What are the biggest challenges facing Jesmond — and how would those hoping to represent the area tackle them? As part of our coverage of the upcoming Newcastle City Council elections, JesmondLocal has put the same set of questions to all 13 candidates standing in
With 13 candidates standing in the newly unified Jesmond ward at Thursday’s Newcastle City Council elections, JesmondLocal thought it might be helpful to voters if we asked each of them the same set of questions, from what they love about the area to how they
There may not be local elections in Newcastle this year, but the political parties in Jesmond will be watching with great interest to see how other parts of our region cast their votes tomorrow (May 1st, 2025). With its large student population, Jesmond has one
Tony Waterston has said the government’s planned action is not enough, Joel Bland reports
North Jesmond’s Green candidate is Laurence Taylor, a Jesmond resident who says he is passionate about low-traffic neighbourhoods and keeping Jesmond’s streets clean.
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
Louis Miller and Jerry Chen meet Tony Waterston, standing for election in North Jesmond
Find out who wants your vote in May’s local elections
Ahead of local elections on May 5th, Sam Doyle and Ritwik Sarkar meet the candidates standing for election with the Green Party
With 30 days to go until election day, Claire Hawthorn meets local Green candidates Shehla Naqvi and Robert Magowen