Volunteer rubbish collection group Keep Jesmond Clean is gearing up for its monthly litter pick this weekend by urging people to check their "thoughtlessnes" around refuse - particularly as winds whip ...

A local environmentalist has renewed his call for action after Newcastle City Council stalled plans to introduce a “School Street” outside West Jesmond Primary School. A two-year study in 2022 ...

Northern Counties School on Tankerville Terrace has scooped an Innovation in Education Award at the National Association of Special Schools Awards in Bristol, recognising its contribution to improving ...

August's elections signalled a shift in the political landscape of South Jesmond, with Dr. Sarah Peters of the Green Party ending a political duopoly that has spanned over two and a half decades ...

As a chorus of voices carried across the quarry in Jesmond Dene in mid-October, dog-walkers, runners, and strollers turned their heads and slowed their pace, many eventually stopping altogether.

Jesmond Dene’s weekly Parkrun has become one of Jesmond’s biggest community fitness events - with the group closing in on 300 members. Every Saturday morning, about 270 runners and 30 volunteers ...

Retailers on Jesmond’s Acorn Road say limited parking is putting pressure on small businesses. While some say they support Newcastle’s greener transport goals, others believe the balance has tipped ...

Exhibition Park has been chose as the location for the planting of Japanese-style circles of blossom trees, as part of the National Trust’s efforts to bring urban communities some hope and comfort ...

A group of volunteer singers from across Newcastle will gather this weekend at the quarry in Jesmond Dene to use singing as a unique tool for climate action. Led by RA Wollaston Award-winning artist ...

A view of West Jesmond (Photo credit: Peter McDermott/Wikimedia, used under a Creative Commons licence) Police will now patrol student areas every night of the week following an increase in funding to ...

There are only two public 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. By the ...

A man has been sentenced to two years in prison after causing the death of a married couple by dangerous driving on November 23rd 2019. Ann and Lawrence Nickerson were hit by the speeding car whilst ...