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Plenty of defensive issues to ponder at St James'

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December 06, 2025

FULL-BACK ISSUES AHEAD OF BURNLEY, WITH DERBY DAY ALSO ON THE HORIZON

- By LEE RYDER

NEWCASTLE United boss Eddie Howe admits his squad is skating on thin ice as far as their pre-festive programme is concerned.

The Magpies could welcome back Yoane Wissa to the squad for today’s home game against Burnley but with Sven Botman, Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier and Emil Krafth all still out, Howe must box clever with selection especially with a Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen on the horizon and the Wear-Tyne derby with Sunderland looming large next weekend.

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Diarra tipped for derby comeback

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North East bus fare cap extended until 2027

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Life-saving throwlines could help prevent tragedy this Christmas

ADDITIONAL lifesaving boards have been installed along the River Tyne in Newcastle in order to prevent tragedy this Christmas.

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Skating pair hoping to emulate Torvill & Dean

WINTER OLYMPICS Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson will head to the Winter Olympics next year with genuine hopes of landing Great Britain's first figure skating medal since Torvill and Dean.

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I look back and think 'wow'... to have played in a team like that

AS NEWCASTLE United faced Bayer Leverkusen in Germany last night, it was difficult not to hark back towards memories of their previous Champions League visit to the BayArena back in 2003.

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Fire attack man guilty of murders

A MAN who killed his former partner’s sister and her three children by setting fire to their house in a botched revenge attack has been found guilty of murder.

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Rowan Atkinson is a school caretaker literally left holding the baby at Christmas when nobody claims the tot playing Jesus in the Nativity concert

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Billings signs deal with Kent

Kent Spitfires captain Sam Billings has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2027 season.

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