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• Taco Bell wins battle to open its first Newcastle restaurant - but not exactly how it wants

  23-10-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bosses at Taco Bell initially wanted to open on Grainger Street in Newcastle city centre until 1.30am
  
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• Raging thug who left his ex and her new man seriously injured by cycling into them is jailed for eleven-and-a-half years

  23-10-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Gallon, of North Shields, deliberately rode into Holly Blake and William Nicholson in Whitley Bay, leaving both badly injured
  
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• See black smoke billowing across Sunderland caused by a back garden hot tub fire

  23-10-2018 21:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A hot tub, decking and a gazebo caught on fire in a garden in Sunderland - sending masses of smoke into the air
  
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• Man who thinks street lights cause cancer called Gateshead councillors 'baby killers' - ChronicleLive

  23-10-2018 19:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  Man who thinks street lights cause cancer called Gateshead councillors 'baby killers'
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  Two councillors were branded "baby killers" by a man convinced Gateshead Council's street lights cause cancer. 5G activist Mark Steele unleashed an "intimidating" tirade against the politicians as they canvassed voters.
  
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• Man who thinks street lights cause cancer called Gateshead councillors 'baby killers'

  23-10-2018 19:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Steele has accused Gateshead Council of installing 5G transmitters that are harmful to humans
  
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• The smirking thug who did THIS to his ex while chasing her naked in the street

  23-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jack Bushell carried out a brutal attack on his ex, in which he kicked and punched her while he was naked in the street
  
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• 'Stay off our green' - North Tyneside families fight against plans to build houses on playing field

  23-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bernicia are putting together proposals to build 28 affordable homes at Castle Square in Backworth - but residents are against the scheme
  
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• How Newcastle United is helping to stop young people slipping into life of crime

  23-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New programme to stop potential criminals of the future in their tracks
  
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• Newcastle University student 'may have had more than 25 shots of vodka before collapsing at banned initiation event'

  23-10-2018 18:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Edward Farmer, 20, was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and died after attending an Agricultural Society event in December 2016
  
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• Met Office reveals how cold it is going to get this weekend - with freezing temperatures and a chance of snow forecast

  23-10-2018 18:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The region is expected to be hit by an Arctic wind that will cause temperatures to drop and could bring snow
  
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• UK Autumn Budget 2018 - when is it, what time is it on and what's in it for the North East?

  23-10-2018 17:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With the Tory Government under attack, Chancellor Philip Hammond needs to deliver
  
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• Shocking injuries of woman knocked over by hit-and-run driver on her way to shops

  23-10-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Marjorie Thomson, 63, was knocked over and left lying on the ground near her home in Berwick when she was on her way to Marks and Spencer
  
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• Metro to get an extra £900,000 in funding to prevent passenger delays

  23-10-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The funding is to maintain Nexus' ageing fleet of Metro trains
  
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• Family of Atakan Atay 'greatly distressed' at delays in releasing his body as murder accused wife appears in court

  23-10-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Helena Atay is accused of stabbing her shop owner husband to death at their home in Birtley
  
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• Chris Grayling says you can't blame him for Northern Rail chaos - despite a summer of misery

  23-10-2018 16:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says rail bosses promised everything would be fine
  
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• Four arrested after alleged brawl spills out of Kenton pub and into street

  23-10-2018 16:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police is probing the incident at the Duke of Wellington, on Kenton Lane in Newcastle
  
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• Why some people wear white poppies instead of red ones for Armistice Day as MP slams them

  23-10-2018 16:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Conservative MP Jonny Mercer branded white poppies as 'attention seeking rubbish' - but creators say they symbolise peace and remembrance for all
  
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• New cafe opens at nature reserve, with the profits going towards protecting it

  23-10-2018 15:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Natural England and National Trust join forces to open Cafe in the Dene, which will help protect one of the region's finest landscapes
  
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• Celebrations after church where Capability Brown was baptised is saved

  23-10-2018 15:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Grade 1 listed building which dates back to 1336 saved from becoming a ruin by grant support
  
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• Ryanair passenger subjected to racist abuse in tears as she watches clip of incident on This Morning

  23-10-2018 14:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Delsie Eunice Gayle, 77, says she feels 'depressed and upset' after Friday's incident where a man appeared to aim racist language at her on a flight
  
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• Landlords who sold vodka made of INDUSTRIAL alcohol 'played roulette' with people's health

  23-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Husband and wife David and Sharon Purvis of Black and Gold pub in Berwick were fined after selling spirits with a lower ABV than advertised
  
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• From engineers to drivers - 90 jobs going at Go North East

  23-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Go North East has launched a recruitment driver to help keep its 650 buses on the road each day
  
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• Fears new Government scheme could mean lower wages 'for generations to come' in the North East

  23-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond is said to be planning a 'regional pay' scheme but Labour says it would hit wages in the North East
  
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• Four people arrested after suspected crystal meth hidden in Kinder Eggs is seized in Newcastle dawn raids

  23-10-2018 13:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Three men, aged 43, 38 and 38, and a 37-year-old woman were arrested by police following a crackdown in Newcastle
  
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• Vick Hope 'gutted' with Strictly elimination but feels lucky to have been part of the show

  23-10-2018 12:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Capital FM DJ struggled to hold back tears as she watched her 'best bits' on Strictly Come Dancing's spin-off show, It Takes Two
  
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• Meghan Markle cradles her baby bump during royal tour with Prince Harry

  23-10-2018 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attended a state banquet in Fiji as part of their royal tour
  
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• 220 police officers from North East streets could be cut due to Government pension bill, Dame Vera Baird warns

  23-10-2018 12:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, has written a letter to the Home Secretary urging him to take action
  
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• TV's the Likely Lads were filming on location in the North East 45 years ago

  23-10-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Bolam and Rodney Bewes were in Northumberland in October 1973 filming for Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
  
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• 5G campaigner on trial LIVE: Updates as Mark Steele stands accused of threatening Gateshead councillors

  23-10-2018 10:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 57-year-old, who claims lampposts are causing cancer, is standing trial at Gateshead Magistrates' Court today
  
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• 5G campaigner on trial LIVE: Updates as Mark Steele convicted of threatening Gateshead councillors

  23-10-2018 10:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 57-year-old, who claims lampposts are causing cancer, was standing trial at Gateshead Magistrates' Court today
  
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• Salmonella warning issued as hundreds fall ill after eating mince and chops

  23-10-2018 10:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency has launched an investigation after a spike in people contracting food poisoning from meat products
  
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• Stagecoach extends £1 single fare offer for Newcastle's reintroduced Friday and Saturday night bus

  23-10-2018 09:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stagecoach's new night bus goes from the city centre to Jesmond, Kenton, Heaton, Walker, Byker, West Denton, Newbiggin Hall and Westerhope.
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing bosses hit back after Vick Hope questions judges' decision to save Seann Walsh

  23-10-2018 09:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle born radio DJ and presenter had suggested something "very strange" had happened after the dance off
  
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• Tragedy for fire service as crews deal with two fatal blazes in a matter of days

  23-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 56-year-old man died in a fire in Sunderland on Friday and a 43-year-old man died on Monday after a blaze in Newcastle
  
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• This benefit cheat took over £78,000 - but now she claims she's 'unfit' to do her unpaid work

  23-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 30-year-old mum-of-three, from Prudhoe, didn't attend the hearing she had requested claiming she was 'too anxious'
  
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• Man who thinks street lights cause cancer called Gateshead councillors 'baby killers' - Chronicle Live

  23-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Man who thinks street lights cause cancer called Gateshead councillors 'baby killers'  Chronicle LiveMark Steele has accused Gateshead Council of installing 5G transmitters that are harmful to humans.
  
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• Metro delays: 'Trains hitting a fallen tree' causing problems on Tuesday morning

  23-10-2018 08:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A fallen tree at Cullercoats and a broken-down train at Chichester are causing 'major delays' on the Metro, Nexus say
  
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• North East news LIVE: Major Metro delays due to fallen tree and broken-down train

  23-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ChronicleLive's breaking news service including Tuesday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• North East news LIVE: East Coast train lines reopens between Newcastle and Morpeth

  23-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ChronicleLive's breaking news service including Tuesday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• North East news LIVE: East Coast train lines blocked between Newcastle and Morpeth

  23-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  ChronicleLive's breaking news service including Tuesday's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East
  
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• Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland to break off from 'south of Tyne' - and have its own mayor

  23-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Legislation to create a new mayor for Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside have been approved by a Commons committee
  
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• Could you save £20m from Newcastle City Council's budget? You can tell bosses how to do it

  23-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council needs to save £20m and is asking you for input - using an interactive simulator
  
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