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JRA welcomes decision to refuse Tankerville Place proposal

Planning for Tankerville Place extension has been rejected. Community reporter Loujane Alasi spoke to JRA to find out their reactions.

Council leader claims government ‘clearly trying to have us on’ in attack on council funding cuts

Council tax rises and £20m of cuts move closer as Council Leader attacks “no vision” government.

Passengers board train at West Jesmond Metro station

New Metros to tackle problems faced by disabled people

Nexus’s new fleet of trains, due in 2024, will be equipped with measures to help disabled people in Jesmond and elsewhere travel more easily. As JesmondLocal reported last week, Nexus has revealed the design of its new fleet of Metro trains which will be made

Tackling homelessness in Jesmond

Charity Crisis hopes to help make Newcastle the first city in Britain to eliminate homelessness, by 2022 — but that task seems daunting as homelessness is on the rise. According to a recent Shelter report, at least 320,000 people are homeless and 726 people died homeless

What could education pledges mean for local schools?

Ahead of the UK general election tomorrow (Thursday 12 December) we’ve taken a look at the party manifestos and picked out some key education points to understand how proposed policies might impact on Jesmond’s schools and students. Current state of education in the UK A manifesto

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