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• Seaham bar becomes latest to close after 'trying to adapt' to Covid rules

  19-10-2020 22:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Port of Call restaurant and bar in Seaham is set to close 'for a short while'
  
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• Gateshead school sends students home after 'staffing capacity' crisis - Chronicle Live

  19-10-2020 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead school sends students home after 'staffing capacity' crisis  Chronicle Live
  
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• Gateshead school sends students home after 'staffing capacity' crisis

  19-10-2020 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Parents were told on Monday night that Year 8 and Year 9 students shouldn't come to school for the rest of the week
  
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• School closes classes after 'hitting tipping point' due to Covid-19

  19-10-2020 22:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Principal James Andriot said a 'circuit breaker' lockdown would have been helpful as the school struggled with the impact of the virus
  
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• County Durham club closed after customer tests positive for Covid-19

  19-10-2020 21:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Annfield Plain Democratic Club Institute has been shut until Friday, October 24
  
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• Elderly man, 76, fighting for his life following crash in Sunderland

  19-10-2020 20:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Leechmere Road area of the city after the one-vehicle collision involving a Renault Megane on Monday afternoon
  
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• Set For Life results: Winning National Lottery numbers for Monday October 19

  19-10-2020 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We'll bring you the winning National Lottery Set For Life numbers for Monday October 19 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• North East students 'constantly mocked' for local accents at Durham University

  19-10-2020 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A student-written report has demanded changes to the "toxic culture" faced by those from Northern and working class backgrounds
  
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• Woman describes moment her mum was killed by stampeding cow in Northumberland

  19-10-2020 19:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lucy Rowe described how her beloved mum Marian Clode was attacked and flipped over a fence 'like a ragdoll' by the charging animal, who had broken loose from a holding pen at a farm near Belford
  
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• Shoppers react as Durham is ranked second worst in the UK for shop closures

  19-10-2020 19:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  43 stores closed in the city in the first six months of the year
  
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• North East's coronavirus strategy is working, according to council leader

  19-10-2020 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A decision on imposing more severe restrictions on the North East had been deferred by a week
  
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• Gateshead Council leader says coronavirus strategy is working after region gets Tier 3 reprieve - Chronicle Live

  19-10-2020 19:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Council leader says coronavirus strategy is working after region gets Tier 3 reprieve  Chronicle Live
  
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• Woman tells of moment she saved fiancé's life after shock heart attack at 31

  19-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 999 call handler helped Gosforth woman Amy Donalson save the life of her partner Lee Stephenson
  
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• Police preparing for 'busiest night of the year' on Halloween

  19-10-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There have already been reports of an increase in firework usage in recent weeks
  
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• Matt Hancock goes without a mask in his limo, flouting PM's rule

  19-10-2020 18:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A loophole in the law allows people to go without masks in chauffeur-driven vehicles but ministers have been told to wear masks in their cars
  
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• Helicopter crash which killed Durham dad couldn't have been prevented

  19-10-2020 18:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Duncan Munro, 46, was killed alongside three other oil workers when a Super Puma L2 crashed in the North Sea in 2013
  
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• Prisoner tests positive as Covid-19 enters HMP Northumberland

  19-10-2020 17:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One inmate has contracted coronavirus alongside four members of staff
  
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• New Mediterranean restaurant Ori Caffe opens in Newcastle's John Lewis

  19-10-2020 17:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The growing luxury cafe brand is replacing the collapsed Filmore & Union in three John Lewis stores
  
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• Meet the market trader who has been raising charity cash for more than 30 years

  19-10-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lilian has recently been raising money for North East cancer charity, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
  
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• Storm Barbara could hit UK with spells of gale force winds and rainy weather

  19-10-2020 16:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Forecasters at the Met Office have said they are monitoring the storm's development and say that it could bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the UK
  
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• Popular restaurant closes after staff member tests positive for coronavirus

  19-10-2020 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Forge in Washington has closed temporarily after a confirmed case of coronavirus
  
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• Children sent home as pupil and staff member test positive for Covid-19

  19-10-2020 16:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Seaham High School confirmed two positive coronavirus cases
  
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• More Sunderland schools announce partial closures due to Covid-19

  19-10-2020 16:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  They are currently 20 schools in Sunderland which are partially closed
  
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• How local Covid restrictions could change as North East infection rates fall

  19-10-2020 16:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Government wanted the North East to move into tier three but now it says the current rules are working
  
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• How watch The Secret Garden movie in the UK

  19-10-2020 16:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The latest adaption of the novel stars Julie Walters and Colin Firth
  
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• 'Number' of staff and residents test positive for Covid-19 in Consett care home

  19-10-2020 15:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham County Council's director of public health has confirmed the cases
  
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• Half-term childcare bubble rules for grandparents, relatives and friends

  19-10-2020 15:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The October 2020 half-term is approaching, which means working parents may have to call on their child's grandparents, uncles or aunties for childcare
  
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• Watch moment a shameless thief steals a guide dog charity box during crime spree

  19-10-2020 15:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ambler, 41, from Hetton, has now been jailed following the theft from the Premier Store in East Rainton and a spate of thefts last month
  
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• Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'one of a kind' mum, 34, who died after crash

  19-10-2020 14:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kayley Robinson, 34, died after the car she was in collided with a tree near Newton Aycliffe
  
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• Emma Willis sparks debate on gender stereotypes after sharing photo of her son

  19-10-2020 14:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emma, who presents The Voice and The Circle, posted a photo on Instagram of her son Ace, who attracted a host of compliments for his sense of style
  
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• Councils Covid plan 'puts elderly at risk'

  19-10-2020 14:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Critics say the council hasn't learnt lessons from the first coronavirus wave
  
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• Lib Dems reveal five proposals to protect the North from impact of pandemic

  19-10-2020 14:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  They want to see localised track and trace and more support for those self isolating
  
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• Man tells of 'shame' after being conned out of almost £5k by woman he met online

  19-10-2020 13:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'Charlotte' refused to speak to the man on FaceTime and disappeared for days at a time before coercing him to send her money
  
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• Durham shop closures second worst rate in UK with 43 shut in six months

  19-10-2020 13:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shops closed at a rate of almost three a day in the North East in the first half of 2020
  
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• When the North East could be put into Tier 3 lockdown

  19-10-2020 13:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As we approach school half-term and Halloween, the North East could be moved from Tier 2 to Tier 3 if council leaders can not prove Tier 2 is cutting Covid-19 rates
  
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• The places where most people caught coronavirus, according to new data

  19-10-2020 13:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New NHS data shows eight times as many people were infected in schools, universities and nurseries, than pubs or restaurants in England
  
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• Man who 'may have had Samurai sword' arrested over alleged threatening behaviour

  19-10-2020 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Armed police were called to the scene following reports of the disturbance on Sunday and arrested a 48-year-old man
  
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• Serial thief back up to old tricks by targeting 11 shops in five days

  19-10-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wayne Dixon stole more than £700-worth of products from the stores during a spate of 'unsophisticated' thefts
  
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• Passionate People, Passionate Places: the 18 best buildings in the North East

  19-10-2020 12:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  From medieval masterpieces to modern gems, we look at some of the best buildings in the region
  
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• New jobs as Tombola takes over Sunderland's Bonded Warehouse

  19-10-2020 12:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former music venue closed for good during the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Two more cases of Covid confirmed at Gateshead school

  19-10-2020 11:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Parents have received letters from the headteacher confirming two new cases of coronavirus affecting Year 7 and Year 9 students at the Blaydon school
  
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• Passionate People, Passionate Places: Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Research Centre

  19-10-2020 11:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As part of our Passionate People, Passionate Places campaign, Liz Luff looks at the research centre that has personal and regional importance
  
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• How to safely mark Remembrance Sunday 2020 from your home

  19-10-2020 11:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Royal British Legion is encouraging people to mark Remembrance Day safely by heading to their doorsteps to take part in two-minute silence
  
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• North East shop closures hit record rate, with warning of worse to come

  19-10-2020 11:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The rate of shop closures in the first half of the year is six times higher than 2017, new research finds
  
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• 'Old-fashioned' police work as officers sniff out cocaine driver

  19-10-2020 10:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old has admitted a string of offences and will be sentenced later this year
  
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• Police give update after body washed up on Tynemouth beach

  19-10-2020 10:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The remains of a male were discovered on Tynemouth Longsands on Saturday morning
  
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• Kate Garraway left in tears as boy with cancer is reunited with family

  19-10-2020 10:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A clip was shared on the ITV programme on Monday showing seven-year-old Zeke Puig, who had been separated from his family for 75 days because he had to isolate due to the pandemic
  
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• Van driver caught on CCTV fly-tipping waste at former police station

  19-10-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The van was spotted on CCTV at the site of the former police station in Sunderland
  
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• Pubs should close by 6pm to prevent spread of coronavirus, says top scientist

  19-10-2020 08:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prof Jonathan Van-Tam has reportedly admitted there is little evidence to support the effectiveness of closing pubs at 10pm
  
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• GMB viewers 'confused' as Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid are replaced

  19-10-2020 08:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Many fans were left scratching their heads as Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid were missing from the ITV show
  
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