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Jesmond Food Market celebrates three years and four business start-ups

Market has been the launchpad for at least four businesses and organisers hope to work with schools to provide facilities for children to learn about sustainable food growing

Malhotra swaps Italian for Mexican on Osborne Road

El Paso’s range of sauces, salsas, and spices includes what the restaurant claims is “possibly the hottest sauce in the north east” and says its Almost Death sauce “is definitely not for the faint hearted”.

Branches restaurant becomes newest addition to Osborne Road

The restaurant uses only locally-sourced produce and has its own house herb garden

‘Earnest’ actors praise and raise money for Jesmond library

The actors of local production company Class Act Drama have donated all the proceeds of their performances of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest to Jesmond Library

Police make arrest following Waitrose armed robbery

A man entered the supermarket on Osborne Road last Friday at 7.10am, with his face covered and brandishing a suspected firearm. Northumbria Police say he threatened staff before stealing around 120 packets of cigarettes, then escaping in the direction of Acorn Road.

It’s a “Dark Christmas” tonight at the Royal British Legion

Time travel, mystery, romance, music, comedy, drama – and free mulled wine – are the ingredients for this evening’s performance of Dark Christmas at the Royal British Legion in West Jesmond.