Gateshead news

• Mobility scooter £160 lane rule fine risk users should know about

  19-10-2026 16:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There are an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 mobility scooter users in the UK
  
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• Drivers hit with huge A1 rush hour delays due to broken down vehicle in Gateshead

  21-10-2026 13:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A1 Western Bypass northbound was partially blocked due to a broken down vehicle on the road
  
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• Thank you, Mr Hasan - 19 former patients join Pride of Britain stage for Newcastle heart surgeon's award

  21-10-2026 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Retired heart surgeon Mr Asif Hasan, who spent his career at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, has been awarded the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain's greatest honour, a Lifetime Achievement Award - and it is richly deserved
  
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• Sainsbury's introducing new £3 weekly offer for customers in UK supermarket first

  21-10-2026 12:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Healthy Start scheme is back for low-income families with young children who can apply ahead of its November start
  
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• Gang of three attack man with blade in Newcastle city centre - CCTV images released by police

  21-10-2026 12:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Victim was seriously injured in attack on Blackett Street
  
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• Newcastle emergency incident: Tragedy as person dies near Central Station

  21-10-2026 12:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Trains running through Newcastle Central Station on Wednesday morning are cancelled, delayed or revised
  
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• 'My family is indebted to Mr Hasan' - Pioneering Freeman Hospital surgeon richly deserves Pride of Britain award

  21-10-2026 12:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Chronicle's Senior Regional Subeditor Andy Fletcher tells his family's story as he pays tribute to the work of Mr Asif Hasan
  
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• Billy Dunlop parole hearing LIVE: Updates as North East murderer bids for prison release

  21-10-2026 12:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A parole hearing for Billingham killer William Dunlop is taking place over the next two days in London
  
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• Daniel Ambler murder trial LIVE: Man crushed to death as group 'retaliated to stabbing'

  21-10-2026 12:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Barry Anderson, Ashton Anderson, Barry Logan Anderson, Ajay Henry and Tyler Leadbetter deny murdering Daniel Ambler in Seaham
  
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• Future of derelict South Shields seafront pub finally decided after eight-year planning battle

  21-10-2026 11:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans to turn the derelict Water's Edge into four homes have been approved, despite concerns about the impact on the coastline and the loss of the former pub
  
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• Prince Harry asks himself the same question about his mother 'almost every day'

  21-10-2026 10:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex has revealed why he returned to the UK this summer, as well as speaking openly about his grief for his mother
  
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• UK group 'first in line' to be conscripted if WW3 breaks out revealed

  21-10-2026 10:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Experts have suggested who they think would be called up first if the UK introduces conscription during a major conflict
  
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• Newcastle emergency incident LIVE: Updates as trains cancelled and delayed

  21-10-2026 10:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Trains running through Newcastle Central Station on Wednesday morning are cancelled, delayed or revised
  
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• A1 Western Bypass delays LIVE: Traffic easing after broken down vehicle towed away

  21-10-2026 10:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A1 Western Bypass northbound is partially blocked due to an obstruction on the road
  
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• Campaign targets 'laughing gas' sales as people urged to report illegal nitrous oxide sellers

  21-10-2026 10:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A new Crimestoppers campaign is raising awareness of the risks of nitrous oxide and is asking the public to tell the charity who is selling canisters illegally
  
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• Controversial Sunderland HMO which would have led to EIGHT within 100m is refused planning permission

  21-10-2026 10:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Planning chiefs unanimously blocked proposals to convert floors above a market shops into a house in multiple occupation
  
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• MP's husband issues health update after alleged 'car ramming' attack

  21-10-2026 09:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Independent MP Dr Helen Haines has lost both legs following an alleged vehicle attack in Wangaratta, Australia, on Monday, October 19, her husband Phil confirmed outside Melbourne's Alfred Hospital
  
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• HMRC issues warning about scams and what to look out for - 'always stop and think'

  21-10-2026 09:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alert shared on social media following rising reports of HMRC scams
  
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• Bells removed from North East church to be 'reused somewhere they can be heard again'

  21-10-2026 09:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Plans have been approved to permanently remove eight church bells from St Mary's Church in South Hylton, Sunderland, to allow for repairs and potential reuse elsewhere.
  
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• Road surface defects force closure of North East bus station parking bays

  21-10-2026 09:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bishop Auckland's bus station is still 'open for business' despite road surface defects forcing three of its parking bays to close at the Saddler Street site.
  
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• A1 Western Bypass delays LIVE: Motorists hit with rush hour congestion due to 'obstruction' on road

  21-10-2026 09:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The A1 Western Bypass northbound is partially blocked due to an obstruction on the road
  
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• North East man swung zombie knife and hurled glass ashtray at police called to home

  21-10-2026 08:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Hey, 40, has been jailed for two years after he swung a zombie knife and threw a glass ashtray at police officers as they tried to arrest him at a Hartlepool home
  
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• Former County Durham NatWest bank could become new 'gateway' to historic castle

  21-10-2026 08:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former NatWest building on the market place closed in May 2018 and could now house ticket sales, a shop, café, tourist information and displays about Barnard Castle
  
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• North East deputy council leader under fire after ITV undercover investigation into Reform UK

  21-10-2026 08:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Darren Grimes, the deputy leader of Durham County Council, has come under fire after being secretly filmed by ITV appearing to offer media training for controversial Reform UK candidates in an undercover investigation.
  
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• Julie Hogg's killer Billy Dunlop to face Parole Board again after change to double jeopardy law

  21-10-2026 06:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Billy Dunlop will face the Parole Board again after he was blocked from transferring to an open prison last year
  
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• Can Newcastle City Council's Lib Dem-Green deal survive 'Zionism is racism' motion storm?

  21-10-2026 03:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The controversial motion on Zionism passed at the Green Party's national conference has sparked doubt over the future of a pact with the Lib Dems over the running of Newcastle City Council
  
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• Gateshead lake failing flood safety standards – with work needed to cut 'risk to life'

  21-10-2026 02:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead Council has been served notice by the Environment Agency to improve flood safety measures at the lake at Watergate Forest Park by February next year
  
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• 'I got the greatest gift I'll ever get - a second chance of life'

  21-10-2026 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Matty Cragg spent years seriously unwell with Hodgkin’s lymphoma before a complete stranger in Germany turned out to be a perfect stem cell donor match
  
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• He looked like any other shopper in Sainsbury's, but then he got to the checkout

  21-10-2026 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  David Caley had forgotten he'd hidden a ball bearing weapon in the bag when he walked into Sainsbury's in Newcastle
  
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• Inside the ongoing fight against knife crime to make North East streets safer

  21-10-2026 01:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth believes its essential that money is put back into services for young people
  
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