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• Watch Eurovision stage invasion as man storms the stage during UK entry SuRie's performance

  12-05-2018 23:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There was a stage invasion last year and the trend continued for Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the expense of the UK act.
  
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• Newbiggin Hall police incident: Three charged with drugs offences and more arrests

  12-05-2018 21:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Neighbours told of shock as armed police descended on the estate on Thursday night
  
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• Teenagers refuse to stop tombstoning after rescuers confront them over dangerous pier stunts

  12-05-2018 20:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Members of Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade called to Cullercoats beach on Saturday
  
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• Lotto results: What are Saturday's winning National Lottery numbers?

  12-05-2018 20:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Get Saturday's UK Lotto and Thunderball results as well as the Lotto Millionaire Raffle winning code in our live blog - updates below
  
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• A warning to Mike Ashley - there will be a queue for Rafa Benitez's services if you get this wrong

  12-05-2018 20:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez's future at Newcastle United continues to hang on assurances from the Magpies hierarchy
  
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• County Championship: Derbyshire have advantage over Durham after second day

  12-05-2018 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire's bowlers are given a decent platform by their batsmen to try to force a win after the second day of their clash with Durham.
  
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• Young ice hockey player from Tynemouth selected to represent the UK

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lucas Campion, 11, has been chosen for the UK team after a gruelling selection process and is now gearing up for an international tournament
  
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• There's a Eurovision Song Contest drinking game - here's the rules ahead of tonight's final

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you're going to take part in the annual tradition, please remember to consume alcohol responsibly
  
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• Sunderland AFC takeover Q&A: What's happening? Are there problems? When will it conclude?

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Craig Johns answers the important questions around Sunderland's takeover as Stewart Donald and Black Cats fans are left waiting
  
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• Rafa Benitez reveals who he believes should be named as Premier League Manager of the Year

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez was named on a six-man shortlist for Premier League Manager of the Year
  
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• Missing Morpeth man James Hedley found safe and well, police confirm

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old was reported missing on Friday after last being seen at his sister's home in Stakeford
  
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• Dark Justice fear they may be BANNED due to other paedophile hunting vigilantes

  12-05-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Group slam groups chasing 'clicks and likes' - and fear groups, such as one slammed bu a judge, could see paedophile hunting groups banned
  
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• Zapatista drop huge hint they will be opening burrito bar in Durham

  12-05-2018 18:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Fans of the Newcastle-based Mexican restaurant have reacted to the social media tease
  
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• Rafa Benitez praises 'huge' impact of Wor Flags - as group plans biggest-ever display for Chelsea

  12-05-2018 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United fans' group Wor Flags have produced pre-match displays at St James' Park over the last two seasons
  
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• How the bookmakers got Sunderland's season so wrong - and where they should have finished

  12-05-2018 17:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland's failings in the Championship may have been worse than we all expected, but here's where they were predicted to finish
  
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• Watch this River Tyne cruise as it passes under Newcastle's seven bridges

  12-05-2018 17:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Embark with us on a Quay to City tour from Newcastle Quayside as River Escapes launches its summer season
  
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• University students 'slipping through' mental health gap as campus suicides increase

  12-05-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A report found 94% of universities have seen an increase in students seeking mental health support
  
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• Rafa Benitez has had to 'adapt' to the unfamiliar feeling of not having something to play for

  12-05-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Newcastle boss is used to competing for honours at this time of the season and has had to adapt to that change with the Magpies
  
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• Police officer hit on the head in Newcastle city centre attack sparking three arrests

  12-05-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police say the officer was responding to a fight on Mosley Street in the early hours of Saturday morning
  
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• Newcastle cafe for the homeless and vulnerable given huge boost with Starbucks partnership

  12-05-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The cafe in the Ouseburn area of the city for the homeless, vulnerable and low waged is to benefit from the Starbucks initiative
  
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• Mystery Durham oil painting one of the earliest to depict school sports

  12-05-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The picture, dating back to 1894, is back on display at Durham School after three months of restoration
  
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• Ryan Scope wanting to put injuries behind him and prove he's the best in Bellator

  12-05-2018 16:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Ryan Scope has signed a four-fight deal with MMA promotion Bellator and will debut at Bellator 200: London
  
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• How much do you know about Eurovision? Prove you're the biggest fan with this tricky quiz

  12-05-2018 16:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Are you an expert in all things Eurovision, or are you new to the game? Find out here
  
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• Who is Netta? Israel's Eurovision Song Contest act gets everybody talking

  12-05-2018 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Netta will represent Israel in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with her track Toy and is well fancied to do well in the final
  
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• 'That is the potential of Newcastle' - Rafa Benitez reveals his ambitious targets for next season

  12-05-2018 16:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez is not interested in another battle against relegation next term
  
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• Durham police chief hits out at village green 'nimbyism'

  12-05-2018 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Mike Barton attacks a decision preventing the sale of a former police station site.
  
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• Gateshead manager Steve Watson's message to fans: 'I'm still here, focused and committed'

  12-05-2018 15:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Gateshead lost four first-team players this week, but manager Steve Watson has assured fans he's just waiting for the green light to press on
  
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• Who is SuRie in Eurovision? A guide to the UK entry for this year's Song Contest

  12-05-2018 14:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday night and this year UK hopes are pinned on SuRie who will perform in Lisbon
  
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• Death of a man found inside Choppington house is 'unexplained', say police

  12-05-2018 14:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services discovered the body in the property in the quiet village of Choppington on Friday
  
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• 'A class act' fans' messages to Julio Arca as South Shields, Sunderland and Boro cult hero retires

  12-05-2018 14:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Former Sunderland and Boro man Arca settled in the North East after arriving in the region from Argentina - he has been here ever since
  
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• John O'Shea hopes Football League allow Sunderland to put rebuilding plan in place quickly

  12-05-2018 14:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Like the Black Cats, John O'Shea goes into the closed season in limbo, so for their sake he hopes the EFL quickly ratify Stewart Donald's takeover
  
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• Jamaal Lascelles on why it would be 'silly' for Newcastle United not to keep Rafa Benitez happy

  12-05-2018 14:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Jamaal Lascelles' game and his leadership have improved hugely under Rafa Benitez, so it is no surprise he wants his boss to saty at Newcastle
  
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• Seven times pundits have got Newcastle United very wrong this season

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United have confounded the critics on their way to staying up with something to spare this season
  
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• Newcastle massage parlour investigated after 'young children were found in a room'

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council said it launched the safeguarding probe last year after becoming 'concerned' about children being in parlour
  
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• How a partially blind woman's luxury trip to Jamaica turned into a holiday from hell

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lorna Neild, from Gateshead, spent her 62nd birthday with the resort doctor after being struck down with a gastric illness
  
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• Grandad died after being hit by car as he crossed road to visit his wife's grave, inquest hears

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  James Andersen Semmence, 88, suffered multiple injuries in the crash on Victoria Road West in Hebburn last year
  
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• Dangerous driver breaks down in back of a police car after killing young jogger while racing

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Footage released by police shows the moment a young motorist breaks down after killing an innocent jogger in Whitley Bay
  
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• All-female band of Antarctic explorers wow Newcastle schoolgirls with tales of 1,056-mile trek

  12-05-2018 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Members of the history-making 'Expedition Ice Maiden' visited the North East to inspire pupils with their story
  
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• A1 Belford crash leaves teenager critically injured

  12-05-2018 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The 19-year-old is treated for life-threatening injuries after being hit in the early hours.
  
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• Every Sunderland player rated: James Hunter's end of season report card

  12-05-2018 13:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland's Championship relegation season is over, but how have the 37 players who featured over the course of the campaign fared
  
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• Rafa Benitez interviewed by radio listener Albert Matthewson

  12-05-2018 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Total Sport listener Albert Matthewson was invited to interview Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez.
  
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• Rafa's future, takeovers, transfers and pre-season: The 8 big Newcastle United questions answered

  12-05-2018 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United head into the off-season shrouded in uncertainty - but we try to provide at least some clarity on the big issues
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson drops a clanger on Who Wants to be a Millionaire

  12-05-2018 13:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The former Top Gear host was so sure a £32,000 answer was correct that he told the contestant he didn't have to look at the screen - then lost £15,000
  
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• Kevin Phillips heartbroken by Sunderland's demise, but sees hope is Donald's takeover

  12-05-2018 12:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sunderland have suffered successive relegations but at least now have Stewart Donald coming in as the new owner
  
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• Gateshead teenager calls for better ME understanding

  12-05-2018 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A Gateshead woman has called for a better understanding of the difficulties faced by ME sufferers.
  
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• Man, 19, in life-threatening condition after crash on the A1 in Northumberland

  12-05-2018 12:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old pedestrian was involved in a collision in the early hours of this morning
  
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• Why conspiracy theories are not harmless, according to leading Sunderland Psychologist

  12-05-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dr Rebecca Owens has been exploring conspiracy theories, and why agreeing with them might not be as harmless as you think
  
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• Testing toys and making pizza: Meet the kids with the most fun job in the North East

  12-05-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Laina Greer and Oliver Gibson are the Metrocentre's newly appointed Heads of Fun
  
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• Sex attacker Rhyss Laws found guilty of pouncing on female jogger in Ashington

  12-05-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The BMX-riding pervert, of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, left the woman fearing she would be raped during a terrifying sex attack
  
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• Newcastle United's fans deserve a farewell performance to remember against Chelsea

  12-05-2018 12:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's been a season of highs and lows for Newcastle United - but the fans have stuck by them through thick and thin as always
  
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