Gateshead news

• 'It was like Line of Duty': Residents' shock as armed police descend on Cowgate street

  17-05-2019 22:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Armed officers swooped on Moorhead in Cowgate on Friday night, while neighbours were told to leave their homes
  
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• Armed police on Cowgate street RECAP: Police head into home in Newcastle

  17-05-2019 20:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Armed police have arrived on Moorhead in Cowgate on Friday evening three days after police were first called to the area
  
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• Armed police on Cowgate street LIVE: Updates as police incident unfolds in Newcastle

  17-05-2019 20:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Armed police have arrived on Moorhead in Cowgate on Friday evening three days after police were first called to the area
  
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• EuroMillions numbers: Winning National Lottery results for Friday May 17

  17-05-2019 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions numbers and Thunderball for Friday, May 17, are below - live breaking updates below
  
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• Second man pleads not guilty to murdering teenager Connor Brown

  17-05-2019 20:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ally Gordon pleaded not guilty to murdering Connor Brown in Sunderland and Leighton Barrass denied the same charge last month
  
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• Work on Berwick's new £20m leisure centre could start within six months

  17-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland County Council is planning to build a replacement facility on the site of the existing Swan Centre in Tweedmouth.
  
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• New bar could open in Durham city centre on site of former Coral betting shop

  17-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Earlier this year, a 'change of use' bid was lodged for the ex-Coral betting Shop in 66 Saddler Street in Durham City
  
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• 'I was treating cancer with sudocrem': Vulva cancer survivor says shame prevents diagnosis

  17-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Deb Cook, from North Shields, wants to encourage people to talk openly about cancers like hers and says there's no need to be embarrassed
  
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• Clean air toll survey extended by 48 hours after fault on Newcastle City Council's website

  17-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The deadline has been extended until midnight on Sunday after a fault with Newcastle City Council's website
  
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• Clean air toll survey extended by 48 hours after fault on consultation's website

  17-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The deadline has been extended until midnight on Sunday after a fault with Newcastle City Council's website
  
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• It's ready! First look at new Killingworth Road as part of major route gets set to reopen

  17-05-2019 18:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  From 6am on Monday drivers will at long last be able head down the major Newcastle route
  
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• Shameless fraudsters use 'sophisticated' courier scam to trick elderly victims out of £100,000

  17-05-2019 18:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Edward Gibson, 80, received numerous calls from fraudsters telling him he was due more than £3,000 in overpaid bank charges
  
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• New jobs on the way as former South Shields funeral parlour is to be transformed into pharmacy

  17-05-2019 17:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  According to planning documents, the plans are expected to create 10 full-time jobs.
  
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• New Mayor for Gateshead - Gateshead Council

  17-05-2019 17:18
  New Mayor for Gateshead  Gateshead CouncilCouncillor Michael Hood is Gateshead's new Mayor having taken over the role for a second time. He will be supported by Councillor Dot Burnett as his Deputy ...
  
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• This is when you can expect to see some big changes at Newcastle Central Station

  17-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans for a £5.2m redesign of the station were unveiled earlier this year, including a new entrance opposite the Centre for Life
  
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• South Shields-born Hollywood legend, Sir Ridley Scott to receive blue plaque

  17-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Plaques aim to pay tribute to those who have made a "significant contribution to the cultural, industrial or civic legacy
  
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• Birth certificate for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie reveals where he was born

  17-05-2019 16:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is seventh in line to the throne
  
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• Green light for new policy to stamp out modern slavery in South Tyneside

  17-05-2019 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Modern slavery can refer to a range of offences - from sexual exploitation, forced labour, forced marriage or forced begging to benefit fraud, domestic servitude and illegal adoption
  
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• Report reveals £11.2m underspend in Northumberland County Council's budget

  17-05-2019 16:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The report also reveals Active Northumberland is to receive an additional one-off £300,000 payment
  
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• Eldon Square shopping centre evacuated after fire breaks out in restaurant's kitchen

  17-05-2019 15:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  TGI Fridays remains closed to the public with it currently unknown when the restaurant will be once again open for business.
  
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• South Tyneside Council adopt new rules to tackle bullying and harassment complaints

  17-05-2019 15:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  South Tyneside Council leader Iain Malcolm introduced the changes to the council constitution
  
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• 'You'll never be forgotten' - Moving tributes paid to Alex Johnson as scores turn out for funeral

  17-05-2019 15:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alex's body was tragically recovered from the River Tyne on Newcastle Quayside on May 1 following a major search
  
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• Firefighters use hacksaw to remove POTTY that got stuck on two-year-old boy's head in Aldi

  17-05-2019 13:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One fire crew from South Shields were dispatched to the scene and removed the potty from the boy's head in a matter of minutes
  
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• 'His name will live on forever' - family's heartbreaking tribute to beloved dad Paul Hutchinson

  17-05-2019 12:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Hutchinson, 42, of Ford Estate, suffered serious head injuries following a disturbance on Edward Burdis Street in the early hours of Sunday
  
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• More uncertainty as Brexit talks between Labour and Theresa May's team COLLAPSE

  17-05-2019 12:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has wrote to the Prime Minister to say the talks have ended
  
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• This outwardly respectable married grandfather groomed a 13-year-old girl for sex with gifts

  17-05-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Whitfield, of Gateshead, was a respected member of society with no previous convictions but now he has been jailed in shame
  
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• 'It's an accident waiting to happen' - Tower block residents left fearful after arsonists strike twice

  17-05-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An alleged arsonist is believed to have started the fires at Cruddas Park House in Newcastle on both Friday and Saturday evenings
  
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• How 10 years of graft has started to bear fruit in a leafy part of the city

  17-05-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  What was once a derelict part of a cemetery has been transformed into Jesmond Community Orchard, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary
  
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• Clothes retailer shuts Durham city centre outlet - but hopes to open new store

  17-05-2019 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  M&Co has closed its store at the Prince Bishops Shopping Centre in the city centre
  
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• Employees evacuated after bomb threat is made at industrial estate

  17-05-2019 11:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called out on Friday morning following reports of a bomb threat at Enterprise House
  
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• Game of Thrones been ruined by spoilers? You could win £100 from an insurance company

  17-05-2019 10:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Endsleigh has launched a competition, where viewers can get 'compensation' if their spoiler story impresses the insurance company
  
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• ITV in talks for dramatic plan to fill morning gap after Jeremy Kyle Show cancelled

  17-05-2019 09:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bosses are looking at a options for how to replace the show
  
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• Cruel son who spent severely brain-damaged mum's £260,000 compensation said it's what she wanted

  17-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Dixon, of Gateshead, abused his position of trust after being put in charge of his mum's financial affairs
  
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• Man, 30, charged with murder after body of Jarrow grandad Simon Bowman found in flat

  17-05-2019 08:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christopher Graham, 30, will appear before South Tyneside Magistrates Court on Friday morning
  
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• Research finds just 3% of under-ones have had a dental check up

  17-05-2019 08:05 via walesonline.co.uk
  Surprisingly children from deprived backgrounds were more likely to attend check-ups than their wealthier counterparts
  
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• BBC to screen TV drama inspired by Novichok poisonings in Salisbury

  17-05-2019 07:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Former KGB spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned and collapsed on a bench at The Maltings shopping centre on March 5 last year.
  
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• Whitley Bay's Spanish City adds another award to its collection

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Restoration of coastal icon is praised at Royal Institute of British Architects' regional awards, with three other North East buildings also winners
  
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• Sunderland Conservatives reveal plans for year ahead after local election gains

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sunderland's Conservative group have announced their plans for the year ahead after success in local elections
  
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• £70.8m dual carriageway will make Sunderland 'fit for purpose in the 21st Century'

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More work is due to start in the coming weeks and months - with an estimated completion date of autumn 2021
  
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• Plans unveiled to end parking 'chaos' on busy and dangerous Newcastle road

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Double yellow lines are set to be installed on parts of Warwick Street and the surrounding area, the council says
  
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• Late night bars and afternoon binge drinking is 'ruining Durham city centre'

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Afternoon binge drinkers in Durham has created a 'wild west environment', according to local business leaders
  
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• Auf Wiedersehen, Kev: How Keegan flew out of Newcastle United 35 years ago

  17-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United testimonial, Alan Shearer the ball boy, and a dramatic helicopter exit
  
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