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Newcastle East Hustings – 06/12/2019 – FOLLOW LIVE

Election candidates are taking part in a hustings focussing on International Development; Injustice; Poverty and Climate Change on Newcastle University Campus. FOLLOW LIVE

Students hailed for preventing dognapping

JesmondLocal reporter Loujane Alasi spoke to local resident Kathy Cunningham about students who had prevented a dognapping

The Jesmond infants learning to be bilingual

Toddlers as young as just a few months old are learning how to become bilingual thanks to weekly language classes being taught at Jesmond Library. The French and Spanish classes, attended by around 50 children, are being led by Ruth Gibson who has 26 years

Indian-themed food festival offers shot in arm for industry

Footfall at the Indian-themed event increased 20% year-on-year, reports Ayushi Shah

Jesmond Dementia Action Alliance working with Newcastle United on football project

A new project to help those suffering with football-related dementia is coming to Jesmond, Bess Coop reports

Families urged to donate uniforms now that school’s out

INTU Eldon Square is encouraging families in Jesmond to donate school uniforms this summer as part of the Community School Clothing Scheme. The scheme was set up two years ago by Freema Chambers after she struggled to replace her son’s school trousers in a time

Student mental health event targets ‘heart’ of Jesmond

Improving mental health and wellbeing in Jesmond is the aim of a Newcastle University-led event taking place tomorrow (Tuesday 14th May) at Jesmond Library. As part of Jesmond Community Festival, the Living In Jesmond event is part of the university’s efforts to enlist the help

#VoteJesmond live show and live-blog

As part of our coverage of this year’s local elections, JesmondLocal reporters Srivats Lakshman and Hollie Farnill live-blogged our hustings event with North and South Jesmond candidates, and the whole team produced and presented a Facebook Live show that included interviews with studio guests Raff