JESMONDLOCAL

NHSG new head teacher wants “period of stability”

NHSGs new head teacher Michael Tippett stands for a period of stability after the former head teacher has been dismissed due to allegations of fraud.

Human rights – the Jesmond connection

This month’s meeting of the Newcastle City Council overwhelmingly backed a motion declaring support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the council will write to the government to outline its position, including its opposition to austerity measures.

Jesmond candidates elected to youth council

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

Former girls’ school gives way to luxury apartment scheme in Jesmond

The Eskdale Terrace site will soon become 63 apartments, Srivats Lakshman reports

Councillors mull alternative options to ease traffic pain

JesmondLocal exclusively learns council plan to co-opt local business car parks to ease traffic problem, Victoria Petrie reports

Local start-up makes flip flops to save the earth

SeaPigs, headed by former Jesmond resident Mick Armstrong, is creating beach footwear that is not only eco-friendly but promises to be more ergonomic too.

Jesmond could get new commercial facilities after council validation

Big changes are coming to Jesmond after the council approved a raft of planning applications, reports Srivats Lakshman

Jesmond’s 2019 wish list revealed

What would the people who live and work in Jesmond like their local and national politicians to achieve this year? Reporters Andrew Paterson and Jerry Chen took to the streets to discover the items on 2019’s to-do list.