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• South Tyneside girl found safe and well after missing appeal

  06-04-2025 19:56 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A teenage girl has been found after officers were appealing to the public for help to locate her
  
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• Plans submitted to loan out beach-friendly wheelchairs in Whitley Bay

  24-04-2025 17:35 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A charity has plans to erect a storage unit so it can loan out beach-friendly wheelchairs in Whitley Bay
  
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• Rugby fan with MND starts 650-mile bike ride at Kingston Park to raise awareness of 'death row' disease

  24-04-2025 17:16 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John Chart and his teammates from the Pilgrim Bandits charity are taking on an epic bike ride to raise awareness of motor neurone disease
  
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• County Durham girl, 10, died on school trip after being swept away by mudslide, inquest hears

  24-04-2025 16:26 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Leah Harrison, from Darlington, died while on a school trip to Carlton Adventure centre
  
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• DWP pension shake-up could see workers' pots grow by £1,000

  24-04-2025 16:19 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions is looking at introducing a small pension pots consolidator as part of its upcoming Pension Schemes Bill
  
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• Son of murdered 'angel' is 'glad he's gone' after Babestation killer dies in HMP Frankland

  24-04-2025 15:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Graham Bell said he would have liked to see brutal Gareth Dack serve out his life sentence in prison.
  
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• Asda hit with thousands of complaints as new change sparks fury

  24-04-2025 15:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The trial, which is taking place in five Greater Manchester stores, involves CCTV being used to scan customer faces against an internal watchlist
  
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• Pictures show damage to Northumberland property after 'accidental' fire

  24-04-2025 15:40 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on Dalton Avenue in Lynemouth on Tuesday evening
  
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• Sainsbury's issues Nectar card 14 day warning to all shoppers

  24-04-2025 15:20 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Sainsbury's has issued an urgent warning to all shoppers who use the Nectar card, as it has revealed that there is a time limit to collect points on the loyalty card
  
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• Killer driver who was locked up twice for horror crash dies while in prison

  24-04-2025 15:14 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Lewis Heslop, 34, died in hospital while serving a sentence at HMP Deerbolt prison for causing death by dangerous driving
  
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• HMRC state pension 'error' causes fury as thousands blocked from major top-up

  24-04-2025 15:01 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Brits who left it until the final day to back-pay National Insurance contributions were blocked from doing so due to a major HMRC blunder
  
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• North Shields man jailed for sexually abusing a child as brave victim speaks out

  24-04-2025 14:59 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jordan Woods, 27, sexually assaulted the schoolgirl almost a decade ago in the North Tyneside area
  
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• County Durham drug-courier mum and boyfriend caught with £1.5m of cocaine in car boot

  24-04-2025 14:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Amy Elstob, 30, and her boyfriend Kevin Slack, 41, were stopped on their way back from Manchester and caught with 15kg of cocaine in boot
  
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• County Durham cocaine-courier mum and boyfriend caught transporting £1.5m of drug to North East

  24-04-2025 14:53 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Amy Elstob, 30, and her boyfriend Kevin Slack, 41, were stopped on their way back from Manchester and caught with 15kg of cocaine in boot
  
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• Fenham crash casualty seriously injured after collision left car smoking and involved parked vehicles

  24-04-2025 14:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  One person remains in hospital after a crash in Two Ball Lonnen on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Darlington couple sentenced after leaving dog to starve to death in filthy kennel

  24-04-2025 14:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nathan Thomas Pyle, 23, and Shannon Adam, 21, left their dead dog in a black bin bag outside their home
  
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• Petition to 'save' Leazes Park from potential development of new stadium

  24-04-2025 14:11 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An online petition calling for a referendum over the potential building of a new Newcastle United stadium in Leazes Park has seen a surge in support
  
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• Call to 'renationalise the energy industry' as Nissan boss says UK is 'uncompetitive'

  24-04-2025 14:05 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Nissan's Alan Johnson told MPs that the Government must support the automotive sector as it is too expensive to build in the UK
  
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• Tyne and Wear Metro pulls all new trains from service due to door fault

  24-04-2025 13:42 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  All five of the Stadler-built new Tyne and Wear Metro trains that were in active service have been withdrawn from the timetable, in a bitter blow to passengers
  
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• BBC TV licence bill could be reduced to £0 with one quick phone call

  24-04-2025 13:36 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The licence fee, which is currently mandatory for anyone who watches live TV or record it, as well as people who access content on BBC iPlayer, also rose by £5 this month
  
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• Second Northumberland castle closes its doors with future of 'lovely place to visit' now under review

  24-04-2025 13:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Closure of Aydon Castle follows that of Prudhoe Castle as English Heritage looks at sustainability
  
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• Gardeners urged to put one natural item on soil for greener lawns

  24-04-2025 13:22 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The soil is likely to lack nitrogen after a long, cold winter season, which is the nutrient responsible for keeping the energy, helping the lawn to come back in spring greener and healthier
  
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• Police update on Northumberland house fire after major emergency services response

  24-04-2025 13:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to an incident at a property on Dalton Avenue in Lynemouth on Tuesday
  
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• Inquest into death of Darlington girl Leah Harrison who died in mudslide on school trip

  24-04-2025 13:04 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Leah Harrison, 10, was killed in a mudslide on Carlton Bank on the edge of the North York Moors on May 22 last year
  
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• Gardening expert shares simple hack to instantly improve your garden this spring

  24-04-2025 12:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  As the sun shines, and spring is in full swing, it's time to give your garden a bit of a spruce up and prepare it for the warmer months. And one gardening expert has shared his top tip for quickly and easily creating stunning garden borders
  
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• Tragedy as woman dies in Northumberland crash as police appeal for information

  24-04-2025 12:51 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Margaret Spence, 64, was the passenger in a Land Rover which was involved in a crash on Tuesday February 18, on the Old Great North Road
  
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• Calls for music played out loud on public transport to be banned with £1,000 fines

  24-04-2025 12:33 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Liberal Democrats are looking to amend the Bus Services Bill to outlaw playing music and videos out loud from a phone on public transport in England
  
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• What we know so far on fire at Washington recycling plant from Tyne and Wear Fire Service

  24-04-2025 12:28 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The incident, in the Teal Farm area, has seen the fire service warn residents to keep their doors and windows closed
  
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• DVSA ordered to make driving rule change as millions set to benefit

  24-04-2025 12:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Learner drivers face an average 20-week wait for a test in Great Britain, but the government has promised to hire more trainers and offer more overtime to examiners
  
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• Nationwide, Lloyds and Natwest warning as 'awful April' leaves Brits cash-strapped

  24-04-2025 12:15 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A third of Brits have managed to save £10,000, according to a new survey by Lightyear - but millions are still at risk of 'financial disaster'
  
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