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Jesmond LocalIn the 2017/2018 academic year, 17,911 bags of unwanted goods, worth £250,754, were donated by Newcastle students. The campaign also organises community litter-picks, and ‘plans to make the event bigger and better’. Keith Jewitt, from Keep Jesmond … …read more

ChronicleLiveThe 20-year-old, who was studying economics, was one of around 20 first years to attend the Agricultural Society event on December 12 2016, with witnesses telling how “older students” ordered rounds of 100 triple vodkas during a city centre bar crawl.Leicestershire student’s family call for change after inquest into ‘needless and wasteful death’Leicestershire Live all…

ChronicleLiveA Durham University student accused of spying in the United Arab Emirates has appeared in court after five months in solitary confinement. …. Traffic is slow on the A1058 westbound from Benfield Road (The Wills Building, Heaton) to A167(M) Jesmond. and more …read more

Leicestershire LiveThe group made their way around Newcastle on a bar crawl before getting the Metro back to a house in West Jesmond where first years were sprayed with livestock spray, had their heads shaved and told to crawl through sheep’s hurdles and drink vodka …Newcastle University fresher was ‘physically shaking’ at start of initiation…

Jesmond LocalThey said they had previously lived in Nottingham where glass was cleared up every morning by the council and argued that “Newcastle Council needs to implement more cleaning services” especially because Jesmond has a lot of bars and student residents … …read more

Yahoo NewsAfter the bar crawl, students ended up at the home of agricultural society chairman James Carr in the Jesmond area of Newcastle, where a third-year student shaved Mr Farmer’s head. Mr Farmer was heard to be snoring loudly, making students think he was … and more …read more

ChronicleLiveFirst year students would crawl through sheep hurdles, drink vodka from a pig’s head and have their heads shaved at an “initiation-style” event where a Newcastle University “fresher” died from excessive drinking, an inquest heard. Edward … He told …Ed Farmer inquest: Student died after ‘initiation-style’ eventBBC NewsA pig’s head, 100 trebles and urine apple-bobbing:…

ChronicleLiveA pre-inquest review was told that the parents of the popular Newcastle University student had concerns about one individual who had not been interviewed by police and about text message exchanges between students who had been at the first year … and more …read more

ChronicleLiveAn inquest is looking into the death of Edward Farmer, 20, who died after a Newcastle University Agricultural Society social event.Ed Farmer inquest: Student died after ‘initiation-style’ event – BBC.comBBC NewsStudent died after ‘taking part in bar crawl initiation involving 100 triple vodkas and pig’s head’Yahoo News all 22 news articles …read more

Mirror.co.ukFirst years drank ‘two or three’ at each venue in a matter of minutes before they were seen on CCTV heading to James’ house in the Jesmond area of the city. Ed so inebriated that he had to be carried along with another student at the Monument metro … …read more