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• 15 pictures show mostly deserted streets in Newcastle on 'Black Eye Friday'

  18-12-2020 23:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  With the North East currently under Tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions, pubs are only allowed to open for a takeaway service only
  
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• Hardworking NHS staff reveal Herculean efforts to get vaccine to most vulnerable

  18-12-2020 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff work 12-hour shifts as they begin the vaccination programme in North Tyneside
  
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• Police on scene as 100 youths refuse to leave centre of County Durham town

  18-12-2020 22:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers are urging parents to collect their children from the area in Sedgefield
  
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• See crowds gathering for drinks outside Newcastle pub despite freezing weather

  18-12-2020 22:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dozens of drinkers were seen at Grey's Monument on Black Eye Friday after snapping up some al fresco festive pints
  
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• How businesses that have missed out on 'black eye Friday' can get help

  18-12-2020 20:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'Black eye Friday' is one of the busiest nights out of the year for city centre bars and pubs
  
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• EuroMillions results: Winning Lottery numbers for Friday December 18

  18-12-2020 20:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday December 18 - live breaking updates below
  
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• Covid-19 Local Restrictions Support Grants for businesses - Gateshead Council

  18-12-2020 19:45 via gateshead.gov.uk
  Covid-19 Local Restrictions Support Grants for businesses  Gateshead Council
  
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• Why Gateshead Millennium Bridge will be lit up blue this weekend - ChronicleLive

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Why Gateshead Millennium Bridge will be lit up blue this weekend  ChronicleLive
  
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• Why Gateshead Millennium Bridge will be lit up blue this weekend - Chronicle Live

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Why Gateshead Millennium Bridge will be lit up blue this weekend  Chronicle Live
  
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• Why Gateshead Millennium Bridge will be lit up blue this weekend

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police officers from Gateshead West hold an online event to tackle loneliness this Christmas
  
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• The Tier 2 areas with higher Covid-19 rates than parts of the North East

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Exclusive ChronicleLive analysis reveals many of the regions given more freedom than the North East, but with a higher infection rate, have senior Tory MPs
  
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• Prolific thief at it again days after avoiding jail for 'one-man crimewave'

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Connor Quinn was given a suspended sentence for a number of offences earlier this month but failed to learn his lesson as he was caught stealing from Fenwick just days later
  
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• Prolific Gateshead thief at it again days after avoiding jail for 'one-man crimewave' - ChronicleLive

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prolific Gateshead thief at it again days after avoiding jail for 'one-man crimewave'  ChronicleLive
  
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• Prolific Gateshead thief at it again days after avoiding jail for 'one-man crimewave' - Chronicle Live

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prolific Gateshead thief at it again days after avoiding jail for 'one-man crimewave'  Chronicle Live
  
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• 'Our history, not our future’ – reaction to coal mine verdict

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Activists say that the dismissal of the Dewley Hill plans could put an end to opencast coal mining in the UK, but developers the Banks Group called the ruling 'outrageous'
  
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• Newcastle's Grainger Street in 1914 - how does the location look today?

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Grainger Street was built in the 1830s and was named after the visionary builder and businessman Richard Grainger who transformed Newcastle
  
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• How you can give refugees and asylum seekers a winter welcome this Christmas

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Action Foundation has asked people to give the gift of community to refugees this Christmas with its Winter Welcome Appeal
  
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• 'Carefully consider' whether to meet family over Christmas - council bosses

  18-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'Just because the law says we can all meet three households over five days, doesn’t mean we should choose to do so'
  
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• Police issue warning to pupils planning end of term 'party'

  18-12-2020 17:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham Constabulary says steps are being taken to make sure the gathering does not go ahead
  
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• 'Reckless even on a racetrack' - killer New Year's Eve driver jailed

  18-12-2020 17:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lewis Urban, of Sunderland, was doing up to 96mph on a trip to the chip shop when he killed a dad and left two other people seriously injured
  
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• Wham's 'Last Christmas' appears on County Durham road sign in mystery prank

  18-12-2020 17:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Social media users have been quick to comment on the sign that pays homage to the George Michael hit
  
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• Ant and Dec serve up laughs at drive-thru surprise for 'Costa Coffee' customers

  18-12-2020 17:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There was a surprise brewing for Costa Coffee buyers when I'm A Celebrity presenters Ant and Dec made a pop-up appearance
  
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• Sam Fender and charity's joy as councils make U-turn on chargeable helplines

  18-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Durham, South Tyneside and Northumberland councils have all replaced their chargeable helplines to free ones
  
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• Newcastle United legend's England caps sold at auction for £2,400

  18-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The items were purchased by a private collector leaving some Toons fans disappointed the club didn't buy them
  
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• Council says 'NO' to coal mine plans on Newcastle green belt

  18-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Council's planning committee voted unanimously to reject the Banks Group's proposals for an opencast mine at Dewley Hill, on the western edge of the city
  
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• Newcastle's Eden nightclub believed to have closed permanently

  18-12-2020 16:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Owners Deltic Group have bought out of administration but 10 of its 52 venues will not re-open
  
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• Government 'considering Tier 4' restrictions for millions of people

  18-12-2020 15:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new tier could possibly come in from the new year, with Christmas only expected to lead to more cases
  
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• Strikes called at Gateshead paint factory in dispute over pay - ChronicleLive

  18-12-2020 15:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Strikes called at Gateshead paint factory in dispute over pay  ChronicleLive
  
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• Strikes called at Gateshead paint factory in dispute over pay - Chronicle Live

  18-12-2020 15:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Strikes called at Gateshead paint factory in dispute over pay  Chronicle Live
  
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• Strikes called at Gateshead paint factory in dispute over pay

  18-12-2020 15:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  GMB and Unite say the strikes would be the first in the history of the plant
  
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• Covid-19 infections spike for first time in weeks ahead of Christmas

  18-12-2020 14:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  New data shows the first full week after lockdown saw cases in England spike above 500,000
  
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• 10 photographs of a night out in Newcastle in the run-up to Christmas, 2005

  18-12-2020 13:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It was 2005 and these 10 groups of pals were enjoying a festive night out in Newcastle city centre in the run-up to Christmas
  
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• Gateshead Metrocentre's Christmas opening times up to New Year - ChronicleLive

  18-12-2020 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Metrocentre's Christmas opening times up to New Year  ChronicleLive
  
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• Gateshead Metrocentre's Christmas opening times up to New Year - Chronicle Live

  18-12-2020 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Metrocentre's Christmas opening times up to New Year  Chronicle Live
  
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• Gateshead Metrocentre's Christmas opening times up to New Year

  18-12-2020 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here's when shoppers can take advantage of later opening hours at the Metrocentre in Gateshead
  
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• Thousands found guilty of speeding on North East roads during pandemic

  18-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Despite fewer cars being on the roads during the pandemic, more than 16,000 fines have been handed out to motorists for breaking the speed limit
  
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• New device to slow the spread of Covid-19 trialled at Newcastle Airport

  18-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The unit is the result of a North East collaboration and if successful could be used around the world
  
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• Luck runs out for crook as she's jailed for breaching TWO suspended sentences

  18-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Julie Shields was banned from going to a former employer's Wallsend house after she was convicted of harassing him but failed to stay away
  
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• Lockerbie disaster victim's mum welcomes news that Libyan suspect faces charges

  18-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jean Berkley, of Ponteland, lost her 29-year-old son Alistar in the attack which occurred 32 years ago
  
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• Call for inquiry into care home Covid deaths rejected again

  18-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  450 people have so far died of Covid-related factors in County Durham care homes, the highest in the North East
  
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• Health boss: Why the North East mustn't split into separate tiers

  18-12-2020 12:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prof Eugene Milne says that the local council areas that make up the group known as the LA7 should not be divided when it comes to relaxing restrictions
  
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• Police on horseback could help crackdown on Christmas crime in Sunderland

  18-12-2020 12:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are ramping up their plain clothes presence, as well as preparing for the use of horse and dog units
  
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• Lidl adverts banned after Aldi complains prices were 'misleading'

  18-12-2020 12:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A watchdog has acted after the spat between the two rival budget supermarkets
  
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• Covid Diaries: Six North East people on winter lockdown life

  18-12-2020 11:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As part of the BeatCovidNE campaign launched earlier this month, six North East people share their experiences and views on lockdown life - and why it's so important we follow the rules
  
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• Brave words from survivor as rapist is jailed for 20 years

  18-12-2020 11:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Derek Patterson, of Gateshead, had sexually abused and raped his young victim
  
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• Brave words from survivor as Gateshead rapist is jailed for 20 years - ChronicleLive

  18-12-2020 11:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Brave words from survivor as Gateshead rapist is jailed for 20 years  ChronicleLive
  
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• DWP to pay Universal Credit early to some people over Christmas

  18-12-2020 11:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The revised payment list has now been made public by the Government department
  
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• Everything you need to know as the North East remains in Tier 3

  18-12-2020 11:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that although infection rates had dropped - they are still too high to move down a tier
  
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• Gateshead's communities pull together for Christmas - Gateshead Council

  18-12-2020 11:01 via gateshead.gov.uk
  
  Gateshead's communities pull together for Christmas  Gateshead Council
  
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• ADVERTORIAL: Newsagents explain what happens when someone wins a Lottery jackpot in shop

  18-12-2020 10:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Customers have struck it lucky after buying tickets or scratchcards in these shops
  
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