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• Dramatic footage shows huge fire with roaring flames and plumes of smoke in Houghton-le-Spring

  10-06-2025 23:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The allotment blaze in the Sunderland town shocked residents earlier today, and one captured this dramatic video
  
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• Police investigation launched as defibrillator stolen from Newcastle Blue Star ground in 'real low act'

  10-06-2025 22:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police has been making enquiries since the theft took place overnight and the report was made on Monday morning
  
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• Rough sleeping rockets in Gateshead as councillor asks meeting 'what is going on here' - Chronicle Live

  10-06-2025 22:14 via news.google.com
  Rough sleeping rockets in Gateshead as councillor asks meeting 'what is going on here'  Chronicle Live
  
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• Rough sleeping rockets in Gateshead as councillor asks meeting 'what is going on here'

  10-06-2025 22:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The local authority, alongside many councils across the region and UK, are dealing with a rapid increase in rough sleeping
  
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• Home discharges from Felling care facility almost 30% below national standards, council report finds

  10-06-2025 22:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Felling facility has already seen controversy after inspectors placed it in special measures. Now the home discharge rates have been found to fall below national standards.
  
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• Housing repairs top list of complaints at Gateshead Council - Chronicle Live

  10-06-2025 22:05 via news.google.com
  Housing repairs top list of complaints at Gateshead Council  Chronicle Live
  
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• Housing repairs top list of complaints at Gateshead Council

  10-06-2025 22:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Housing repairs continues to be the most complained about issue within the local authority's housing department.
  
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• Top Tyneside cancer researcher says Sam Fender's Seventeen Going Under inspires her work

  10-06-2025 21:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cancer researcher Dr Suzannah Harnor grew up in North Shields like Sam Fender, and says his arena-filling tune Seventeen Going Under inspires her in the lab.
  
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• Jobs lost as NHS call centre operator calls in administrators

  10-06-2025 21:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Loss making Totally plc had failed to secure a renewal of a key NHS England contract earlier this year
  
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• North East's renewable energy industry can be 'as totemic as shipbuilding and mining'

  10-06-2025 21:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Newcastle College training campus for the renewable, subsea, and offshore sectors will triple its capacity following an £8.5 million cash injection from the North East Combined Authority
  
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• 101-year-old 'queen' of North Shields care home celebrates birthday with classy tea party

  10-06-2025 20:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dorothy Brown has been a resident at Redesdale Court for almost eight years, and she received a visit from her nephews on her special day
  
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• EuroMillions and Thunderball results LIVE: Winning numbers for chance to win UK's biggest £208M jackpot

  10-06-2025 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We will be bringing live breaking updates and results from the National Lottery's EuroMillions and Thunderball draw on Tuesday, June 10
  
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• Shocked community rallies round Sunderland park knife attack victim saying there's 'love out there'

  10-06-2025 20:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A shopkeeper is raising money to help 15-year-old boy seriously injured in incident at Herrington Country Park in Sunderland
  
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• Neighbours react to 'awful' death of baby thought to be just months old

  10-06-2025 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The baby's death is being treated as unexplained and four people have been arrested
  
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• Northumberland family facing £40,995 bill to get seriously ill man home from Cyprus holiday

  10-06-2025 19:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ian Wright was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis with necrosis on May 18 and has been in hospital since
  
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• Joy as missing African Grey parrot found by school children over 30 miles away

  10-06-2025 18:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Burt the African Grey parrot, which was born with a missing toe, went missing from his home in Newton Aycliffe before being found by children at a school in Jarrow
  
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• Pictures show fire damage as Houghton-le-Spring allotment blaze leaves area devastated

  10-06-2025 18:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service firefighters were deployed to the Sunderland town on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Man arrested after elderly pedestrians injured in Bedlington park 'off-road motorbike' incident

  10-06-2025 18:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police received a report of a black Sur-Ron style off-road motorbike being ridden through Gallagher Park in Bedlington at speed
  
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• New statement on vandal attack on BBC Newcastle offices as campaign group claims responsibility

  10-06-2025 17:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Members of the protest group say they smashed windows and spray-painted the words 'Liars' and 'Free Gaza' on the building overnight
  
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• North East has lowest proportion of people in work, new figures show

  10-06-2025 17:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Unemployment and economic inactivity in the region have fallen slightly in the new figures but still remain higher than most other areas
  
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• Coldstream Guards make symbolic return to their roots in Berwick to mark 375th anniversary

  10-06-2025 17:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Crowds lined the streets to welcome the Coldstream Guards who travelled up from London to mark the regiment's 375th anniversary
  
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• ChatGPT down in massive outage affecting users globally as millions complain

  10-06-2025 17:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Downdetector recieved reports of the outage earlier this morning
  
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• Northumberland rural areas to miss out on new kerbside food recycling service

  10-06-2025 16:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Only towns in south east Northumberland along with Ponteland and Morpeth will benefit initially from the new service
  
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• Exact date Newcastle will see 24C temperatures as weather heats up this week

  10-06-2025 15:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  While the weather will become warmer, there is also a chance of rain and thundery showers in the North East - here's the latest Met Office forecast
  
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• Thunderstorms to hit UK alongside deluge of rain towards the North East

  10-06-2025 14:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The poor weather contrasts with the heatwave that either side of it
  
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• Exact date bin collection days will change in County Durham for hundreds of households

  10-06-2025 14:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Residents in some areas are being made aware of changes to their bin collection dates and Durham County Council is rerouting some collections in the south of the county
  
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• My Gateshead council flat flooded, it was like a waterfall - NewcastleWorld

  10-06-2025 14:06 via news.google.com
  My Gateshead council flat flooded, it was like a waterfall  NewcastleWorld
  
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• Man suffers bleed on brain and broken eye socket in attack outside Sunderland nightclub

  10-06-2025 13:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man in his 40s sustained serious injuries including a bleed on the brain, a broken eye socket and collar bone outside 7Even nightclub
  
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• Three teens in court accused of attempted murder after boy injured in Sunderland 'stabbing'

  10-06-2025 13:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two boys and a girl have been charged over the incident at Herrington Country Park which has left a 15-year-old boy injured
  
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• Flooded Gateshead tower block tenants speak of uncertainty - BBC

  10-06-2025 13:04 via news.google.com
  Flooded Gateshead tower block tenants speak of uncertainty  BBC
  
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• Barry’s Home Bakery in Gateshead sold to forecourt operator Penny Petroleum - British Baker

  10-06-2025 11:52 via news.google.com
  Barry’s Home Bakery in Gateshead sold to forecourt operator Penny Petroleum  British Baker
  
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• How the Gateshead Flyover could look as thriving green space if it wasn't demolished - Chronicle Live

  10-06-2025 10:32 via news.google.com
  How the Gateshead Flyover could look as thriving green space if it wasn't demolished  Chronicle Live
  
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• Gateshead celebrates Refugee Week with community, culture and compassion - Gateshead Council

  10-06-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Gateshead celebrates Refugee Week with community, culture and compassion  Gateshead Council
  
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• Rovers to face Gateshead in pre-season - Doncaster Rovers FC

  10-06-2025 07:17 via news.google.com
  Rovers to face Gateshead in pre-season  Doncaster Rovers FC
  
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• Questions over 'worrying dip' in strong GCSE pass grades in Gateshead - Chronicle Live

  10-06-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  Questions over 'worrying dip' in strong GCSE pass grades in Gateshead  Chronicle Live
  
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• 'Therapy helped me start my own counselling business while working part-time for NHS'

  10-06-2025 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Laing set up Rain or Shine Counselling in Sunderland with the support of North East Business and Innovation Centre
  
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• Washington voyeur took photo of unconscious and naked visitor to his home for 'bragging rights'

  10-06-2025 01:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jonpaul Elessar, of Washington, admitted a charge of voyeurism and also had indecent images of children
  
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• Connor Brown's mum urges primary schools to let her speak to younger children about knife dangers

  10-06-2025 01:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tanya Brown, whose son Connor was murdered in Sunderland, wants to help young people keep themselves safe
  
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• Northumberland cyclist to take on 252 mile charity challenge after tragic loss of his son

  10-06-2025 01:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Samuel Parker suffered the heart-breaking loss of baby Dylan in 2020, and he is now raising money for an organisation that supported his family
  
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• 'Arrogant' Gateshead solicitor groped woman's breast under her 'Jingle my Bells' Christmas jumper - Chronicle Live

  10-06-2025 01:11 via news.google.com
  'Arrogant' Gateshead solicitor groped woman's breast under her 'Jingle my Bells' Christmas jumper  Chronicle Live
  
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• 'Arrogant' Gateshead solicitor groped woman's breast under her 'Jingle my Bells' Christmas jumper

  10-06-2025 01:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Timothy Luckhurst-Matthews, of Gateshead, was convicted of a sexual assault which his victim said left her in despair
  
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