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• ITV This Morning viewers complain as they're 'distracted' by Cat Deeley's habit during cooking segment

  16-03-2024 17:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  This Morning viewers have complained about new host Cat Deeley, claiming that she has a habit of 'interrupting' and 'talking over' guests on the ITV show
  
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• Two people who died in North East house blaze named locally as seven-year-old girl and her aunt

  26-08-2026 22:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The victims have been named locally as Valentina Foster, seven, and her aunt Natalie McDonald, 34
  
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• Government urged to overhaul 'fundamentally broken' business rates system by council deputy leader

  26-08-2026 21:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the government prepares to review the rates pubs and hotels pay, the deputy leader of Newcastle City Council has said the entire system needs to bechanged.
  
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• Winning Lotto and Thunderball numbers for Wednesday's £2.8m lottery jackpot

  26-08-2026 21:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning numbers from the Lotto and Thunderball draws
  
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• More than £1 million raised for families of two police officers killed in A66 crash

  26-08-2026 20:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pc Matthew Blades, 37, and Pc Tom Clough, 38, lost their lives in the collision on Saturday
  
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• Lotto results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Wednesday, August 26

  26-08-2026 20:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's Lotto and Thunderball draws
  
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after child dies in North East house blaze

  26-08-2026 19:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two men, aged 23 and 31, are currently in police custody and are being questioned
  
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• Heartless Newcastle Tinder conwoman mercilessly fleeced 'trusting soul' with web of lies

  26-08-2026 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Amie Ford, of Westerhope, cynically and mercilessly defrauded a man who thought he was building a loving relationship with her
  
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• Funeral notices in the Chronicle last week including tributes to a treasured mam

  26-08-2026 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East
  
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• Nurdle fury as clean-up team cut back and volunteers 'exploited' in fight against pollution disaster

  26-08-2026 18:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Volunteers who have devoted thousands of hours to clearing plastic pellets from the North East's beaches after July's nurdle spill are furious after it emerged
  
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• Acting legend Tim Curry dies at 80 as fans across the world pay tribute to Rocky Horror star

  26-08-2026 17:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Show, Home Alone 2 and many other films has died at the age of 80
  
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• People 'jumped from window' to escape North East fire that killed two people - eyewitness said

  26-08-2026 17:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Eyewitnesses have described people jumping from a window to escape the fatal blaze on Birchington Avenue, as Cleveland Police investigate the two deaths.
  
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• Stargazers look forward to Blood Moon partial lunar eclipse over UK this week

  26-08-2026 17:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Following this month's staggering solar eclipse across the UK, another celestial event is about to happen
  
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• Police investigating reported sexual offence at North Shields Fish Quay release CCTV images

  26-08-2026 17:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A man reportedly grabbed a woman's hand and kissed it without permission
  
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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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