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Councillors and candidates say Jesmond backs second referendum

Victoria Petrie speaks to local councillors, who say that Jesmond supports a second referendum

Human rights – the Jesmond connection

This month’s meeting of the Newcastle City Council overwhelmingly backed a motion declaring support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the council will write to the government to outline its position, including its opposition to austerity measures.

Jesmond could get new commercial facilities after council validation

Big changes are coming to Jesmond after the council approved a raft of planning applications, reports Srivats Lakshman

Air pollution outside West Jesmond Primary breaches legal limits

Harmful air pollution outside West Jesmond Primary School is breaching UK legal pollution limits, reports Charlotte Cooper

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

Jesmond House aims to break stigma around hostels for homeless

Rebecka Duren takes a rare look inside Jesmond House, Jesmond’s homelessness hostel

Council considers discouraging recycling in Jesmond

Do you know what can and can’t be recycled? Watch our video to help you understand – report by Charlotte Cooper

Young ex-offenders brighten up Sandyford’s Benton House

The appearance of a local building that is home to community mental health services has enjoyed a trim and tidy up, thanks to a team from the Skill Mill, a social enterprise that provides employment for young ex–offenders in watercourse and horticulture services.

Is this the end for Jesmond’s bowling green?

Exhibition and Brandling Park Community Trust (EBPCT) has been chosen by Newcastle City Council to develop plans for taking over Brandling Park bowling green at the end of Clayton Road in Jesmond. The trust is now creating a business plan in support of its proposal

Collecting calendars to treat children in poverty

Oxfam is collaborating with Byker Community Trust to provide families with young children with advent calendars and to raise awareness about child poverty in the north east