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Cost of living: Jesmond residents change spending habits to keep budgets under control

Jesmond residents are cutting back on spending as the economic crisis bites, Taoying Chen reports

North Jesmond Garage increases prices due to rising living cost

Jesmond garages offer money-saving tips as they’re forced to increase prices

Tackling the cost of living requires tackling one of your biggest expenses. Joel Bland reports from Jesmond’s garages

Prizes for plastic-free campaigners

Litter picking, shopping second-hand and offering “carbon literacy” training were just some of the ideas and practices that won prizes at this years’s Plastic Free Jesmond and Sandyford awards. The top award was scooped by Sarah Lewis and Michael Holland who, since moving to Jesmond

Jesmond’s gardeners get their reward

Four gardens across Jesmond have been awarded prizes by local environmental group Greening Jesmond as part of a competition for the Jesmond Community Festival. Around 20 gardens were entered to the contest from across North and South Jesmond, including Jesmond Vale. The winners were chosen

Brentwood Avenue glad of Long Friday

Less than six months since opening its doors, a Brentwood Avenue restaurant has been praised by neighbours for bringing “more diversity” to the street and making it “more attractive” as a destination. Long Friday was opened in mid-October by Anna Hedworth – who also owns

Jesmond family calls for more investment in cancer treatment

The family of three-year-old Rocco Troiano is urging the government to make a life-saving vaccination available for him and other children fighting the neuroblastoma form of cancer. At present, the bivalent vaccine is available only in New York but the toddler’s family has so far

Households seeking ways to counter the rise of rats in Jesmond

Jesmond residents won’t have been surprised by news of an almost 40% increase in rat sightings in the last 12 months, with many home-owners and student tenants noticing an increase in the number of rats in their back gardens or taking advantage of the rubbish

Library collecting warm clothes for refugees and asylum seekers

Jesmond Library is opening its doors on Monday (6th December) morning from 10am to midday to receive donations of warm clothing for refugees in need. As a community, Jesmond has been aiding refugees for several years. St George’s Church has organised events and collections of

Lonsdale uses social media to get its benches back

The Lonsdale had its benches stolen in twice at the beginning of the current academic year. The pub claimed to have clear CCTV footage of the incident.