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Kieran Gray fell down a stairwell after climbing on the Columbus Monument in La Rambla
Some households in the UK may be able to get their council tax bill reduced to by 50% or could be exempt from paying altogether
Beauty fans 'absolutely love everything' in this Easter box which can be bought for £55 - saving a whopping £221
Newcastle United have been left licking their wounds after Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby defeat to Sunderland
Students living at Magnet Court, a listed building in Newcastle city centre's Gallowgate, were told they had to leave after an unspecified issue was uncovered
Most of us will have been stuck in a line of traffic on a busy road or motorway, with no accidents in sight, but there's actually a reason for it - and it's to do with maths
Dean Alfred Chalmers, 40, has been charged with being drunk in a sporting ground and will appear at court in April
Botman was replaced during Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby defeat with a facial injury
Kim McGuinness says that the new base is a huge opportunity for inbound tourism, and says that spending on promoting the North East as a destination abroad has increased
The opening of the three-aircraft base at Newcastle has created 140 direct jobs for pilots and cabin crew, with the airline operating 86 flights a week on 22 routes
