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It's 25 years since Britain - and the North East - stood still for Princess Diana's funeral

On Saturday, September 7, 1997 - a week after her death in a Paris car crash - Princess Diana was laid to rest in a huge televised state funeral as the world looked on

Chronicle Live

We tried the 'best Sunday lunch in Newcastle' at the Tanners Arms but don't ask about dessert

It was recently voted by the Chronicle readers as the 'best Sunday lunch' in Newcastle so we went along to try it for ourselves

Chronicle Live

Limited funding hampers charities’ early monkeypox response

Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000, respectively, to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad that are responding to the growing monkeypox outbreak

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How 50,000 watched Concorde swoop into Newcastle Airport for the first time 40 years ago

It was August 1982 when an estimated 50,000 people flocked to Newcastle Airport to see Concorde touch down in the region for the first time

Chronicle Live

Wendy Schmidt gives big to protect oceans, planet's future

The health of the world’s oceans looms large in Wendy Schmidt’s thinking about the planet’s future and in her giving

The Independent UK

Remembering the 1970s TV series, The Paper Lads, that was set on Tyneside

The Paper Lads, telling of the adventures of a group of teenage news deliverers on Tyneside, was broadcast for the first time this week 45 years ago

Chronicle Live

Q&A: What’s next for the Angels: Leaving Anaheim? New owner? Shohei Ohtani?

Arte Moreno is exploring selling the Angels, the team announced Tuesday.

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How tiny, volunteer nonprofit raised $57 million for Ukraine

For most of its eight-year history, Razom for Ukraine, a U.S.-based charity run by Ukrainian and Ukrainian American volunteers, has raised about $150,000 a year to help promote a free and prosperous Ukraine

The Independent UK

Psychedelic Drugs As A Religious Right: New Lawsuit Relaunches The Debate

The Zide Door Church of entheogenic plants in Oakland, California, is suing the city and its security department over a police raid that allegedly constituted a violation of religious and constitutional freedom.

Benzinga

Gates Foundation adds Gayle, Dhawan as independent trustees

As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to expand its governance, it announced Thursday that it has added two trustees to its board

The Independent UK

Former Chronicle journalist and Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans dies after heart attack

Nick Evans worked as a journalist at the Chronicle and Journal in the 1970s

Chronicle Live

Victory for beloved Gosforth coffee vendor as park bosses U-turn on 'murky' plan to turf him out

Jonny Graham thought he would be forced to leave his pitch in Gosforth Central Park, but has been given a 12-month reprieve after an outcry from his loyal customers

Chronicle Live

Homegrown foundation leader builds bridges, trust in Flint

As CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Isaiah Oliver is well known throughout the city

The Independent UK

Under demolition - the troubled Tyneside housing estate nicknamed 'Colditz' by residents

Killingworth Towers in North Tyneside, a 750-flat housing estate plagued by problems, stood for just two decades before it was demolished in 1987

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Top Newcastle councillor banned from Labour Party for 12 months after being found 'guilty of Islamophobia'

Joyce McCarty, who was Newcastle City Council's deputy leader for a decade, has been suspended

Reason

Capitalism Killed the Choco Taco. It's Also Resurrecting It.

The announcement that Unilever will discontinue the popular treat has small-time entrepreneurs and big-money investors rushing to keep the product alive.

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Drama off the North East coast at Tynemouth - a boat on the rocks 50 years ago

When the shipping boat Bella was holed on rocks off the coast of Tynemouth in July 1972, it made the pages of the Evening Chronicle

The Independent UK

Hollywood producer's new nonprofit to boost diverse creators

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies

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A TV Likely Lad standing on Newcastle United's Gallowgate End terraces

Fifty years ago, actor Rodney Bewes and writer Ian La Frenais toured Tyneside looking for possible outside locations - including St James' Park - for a new TV sitcom, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Daily Mirror

Mum's warning after 'menopause symptoms' turn out to be 'silent killer' ovarian cancer

A mum-of-two has warned women of the symptoms of a 'silent killer' after her irregular periods led her to believe she was going through the menopause - but it turned out to be ovarian cancer

Chronicle Live

County's Durham's Lambton Lion Park - family days out, school trips, and escaped baboons

Opening 50 years ago in July 1972, Lambton Lion Park in County Durham became a hugely popular visitor attraction for families and schools

Chronicle Live

New project aims to improve lives of young people in Newcastle - with help from Chronicle and Journal

The Evry project has been launched with a series of pledges from organisations in the city to work with young people

Los Angeles Times

Shark that attacked Monterey Bay swimmer was about 15 feet long, wildlife officials say

LOS ANGELES — A great white shark that bit and seriously injured a 62-year-old swimmer last month in Monterey Bay was about 15 feet long, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

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Remembering the long, scorching summer of 1976 - and other North East heatwaves

Nearly five decades on, those blazing eight weeks of unbroken sunshine in the summer of 1976 reside in the collective memories of everyone who lived through the time

Sports Illustrated

Warriors Owner Joe Lacob Says He Has ‘Standing Offer’ to Buy A’s

The Golden State owner told the San Francisco Chronicle he thought he had a deal in place to purchase Oakland years ago.

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