Gateshead news

• Tributes pour in for Adrian Gadd - the Godfather of Newcastle's gay scene

  15-01-2021 21:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Adrian Gadd played a prominent role in the LGBT community, owning popular bars such as The Yard, Rockshots and SR44
  
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• Speeding MOT tester knocked over elderly couple and left them dying in the road

  15-01-2021 20:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Asif Hussain, of Fenham, was driving a sporty Vauxhall Corsa VXR at above the speed limit when he struck Heaton couple Ann and Lawrence Nickerson on Jesmond Road
  
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• Food banks in Gateshead spring into action to tackle holiday hunger | ITV News - ITV News

  15-01-2021 19:25
  
  Food banks in Gateshead spring into action to tackle holiday hunger | ITV News  ITV News
  
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• Overstretched hospitals in South of England transferring patients to Newcastle

  15-01-2021 19:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Patients have been transferred hundreds of miles to Newcastle for treatment in recent days, it has emerged
  
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• Two men arrested as police investigate café blaze

  15-01-2021 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police believe a black Mitsubishi shogun was driven into the entrance and set alight
  
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• Stanley West and Annfield Plain become coronavirus hotspot after spike in cases

  15-01-2021 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham County Council is preparing to carry out proactive work in the Annfield Plain and Stanley area to remind people to remain vigilant
  
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• North East rallies to donate 700 laptops to help our children learn at home

  15-01-2021 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here is how you can join in with the campaign and donate any unwanted laptops, tablets or computers to support the region's most disadvantaged pupils
  
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• Hexham pervert twice performed sex act while standing naked at flat window

  15-01-2021 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alan Charlton was in full view of people on the street and was spotted by horrified women on both occasions
  
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• Drink driver crashed through garden wall after hitting another vehicle

  15-01-2021 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Neil Emmonds, 51, was four times the legal limit when he sped through Morpeth on a booze-fuelled joyride
  
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• UK toughens borders by forcing quarantine and negative test for all arrivals

  15-01-2021 18:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has scrapped the UK’s travel corridors, meaning arrivals from every country must self-isolate for 10 days
  
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• Nearly one in 20 people have been vaccinated so far, Boris Johnson reveals

  15-01-2021 18:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister highlights progress on vaccinations, but warns hospitals also have more Covid patients than ever
  
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• Man, 29, arrested after award-winning Jesmond restaurant is raided

  15-01-2021 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bistro Forty Six was raided beween Thursday and Friday night
  
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• Tory MPs urged Chancellor to halt planned Universal Credit cut

  15-01-2021 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chancellor under pressure as Tory backbenchers in the North echo Labour in opposing plan to cut Universal Credit in April
  
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• The top end of Gateshead High Street in 1965 - and how it looks today - Chronicle Live

  15-01-2021 17:00
  
  The top end of Gateshead High Street in 1965 - and how it looks today  Chronicle Live
  
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• The top end of Gateshead High Street in 1965 - and how it looks today

  15-01-2021 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Many Gateshead High Street buildings were demolished in the late 1960s to improve access to the Tyne Bridge, or for new junctions and fly-overs
  
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• Government axes £105m for 'Oyster card for the North'

  15-01-2021 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hopes of passengers using contactless payment to touch in and out of different public transport systems across the North East have been rocked by a major funding cut
  
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• Geordie Shore star defends 'influencer' pals against Dubai backlash

  15-01-2021 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan responded to criticism of her former co-stars' 'business' trip to Dubai
  
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• Dad used car as a weapon to knock over his ex-partner's new man

  15-01-2021 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Scrimger, of North Shields, challenged Wayne Harrison to a fight but then drove his car at him in what a judge at Newcastle Crown Court called a 'shameful' attack
  
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• Four teenagers arrested after boy, 16, was allegedly attacked in Newcastle

  15-01-2021 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Four teenagers were arrested and have since been released on bail
  
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• Face mask fines for Metro passengers set to get a lot tougher

  15-01-2021 16:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The move will look to follow the London approach following negotiations with the Department of Transport
  
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• Dermot stuns Dancing on Ice star with 'awkward' Rebekah Vardy joke

  15-01-2021 16:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Morning host Dermot O'Leary cracked a joke about Rebekah Vardy's WAGatha Christie drama ahead of her Dancing on Ice debut
  
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• Boris Johnson to address nation at Downing Street press conference at 5pm today

  15-01-2021 15:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will be joined at the briefing alongside Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty on Friday evening
  
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• Vaccination centres 'a priority' for gritters - Gateshead Council

  15-01-2021 15:38
  
  Vaccination centres 'a priority' for gritters  Gateshead Council
  
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• Sunderland port explores bid to attract cruise ships to Wearside

  15-01-2021 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Moves by the Port of Sunderland aim to boost tourism to the area
  
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• 10 signs that you could have had Covid-19 already - and you didn't know it

  15-01-2021 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It comes after a huge NHS staff study found immunity after the virus can last for at least five months
  
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• Masked Singer acts' identities hidden by 'insane' security measures

  15-01-2021 14:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett has revealed the 'insane' security measures used to hide acts' identities
  
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• 248 drink and drug drivers arrested over Christmas period

  15-01-2021 13:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit said the number of drivers arrested during the period is 'shocking'
  
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• Four arrested after police target suspected 'pop-up brothel'

  15-01-2021 13:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two women who were found at the property on Portland Place are now being safeguarded by officers from Durham Constabulary
  
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• Joy as every Newcastle care home resident gets Covid vaccine

  15-01-2021 13:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It was revealed on Thursday that Newcastle is set to become one of the first places in the UK to give a Covid vaccine to everyone living or working in a care home
  
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• When did Lockdown 3 start, when will it end and when will things reopen?

  15-01-2021 13:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A review is due soon, but don't expect lockdown to end quickly - and when it does, the restrictions won't all be removed at once
  
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• Lidl narrowly beats Aldi to be named the cheapest supermarket of 2020

  15-01-2021 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The report, based on a trolley of 45 popular products in eight major supermarkets, looked at the cheapest and priciest supermarkets last year
  
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• Torvill and Dean to be 'forced apart' on Dancing on Ice

  15-01-2021 13:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Skating legends Torvill and Dean have been forced apart by coronavirus restrictions as Dancing on Ice returns
  
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• Think it's cold now? The Tyne completely froze over during the Little Ice Age

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We've had some cold weather of late - but nothing compares to frost fairs being held on a frozen River Tyne
  
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• Plea to vaccinate domestic abuse workers to ensure victims have support

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dehenna Davison, the Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland in County Durham, tells Government it's essential domestic abuse refuges remain open
  
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• Pensioners forced to queue in freezing cold to get Covid-19 vaccine in Newcastle

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The elderly have been experiencing a "shambolic" wait outside the "super site" for their Covid-19 vaccine
  
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• Man jailed after spree of burglaries which saw him steal a wheelchair

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  He was handed a three-year prison sentence along with a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order
  
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• Complaints students are returning to Durham City and breaching Covid rules

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham Parish Council says there have been numerous complaints about students being back in the city
  
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• Burglar's dog got a ride home in police van after officers collared owner

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ross Sneddon, of Sunderland, claimed he had chased the dog into a couple's home after it ran off
  
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• A Newcastle city centre night out in 2003 - anybody familiar in our 10 photos?

  15-01-2021 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The pubs and clubs of Newcastle city centre were full of life 18 years ago when these revellers were photographed for the Chronicle's Bigg Night Out section
  
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• Free car parking in Newcastle for people getting Covid vaccine

  15-01-2021 12:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  London North Eastern Railway is making over 370 spaces available for free for those getting the jab at Newcastle's Life Science Centre
  
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• Gateshead's Vielo Sports unveils 'revolutionary' new road bike - The Northern Echo

  15-01-2021 12:50
  
  Gateshead's Vielo Sports unveils 'revolutionary' new road bike  The Northern Echo
  
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• Geordie Shore star exposes 'reality' of living in luxury Dubai hotel

  15-01-2021 12:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Geordie Shore star Bethan Kershaw lifted the lid on what the cast members' Dubai apartment really looks like
  
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• Detectives searching for Sunderland man wanted on prison recall

  15-01-2021 11:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alan Jordan, 29, is said to be avoiding police despite knowing he is wanted
  
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• Covid vaccine firm boss allegedly travelled to second home in Northumberland

  15-01-2021 11:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lee Warren, 37, Finance Director of Cobra Biologics, allegedly travelled around 230 miles from his address in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., to a second home in Rothbury, Northumberland
  
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• Coast Road chaos as black ice causes four pile-ups, one involving an ambulance

  15-01-2021 11:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services dealt with four separate crashes on the A1058 Coast Road after black ice caused serious disruption
  
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• Coast Road chaos as black ice causes four pile-ups, one including an ambulance

  15-01-2021 11:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services dealt with four separate crashes on the A1058 Coast Road after black ice caused serious disruption
  
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• Phillip Schofield offers to pay panic stricken OAP's energy bill

  15-01-2021 11:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Morning host Phillip tried to reassure the worried caller who was concerned about their electricity bill
  
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• Vandals deface road sign with coronavirus conspiracy theory graffiti

  15-01-2021 11:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham County Council's director of public health says the number of Covid-19 deaths prove 'how real the pandemic is'
  
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• The Chase star denies 'sacking' rumours after being missing in action

  15-01-2021 10:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chase star responded to speculation from fans of the ITV show about him being given his marching orders
  
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• New Chaser denies 'sacking' rumours after being missing in action

  15-01-2021 10:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chase star responded to speculation from fans of the ITV show about him being given his marching orders
  
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