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Doctor explains 'best way' to treat bites and stings - from mosquitoes, midges, ticks and spiders
Insect bites and stings - including from mosquitoes, midges, ticks and spiders - are no longer just a holiday nuisance but are becoming an increasing concern closer to home
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Stalking worry over too few Newcastle schools signing up to hear story of murdered Alice Ruggles
City leaders are concerned about the shortage of schools in Newcastle signing up for assemblies run by the Alice Ruggles Trust, set up in memory of the 24-year-old who was murdered by her former partner
Man’s plea to save 135-year-old Northumberland church his family built from closure
The Methodist chapel dates back to 1891
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Leaked report describes former 'culture of fear' at Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
The report followed an investigation last year and had not previously been made public
The North East criminals who assaulted their friends in shocking attacks
These seven offenders, who attempted to cause physical damage to people they know, have been dealt with in court
Inside 'lovely' detached Newcastle home dating back to 1928 up for sale at £1.22million
Set within an impressive 1/2 acre plot, the period property, which is being marketed by Sanderson Young, offers a 'blend of character and modern living'
Moment £100,000 gold thief is caught on baby monitor ransacking Newcastle home
Romanian career criminal Neculai Nederi has been jailed after raiding two houses in Fenham
Tyneside council pays out more than £40m in business rate refunds since 2016
Over the past 10 years, a local authority has issued millions across thousands of individual refunds for business rates.
Tyneside mum's meningitis horror - 'I'm fighting for my life to get home for my kids'
Mum Kaitlyn Spearman had a headache that wouldn't go away for most of a week. Then on Thursday she discovered a shocking rash.
Northumberland man comes fifth in race around the world in boat he built in his shed
Adam Waugh constructed a 19ft yacht, named Little Wren, which has successfully sailed more than 28,000 nautical miles and finished fifth in a race across the globe
Fire service statement as crews tackle blaze on Tyneside industrial estate
A total of 20 firefighters were involved in tackling a blaze in South Tyneside on Easter Sunday
Two easy-to-miss symptoms of diabetes as UK figures hit 'all-time high'
The symptoms are easily missed in the business of everyday life
Northumberland mum with incurable cancer didn't think she'd see son's third birthday
Leigh Dreyer, 39, wants people to stop underestimating skin cancer.
Gateshead mum says charity has been 'life-changing' and helped her recover from the 'bitter end'
Carolyn Bainbridge said Change, Grow, Live in Jackson Street, Gateshead had transformed her life.
The Northumberland woman who saves 1,000 hedgehogs a year at rescue running almost 30 years
The Longframlington organisation helps over 1000 hedgehogs a year in Northumberland, but what does it take to run a rescue?
Funeral notices in Newcastle Chronicle this week including tributes to a former Tyneside nurse
A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East
Pictures of Storm Dave devastation as high winds cause major disruption across North East
Trees fallen, roads blocked and walls knocked over as Storm Dave brings chaos on Easter Sunday
South Tyneside fire LIVE: Updates as firefighters tackling industrial estate blaze at Tyne Dock
Firefighters are battling a fire at the Mitre Place Industrial Estate in the Tyne Dock area of South Tyneside.
Gateshead couple's narrow Storm Dave escape as fallen tree 'could have come through our window'
A Gateshead man said he was still concerned a tree could fall into his front window, or that of his neighbours.
Gardening experts share cheap and effective way to keep weeds away this spring
Weeds are the enemy of gardeners everywhere, but there is a cheap and simple way to get rid of them without resorting to weed killer