Looking ahead: what’s in store for Jesmond Community Festival 2024
The Jesmond Community Festival 2024 is already lined up with plenty of exciting events and activities, Roseanna Leconte reports
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Local retail staff warn of ‘wellbeing crisis’ due to cost-of-living crisis
Local shop owners and staff have spoken to Caitlin Gee about the mental strain caused by the cost-of-living crisis
An ‘invisible disease’: Jesmond resident reveals the reality of living with Crohn’s
A young Jesmond resident shares the deeper reality of living with Crohn’s Disease, reports Ellie Thomson
Jesmond cafe takes lead in encouraging local community to become plastic free
A local cafe has partnered with a community initiative to reduce plastic use and promote the importance sustainability, reports Matthew MacDonald
Jesmond resident awaits results from infected blood inquiry 19 years after husband’s death
The wife of a Jesmond resident who died after being given infected blood is awaiting the outcome of a long-delayed inquiry, Rhys James reports
Jesmond students seek transport alternatives amid train fare hikes
With train fares due to rise in March, students are having to work around the expenses of travel, Samantha Seidu reports
Small food businesses at Jesmond Food Market suffer effects of living cost of living crisis
Small food businesses at Jesmond Food Market are struggling to deal with the effects of the cost-of-living crisis reports Olivia Walters
Percy Hedley Foundation looks back on 70th anniversary year
The Percy Hedley Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and JesmondLocal spoke to one of the schools under their management to see see the impact they have.
‘Unlike any other train in the world – for the locals, designed by the locals’ – Nexus opens up about the new Metro fleet
The first of the new Metro fleet is set to arrive in Newcastle next week, with many improvements on the current fleet. Huw Lewis discusses the key changes coming to the North East.
Jesmond resident on mission to save world
It isn’t discussed as much as it was in the Cold War era, but the possibility of nuclear war remains a very real and daunting prospect, according to Elizabeth Waterston, a retired GP who lives in Jesmond.