350 residents help local orchard celebrate Apple Day
Victoria Young and Laura Purvis went along to Jesmond’s Apple Day celebrations on October 14th
Category Archives: Community
Jesmond volunteers clean up streets after £22k of littering fines levied
Almost 40 bags of rubbish filled by Keep Jesmond Clean and students as Newcastle City Council reveals fines of £22,000 for environmental offences in last four years.
Newcastle is number one anti-social student hotspot
Newcastle University has handed out the highest number of sanctions to its students for anti-social behaviour, data published today in The Sunday Times show
Jesmond Dash shows who’s fastest: car, cyclist or pedestrian
JesmondLocal reporters, Dom Partridge and Valentina Egorova, went to the Jesmond Dash to see who would win the race
Jesmond Community Festival begins today
The Jesmond Community Festival begins today, marking the start of over three weeks of activities provided by groups in the Jesmond community
Newcastle High School for Girls brave the shave for charity
Morgan Ayre spoke to Newcastle High School for Girls pupil Rachel Moberly about her decision to shave her head for charity
New Café No32 Arrives at Acorn Road
Eleasha Rowney meets with owner Karen Kevelighan to find out about Jesmond’s latest arrival
Jesmond Community Forum announces cutbacks at annual meeting
Valentina Egorova reports on the Jesmond Community Forum’s Annual General Meeting
Operation Oak criticised in Labour leaflet
The night time noise initiative funded by Jesmond’s wards is called “a bad deal for residents” by Labour councillors in Ouseburn, Beth Steele reports
Ronnie Reid elected NUSU President
Ronnie Reid has been elected Newcastle University Students’ Union president. Last week, JesmondLocal spoke to the four candidates, focusing on issues surrounding Jesmond. Reid was asked about his views on current student-permanent residents relations and ways in which he would improve them, telling JesmondLocal he wants to “expand