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• How can North East employees can get to work without public transport?

  12-05-2020 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Walking or cycling to work is 'virtually impossible' for many North East workers, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is told
  
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• Police statement as man arrested after A690 crash left one person in hospital

  26-08-2026 16:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The collision, in the town of Willington, County Durham, resulted in one person being taken to hospital for treatment
  
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• Two-vehicle collision on A1 in Northumberland closes road and sees two injured

  26-08-2026 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A section of the road was closed in Northumberland following a collision on Wednesday morning
  
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• Four arrested on suspicion of drug offences after cannabis found in Newcastle property

  26-08-2026 16:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A large Northumbria Police presence was at Fenham Hall Drive on Friday, August 21, due to a report of 'suspicious activity'
  
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• Rothbury Estate purchase within 'touching distance' after huge donations in last fortnight

  26-08-2026 15:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wildlife charities are now confident of securing the money needed to buy the land from the family of the Duke of Northumberland before an autumn deadline
  
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• Man on Las Vegas stag do fined £2,224 for abusing British Airways crew

  26-08-2026 15:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emmet Moynihan, 31, was fined £2,224 after pleading guilty to being drunk on board and verbally abusing British Airways crew on a Heathrow to Las Vegas flight
  
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• Dolly Parton's incredible reading legacy already helping more than 3,000 children in Newcastle

  26-08-2026 14:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of free books have been given out to children across Newcastle thanks to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project, with the music icon leaving a lasting legacy on Tyneside
  
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• North East council issues update after firefighters called to fire at recycling centre

  26-08-2026 14:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  After emergency services attended a blaze at North Shields' Household Waste Recycling Centre this morning, the site has returned to business as usual.
  
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• Government pledges tech jobs boost to restore North East's 'lost power' from mines and shipyards

  26-08-2026 14:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds had promised that more young people from the North East will have access to "world class" manufacturing jobs on their doorstep
  
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• 25 pictures of Dolly Parton's sold-out Newcastle show in 2014 as star dies at 80

  26-08-2026 13:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The entire music world has come out to mourn one of the best singer-songwriters to ever exist
  
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• Two dead and woman fighting for life in RVI as Grangetown house fire murder investigation launched

  26-08-2026 13:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation has been launched after a house fire in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, with two people having tragically died and four being hospitalised
  
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• What the energy price cap 4% increase in October means for your bills

  26-08-2026 13:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The price cap increase will hit homes hard this Winter
  
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• British tourists missing in Nepal as avalanche triggers deadly flash floods

  26-08-2026 13:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  At least eight people have been killed and hundreds of tourists – including Britons – are reportedly missing after a massive avalanche triggered flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal
  
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• Dolly Parton revealed 'country-gospel song' she wanted played at funeral

  26-08-2026 13:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The country legend died at age 80 after a 'brief battle with cancer'
  
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• Murder investigation launched after two die in Grangetown house fire - updates

  26-08-2026 13:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Birchington Avenue and Leighton Road, in Grangetown, are closed while 999 crews respond to a fire at a property
  
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• North East murder investigation launched after two die in serious house fire - updates

  26-08-2026 13:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Birchington Avenue and Leighton Road, in Grangetown, are closed while 999 crews respond to a fire at a property
  
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• A1 closed LIVE: Updates as section of Northumberland road blocked in both directions

  26-08-2026 13:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A1 is closed in Northumberland and emergency services are at the scene
  
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• Key details as one person hospitalised after crash on A690 in County Durham

  26-08-2026 13:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The collision, on the A690 Commercial Street in Willington, caused a build-up of traffic on the town's main road
  
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• Parents of teenager killed in Meadow Well crash say their 'hearts are broken'

  26-08-2026 12:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  McKenzie Ratcliffe, 18, died after the electric motorbike he was riding collided with a van.
  
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• 'Cherish your loved ones' - Dad of Liam Potts shares moving message after son's tragic death in Northumberland

  26-08-2026 12:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Potts said his family had been touched by the kindness shown since their son Liam was reported missing
  
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• LNER announces extra train services to transport thousands for Great North Run

  26-08-2026 12:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Those travelling to the region from across the country can benefit from more trains on the morning of Sunday, September 13
  
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• A19 oil spillage LIVE: Three lanes closed southbound near Norton with police on scene

  26-08-2026 11:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The incident, from the A1027 to Wolviston services, has caused a build-up of traffic on a large stretch of the major road
  
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• County Durham crash LIVE: One person taken to hospital after A690 collision

  26-08-2026 11:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The incident, in Willington, has caused traffic to build-up on Commercial Street, the town's busiest road
  
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• Tynemouth pervert moaned he's viewed as 'once a sex offender always a sex offender'

  26-08-2026 11:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Thornton, of Tynemouth, who was caught by paedophile hunters ten years ago, was back in court for breaching orders aimed at preventing further offending
  
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• Grangetown fire LIVE: Emergency services at scene of house fire near Middlesbrough - cordon in place

  26-08-2026 10:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Birchington Avenue and Leighton Road, in Grangetown, are closed while 999 crews respond to a fire at a property
  
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• Grimsby earthquake: 2.2 magnitude tremor hits as residents feel 'shake' and 'rumble'

  26-08-2026 10:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 2.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, according to the British Geological Survey. Local residents in the east coast town, and in nearby Cleethorpes and surrounding areas, reported feeling the tremor just before 7.50pm.
  
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• County Durham crash LIVE: A690 closed eastbound after collision

  26-08-2026 10:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The incident, in Willington, has caused traffic to build-up on Commercial Street, the town's busiest road
  
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• Everyone to be told to stockpile water and tinned food

  26-08-2026 10:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Government will be issuing new advice
  
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• People on 4 DWP benefits 'no longer eligible' to get £150 cost of living boost - explained

  26-08-2026 09:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Ofgem energy price cap has risen to £1,723 for the average household today, but millions of benefit claimants are in line for a £150 energy bill rebate this winter - unless they missed a deadline
  
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• Tyne and Wear Metro suspension LIVE: Service resumes after 'cable theft'

  26-08-2026 09:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Trains were suspended between South Shields and Pelaw in both directions due to "cable theft".
  
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