Jesmond | Your Jesmond News

14Dec

By Grace BamforthNo Comments

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery: Jesmond

Welcome to Your Jesmond News photo gallery. As part of our Instagram request, here is a collection of your images you sent in for everyone to see what a lovely place we all live in. All photos granted permission to use. Image by: Grace Bamforth Granted permission to use. Image by: Erin Fazackerley Granted permission to use. Image by: Erin Fazackerley Granted permission to use. Image by: Erin Fazackerley Granted permission to use. Image by: Erin Fazackerley Granted permission to use. Image by: Erin Fazackerley Image by: Grace Bamforth Granted permission to use. Image by: Charlie Taylor Granted permission to use. Image by: Charlie Taylor Granted permission to use. Image by: Charlie Taylor Granted permission to use. Image by: Charlie Taylor Imag...

Opinion: The true cost students pay to live in Jesmond

14Dec

By Grace BamforthNo Comments

Comment, Opinion Piece

Opinion: The true cost students pay to live in Jesmond

Jesmond living is increasingly expensive with prices and pressures to find housing hiking up. But most of us pay to still live here. By Grace Bamforth Cavendish Place, student filled street. Image by: Grace Bamforth Jesmond is the student place to be, there’s no doubt about it. According to Northumbria University one in ten students choose to live in Jesmond and Newcastle University states it is the most popular area for students, in the Chronicle Live. The appeal for students to live in Jesmond began increasing in the 1980s. Jesmond today is renowned to students, with it becoming a form of student campus, with certain streets taken over and turned into HMO ghettos. We all want to live here and are willing to pay whatever the cost is to live in...

Anti-social behaviour decreasing in certain areas of Jesmond

13Dec

By Grace BamforthNo Comments

News Report

Anti-social behaviour decreasing in certain areas of Jesmond

New information reveals Jesmond’s anti-social behaviour is decreasing yet there remains large amounts of complaints and fines. By Grace Bamforth Anti-social behaviour in Jesmond: Students collaborating in the street. Image by: Grace Bamforth Noise complaints are decreasing in North Jesmond significantly more than South Jesmond, according to new data. A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that between September and October 2022 there was a 39% decrease in noise complaints in North Jesmond, compared with 2023, with only a 12% decrease in South Jesmond. The data supplied by Public Safety and Regulation at Newcastle City Council showed there was a total of 461 complaints for the last academic year in Jesmond, or around 12 complaints per we...

Student forced to move into Airbnb due to housing conditions in Jesmond

7Dec

By Grace BamforthNo Comments

News Report

Student forced to move into Airbnb due to housing conditions in Jesmond

Newcastle University student Grace Boyle was forced to move out due to unfit private housing conditions since moving in. By Grace Bamforth Damp and mould: Uninhabitable living conditions in Jesmond. Images supplied by: Grace Boyle (Granted permission to use) A second-year student was forced to move out of private rented housing in Jesmond due to uninhabitable living conditions putting her in hospital. On October 26 Grace Boyle was given a day’s notice to move into an Airbnb out of Jesmond after submitting more than 80 maintenance requests for her HMO house of six in West Jesmond. The Journalism, Media, and Cultural Student claimed she developed a form of pneumonia due to housing conditions. Boyle said: “It’s having a lot of long-term effects. My men...

Jesmond Litter: How are residents coping with the litter issue?

27Nov

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News Feature

Jesmond Litter: How are residents coping with the litter issue?

By Grace Bamforth Let’s clear up how some of the people living amongst this are dealing with this, what the issues involved are? And how students can help to change this? Jesmond Litter. Image by: Grace Bamforth Having house parties with several bottles of alcohol. Arriving back after a night-out with a McDonalds bag. Emptying your car filled with coffee cups to supply your caffeine needs. We all know how the litter around Jesmond appears, more than two million pieces of litter are dropped in the UK every day. In the windy months and student filled Jesmond, litter surges. That of disposable waste: Vapes, cans, glass bottles, become an accessory to Jesmond streets and an eye sore to residents. Rats have a field day, but no one wants the...

27Nov

By Grace BamforthNo Comments

Explainer, Reels

What is involved in Keep Jesmond Cleans litter pick?

By Grace Bamforth On 11 November 2023, I visited Keep Jesmond Cleans monthly litter pick at Jesmond Cricket Club. This is a community action group aiming to reduce litter and promote recycling. As a result I made this short Instagram Reel to show you what this involved! Explainer: Reel posted on Instagram @yourjesmondnews_ Edited and taken by Grace Bamforth Want more content like this? Follow us on Instagram @yourjesmondnews_ for more updates and give us a message to tell us what you want to see from us!

Ultimate guide for things to do in Jesmond as a student on a budget

3Nov

By Grace Bamforth2 Comments

Guides, Listicle

Ultimate guide for things to do in Jesmond as a student on a budget

Heaton and Sandyford will never compare. By Grace Bamforth As winter arrives in Jesmond it can be difficult to know what to do to keep yourself busy. When searching for things to do in Jesmond, a long list appears which is not adapted for us students who are on student loans and in a cost-of-living crisis (not everyone can afford to visit the local spa on a weekend). We simply cannot afford much but there are many ways to keep busy because, there is no debate that Jesmond is the nicest and best student area to live. If you are new to Jesmond or need some help with what to do with your time on a weekend or Wednesday afternoon, then look no further, because here’s six ways you can keep yourself busy whilst not breaking the bank and only walking down the road....