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• Year group self-isolating at Blyth primary school after positive Covid-19 case

  02-10-2020 22:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Malvin's Close Academy has one positive case while Croftway Academy has four unrelated Covid-19 cases
  
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• See the 'raucous scenes' which earned Perdu a closure warning

  02-10-2020 21:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council has released the footage which it says shows people moving freely around the premises
  
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• Sunderland University students speak out about worries after Covid outbreak

  02-10-2020 21:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  "Some people just feel like they aren't getting the full university experience"
  
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• Durham club closed by the council for 'serious breach' of Covid restrictions

  02-10-2020 21:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shotton Comrades Club is now closed from 6pm on October 2 until it can prove that it can operate in a Covid secure way
  
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• Bede Academy staff member tests positive for Covid-19

  02-10-2020 20:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Schools across the region have been dealing with the impact of coronavirus as students and staff members are diagnosed with the virus
  
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• CCTV appeal after dash cam memory card stolen from car in Newcastle city centre

  02-10-2020 20:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Detectives are wanting to trace a man in connection with the theft from a vehicle in the Percy Street multi-storey car park
  
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• EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning lottery numbers for Friday October 2

  02-10-2020 20:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday October 2 - live breaking updates below
  
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• A 'number of employees' at recycling plant have tested positive for Covid-19

  02-10-2020 20:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Biffa Polymers in Seaham said a number of employees had contracted the virus
  
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• New coronavirus testing unit set up in Shieldfield near student flats

  02-10-2020 20:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The unit opened for tests last Saturday in order to increase testing capacity in the city
  
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• Sharp reduction in coronavirus testing carried out in Gateshead - Gateshead Council - Gateshead Council

  02-10-2020 20:07 via gateshead.gov.uk
  
  Sharp reduction in coronavirus testing carried out in Gateshead - Gateshead Council  Gateshead Council
  
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• Sharp reduction in coronavirus testing carried out in Gateshead - Gateshead Council

  02-10-2020 20:07 via gateshead.gov.uk
  
  Sharp reduction in coronavirus testing carried out in Gateshead  Gateshead Council
  
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• Row over plan to axe statues of slave traders from Parliament

  02-10-2020 19:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham MP hits out at plan to make artwork in Parliament more representative
  
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• Over 850 students at Northumbria and Newcastle universities contract Covid-19

  02-10-2020 19:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Food parcels are being provided to the hundreds of students across Newcastle who are self-isolating after contracting the virus
  
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• Over 850 students at Newcastle and Northumbria universities contract Covid-19

  02-10-2020 19:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Food parcels are being provided to the hundreds of students across Newcastle who are self-isolating after contracting the virus
  
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• SAFC skipper Max Power banned from driving after a string of speeding offences

  02-10-2020 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Max Power has been banned from driving for six months
  
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• See images of a masked Brenda Blethyn filming Vera in Amble

  02-10-2020 19:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  See 12 images of filming for Vera taking place in Amble on Friday with pictures by Jane Coltman
  
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• Wallsend drink driver more than FOUR times over limit found slumped at wheel

  02-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gail Wright, who admitted drinking the day before and on the day she was caught, couldn't explain why the reading was so high
  
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• Newcastle city centre in 1999 and 10 pictures of a Bigg Night Out

  02-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Twenty-one years ago, these 10 groups of friends were photographed partying in the packed pubs and clubs of Newcastle city centre
  
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• 'Impossible to say' where crash that killed motorcyclist Frazer Golden happened

  02-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Frazer Golden was killed in a motorcycle crash on the A689 near Bishop Auckland in 2017
  
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• Hospitals in County Durham and Northumberland will be rebuilt

  02-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's part of the Government's scheme to build or rebuild 40 hospitals nationwide
  
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• Nursery staff and pupils told to self-isolate at primary school in Cramlington

  02-10-2020 18:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  In a letter the school informed parents and carers that only children and staff in the nursery classes were to self-isolate for two weeks.
  
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• Police appeal to locate missing 60-year-old Robert Sansom from Choppington

  02-10-2020 18:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A search is under way to find the 60-year-old man who was last heard from on Thursday before going for a walk near his home, it is understood
  
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• Police release CCTV of man after window kicked out on Metro train

  02-10-2020 18:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police is asking for help identifying the man in connection with criminal damage that occurred on a train between Gateshead and Newcastle
  
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• North East lockdown LIVE: 770 Northumbria University students test positive

  02-10-2020 18:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tougher North East local lockdown rules were brought in on Wednesday September 30 applying to Newcastle, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham and Northumberland
  
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• Northumbria University staff could strike over Covid fears

  02-10-2020 17:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff at the university say they are having to choose between their health and their work as Covid cases rise
  
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• Ex Geordie Shore star marries world famous DJ in lavish wedding

  02-10-2020 17:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Elettra, who made quite an impact on Geordie Shore, tied the knot with the world famous DJ in Italy
  
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• Police reveal number of fines handed to Covid-19 rule breakers

  02-10-2020 17:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council show how Durham and Northumbria Police have been cracking down on those who break lockdown rules
  
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• Reckless vandal hurled rock through man's living room window in middle of night

  02-10-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Andrew Nolan has been ordered to pay compensation after he woke the terrified victim up by smashing the glass of his front window
  
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• O2 Academy Newcastle 'to close and be replaced with another live music venue'

  02-10-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Planning documents say the Academy Group’s lease expires in March 2021 and the Electric Group - the music venue operator behind Electric Brixton and SWX in Bristol - plans to carry out renovation 'before reopening as Newcastle’s premier live music venue'
  
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• Year 7 student tests positive for coronavirus at 1,900-pupil secondary school

  02-10-2020 16:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The pupil and others who came into close contact with the youngster at Jesmond Park Academy, in Heaton, are now isolating at home, however the rest of the school remains open
  
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• Amanda Holden mocks BGT dress backlash with cheeky dig at critics

  02-10-2020 16:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden had a cheeky jibe at her dress critics during an appearance on This Morning
  
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• New American sports bar coming to Newcastle after former fish restaurant is sold

  02-10-2020 16:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hen & Hops is coming to the city centre and there are plans to roll out the brand
  
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• Watch as police officer chases and ambushes bike thief in Newcastle

  02-10-2020 16:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  PC Adam Fegan, from Northumbria Police, jumped out of his police car and pursued the teenage thief riding the motorbike before he managed to arrest him
  
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• Latest Covid-19 R number rises as virus 'highly likely' to be growing

  02-10-2020 16:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) said the reproduction number for coronavirus is estimated to be between 1.3 and 1.6
  
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• Tributes paid as saviour of Assembly Rooms Homer Michaelides dies

  02-10-2020 15:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Homer Michaelides was well known in the region for entertaining generations of people in the city through his nightclubs and casino
  
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• MTV show Catfish looking for Geordies to take part in UK version

  02-10-2020 15:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It has been confirmed that there will be a UK version of popular MTV show Catfish and producers want Geordies to star in it
  
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• Man found dead in Jesmond identified as 68-year-old volunteer

  02-10-2020 14:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former welder died after he collapsed while he was cutting back hedges around the gravestones at All Saints Cemetery on September 17
  
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• Small number of children isolating after pupil tests positive for Covid-19

  02-10-2020 14:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The school remains open and a small number of pupils are isolating
  
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• ITV breaks silence on I'm A Celebrity concerns after Welsh lockdown

  02-10-2020 14:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There was concern raised for I'm A Celebrity 2020 after lockdown restrictions were imposed in some areas of Wales
  
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• Primary school sends two year groups home to isolate after confirmed Covid case

  02-10-2020 14:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A positive case of coronavirus has been confirmed at Caedmon Primary School, and pupils in Reception and Year 1 have been told to isolate for a fortnight
  
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• Caedmon Primary School in Gateshead sends two year groups home to isolate after confirmed Covid case - Chronicle Live

  02-10-2020 14:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Caedmon Primary School in Gateshead sends two year groups home to isolate after confirmed Covid case  Chronicle Live
  
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• Three staff members test positive for coronavirus at holiday park

  02-10-2020 14:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The team members are now isolating and deep cleans have been carried out at the site in line with stringent guidelines - bosses say the park remains safe for holidaymakers
  
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• Life on the Newcastle housing estate nicknamed 'Alcatraz'

  02-10-2020 14:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our photographs recall Newcastle West End's Noble Street flats, a troubled housing estate that lasted just 20 years before it was demolished
  
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• Heavy rain and flooding on the way as Met Office updates weather warning

  02-10-2020 13:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Forecasters have put a yellow weather warning in place with the region set to be hit by heavy rain over the weekend
  
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• Apprentice fans heartbroken as show remembers contestant who died

  02-10-2020 13:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The first 'best of' special of The Apprentice aired on Thursday night with a tribute to Stuart Baggs who died in 2015
  
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• Sunderland Covid-19 test site set to open in city centre next week

  02-10-2020 13:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East families have had ongoing problems with access to screening for coronavirus
  
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• Date and and site of when new test centre could open in Sunderland

  02-10-2020 13:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East families have had ongoing problems with access to screening for coronavirus
  
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• New Greggs could be coming to Gateshead if empty shop revamp is approved - Chronicle Live

  02-10-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New Greggs could be coming to Gateshead if empty shop revamp is approved  Chronicle Live
  
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• New Greggs could be coming to Gateshead if empty shop revamp is approved

  02-10-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new branch of the popular bakery chain could create up to eight jobs
  
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• Dr Hilary 'feels sorry' for North East after MP's rule breach

  02-10-2020 12:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Doctor Hilary Jones spoke about the situation in the North East while addressing MP Margaret Ferrier's actions
  
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