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Death notices and funeral announcements in The Newcastle Chronicle last week

A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East

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Gateshead drink-driver a staggering FIVE times over limit had to be helped out car

Ryan Temple claimed to have only consumed two litres of strong cider when he got behind the wheel on the A189 in Cramlington

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Newcastle hourly snow forecast as two-day Met Office warning comes into force

A yellow weather warning is now in place and is set to remain until the end of Thursday

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Community service criminals transform graves at Newcastle cemetery

Offenders serving community sentences have removed overgrown ivy from headstones

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New £35,000 rule for all bank accounts kicking in within weeks as limits change

The news will be well-received by many savers

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Inspirational young people awarded as North East youth charity celebrates 90 years

Over a million young people have benefitted from the work of NE Youth over the last nine decades

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North East boy's 'lump on head' turned out to be leukaemia but now he can finally have a 'normal Christmas'

Jaxen Judge, eight, has been given a special gift by Make-A-Wish UK after battling leukaemia

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Duchess of Northumberland launches first novel set in Alnwick Garden's Lilidorei

Jane Percy, the Duchess of Northumberland, has launched Amanita and its companion book An Illustrated Guide to Lilidorei at the attraction where the books are set

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Northumberland MP warns congestion at notorious roundabout is ‘stifling growth’

The MP warned that the roundabout was preventing businesses from expanding

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EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Tuesday, November 18

The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Tuesday, November 18 - live breaking updates below

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Striking North East doctor says 'life and career on hold' as thousands turned away from training jobs

Dr Sheryl Higham said that a situation which left thousands of qualified doctors without jobs was "untenable".

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North East health visitor joins The Queen to celebrate reading in helping children’s health

Rebecca Humphreys was invited to join the BookTrust’s 100-year celebration as part of her work on the ‘Reading Rights’ campaign

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North East doctors issue warning to parents over antibiotics that 'aren't always the answer'

Antibiotic resistance is a worrying and growing issue around the world.

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North East college and university handed £2m from fund for 'new buildings, facilities and equipment'

The University of Durham and New College Durham are recipients of the government funding, part of a larger £88.5million national package

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North East prison inspection finds limited progress in tackling 'entrenched drug culture'

HMP Inspectorate of Prisons said that progress tackling an 'entrenched drug culture' had been 'far from sufficient' at HMP Deerbolt, in Barnard Castle

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More than 300 jobs lost with collapse of Northumberland construction firm

Modular building firm Merit has gone into administration after weeks of financial difficulties

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Newcastle cafe's Christmas market anger after city centre coffee shop 'blocked' by stalls

Newcastle's Priory Press cafe and juice bar had to issue a plea for help on social media after seeing its trade fall dramatically as Christmas market stalls were being built outside

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Senior Arriva manager on six-figure salary took £100,000 in company credit card fraud

Sean Forster, of Ashington, abused his position at Arriva PLC in what a court heard was a 'culture of spending on company credit cards'

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Police hunt occupants of car who fled after crashing into parked cars in South Shields

Officers were called to Centenary Avenue in South Shields on Monday afternoon but the car's occupants had fled the scene

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Northumberland's Haydon Bridge High school to stay open despite strike action over pupil behaviour

One union has agreed to pause the strike, while the other will go ahead with the walk-out