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• Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez refuses to rule out resigning if club let him down in transfer market

  28-01-2019 23:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has delivered yet another extraordinary Press conference - this time about his future at St James' Park
  
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• Rafa Benitez feels Pep Guardiola is under a 'little pressure' to stay in Premier League title race

  28-01-2019 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Manchester City are already four points behind Liverpool and can't afford the gap to get any bigger
  
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• Hour-by-hour forecast as Met Office issue snow and ice warning

  28-01-2019 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There could be a chance of snow or sleet around the North East on Tuesday and it will also feel bitterly cold
  
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• See the challenging conditions as skilled pilots take off and land at Newcastle Airport during 40mph gales

  28-01-2019 21:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  There were some unsteady take offs and landings at Newcastle Airport during the strong winds on Sunday
  
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• Armed police called to Ashington stand-off with wanted man on window ledge

  28-01-2019 21:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police were called to Ariel Street in Ashington where a wanted man engaged in a stand-off with officers
  
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• Passenger claims his Uber driver scoffed Greggs and watched TV while behind the wheel

  28-01-2019 21:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One passenger was not impressed with his ride from Benwell to the city centre with a peckish driver
  
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• Perverted 'Mr World' caught by paedophile hunters after arranging to meet 14-year-old 'child'

  28-01-2019 19:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Alistair Brown, from Durham, made contact with what he thought was a schoolgirl called Laura on social media but he had been duped by Guardians of the North
  
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• Hundreds at Heaton Manor School struck down with mystery bug

  28-01-2019 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Test are being carried out at a secondary school in Newcastle to help identify the mystery illness.
  
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• Save Blyth Spartans: Rallying cry to locals and football fans to throw their weight behind the team

  28-01-2019 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Football fans are being urged to give a Blyth Spartans game a go
  
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• Celtic boss confirms Sunderland's interest in Lewis Morgan but admits they face competition

  28-01-2019 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers says Sunderland are one of two or three clubs interested in winger Lewis Morgan and he says decision will be the player's
  
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• We don't want another Brexit referendum - and we're not impressed by squabbling MPs

  28-01-2019 19:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Our survey found that readers are unimpressed with the way politicians are handling Brexit.
  
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• Newcastle Islamic school staff 'afraid' after racist vandalism

  28-01-2019 19:15
  Attack at Bahr academy, the former set of TV’s Byker Grove, being treated as a hate crimeA racist attack at an Islamic school in Newcastle in which swastikas and anti-Muslim graffiti were spray-painted on walls has left staff fearful about entering the building, the headteacher has said.Principal Muhammed Abdulmuheet said staff were afraid to attend Friday prayers at Bahr academy because of the hateful language of the attack. Continue reading...
  
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• Tony Cascarino dubs Newcastle's Joselu the 'least mobile centre forward in the country'

  28-01-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  In a damning column for The Times, Cascarino did not hold back in his scathing review of the Magpies forward
  
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• See North East Olympic boxer Tony Jeffries training Robbie Williams in LA

  28-01-2019 19:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Take That star Robbie Williams admits he punched Olympic ace Tony Jeffries arm 'hard' - but he was the one who got bruised
  
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• Thieves stole £10,000 worth of 'exceedingly rare' whisky hours before Burns Night

  28-01-2019 18:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Owners believe the thieves came very prepared
  
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• Food shortage? I always keep tins in my cellar, says Brexiteer MP

  28-01-2019 18:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tempers rise as MPs prepare to vote on plans to delay Brexit if there is no withdrawal deal
  
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• Shoppers face food shortages and price rises under a no-deal Brexit, warn supermarket chiefs

  28-01-2019 18:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Senior executives from Sainsbury's, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Lidl, Waitrose, The Co-op and Costcutter penned the letter
  
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• A Staffordshire bull terrier reported stolen four years ago has been reunited with her family

  28-01-2019 18:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nala was reported stolen back in 2014
  
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• Former Virgin Money CEO Jayne Anne-Gadhia aims to launch pioneering tech start-up

  28-01-2019 18:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia is reported to be hunting investors for a start-up called Snoop
  
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• Brawling hooligans at Millwall v Everton FA Cup tie will be brought to justice, police chief vows

  28-01-2019 18:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One man suffered a 'horrific, life-changing injury'
  
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• Sunderland captain George Honeyman back in training and ready to put injury frustration behind him

  28-01-2019 18:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  George Honeyman is ready to return to the Sunderland side on Saturday and help earn three big points against AFC Wimbledon
  
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• New coffee shop opens at Heworth Metro station by former Metro worker

  28-01-2019 18:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Steve McCoy hopes Travellin' Brew will be just the ticket for the one million-plus passengers who use the station every year
  
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• Museum of the Moon set to land at Newcastle's Life Science Centre and it looks amazing

  28-01-2019 18:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Life Science Centre's intergalactic new exhibition Museum of the Moon will soon open in Newcastle
  
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• Newcastle firm Noveltea seals deal to sell (alcoholic) tea to China

  28-01-2019 17:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Noveltea is going down a storm around the world with their teas infused with spirits
  
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• 40 jobs created in Sunderland by owners of Comparethemarket.com

  28-01-2019 17:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Insurance firm BGL has created a tech firm to add to the 700 people it already employs on Wearside
  
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• Tests under way to find cause of vomiting bug which hit hundreds of Heaton Manor school children

  28-01-2019 17:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Leaders at Heaton Manor say they've followed the advice of health experts, who said there was no need to keep the school closed
  
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• Coach Trip appearance for Durham ladies man Andrew 'Goffy' Gough as Road to Barcelona starts on E4

  28-01-2019 17:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona will kick off on Monday night on E4 and one of the passengers is Goffy
  
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• Newcastle United squad down to the bare bones as Joselu injured and FIVE others ruled out

  28-01-2019 17:21 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Magpies will go into the game with Man City with huge injury list following damaging FA Cup tie against Watford
  
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• Newcastle United are a 'fantastically run football club' - Crewe boss praises Magpies

  28-01-2019 17:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Crew boss David Artell praises Newcastle United after completing the loan deal of Jamie Sterry
  
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• Cannabis 'Drumstick sweets' found in Gateshead police raid

  28-01-2019 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The drugs had been packaged to look like the chewy 1950s confectionery.
  
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• Riley's Fish Shack up for top accolade at first ever World Restaurant Awards

  28-01-2019 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tynemouth's Riley's Fish Shack is up for a top accolade at the World Restaurant Awards 2019
  
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• Body found in search for 22-year-old man who went missing on a night out

  28-01-2019 17:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Luke Jobson, 22, went missing in the early hours of Saturday morning after a night out in Yarm
  
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• Vulnerable pensioner tricked into handing over cash to fraudster pretending to be a window cleaner

  28-01-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Welsh, 85, was targeted by an opportunist fraudster when he lived alone in Sunderland
  
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• Reduced Metro and bus travel fares for children and elderly could be cut

  28-01-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  North East council leaders have warned the concessionary rates could be reduced as a result of 'unfair' Government cuts
  
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• Dirty cash, debtor lists and a made-up 'bomb' which blew apart drug dealing gang

  28-01-2019 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It was a little red box pulled out of a pocket during a police chase which helped bring them down
  
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• Stanhope Castle school 'alleged abusers not dead' victim told in 'police U-turn'

  28-01-2019 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Colin Watson says police told him 20 years ago his alleged sex attackers were no longer alive.
  
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• Durham tech firm Kromek seals one of the biggest deals in firm's history worth £44m

  28-01-2019 15:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The deal comes on top of contracts worth $80m won over the last three years
  
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• Drugs packaged like Drumstick sweets seized in Gateshead cannabis raid

  28-01-2019 15:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 28-year-old woman has been arrested following the raid in Crawcrook on Sunday morning
  
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• Thug 'could have blinded' teenager with cigarette in unprovoked attack

  28-01-2019 15:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lily Loan believes she would have lost the sight in her eye if Declan Potter had stubbed the cigarette out a few millimetres higher
  
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• Collectables to close Newcastle store after failing to strike deal with landlord

  28-01-2019 15:52 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The company, which moved into Eldon Square in 2011, has launched a closing down sale
  
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• Children will find way around porn age-verification, say parents

  28-01-2019 15:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  'No substitute for parents being in tune with their child's digital world'
  
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• Who are the Shipwrecked contestants? TV show returns for new series on E4

  28-01-2019 15:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Shipwrecked is back on E4 for brand new series on Monday night with new Islanders to be the Sharks and the Tigers
  
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• See how Guardians of the North paedophile sting goes horribly wrong in BBC documentary

  28-01-2019 15:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Newcastle group starred in last night's episode of 'Paedophile Hunters' and opened up about why they do it
  
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• Alleged dangerous driver trapped officer's leg after 'ramming into police car'

  28-01-2019 15:17 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop after a road traffic collision and released under investigation
  
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• Rafa Benitez suggests Newcastle United's transfer policy has held up January deals

  28-01-2019 15:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Magpies are yet to make the breakthrough in the window but Benitez reveals club are still trying for new faces
  
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• Homelessness UK: Should you give money to people living on the streets?

  28-01-2019 15:02 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One in every 200 people in this country haven't got a home
  
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• Drive an electric car? You'll be able to charge it in as little as 20 minutes at one of these spots

  28-01-2019 14:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rapid chargers are going to be installed at six locations in the North East, including Cramlington, Gateshead, Gosforth and Tynemouth
  
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• 'I was hoping to keep this a surprise' - Heather Mills wants to buy former Coty factory for her vegan food business

  28-01-2019 14:43 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The plant closed in 2018 with the loss of hundreds of jobs but could now have a new lease of life
  
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• Boyzone in Newcastle: Stage times, support act and tickets for Thank You & Good Night tour

  28-01-2019 14:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Boyzone will arrive at the newly named Utilita Arena in Newcastle on their Thank You & Goodnight farewell tour
  
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• Why Harry and Meghan will be apart on their first Valentine's Day as husband and wife

  28-01-2019 14:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex will experience Valentine's Day with Royal Marines in Norway
  
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