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• Gas cylinders explode as huge fire breaks out at County Durham industrial estate

  16-05-2019 21:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters are at South West Industrial Estate in Peterlee after a fire involving gas canisters broke out on Thursday evening
  
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• Three Britons killed as small plane crashes near Dubai International Airport

  16-05-2019 21:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The four-seat plane crashed while on a mission to calibrate terrestrial navigation systems at the airport
  
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• Lotto results: Winning National Lottery Set For Life numbers for Thursday May 16

  16-05-2019 20:15 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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• Lotto results LIVE: Winning National Lottery Set For Life numbers for Thursday May 16

  16-05-2019 20:15 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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• Car submerged by tides after driver parks on Holy Island causeway before going 'for a walk'

  16-05-2019 20:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Coastguard has issued a reminder asking drivers not to park on the causeway road between Lindisfarne and the main land
  
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• North East Business Awards 2019 RECAP: Tharsus win Company of the Year

  16-05-2019 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The grand final of the North East Business Awards takes place at Hardwick Hall Hotel after three regional heats earlier this year
  
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• North East Business Awards 2019 LIVE: Company of the Year to be revealed in grand final

  16-05-2019 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The grand final of the North East Business Awards takes place at Hardwick Hall Hotel after three regional heats earlier this year
  
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• The steak bake cake! The mouth-watering Greggs birthday cake for a 15-year-old pasty fan

  16-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The cake was made by baker Ruth Hoggett for the ultimate Greggs fan
  
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• 'Cancer has started a war with me' - Brave woman, 25, opens up after devastating cervical cancer diagnosis

  16-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Amy Anderson, from Springwell, Gateshead, has been diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 25
  
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• Army veteran completes five marathons in five days for Charlie and Carter Cookson

  16-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Ahmed, of South Shields, decided to take on the challenge after being touched by the plight of the Cookson family
  
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• The mural of Martin Luther King the Laing Art Gallery wants to put up in Newcastle city centre

  16-05-2019 18:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gallery bosses are hoping that the image will bring a "confident and innovative vision" to what is currently an unremarkable and neglected wall
  
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• Watch Vera filming in Gosforth as crime drama brings action to a quiet residential street

  16-05-2019 17:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cast and crew of ITV hit are spotted at work in a quiet Gosforth avenue as working on new series gathers pace
  
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• Gateshead hit by new blow as directors walk out - Chronicle Live

  16-05-2019 17:15
  Gateshead hit by new blow as directors walk out  Chronicle LiveNew manager confirm Nigel Harrop and Trevor Clark have left.
  
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• Brother's last words before Manchester Arena attack were row over car - The Northern Echo

  16-05-2019 17:12
  Brother's last words before Manchester Arena attack were row over car  The Northern EchoTHE brother of a North-East victim of the Manchester Arena terror attack has spoken of his loss, as he urges people to pay tribute to him on the…
  
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• Why deaf people and other British Sign Language users can struggle to access NHS services

  16-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Newcastle MP wants better access to treatment and information for users of British Sign Language
  
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• North East parents urged to talk to their children about alcohol and mental health

  16-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The North East of England’s alcohol office is giving advice to parents as thousands of children approach busy exam period
  
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• Newcastle and Gateshead to host huge 'TRY on the Tyne' run-cycle-run duathlon race - Chronicle Live

  16-05-2019 17:00
  Newcastle and Gateshead to host huge 'TRY on the Tyne' run-cycle-run duathlon race  Chronicle LiveRunners and cyclists of all abilities are encouraged to sign up for a new duathlon race across Newcastle and Gateshead's riverbanks this summer. The first TRY ...
  
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• Contentious plans for caravan and camping site at Druridge Bay Country Park set to go ahead

  16-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The development would provide stone-surfaced access tracks and 20 caravan/camper-van pitches with electrical hook-up points and nearby water standpipes
  
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• 'Beautiful inside and out' - Family say final farewell as Gateshead mum Sorrelle Bamford is laid to rest - Chronicle Live

  16-05-2019 17:00
  'Beautiful inside and out' - Family say final farewell as Gateshead mum Sorrelle Bamford is laid to rest  Chronicle LiveThe mum-of-four, from Crawcrook, Gateshead, died in April and since then hundreds of tributes have been paid to her.
  
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• 'Beautiful inside and out' - Family say final farewell as Gateshead mum Sorrelle Bamford is laid to rest

  16-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-four, from Crawcrook, Gateshead, died in April and since then hundreds of tributes have been paid to her
  
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• Illegal scrap metal trader fined almost £3,000 after being caught red-handed loading van

  16-05-2019 16:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Derek Jackson has been fined more than £2,900 after he was found guilty of waster offences in Newcastle
  
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• Five things we learned from Sunderland City Council's 2019 annual meeting

  16-05-2019 15:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The appointment of a new mayor and deputy mayor was supposed to be the highlight the annual meeting
  
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• Police praise for duo who helped vulnerable man on Newcastle's Tyne Bridge

  16-05-2019 14:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The actions of an off-duty officer and member of the public who stopped to help man who had climbed onto bridge railings
  
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• Watch heroic shopkeeper bravely confront attempted robber and chase him away

  16-05-2019 13:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Quarmby has been sentenced to six years and three months in jail after being found guilty following a two-day trial
  
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• Jarrow murder probe: Police patrolling the scene as investigation continues

  16-05-2019 13:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 30-year-old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of the murder of father-of-two Simon Bowman
  
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• 'I have a knife and will stab you' - drunk man threatened Morrisons security guard as a 'joke'

  16-05-2019 12:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dominic Howe shouted and swore at the Morrisons employee in Jarrow in the unsavoury incident, calling the man a "fat c***"
  
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• Plans for almost 70 'affordable' homes on former school site given the green light

  16-05-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Planning bosses at Durham County Council have approved plans to build 67 affordable homes on the site of the former Eden Community Primary School
  
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• £1.8 million to boost development of new homes in Gateshead - Gateshead Council

  16-05-2019 11:54
  £1.8 million to boost development of new homes in Gateshead  Gateshead CouncilThe funding will unlock the development of 191 homes at Clasper Village.
  
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• Man arrested after bomb threat at Portsmouth vs Sunderland play-off clash

  16-05-2019 11:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man is in custody after posting tweets that made reference to killing 150 football fans by setting off bombs
  
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• Teenager rescued after becoming trapped by the tide in Whitley Bay

  16-05-2019 11:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old was stuck at the bottom of a sea wall in Whitley Bay while the tide was coming in and crews from Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade and Cullercoats Lifeboat went to help
  
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• Security stepped up ahead of Sunderland v Portsmouth match after man threatens to 'kill at least 150 fans'

  16-05-2019 09:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the matter ahead of the sold-out Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final second leg at Fratton Park
  
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• Exclusive: Ex-Gateshead & England C midfielder Tom White discusses potential Hartlepool United move - Hartlepool Mail

  16-05-2019 09:02
  Exclusive: Ex-Gateshead & England C midfielder Tom White discusses potential Hartlepool United move  Hartlepool MailTransfer target Tom White admits a recent meeting with Hartlepool United manager Craig Hignett left him "very impressed" as he weighs up his next move.
  
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• Tyneside schoolkids rise to the cycling challenge

  16-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John Spence Community High School wins five-day national cycling challenge, now pupils hope to persuade more people to get on their bikes this summer
  
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• Muslim school sent 'disgusting' hate mail including images of Jimmy Savile and 'suspicious' disc

  16-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bahr Academy has been targeted by vandals twice in the past, and leaders say the school has received vile hate mail before
  
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• Fears over plans to build luxury chalets, static caravans and camping pods on disused quarry

  16-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans have been submitted to build 35 units at Framhill Farm, to the north-west of Longframlington
  
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• Royal Navy shadows Russian destroyer as it passes through English Channel

  16-05-2019 06:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  HMS Northumberland was scrambled to meet and shadow the Severomorsk as it sailed through the English Channel
  
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• Posters prove the latest war on waste is nothing new

  16-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With war being waged on food waste, posters have come up for sale which depict life in the Second World War when the country faced starvation
  
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• New plans to build 30 homes on former Northumberland school site

  16-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The first bid for 30 homes on the school site, north of Wooler, was refused against the advice of planners
  
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• Derelict Blaydon Social Club to be demolished and replaced with 25 new homes

  16-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former social club building was described as an 'eyesore' after it closed a number of years ago
  
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• Decision due on plans to extend Northumberland holiday park

  16-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The proposals would see another 60 static caravans permitted on a new area of Barmoor Castle Country Park
  
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• Dad kicked out of restaurant with children because their mum wasn't with them

  16-05-2019 06:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Toddler Olivia cried: "Why wouldn't the man let me have curry and rice?"
  
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• Fears HS2 costs are 'out of control' and trains may never reach the North

  16-05-2019 01:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Damning inquiry by two former chancellors says the Government should make improving services in the North the top priority
  
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• Drugs helping cancer sufferers live longer and better lives will be world's first

  16-05-2019 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  The drugs could be available within the next decade
  
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