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• Met Office issues Storm Boelo weather warning for 53 areas on Saturday - full list

  22-10-2026 23:30 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Met Office has named its second storm of the season, with yellow weather warnings in place for 53 areas across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland as Storm Boelo brings winds of up to 80mph on Saturday night and through Sunday
  
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• DWP Winter Fuel Payment 2026: Dates, eligibility and how much you'll get

  22-10-2026 21:14 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The DWP Winter Fuel Payment ranges between £100 and £300 to help households cover heating costs in the colder months
  
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• DWP confirms five groups of pensioners who will not qualify for Winter Fuel Payment

  22-10-2026 21:14 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the five groups of pensioners who will not receive the Winter Fuel Payment in 2026. The annual tax-free grant of up to £300, paid to people over State Pension age, will not go to those who fall outside the £35,000 income threshold and other eligibility criteria.
  
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• Winning Set for Life lottery numbers for Thursday, October 22

  22-10-2026 21:03 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  We have everything you need to know about the Set for Life draw for Thursday, October 22
  
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• Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich gives pupils at Tyneside primary school a percussion masterclass

  22-10-2026 20:48 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The 73-year-old musician met around 170 students at Wallsend Jubilee Primary School on Thursday
  
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• New children's Aqua Play opens at Gateshead leisure centre after £200,000 investment

  22-10-2026 20:38 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The new Aqua Play area opened today in Heworth
  
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• Police probe murder as woman dies of 'stab wounds' after being found in crashed car

  22-10-2026 20:35 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Eleanor Barnfield appeared to have sustained 'puncture wounds' before crashing her car
  
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• Storm Austen brings yellow and amber weather warnings to areas of the UK

  22-10-2026 20:27 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  As many in the North East travel for half-term, a duo of storms is set to disrupt the UK
  
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• Shocking moment drugged up van driver smashes into family's living room knocking grandad off his feet

  22-10-2026 20:13 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Arron Straughair caused thousands of pounds of damage after veering out of control in Easington Lane after taking cocaine
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, October 22

  22-10-2026 20:04 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years
  
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• North East one-armed cabbie suffered 'despicable' attack by passengers who mocked his disability

  22-10-2026 19:57 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Drew Davidson, of Sunderland, and another man subjected the taxi driver to a horrendous attack during which he thought he would die
  
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• North East drug driver crashed into living room knocking grandad off feet and causing £90,000 damage

  22-10-2026 19:40 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Arron Straughair, of Easington Lane, had a breakdown product for cocaine in his system when he lost control of a transit van and hit a family home
  
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• Tyneside council forecasting 'significant' £11.6 million overspend on budget

  22-10-2026 18:52 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The financial position has worsened since June
  
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• Jury told 'all hell broke loose' outside Seaham pub before Daniel Ambler's alleged murder

  22-10-2026 18:44 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A court has heard how a Nissan car was deliberately driven at the 23-year-old
  
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• £10,000 motorised wheelbarrow stolen from North East school as police make CCTV appeal

  22-10-2026 18:24 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Officers are appealing for information after a theft in July
  
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• DWP 'confirms' full State Pension amounts for next year after key announcement

  22-10-2026 18:20 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The full new State Pension is expected to rise to £250.70 a week and £13,036 a year from April 2027, after wage growth of 3.9% was confirmed as the highest triple lock measure
  
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• Famous Gateshead pub The Schooner could be turned into HMO under new plans

  22-10-2026 17:47 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A planning application lodged with Gateshead Council claims that the popular Schooner pub is “no longer considered commercially realistic”
  
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• UK storms LIVE: Updates forecasts indicate North East could see 70mph gusts

  22-10-2026 17:28 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' weather warning with gusts of up to 80mph expected in Storm Austen and Storm Boelo
  
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• Pride of Britain Awards 2026 winners in full as Newcastle heart surgeon honoured for lifetime achievement

  22-10-2026 17:26 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The full list of winners for the Pride of Britain Awards 2026 has been revealed, with world-renowned cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan who has worked for 30 years as head of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, among those to be honoured at the ceremony presented by Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo.
  
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• 'Human tissue' found in Rochdale street in police search for woman who may have given birth

  22-10-2026 17:13 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Police are searching for a woman believed to have recently given birth in a street after suspected human tissue was discovered nearby
  
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• Major work to replace steps to Marsden Bay to get under way in £600,000 scheme

  22-10-2026 17:07 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Marsden steps are to receive much-needed work which is set to be completed by spring 2027
  
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• Major Metro delays sparked after old train develops fault clearing leaves from track

  22-10-2026 17:02 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Metro travel chaos for hours on Thursday was the result of a fault with the Rail Head Treatment Train clearing leaves
  
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• Jailed North East murderer will 'always be a cold calculated killer' says campaigning mum

  22-10-2026 16:57 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Julie Hogg's mum Ann Ming, who campaigned to overturn the double jeopardy law, says convicted murderer Billy Dunlop is a "cold, calculated killer and he always will be" as the family await the outcome of his latest parole hearing
  
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• North East rapist already behind bars handed extra seven years in jail for attacking teenager multiple times

  22-10-2026 16:26 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  John Tyler who raped the teenager multiple times has been described as 'a danger to women and girls'
  
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• TK Maxx in Byker ram-raided by thieves who leave behind scene of destruction

  22-10-2026 16:07 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  TK Maxx at Newcastle Shopping Park, in Byker, was taped off after a vehicle was used to smash into the store to steal items
  
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• Major cybersecurity threat LIVE: Updates as 32 UK government services taken offline

  22-10-2026 15:57 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Cybersecurity chiefs warned UK organisations that a ‘critical security issue’ had been discovered in the programming language PHP
  
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• Explained: 'So loud' aircraft noise which shocked those under Newcastle Airport flight path

  22-10-2026 15:57 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  People living in areas like Longbenton and Killingworth were surprised by an extremely loud aircraft noise on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler cleared of raping 13-year-old in 2016

  22-10-2026 15:50 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Kieran Hayler has been acquitted of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault
  
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• Hunt for Newcastle cyclist who reportedly punched two women and slammed car door on one's leg

  22-10-2026 15:31 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Police are appealing for information about incident in Heaton
  
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• North East man smirks in dock as jury finds him guilty of murdering his stepdaughter

  22-10-2026 15:16 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Nathan Owens, 34 smirked and flicked his hair as the jury unanimously returned guilty verdicts
  
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• North East man smirks in dock as jury find him guilty of murdering his stepdaughter

  22-10-2026 15:16 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Nathan Owens, 34 smirked and flicked his hair as the jury unanimously returned guilty verdicts
  
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• UK storms LIVE: Updates as events cancelled with over 60mph gusts forecast

  22-10-2026 15:13 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' weather warning with gusts of up to 80mph expected in Storm Austen and Storm Boelo
  
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• Caroline Flack’s brother Paul ‘never recovered’ from her death and took his own life

  22-10-2026 14:45 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Paul Flack, 55, sadly died
  
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• UK storms LIVE: Updates as events cancelled with severe gales and heavy rain forecast

  22-10-2026 14:32 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' weather warning with gusts of up to 80mph expected in Storm Austen and Storm Boelo
  
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• North Shields man sentenced for bypassing electricity at house where Leah Casson died in fire

  22-10-2026 14:21 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Calvin Smith, of North Shields, cleared of responsibility for Leah Casson's death, had openly advertised his ability to bypass meters
  
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• Some UK Government services taken offline amid 'critical' PHP cyber security threat

  22-10-2026 14:16 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  32 UK Government services have been taken offline and four are experiencing partial disruption while efforts continue to tackle potential cyber security threats, a minister has confirmed.
  
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• BMW driver arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after Range Rover crash in Newcastle

  22-10-2026 13:35 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A man, a woman and two children suffered minor injuries in a collision in the Elswick area of Newcastle
  
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• Major Metro delays LIVE: Service resumes after failed train caused disruption affecting both lines

  22-10-2026 13:34 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Service has resumbed after no trains were running in both directions between Heworth and Brockley Whins and Heworth and Jarrow
  
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• Storm Boelo to hit North East with 63mph wind gusts as yellow warning issued

  22-10-2026 13:25 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The UK will see two storms in two days as Boelo targets Scotland, Northen Ireland and the North of England
  
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• Barclays announces 5,000 job losses by end of year in AI cost-saving drive

  22-10-2026 13:10 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The bank said that 1,000 jobs had already been cut, with 4,000 more by the end of the year
  
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• Deadly Shamonda virus spread by insect bites claims first known human life

  22-10-2026 12:50 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The disease, which is spread via insect bites, was previously only thought to affect cattle
  
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• Man in court after car smashes into Northumberland club

  22-10-2026 12:49 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A 28-year-old has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving without insurance
  
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• Daniel Ambler murder trial LIVE: Witness dialled 999 after 'all hell broke loose'

  22-10-2026 12:33 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Barry Anderson, Ashton Anderson, Barry Logan Anderson, Ajay Henry and Tyler Leadbetter deny murdering Daniel Ambler in Seaham
  
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• UKHSA 'serious risk' health warning for four groups in particular

  22-10-2026 11:51 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  UKHSA wants people to protect themselves and others
  
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• Dominic Cummings said he was going to dual the A1 but the Treasury stopped him

  22-10-2026 11:15 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The former chief advisor to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson was speaking at a public lecture at Newcastle University
  
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• Complaints against police hit record high - how Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary rank

  22-10-2026 11:04 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Complaints against forces across the country have reached an all time high
  
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• Major Metro delays LIVE: Failed train causes service suspension affecting both lines

  22-10-2026 10:30 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  No trains are running in both directions between Heworth and Brockley Whins and Heworth and Jarrow
  
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• Christa Pike 'speaking in full sentences' after botched Tennessee execution

  22-10-2026 10:11 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution, is now 'speaking in full sentences' and walking more independently, according to her attorney
  
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• The incredible record-breaking total raised by Peter Rabbit Tales of the Tyne sculptures at auction

  22-10-2026 09:27 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The sculptures have raised £300,000 for St Oswald's Hospice at auction
  
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• North East cannabis farmer told police during raid: 'I should have listened to my mother'

  22-10-2026 01:15 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Ridvan Fangaj, who is from Albania, was caught looking after plants at a semi-detached house in Washington
  
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