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• Gateshead KITMAN scores David Beckham-esque wonder goal from halfway line in cup game - Mirror.co.uk

  25-10-2018 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
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  Gateshead KITMAN scores David Beckham-esque wonder goal from halfway line in cup game
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  In proper non-league fashion, the kitman of National League side Gateshead scored a wonder-goal from the half-way line as they ran out 4-0 winners in a regional cup competition. JJ O'Donnell, who sorts out Gateshead's kits as well as playing in ...
  
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• CCTV footage shows tragic final hours of Newcastle student who died after initiation event

  25-10-2018 19:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The family of Edward Farmer made the courageous decision to release the CCTV in a bid to ensure lessons are learned from his 'needless and wasteful death'
  
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• Meet Newcastle's own Superman and you won't believe what his name is!

  25-10-2018 19:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You'll probably see a number of Supermans on the streets of Newcastle for Halloween but none will have this name
  
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• Newcastle student Ed Farmer's family call for change following his 'needless and wasteful death' at uni initiation

  25-10-2018 19:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A coroner ruled Edward Farmer 'died due to the toxic effects of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time'
  
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• Take a look around the newly opened state-of-the-art football centre in North Shields

  25-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Evolution Football Centre has opened at the Royal Quayside Shopping Centre and has five-a-side football pitches and a sports bar
  
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• Micky Barlow: Remembering the tragic taxi driver whose diamond smile 'lit up the room'

  25-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An incredible 1,100 mourners attend dad-of-two's funeral as taxi drivers pay special tribute
  
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• Greggs want to open a new store in North Shields - but parents and councillors fear it will lead to child obesity

  25-10-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new Greggs was planned for an empty unit near John Spence High and two other schools
  
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• X Factor's Molly Scott to sing a VERY famous song from a very famous group for Guilty Pleasures week

  25-10-2018 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Easington singer MOoly Scott got a great reaction for her performance in week one of X Factor live shows last week
  
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• World War II hero's medals were found dumped in a skip - can you help find his family?

  25-10-2018 17:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Workers at NWH in North Shields found a display of medals, pictures and a service record - and now they're looking for the family it belongs to
  
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• Watch bus driver's strange decision to stop on Gateshead roundabout during rush hour - ChronicleLive

  25-10-2018 17:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  Watch bus driver's strange decision to stop on Gateshead roundabout during rush hour
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  This is the moment a bus driver made the bizarre decision to stop while travelling around a Gateshead roundabout - causing a rush-hour traffic jam. Exiting from High Street West, Jason Bourne captured the dash cam footage while driving at about 4.30pm ...
  
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• Watch bus driver's strange decision to stop on Gateshead roundabout during rush hour

  25-10-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jason Bourne captured the dash cam footage while driving in Gateshead on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Attention drivers: Plans to tackle 'congestion hotspot' in Newcastle revealed

  25-10-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The section of Kingston Park Road west of the A1 is to be widened as  part of a scheme to ease congestion on the approach to the A1 roundabout
  
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• Morrisons Jarrow staff do it again with another amazing Thriller video for Halloween

  25-10-2018 16:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff at Morrisons Jarrow went viral last year with their version of Thriller and they're well in the Halloween spirit again
  
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• 'Strong smell' of drugs leads police to suspected cannabis farm in Newcastle's West End

  25-10-2018 16:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with three drugs offences and is due to appear in court
  
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• Thief who targeted pensioner, 68, in violent mugging got away with just £5

  25-10-2018 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 68-year-old man was approached on a street in Sunderland by a man who asked for money before he was pushed down
  
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• Sir Philip Green named as businessman in 'British #MeToo' injunction scandal

  25-10-2018 16:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Topshop owner Sir Philip Green has been named in Parliament by Lord Hain
  
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• Halloween: Why do we celebrate it, what exactly is it and what did the druid have to do with it?

  25-10-2018 16:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  How modern-day Halloween - with its trick or treating and Scream masks - has its ancient roots in the mists of time
  
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• Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah says she knows the name of leading businessman accused of harassing staff

  25-10-2018 15:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newspapers are barred from naming the businessman, but MP says she could do so if there is 'a huge miscarriage of justice'
  
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• Watch Gateshead's kitman score a screamer from the halfway line - The Irish News

  25-10-2018 15:46 via irishnews.com
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  Watch Gateshead's kitman score a screamer from the halfway line
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  A kitman-cum-footballer lit up the Durham FA Challenge Cup this week with a goal reminiscent of one of David Beckham's finest. Gateshead FC midfielder JJ O'Donnell was given the role of kit manager to keep him involved while recovering from a rare foot ...and more »
  
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• BBC 'too slow' to end pay gap between men and women

  25-10-2018 15:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster is under fire from MPs who found it still pays men more then women
  
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• Sunderland date for North East Film Archive home movie screening event

  25-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The North East Film Archive will create its very own 'Antiques Roadshow' at an event this weekend
  
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• Revealed: The Bigg Market curry house which had 'grubby' kitchen and 'dirty, smelly' toilets

  25-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Newcastle City Council report has revealed shocking findings after health inspectors visited Koh-I-Noor in January
  
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• Cocaine kingpin jailed AGAIN after jumping red light in Jaguar he 'forgot' to tell police he was driving

  25-10-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Goicoechea, of Tynemouth, admitted breaching a court order by failing to tell police he was driving a Jaguar XF, which was pulled over for going through a red light
  
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• Perrie Edwards leaks new Little Mix song - and boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain loves it

  25-10-2018 12:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was captured dancing to the new song - and Little Mix fans loved it
  
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• Details of Durham rugby players' final night out revealed as police continue to probe Sri Lanka deaths

  25-10-2018 12:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An inquest into the deaths of Thomas Howard and Thomas Baty opened at County Durham and Darlington Coroner's Court in Crook on Thursday
  
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• The Tyneside housing estate that was demolished after just 25 years

  25-10-2018 12:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  St Cuthbert's Village in Gateshead was officially opened in 1970, but by 1995 the last flats were being demolished
  
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• From the Whey Aye to Gateshead Quayside Arena: This is the development YOU'RE most excited about - ChronicleLive

  25-10-2018 12:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
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  From the Whey Aye to Gateshead Quayside Arena: This is the development YOU'RE most excited about
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  Geordies have given a big "Whey Aye" to plans for a stunning development at the Quayside. Over the past few months, ChronicleLive has featured designs for four major schemes that could transform the banks of the Tyne over the coming years.
  
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• Village to honour one of their own who went off to war and came back a Victoria Cross hero

  25-10-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Memorial dedicated to William McNally, whose gallantry was recognised no less than three times, to be unveiled in Murton
  
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• From the Whey Aye to Gateshead Quayside Arena: This is the development YOU'RE most excited about

  25-10-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We asked our readers to pick their favourite project out of a list of four major schemes that are set to transform the Quayside area in Newcastle and Gateshead
  
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• Royal British Legion selling 'gold leaf' poppies as it sets £50m Remembrance 2018 target

  25-10-2018 11:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you look carefully, you may be able to spot '1918 - 2018' printed in gold on your Royal British Legion poppy's green stem
  
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• GMI wins £125m Gateshead distribution centre - Construction Enquirer

  25-10-2018 11:27 via constructionenquirer.com
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  GMI wins £125m Gateshead distribution centre
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  GMI Construction Group has been awarded the contract to build a £125m distribution and warehouse complex in Gateshead. The Follingsby Max development could eventually offer 2.5 million sq ft of space. Site infrastructure and enabling works have started ...
  
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• Durham University student Matthew Hedges appears in court in UAE accused of spying

  25-10-2018 11:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Matthew Hedges was held at Dubai airport on May 5 after flying in to interview sources about the country's foreign policy
  
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• Amazing photographs of the stunning sunsets we've been treated to in the North East

  25-10-2018 10:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The region looks even better when it is a backdrop for a colourful sunset, as photos posted to social media show
  
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• Starbucks refills for just £1.30? This hack could get you 'unlimited' coffee all day

  25-10-2018 10:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you're sick of paying too much for your coffee, this trick could keep you drinking fresh Starbucks for as long as you can stay in the store
  
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• War memorials being refurbished and the 'Thankful Village' where everyone came back from WW1

  25-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Work underway on no less than 15 war memorials, and the one North East village where everyone who left for the war returned home
  
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• Sunderland pensioner, 87, handed over £6,000 to criminal pretending to investigate fraud

  25-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after an 87-year-old man was phoned by somebody posing as a police officer who told him to withdraw money
  
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• From the Whey Aye to Gateshead Quayside Arena: This is the development YOU'RE most excited about - Chronicle Live

  25-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  From the Whey Aye to Gateshead Quayside Arena: This is the development YOU'RE most excited about  Chronicle LiveWe asked our readers to pick their favourite project out of a list of four major schemes that are set to transform the Quayside area in Newcastle and Gateshead.
  
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• Boss used a plank of wood to batter worker who turned up at his home to ask about unpaid wages

  25-10-2018 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Building firm boss Gary Young attacked Andrew Graham with a plank of wood during a confrontation at his home in Sunderland about money the victim and others said they were owed
  
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• Search and rescue operation launched as two women seen in distress on Tynemouth coast

  25-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police, paramedics and the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Bridge were part of a search for two women off the North East coast
  
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• Police struggling to serve the public as Government urged to prioritise policing in Autumn Budget

  25-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC backs calls for the Government to make more funding available for policing
  
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• North East MPs back challenge to Northern Ireland ban on abortion

  25-10-2018 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  MPs backed claims that a ban on abortion is incompatible with human rights
  
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