Gateshead news

• DWP responds to frustration over missing dates of the cost of living crisis payments

  17-03-2023 22:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has yet to confirm the dates that the first low-income families will receive them
  
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• Paul O'Grady shares 'awful' news after losing beloved pet while on tour in Newcastle

  17-03-2023 22:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul had been starring in Annie at the Theatre Royal when he came home to the tragic news that the animal had been put to sleep
  
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• North East weather: Met Office hour-by-hour forecast for a cloudy and mild weekend

  17-03-2023 22:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Saturday is set for outbreaks of rain with a risk of hail and thunder, while Sunday is looking dry and sunny before more showers move in on Monday
  
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• Friends and family of Tomasz Oleszak gather for charity football match to remember Gateshead teen

  17-03-2023 21:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pupils who knew the 14-year-old played in a team called 'Friends of Tomasz' and a minute's silence was held before the game in his memory
  
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• Man dies following motorbike crash in Alnwick as police appeal for witnesses

  17-03-2023 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The man sadly died at the scene on the B6341 on Friday afternoon, and part of the road remains closed to traffic as investigations take place
  
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• EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Friday, March 17

  17-03-2023 20:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, March 17 - live breaking updates below
  
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• New breast cancer screening pod opens in Gateshead - BBC

  17-03-2023 19:53
  
  New breast cancer screening pod opens in Gateshead  BBC
  
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• Government and education unions to hold ‘intensive talks’ after teacher strikes

  17-03-2023 19:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The talks will focus on pay, conditions and workload reduction
  
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• Arriva bus strikes could take place in Newcastle and Northumberland in pay dispute

  17-03-2023 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If workers vote in favour of industrial action then strikes could begin after Easter
  
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• Funeral for Christian Atsu takes place as hundreds of mourners gather to pay their respects

  17-03-2023 19:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Atsu's wife Marie-Claire Rupio was overcome with emotion as she made a moving speech in tribute to her husband, saying: "Your smile, your love, I see in our children's smiles"
  
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• Tired North Shields driver killed Blyth grandad by falling asleep at wheel after wild camping

  17-03-2023 19:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alan Lockey, of North Shields, caused the death of Blyth pensioner David Henderson in a head-on smash after dozing off in Northumberland
  
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• 'Large quantity of cannabis' discovered as police search North Shields allotment

  17-03-2023 19:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested after Northumbria Police recovered a large quantity of cannabis
  
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• Police investigating Wallsend assault on woman issue image of a man they would like to trace

  17-03-2023 19:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It was reported that a 25-year-old woman had been outside of Manhattans bar on High Street West when she was approached by a man who was not known to her
  
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• Widower's heartbreak as tree where wife's ashes are buried stolen from Northumberland cemetery

  17-03-2023 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sam Quigg, 67, has slammed the heartless culprit for taking the cherished item from Alnwick Cemetery
  
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• Tory minister will back Leamside Line reopening 'when Labour tell us how they will find the money'

  17-03-2023 18:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North West Durham MP and transport minister Richard Holden declined to match Labour's commitment to restore trains to the mothballed Leamside Line
  
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• Newly-unveiled Tyne and Wear Metro trains are 'best you would see anywhere in the world'

  17-03-2023 18:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One of the first trains in the Metro's £362m new, Swiss-built fleet was showcased on Friday and should be in passenger service by the end of this year
  
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• Police dog helps uncover huge underground cannabis farm at Spennymoor allotment

  17-03-2023 17:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers found more than carrots at the site with an underground cannabis grow full of mature plants in the 30ft underground space
  
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• ITV's Ant and Dec hit by schedule change as Saturday Night Takeaway moved for rugby

  17-03-2023 17:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway won't be in it's usual time slot this weekend as ITV make a schedule change
  
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• Murder accused says he didn't intend to hurt Newcastle student boyfriend and is 'heartbroken'

  17-03-2023 17:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Aaron Ray, of Sunderland, told jurors he picked up a knife after Jason Brockbanks attacked him but didn't intend to stab him
  
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• NEXT UP: Gateshead (A) (18/03/23 3pm KO) - Torquay United

  17-03-2023 17:30
  
  NEXT UP: Gateshead (A) (18/03/23 3pm KO)  Torquay United
  
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• Gangland gun plotters who organised shooting at rival's home in South Shields jailed

  17-03-2023 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Aaron Momat, of South Tyneside and seven other men conspired to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear to his rival
  
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• Woman taken to hospital following 'medical incident' at Blaydon Station

  17-03-2023 17:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Blaydon Station shortly after 12.30pm and the train line was closed to allow officers on the tracks to take the woman to safety
  
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• South Tyneside councillor could face police investigation over failure to declare paid role at meetings

  17-03-2023 16:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The role included a £10,000-per-year allowance as the chair of the board at South Tyneside Homes
  
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• Tyneside 60 years ago: 10 photographs from around our region in 1963

  17-03-2023 16:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our 10 striking photographs from the ChronicleLive archive recall some of what was going on around Tyneside 60 years ago
  
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• SPONSORED: Don't miss your chance to have your work recognised at the 2023 North East Business Awards

  17-03-2023 16:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There are 13 categories that can be entered
  
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• Police investigating Byker attempted burglary release image of man they would like to speak to

  17-03-2023 15:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police released an image of a man who they would like to speak to in connection with a suspected attempted burglary at a house in Byker
  
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• ITV's Hunt for Raoul Moat's lead actor Matt Stokoe is from Durham and has famous other half

  17-03-2023 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Bodyguard star Matt Stokoe will play the title role in ITV true crime series The Hunt for Raoul Moat
  
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• ITV's Hunt for Raoul Moat lead actor Matt Stokoe is from Durham and has famous other half

  17-03-2023 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Bodyguard star Matt Stokoe will play the title role in ITV true crime series The Hunt for Raoul Moat
  
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• ITV Raoul Moat drama's lead actor Matt Stokoe is from Durham and has famous other half

  17-03-2023 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Bodyguard star Matt Stokoe will play the title role in ITV true crime series The Hunt for Raoul Moat
  
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• Jonnie Irwin's Geordie wife 'terrified' to be single mum as husband faces terminal cancer diagnosis

  17-03-2023 15:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A Place in the Sun presenter's wife, Jess, has opened up on her thoughts and feelings on her husband's terminal diagnosis
  
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• North East visitor attraction numbers bounce back after pandemic

  17-03-2023 14:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Beamish Museum and Durham Cathedral were the region's most visited sites - but numbers are still down on 2019
  
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• North East Today: Inside the new Metros and coastal anti-social behaviour crackdown

  17-03-2023 14:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Your daily briefing on all the latest news from across the North East
  
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• This Morning's Craig Doyle 'emotional' as viewers call for him to get bigger role

  17-03-2023 14:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Craig Doyle made fleeting appearances on Friday's This Morning as the ITV show marked St Patrick's Day
  
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• The Newcastle bar which has gone all out to celebrate St Patrick's Day

  17-03-2023 14:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Bar on Westmorland Road has been turned green with Irish themed decorations
  
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• Alison Hammond announced as new Great British Bake Off co-host

  17-03-2023 14:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 48-year-old replaces Matt Lucas on the widely-watched Channel 4 staple, joining Noel Fielding in the tent
  
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• Hopes that £16m investment in town will put an end to the 'Ashington hole'

  17-03-2023 14:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The money was included in Wednesday's Government budget
  
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• Date new DWP Universal Credit and other benefit payment rates will begin

  17-03-2023 14:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Benefit payments from the DWP and HMRC will increase by 10.1% next month but it could be a few weeks before the money arrives for some people
  
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• Joe Wicks 'hijacked' by Ant and Dec for Saturday Night Takeaway prank as he becomes latest victim

  17-03-2023 14:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fitness guru Joe Wicks is targeted by Ant and Dec for a prank on the latest episode of Saturday Night Takeaway
  
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• How £16m of funding could change one of Northumberland's most deprived towns

  17-03-2023 13:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ashington is set to receive multimillion pound funding for the regeneration of the town
  
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• Prolific West Denton thief punched man and robbed him of bike as he stood on own doorstep

  17-03-2023 13:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lout David Appleby also smashed another man's window and threatened to burn his house down
  
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• Second inquest to be held into the death of North East mum who died after her benefits were stopped

  17-03-2023 13:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jodey Whiting's mum Joy Dove has been fighting for five years for a second inquest into her daughter's death
  
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• Inside the brand new Tyne and Wear trains hailed as 'future of North East transport'

  17-03-2023 13:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Future passengers were given a first look around one of the modern new Metro trains on Friday
  
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• This Morning's Alison Hammond stunned by 'ageless' B*Witched as group perform for St Patrick's Day

  17-03-2023 13:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Irish girl group and C'est La Vie hitmakers B*Witched appeared on This Morning on Friday for a St Patrick's Day episode
  
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• Sunderland park to get interactive football wall created as part of £740,000 investment

  17-03-2023 13:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Southwick's Thompson Park is set to be transformed into an active park
  
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• Paris Hilton handed This Morning role before 'insulting' Josie Gibson as ITV viewers baffled

  17-03-2023 13:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paris Hilton ended up playing a key role in Friday's This Morning as she appeared on the ITV daytime show as a guest
  
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• Calls for speed limit on "dangerous" stretch of Northumberland road to be reduced to 30mph

  17-03-2023 12:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The route is regularly used by walkers and cyclists with residents wanting the speed limit to be halved from 60mph
  
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• One person taken to hospital after car and motorbike crash on Newcastle's Chillingham Road

  17-03-2023 12:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police and paramedics were called to a crash on Chillngham Road in Heaton on Thursday night
  
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• How old are B*Witched now? This Morning viewers stunned as group appear for St Patrick's Day

  17-03-2023 12:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Irish girl group and C'est La Vie hitmakers B*Witched appeared on This Morning on Friday for a St Patrick's Day episode
  
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• King Charles' coronation to be shown on big screens across the North East

  17-03-2023 12:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people from across the region will be able to come together to watch the historic occasion play out
  
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• Jonnie Irwin celebrates 50th birthday eight months early as he reveals heartbreaking cancer update

  17-03-2023 12:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former A Place in the Sun presenter has been very open on his battle with terminal cancer, revealing that he celebrated his milestone 50th early
  
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