Gateshead news

• North East Business Awards 2019 RECAP: Lexonik crowned Teesside Company of the Year

  28-03-2019 23:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tonight is the third round of the North East Business Awards where businesses in the region will compete in 12 categories
  
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• Drug dealing pensioner jailed for more than two years for selling heroin from her home

  28-03-2019 22:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Hunter, 62, was 'fairly entrenched' in drugs and sold heroin to both friends and strangers, a court heard
  
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• Councillors rubber-stamp plans for affordable homes on ex-community centre site

  28-03-2019 22:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The homes will be built at the site of the Annfield Community Centre near Stanley
  
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• ITV boss opens up on Love Island's duty of care after deaths of Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis

  28-03-2019 22:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sophie Gradon - who appeared on season two of the reality show in 2016 - was found dead at an address in Ponteland, Northumberland, last June
  
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• You can now walk around with your drink in Newcastle's Stack

  28-03-2019 21:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Council bosses and police dropped concerns about dangerous overcrowding and fire hazards
  
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• Gateshead shop closed over alleged anti-social behaviour and illegal tobacco complaints

  28-03-2019 21:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Istanbul Store on Coatsworth Road, Gateshead, has been the subject of numerous complaints from members of the public.
  
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• Love-locks are being removed from High Level Bridge and it is causing outrage

  28-03-2019 21:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 5,000 love-locks are being cut from the High Level Bridge as part of Network Rails 'maintenance'
  
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• Teenager tells how he found his dad dead - allegedly murdered by employee he thought was 'lovely'

  28-03-2019 21:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Steve Coulson was allegedly choked to death at his home in Stakeford by employee and friend Paul Johnson, who denies murder
  
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• Newcastle MP to write to Home Office over case of PC who made racial slur in takeaway

  28-03-2019 20:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central, will raise the matter of PC Katie Barratt, who was sacked by Northumbria Police but won her job back after an appeal
  
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• Man with suspected BB gun arrested after armed police descend upon Gateshead street - ChronicleLive

  28-03-2019 20:27
  Man with suspected BB gun arrested after armed police descend upon Gateshead street  ChronicleLiveOfficers with Northumbria Police were called to the scene on Coatsworth Road, Bensham, at about 7.30am on Thursday to reports of a man 'with a firearm'
  
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• Man with suspected BB gun arrested after armed police descend upon Gateshead street

  28-03-2019 20:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Officers with Northumbria Police were called to the scene on Coatsworth Road, Bensham, at about 7.30am on Thursday to reports of a man 'with a firearm'
  
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• North East Business Awards 2019 LIVE: Updates from the final heat on Teesside

  28-03-2019 20:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tonight is the third round of the North East Business Awards where businesses in the region will compete in 12 categories
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt on beating Twitter trolls, her new boyfriend and those Strictly Come Dancing rumours

  28-03-2019 19:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scarlett Moffatt appeared on ITV's Lorraine and told how she deals with Twitter trolls, spoke about her new policeman boyfriend and how she would like to do Strictly
  
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• Love-locks are being removed from High Level Bridge are it is causing outrage

  28-03-2019 19:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 5,000 love-locks are being cut from the High Level Bridge as part of Network Rails 'maintenance'
  
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• Sunderland City Council declares 'climate emergency' and reveals new plan to reduce carbon emissions

  28-03-2019 18:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The United Nations has previously warned there could be just 12 years left to limit "climate change catastrophe"
  
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• Cancer patients face stress due to lack of help from employers, charity says

  28-03-2019 18:27 via walesonline.co.uk
  Employers may be breaking the law by not supporting people diagnosed with the disease
  
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• Breakfast interrupted at a cafe by masked gunmen who 'kidnapped' man

  28-03-2019 18:24 via walesonline.co.uk
  The man had run into the cafe shouting 'save me' before being bundled into a car
  
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• Cinematic Orchestra at Sage Gateshead impress our reviewer - Chronicle Live

  28-03-2019 18:04
  Cinematic Orchestra at Sage Gateshead impress our reviewer  Chronicle LiveThe Cinematic Orchestra played a thrilling live mix of jazz, electronic and classical.
  
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• Trawlermen fishing for prawns dredge up human remains

  28-03-2019 17:45 via walesonline.co.uk
  Unidentified man was caught in the team's nets
  
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• Couple who loaned woman thousands for a mansion deposit were 'groomed and scammed'

  28-03-2019 17:38 via walesonline.co.uk
  Woman convinced the pair she needed the down payment for a nine-bedroom home
  
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• South Tyneside end of life and palliative care plans to be revealed

  28-03-2019 17:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Health chiefs have confirmed they are working on plans for the future of end of life and palliative care in South Tyneside, following the closure of st Clare's Hospice, and expect a report to be ready by the end of June
  
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• National Lottery Set for Life results LIVE: Winning numbers for Thursday March 28

  28-03-2019 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Set for Life offers a top prize of a staggering £10,000 dropped into a winner's bank account every month for 30 years
  
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• Gateshead fans have their say on ‘ideal candidate’ Chris Dunphy as he eyes takeover - Sunderland Echo

  28-03-2019 17:29
  Gateshead fans have their say on ‘ideal candidate’ Chris Dunphy as he eyes takeover  Sunderland EchoInfluential Gateshead fans have thrown their backing behind Chris Dunphy's bid to buy the club.
  
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• Arsonist abandons attack on farm in Gateshead after setting himself on fire - Sky News

  28-03-2019 17:27
  Arsonist abandons attack on farm in Gateshead after setting himself on fire  Sky NewsFootage of the incident shows the man running away with his hand on fire after an arson attack gone wrong on a farm workshop.
  
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• Universal Credit to a 'climate emergency': Everything you missed from Sunderland's full council meeting

  28-03-2019 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Councillors clashed as the authority prepares for the latest round of local council elections in May
  
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• Brand new special needs primary school planned for Gateshead

  28-03-2019 17:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The school's current site in Whickham was extended just a few years ago, but civic centre officials say it is still too small to meet the rapidly-growing demand for special school places in the borough
  
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• Why the Red Arrows will not be at the Great North Run and Sunderland Airshow this year

  28-03-2019 17:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The RAF display team are a highlight of the Great North Run and Sunderland Airshow  ... but not this year
  
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• Sunderland councillors agree to freeze allowances for next year

  28-03-2019 16:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Conservative and Liberal Democrats on the council attempted to block the decision, calling for the allowances' report to be sent back to cabinet
  
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• How North East MPs voted on a second Brexit referendum

  28-03-2019 16:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A number of Labour MPs refused to back the official policy of voting for a referendum
  
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• 'Sweetest boy' took his own life aged 12 after being bullied

  28-03-2019 16:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  ‘He was our amazing, special angel,’ say his heartbroken parents
  
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• Love-locks removed from High Level Bridge his causing outrage but hard-hearted Network Rail bosses say they have to go

  28-03-2019 16:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 5,000 love-locks are being cut from the High Level Bridge as part of Network Rails 'maintenance'
  
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• Man slams 'ridiculous' benefits system after winning third DWP battle in six years

  28-03-2019 16:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  Graham Duncan had his Personal Independence Payment (PIP) slashed by £250 a month
  
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• North of Tyne Mayor candidates oppose clean air toll plans - as Tory hopeful vows to fight his own Government

  28-03-2019 16:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Gateshead councils have been ordered to cut air pollution and revealed two competing proposals
  
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• CCTV released after travelling gang steal £100,000 worth of jewellery in high-value burglaries

  28-03-2019 15:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A travelling burglary gang has targeted seven Tyneside homes and made off with thousands of pounds worth of jewellery from Tyneside
  
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• Rapist jailed after detectives discover chilling message on victim's phone about sexual assault

  28-03-2019 15:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Police were investigating Ian Rawsterne's harassment against a woman when they discovered he had already raped her
  
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• How to make your home an Instagram hit in six simple steps

  28-03-2019 15:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  Restoring Landsdowne's Kristine Hall shares her styling secrets for 'decor-gramming' success
  
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• Good boy: Sniffer dog retires from the force after years of catching criminals

  28-03-2019 15:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Police dog Dougie has earned his retirement after five years working with Northumbria Police as an explosives and ammunition dog
  
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• Brexit: What the hell is going to happen next?

  28-03-2019 15:16 via walesonline.co.uk
  House of Commons split on what sort of Brexit it would like
  
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• Stressed social worker stole £28k from vulnerable families fund - to feed cocaine addiction

  28-03-2019 14:50 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Lisa Finn forged signatures on council documents meant to provide emergency money for desperate families
  
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• Rivers twice as wide as those on Earth flowed on Mars one billion years ago

  28-03-2019 14:33 via walesonline.co.uk
  Raging water courses carved deep channels into the Martian surface
  
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• Proposals for compulsory microchipping of cats get ministerial backing

  28-03-2019 14:26 via walesonline.co.uk
  Cat owners could be required by law to microchip their pet
  
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• Watch moment arsonist sets fire to HIMSELF while trying to target former Gateshead farm

  28-03-2019 14:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man can be seen fleeing the scene after starting a fire at a former Winlaton farm and accidentally setting himself on fire
  
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• Labour chair Ian Lavery explains why he abstained in the Commons vote on a new Brexit referendum

  28-03-2019 14:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour MPs were whipped to vote for another Brexit referendum but the party Chair abstained instead
  
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• Revealed: How much the North East would lose if Nissan shuts its Washington factory

  28-03-2019 14:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Japanese car manufacturer continues to warn of 'serious implications' over Brexit as it waits for clarity
  
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• Eye-removal operation was result of inexcusable NHS failure, reveals investigation

  28-03-2019 14:08 via walesonline.co.uk
  Failure to diagnose and treat Eric Stevenson's eye infection meant it became untreatable
  
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• Are you smarter than a seven-year-old? Take our quiz

  28-03-2019 13:58 via walesonline.co.uk
  Would you be top of the class?
  
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• How Rainforest Ball hosted by a retired headteacher could help save endangered gorillas

  28-03-2019 13:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  With less than 300 Cross River gorillas left in the wild, John Daniels from Northumberland is hosting a charity ball to help save them from extinction
  
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• Hilton offers free hotel rooms for naps this Monday

  28-03-2019 13:33 via walesonline.co.uk
  The company are letting people book an hour's stay at selected hotels across the country for a quick kip
  
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• Daffodil worker shortages amid crop loss warnings after Brexit uncertainty

  28-03-2019 13:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  The daffodil season provides around £45 million a year to the UK economy
  
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• The full list of common illnesses you will no longer get an NHS prescription for

  28-03-2019 13:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A chart showing the medicines that won't be available to patients has gone viral on Facebook
  
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