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Category Archives: News
Cricket club revamp
Proposals to improve facilities at the Osborne Avenue ground are being finalised, reports Amy Gilfellon
RGS defends preventing student walk-outs
Headmaster refutes rumour that teachers locked-in students wishing to protest against university fees, reports Daniel Robinson
Local churches unwrap their seasonal offerings
Harriet Webb runs through the festive events on Jesmond’s Christmas calendar
Snowy Jesmond – a slideshow
The earliest fall of white stuff in 17 years prompts JesmondLocal readers to dig out their cameras (and iPhones)
Have your say on Jesmond students
Local residents sought to take part in research on the ‘studentification’ of the area
War heroes remember the fallen
Decades of civilian life do little to dampen the memories of lost friends, as Matt Turner discovered at Jesmond’s British Legion on 14 November.
Jesmond green group to survey shoppers on plastic bags
Would you pay a fee for biodegradable bags? Transition Jesmond wants to know, reports David Reed
Remember remember not to shave this Movember…
The handlebars are out en force this month for a worthy cause, writes Katie Lauren Henry, who meets one Acorn Road barber grooming his, and others’ moustaches
Waitrose confirms Osborne Road store
Retailer will take former petrol station site as rumours circulate that Sainsbury’s will be next to enter Jesmond