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• Newcastle city centre peacemaker kicked in head and stamped on in 'disgraceful' attack

  13-02-2025 22:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sean Tait, of Elswick, who caused huge delays to his case by going on the run, has been jailed for GBH with intent
  
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• Tesco, Asda and Morrisons petrol stations face major change 56% of drivers want

  13-02-2025 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The AA has called for a universal sign to be used next to public electric vehicle chargepoints, to help them stand out to drivers. But what do people want to see at the pumps?
  
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• The exact amount of BBC TV licence warning letters you can get before £1000 fine

  13-02-2025 21:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The BBC has sent out a record 41 million warning letters to households in the last year, with 13 per cent more sent out this year compared to the 36 million sent out in the previous year
  
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• Britain's 'fastest driver' caught by police after breaking speed record on UK road

  13-02-2025 21:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Almost half of Britain's police forces say they caught drivers hitting 90mph on 30mph roads in the 20 months before August 2024. The highest speed recorded was 167mph
  
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• Ryanair passengers 'boycott' airline over boarding pass changes and say 'I'd rather walk'

  13-02-2025 20:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The budget airline is set to fully embrace the digital age by getting rid of paper boarding passes in favour of a mobile-app-only system by May 2025
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, February 13

  13-02-2025 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We will be bringing live breaking updates and results from the National Lottery's Set For Life draw on Thursday, February 13
  
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• Coast Road returns to 70mph after repair works completed

  13-02-2025 20:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The long wait to see 70mph returned to the coast road is now over.
  
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• Octopus Energy customers pocket up to £676 on energy bills as daily charge is axed

  13-02-2025 20:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The energy watchdog has announced that suppliers must offer zero standing charge tariffs to households, alongside other tariffs, by next winter
  
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• Dobbies confirm more store shut downs after Northumberland garden centre closure

  13-02-2025 20:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Garden centre chain Dobbies is closing more stores in the coming weeks, after already shuttering 21 branches since the end of last year, including sites in the North East.
  
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• Hebburn Post Office damaged in early morning burglary forcing shop to close

  13-02-2025 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Post Office on Station Road in Hebburn remains closed today following the incident
  
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• Plans for £500,000 youth facility in Cramlington given green light

  13-02-2025 18:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The project will be funded by the county council but operated by the town council
  
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• Northumberland County Council to add to social housing offer in Rothbury

  13-02-2025 18:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There is high demand on the town's existing social housing stock
  
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• South Tyneside crackdown on crime and disorder as police make arrests and seize drugs and cash

  13-02-2025 18:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police officers descended on the North East borough on Wednesday, for the latest phase of Operation Impact
  
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• North East mayor and Sunderland Council react after Nissan-Honda merger talks collapse

  13-02-2025 18:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It remains unclear how Nissan's Sunderland plant, which employs 6,000 peoplem will be impacted by the end of talks for the company to merge with fellow Japanese giant Honda
  
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• Plans to redevelop former Camperdown pub rejected by councillors

  13-02-2025 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors threw out the application to redevelop the pub on the basis of overdevelopment and fears over the quality of the propsective housing.
  
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• Probe continues two weeks after 'distressed' teen found on North Shields playing field

  13-02-2025 17:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are still working to establish what happened after being called to Foxhunters Field
  
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• Killingworth church granted permission for completion after over 150-year wait

  13-02-2025 17:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors have given their blessing to a new extension to a Killingworth Church, over 150 years after being left incomplete.
  
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• Pelaw predatory bus driver met and kissed 13-year-old girl after grooming her online

  13-02-2025 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Annis, of Pelaw, who tried to target a second child while on bail, has been jailed
  
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• Three North East companies tipped to become $1bn UK 'unicorns'

  13-02-2025 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  County Durham's Pragmatic Semiconductor, Newcastle's Geopura and Atom Bank have been identified by Hurun's Unicorns and Future Unicorns Index 2024
  
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• Eagle-eyed member of the public helps police track down car allegedly stolen from Bishop Auckland home

  13-02-2025 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Five people have been arrested following alleged 'two-in-one' burglary
  
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• Man dies in water at Seaton Sluice as emergency services respond to incident on Northumberland coast

  13-02-2025 16:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Just after 2pm on Wednesday afternoon, police became concerned for the welfare of a man just out from the coastal village
  
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• North Shields bridge saved from demolition now set for £100k maintenance work

  13-02-2025 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A North Sheilds is set to recieve repairs after it was saved from council demolition.
  
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• Monument Metro ticket office that could have been underground pub still empty after 10 years

  13-02-2025 16:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former travel shop at Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station closed in 2015 and previous plans to turn it into a micropub fell through when the Covid pandemic hit
  
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• North East mayor issues Carabao Cup final trains plea for Newcastle United fans

  13-02-2025 16:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kim McGuinness has urged Network Rail to reschedule engineering works which will cause heavy disruption on the weekend of Newcastle's Carabao Cup final clash with Liverpool
  
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• Knife-wielding raider targets County Durham petrol station leaving staff 'shaken'

  13-02-2025 16:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A member of staff was threatened during the Esso garage robbery
  
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• Sunderland burglary investigated with money and clothing taken from Fulwell home

  13-02-2025 16:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police has released an image of a man who they would like to speak to in the wake of the theft
  
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• Met Office weather update as forecasters predict 'chance of some snow' in North East

  13-02-2025 15:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Snow is forecast over higher ground but some could fall to lower levels for a time, though it is unlikely to settle, according to the Met Office
  
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• Former Newcastle United footballer Joey Barton in court for sending 'offensive' messages to TV stars

  13-02-2025 15:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old former footballer is accused of sending communications of an indecent or grossly offensive nature on social media platform X
  
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• Kevin Keegan’s grandad rescued 26 miners from devastating disaster in North East town's darkest day

  13-02-2025 14:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pit inspector Frank Keegan was hailed as one of the heroes who saved 30 lives when 168 men perished in the West Stanley pit disaster of 1909
  
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• DWP issues update on home visits amid three-month Universal Credit benefit warning

  13-02-2025 14:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The DWP says it has doubled its home visits to help people transition from old-style benefits to Universal Credit
  
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• Gateshead shopkeeper threatened with iron bar by masked robber - Chronicle Live

  13-02-2025 13:42 via news.google.com
  Gateshead shopkeeper threatened with iron bar by masked robber  Chronicle Live
  
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• Gateshead shopkeeper threatened with iron bar by masked robber

  13-02-2025 13:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  George Eastland, of Felling, has been jailed for a series of offences at shops in Gateshead
  
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• Spain warning as tourism crackdown hits popular seaside resort with bars shut early

  13-02-2025 13:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The new law will see bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the area around Calle Castaño having to close earlier with terrace areas also slashed by half
  
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• DWP Universal Credit and other benefit claimants may see delay in April payment rises

  13-02-2025 12:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Many benefit payments are set to rise by 1.7% from April but people may not immediately see more money in their bank accounts
  
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• North East Royal visit LIVE: Updates as King Charles and Queen Camilla visit region

  13-02-2025 11:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  King Charles and Queen Camilla are visiting the North East on Thursday
  
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• Vera's Brenda Blethyn opens up on return to ITV series 'I miss it'

  13-02-2025 11:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vera fans were left heartbroken earlier this year after Brenda Blethyn played out her final scenes as Detective Vera Stanhope
  
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• Stradivarius signs for regional debut at Gateshead’s Metrocentre - Completely Retail News

  13-02-2025 11:05 via news.google.com
  Stradivarius signs for regional debut at Gateshead’s Metrocentre  Completely Retail News
  
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• Woman 'critical' in hospital after being hit by car in Rowlands Gill Library car park which left scene

  13-02-2025 11:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision, which happened on Monday night
  
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• Durham University researchers make discovery which reshapes how scientists view organism death

  13-02-2025 11:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This study has revealed that an enzyme in E-coli bacteria breaks down the contents of cells into nutrients after death
  
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• South Shields ketamine dealer snared after being pulled over in his car

  13-02-2025 11:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joe Longstaff had been street dealing the drugs in and around Newcastle over a six week period
  
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• Historic County Durham park with 450,000 annual visitors to get new 'giant' play tower

  13-02-2025 11:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hardwick Park will welcome a 14.5-metre tower designed to complement the park's Gothic gatehouse and tower
  
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• Ant and Dec caught up in BBC 'swearing chaos' on The One Show as apology issued

  13-02-2025 10:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ant and Dec appeared as guests on Wednesday night's edition of The One Show on BBC One as things took a turn
  
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• Ticket & Travel Details: Gateshead (A) - AFC Fylde

  13-02-2025 10:42 via news.google.com
  Ticket & Travel Details: Gateshead (A)  AFC Fylde
  
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• Ring doorbell owners face £100,000 fines for not following these rules

  13-02-2025 10:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Video doorbells have become increasingly popular in recent years, but owners need to be aware of the laws and regulations surrounding their use, according to experts
  
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• List of prescription medicines that could get drivers banned from the road - what the law says

  13-02-2025 09:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The government warns that it is illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs - here are more details about the rules
  
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• DWP confirms new £1,000 rule for benefit claimants in fraud crackdown as tough measures announced

  13-02-2025 08:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Government says new powers would enable the DWP to act quickly and impose financial and other penalties on benefit cheats rather than going through court
  
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• Nissan merger talks with Honda collapse in blow to car maker

  13-02-2025 08:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nissan last year announced plans for thousands of job losses but has not said how its Sunderland plant will be affected
  
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• Government statement on free bus pass rule change for everyone over 60

  13-02-2025 08:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A petition has surged past 10,000 signatures meaning the government has to make an official response - and it has done just that
  
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• Newcastle travel live updates: Gateshead A1 four vehicle collision closes two lanes with huge traffic buildup - Chronicle Live

  13-02-2025 07:30 via news.google.com
  Newcastle travel live updates: Gateshead A1 four vehicle collision closes two lanes with huge traffic buildup  Chronicle Live
  
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• Newcastle travel live updates: Gateshead A1 four vehicle collision closes two lanes with huge traffic buildup

  13-02-2025 07:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Follow live updates here for the latest on Newcastle's roads and updates on public transport across the North East region
  
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