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Opinion: What would an elected mayor do for Jesmond?
Comment editor Sam Wood and David Baines lock horns on the notion of a Newcastle city champion
Graze on local delights at Tennis Club’s spring festival
A celebration of North East food and drink arrives at the Northumberland Club on 7 May, writes Kat Stevenson.
What’s your favourite view of Jesmond?
Local lettings agent challenges residents to capture the essence of Jesmond in a photograph.
Comment: A policy to which we can finally raise a glass?
With a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol, the government could save our health, streets and pubs – argues Sam Wood
Comment: Anything is possible in the ‘multiverse’
Out there could be a universe where Jesmond is just like Cruddas Park, argues comment editor Sam Wood
Comment: Should top-rate tax be axed?
The wealthiest people in communities like Jesmond shouldn’t be benefiting while the less well-off are penalised, argues Sam Wood
Comment: Why shouldn’t students pay more for their education?
Scare stories of debt are deterring young people from applying to university, not government policy, argues comment editor Sam Wood
Comment: Should planning laws be relaxed?
Politics reporter Bob Cooper locks horns with our comment editor, Sam Wood, on whether new policy will harm neighbourhoods like Jesmond
Comment: Is the UK a racist country?
In the pubs, clubs and homes of communities like Jesmond, “casual racism” needs to be challenged, argues Sam Wood
March 5, 2012
Opinion: Should ecstasy be decriminalised?
Comment editor Sam Wood argues for a change in the government’s approach to drug laws