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• Sunderland 2033: Public examination into Sunderland's 'local plan' for jobs, business growth, transport and housing launches this week

  21-05-2019 22:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The plan covers Sunderland's future, including jobs, economy, housing and infrastructure
  
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• Meeting time change could make life 'difficult' for working councillors, city Conservatives claim

  21-05-2019 22:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If plans go ahead, full council meetings could take place at 4pm instead of 6pm
  
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• Plans to replace a hospice which collapsed into insolvency must be 'realistic', council warns

  21-05-2019 21:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  South Tyneside Council has responded to a survey on the future of palliative care in the borough, following the closure of St Clare's Hospice, in Jarrow
  
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• 'Charming' thug cleared of raping and trying to murder woman - but guilty of saucepan attack

  21-05-2019 20:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Darran Read found guilty of wounding with intent on woman he met in Sunderland club but cleared of attempted murder and rape
  
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• Missing Consett teenager Carlos Grundy is found safe and well

  21-05-2019 20:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old had been missing since Saturday when he got a bus to Newcastle and did not return home
  
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• Concern for missing Consett teenager Carlos Grundy who may be in Manchester

  21-05-2019 20:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old has been missing since Saturday when he got a bus to Newcastle and did not return home
  
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• EuroMillions numbers: Winning National Lottery results for Tuesday May 21

  21-05-2019 19:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions numbers and Thunderball for Tuesday May 21 are below - live breaking updates below
  
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• Bent banana man's £25,000 fruit scam left bitter taste in boss' mouth

  21-05-2019 19:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David McGivena, of Gateshead, was in a trusted position earning £35,000 a year when he carried out a nine year banana scam
  
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• North East Brexit Party candidate on milkshake, the EU - and living in London

  21-05-2019 19:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Brian Monteith is running to be North East MEP on Thursday for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party
  
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• Doting mum-of-two Tanya Davies loses her cancer fight - and her final wish will break your heart

  21-05-2019 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Friends and family gathered to remember the loving mum on what would have been her 33rd birthday
  
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• Wheelie bin thieves made to take part in charity car wash after being caught by police

  21-05-2019 19:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The man and woman were caught wheeling the bin over the A69 overpass in Newcastle but police decided to not press charges
  
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• Hexham MP Guy Opperman joins 'One Nation' group of Conservative MPs

  21-05-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New Tory group is designed to keep the party in the centre ground, as Conservatives prepare for a leadership contest
  
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• Record-breaking response to controversial clean air toll plans

  21-05-2019 18:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  A staggering 19,000 people responded to the controversial clean air plans
  
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• Theresa May offers MPs chance to hold second Brexit referendum in 'last chance' bid to get her deal approved

  21-05-2019 18:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Theresa May offers MPs a vote on a second referendum, and the chance to back Labour's rival Brexit plan, as she attempts to win support for her deal
  
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• Pressure grows on Ministry of Defence to back British shipbuilders

  21-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan joins Labour MPs to protest after foreign firms invited to bid for contracts
  
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• Double rapist Eric McKenna's first victim visited grave of attacker's dad the day after his body was dug up

  21-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wendy Forrester reveals anguish at learning family of Newcastle man who raped her more than three decades ago are continuing extreme fight to clear his name
  
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• Campaigners 'delighted' as councillors reject ex-school site homes plan over tree felling concerns

  21-05-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The plans for the former Boldon C of E Primary School site have been rejected
  
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• Works begins to bring Swedish Garden to Gateshead - Gateshead Council website

  21-05-2019 16:52
  Works begins to bring Swedish Garden to Gateshead  Gateshead Council websiteAn idea for a Swedish garden in Saltwell Park, Gateshead is making progress with works beginning on site this week. The Buzzing Garden, led by the National ...
  
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• Armed officers swoop on West Denton home as gun threat probe continues

  21-05-2019 16:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A total of 13 people have now been questioned in connection with the incident at a home in Cowgate
  
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• Armed officers swoop on Cowgate home as gun threat probe continues

  21-05-2019 16:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A total of 13 people have now been questioned in connection with the incident at a home in Cowgate which police believe was a case of mistaken identity
  
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• 'I don't get time to be lonely': Mum opens up about caring for her two disabled children

  21-05-2019 15:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Gateshead carer has opened up about looking after her two children, who both have disabilities
  
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• Labour Chair Ian Lavery hits out at shadow minister who said Brexit could bring down Jeremy Corbyn

  21-05-2019 14:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wansbeck MP warns: 'For too many across our movement Brexit has become yet another stick with which to beat Jeremy Corbyn'
  
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• Heaton Manor School name change confirmed - leaders say Jesmond Park Academy will be a 'fresh start'

  21-05-2019 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Heaton Manor School has been renamed Jesmond Park Academy, to the confusion of some locals
  
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• Murder accused appears in court accused of killing grandfather Simon Bowman

  21-05-2019 13:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christopher Graham, of Washington, is accused of murdering Simon Bowman, whose body was found at his home in Jarrow last week
  
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• Schoolkids serve up afternoon tea delight thanks to Northumberland hotel

  21-05-2019 13:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pupils from Percy Hedley School learn to serve afternoon tea in style after a visit to Matfen Hall Hotel - much to the delight of their families
  
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• Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain Jamie's Italian collapses, putting 1,300 jobs at risk

  21-05-2019 12:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jamie Oliver said he is 'deeply saddened' as restaurant chain Jamie's Italian has appointed administrators
  
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• Weekend and Bank Holiday Monday weather forecast as Newcastle hosts This Is Tomorrow Festival

  21-05-2019 12:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  It's the final Bank Holiday of the Spring, so let's hope the weather plays its part, with Foals, Noel Gallagher and Stereophonics in town
  
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• Booze restrictions relaxed for Osborne Road hotels despite fears of 'marauding drinkers'

  21-05-2019 12:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Neighbours complained that allowing both the Carlton Hotel's Spy Bar and the New Kent Hotel greater freedom to sell booze would amount to an extension of the infamous Osborne Road drinking strip
  
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• Burglar raided West End family's home while woman and her children were asleep upstairs

  21-05-2019 12:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liam Tait burgled a home in Fenham while the man of the house was out working as a taxi driver
  
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• Piers Morgan weighs into Nigel Farage milkshake protest debate

  21-05-2019 11:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Good Morning Britain host was debating the incident on TV this morning
  
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• Come Dine With Me wants couples from Newcastle and Sunderland areas to take part

  21-05-2019 11:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  It takes two minutes to apply for the series, set to be filmed over the summer
  
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• Oxford University pledges to massively boost numbers of disadvantaged and state school students

  21-05-2019 10:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Last year, statistics showed only 2% applying to the prestigious university were from the North East, but it wants more from disadvantaged backgrounds
  
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• Man charged after milkshake thrown at Nigel Farage during visit to Newcastle

  21-05-2019 09:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Crowther, 32, of Holeyn Road, Throckley, is due to appear before magistrates in North Tyneside on Tuesday, June 18.
  
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• DWP Universal Credit and Child Benefit payment dates for May Bank Holiday

  21-05-2019 09:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  These are the payment dates for Universal Credit and Child Benefit over the May Bank Holiday
  
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• Dewsbury Celtic ease to Gateshead success and move top of Division Three table - Dewsbury Reporter

  21-05-2019 09:03
  Dewsbury Celtic ease to Gateshead success and move top of Division Three table  Dewsbury ReporterDewsbury Celtic are the new leaders of National Conference League Division Three following their 46-4 success over Gateshead last Saturday.
  
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• Sunderland City Council approves safety application for Spice Girls concert at the Stadium of Light

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Special Safety Certificate has set the maximum number of spectators as 50,835 slightly down on the first figure
  
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• Online predator sent back to jail after he's snared by paedophile hunters

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Graham Burton, of Sunderland, had been jailed in 2017 for very similar offending when he engaged in sexual chat on a dating app with what he believed was a 15-year-old girl
  
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• Metro bosses issue warning to graffiti vandals after worker is sprayed in the face with paint

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man, who broke his ankle, was arrested as he was fleeing from security guards at a train depot in Gosforth - now a warning is being sent out about the dangers of trespassing on the network
  
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• Latest bid to transform former hotel in Wooler into apartments submitted

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Ryecroft Hotel in Wooler already has planning permission to be converted into housing after a number of previous bids fell through
  
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• Head teacher at Sunderland school reveals how he and his family were threatened after he took post

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The head teacher at a struggling Sunderland school revealed how he and his family were threatened by a parent and pupils as he tried to turn it around
  
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• Bids for family homes and retirement block at old workhouse near Hexham town centre

  21-05-2019 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two applications for a site across from the town's hospital have been submitted with plans for family homes and a retirement block
  
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• Niki Lauda: Three-time Formula One world champion dies aged 70

  21-05-2019 08:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Niki Lauda, who was called a 'legend' by British racing driver Jenson Button, died on Monday
  
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• York City expect to lose out in bids for Gateshead targets - York Press

  21-05-2019 08:02
  York City expect to lose out in bids for Gateshead targets  York PressYORK City's management team have held talks with players from troubled former club Gateshead, but expect to lose out to higher-league suitors.
  
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• When victorious Newcastle United defied the drunken hooligans of Glasgow Rangers

  21-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fifty years ago, Newcastle United beat Glasgow Rangers in the Fairs Cup semi-final as disorder raged at St James' Park
  
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• Protesters sign petition to save 'essential' bus service scrapped due to 'low passenger numbers'

  21-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Protesters in the Coalfield area have called for Go North East to reverse plans to axe the 38 bus service between Castletown and Chester-le-Street
  
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• North East MP insists only Labour can deliver a second Brexit referendum

  21-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Liberal Democrats and Greens are portraying themselves as anti-Brexit parties but County Durham MP Phil Wilson insists only Labour can actually get another public vote
  
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• Farringdon Community Academy marked 'Requires Improvement' for third time in a row by Ofsted

  21-05-2019 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A new head teacher was appointed at the Sunderland school last year, which has not been marked 'Good' by Ofsted for 10 years
  
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