Newcastle news

• How playwright Laura Lindow learned Geordie at Asda - though she has Gateshead roots

  14-09-2018 23:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The War of the Worlds returns to Newcastle next week and then tours the North East following its popular reworking
  
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• Boy, 5, mauled by bulldog which owner had got for free on Facebook

  14-09-2018 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shaun Carr, of South Shields, has been jailed after his bulldog left a young boy scarred for life and he tried to cover up his involvement
  
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• Try singing, ukulele and fiddle classes for free at Sage Gateshead on Sunday

  14-09-2018 21:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Over 100 classes in music, singing and dancing start next week but you can try some of them out first
  
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• Stars support new Sunday for Sammy comedy competition - and here's how to enter

  14-09-2018 19:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sketch for Sammy competition, which offers a chance to share the spotlight at popular Newcastle show, has won support from The Likely Lads' writers
  
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• Burton vs Sunderland writers' teams: Charlie Wyke to start? Our reporters pick the team

  14-09-2018 19:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Chronicle SAFC writers each pick the team they would start to play in Sunderland's clash with Burton Albion
  
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• Royal Northern Sinfonia are absolute diamonds and they are throwing a huge 60th party to celebrate

  14-09-2018 19:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Enjoy a special serenade as the North East's very own orchestra marks its birthday with events for all musical tastes and ages
  
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• Twins lucky to survive after one becomes oxygen deprived in womb and is born with just 1% of blood

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alfie Highton has had to overcome a lot in his short life but now his parents are hoping to help him through new equipment
  
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• Racist shouted 'dirty ch***y' and spat on police officer in outburst outside Newcastle hospital

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Bikram Ram was arrested for being drunk and disoderly when he assaulted the officer and shouted the racist abuse
  
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• Princess Eugenie wedding: The Royal Family reveals all about the big day

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank will marry at St George's Chapel in Windsor on October 12
  
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• Police hunt for hit-and-run van driver after woman left seriously injured in Sunderland

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 26-year-old woman was seriously injured after being hit by pick-up style van on busy Sunderland road
  
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• Newcastle U23s 0-1 Saints U23s: Magpies suffering from Checkatrade Trophy hangover

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Less than a fortnight after a great win away to Doncaster Rovers, Newcastle slipped up on home soil
  
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• Newcastle Labour councillor calls for unity amid claims activists are disrupting the party

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John-Paul Stephenson claims some Momentum activists are trying to cause chaos in the Labour Party
  
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• Meet the Newcastle United fan who was at the heart of Man City's docu-series All or Nothing

  14-09-2018 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Smith, 27, from South Shields, helped produce the award-winning Amazon programme
  
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• Man arrested after rooftop stand-off with police in Northumberland

  14-09-2018 18:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 32-year-old man has been arrested after police were called to a report that a man had climbed onto the roof of a property
  
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• Party with The Greatest Showman club tour coming to O2 Academy Newcastle

  14-09-2018 18:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Greatest Showman is quite simply a worldwide phenomenon and a club night dedicated to it is bound for Newcastle
  
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• Newcastle will become go-to destination for sport - despite losing the Great North CityGames

  14-09-2018 18:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The event, which has brought elite sport stars to the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside for a decade, is on the move
  
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• See inside Seaton Delaval Hall's 'mystery' East Wing which is closed to the public

  14-09-2018 18:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Video tour shows remains of previous decoration, eerie corridors and rooms once used by German Prisoners of War
  
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• 'Punching Above Your Weight' champ scoops £1m Lottery scratchcard jackpot

  14-09-2018 18:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Darren Donaghey bought the scratchcard while popping to the shop to buy an emergency pint of milk
  
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• Jonjo Shelvey should play for England, says Rafa Benitez - and he's NOT got attitude problems

  14-09-2018 18:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez says he is mystified about why Jonjo Shelvey isn't involved with England
  
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• Hocus Pocus screening to take place at Newcastle Castle Keep for Halloween

  14-09-2018 18:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's a Halloween classic and you can enjoy Disney's Hocus Pocus in the spooky surroundings of Newcastle Castle
  
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• Heroic Great North Run athletes reveal how they helped save collapsed runner's life

  14-09-2018 18:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nev Harris and Chris Johnson were among a group of people who leaped into action to save a man who collapsed on the route
  
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• Sunderland striker Josh Maja one of the most clinical in League One so far

  14-09-2018 18:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Josh Maja has five goals so far after a great start to the season at Sunderland, and these stats show he's proving clinical in front of goal
  
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• Rafa Benitez due to make last minute calls on DeAndre Yedlin and Salomon Rondon

  14-09-2018 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Arsenal will be the visitors to St James' Park but Rafa Benitez's selection process is far from easy
  
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• Chi Onwurah spent taxpayers' cash on voice coach - but insists it wasn't to lose Geordie accent

  14-09-2018 17:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle Central MP has hit out at 'hostile southern media' over taxpayer funded voice coach
  
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• Newcastle councillor admits library consultation error

  14-09-2018 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Residents say they should have been consulted more over plans to include a drug rehab centre in a library.
  
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• Hear what Ken Loach has to say about film-making in Newcastle

  14-09-2018 17:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As a six-week shoot on his latest movie gets under way, famous director Ken Loach explains why he chose its North East location
  
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• 'I would have been slaughtered' - Sam Allardyce on Rafa Benitez's defensive approach

  14-09-2018 17:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has set up very defensively so far this season and Sam Allardyce has had his say
  
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• Tories accused of 'running scared' after banning anti-Brexit campaigners from party conference

  14-09-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle MP Catherine McKinnell has attacked the decision to ban campaigners who support a second Brexit referendum 
  
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• Beware: Netflix users are being targeted by this sophisticated scam

  14-09-2018 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An increase in reports of fake Netflix emails has led to Action Fraud issuing a warning about the phishing scam  
  
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• Chester Road hit and run LIVE: Air ambulance flies pedestrian to hospital after van crash

  14-09-2018 16:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A can has reportedly hit a pedestrian on Chester Road in Sunderland without stopping - police have closed the road until further notice
  
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• See Ken Loach back in action in Newcastle with new film after success of I, Daniel Blake

  14-09-2018 16:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East is in the spotlight again as award-winning director Ken Loach starts shooting his latest film which turns the focus on a family struggling to make ends meet
  
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• Rafa Benitez suggests he has more in his play book than just defensive tactics

  14-09-2018 16:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United are yet to win a game this season with Rafa Benitez in confident mood ahead of Gunners clash
  
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• Former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon paid opponent's wages after bad tackle left him injured

  14-09-2018 16:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It has been revealed that Craig Gordon paid an opponent three months wages to cover money lost from being off work after his bad tackle
  
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• Will Newcastle face Arsenal's twin striker threat? Unai Emery weighing up options

  14-09-2018 16:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Arsenal duo Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette are in line to start against Newcastle at St James' Park
  
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• See inside the FINAL Big Brother house for the new series as Channel 5 confirms axe

  14-09-2018 15:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Channel 5 have confirmed the new series, launching on Friday night, of Big Brother will be the final one
  
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• Where are Sunderland in the League One table and what are their odds to be promoted?

  14-09-2018 15:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The latest odds on all things Sunderland heading into this weekend's latest game
  
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• Mike Ashley: Shareholders have 'stabbed Sports Direct in the back'

  14-09-2018 15:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The billionaire tycoon has accused shareholders of hounding Keith Hellawell, who resigned as Sports Direct chairman this week
  
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• Boldon contact centre creates 100 jobs following Buzz Bingo contract win

  14-09-2018 15:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  EC Outsourcing was formed in 2013 and will grow its headcount to more than 400 after winning the work
  
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• Child's kidnap hoax sparks police scare in Alnwick - as officers warn parents

  14-09-2018 15:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police have warned that making hoax reports about such serious offences is wasting their time and possibly endangering lives
  
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• Prison staff protest called off as Government scrap court action

  14-09-2018 15:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Prison officers from HMP Durham and HMP Northumberland walked out this morning
  
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• Police use loud 'distraction device' to arrest man allegedly threatening woman with knife

  14-09-2018 15:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers swooped on a property in Felling, Gateshead, on Friday morning and a 34-year-old man is now in custody
  
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• Police negotiating with man who climbed onto a roof in Amble stand-off

  14-09-2018 15:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The man in question is said to be now locked inside a property in Amble and police remain on scene 
  
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• Alan Shearer gatecrashes Ian Wright's interview twice

  14-09-2018 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Newcastle United's Alan Shearer gatecrashes an interview with Arsenal's Ian Wright... twice.
  
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• Northumbria police officer jailed for hitting neighbour with bar

  14-09-2018 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Sergeant Stephen Light was "simmering with resentment" when he launched the attack, a court heard.
  
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• Newcastle United handed double boost as Jonjo Shelvey and Matt Ritchie return

  14-09-2018 14:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Magpies face Arsenal with a near full strength squad as Premier League action returns
  
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• Rolando Aarons ready to let his football do the talking from now on

  14-09-2018 14:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons ready to get his head down and prove people wrong
  
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• Who is Stewart Donald? Sunderland's millionaire owner

  14-09-2018 14:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It's all change at the Stadium of Light, as the Black Cats announce Chris Coleman and Ellis Short have both left the club
  
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• Muppets' Christmas Carol Singalong heading to Gosforth Civic Theatre

  14-09-2018 14:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It is a festive staple for many families and you'll be able to sing along with Muppet's Christmas Carol
  
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• Shamed Northumbria Police sergeant who attacked man in his own home is jailed

  14-09-2018 14:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Light, of Holystone, was drunk and off-duty when he 'took the law into his own hands' over a domestic row
  
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• Sports Direct boss says he's been 'stabbed in the back'

  14-09-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley launches a furious attack on his firm's shareholders.
  
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