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North East LIVE: Breaking news, traffic, travel and weather

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  • • Morning, welcome to The Northern Echo's live breaking news blog for Thursday, October 31
  • • It’s Tom Burgess here, we will be bringing you regular updates throughout the morning
  • • If you would like to get in touch or know about something we may have missed, please get in touch with me:
  • • Email: Tom.Burgess@newsquest.co.uk
  • • Twitter: @tburgessjourno
  • • Phone: 07768 831522
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