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• Greggs boss leads North East business figures recognised in King's Birthday Honours list

  13-06-2025 23:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Roisin Currie has been made a CBE for services to hospitality after a long career at Greggs in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours list
  
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• Award-winning North East writer Pat Barker becomes Dame in King's Birthday Honours list

  13-06-2025 23:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Durham's Pat Barker is recognised for services to literature
  
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• Samantha Madgin's mum and sister awarded MBE for services to prevention of knife crime

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alison Madgin and Carly Barrett have both been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours
  
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• Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah made a Dame in King's Birthday Honours List 2025

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chi Onwurah is among more than 50 people from the North East to be celebrated in His Majesty The King's Birthday Honours List 2025
  
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• Meet the unsung North East heroes named in King’s Birthday Honours List 2025

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the awards are a 'powerful reminder of the extraordinary dedication, compassion, and service that exists in every corner of our country'
  
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• Full list of North East people named in King’s Birthday Honours List 2025

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The King’s Birthday Honours, including MBEs, OBEs, CBEs and BEMs, have been awarded to people from areas including Northumberland, County Durham, Sunderland and North Tyneside
  
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• David Beckham, Gary Oldman and Tess Daly among famous faces in King's Birthday Honours list 2025

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A number of celebrities from the world of sport, TV, film and entertainment have been honoured this year including The Who singer Roger Daltrey and Claudia Winkelman
  
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• Angel of the North sculptor Antony Gormley recognised in King's Birthday Honours

  13-06-2025 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The sculptor has previously been awarded a knighthood and OBE
  
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• Community heartbreak after 'wonderful family' die in Air India plane crash tragedy

  13-06-2025 22:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Derby family among the 241 passengers who died on board Air India Flight 171 have been described as the 'best neighbours'
  
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• Washington man celebrates 60th birthday by smashing £10,000 target on epic hike

  13-06-2025 21:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Colin Hoggarth is due to finish the The Whole Hogg Hike coming into Keswick this Saturday
  
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• Meet the 15-year-old Newcastle busker who played alongside Sam Fender at St James' Park

  13-06-2025 20:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Joe Bartley, 15, had previously played for just 150 people, but found himself on stage at Newcastle's St James' Park in front of 50,000 on Thursday night with Sam Fender
  
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• Newcastle care home celebrates joint 98th birthday of best friends named June and born on same day

  13-06-2025 19:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  June Carter and June Priest live next door to each other at Eothen Care Home in Gosforth, Newcastle and couldn’t believe it when they discovered they had the same name - and the same birthday
  
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• Low Fell home granted health and beauty business permission

  13-06-2025 19:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The application garnered nearly 60 letters of support preceeding councillors' decision to approve the plans.
  
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• Plans for new Northumberland housing estate submitted amid concerns over school traffic

  13-06-2025 19:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The applicant has carried out a detailed transport assessment in response to concerns raised in a prior consultation
  
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• Prudhoe High School bosses explain why former Hexham Middle School site was turned down

  13-06-2025 19:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumberland council offered the middle school as a potential alternative following the closure of Prudhoe due to safety concerns
  
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• Historic former North Shields pub could be transformed into veterinary practice

  13-06-2025 19:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Wolsington House pub, which has been left empty for over 20 years, could soon be given a new lease of life as a veterinary clinic
  
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• Newcastle man appears in court with former MP accused of illegally gambling on General Election

  13-06-2025 19:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Iain Makepeace, 47, was at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday alongside former MP Craig Williams
  
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• Gateshead childcare providers say they are in "crisis", says council report

  13-06-2025 19:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff recruitment, retention and lower birth rates are adding to the pressures of the childcare economy in Gateshead
  
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• Labour suffers embarrassing Newcastle defeat as council's 2028 vision rejected

  13-06-2025 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council's ruling party was defeated by opposition councillors on a key vote this week, having lost its majority in the council chamber amid political turmoil
  
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• County Durham school finance boss jailed after his £129,000 fraud led to redundancies and cuts

  13-06-2025 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kevin Enright, of Houghton-le-Spring, abused his position as a business finance manager by stealing thousands of pounds after getting into debt
  
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• A19 coach fire LIVE: Updates as major delays with road closed in both directions

  13-06-2025 18:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A19 is closed in both directions with emergency services at the scene of a coach fire near Kirklevington
  
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• Record shop in Newcastle's coolest suburb opens in dream for young music lover

  13-06-2025 18:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jack Holmes says the forthcoming opening of Spinning Superiority in Ouseburn, Newcastle is the culmination of eight years work establishing his business
  
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• British man, 68, dies on the beach of a Greek holiday island, as autopsy ordered

  13-06-2025 18:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The man died shortly after authorities rushed him to a nearby health centre
  
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• Wallsend school hosts colour run for former pupil Ellis Lake's charity

  13-06-2025 18:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hadrian Park Primary School once again held the event on Thursday, with Ellis and his family as special guests
  
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• Northumberland takes major step forward for long-awaited £60 million Blyth Relief Road

  13-06-2025 17:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Blyth Relief road in Northumberland has been given a target opening date of autumn 2027
  
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• Foreign Office issues travel warnings for tourists in Dubai, Egypt, Tunisia and Qatar

  13-06-2025 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The travel warning for Dubai, Egypt, Tunisia and Qatar follows escalating tensions brought on by Israel's attack on Iran
  
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• Free bus pass fury as North East passengers forced to wait six years longer than London

  13-06-2025 16:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  People in London, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland can enjoy free bus travel from age 60, but passengers in the North East and elsewhere in England must wait until they reach state pension age
  
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• Newcastle council accused of staying 'silent' on alleged outburst claiming 'residents know s****'

  13-06-2025 16:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Outrage persists over an expletive-laden comment allegedly made by an unnamed Newcastle politician in April, which independent councillor Marc Donnelly branded a "stain on democracy" this week
  
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• Several treated for suspected 'botulism' in County Durham after 'adverse reactions' to Botox jabs

  13-06-2025 16:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  10 people have required treatment for adverse reactions to Botox jabs in County Durham
  
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• Vicky Pattison shares 'crippling anxiety' and insomnia in 'terrifying' health battle

  13-06-2025 14:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The TV star opened up to fans about her experience of a debilitating syndrome with various related symptoms
  
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• Gateshead house linked to anti-social behaviour and knife crime is hit with closure order

  13-06-2025 14:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The closure order was granted at Newcastle Magistrates Court
  
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• Warning after 500% increase in drones being flown illegally in Newcastle Airport airspace

  13-06-2025 14:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There were 98 unauthorised drone sightings in Newcastle Airport's Flight Restriction Zone in the first five months of 2025, compared to only 16 in the same period in 2024
  
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• Newcastle woman banned from keeping dogs after repeatedly failing to seek vet treatment for Yorkshire Terrier

  13-06-2025 14:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Olivia Hutchinson's dog Molly had untreated traumatic injuries when an RSPCA inspector visited her home in Brunswick Village in September last year
  
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• Newly planted trees in Wallsend 'mindlessly destroyed' by vandals

  13-06-2025 14:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North Tyneside Council is appealing for information after trees were snapped on Boyd Road, Farringdon Road and Howdon Park
  
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• People travel from Whitley Bay to see unveiling of statue of celebrity Coastal Cat Hendrix

  13-06-2025 13:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hendrix - The Coastal Cat built up a worldwide following for his adventures, which included riding the Metro when his family lived in North Tyneside - now there's a statue to him in Saltburn
  
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• New amber weather warning issued for parts of UK overnight and into weekend

  13-06-2025 13:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The weather warnings previously in place have been raised with a new forecast that includes an amber warning
  
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• Search for missing 21-year-old last seen in Blyth almost two weeks ago

  13-06-2025 12:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dylan, or anyone who may know where he is, should send Northumbria Police a direct message on social media
  
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• Two women die after rescue attempts at popular Snowdonia wild swimming spot

  13-06-2025 12:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services rushed to the scene at Eryri National Park in Snowdonia, North Wales
  
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• Group attack at Northumberland cemetery sees two people suffer serious injuries

  13-06-2025 12:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the incident which happened at a cemetery off North Road, Berwick
  
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• Wor Flags issue plea to Sam Fender fans after flags taken from St James' Park

  13-06-2025 11:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wor Flags received several reports of flags being taken from St James' Park at Sam Fender's gig on Thursday night
  
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• Historic Whitley Bay leisure centre in the running for council gym of the year

  13-06-2025 11:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Whitley Bay fitness centre and pool has a shot at winning local authority gym of 2025.
  
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• Air India family of five's heartbreaking final selfie on plane moments before crash

  13-06-2025 11:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The family of five from Rajasthan included Komi Vyas and husband Prateek Joshi, both medical professionals, were pictured sitting on the aisle opposite their children, all with smiles as they set off on their journey
  
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• What we know so far as British Air India plane crash survivor speaks out

  13-06-2025 10:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who miraculously survived the plane crash, has described what happened after the collision
  
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• Beloved British Heart Foundation volunteer wins top prize for going 'above and beyond'

  13-06-2025 10:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John Mawson was recognised for going 'above and beyond' for his work at the British Heart Foundation
  
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• 'Positive spotlight shining on Wearside' as Sunderland sees boost in hospitality sector

  13-06-2025 10:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 'positive spotlight' on Sunderland as city sees boost in hospitality sector
  
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• Gateshead schoolgirl and her terrier take top prize at historic dog show

  13-06-2025 09:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  10-year-old Abbie Skitt and her dog Wilbur won the best in show at the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club's Fun Dog Show
  
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• Dualling the A1 in Northumberland cannot be done with mayor's transport funding

  13-06-2025 09:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A Conservative councillor has claimed Labour cancelled the project despite having the money available
  
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• Keep your bananas fresh with this one item from your kitchen you already have

  13-06-2025 09:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bananas going brown before you have a chance to eat them? One simple kitchen trick can solve your problem
  
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• Gateshead Highway flyover update - Gateshead Council

  13-06-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
  Gateshead Highway flyover update  Gateshead Council
  
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• Popular American sweet deemed 'unsafe' by FSA massive recall issued nationwide

  13-06-2025 07:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The popular American sweets contain high levels of a cancer-causing agent that can "damage DNA"
  
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