With 13 candidates standing in the newly unified Jesmond ward at Thursday’s Newcastle City Council elections, JesmondLocal thought it might be helpful to voters if we asked each of them the same set of questions, from what they love about the area to how they
Ukrainian refugees and their local hosts have expressed gratitude for support received from Newcastle City Council at an event held at Jesmond United Reform Church.
There are only two electric vehicle (EV) charging points in Jesmond even though Transport North East says 28,000 charging points will be needed across the region in the next 15 years.
Council tax rises and £20m of cuts move closer as Council Leader attacks “no vision” government.
A Jesmond Labour councillor has welcomed Kier Starmer’s lead in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as party leader. Starmer has been nominated by both Newcastle East and Newcastle North constituency Labour parties (CLPs) – which encompass Jesmond – and has a sizeable lead over
Ahead of the UK general election tomorrow (Thursday 12 December) we’ve taken a look at the party manifestos and picked out some key education points to understand how proposed policies might impact on Jesmond’s schools and students. Current state of education in the UK A manifesto
Jesmond residents see NHS, Brexit, homelessness as key concerns for upcoming #GE2019
Our team of reporters, including politics reporters Victoria Petrie and Andrew Paterson, are at today’s South Jesmond ward meeting. Follow along with all the action via our live blog below. Live Blog South Jesmond Ward Meeting – 3rd November 2018
Ahead of the May 3rd local council elections JesmondLocal politics reporters Ashleigh Smith and Thomas Goodall are conducting interviews with all the candidates in North and South Jesmond, to find out a little bit more about them and their policies. Because of the large number of candidates
JesmondLocal’s regular pre-election hustings was held on April 24th. Aditi Sequeira has our in-depth report on what happened