Gateshead news

• Update on expanding free NHS prescriptions eligibility to key group

  28-10-2026 06:51 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Millions more people would become eligible freebie under the proposal
  
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• Police release CCTV images after fight involving several people at Newcastle Misfits Boxing event

  03-11-2026 20:12 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Officers are appealing for the public’s help in identifying several people they would like to speak to following a report of affray in Newcastle
  
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• Northumberland dad gives moving update on son with cerebral palsy who 'makes me push myself'

  03-11-2026 19:58 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Jon Moore is to take on a year of challenges
  
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• Police dashcam appeal after two taken hospital with serious injuries following Northumberland crash

  03-11-2026 19:46 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A697 near to Longframlington on Sunday
  
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• Northumberland council to investigate new build hospital's 'catalogue of failings'

  03-11-2026 19:37 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Northumberland county councillors will assess whether a public inquiry can be held over the problems with a new hospital being built in Berwick, where completed construction work is having to be stripped out
  
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• Outrage as North East bus firm refuse to pay £15,000 to repair home damaged in crash

  03-11-2026 18:25 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  In July a Go North East bus crashed into the garden of a Stanley property - Now four months on it remains in a state of ruin
  
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• Redheugh Bridge still has 50 years of life, Gateshead councillors reassured

  03-11-2026 17:12 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Gateshead Council officers have reassured elected members that the Redheugh Bridge is still decades ahead of decommissioning
  
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• Police update after man injured in machete attack at North East home

  03-11-2026 16:59 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A man in his 50s was injured in incident in the Hylton Castle area of Sunderland.
  
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• Missing teenager last seen in Sunderland over a week ago as police 'increasingly concerned'

  03-11-2026 16:41 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Jamie, who is 16-years-old, has not been spotted since Monday, October 26, when he was seen in the city centre
  
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• Are Gen Z really difficult to manage? North East HR expert challenges workplace myths

  03-11-2026 16:40 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  “Managers have got Gen Z wrong - and it’s costing them good people” - HR expert celebrates successful launch of new book
  
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• Teenager on electric motorbike goads police officers but regrets it moments later

  03-11-2026 15:41 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Police officers responded to a teenager who was driving at speed on pavements around South Shields town centre
  
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• 40 jobs to be created as plans for new North East indoor go-karting venue get the go ahead

  03-11-2026 15:14 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Exciting plans for an indoor go-karting centre at the old Debenhams store in Sunderland have been given the go-ahead
  
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• Snapchat predator picked up schoolgirls in his car and raped them at industrial estate

  03-11-2026 15:04 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Dangerous rapist Paul Black, from Gateshead, who offered money to young girls for sexual acts, has been jailed for 18 years
  
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• Plans to turn Durham home into HMO refused over fears families are being 'forced out' of city

  03-11-2026 14:39 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Plans to turn a family home into an HMO have been refused after neighbours warned of a 'stealthy' increase in student properties 'forcing' families out of the city
  
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• BBC TV licence fee change new update as Culture Secretary responds on option

  03-11-2026 13:55 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A petition on the Parliament website calls for Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to rule out charging people using only streamers
  
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• Chilling theory emerges after Florida Learjet crash as investigators break silence

  03-11-2026 13:45 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The Learjet 60 travelling from Texas to the Bahamas nosedived into into a residential area in Palm Beach County
  
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• Northumbrian Water to carry out £23 million work in Cambois to reduce wastewater spills

  03-11-2026 13:24 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The works will help reduce storm overflow spills with some 'inconvenience' to local people
  
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• Tragedy as much-loved country singer Nicole Taylor dies aged 35

  03-11-2026 13:05 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Nicole Taylor, one of three identical triplets who formed girl group Taylor Red, has died aged 35
  
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• Gateshead shopkeeper stars on billboard after raising over £1.7 million for good causes through National Lottery

  03-11-2026 13:03 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Phil Lawrence has run Choices Newsagent in the Metrocentre with his wife Margaret for 34 years, and has been recognised for his efforts by lottery operator Allwyn UK
  
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• Police seize £2,000 of illegal fireworks from North shields property ahead of Bonfire Night

  03-11-2026 13:01 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A raid was carried out at a property in response to intelligence that a resident was storing and selling fireworks without a licence
  
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• Family of Northumberland schoolgirl murdered by ex-boyfriend told of law change plan

  03-11-2026 12:54 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  After 15-year-old Holly Newton was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Micala and Lee Trussler have been campaigning to ensure younger people are recognised as domestic abuse victims
  
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• Millions of motorists set for extra '£317 a year' hit despite Andy Burnham 5p fuel cut

  03-11-2026 12:35 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  As of the end of September 2026, there are almost 2.3million fully electric cars on UK roads making up 6.6 per cent of all cars - and the number is rising
  
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• First look at John Lewis Christmas advert starring Sam Fender and North Shields school

  03-11-2026 10:21 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Geordie star provides soundtrack to John Lewis Christmas ad with cover of Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want
  
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• First glance at John Lewis Christmas advert starring Sam Fender and North Shields school

  03-11-2026 10:21 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Geordie star provides soundtrack to John Lewis Christmas advert with cover of The Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want
  
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• Calls mount for major Gateshead link road to reopen after flyover demolition

  03-11-2026 10:04 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  A Labour councillor for Saltwell maintains he is 'keen' to see a road beneath the former flyover reopened.
  
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• Pick-up truck driver ploughed into man leaving him critically injured in North East street

  03-11-2026 09:58 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Shay Holmes, 24, has been jailed over an attack where he drove at his victim in a pick-up truck
  
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• Sam Fender teams up with North Shields school for John Lewis Christmas advert 2026

  03-11-2026 08:27 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Sam Fender's cover of The Rolling Stones' iconic song, You Can't Always Get What You Want, serves as the soundtrack to the latest John Lewis Christmas advert
  
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• 'Shocking' CCTV footage shows 'brave' shop owner tackle intruder in attempted armed robbery

  03-11-2026 01:44 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  The incident, involving a 'suspected imitation firearm' in the Shiney Row area of Sunderland, was fully captured in this video
  
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• November's big Premium Bond winners across North East bag over £1 million

  03-11-2026 01:39 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Are you a winner this month? Time to find out!
  
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• Exact reason Tyneside councillors were 'staggered' by £32m Gateshead flyover demolition cost

  03-11-2026 01:26 via ChronicleLive - News
  
  Officers set to reassure councillors about the prospective costs of levelling the flyover, currently sat at over £32m.
  
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