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• Further clashes over Advance Northumberland amid multi-million pound restructure

  25-03-2025 19:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Labour opposition leader feels councillors don't have enough information to make a decision on the issue
  
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• Drivers urged to keep tea bags in cars to avoid £2,500 fine and stop common issue

  28-03-2025 17:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  During the spring mornings, Brits are still having to deal with the cold weather, with many drivers waiting for their windscreens to demist before they can set off.
  
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• Government confirms date poorest paid will get rise to £12.21 an hour

  28-03-2025 16:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Low Pay Commission has explained the changes which will come into force 'in days'
  
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• Drivers to see potholes 'wiped from roads' as Labour confirms new plans

  28-03-2025 16:39 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Department for Transport (DfT) said local authorities' road maintenance pot would be boosted by £500m from mid-April as part of an "historic" funding boost
  
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• CCTV images released as burglars steal and car and bank cards from Northumberland home

  28-03-2025 16:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The reported burglary happened in Blyth on Tuesday, March 11 at around 4:40am
  
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• Man admits threatening to kill County Durham Labour MP for a second time

  28-03-2025 16:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Clarke last year messaged Bishop Auckland MP Sam Rushworth, saying he wanted to lock him in a building and set fire to it
  
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• These PIP and DWP benefit claimants can get free bus pass in England

  28-03-2025 16:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants might be able to get a free disabled person's bus pass, but it's worth checking with your local council as they set their own criteria
  
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• Map shows UK locations where Asian hornets have been spotted after earliest-ever sighting confirmed

  28-03-2025 16:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  You can see all the places in the UK where Asian hornet sightings have been confirmed since 2023 using our interactive map
  
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• When the Newcastle United glory boys of 1969 returned home with the club's last major trophy

  28-03-2025 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Recalling in photographs how Newcastle United paraded the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 56 years ago
  
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• How to watch Newcastle trophy parade - start time and TV channel

  28-03-2025 15:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The parade route takes Newcastle United players and the Carabao Cup on a tour of Newcastle, by St James' Park, and leading to the Town Moor
  
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• Man headbutted girlfriend and sank teeth into her head during vicious attack

  28-03-2025 14:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jason Slack, 23, got enraged and forced two of his fingers down the woman's throat as she struggled to breathe
  
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• Gateshead drug dealer jailed after £30,000 in cash, cocaine and cannabis seized

  28-03-2025 14:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Wayne Mooney, 39, was taken into custody on three separate occasions, as Northumbria Police officers uncovered further details of his crimes
  
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• Free bus passes for over 60s in England update as petition hits key milestone

  28-03-2025 14:34 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Campaigners say it's unfair that people over 60 in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland get the passes - but people in England do not automatically
  
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• Then and Now: Newcastle Quayside and the Tyne Bridge in 1978 - and the same location today 

  28-03-2025 14:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle’s Sandhill area is home to restaurants and pubs in 2025, but has a long and sometimes dark history
  
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• Warning as Durham Virgin Media O2 switch-off to begin - two things you need to do

  28-03-2025 14:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Tesco Mobile is urging people to check their devices are ready ahead of the change next month
  
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• Full list of new minimum wage rates as millions to get pay rise from April 1

  28-03-2025 14:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Minimum Wage is due to increase next week and for some people this could result in an annual pay rise of £2,500
  
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• Sunderland dad died weeks after heart surgery following 'error' with medication

  28-03-2025 14:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A prescribing error meant 62-year-old John Cogdon went over a week without important medication
  
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• North East Labour MPs join rebellion and plan to vote against Government's welfare reforms

  28-03-2025 13:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Three MPs have publicly said they are prepared to vote against reforms announced by Rachel Reeves in her spring statement
  
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• Police searching for wanted Sunderland woman in connection with burglary

  28-03-2025 13:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Victoria Kelly, 35, is also wanted for breaching a restraining order and Northumbria Police officers have been searching for her extensively
  
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• BBC TV licence major update issued as UK households urged to respond

  28-03-2025 13:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The BBC is running its "biggest ever public engagement exercise" as the corporation polls audiences to ask what they want from their public broadcaster
  
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• Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary to build new urgent treatment centre to cut strain on A&E

  28-03-2025 13:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A new centre will be build next to the emergency department at the RVI, where patients with more minor conditions will be treated away from A&E
  
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• Newcastle trophy parade Northumbria Police rules on flares and fireworks in public

  28-03-2025 12:29 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  For events like the Carabao Cup celebration, and frankly, whenever NUFC celebrate a win, the pyrotechnics are common sights.
  
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• Confidential military papers containing 'sensitive' information found dumped on Newcastle street

  28-03-2025 12:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sensitive military documents were found in a Newcastle street by a football fan ahead of the Carabao Cup Final
  
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• Drivers warned over used car dealership 'tyre trick' that could be costly

  28-03-2025 12:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A leading used car expert has issued a warning to drivers looking to buy a second-hand vehicle, urging them to be on the lookout for one common scam that could result in massive repair bills
  
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• WHSmith shops to be renamed as high street chain sold to Hobbycraft owner in £76m deal

  28-03-2025 11:45 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The sale does not include the retailer's travel locations, such as shops in airports and train stations, nor the WHSmith brand - here are more details
  
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• Newcastle trophy parade key guidance issued ahead of celebrations

  28-03-2025 11:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The trophy parade after Newcastle United's Carabao Cup win is set to take over the city centre, starting at St James.
  
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• Drivers risk £200 and 6 penalty points if they fail to do one thing on Sunday

  28-03-2025 11:24 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Drivers have been warned that not doing one thing could result in a £200 fine and 6 penalty points this Sunday (March 30). So it's best to be prepared and make sure you're not a risk
  
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• Denise opens up on prior break from Loose Women and whether she plans on leaving

  28-03-2025 11:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Denise Welch has been a regular on the Loose Women panel since 2005 and has no plans to leave the ITV daytime show anytime soon
  
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• Walker’s death in Northumberland cow attack was accidental, inquest jury finds

  28-03-2025 10:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Flynn was trampled and kicked while he walked along Hadrian’s Wall in 2020 and suffered fatal chest injuries
  
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• Hexham-born ex-RAF pilot killed family of four after driving drunk on wrong side of motorway

  28-03-2025 10:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Woods, 40, who was born in Hexham, was almost four times the drink-drive limit when he ploughed into a Toyota Yaris on the M6 in Cumbria on Oct 15 last year - he died at the scene
  
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