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• Council backs charter urging more government action on disabled employment outcomes

  24-02-2023 22:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council has signed a charter urging central government to help disabled people in the workplace.
  
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• Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to people about state pensions, as one woman is left 'absolutely staggered'

  24-02-2023 21:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One fan of Martin's money saving advice approached the money buff as she was unaware she had been opted out of the additional state pension - meaning she had a shortfall spanning several years.
  
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• 'Thor' the walrus who surprised Blyth residents spotted more than 2,000 miles away in Iceland

  24-02-2023 21:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Arctic walrus dubbed 'Thor' who was spotted resting in Blyth in January has been sighted more than 2,000 miles away in Iceland
  
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• North Shields shop ordered to close after fake cigarettes seized in raid by Trading Standards

  24-02-2023 20:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ali Baba shop in North Shields has been ordered to close for three months following the raid
  
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• Martin Lewis 'really important' tip helps woman clear her debts

  24-02-2023 20:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One woman who was struggling to clear her debts said she was able to pay some money back 'relatively easy' after following the financial guru's advice
  
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• EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Friday, February 24

  24-02-2023 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, February 24 - live breaking updates below
  
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• Newcastle United fan, 93, heading to Wembley to cheer on his team for the 1,727th time

  24-02-2023 19:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 93-year-old might be heading to Wembley, but he came close to missing the final following a bad fall earlier this month that left him needing over 30 stitches to his face
  
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• All the North East venues taking part in National Lottery Open Week with free entry, discounts and special offers

  24-02-2023 19:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  All visitors need is a lottery ticket or scratch card to take advantage of the range of promotions on at museums, art galleries, historical sites and more
  
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• UK strikes: Which workers' unions are taking industrial action and when?

  24-02-2023 19:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  More NHS workers, including junior doctors, nurses and ambulance workers, have voted in favour of walking out
  
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• Council boss faces questions over unfinished Newcastle houses with links to Labour leader

  24-02-2023 19:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Council leader Nick Kemp's name went unmentioned in an hour-long interrogation over the housing contract stripped from North Shields firm Orca last year
  
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• Geordie Shore cast member opens up on MTV show's biggest secrets - drink tallies, banned swear words and more

  24-02-2023 19:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former cast member Abbie Holborn has spilled the tea on some of Geordie Shore's biggest secrets.
  
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• Ukrainian mother's gratitude to Sunderland after settling in city with family when she fled war

  24-02-2023 18:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alyona Ischuk arrived in Sunderland in May last year with her two children and mother from Odessa in southern Ukraine
  
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• How to watch Newcastle United vs Manchester United's Carabao Cup final this weekend - stream, channel, time and more

  24-02-2023 18:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Magpies travel to Wembley for their first cup final since their 2-0 FA Cup loss to Manchester United in 1999.
  
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• Ex-Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers will give Floyd Mayweather 'no respect' at their exhibition boxing bout

  24-02-2023 18:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Geordie Shore star faces off against 'Money' Mayweather this Saturday at the O2 Arena in London.
  
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• Warning as Amazon Fire Stick block may force you to buy a new remote

  24-02-2023 17:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular device appears to be blocking users from tinkering with their Fire Sticks, and some may have to fork out for a new Pro remote control
  
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• Council to 'assess options' over Central Station revamp and other projects hit by Tolent collapse

  24-02-2023 17:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tolent was contracted for the next stage of the train station's redevelopment, as well as the regeneration of the Pattern Shop and a controversial housing project in West Denton
  
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• Ant and Dec hit with Newcastle final 'nerves' before Saturday Night Takeaway new series launch

  24-02-2023 17:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec will be going to Wembley to see Newcastle in action the day after hosting Saturday Night Takeaway
  
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• Newcastle United fans in London for the 1976 League Cup final - 20 unseen photographs

  24-02-2023 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our 20 mainly unpublished photographs recall some of the thousands of Newcastle United fans who descended on London for the 1976 League Cup final. Recognise any faces?
  
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• Houghton-le-Spring man claimed cannabis farm potentially worth thousands was for 'personal use'

  24-02-2023 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stuart Malcolm, 53, was given a suspended sentence at Newcastle's Moot Hall
  
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• Confidence that community can save Gateshead Leisure Centre after closure threat 'wake up call' - Chronicle Live

  24-02-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  Confidence that community can save Gateshead Leisure Centre after closure threat 'wake up call'  Chronicle Live
  
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• Confidence that community can save Gateshead Leisure Centre after closure threat 'wake up call'

  24-02-2023 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Locals' ideas to reinvigorate the site inlcude reopening its cafe and hosting football leagues
  
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• Teenager arrested as police investigate spate of reported car break-ins in Cramlington

  24-02-2023 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cramlington residents are being urged to check their CCTV as police investigate a spate of reported car break-ins
  
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• Loose Women's Ruth Langsford centre of emotional exit as co-star quits after 20 years

  24-02-2023 16:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Loose Women ended with emotional scenes on Friday as Ruth and the panel bid farewell to a colleague on the ITV show
  
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• Gateshead Health Trust cares for 75 patients with Covid-19 in hospital - NewcastleWorld

  24-02-2023 16:20 via news.google.com
  
  Gateshead Health Trust cares for 75 patients with Covid-19 in hospital  NewcastleWorld
  
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• Police arrest 91 people and seize over 100k of MDMA and ketamine in county lines crackdown

  24-02-2023 15:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police recovered quantities of MDMA and ketamine with a street value of more than £100,000 at an address in Newcastle
  
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• Junior doctors to go on strike for three days in March over pay dispute

  24-02-2023 15:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The British Medical Association says it has been 'left with no option but to proceed with this action' and has announced strike dates of March 13, 14 and 15
  
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• Gateshead tower block residents set to see price hike in council energy scheme - Chronicle Live

  24-02-2023 15:39 via news.google.com
  Gateshead tower block residents set to see price hike in council energy scheme  Chronicle Live
  
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• Gateshead tower block residents set to see price hike in council energy scheme

  24-02-2023 15:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Council has increased its energy tariffs to customers throughout Gateshead to be more in line with the Government's Energy Price Guarantee
  
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• This Morning's Alison Hammond forced to 'defend' herself as past Ant and Dec remark resurfaces

  24-02-2023 14:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Morning presenter Alison Hammond lived to regret a past comment she made about Ant and Dec and Saturday Night Takeaway
  
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• North East Today: Couple speak one year on from Russian invasion in Ukraine and Metro fleet update

  24-02-2023 14:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Your afternoon briefing on all the latest from across the North East
  
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• Gateshead housing benefit tenants forced to find extra £32 per ... - NewcastleWorld

  24-02-2023 14:12 via news.google.com
  
  Gateshead housing benefit tenants forced to find extra £32 per ...  NewcastleWorld
  
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• Newcastle United WAGs board train for London led by Charlotte Trippier ahead of Wembley final

  24-02-2023 13:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Several of the wives of Newcastle United players took to Instagram on Friday as they headed to London
  
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• Ant and Dec reveal 'worst' celebrity interview during SM:TV Live days

  24-02-2023 13:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The pair both agreed that one particular star stood out in their memory as being a 'bad interview' back in their early ITV days
  
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• Thousands will receive payout after HMRC bans tax refund firm

  24-02-2023 13:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The tax office will be refunding an average £154 to each eligible person whose claim was paused during the probe into Tax Credit Ltd
  
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• Geordie Shore axe reports shut down by MTV bosses as new series confirmed

  24-02-2023 13:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Reports have circulated that Newcastle based MTV show Geordie Shore has been axed after 12 years on screen
  
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• Metro scraps plans for Wi-Fi on trains – with hope for 'seamless' 4G and 5G signal instead

  24-02-2023 13:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Transport bosses say that Wi-Fi has been deemed too costly to install on the Tyne and Wear Metro and would likely be used by 'very few' passengers
  
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• 'Our hearts are broken without him': Family of Connor Brown share their pain on fourth anniversary

  24-02-2023 13:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old died after being stabbed in an alleyway in Sunderland
  
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• Ukrainian couple in Rowlands Gill look back on year of uncertainty as war rages in their home country

  24-02-2023 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pair who made their home in Gateshead village say it is their duty to do what they can to help as war continues to ravage their country
  
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• Warning as Microsoft PC users are flooded with dangerous spam emails

  24-02-2023 12:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Users of Microsoft devices are complaining that their inboxes have all of a sudden been inundated with spam mail - with keep-safe filters breaking down
  
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• Newcastle keeper Loris Karius' famous girlfriend Diletta Leotta set to commentate on Wembley final

  24-02-2023 12:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Loris Karius looks set to play in goal for Newcastle United against Manchester United at Wembley and his girlfriend will be there
  
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• Lone woman targeted by three men during attempted car-jacking in Gateshead - Chronicle Live

  24-02-2023 12:21 via news.google.com
  Lone woman targeted by three men during attempted car-jacking in Gateshead  Chronicle Live
  
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• Lone woman targeted by three men during attempted car-jacking in Gateshead

  24-02-2023 12:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  When she refused to get out the car in Birtley, one of the men kicked the vehicle and threw a can at it
  
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• Lone woman targeted by three men during attempted car-jacking - Chronicle Live

  24-02-2023 12:21 via news.google.com
  
  Lone woman targeted by three men during attempted car-jacking  Chronicle Live
  
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• Health experts advice on three things to do if you can't get an appointment with a GP

  24-02-2023 11:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Patients can avoid the morning phone call frenzy to their GP practice by using other free services to get the health advice they need
  
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• BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt 'snubs' co-host Nina Warhurst after awkward on-air discussion

  24-02-2023 11:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt appeared to dismiss his co-star Nina Warhurst during a discussion on Friday's show
  
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• Drivers warned of fines as licence plate change comes into effect in March

  24-02-2023 11:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the DVLA prepares to roll out the new 73 plate next month, drivers are facing a reminder about some important licence plate changes which they may have missed
  
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• Vera's Brenda Blethyn lifts lid on behind the scenes 'secret' viewers don't see on screen

  24-02-2023 11:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vera star Brenda Blethyn has opened up about some trickery that viewers of the ITV drama don't get to see
  
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• DWP PIP warning with thousands of benefit claimants having payments stopped

  24-02-2023 10:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Concerns that the number of claimants allegedly failing to return their forms seemed to be increasing at an extraordinary rate
  
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• Strictly's Helen Skelton sends sweet message to Gorka Marquez as he begins new dance tour

  24-02-2023 10:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Helen said it was a 'privilege' to have danced with Gorka in the heartfelt post as the Strictly pro prepared for opening night
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt's little sister unrecognisable from Gogglebox days in rare picture

  24-02-2023 09:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Scarlett and her family were on Channel 4 show Gogglebox almost a decade ago and she appeared alongside her parents and younger sister Ava
  
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