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
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Jesmond election hustings… replay!
Budget cuts, safe cycling, anti-social students, green bins, parking permits, free schools, elected mayors… just some of the issues tackled. Listen again to the broadcast
Jesmond election hustings, Weds 25th April
JesmondLocal to host live debate with council hopefuls at Cafe 1901. What questions do you want to ask them?
What did the Victorians ever do for Jesmond?
Cricket club volunteers (with paint brushes) take up positions on the boundary tomorrow ahead of Sunday’s Cricketforce event
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
North Jesmond ward meeting – replay!
Follow the debate and decisions as they happened, courtesy of live-bloggers Bob Cooper and Katrina Stevenson
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
South Jesmond ward meeting…. replay!
Follow the debate and decisions as they happened with JesmondLocal’s live-blog and political reporter Bob Cooper
Question Time comes to Jesmond
Well… the JesmondLocal version of it, anyway. Listen to this podcast of our live student/resident debate