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• Investigation opens after County Durham paedophile dies in prison

  11-04-2025 18:03 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  John Barkess was sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison last April, but the 84-year-old has died less than a year into his sentence
  
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• Lidl issues warning over snack bars as they may contain plastic - full list of products recalled

  16-05-2025 08:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Customers are being asked to return the items to their nearest Lidl store where a refund will be provided - here are full details of the products that have been recalled
  
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• Families behind top North East brands Barbour and Hays Travel make Sunday Times Rich List

  16-05-2025 07:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The millionaire owners of North East institutions like Barbour and Hays Travel are among the richest in the country.
  
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• 150 more Newcastle children signed up for free school meals after push to help struggling families

  16-05-2025 06:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle City Council has begun automatically enrolling eligible children for free school lunches, after concerns that youngsters were missing out on what could be their only meal of the day
  
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• Whitley Bay thug strangled ex and threatened to pour milk over her head

  16-05-2025 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Royston Bell, of Whitley Bay, has been jailed for his latest offence against his former partner
  
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• Newcastle man offered flat after months living in hotels fears he is about to be made homeless again

  16-05-2025 01:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Dennis Cran has been told he must leave his flat in Vallum Court, on Westgate Road
  
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• Every aspect Northumbria Police has been told to improve on by inspectors

  16-05-2025 01:30 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  An inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found that significant improvements have been made in the force
  
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• Police attend Pro-Palestine protest as demonstrators return to Newcastle's Armstrong Works site

  15-05-2025 22:07 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Pro-Palestine demonstrators took to the street outside of the Armstrong Works site on Scotswood Road.
  
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• Wallsend pervert offered woman he met on dating app £300 to sexually abuse her granddaughter

  15-05-2025 22:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Craig Binns, of Wallsend, sent 'repugnant' messages to a woman he had met on a dating app just two-and-a-half weeks earlier
  
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• Sam Fender to be made Freeman of North Tyneside following unanimous vote

  15-05-2025 21:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The singer-songwriter from North Shields is to be given North Tyneside Council's highest civic honour.
  
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• Who are the Eurovision 2025 hosts? Trio in charge as Basel contest continues with semi finals

  15-05-2025 21:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 gets going in Basel on Tuesday night with the first of two semi finals
  
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• Inside cannabis factory uncovered by police in boarded-up Sunderland building

  15-05-2025 21:09 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Crown Court heard the building featured six cannabis growing rooms containing 150 plants
  
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• East Durham College Principal's legacy to be honoured in charity football match

  15-05-2025 20:54 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Suzanne Duncan passed away late last year after retiring from 12 years of dedicated service at the college
  
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• Whitley Bay Metro station building to be converted into bakery and workshop by disability charity

  15-05-2025 20:41 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The formally disuses station block will now become home to learning disbility employment enterprise.
  
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• Future of Shiremoor sexual health clinic building unclear 12 months on from relocation

  15-05-2025 20:31 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The centre was closed last April last year on safety grounds and relocated to North Tyneside General Hospital
  
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• Northumberland MP backs criticism of Keir Starmer's immigration speech

  15-05-2025 20:27 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  A noted anti-racism charity said it was "deeply concerned" by some of the language in the speech
  
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• Tributes to 'loving and funny' man killed in crash as South Tyneside woman arrested

  15-05-2025 20:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Jay Newby-Gallagher, 34, died following a crash between a motorbike and a blue Renault Zoe on Northway in Maghull at around 8.30am on Wednesday, May 14
  
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• Update on concrete issues at North Tyneside school where pupils have been dining in marquee for a year

  15-05-2025 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Hazlewood Community Primary School headteacher Stephane Bommel has thanked the community for their continued support throughout a challenging time for the school
  
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• Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, May 15

  15-05-2025 20:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  We will be bringing live breaking updates and results from the National Lottery's Set For Life draw on Thursday, May 15
  
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• NHS chiefs reject bids to open new pharmacies in Newcastle despite spate of closures

  15-05-2025 19:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  It has emerged that NHS bosses have turned down five applications to open new pharmacies in Heaton since its Boots and Lloyd's branches were both shut down
  
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• I tried the new Greggs Red Pepper, Feta and Spinach Bake and its not like anything they've ever done

  15-05-2025 19:08 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The North East bakery chain's new summer menu has just launched, and the new pastry is an interesting addition
  
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• Benwell community devastated by fatal blast call killer drug dealer Reece Galbraith's sentence a 'disgrace'

  15-05-2025 18:57 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Seven-year-old Archie York was killed in explosion caused by a drugs lab in the flat below his home on Violet Close
  
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• Newcastle young people's life chances rank worst in England with 'startling' gap compared to London

  15-05-2025 18:50 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Research from the Sutton Trust names Newcastle Central and West as the constituency where the poorest young people have the lowest life opportunities in England
  
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• Northumberland cannabis farm in former Co-op uncovered by police as three men arrested

  15-05-2025 18:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The illegal operation was set up in a former Co-op store on Rothbury High Street in Northumberland
  
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• Remember Monday share feelings about possible Eurovision failure in two-word verdict

  15-05-2025 18:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the United Kingdom's Eurovision act, Remember Monday, could find thesmelves at the wrong end of the table on Saturday
  
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• Dad who murdered Scarlett Vickers in play-fight given ruling on appeal to increase jail sentence

  15-05-2025 17:58 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Simon Vickers was jailed for life with a minimum of 15 years after being found guilty of murdering his daughter
  
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• Two arrested on suspicion of murder over death of two-year-old Houghton-le-Spring girl

  15-05-2025 17:38 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Detectives have now questioned a man and a woman on suspicion of murder after the youngster died in hospital
  
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• Police appeal for missing South Shields man not seen for almost a week

  15-05-2025 17:23 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Cameron Bell has not been seen since last Friday
  
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• British Gas boss issues 'sobering' admission over electricity prices

  15-05-2025 16:18 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Chris O'Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica, said the move to renewable power will not reduce UK electricity prices
  
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• Bella May Culley live updates as North East teen accused of 'drug smuggling' in Georgia

  15-05-2025 16:12 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old was reported missing in Thailand, before turning up 4,000 miles away in Georgia and being detained
  
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