Councillors and candidates say Jesmond backs second referendum
Victoria Petrie speaks to local councillors, who say that Jesmond supports a second referendum
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Jesmond candidates elected to youth council
Newcastle’s young people have gone to the polls to elect 18 representatives to Newcastle City Council’s Youth Council, including some from Jesmond and Newcastle High School for Girls. Andrew Paterson reports
Former girls’ school gives way to luxury apartment scheme in Jesmond
The Eskdale Terrace site will soon become 63 apartments, Srivats Lakshman reports
Councillors mull alternative options to ease traffic pain
JesmondLocal exclusively learns council plan to co-opt local business car parks to ease traffic problem, Victoria Petrie reports
University counselling services understaffed, local students say
Students say more needs to be done to help their mental health in times of need, Beth Richardson reports
Air pollution outside West Jesmond Primary breaches legal limits
Harmful air pollution outside West Jesmond Primary School is breaching UK legal pollution limits, reports Charlotte Cooper
Police appeal for dash-cam footage after two men critically injured on Coast Road
The van collided with a wall between the Cradlewell and Sandyford Road, reports Louis Miller
Jesmond House aims to break stigma around hostels for homeless
Rebecka Duren takes a rare look inside Jesmond House, Jesmond’s homelessness hostel
Jesmond helps to reduce textile waste
The British Heart Foundation has been working with local universities to reduce the amount of textile waste, including in Jesmond.
Young ex-offenders brighten up Sandyford’s Benton House
The appearance of a local building that is home to community mental health services has enjoyed a trim and tidy up, thanks to a team from the Skill Mill, a social enterprise that provides employment for young ex–offenders in watercourse and horticulture services.