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#HousingHorror: Former university Community Officer speaks out

Megan Cunningham talks to Sarah Hodgson, former Newcastle University Community Officer, about her housing experiences

Are students being taken for mugs by letting agents? Megan Cunningham reports on her hellish house hunt

Myuniaccommodation.com respond to our report as part of #HousingHorror week

Next week we’ll be devoting our site to highlighting the practice and mysteries of student housing. Here’s a taste of what’s to come

Shepherd Offshore’s plan to build private homes on school site suffers another delay

Council planning officers and Shepherd Offshore face questions at public meeting. Bob Cooper and Sophie Bauckham report

Council expects tenders for lease of two listed buildings, reports Bob Cooper

Planning committee rejects Baskeys application, then reverses decision, reports Bob Cooper

Well… the JesmondLocal version of it, anyway. Listen to this podcast of our live student/resident debate

Politics reporter Bob Cooper locks horns with our comment editor, Sam Wood, on whether new policy will harm neighbourhoods like Jesmond