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Jesmond dental practice scores sponsorship deal with local football club

The move is all part of a plan to promote a healthy lifestyle, Mike Thomas reports

Malhotra swaps Italian for Mexican on Osborne Road

El Paso’s range of sauces, salsas, and spices includes what the restaurant claims is “possibly the hottest sauce in the north east” and says its Almost Death sauce “is definitely not for the faint hearted”.

Jesmond students voted ‘best neighbours’ and win £1k

By Ashleigh Smith, Madeleine Letherby and York Atkinson Six students living on Clayton Road have won Newcastle University’s first “Best Neighbour on Campus” (BNOC) award. The scheme, which is running for four months this year, awards £1,000 to one student household each month that has

There’s still life in this cemetery

It could be another 20 years before Jesmond Old Cemetery is full, reckons the volunteer group who have restored the site

Blue House roundabout proposals: live-blogged

At this evening’s public meeting, working group chair John Dales will be introducing the latest proposals and answering questions, alongside other members of the working group

Jesmond student cycles and climbs for clean water

Ryan Turner meets a Jesmond student raising money for charity by cycling the length of the country – then climbing Kilimanjaro

Northumberland Club hosts squash tournament for charity

Bad weather didn’t prevent an evening of high-quality squash, reports Ryan Turner

Police make arrest following Waitrose armed robbery

A man entered the supermarket on Osborne Road last Friday at 7.10am, with his face covered and brandishing a suspected firearm. Northumbria Police say he threatened staff before stealing around 120 packets of cigarettes, then escaping in the direction of Acorn Road.

Two North Jesmond councillors will not seek re-election

North Jesmond councillors Dan Perry and Catherine Walker will both not stand for re-election in the May 2018 Local Council elections, Thomas Goodall understands