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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
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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
6 Famous Sons and Daughters of Jesmond Schools
From battle-hardened journalists to battling Lord Admirals, JesmondLocal looks at some of the most famous people educated in Jesmond
Church High pupils ‘Bake a Book’ to celebrate World Book Day
Would you eat the Gruffalo? Alice Madgwick investigates how Jesmond pupils celebrated World Book Day
7 ways to spend 10p: the amount that cost Central High a netball final
How could each member of a netball team better spend the money that cost them their hard-won chance of glory? Alice Madgwick finds out
Pupils react to Central High and Church High Merger
Alice Madgwick gauges the feelings of those with the biggest stake in the schools’ future
Maid in Jesmond: Student entrepreneurs offer cleaning service
Leela Prasad writes about a student solution to a student problem
Royal Grammar School prepared for nine-day Drama Festival
Four contrasting plays to be performed by pupils, writes Henrietta Painter