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Today's five most-read stories

Here’s the five most-read news stories from ChronicleLive today:

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Tomorrow's front page

Here’s a sneak peak at tomorrow’s Chronicle front page.

Man believed to have fallen into the Tyne

Emergency services have been searching the Newcastle Quayside after a man was reported to have fallen from the Redheugh Bridge into the River Tyne.

North East MPs warn over threat to school funding

North East schools fear their funding will be slashed due to government plans which ministers claim will distribute money more fairly.

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Policeman's life saved by fast-acting leisure centre staff

Police officer Chris Walton today told how he is lucky to be alive after suffering a cardiac arrest at a North Tyneside gym.

“I had been getting chest pains for about a month and was undergoing tests but other than that I felt fine.

“All I can remember is getting on the treadmill at Waves and then nothing until I woke up in hospital with people asking me strange questions and no idea what had happened.

“Apparently I started to wobble and fell off the treadmill with an almighty crash. All the gym staff rushed to help.

“They realised I’d gone into cardiac arrest and within seconds used the onsite defibrillator to restart my heart.

“They had to shock me three times before my heart started beating again and by the time the ambulance crew arrived I had partly regained consciousness.”

Today's most-read business stories

Here’s a round-up of the day’s most-read business stories, involving sweets, flats, fivers and a hotel:

The Chronicle's Wish campaign returns

The Chronicle’s Wish campaign is back – and with it the chance for charities and good causes to get their hands on a share of life-changing cash.

How many celebrity faces do you recognise?

More than 100 faces gaze out of a painting by Peter Burns, who made his name as one of the Swan Hunter shipyard artists.

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