Jesmond Pool and Gym on St George’s Terrace is to reopen on Thursday 3rd December. However, Newcastle’s Tier 3 status and Covid-19 restrictions mean group exercise classes will not be able to resume yet and will continue to be delivered online.
Local exercise enthusiasts are offering fresh ideas for staying trim and toning-up during this latest lockdown
Local football team Jesmond FC have broken a club record, notching up half a dozen back-to-back victories for the first time in their history. The record-breaking achievement came after beating Cramlington Town 1-0 in the Second Division of the Northern Football Alliance League at the end
Improving the fitness of older people is the aim of a new gym that will open at Jesmond Pool in January. The gym will include equipment selected to promote healthy ageing, including a hand crank to promote wrist mobilisation and a rotary hip machine that
Exhibition and Brandling Park Community Trust (EBPCT) has been chosen by Newcastle City Council to develop plans for taking over Brandling Park bowling green at the end of Clayton Road in Jesmond. The trust is now creating a business plan in support of its proposal
Newcastle City Council is holding viewings today and tomorrow for anyone with ideas for new ways to use Brandling Park – the former Brandling Bowling Green and Pavilions, situated at the end of Clayton Road in Jesmond. The Council says it is keen to hear
The streets of Jesmond hummed with the sound of vintage motorbikes this weekend, thanks to the Royal British Legion Riders Branch (RBLRB) which ran a classic and custom bike show at the Royal British Legion Club in West Jesmond Terrace, to raise funds for the Legion’s poppy appeal.
Jesmond student Scott McKenzie has completed the first part of a gruelling charity challenge to raise money for clean water charity Dig Deep. Having completed his cycle ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End, McKenzie is now bound for Tanzania, where he will attempt to complete the
The move is all part of a plan to promote a healthy lifestyle, Mike Thomas reports
Ryan Turner meets a Jesmond student raising money for charity by cycling the length of the country – then climbing Kilimanjaro