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• Predatory intruder broke into house looking to molest woman who woke to find him looming over her

  21-02-2019 22:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Cezar-Emil Poinaru, of Fenham, broke into a Heaton home in the dead of night and targeted a woman who had earlier shared a taxi with him from the city centre
  
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• Details of £20m relief road for Blyth revealed - as target date is set

  21-02-2019 22:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Residents have been given a chance to see the proposals and have their say
  
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• 104 job losses and council tax rising: The cost of austerity in Gateshead laid bare as cuts bite

  21-02-2019 22:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Despite slashing £13m from the budgets, Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon said the council will have to save even more
  
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• Two boys in stand-off with police after climbing on city centre McDonald's scaffolding

  21-02-2019 20:10 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The boys climbed onto the work site on Thursday afternoon and ran away from police who were called to the scene
  
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• Is this going to be the hottest February on record? It's a far cry from the Beast from the East

  21-02-2019 19:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Met Office forecasters need to combine the day and night temperatures to work out if it is a record breaking month
  
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• 17 balmy pictures as people enjoy rare February heatwave in Newcastle and Gateshead

  21-02-2019 19:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  17 balmy pictures as people enjoy rare February heatwave in Newcastle and Gateshead
  
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• 'I've cried and lost a lot of sleep': Controversial home-care charges in Northumberland WILL go up

  21-02-2019 19:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Despite criticism from opposition councillors, Northumberland County Council approved the plans to increase charges from April 8
  
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• Motion to stall plans for Durham County Council HQ move defeated

  21-02-2019 19:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Conservative councillors wanted to reveal background papers and start a new public consultation on the plans
  
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• Labour councillors slam proposals to change staff terms and conditions at Northumberland County Council

  21-02-2019 19:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The proposals were revealed to the trade unions this month
  
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• Plans for an overhaul of services at Shotley Bridge Hospital will not affect waiting lists, care chiefs have promised

  21-02-2019 19:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Health chiefs are gearing up for a consultation on the future of the hospital
  
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• More than £20,000 in overpaid council tax recouped for Rothbury residents

  21-02-2019 19:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  You are able to challenge your council tax band if you think it's wrong
  
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• 10 things that will always remind you of your school disco - from Lynx Africa to tinned hot dogs

  21-02-2019 19:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  If you were at school in the 90s or early 00s you're sure to remember everything on this list
  
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• What police are saying about the Central Motorway crash which caused traffic headache for commuters

  21-02-2019 18:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Police were called to the northbound side of the road near Cow Hill on Thursday afternoon after a crash left one lane blocked
  
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• On board Sam Fender's Brits party bus as 'Alan Shearer and Sting' join the celebrations

  21-02-2019 18:48 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sam Fender celebrated in style after the Brit Awards on Wednesday night travelling to the after-party on a party bus
  
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• Chris Maguire injury forces Jack Ross into a rethink ahead of Bristol Rovers trip

  21-02-2019 18:47 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland manager Jack Ross has no direct replacement for Chris Maguire and will have to tweak his system this weekend
  
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• Chris Maguire's badly-timed fractured fibula highlights Kazaiah Sterling's value to Sunderland

  21-02-2019 18:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Sunderland forward has been told to expect to be out for six to eight weeks with an injury picked up against Gillingham but he thinks it can be far sooner
  
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• Holding Chris Maguire back will be Sunderland's biggest challenge after forward's fractured fibula

  21-02-2019 18:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Despite not having featured much in 2019, Chris Maguire's fractured leg is a big blow to Sunderland - now they need on-loan Kazaiah Sterling to step up
  
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• Newcastle Utd send welfare officers to Blackpool to watch Elias Sorensen train

  21-02-2019 18:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Utd's welfare officers have visited Blackpool's training ground to catch up with Elias Sorensen.
  
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• Celestial events to see in night skies over Newcastle and the North East in 2019

  21-02-2019 18:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here is a guide to the star-gazing treats to keep an eye out for throughout 2019
  
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• The brilliant moment Rafa Benitez is reunited with Newcastle fan who patted him on cheek

  21-02-2019 18:25 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle United fan Jack Waddle left a big impression on Rafa Benitez and he was keen to see him again
  
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• No-deal Brexit would be 'multimillion-pound blow' to North East, CBI warns

  21-02-2019 18:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Business organisation warning comes as Government admits it has not reached deals with countries outside the EU
  
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• Behind the manager: Rafa Benitez reveals all about his life away from the Newcastle United dugout

  21-02-2019 18:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Rafa Benitez sat down with a clutch of journalists to talk about his life away from football and what he gets up to on his rare days off
  
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• Famous Newcastle club Idols returning for one night only for a massive nine hour throwback party

  21-02-2019 18:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Many Geordie clubbers loved a day or night out at Idols and it's coming back three years after closing down
  
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• 'We've got the ability to be a £1bn business': boss of North East firm Fairstone looks to the future

  21-02-2019 18:13 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Lee Hartley is the latest business leader to take part in our Business Interview
  
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• Heartbreak as memorial garden at Gateshead care home is raided by thieves

  21-02-2019 18:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Staff, families and residents at Fellingate Care Home are devastated after thieves targeted the garden and branded it 'disrespectful'
  
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• Spice dealer threw stash out of window during police raid as his mum blocked the front door

  21-02-2019 18:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Adum Mohammed desperately tried to dispose of the drugs at his home in Elswick, but was caught out when police saw the whole thing from the street outside
  
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• Geordie clubbers share their memories of legendary Newcastle club Idols

  21-02-2019 18:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle club Idols shut its doors three years ago but clubbers have been reminiscing about it this week
  
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• Good news for puffins! Number of threatened seabird on the up

  21-02-2019 17:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The figures are up and allay fears from last year when initial count of the popular seabird were low
  
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• Touching tributes paid to popular Labour councillor Bernard Pidcock

  21-02-2019 17:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Coun Bernard Pidcock, who who represented the Holywell ward, died on February 9
  
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• The amount Northumberland County Council has spent 'gagging staff' who have left in the last 18 months

  21-02-2019 17:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Figures were revealed about what the council spends on agreements for former staff and memberships of various organisations
  
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• Oscar season at Tyneside Cinema celebrates an 'old friend' with screening of The Silence of the Lambs

  21-02-2019 17:32 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Film fans can get their teeth into some movie classics as Newcastle cinema hosts a 'best pictures' season ahead of Oscar night
  
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• Jack Ross expects injured Chris Maguire to play a part in Sunderland's promotion run-in

  21-02-2019 17:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Chris Maguire will be out for at least six weeks with a fractured fibula, while Lynden Gooch is a doubt for the weekend trip to Bristol Rovers
  
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• The stat which shows just how important Sean Longstaff has become to Newcastle United

  21-02-2019 16:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle United midfield Rafa Benitez has a decision to make about who starts in the centre of midfield
  
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• Alan Sugar's 'I told you so' tweet is wrong (in at least four ways)

  21-02-2019 16:49 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Journal business editor Graeme Whitfield on why Sir Alan Sugar should not be blaming Brexit on the people of Sunderland
  
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• Housebuilder Cussins develops new smaller homes after toasting successful 36% jump in turnover

  21-02-2019 16:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Alnwick firm has more urban developments on its programme and wants to build homes to appeal to a wider market
  
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• Rafa Benitez discusses how he got into football management and life working with Real Madrid legend Vicente del Bosque

  21-02-2019 16:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Newcastle United manager's road in football has been a long one but he is still excited as ever to go into work
  
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• Watch as banned boy racer leads police on Central Motorway chase after 'panicking at blue lights'

  21-02-2019 16:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  George Leighton went through several red lights and swerved onto the wrong side of the road in a car he had bought the day before, despite being disqualified from driving
  
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• Award Winning Durham farm reopens just in time for half term holidays

  21-02-2019 16:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The family run farm attracted over 85,000 visitors last year and bagged two top tourism awards
  
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• Sunderland suffer huge injury blow as Chris Maguire is ruled out for six to eight weeks

  21-02-2019 16:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Maguire has been impressive in the last couple of games but now faces a spell on the sidelines
  
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• Boy, 15, hit over the head and robbed in attack by gang of teens in Newcastle

  21-02-2019 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Teenagers have been gathering on the Metro and have been intimidating people across north Newcastle, according to the police
  
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• Sunderland icon Kevin Phillips reveals dream of managerial return in the future

  21-02-2019 16:06 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Kevin Phillips is keen to return to Sunderland in the future, where he became the only English player to win the European golden shoe.
  
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• Children in care outside England to be given higher priority for school places in South Tyneside

  21-02-2019 16:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Youngsters who meet the criteria will be placed second on the list of those most in need of a place
  
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• Half-term rides at Stephenson Railway Museum invite families to join the action

  21-02-2019 15:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Families can hop on board with a train guard ahead of the spring return of heritage trips at the North Shields museum
  
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• What is The Independent Group? What you need to know about the breakaway group of MPs

  21-02-2019 15:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Here's what we know so far about the break-away group of MPs
  
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• Reggae Reggae Sauce legend Levi Roots is coming to DJ in Newcastle

  21-02-2019 15:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Levi will be hitting the decks at a Newcastle nightspot for a huge reggae party
  
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• Gender pay gap widening at some North East businesses, new figures show

  21-02-2019 15:55 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Companies are required by law to publish the difference between their average male and female employee's pay
  
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• Profits plummet 45% at Newcastle transport giant Go Ahead Group

  21-02-2019 15:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The rail and bus operator was stung by loss of a franchise and poor performance from Govia Thameslink
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn says ISIS bride Shamima Begum should be allowed back into Britain and ‘given our support’

  21-02-2019 15:46 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  The Labour leader said the government’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship was a “very extreme manoeuvre”.
  
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• 'Disrespectful' burglar threw rock through funeral home window - and stole just £4

  21-02-2019 15:44 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jason Ross was caught after leaving his blood at the scene after smashing his way into J Hindmarsh & Sons Funeral Directors in Byker
  
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• Jack Ross full transcript: The Sunderland boss on Chris Maguire's injury and Bristol Rovers test

  21-02-2019 15:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Everything Jack Ross said ahead of Sunderland's League One clash with Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium
  
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