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• Wild celebrations as RAYE wins Mercury Prize 2026 at Newcastle Arena

  22-10-2026 23:51 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Two North East acts were among the finalists for the Mercury Prize 2026, but the audience took to their feet when RAYE was announced as the winner.
  
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• Met Office issues Storm Boelo weather warning for 53 areas on Saturday - full list

  22-10-2026 23:30 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The Met Office has named its second storm of the season, with yellow weather warnings in place for 53 areas across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland as Storm Boelo brings winds of up to 80mph on Saturday night and through Sunday
  
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• Eddie Howe makes decision on Man Utd job as ex-Newcastle boss 'standout' candidate

  22-10-2026 23:13 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Manchester United would apparently consider Eddie Howe if they sack Michael Carrick, and the former Newcastle United manager has already decided on the position
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 LIVE: Raye wins Mercury Prize in Newcastle at star-studded event

  22-10-2026 23:12 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A huge night is ahead for Newcastle and all this year's nominees as the Mercury Prize is handed out and we've got all the updates
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 LIVE: Music icons take to the stage in Newcastle as winner set to be announced

  22-10-2026 22:41 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A huge night is ahead for Newcastle and all this year's nominees as the Mercury Prize is handed out and we've got all the updates
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 LIVE: Music icons take to the stage in Newcastle for star-studded event

  22-10-2026 21:41 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A huge night is ahead for Newcastle and all this year's nominees as the Mercury Prize is handed out and we've got all the updates
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 red carpet in 26 pictures as music icons arrive in Newcastle

  22-10-2026 21:23 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  For the second year in a row, the Mercury Prize is being held in Newcastle with some big names on the shortlist
  
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• DWP Winter Fuel Payment 2026: Dates, eligibility and how much you'll get

  22-10-2026 21:14 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The DWP Winter Fuel Payment ranges between £100 and £300 to help households cover heating costs in the colder months
  
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• DWP confirms five groups of pensioners who will not qualify for Winter Fuel Payment

  22-10-2026 21:14 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the five groups of pensioners who will not receive the Winter Fuel Payment in 2026. The annual tax-free grant of up to £300, paid to people over State Pension age, will not go to those who fall outside the £35,000 income threshold and other eligibility criteria.
  
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• Winning Set for Life lottery numbers for Thursday, October 22

  22-10-2026 21:03 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  We have everything you need to know about the Set for Life draw for Thursday, October 22
  
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• 'Where's the team heading?' - Sky Sports pundit questions Newcastle United future

  22-10-2026 21:00 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Supporters are growing concerned after recent results
  
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• Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich gives pupils at Tyneside primary school a percussion masterclass

  22-10-2026 20:48 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The 73-year-old musician met around 170 students at Wallsend Jubilee Primary School on Thursday
  
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• New children's Aqua Play opens at Gateshead leisure centre after £200,000 investment

  22-10-2026 20:38 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The new Aqua Play area opened today in Heworth
  
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• Police probe murder as woman dies of 'stab wounds' after being found in crashed car

  22-10-2026 20:35 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Eleanor Barnfield appeared to have sustained 'puncture wounds' before crashing her car
  
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• Storm Austen brings yellow and amber weather warnings to areas of the UK

  22-10-2026 20:27 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  As many in the North East travel for half-term, a duo of storms is set to disrupt the UK
  
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• Shocking moment drugged up van driver smashes into family's living room knocking grandad off his feet

  22-10-2026 20:13 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Arron Straughair caused thousands of pounds of damage after veering out of control in Easington Lane after taking cocaine
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, October 22

  22-10-2026 20:09 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years
  
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• North East one-armed cabbie suffered 'despicable' attack by passengers who mocked his disability

  22-10-2026 19:57 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Drew Davidson, of Sunderland, and another man subjected the taxi driver to a horrendous attack during which he thought he would die
  
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• North East drug driver crashed into living room knocking grandad off feet and causing £90,000 damage

  22-10-2026 19:40 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Arron Straughair, of Easington Lane, had a breakdown product for cocaine in his system when he lost control of a transit van and hit a family home
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 LIVE: Music icons pictured arriving in Newcastle for star-studded event

  22-10-2026 19:05 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A huge night is ahead for Newcastle and all this year's nominees as the Mercury Prize is handed out and we've got all the updates
  
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• Newcastle United have squandered £175m on dismal transfers that have delivered nothing

  22-10-2026 19:00 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Matthias Jaissle has to find the right solution at Crystal Palace as the pressure begins to mount
  
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• Tyneside council forecasting 'significant' £11.6 million overspend on budget

  22-10-2026 18:52 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The financial position has worsened since June
  
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• Jury told 'all hell broke loose' outside Seaham pub before Daniel Ambler's alleged murder

  22-10-2026 18:44 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A court has heard how a Nissan car was deliberately driven at the 23-year-old
  
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• £10,000 motorised wheelbarrow stolen from North East school as police make CCTV appeal

  22-10-2026 18:24 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Officers are appealing for information after a theft in July
  
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• DWP 'confirms' full State Pension amounts for next year after key announcement

  22-10-2026 18:20 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The full new State Pension is expected to rise to £250.70 a week and £13,036 a year from April 2027, after wage growth of 3.9% was confirmed as the highest triple lock measure
  
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• Mercury Prize judges greeted by choir ahead of 2026 ceremony

  22-10-2026 18:05 via BBC News
  
  The judges are welcomed by a children's choir at the city's central station ahead of the ceremony.
  
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• Newcastle United still haunted by £124m issue that cost Eddie Howe control of transfers

  22-10-2026 18:00 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Eddie Howe bristled at questions on his team selection just moments after Newcastle United's away support made their feelings clear
  
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• Football legend's fan tributes to go on display

  22-10-2026 17:47 via BBC News
  
  A free exhibition is to be held at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art next week.
  
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• Famous Gateshead pub The Schooner could be turned into HMO under new plans

  22-10-2026 17:47 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A planning application lodged with Gateshead Council claims that the popular Schooner pub is “no longer considered commercially realistic”
  
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• UK storms LIVE: Updates forecasts indicate North East could see 70mph gusts

  22-10-2026 17:28 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' weather warning with gusts of up to 80mph expected in Storm Austen and Storm Boelo
  
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• Pride of Britain Awards 2026 winners in full as Newcastle heart surgeon honoured for lifetime achievement

  22-10-2026 17:26 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The full list of winners for the Pride of Britain Awards 2026 has been revealed, with world-renowned cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan who has worked for 30 years as head of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, among those to be honoured at the ceremony presented by Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo.
  
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• 'Human tissue' found in Rochdale street in police search for woman who may have given birth

  22-10-2026 17:13 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Police are searching for a woman believed to have recently given birth in a street after suspected human tissue was discovered nearby
  
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• Major work to replace steps to Marsden Bay to get under way in £600,000 scheme

  22-10-2026 17:07 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The Marsden steps are to receive much-needed work which is set to be completed by spring 2027
  
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• Major Metro delays sparked after old train develops fault clearing leaves from track

  22-10-2026 17:02 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Metro travel chaos for hours on Thursday was the result of a fault with the Rail Head Treatment Train clearing leaves
  
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• When Matthias Jaissle will have a full Newcastle United squad to pick from as injuries ease

  22-10-2026 17:00 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Matthias Jaissle has already had to deal with plenty of injury issues in his short time at St James' Park
  
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• Jailed North East murderer will 'always be a cold calculated killer' says campaigning mum

  22-10-2026 16:57 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Julie Hogg's mum Ann Ming, who campaigned to overturn the double jeopardy law, says convicted murderer Billy Dunlop is a "cold, calculated killer and he always will be" as the family await the outcome of his latest parole hearing
  
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• North East rapist already behind bars handed extra seven years in jail for attacking teenager multiple times

  22-10-2026 16:26 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  John Tyler who raped the teenager multiple times has been described as 'a danger to women and girls'
  
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• TK Maxx in Byker ram-raided by thieves who leave behind scene of destruction

  22-10-2026 16:07 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  TK Maxx at Newcastle Shopping Park, in Byker, was taped off after a vehicle was used to smash into the store to steal items
  
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• Bruno Guimaraes lifts lid on Newcastle heartache over Arsenal transfer - 'I never felt'

  22-10-2026 16:00 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The former Newcastle captain has lifted the lid on the emotional scenes around his exit
  
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• Major cybersecurity threat LIVE: Updates as 32 UK government services taken offline

  22-10-2026 15:57 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Cybersecurity chiefs warned UK organisations that a ‘critical security issue’ had been discovered in the programming language PHP
  
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• Explained: 'So loud' aircraft noise which shocked those under Newcastle Airport flight path

  22-10-2026 15:57 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  People living in areas like Longbenton and Killingworth were surprised by an extremely loud aircraft noise on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler cleared of raping 13-year-old in 2016

  22-10-2026 15:50 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Kieran Hayler has been acquitted of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault
  
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• Hunt for Newcastle cyclist who reportedly punched two women and slammed car door on one's leg

  22-10-2026 15:31 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Police are appealing for information about incident in Heaton
  
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• North East man smirks in dock as jury finds him guilty of murdering his stepdaughter

  22-10-2026 15:16 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Nathan Owens, 34 smirked and flicked his hair as the jury unanimously returned guilty verdicts
  
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• North East man smirks in dock as jury find him guilty of murdering his stepdaughter

  22-10-2026 15:16 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Nathan Owens, 34 smirked and flicked his hair as the jury unanimously returned guilty verdicts
  
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• Mercury Prize 2026 LIVE: Music icons set to descend on Newcastle for star-studded event

  22-10-2026 15:16 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  A huge night is ahead for Newcastle and all this year's nominees as the Mercury Prize is handed out and we've got all the updates
  
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• UK storms LIVE: Updates as events cancelled with over 60mph gusts forecast

  22-10-2026 15:13 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' weather warning with gusts of up to 80mph expected in Storm Austen and Storm Boelo
  
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• Alan Shearer nails it with Newcastle United verdict after Matthias Jaissle's tactics questioned

  22-10-2026 15:10 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Alan Shearer has reflected on Newcastle United's 1-0 defeat after watching on from the stands on Saturday night
  
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• Man who tampered with meter before fire sentenced

  22-10-2026 14:48 via BBC News
  
  Calvin Smith is given a suspended sentence for bypassing an electricity meter in Leah Casson's home.
  
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• Caroline Flack’s brother Paul ‘never recovered’ from her death and took his own life

  22-10-2026 14:45 via ChronicleLive - Home
  
  Paul Flack, 55, sadly died
  
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