Jesmond Library popularity on the rise despite impending closure
Jesmond Library’s usage looks likely to increase year-on-year while City Library’s visitors fall, Mark Summers reports
Category Archives: Community
Jesmond Vale residents encouraged to tidy up this Sunday
Environmental correspondent Anya Goncharova tells us of a national campaign being brought up to Jesmond this weekend
#HousingHorror: Birmingham students form housing co-operative
A group of Birmingham students cut out the middle man and establish a housing co-operative. Is there a lesson to learn for Jesmond? A guest post by Chames Zaimeche
#HousingHorror: Former university Community Officer speaks out
Megan Cunningham talks to Sarah Hodgson, former Newcastle University Community Officer, about her housing experiences
#HousingHorror: Our campaign for student rights
Next week we’ll be devoting our site to highlighting the practice and mysteries of student housing. Here’s a taste of what’s to come
Metro flasher incident bucks trend of overall crime drop
Sexual offences are on the rise in Newcastle – with indecent exposure around the Jesmond area the latest such incidents – reports Leela Prasad
Oxfam’s new music room – click round our interactive photo
More than 1,200 vinyl records and 1,000 CDs in stock as charity seeks to boost local music scene
New ‘shared space’ plan proposed for Acorn Road
Anya Goncharova reports on a recent proposal to make Acorn Road safer for all its users by introducing ‘shared space’
RGS pupils sleep rough to raise awareness of hidden homelessness
The coldest March in 50 years was no deterrent for RGS pupils aiming to promote awareness of hidden homelessness, Alice Madgwick writes
29 other cool places to live in the UK
Unwilling to endorse The Times’ protectionist paywall policy, we find out from fellow hyperlocals what towns and suburbs rival Jesmond in coolness