Gateshead news

• Snake lover puts Dover on the lookout for giant python

  17-01-2019 16:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's believed to be a 12 ft long python that was last seen on Monday
  
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• Households told energy bills will rocket £160 days after cut announced

  05-03-2026 07:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Last week Ofgem announced an average £117 cut from April, but it already looks like that will be shortlived
  
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• Free bus pass age in England to rise from April 2026 confirmed

  05-03-2026 04:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Department for Transport has said that residents in England will need to wait an extra year before receiving their free bus pass
  
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• Teaching assistant cycles distance of Newcastle to New York to fund 'once in a lifetime' school trip

  05-03-2026 01:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Garry Lee completed his epic fundraising cycle days before Percy Hedley pupils travel the same distance to the Big Apple much more comfortably!
  
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• Trio threw items and punches at customers after chasing man into Newcastle City Centre cafe

  05-03-2026 01:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Robson, Oliver Turnbull and a third male ran into Knoops at Newcastle's Monument and started causing havoc, with one of them even going behind the counter
  
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• Police offer assurances to Wooler residents after 4×4 vehicle relocated

  05-03-2026 01:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Vehicles previously stationed in the town have been moved elsewhere
  
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• Council set to rule on plans to build 1,450 more new homes on outskirts of Newcastle

  05-03-2026 01:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A £216 million next phase of development in the outer west of Newcastle could be signed off this week, with the city council due to consider plans for the Upper Callerton neighbourhood
  
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• North East hotel holding jobs fayre with variety of vacancies available

  05-03-2026 01:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Little Haven Hotel in South Shields is currently recruiting for a wide range of roles as it enters a new chapter
  
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• Whitley Bay locals warned of some 'unavoidable' disruption over two-day road closures

  05-03-2026 01:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Two temporary road closures will be put in place to help install improvements to traffic signals
  
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• Gateshead thug repeatedly battered friend with metal pole in park after 'silly' row

  05-03-2026 01:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jason Dow left his victim fearing he would kill him during the 'utterly disgraceful' attack
  
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• Police searching for missing Sunderland woman, 61, last seen leaving hospital

  04-03-2026 22:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Diane was last seen leaving Sunderland Royal Hospital at around 10am on Wednesday
  
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• Missing Sunderland woman, 61, last seen leaving hospital found by police

  04-03-2026 22:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Diane has been found after she was reported missing to police
  
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• Northumberland couple reach fundraising target to buy a cuddle cot in memory of stillborn son

  04-03-2026 21:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Briggs was sadly born sleeping on October 31 at 22 weeks and four days
  
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• Martin Lewis' site issues guidance for tourists as Iran war impacts travel

  04-03-2026 21:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the crisis in the Middle East worsens, travellers are caught in the middle as travel disruption continues
  
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• Royal College of Surgeons to 'support' NHS trust review of operations carried out by under-fire North East surgeon

  04-03-2026 21:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The private and NHS work of Leslie Irwin is being reviewed
  
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• Gateshead arsonist who set fire to his upstairs council home in block of flats jailed

  04-03-2026 20:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jonathon Ridley was reckless about endangering lives when he started a fire in his living room in Gateshead
  
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• Coroner's warning after North East woman suffers fatal fall down the stairs just week after NHS discharge

  04-03-2026 20:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Susan Samson died after a fall in May 2025
  
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• Lotto winning numbers LIVE: Lottery results in full for Wednesday, March 4

  04-03-2026 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's Lotto and Thunderball draws
  
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• Plans to turn old tramshed in Newcastle West End into aparthotel faces rejection

  04-03-2026 19:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors are set to decide this Friday whether to allow a disused tramshed off Westgate Road to be turned into a 50-room aparthotel
  
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• Trial halted after Newcastle protest defendant realised she'd met juror on Tinder

  04-03-2026 19:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The trial of Summer Oxlade, Hollie Mildenall and Georgia Coote had a false start after Oxlade recognised a juror
  
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• Warning there is a ‘likelihood’ pharmacies in Northumberland could close due to financial pressures

  04-03-2026 18:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pharmacies are also facing staffing challenges
  
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• Police rush to Northumberland supermarket after report of potentially 'suspicious item' near vehicle

  04-03-2026 17:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A cordon was put in place by officers while they carried out investigations
  
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• Horror as gunman opens fire in North East garden before returning to the home

  04-03-2026 17:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Connor Ryan arrived to the home in a stolen Citroen C4, fitted with false number plates
  
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• Police update on Ian Huntley's latest condition in Newcastle RVI after HMP Frankland attack

  04-03-2026 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 52-year-old was reportedly struck multiple times over the head with a metal bar while in the work shop at the prison
  
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• Starmer under fire over Iran as Tories join Trump in attacking Prime Minister

  04-03-2026 17:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The ongoing conflict in the Middle East was triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran
  
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• North East woman desperately trying to rehome tiny abandoned puppy 7,000 miles away in Bali

  04-03-2026 16:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Yuki was starved of essential nutrients and calcium deficiency so severe that his bones had begun to bend
  
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• Rare weather phenomenon sees golden sunsets and 'blood rain' sweep regions

  04-03-2026 16:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The phenomenon happens when the dust from North Africa deserts travels on warm southerly air currents
  
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• North East man who bought and sold £400,000 of cocaine jailed for over 14 years

  04-03-2026 16:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Christopher Alexander played a key role in the criminal network's plot, organising the supply of 10kg of the illegal drug
  
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• Ian Huntley may not return to HMP Frankland if he recovers after prison attack

  04-03-2026 16:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Soham child killer looks set to be moved to a 'therapeutic' secure hospital due to the severity of the injuries he sustained in the assault
  
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• 'I saved over £320 on car insurance with free Martin Lewis tip'

  04-03-2026 16:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis urged people with car insurance renewing this month to check one thing
  
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