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• Punch behind Powerhouse killed a man after he hit his head on the ground, manslaughter trial hears

  01-02-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Graham Thurston, of North Shields, was found behind Powerhouse in Newcastle and Scott Thompson, of Gateshead, denies manslaughter
  
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• Oops - how do you spell Morpeth? Blunder spotted on North Tyneside road sign

  01-02-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The road sign installed by North Tyneside Council has incorrectly spelled Morpeth - and people were quick to notice
  
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• 'I just wanted to come out of it alive', victim of alleged Newcastle stranger rapist tells court

  01-02-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two women have told how they were raped in violent attacks in the 1980s, which prosecutors say were carried out by Arthurs Hill man Eric McKenna
  
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• Neighbours speak of shock after woman is found dead in burning Gateshead house - ChronicleLive

  01-02-2018 21:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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• Neighbours speak of shock after woman is found dead in burning Gateshead house

  01-02-2018 21:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman was found in a fire-damaged home in Birtley
  
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• Rare find tells story of a Newcastle disaster which saw bodies washed away from graveyards

  01-02-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Front page of Newcastle Journal from 1771 reveals what happened in the Great Flood
  
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• People in County Durham will pay more council tax to fund policing - this is what it means for you

  01-02-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors on the police and crime panel have signed off on plans to raise the council tax police precept by 7.09%
  
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• BT 'ultrafast' broadband rolled out to three million homes - but not in the North East

  01-02-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Critics have described the announcement as 'PR spin' that masks the fact the UK is behind most of Europe when it comes to broadband speeds
  
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• Brutal wife killer Adam Parkin WON'T have his 23-year jail sentence increased

  01-02-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The paedophile murdered his primary school teacher wife Julie Parkin after she discovered he had indecent images of a child
  
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• Soccer AM's Tubes suffered 'very unexpected and major heart attack', star confirms

  01-02-2018 18:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Soccer AM's Tubes took to his Instagram followers to tell them he suffered a 'very unexpected and major heart attack'
  
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• Birtley murder probe: First footage from scene where woman was found in burning house

  01-02-2018 18:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body was found in the home on Robsons Way, Gateshead
  
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• When does Survival of the Fittest start on ITV and who is hosting it?

  01-02-2018 18:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's being billed as 'winter Love Island' and we now now when Survival of the Fittest will make its much anticipated debut on TV
  
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• Jermain Defoe and Bradley Lowery's unique friendship to be honoured in a very special way

  01-02-2018 17:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe will be named the North East Personality of the Year at Ramside Hall
  
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• Gateshead brewery launches a Battle of the Bands fund-raiser for Kian Musgrove - ChronicleLive

  01-02-2018 17:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  Gateshead brewery launches a Battle of the Bands fund-raiser for Kian Musgrove
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• Gateshead murder investigation RECAP: Police probe after woman is found dead in burning house

  01-02-2018 17:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was found dead in a burning house in Birtley
  
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• Gateshead murder investigation LIVE: Police probe after woman is found dead in burning house

  01-02-2018 17:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was found dead in a burning house in Birtley
  
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• Man arrested after three-hour police stand-off in Whickham View in Newcastle's West End

  01-02-2018 17:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers cordoned off an area of Newcastle's West End on Thursday morning as they tried to talk a man down from the roof of a house
  
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• Yolo Townhouse revealed to be fifth bar investigated in undercover drugs operation

  01-02-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police has applied for Yolo Townhouse's licence to be reviewed after three arrests following an undercover investigation
  
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• Watch anti-social youths climb on Metro platform roof and hurl rocks

  01-02-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The gang of youths were filmed jumping on the platform roof at Chillingham Road Metro station in Newcastle
  
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• Cuts leave UK armed forces facing 'cash crisis' - and we would struggle to fight back against Russia

  01-02-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  MP Kevan Jones issues warning after army chief says we'd struggle to fight back against Russia
  
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• Worker left paralysed after being crushed face down into hot tarmac at caravan park

  01-02-2018 16:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Turnbull, of Forest Hall, was seriously injured when roof trusses which were not secured properly on Fraser Rowand's lorry fell on him
  
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• Newcastle engineer's terror trial halted as barrister is taken to hospital

  01-02-2018 15:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Abdulrahman Alcharbati, 31, denies six counts of sharing terrorist material and was standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court
  
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• Newcastle takeaway chef caught red-handed with 20,000 dodgy cigarettes

  01-02-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Takeaway chef Yawar Latif was caught in the act when police spotted group loitering around his car
  
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• House of Fraser worker caught with hand in till used dodgy refunds to bankroll cocaine habit

  01-02-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James McCaughey, of Blaydon, who had worked at House of Fraser at the Metrocentre for almost 20 years, stole thousands to pay off drug dealers
  
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• Could playing with Lego at work make you better at your job? Check out this prof's view

  01-02-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sean McCusker, associate professor of education at Northumbria University, is also an 'accredited lego serious play facilitator'
  
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• Two men appear in court accused of murdering Harry Singh in Gateshead - ChronicleLive

  01-02-2018 13:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  Two men appear in court accused of murdering Harry Singh in Gateshead
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• Two men appear in court accused of murdering Harry Singh in Gateshead

  01-02-2018 13:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Leighton and John Knox, both from Gateshead, made a brief appearance in the dock and were remanded in custody
  
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• Whickham View police stand-off RECAP: Man arrested after allegedly 'throwing tiles' from rooftop

  01-02-2018 13:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after allegedly 'throwing tiles' from a Newcastle rooftop in a three-hour stand off with police.
  
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• Whickham View police stand off LIVE: Man arrested after allegedly 'throwing tiles' from rooftop

  01-02-2018 13:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There have been reports of a man on a rooftop on Whickham View in the West End of Newcastle throwing tiles
  
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• Anti-Semitic hate crime figures reach national high - but what about the North East?

  01-02-2018 13:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'Often increases in anti-Semitic incidents have been attributable to reactions to specific trigger events'
  
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• The foods which should NOT be kept in the fridge - according to Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis

  01-02-2018 13:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Money expert Martin Lewis gives his advice on what to chill and what to keep out of the fridge 
  
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• How to apply for Don't Tell The Bride as E4 series looks for Geordie couples to take part

  01-02-2018 12:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As its current series entertains viewers on E4, Don't Tell The Bride is looking for Geordie couples to take part
  
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• Neighbourhood policing: Drastic fall in number of local bobbies on the beat

  01-02-2018 12:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New figures reveal falling numbers of neighbourhood officers across Northumbria and Durham force areas   
  
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• Step back to 1975 at Newcastle's Hoppings funfair in our brilliant video

  01-02-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Watch our short video recalling a day at the annual Hoppings funfair on Newcastle's Town Moor in 1975
  
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• See inside historic Washington pub that's undergone £150,000 renovation

  01-02-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Washington Arms reopens after revamp which includes restoring the open fire and new cinema TV
  
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• Grieving mum backs speed camera plans after her daughter Bethany Fisher was killed in crash

  01-02-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Teenager Bethany Fisher died after Jordan O'Donnell crashed his car on a residential street in Bedlington
  
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• Watch heart-stopping moment 'idiot' driver misses head-on crash with lorry by INCHES on A69

  01-02-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Facebook users have slammed the motorist for the dangerous manoeuvre near Bardon Mill in Northumberland
  
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• Plastic straws in bars and single use plastic should be BANNED in Newcastle, report suggests

  01-02-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A new report into the amount of waste produced by the city says we should aim to stop using single-use plastics and reduce food waste
  
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• Palace of Westminster refurbishment: Battle over future of flood-hit, fire-risk houses of Parliament

  01-02-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  It will be cheaper to repair Parliament if MPs move out temporarily - but some fear they'll never be let back in
  
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• One of the great Newcastle United midfielders - born on this day

  01-02-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rob Lee spent 10 successful years at St James' Park, moving from right wing to become a box-to-box midfielder
  
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• Here are the 10 most complained about TV adverts aired in 2017

  01-02-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  McDonald's, Match.com and an advert for Malteser all led to complaints from viewers who felt were offfensive or inappropriate
  
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• 'Deep injustice at the heart of education system' revealed - with North East children missing out

  01-02-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A report by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership highlights a North-South divide in education and calls for more funding for the region
  
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