The consultation is over and the numbers are in: Newcastle City Council has received a big response to its plans to improve housing and crack down on rogue landlords. But not everyone is happy, as Andrew Paterson reports.
In the face of reduced funding from central government, Newcastle City Council will slash its budget by £20m this year, and increase council taxes by nearly 4%, in a plan approved at the beginning of March. The council also intends to reduce public services, including
Jesmond students Frankie Eldred, Lucy Clarkson, Rebecca Trafford, Katie Lynn, Kelly MacDonald and Megan Forster have been named the March winners of a competition to find the household that has gone ‘above and beyond’ to be responsible and considerate neighbours. The students were nominated by their
Victoria Petrie speaks to local councillors, who say that Jesmond supports a second referendum
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
The Eskdale Terrace site will soon become 63 apartments, Srivats Lakshman reports
JesmondLocal exclusively learns council plan to co-opt local business car parks to ease traffic problem, Victoria Petrie reports
Students say more needs to be done to help their mental health in times of need, Beth Richardson reports
Harmful air pollution outside West Jesmond Primary School is breaching UK legal pollution limits, reports Charlotte Cooper
The van collided with a wall between the Cradlewell and Sandyford Road, reports Louis Miller