Gateshead news

• Matt Hancock says people will see him 'warts and all' as he prepares for I'm a Celebrity arrival

  08-11-2022 23:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Matt Hancock is expected to enter the show during tomorrow evening's episode
  
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• Scarlet Fever symptoms to look out for as NHS board warns of 'unseasonably high' number of cases

  08-11-2022 23:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  NHS Borders have said that they are currently monitoring the rise in cases and have advised parents to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of the infection
  
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• I'm A Celebrity's Boy George takes swipe at 'controlling' Charlene White as she 'rubs him up the wrong way'

  08-11-2022 23:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec described the growing tensions as "deliciously awkward"
  
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• MP calls on Foreign Secretary to apologise and says Qatar World Cup 'not safe' for LGBTQ+ people

  08-11-2022 22:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Luke Pollard says the World Cup is not safe for gay supporters
  
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• LNER train drivers vote to withdraw overtime in dispute over terms and conditions

  08-11-2022 22:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  LNER train drivers will take the action from November 27
  
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• Minister Gavin Williamson resigns amid Government probe into allegations of bulling

  08-11-2022 21:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Minister of State without Portfolio has walked amid an investigation into his behaviour after just a month in his post
  
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• Work to start on moving scenic road in South Shields to save route from erosion

  08-11-2022 20:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The scheme will extend the lifespan of the coastal route in South Shields by around 50 years
  
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• Hundreds of jobs at risk as DWP launches voluntary redundancy scheme - including in North East

  08-11-2022 19:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme with more than 400 jobs at risk
  
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• Covid-19 'resurgence' will up pressure on the NHS this winter, North East Ambulance Service warns

  08-11-2022 19:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  NHS leaders at North East Ambulance Service have laid out plans to deal with worrying winter - and they expect Covid-19 to add to issues like handover delays.
  
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• EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning lottery numbers for Tuesday November 8's £14m jackpot

  08-11-2022 19:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for November 8 - live breaking updates below
  
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• Newcastle Christmas Lights switch-on 2022 - special guests and performers announced

  08-11-2022 19:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here's everything you need to know about this year's event and what entertainment you can expect
  
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• Tyne Tunnel marks one year since toll booths axed in switch to controversial cashless payments

  08-11-2022 19:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It has been 12 months since the crossing’s old toll booths and barriers were ditched, in an effort to speed up journey times and reduce pollution levels
  
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• Rising Sun Farm in Wallsend needs new leaseholder after management company filed for insolvency

  08-11-2022 18:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council is seeking a replacement to manage the venue and says it is prioritising 'the security of the site and its assets, and the welfare of the animals'
  
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• HSBC will give people £200 cash for free for switching bank accounts

  08-11-2022 18:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Customers looking to switch to an HSBC Advance or Premier Bank Account can get £200 for free
  
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• Full list of confirmed UK bank holidays for 2022 and 2023

  08-11-2022 18:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  King Charles' coronation is among the bank holidays lined up for 2023 you'll need to make a note of
  
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• What big changes to the political map mean for the North East – as some seats abolished under new plans

  08-11-2022 18:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The shake up of the North East political map could see seats like North Tyneside, Wansbeck, North West Durham, and Tony Blair’s former seat of Sedgefield disappear
  
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• Newcastle Airport could be part of Hexham constituency under Boundary Commission changes

  08-11-2022 18:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The shake up of the North East political map could see seats like North Tyneside, Wansbeck, North West Durham, and Tony Blair’s former seat of Sedgefield disappear
  
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• Man to stand trial over alleged attack on taxi driver in Walker

  08-11-2022 17:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Howey is charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent in connection with incident on Alston Avenue
  
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• Tomasz Oleszak trial: Teenager accused of murder appears in Newcastle Crown Court - NewcastleWorld

  08-11-2022 17:14 via news.google.com
  Tomasz Oleszak trial: Teenager accused of murder appears in Newcastle Crown Court  NewcastleWorld
  
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• Bird keepers urged to stick to the rules with Avian flu still present on Northumberland Coast

  08-11-2022 17:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of wild birds have died since the disease was first reported in February
  
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• Five arrested after police officer and teen injured in cruel Sunderland firework attack

  08-11-2022 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police have made five arrests after one of their officers was badly burned and suffered hearing loss following the attack
  
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• What is Mastodon? The little-known social media platform Twitter users are flocking to

  08-11-2022 17:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The platform has seen hundreds of thousands of users sign up within the last week as Twitter users seek out alternatives following Elon Musk's takeover
  
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• The popular 1980s Whitley Bay bar - and the North Tyneside-born Duran Duran star

  08-11-2022 17:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Opened by Duran Duran's North Tyneside-born guitarist Andy Taylor, Rio on North Parade, Whitley Bay, became a favourite destination for 1980s revellers
  
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• Hairy Biker Si King to headline Newcastle cost of living rally with hundreds expected

  08-11-2022 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Zarah Sultana will also appear at the Boiler Shop on Thursday evening
  
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• Bishop Auckland Food Festival open to traders for 2023 - here's how to apply

  08-11-2022 16:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The festival attracted a record 30,000 visitors in 2022
  
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• Ex-Premier League star arrested on suspicion of drink driving after crashing car into shop front

  08-11-2022 15:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pictures show a black Land Rover sticking out of store in Wynyard, County Durham, with a 37-year-old man being detained In connection with the incident
  
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• DWP warns pensioners have just days left to claim £150 Warm Home Discount energy bill support

  08-11-2022 15:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Millions of households are eligible for the Warm Home Discount this winter, but the DWP reckons 850,000 still need to claim it
  
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• Jarrow sheltered accommodation residents told burglars they were going nowhere until police arrived

  08-11-2022 14:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gemma Campbell and Audra Ames, of South Shields, stole items from a dead man's flat and a communal area of the complex in Jarrow
  
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• Morrisons cuts prices on hot meals including fish and chips in all its cafés

  08-11-2022 14:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The supermarket is reducing the cost of over half the hot dishes served in its cafés across the country - the firm has also unveiled its Christmas menu
  
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• Harry Potter star Leslie Phillips dies aged 98 as tributes pour in for Carry On legend

  08-11-2022 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The actor's agent confirmed that the star died 'peacefully in his sleep' on Monday, after an incredible career in film, TV and radio spanning over eight decades
  
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• Inside luxury apartments being built at site of former wool warehouse in Hexham

  08-11-2022 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Henry Bell Wool Merchants site is being turned into 45 apartments
  
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• Matt Hancock heading into the I'm A Celebrity camp today after Olivia Attwood's shock exit

  08-11-2022 14:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Health Secretary will join the current campmates as a late arrival along with comedian Seann Walsh
  
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• Five foods you should include in your diet to help lose weight quickly according to experts

  08-11-2022 14:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  These healthy foods can help to make your workout routine more successful too, contributing towards muscle gain as well as weight loss
  
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• Demolition crews begin tearing down another Newcastle city centre building to make way for £155m HMRC offices

  08-11-2022 14:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bamburgh House is the latest site being demolished under plans to build a huge new office complex
  
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• 11 things you may not know about the poppy - including why it's a symbol of Remembrance

  08-11-2022 13:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Every year, the Poppy Appeal helps to support thousands of serving and ex-serving Armed Forces personnel and their families - here are details about what the poppy symbolises
  
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• North East mum still suffering from horror illness two months after TUI 5-star holiday nightmare

  08-11-2022 13:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  TUI customer Samantha Broadbent is looking for answers after being struck down with a bacterial infection while on holiday in the Dominican Republic
  
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• New NHS unit for planned care like pacemaker operations opens at Cramlington hospital

  08-11-2022 13:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You could have a pacemaker fitted at the newly-separated planned procedures unit at NSECH.
  
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• Consett driver admits causing death of 'much loved' teenage girl in horror smash

  08-11-2022 13:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Craig Graham, 19, was behind the wheel of a silver Ford Fiesta when the vehicle collided with a wall on Potterhouse Lane
  
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• Landmark energy centre at South Shields aims to highlight North East's green power expertise

  08-11-2022 13:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Northern Renewable Energy Centre of Excellence is part of a potential levelling up project
  
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• Gosforth Shopping Centre bought by Newcastle real estate firm in multimillion-pound deal

  08-11-2022 13:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new owners plan to work with the community to bring in new initiatives at the popular shopping complex
  
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• Fears rising over egg shortage as millions of chickens culled due to bird flu epidemic

  08-11-2022 13:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Around 48million chickens around UK have been culled as Government moves to contain avian influenza outbreak
  
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• Heartbroken wife of missing Wallsend man pleads for information as CCTV reveals his last known movements

  08-11-2022 13:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Patricia Brown says she is worried her missing husband may have suffered a medical episode as she appeals for information
  
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• Wanted man hides up a tree to escape from police in Killingworth before being arrested

  08-11-2022 12:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The suspect fled from police and sought sanctuary in the foliage but officers were quick to get him into custody
  
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• Veterinary first as homeless kitten that is neither male nor female up for adoption on Tyneside

  08-11-2022 12:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  15-week-old playful kitten Hope has no external or internal sex organs
  
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• Bruno Guimaraes celebrates at Newcastle restaurant after making Brazil World Cup squad

  08-11-2022 12:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United star Bruno Guimaraes and fiancée Ana celebrated him making the Brazil World Cup squad in Jesmond
  
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• North East Fastest 50: 2023 list of the region's fastest growing companies

  08-11-2022 11:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The annual list of the region's fastest growing companies is compiled by law firm Ward Hadaway
  
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• Business Woman of the Year award for Gateshead's Natalie Dawson - The Northern Echo

  08-11-2022 11:00 via news.google.com
  Business Woman of the Year award for Gateshead's Natalie Dawson  The Northern Echo
  
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• Giovanni Pernice condemns Strictly result in very public display of support for Ellie and Nikita

  08-11-2022 10:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion Giovanni Pernice has hit out at Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin's exit from the BBC show
  
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• More than half of schools in England planning 'catastrophic' staff redundancies

  08-11-2022 10:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The head teachers' union warned that a 'perfect storm' of Government underfunding and spiralling costs has left education in a 'perilous state'
  
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• Strictly's Kai Widdrington and Nadiya Bychkova mark huge first as fans go wild for announcement

  08-11-2022 10:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing stars Kai Widdrington and Nadiya Bychkova performed together during this week's results show
  
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