William Wordsworth said “poetry takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”, so it’s fitting that a Jesmond poetry club should meet in a church to share love for this particular art form. And tomorrow, as part of Jesmond Community festival, the club will open
The annual Jesmond Community Festival gets under way this week after its official launch at 97&Social on Tuesday (May 7th) by Lord Mayor David Down and chair of Jesmond Community Forum, Dave Cross. Local councillors and community group representatives were also among the attendees. With
Keep Jesmond Clean claims more needs to be done to tackle the litter problem in Jesmond, reports Charlotte Cooper
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