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Union urges Tyneside council to bring school meals back in-house after damning national report
A national report revealed problems with school meals all over the country
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Full list of North East roadworks and road closures this week
All the planned road closures and roadworks across the region for the week beginning Monday, August 31
Inside a 'superb' Hexham Victorian country house with countryside views for sale at £2.1million
Loughbrow House is described as a 'striking' property
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Northumberland man caught with taser had also been importing weapons from China
Martin Thompson was found with the electronic device in his car before police found evidence he'd been importing knives and knuckledusters from abroad
Drunk Gosforth lout threatened to stab officer in neck then spat in her face
Natalie Decarteret also smashed windows in her council house during the incident earlier this month
Then and Now: Newcastle’s Castle Garth and its vanished Victorian slums
Just minutes away from Newcastle’s prosperous city centre sat an area steeped in poverty and crime
Watch 125mph road menace grandad 'Mad Kenny' rammed by police after threatening Coast Road 'carnage'
Police have released footage of Kenneth Davison causing chaos on the Coast Road
LGBTQ+ veterans in North East urged to come forward for compensation after ban
The historic ban on LGBTQ+ people in the armed forces affected thousands of service members
Police update on murder investigation after girl and aunt die in North East house blaze
Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder following the fire on Wednesday
Funeral notices in the Chronicle this week including tributes to a much loved mam and wife
A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East
Germany train station horror as British woman 'stabbed to death'
Police were called to the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning after reports of a fatal stabbing attack
Grieving Blyth mum glad after Government blocks early release of driver who caused her son's death
Garry Robinson was high on cocaine when he ploughed the Suzuki Vitara he was driving into an oncoming car
Man fighting for life in hospital after being shot in alleged North East attempted murder
A police investigation has been launched after a man was shot in Gainford, County Durham last night
Forensics investigating and person taken to hospital after collision which closed Blyth roundabout
Police, paramedics and the air ambulance rushed to the scene of the collision in Blyth on Sunday
Newcastle pervert sent sexual images to 'girl' while she was at school during police sting
David Richardson thought he was chatting to a 14-year-old and sent her graphic images and videos of himself
Newcastle burglar broke into Lidl and used a wheelie bin to make-off with £800 of stock
Alan Fowler used a crowbar to break into the store and was identified from CCTV
M&S, Asda and Home Bargains among retailers to issue product recalls in August
The recalls were released this month, affecting a range of products
Cyprus ferry tragedy as boat capsizes leaving seven dead and more missing
The ferry was carrying 270 people when it capsized off the coast of Cyprus in the early hours of Sunday morning
'Huge' interest expected as Kevin Keegan's match-worn England shirts go up for auction
The former Newcastle striker and England manager sadly died last month aged 75 after a short battle with cancer
Grangetown murder LIVE: Forensics experts in white-suits scan fire-damaged house from above
A seven-year-old girl and her aunt both died in a house fire in Grangetown with two men arrested on suspicion of murder