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Small food businesses at Jesmond Food Market suffer effects of living cost of living crisis

Small food businesses at Jesmond Food Market are struggling to deal with the effects of the cost-of-living crisis reports Olivia Walters

Percy Hedley Foundation looks back on 70th anniversary year

The Percy Hedley Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and JesmondLocal spoke to one of the schools under their management to see see the impact they have.

‘Unlike any other train in the world – for the locals, designed by the locals’ – Nexus opens up about the new Metro fleet

The first of the new Metro fleet is set to arrive in Newcastle next week, with many improvements on the current fleet. Huw Lewis discusses the key changes coming to the North East.

Jesmond resident on mission to save world

It isn’t discussed as much as it was in the Cold War era, but the possibility of nuclear war remains a very real and daunting prospect, according to Elizabeth Waterston, a retired GP who lives in Jesmond.

Clubs and groups grapple with life online to combat isolation

Social, community and sports groups across Jesmond have become familiar with meeting online during this latest lockdown, but concerns remain for residents who may lack internet access or the necessary skills to operate technology such as Zoom.

“Pet cemetery” in Dene still brings comfort to many

The “pet cemetery” in Jesmond Dene had been closed for burials for years. However, it remains a treasured place for many.

Charity goes online to help Northern Counties children

The Percy Hedley Foundation has raised more than £6,000 in an online auction to help support the vulnerable children and adults in its care, including those at Northern Counties School on Tankerville Terrace in Jesmond

Most people in Jesmond exercising more in lockdown says our survey

As we enter a second national lockdown, people in Jesmond reflect on how previous restrictions helped to improve their exercise routine, and why they hope to do the same again this month.

Jesmond restaurant-owner reaches MasterChef quarter-finals

A co-owner of Brentwood Avenue’s Bistro Forty Six, Max Gott, has made it to the quarter-finals of MasterChef: The Professionals 2018. Three years after opening the restaurant with his brother, Gott applied for MasterChef, because “the day-to-day can get a little bit boring. “We just thought