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Café on Exhibition Park shuts shop

Exhibition Park’s eatery, Café in the Park has made the decision ‘to close the business and cease trading with immediate effect’,

Women in Jesmond: Dr. Wendy Taylor

Greg Rosenvinge meets Dr Wendy Taylor, as part of our series highlighting influential women in Jesmond

Jesmond FC make history scoring six wins in a row

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

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