Crime and safety, grant applications and community festival updates – just some of the items on this week’s North Jesmond ward committee meeting that was hosted at St Hilda’s on Thornleigh Road.

But if couldn’t make it in person, fear not – Sophie Bauckham, Bob Cooper, Dave Harrison, Katrina Stevenson and the trusty JesmondLocal dongle were there, live-blogging all the action for you.

Just click below to follow the debate as it happened: