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#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

Sexual offences are on the rise in Newcastle – with indecent exposure around the Jesmond area the latest such incidents – reports Leela Prasad

Our sports reporter (and Jesmond Jogger herself) Alex Forde reports on a triumph for the local team

Nobel Prizes, Nutella, sand and a 10-ton bridge: the strangest items ever stolen

A cash machine outside the Jesmond branch of a Lloyds TSB bank was closed off by police this weekend for fears of fraud

A Newcastle University student calls on footballing friends to promote his t-shirt brand boasting of the Jesmond Dream, Leela Prasad reports

More than 1,200 vinyl records and 1,000 CDs in stock as charity seeks to boost local music scene

A £150,000 quarry was taken from Lord Mayor’s Mansion House on April 1st, Northumbria Police report

Anya Goncharova reports on a recent proposal to make Acorn Road safer for all its users by introducing ‘shared space’

The coldest March in 50 years was no deterrent for RGS pupils aiming to promote awareness of hidden homelessness, Alice Madgwick writes