Gateshead news

• Newcastle teen 'attacked by gang of 30' and stabbed near his eye on his way home from The Hoppings

  23-06-2018 23:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dylan Swan, 16, was allegedly surrounded and set upon in Exhibition Park on Friday evening - the ordeal only stopped after a nurse came to his rescue
  
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• Man's body found in Wallsend - police launch investigation after body discovered

  23-06-2018 23:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Brussels Road on Saturday afternoon where the body of a 52-year-old man was discovered
  
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• Watch the incredible firework display from the Great Exhibition of the North's opening ceremony

  23-06-2018 19:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands packed the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside to admire the scintillating firework display
  
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• See what the Newcastle United players have been up to this summer

  23-06-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  DeAndre Yedlin, Ayoze Perez and Jacob Murphy among the players to post during their time off
  
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• Newcastle gets together in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox on what would have been her birthday

  23-06-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scores of people from across the city gathered for a special event on what would have been Jo Cox’s 44th birthday
  
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• Blackmailer who exposed an escort to her family and secretly filmed their sex sessions walks free

  23-06-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead man Dylan Knox became obsessed with a 22-year-old woman after paying her up to £800 a night for a 'girlfriend experience'
  
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• Couples could soon get married on one of the world's oldest railways

  23-06-2018 17:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tanfield Railway hope they get the OK to go full steam ahead with their plans to stage weddings
  
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• Search for Gateshead woman, 72, who went missing with three-wheeled zimmerframe

  23-06-2018 17:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Margaret Shaw, 72, was last seen at about 1pm on Wednesday at her home address in Leam Lane
  
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• Young guitarist meets Mark Knopfler and Brian Johnson and plays their riffs for them

  23-06-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Evan Bullough, 15, said meeting the AC/DC frontman and Dire Straits guitarist was a "massive moment"
  
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• More needs to be done to protect upskirting victims, North East law expert says

  23-06-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Professor Clare McGlynn says the law should focus on the harm experienced by the victim - not the motives of the perpetrators
  
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• Dark Justice praise EastEnders plot which sees Danny Dyer play a paedo hunter

  23-06-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Tyneside two-man paedo hunting group, who have snared dozens of predators, say it is a 'good storyline'
  
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• Council 'mislead' residents over cost of council HQ move, Ashington campaigners claim

  23-06-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ashington-based campaigners say they feel £4.13million of the cost of the controversial reversal of plans to move a council HQ was concealed from them
  
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• Why Northern politicians have joined forces in Newcastle to give us one powerful voice

  23-06-2018 16:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Political leaders came under one roof for the Convention of the North to ensure the north of England speaks with one strong voice
  
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• Watch the hi-tech drone show that wowed Great Exhibition of the North crowds

  23-06-2018 15:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The drone display was a highlight of the opening ceremony on the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside - watch it in full
  
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• Woman accused of deliberately driving car into pub appears in court

  23-06-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Marilyn Iley is alleged to have committed the offences at the Milbourne Arms, in Holywell, Northumberland on Friday
  
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• Mum of crash victim who beat the odds begs Geordie Shore stars to visit brave daughter

  23-06-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Huge Geordie Shore fan Alice Corfield lost her dad and suffered horrific injuries due to a speeding teen in a stolen car
  
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• Labour MPs join the picket line to support rail staff in train guard dispute

  23-06-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Members of the RMT union were supported by MPs on the picket line in Newcastle
  
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• Durham Cathedral in the running to win architecture's most prestigious award

  23-06-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Cathedral is now in the running for a Stirling Prize - architecture's most prestigious award
  
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• Could Love Island Adam's ex be about to make a shock entrance into the villa?

  23-06-2018 12:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There are reports that Love Island bosses are keen to shake things up by introducing Islanders' exes to the villa
  
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• Passenger gets glass in their eye after youths smash Metro train window

  23-06-2018 12:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police and paramedics are at the scene in West Monkseaton after the suspected vandalism
  
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• Virgin Trains run services on the East Coast main line for the last time today

  23-06-2018 12:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Trains on this route will be brought back under public control from Sunday
  
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• Want to avoid the England match on Sunday? Where to go to avoid the football

  23-06-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pubs without TVs, activity ideas, picnic spots, ice cream farms and more - if you can not bear the thought of a World Cup match
  
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• Sunderland streets to global catwalks: North East designer who dresses Beyonce, Gaga and Kylie

  23-06-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Gareth Pugh, 36, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Sunderland
  
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• See Newcastle's new 'sinister' escape game which cost around £60,000 to make

  23-06-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Dungeon will open to the public in August, and the team behind it claim 'it will make the hairs on your neck stand up'
  
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• See inside luxurious new houses on the Whitley Bay coast which boast floor-to-ceiling sea views

  23-06-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former High Point Hotel on the Promenade has been replaced by homes - and this video shows what new owners can expect
  
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• Drunk patient spat in face of staff and kicked police officer at Royal Victoria Infirmary

  23-06-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Craig Wylam, from Walker, was being treated at the Newcastle hospital when he became abusive and spat in the mouth and eye of a security officer
  
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• Teenage boys abuse gran who battled cancer and then shared it on Snapchat

  23-06-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Clip filmed on Tyneside was shared by Facebook comedian Robin Armstrong and is now being probed by Northumbria Police
  
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• Revealed: 'Superblock' which will replace a Tyneside school's asbestos-filled main building

  23-06-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  School fought for a decade to secure cash to replace main building it claims has 'reached the end of its service life'
  
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• Boy battling cancer set to spend his birthday in hospital - here's how to send a card

  23-06-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  George Chambers will celebrate his 12th birthday at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle
  
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• Travel agent left customers high and dry by failing to book holidays in £32,000 fraud

  23-06-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lisa Akenhead started 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' when the small business her dad had set up in Hetton-le-Hole before she was born started to struggle
  
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• Sex dolls, debt and delayed roadworks: What North East councils have been up to this week

  23-06-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's been a busy week for Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Council and Gateshead Council
  
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• Is this the ideal modern home? Northumberland mansion on sale for £875,000

  23-06-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Every room in the stunning five-bedroom house in Riding Mill is filled with light
  
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