Gateshead news

• Heworth roundabout roadworks - how did Tyneside cope?

  29-01-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Drivers faced major delays during peak times due to work on one of Tyneside's key routes
  
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• Would a ban on in game bookies adverts stop young people from getting gambling addictions?

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A church leader wants to stop gambling companies from advertising before the watershed, but a North East charity says education is the solution
  
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• Newcastle University can move closer to making University Challenge history tonight

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle face the University of Bristol in the quarter finals of the famously tough BBC Two quiz show
  
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• Holy Island's iconic scene is about to change for the first time in decades, but not by much

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of pilgrims walk across the sands to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne each year
  
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• Heaton Manor students evacuated from class after fire at school

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a fire at the school on Jesmond Park West in Newcastle
  
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• Girl not expected to live past 10 years old given fresh hope after US trial breakthrough

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Four-year-old Masie Barrass, of Wallsend, North Tyneside, was diagnosed with Alexander Disease in November 2015
  
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• Drink driver caught after being pulled over for having a FROSTY windscreen

  29-01-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dean Williamson was stopped by the police on Boxing Day in Bedlington for driving with a frozen windscreen and went on to fail a breath test
  
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• Former Newcastle Council leader John Shipley explains why he wants another Brexit referendum

  29-01-2018 17:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lord Shipley spoke as the House of Lords prepared to debate the Government's EU Withdrawal Bill
  
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• CCTV released as police investigate Newcastle City Centre sex assault and indecent exposure

  29-01-2018 17:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers are appealing for help after a woman was sexually assaulted in Newcastle city centre in January
  
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• Newcastle and Durham university strike dates announced with 14 days of disruption planned

  29-01-2018 17:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  These are the days lecturers at Newcastle and Durham universities will leave their classes in a row over pensions
  
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• Ridiculous: Watch two horse-and-traps racing each other on Pegswood Bypass

  29-01-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Watch as one of the drivers even carries out a 'dangerous' overtake into oncoming traffic on the A197
  
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• Labour MP Ian Lavery under investigation for threatening legal action on Commons notepaper

  29-01-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Labour Party chairman claimed posts on social media were 'defamatory' and posed a 'serious threat' to his reputation
  
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• Banned: How this trio of beggars have been barred from the streets of Whitley Bay and Tynemouth

  29-01-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tough action taken after two men and one woman repeatedly intimidated members of the public
  
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• When does new drama Trauma start on ITV and how many episodes are there?

  29-01-2018 16:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Much advertised new drama Trauma, starring John Simm and Adrian Leaster, will soon make its debut on ITV
  
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• This Universal Credit Change could leave working benefit claimants with less money

  29-01-2018 16:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  It's all down to a switch in the 'surplus earnings' policy and can affect whether or not claimants should file a claim in different months
  
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• Gosforth drivers beware - First phase of new cycle lane on Great North Road begins today

  29-01-2018 16:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Works on the Great North Road were delayed after a petition was handed into the council but the first phase is now under way
  
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• Newcastle Council to try to revoke Freedom of City honour for Aung San Suu Kyi

  29-01-2018 15:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Council leader Nick Forbes is proposing that the title should be with drawn from her over the plight of the Rohingya people
  
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• Calls for more school cash as poor North pupils fall a whole GCSE grade behind London counterparts

  29-01-2018 15:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A report by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership shows a gap in GCSE performance between disadvantaged children in the North and London
  
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• Robbery victim left with bleeding face as thug steals camera in Whitley Bay

  29-01-2018 14:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old's injuries were shared by police as they appeal for anyone with information about the man responsible to come forward
  
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• Funeral pyres: You have your say on whether they should be allowed in Newcastle

  29-01-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We asked you if open-air cremations should take place in the North East - here are the results from our poll
  
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• 40 fun Newcastle nightlife photos from city bars & clubs

  29-01-2018 13:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Take a look at our video and gallery from Newcastle city nightspots including Flares, Ember Lounge, The Mushroom and more
  
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• What is the EU withdrawal bill and why is it so important for Brexit?

  29-01-2018 13:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill used to be called the Great Repeal Bill, and it's an essential part of leaving the European Union
  
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• First picture of alleged Gateshead murder victim Harry Singh who died on the way to hospital - ChronicleLive

  29-01-2018 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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• First picture of alleged Gateshead murder victim Harry Singh who died on the way to hospital

  29-01-2018 13:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Harry Singh, 20, was found by police with serious injuries but did not survive the journey to hospital, two people have been arrested
  
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• Imagine - before the Felling bypass opened, this was the route used by traffic of the day!

  29-01-2018 12:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As work begins at Heworth roundabout, we recall the old route between there and Gateshead
  
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• Work to start on new houses on former Northumbria University site in Benton

  29-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Taylor Wimpey are building the 63 houses off Coach Lane, from two-bedroom properties to five-bedroom homes
  
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• What connects the new Lidl store in Killingworth and Stephenson's Rocket?

  29-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Calls for memorial in North Tyneside at site of former pit where Stephenson's Rocket was tested
  
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• Step into Stack - Newcastle's shipping container village coming to the old Odeon site

  29-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This 3D video gives you the chance to look around the 'box park' that'll be built on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle city centre
  
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• Botanist and Fenwick food hall among Newcastle bar and restaurant jobs available right now

  29-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Positions advertised include roles at Cafe 21, Coop Chicken House and the Botanist - find out how to apply below
  
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• Bitter neighbour dispute saw pensioner bite man next door in the crotch and nose after snapping

  29-01-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A court heard there had been a history of problems between two families in Birtley, Gateshead, which culminated in violence
  
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• See how Newcastle fans made their own entertainment during FA Cup defeat away at Chelsea

  29-01-2018 11:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Funny video of fan sliding down a bannister at Stamford Bridge has been viewed more than 400,000 times
  
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• Newcastle Central Station attack: Injured victim discharged from hospital

  29-01-2018 11:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  British Transport Police are still investigated a suspected assault which left a man with head and jaw injuries in the early hours of Saturday
  
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• More than 7,000 new trains for Britain - here's how services in the North East will benefit

  29-01-2018 11:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  We can say goodbye to those 1980s Pacer trains, which are set to be replaced with new carriage with free wifi
  
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• They've done it! Tynemouth becomes first in North East to earn plastic-free status

  29-01-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Surfers Against Sewage has been urging traders in the area to swap single-use plastic items for biodegradable alternatives
  
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• Man accused of taking spice and other drugs into HMP Northumberland

  29-01-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Curtis Kaye is alleged to have taken the psychoactive substance, diazepam, buprenorphine and a mobile phone into the prison
  
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• This is the detour drivers will have to take to and from Pelaw during Heworth roundabout works

  29-01-2018 08:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A185 is only shut for a short distance but it took our photographer almost 10 minutes to drive the alternative route
  
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• When will the Heworth roundabout roadworks end and what road closures are there?

  29-01-2018 08:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With months of work under way on this busy Tyneside road junction, we look at ways to deal with the congestion
  
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• Heworth roundabout roadworks LIVE: Drivers reporting delays on first rush-hour of works

  29-01-2018 07:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After a full closure on Sunday, the A184 Felling Bypass has been reduced to a single lane on either side of the roundabout
  
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• Rise of the robots: More than 100,000 North East jobs 'to be taken by machines'

  29-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Automation and the rise of the robots could deepen the North/South divide in how they deal with the issue, a new report has warned
  
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• Going on holiday? How you can stop others from hogging the sunbeds by the pool

  29-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thomas Cook is launching a 'premium' service that allows people to reserve sunbeds poolside to avoid a mad morning dash
  
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• Brothers subjected innocent man to brutal machete attack - for challenging them over handbrake turn

  29-01-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Parker was having a cigarette outside his Chopwell home when Tony and Ricky Duddin attacked him for challenging them over a driving manoeuvre
  
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