home with three National Television Awards on Tuesday evening
  
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• 'Nothing can bring my baby boy back': Mum's heartbreaking tribute to tragic James Thomas Wall

  23-01-2018 22:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Thomas Wall, 21, was returning to Newcastle when his car came off the M1 in Leicestershire on Saturday
  
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• 'Unpleasant' ISIS videos of suicide bombings and execution victims played in Newcastle courtroom

  23-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The footage was played in the trial of a Benwell man who denies encouraging acts of terror by posting and sharing ISIS videos on Facebook
  
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• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says franchise system must change as Virgin quits East Coast

  23-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chris Grayling says the Department for Transport wouldn't award the franchise in the same way again
  
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• 'She was the life and soul of the party' - How Amy Fenwick's friends are keeping her memory alive

  23-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Depressed Amy Fenwick, of Consett, committed suicide and now her pals are raising funds and mental health awareness
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt hits back at bodyshamers in sensational style with stunning NTAs outfit

  23-01-2018 18:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scarlett took to Twitter to slam online bodyshaming last week but quickly received lots of positive comments for her NTAs dress
  
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• Newcastle United's Peter Beardsley attends FA course despite racism and bullying claims

  23-01-2018 18:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Under-23 coach studied for his coaching badges despite his future at St James' Park hanging in the balance
  
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• Cowgate and Benwell shootings: Five more held as police seize firearm

  23-01-2018 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Five men have been arrested by police as a firearm which may have been used during the shootings in Cowgate and Benwell was found
  
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• Anger over Carillion's huge payments to shareholders and directors as staff pensions under threat

  23-01-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Carillion's board is accused by MP Helen Goodman of paying directors and shareholders despite a massive pensions deficit
  
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• Alabama Rot fears: Newcastle vet urges pet owners to be aware of potentially lethal dog disease

  23-01-2018 16:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vet Jason Atherton gives advice after a case of Alabama Rot was confirmed in Sacriston, County Durham
  
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• Five teenagers released under investigation after death of Tyler Clarke in Jarrow crash

  23-01-2018 16:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police arrested five teenagers in connection with the fatal crash in Jarrow which claimed the life of 17-year-old Tyler Clarke
  
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• Cassie Hayes' sister thanks donors as fund for killed travel agent raises more than £7,000

  23-01-2018 15:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cassie, from Alnwick, died from a knife wound following an alleged attack in the Southport travel agents where she worked
  
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• Protesters plan vigil for dog shot dead by police as details of microchip revealed

  23-01-2018 15:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The owner of the dog shot dead by police in Hartlepool has so far been untraceable
  
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• Police searching for two potential key witnesses to collision which killed 80-year-old man

  23-01-2018 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Brian Besford died in hospital after being hit by a car in Blyth last year - officers say two men could help with the investigation
  
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• What do you do with an empty castle? Check out the plans for world famous Lindisfarne Castle

  23-01-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'How often do you get free rein of a castle? The opportunity to inhabit it briefly is not one to turn down'
  
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• Met Office warns of possible flooding in North East after a heavy spell of rain on Wednesday

  23-01-2018 13:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The yellow weather warning for rain in parts of the region states that flooding and delays to public transport are likely
  
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• Tsunami fears for American west coast after huge earthquake

  23-01-2018 13:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  8.2 magnitude quake off Alaska prompts residents to flee coastal areas
  
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• America and Canada's west coast braced for tsunami after Pacific earthquake

  23-01-2018 12:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The USA has issued at tsunami warning for Alaska and British Columbia, which could be extended to California, Washington State and Oregon
  
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• Tinky Winky dies: Purple Teletubbie actor Simon Shelton Barnes dead at 52

  23-01-2018 12:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  He once said being in the Tellytubbies was 'a bit like the Beatles or Take That of television'
  
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• Operation Shelter rapist Jahanger Zaman launches bid to cut jail sentence

  23-01-2018 12:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fenham sex predator Jahanger Zaman was locked up for 29 years for sickening crimes as part of police operation
  
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• The exact time drivers are most and least likely to be breathalysed - be warned, police are watching

  23-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The answer is revealed as part of drink drive accidents research that also showed the North East has the 'safest' roads
  
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• Meet Alex - the Newcastle heart transplant survivor who won gold at winter games

  23-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alex Bell bags top medal at the World Transplant Winter Games, less than five years after life-saving swap op
  
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• Gateshead funeral date for 96-year-old World War II RAF veteran survived only by his disabled son

  23-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ex-servicemen invited to Gateshead Crematorium for funeral of RAF veteran, 96, survived only by his stroke-disabled son
  
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• A graffiti-blighted Tyneside railway station - which busy Metro station is it today?

  23-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In 1976, this railway station had been hit by graffiti vandals - today it's one of the busiest stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro
  
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• Hadrian's Wall hike, Pelaw beauty pageant, kits for Killingworth football club and more!

  23-01-2018 11:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Charity news written by groups and volunteers throughout Newcastle & the North East
  
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• Durham cricketer Ben Stokes will not join England squad in New Zealand before court date

  23-01-2018 11:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stokes is due to appear court in Bristol on affray charge when England play nearly 12,000 miles away in New Zealand
  
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• Vicky Pattison is back in Newcastle - but admits she is a bit bored

  23-01-2018 11:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vicky told Metro she looked forward to coming home after a hectic few years but may move again to push on with her career
  
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• What is happening with Gosforth Academy's new Great Park school and when will it open?

  23-01-2018 09:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans for a new school within the Gosforth Academy chain, which have been in the works for several years, have moved a step closer
  
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• Wanted: Players and coaches at the Stadium of Light on a two-year football deal

  23-01-2018 09:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here's how you can join the Stadium of Light's Football Scholarship or Coaches Academy
  
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• Teenager who stabbed his sister's boyfriend in the back in Byker on Bonfire Night walks free

  23-01-2018 09:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Callum Garwood, of Howdon, was acting out of 'a misguided sense of loyalty towards his sister' when he knifed her boyfriend during a drunken row
  
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• UK children are more anxious about Donald Trump than nuclear war and global warming

  23-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Researchers quizzed the parents of children aged five to 18 to find out how world affairs are affecting them
  
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• The passport warning all holidaymakers need to know about if they are preparing to travel

  23-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Moneysavingexpert.com's Martin Lewis told This Morning about families who have had to cancel holidays as they forgot to check
  
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• Rowdy Gateshead women fined after neighbours likened noise to 'being in a nightclub'

  23-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Danielle Beadle and Jodie Taylor were fined £630 for constantly playing loud music from their home on Overhill Terrace
  
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