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Jesmond LocalThe number of student houses in Jesmond has increased by a quarter since 2007, figures uncovered by JesmondLocal show. One in three properties in Jesmond are registered as Class N student exemptions for the purpose of council tax, according to data … …read more

VICEBasically, in 2007 the Lib Dem council floated the idea of draining students out of the traditional go-to suburbs like leafy, affluent Jesmond and terraced, multicultural Heaton and put them in purpose-built blocks around the city. The buzzword was … and more …read more

VICEBasically, in 2007 the Lib Dem council floated the idea of draining students out of the traditional go-to suburbs like leafy, affluent Jesmond and terraced, multicultural Heaton and put them in purpose-built blocks around the city. The buzzword was … …read more

Radio TimesThe County Durham-born star started performing as a student with the Oxford Revue, before finding fame as one quarter of the Not the Nine O’Clock News team, along with Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. He wrote the first series of The … and more …read more

The GuardianBy any measure Dave Coulson’s Jesmond restaurant is a one-off; which is why it is generating excitement way beyond Newcastle. Coulson’s novel, technically elevated dishes (an opening “crisp sandwich”; a deconstructed full English on toast; a pot of … …read more

VICETraditionally, students in Newcastle head to classic student houses – cheap furniture, endless damp, a weird slug problem – in the suburbs. “If you live in Jesmond it’s really expensive and you don’t get anything like what’s in here,” says Savannah. We … …read more

ITV NewsHe was a World Record Holder, European Champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist as well as Olympic medallist in 1976 in Montreal. Today he is recognisable as a senior BBC Athletics commentator having commentated on nine Olympic Games … …read more

Mirror.co.ukHe was found under Armstrong Bridge in Jesmond by a man walking his dog. Pathologist Dr Clive Bloxham said the cause of death was injuries consistent with a fall from a height but he had such a high level of ecstasy, MDMA, in his system that it could … and more …read more

Bike Biz… helps to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution and improves health.” Next year work will start on linking the new cycleway with the existing cycle route outside the Civic Centre which goes via Newcastle University through to Jesmond, a … …read more