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• William Hill building in Felling could be given ambitious revamp

  26-02-2019 21:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The bookmakers in Felling could become a house of multiple occupation
  
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• £60m budget cuts to Newcastle's frontline services clear latest hurdle - and council warns of more to come

  26-02-2019 21:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The council faces difficult decisions, amid a rise in council tax and slashes to front line services, according to Nick Forbes
  
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• Sunderland apartment plans for adults with learning difficulties set for approval

  26-02-2019 21:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The apartments will be home to young adults who have learning difficulties and need support to live independently
  
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• Ofsted inspectors note 'significant progress' in Sunderland's learning and skills service

  26-02-2019 21:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The education service was previously deemed 'inadequate' in an inspection last year
  
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• Increase of foodbank referrals causes concern in South Tyneside

  26-02-2019 21:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Councillors concerns over borough 'poverty' as South Tyneside Homes refers nearly 2,000 residents to foodbanks in just one year
  
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• How £500,000 funding will transform a Killingworth Sports Pitch for the whole community

  26-02-2019 21:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The new pitch is being funded with a half a million pound grant from the Football Foundation
  
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• Adidas offer peek at new Kanye West Yeezy trainers - and they'll be for sale in Newcastle

  26-02-2019 20:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Yeezy Boost Inertia 700 will be hitting stores next month - and footwear fans have the chance to get their hands on a pair of them in Newcastle
  
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• Bus beast already banned from public transport commits sex act in front of passengers yet again

  26-02-2019 20:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Serial flasher Gary Norman has been in court six times before and had only been released from a previous prison sentence for his filthy behaviour for a week when he did it again on two buses in Sunderland
  
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• Gran with Parkinson's disease says her life has changed after taking part in groundbreaking trial

  26-02-2019 20:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chris Proctor, from Consett, was part of a pioneering study offering hope for restoring brain cells damaged by Parkinson’s - which is set to feature in a new BBC documentary
  
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• Heartless vandals destroy sensory garden for children with autism at Sunderland centre

  26-02-2019 20:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The support workers at the Downhill Centre have been left 'devastated' following the break-in on Saturday
  
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• Clean air toll could put these two bridges at centre of Tyneside's pollution and traffic crisis

  26-02-2019 19:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  A proposed clean air toll could cause problems elsewhere as motorists attempt to avoid fees
  
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• Listen to Gateshead beatboxer aiming to make some noise at world championships - Chronicle Live

  26-02-2019 19:00
  Listen to Gateshead beatboxer aiming to make some noise at world championships  Chronicle LiveNewcastle College student Joe Walker - aka Mad Speed - will compete at the prestigious Beatbox To World 2019 event in South Korea.
  
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• Horror as rescue llama is found "shot dead" at animal sanctuary

  26-02-2019 18:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Larry the llama was found dead by the animal lovers who run Hilltop Farm Animal Sanctuary in Northumberland
  
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• Warning to parents after terrifying YouTube video shows Peppa Pig being mutilated

  26-02-2019 18:51 via leeds-live.co.uk
  Video takes a sinister turn half way through the clip
  
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• Anger over plans to expand controversial County Durham opencast mine

  26-02-2019 18:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Banks Group want to expand the Pont Valley mine, near Consett, in a bid to extract 100,000 tonnes of coal
  
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• George Pell: Most senior Catholic cleric charged with child sex abuse convicted

  26-02-2019 18:39 via walesonline.co.uk
  Cardinal George Pell faces a potential maxium 50-year prison term
  
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• Fancy a high flying new job? Emirates are recruiting cabin crew in the North East

  26-02-2019 18:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Dubai-based airline is holding a Cabin Crew Recruitment Open Day on Thursday for candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team
  
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• Stuck in Universal Credit hell? Here's a little-known way of getting help

  26-02-2019 18:12 via walesonline.co.uk
  'It’s just a pity that front line workers such as benefits advisors don’t know to refer people to us'
  
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• Live on Mars: Should humans colonise the Red Planet?

  26-02-2019 17:57 via walesonline.co.uk
  Elon Musk said there will be an 'outdoorsy, fun atmosphere' to the first base
  
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• Listen to Gateshead beatboxer aiming to make some noise at world championships

  26-02-2019 17:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle College student Joe Walker - aka Mad Speed - will compete at the prestigious Beatbox To World 2019 event in South Korea
  
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• Inquiry condemns Department for Transport after delay to East Coast Main Line improvements

  26-02-2019 17:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  MPs also warned that passengers face more problems following last year's chaos on the Northern franchise
  
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• Theresa May will ask MPs if they want to delay Brexit, if they reject her deal

  26-02-2019 17:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister's change of heart comes after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced he now backed a second referendum on Brexit
  
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• Looking for that perfect first car?

  26-02-2019 17:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  5 reasons why the new MG3 is the perfect first car
  
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• Deepcut inquest: Soldiers told Pte Geoff Gray's dad 'it could be one of us next'

  26-02-2019 17:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Private Geoff Gray was found with two gunshot wounds to his head after being on guard duty
  
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• Investigation opens into the death of Chester-le-Street man who was hit by a car

  26-02-2019 17:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Morgan, 54, died after being struck by a Nissan Pathfinder on Station Lane in Pelton
  
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• Labour anger as council leader's ward has largely unaffected by Northumberland Council tax changes

  26-02-2019 17:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The council leader's ward has the fewest people likely to be affected in the whole of Northumberland
  
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• Objections over Northumberland County Council leader's plans to build free-range egg production unit

  26-02-2019 17:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The town council and civic society in Ponteland have objected to the proposals for a free-range egg production unit
  
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• Michael Whinham's dad speaks out about 'new sightings' of his missing son

  26-02-2019 17:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Whinham says six different people have reported seeing his son in the Wolverhampton area four years after he vanished
  
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• Landlord hits back at TripAdvisor reviewers with scathing, and often amusing, retorts

  26-02-2019 16:44 via walesonline.co.uk
  You might want to think twice about giving this landlord a bad review
  
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• Glow in the dark bedding set to fly off B&M shelves

  26-02-2019 16:38 via walesonline.co.uk
  And you could get your hands on it for less than £10!
  
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• What a difference a year makes! 12 months on from the Beast from the East

  26-02-2019 16:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  The weather was very different back in February 2018
  
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• Mum dies in crash after driving down motorway in the wrong direction

  26-02-2019 15:40 via leeds-live.co.uk
  Mother-of-two Georgina Elaine Coombs was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Global to replace local breakfast radio shows with national programmes

  26-02-2019 15:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  Around 100 presenters and staff could be made redundant
  
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• India claims air strike on Pakistani territory killed large number of militants

  26-02-2019 15:26 via walesonline.co.uk
  Overnight raid was the latest escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals
  
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• Are Labour really supporting a second referendum?

  26-02-2019 15:06 via walesonline.co.uk
  At least 25 of Corbyn's MPs are planning to vote against it
  
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• When and why adults began to wear replica football shirts at matches

  26-02-2019 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New study shows Newcastle United fans were among the first to wear replica football shirts at matches
  
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• The North photographer who risked his life alongside Marie Colvin, subject of a new film

  26-02-2019 14:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Why the film ‘A Private War’ about Marie Colvin brought back bittersweet memories for photographer Tom Stoddart, who once risked his life with her
  
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• Is mowing the lawn in February 'bonkers'? This mum thinks so

  26-02-2019 14:39 via walesonline.co.uk
  Some have taken the sun as a sign it's time to mow the lawn, but one mum has sparked a huge debate
  
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• How the men of the Gibside Estate went to war, some never to return

  26-02-2019 14:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Volunteers have traced the men of the estate, now owned by the National Trust, who fought in World War One; some never saw home again
  
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• Two men appear in court charged with the murder of Connor Brown in Sunderland

  26-02-2019 14:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Leighton Barrass and Ally Gordon, both from Sunderland, have been charged with murdering 18-year-old Connor and they made their first court appearance on Tuesday
  
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• Roman graffiti from the distant past being recorded for future generations

  26-02-2019 14:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Romans working on Hadrian's Wall left their mark at a quarry, including a caricature of their officer. But their graffiti will soon be lost forever
  
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• Disgraced MP Fiona Onasanya freed after one month in jail

  26-02-2019 14:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  Police investigating reports of racist emails and letters directed at Ms Onasanya
  
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• Councils press ahead with bridges toll or 'clean air zone' plans amid pollution 'catastrophe'

  26-02-2019 14:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Leaders at Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils agreed to finally submit their initial findings to the Government
  
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• Facebook bans Tommy Robinson for breaking rules on 'organised hate'

  26-02-2019 14:20 via walesonline.co.uk
  The right wing activist had over a million followers on Facebook but his account has been closed by the social media giant
  
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• Inside the zero-rated Wingrove Chippy

  26-02-2019 14:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Inside the zero-rated Wingrove Chippy
  
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• Police officer who oversaw Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle issues terror attack warning

  26-02-2019 14:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It is 'only a matter of time' before another UK terror attack, Chief Inspector Pete Dalton said
  
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• Police probe after a man was stabbed moments after he was almost hit by a car in Sunderland

  26-02-2019 14:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The victim was left with injuries to his arms and legs after being stabbed by a driver who had almost hit him before crashing into a wall
  
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• First TikTok - now fears 'paedophiles are asking kids for sex' on this popular website

  26-02-2019 13:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bosses at Chat Avenue have defended the site, claiming 'there will always be bad apples'
  
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• Quiz: How well do you know EastEnders?

  26-02-2019 13:51 via walesonline.co.uk
  What do you know about life on Albert Square? Take our quiz to find out
  
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• February set to be most popular month for a career change

  26-02-2019 13:21 via walesonline.co.uk
  It is due to being bored at work and recovering from winter stress
  
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