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• Masked Singer winner Nicola Roberts hints at Girls Aloud reunion after Queen Bee triumph

  17-02-2020 23:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nicola won The Masked Singer final on Saturday night as Queen Bee and has hinted at a Girls Aloud reunion
  
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• Caroline Flack's ex Andrew Brady breaks silence to give emotional tribute

  17-02-2020 23:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Caroline Flack's ex-boyfriend Andrew Brady has spoken out two days after the death of Caroline Flack
  
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• Love Island scrap sponsored ads for important message in honour of Caroline Flack

  17-02-2020 22:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Love Island scrapped its sponsored ads and replaced them with important messages as it returned to ITV2 on Monday
  
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• Watch Love Island's Caroline Flack tribute featuring heartfelt message from narrator Iain Stirling

  17-02-2020 22:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Love Island narrator Iain Stirling voiced the tribute to Caroline that aired at the start of Monday night's episode
  
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• ITV speak out on Caroline Flack ahead as Love Island returns to screens

  17-02-2020 21:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Love Island returns to ITV2 on Monday night after being pulled following Caroline Flack's death on Saturday
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after suspected shooting in Fawdon

  17-02-2020 20:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old was arrested after a window was damaged by a suspected firearm on Dykefield Avene on Thursday night
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Monday February 17

  17-02-2020 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We'll bring you the winning National Lottery Set For Life numbers for Monday February 17 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning lottery numbers for Monday February 17

  17-02-2020 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We'll bring you the winning National Lottery Set For Life numbers for Monday February 17 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• Labour leadership debate LIVE: Updates as candidates face questions on Channel 4

  17-02-2020 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey are set to take part in the debate as they seek to become the next leader of the opposition
  
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• Labour leadership debate: Every update as candidates face questions on Channel 4

  17-02-2020 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey are set to take part in the debate as they seek to become the next leader of the opposition
  
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• Molly-Mae Hague to donate profits from PLT range to mental health charity after Caroline Flack's death

  17-02-2020 19:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague has been moved to donate all profits to mental health charity Mind after the death of former host Caroline Flack
  
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• Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague to donate profits from PLT range to mental health charity after Caroline Flack's death

  17-02-2020 19:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague has been moved to donate all profits to mental health charity Mind after the death of former host Caroline Flack
  
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• Newcastle council tax hike, £20m budget cuts, and higher care bills for disabled set to go ahead

  17-02-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  City residents are due to be hit with a 3.95% council tax rise from April amid continuing, but opposition councillors claim the authority refuses to look at “credible alternatives”
  
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• 'Despicable human' conned 12 old folk just after serving prison sentence for exactly the same thing

  17-02-2020 18:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Jarrett, a rogue trader from Scotswood, has been sent back to prison for a campaign of fraud on elderly people, mainly in Wallsend
  
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• Voting begins in Labour's leadership contest this week with three candidates left

  17-02-2020 18:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Candidates remaining in the leadership contest are Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey
  
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• Classic FM partner orchestras gather at Sage Gateshead for Beethoven Symphonies marathon - Classic FM

  17-02-2020 18:29 via classicfm.com
  
  Classic FM partner orchestras gather at Sage Gateshead for Beethoven Symphonies marathon  Classic FM
  
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• Planning boss on stopping Jesmond being ‘swamped’ by students and bringing ‘buzz’ back to Newcastle

  17-02-2020 18:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kath Lawless is leaving Newcastle City Council after 11 years as the civic centre's planning chief, having overseen a decade of dramatic change on Tyneside
  
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• Sixteen more snakes found abandoned outside fire station in Sunderland

  17-02-2020 18:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The discovery came just days after two bags of snakes were dumped in Farringdon outside the same fire station
  
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• Abusive drivers warned over 'verbal insults' to council engineers at Haddricks Mill roadworks

  17-02-2020 17:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Engineers working around the bottleneck junction in South Gosforth have been subjected to “several incidents of verbal insults”, the council has claimed
  
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• Gateshead foster carers celebrated - Gateshead Council

  17-02-2020 17:13 via gateshead.gov.uk
  Gateshead foster carers celebrated  Gateshead Council
  
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• It's getting there! How Newcastle's tallest building is taking shape - in pictures

  17-02-2020 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  These striking photos show how work on skyscraper Hadrian's Tower is progressing  - and how it is already changing the Newcastle skyline
  
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• Planning begins for over 600 acres of new woodland - Gateshead Council

  17-02-2020 17:03 via gateshead.gov.uk
  Planning begins for over 600 acres of new woodland  Gateshead Council
  
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• Durham council leader denies £145m investment plan is due to election

  17-02-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham County Council bosses say there is 'uncertainty' about the authority's future spending due to the Government's fair funding review
  
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• Boris Johnson urged to sack adviser who said people should be forced to take contraception

  17-02-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery called the appointment 'disgusting'
  
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• Blyth Conservative MP breaks silence on why he claimed to be an 'NHS nurse'

  17-02-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ian Levy says he worked as a mental health support worker and stands by his use of the term 'nurse'
  
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• Tynemouth scout hut plans set to be scrapped in face of mounting opposition

  17-02-2020 16:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A plan was put together to transform the empty building at Priors Haven into a cafe and tourist hub but the applicant has said the scheme will be withdrawn
  
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• Praise for Gateshead council's adult learning provision - The Northern Echo

  17-02-2020 16:34 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Praise for Gateshead council's adult learning provision  The Northern Echo
  
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• Bid to turn Sunderland city centre office into new cafe

  17-02-2020 16:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A decision is due to be made by April
  
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• Watch: The ugly incident that happened with Newcastle players on train back from London

  17-02-2020 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United players were confronted on the way back from London but the club stand by the quartet who opted not to fly
  
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• Owners of Sunderland pub devastated by fire reveal reopening date

  17-02-2020 15:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Wolsey pub has been closed for almost four months after a fire ripped through the Roker pub
  
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• Passionate People, Passionate Places: Durham's riverside

  17-02-2020 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hannah Davies on her lifelong love of a special part of Durham
  
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• See shameless burglars wheeling a stolen 47" TV down the street in shopping trolley

  17-02-2020 14:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tracey Corkin and George Jones couldn't carry the television they had stolen from a house in Sunderland so they put it in a trolley
  
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• Birtley Crematorium to close temporarily for upgrade - Gateshead Council

  17-02-2020 13:53 via gateshead.gov.uk
  Birtley Crematorium to close temporarily for upgrade  Gateshead Council
  
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• Inside 'filthy' Durham catering company which didn't use soap to clean its woks

  17-02-2020 13:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tai Catering was slapped with a zero food hygiene rating following a damning inspection
  
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• North West Durham MP calls for end of toilet tax claiming residents live 'in fear'

  17-02-2020 13:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North West Durham MP Richard Holden wants the Chancellor to end the tax on public toilets
  
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• Chloe Madeley was in 'terrible state' over Caroline Flack's death, says her dad Richard

  17-02-2020 12:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Madeley was among the presenters who paid tribute to Caroline on Good Morning Britain on Monday
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe 'sent ex-wife Valentine's card'

  17-02-2020 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The serial killer sent his ex-wife a Valentine's card out of desperation as he fears he may die before seeing her again
  
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• Police warn homeowners as 'opportunistic burglars' target homes in Sunderland

  17-02-2020 12:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police's specialist burglary team say they have had a number of recent success in the courts but are still seeing homes targeted in some areas
  
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• Man airlifted to hospital after suffering suspected broken leg on County Durham beach

  17-02-2020 12:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man in his 50s has thanked the coastguard for rescuing him from Shippersea Bay, near Easington, on Sunday
  
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• Dancing on Ice viewers express shock as Maura is eliminated

  17-02-2020 12:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Maura, who was paired with pro-skater Alexander Demetriou, ended up in a skate-off with Paralympian sprinter Libby Clegg and her partner Mark Hanretty
  
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• The Hobbit star Martin Freeman admits he smacked his children when they were young

  17-02-2020 11:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The actor, who will be playing a father in new sitcom Breeders, spoke about the challenges of parenthood in an interview
  
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• ITV Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp accuses Piers Morgan of 'sending her to dark place'

  17-02-2020 11:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Speaking after the death of Caroline Flack, Nicola Thorp, who played Nicola Rubinstein in ITV soap Coronation Street, accused GMB host Piers Morgan of causing trolls to abuse her on Twitter
  
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• Sunderland Council is getting the mayor a new £37k electric hybrid saloon car

  17-02-2020 11:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The council will lease the Volvo S90 for £6,000 per year
  
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• Cabinet minister plays down talk that BBC Licence Fee will be scrapped

  17-02-2020 10:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Sunday Times published a story which quoted a number 10 source who said the fee - which funds the state broadcaster - will be binned
  
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• Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield lead emotional tributes to Caroline Flack on Dancing on Ice

  17-02-2020 10:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Holly and Phil comforted Joe Swash on Sunday's Dancing on Ice show as the stars paid tribute
  
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• CPS responds to criticism over decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault

  17-02-2020 09:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The explanation came hours after the TV presenter's management company criticised the CPS for pursuing a "show trial"
  
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• Beth Hart – Sage Gateshead, 15/02/2020 - God Is In The TV

  17-02-2020 09:02 via godisinthetvzine.co.uk
  
  Beth Hart – Sage Gateshead, 15/02/2020  God Is In The TV
  
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• Revealed: The flats that could be built next to Tynemouth Metro station

  17-02-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A statement submitted to the council said the homes would boost Tynemouth's already "thriving" economy
  
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• Newcastle 'not where we want to be' in turning around failures in special needs services

  17-02-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Inspectors are due to return to the city in the coming months, after a damning 2018 report found that parents had to “fight” for the support their children needed
  
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• Extinction Rebellion campaigners plan three-day protest at County Durham opencast mine

  17-02-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Extinction Rebellion will be holding a three-day protest at the Bradley opencast coal mine at the end of February
  
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