Gateshead news

• Tier 4 exceptions which allow people to see their loved ones over Christmas

  23-12-2020 21:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Support bubbles are still permitted for people living under the highest level of restrictions, while government rules permit outdoors with one person from another household
  
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• Demands for NHS staff to get 15% pay rise for their Covid crisis work

  23-12-2020 21:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The NHS Pay Review Body is due to report early next May and unions also want the date for the deal brought forward
  
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• Drug and alcohol misuse by parents and kids in Newcastle and Durham soars

  23-12-2020 20:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The figures are based on assessment of households visited by social workers across the North East
  
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• Lotto results: Winning Lottery numbers for Wednesday December 23

  23-12-2020 19:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The National Lottery draw and Thunderball numbers for Wednesday December 23 - live breaking updates and results below
  
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• Northumberland street where property values differ by over £1 million

  23-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Research into which properties offer the most investment potential in the UK has come up with this North East road
  
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• Dudley boy's mask-wearing snowman Christmas card wins Funky Pigeon competition

  23-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hayden Beck's card is now available to buy on Funky Pigeon's website with 30% of the sale being donated to key workers
  
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• Drink driver left car running after returning home from a party in lockdown

  23-12-2020 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria University student Vinay Kethavath left the vehicle partially blocking the Newcastle road with the keys in the ignition, the lights on and music playing
  
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• Newcastle man with Hitler obsession jailed for terrorism offences

  23-12-2020 18:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Luke Hunter, 23, was found with white supremacist texts, military training manuals, weapons and Nazi memorabilia in his possession
  
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• All the areas changing tier as 73 more go into stricter restrictions

  23-12-2020 17:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Matt Hancock has placed around six million more people into Tier 4 and counties containing 73 local government areas into a higher tier from Boxing Day
  
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• Newcastle New Year's laser show postponed due to rising Covid-19 cases

  23-12-2020 17:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Laser Light City installation was due to light the sky at three locations from December 30 to January 1
  
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• Every key Covid-19 figure for the North East - and what they really mean

  23-12-2020 17:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Deaths, infections and testing rates are all mapped out and explained in full
  
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• Woman banned from keeping horses after RSPCA discover 'appalling' conditions

  23-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christy Leigh Jones has been disqualified from keeping horses for five years after causing unnecessary suffering to five horses
  
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• Police investigating claims of after hours drinking session at Gateshead carehome - Chronicle Live

  23-12-2020 17:00
  
  Police investigating claims of after hours drinking session at Gateshead carehome  Chronicle Live
  
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• Police investigating claims of after hours drinking session at carehome

  23-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police officers were called to Ryton Towers late on Saturday night - a string of investigations are now under way
  
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• Binmen deliver toy lorries to children to spread festive cheer

  23-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Children across Durham were given toy bin lorries by the crew after seeing them wave through the window
  
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• Alnwick museum could be moving to new town centre home

  23-12-2020 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery was opened in St Mary's Church, Alnwick, in 2002,
  
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• More areas in England to go into Tier 4 lockdown from Boxing Day

  23-12-2020 16:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  At a Downing Street press conference, Mr Hancock said that cases had risen '57% across the country in the last week' and that the rise in cases left him in no doubt that harsher lockdowns are in the national interest
  
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• CCTV appeal after man is knocked unconscious in Walker Aldi

  23-12-2020 15:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police believe the man in the image could help them with their investigation into the attack
  
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• Eden nightclub staff consider legal action after losing jobs before Christmas

  23-12-2020 15:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former nightclub staff are unlikely to receive any pay before Christmas
  
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• Police release image after spate of graffiti at Sunderland university

  23-12-2020 14:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The graffiti appeared on a number of buildings on December 9 and police are investigating
  
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• The cities where a White Christmas is most likely - see if we made the list

  23-12-2020 13:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here are the latest odds on whether it will snow in the UK and Ireland on December 25 - these cities are most likely to see some of the white stuff
  
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• Grandad, 94, whose house was burgled 'overwhelmed' after £20,000 is raised

  23-12-2020 13:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ted Green was left shaken after his pension money and car keys were stolen from his home in Fifth Street in Horden
  
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• Industrial scale pill-pressing machine discovered in Sunderland

  23-12-2020 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man is due to appear at Newcastle Crown Court in the new year
  
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• Cheryl's son Bear debuts singing voice in cute Christmas duet

  23-12-2020 13:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cheryl's son Bear belts out festive classic Jingle Bells in a Christmas duet from Jessie Ware's podcast Table Manners
  
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• 'Women are not your punchbags': Judge's stern warning to serial domestic thug

  23-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  South Shields bully avoids jail after attacking two women at a party
  
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• Woman to appear in court over death of Kathleen Marshall in Ashington crash

  23-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 70-year-old, from Morpeth, passed away in hospital 10 days after the collision between two cars and a HGV at North Seaton
  
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• See the adorable pets nativity scene created by dog walker

  23-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Carrie Simpson, of Chester-le-Street, has come up with a unique idea to spread festive cheer
  
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• Medics deliver thousands of vaccines and donate wages for clean water in Africa

  23-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The doctors, pharmacists, admin workers, nurses and managers delivered the first wave of 30,000 jabs in North Tyneside
  
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• A stroll down Northumberland Street at Christmas 20 years ago - in pictures

  23-12-2020 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our photographs recall the shops and shoppers of Northumberland Street, Newcastle, in the days around Christmas 2000
  
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• Gales warning on Boxing Day as strong winds expected

  23-12-2020 12:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Strong winds of up to 80mph are expected to hit the region the day after Christmas
  
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• How old is The Queen? Her Majesty to deliver her Christmas Speech

  23-12-2020 12:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  HRH Queen Elizabeth II will deliver her Christmas Speech to the nation on Christmas Day
  
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• More rapid Covid test sites coming to North East in January

  23-12-2020 12:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Local councils have had their plans for targeted asymptomatic virus testing approved by the government, with the roll out due to start early in the new year
  
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• Big change revealed to the Queen's Speech on Christmas Day

  23-12-2020 12:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Every December, HRH Queen Elizabeth II addresses the nation in her Christmas Day speech
  
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• GMB's Ranvir Singh takes cutting swipe at 'flirting' accusations

  23-12-2020 11:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Good Morning Britain and Strictly star hit back at 'flirting' accusations during an interview with Joel Dommett
  
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• What's on TV on Christmas Day including Strictly, Gogglebox and more

  23-12-2020 10:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christmas Day is traditionally a bumper day for TV ratings and this year there is plenty to watch from the comfort of your sofa
  
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• 'Irresponsible' horse race on A189 near Cramlington investigated by police

  23-12-2020 10:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police have slammed the behaviour as 'illegal' and 'irresponsible'
  
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• Ministers set to decide on extending Tier 4 when they meet today

  23-12-2020 10:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Jenrick said the Tier system was created before the new variant swept England, so it may need to be changed to contain the Covid strain
  
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• Cheryl reveals plans to spend Christmas with ex Liam

  23-12-2020 09:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cheryl revealed her plans for Christmas with ex Liam Payne and their son Bear on Jessie Ware's podcast
  
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• Covid tourists 'putting lives in danger' travelling to Tier 2 areas to drink

  23-12-2020 09:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Northumberland County Councillor has warned holiday cottages are being filled with visitors from the south as traces of the mutant variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the region
  
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• I'm A Celeb's Jordan receives 'happy place' gift from Ant & Dec

  23-12-2020 09:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  I'm A Celebrity runner-up Jordan North had a surprise Christmas present from Ant and Dec delivered to him
  
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• Sunderland man waved knife towards neighbour in front of terrified witnesses

  23-12-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John Errington, of Trinity Square, Sunderland, brandished a knife at a man walking his dog who feared he was going to be stabbed
  
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• Hapless thief had Christmas tree under each arm as he tried to flee supermarket

  23-12-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Appleby had also stolen sweets and chocolate from the same Morrisons store in the days prior but was stopped with the trees by police
  
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• Fears that villages around Newcastle could be 'swallowed up'

  23-12-2020 09:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle could be asked to build 1,400 new homes a year – sparking fears among the city's Lib Dem opposition about where those houses will be located
  
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• All 7 North East areas to get rapid Covid-19 tests to reduce spread of virus

  23-12-2020 08:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and County Durham are on the list for the roll-out of community testing, it has been confirmed
  
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• New mutant strain of coronavirus detected in three areas of North East

  23-12-2020 07:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cases have been detected in Low Fell, Bishop Auckland and Rothbury
  
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• New mutant strain of coronavirus detected in County Durham, Gateshead and Northumberland - ChronicleLive

  23-12-2020 07:36
  
  New mutant strain of coronavirus detected in County Durham, Gateshead and Northumberland  ChronicleLive
  
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• New mutant strain of coronavirus detected in County Durham, Gateshead and Northumberland - Chronicle Live

  23-12-2020 07:36
  
  New mutant strain of coronavirus detected in County Durham, Gateshead and Northumberland  Chronicle Live
  
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• What will the weather be like on Christmas Day?

  23-12-2020 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The UK is set for an unsettled week before a frosty start on Christmas morning
  
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• Swimmers told not to take part in unofficial Boxing Day dips as events cancelled

  23-12-2020 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Annual Boxing Day swims have been called off across the North East this year due to the pandemic, including those in Tynemouth, Seaham, Newbiggin and Sunderland
  
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• Families spend 90% more on Christmas gifts in 2020 than they did in 1970

  23-12-2020 07:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Research has revealed how much families fork out on gifts during the festive period and perhaps unsurprisingly the amount is much higher in 2020 than it has been previously
  
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