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^Rosedale Court, Portland Green Student VillageImage credit: Keira Gratton A 4.8% average rent rise will hit Newcastle University student accommodations in 2025, climbing again after a shocking 8.7% increase for 2024 pupils, says Accommodation Finance Team's Gillian Adamson. In the 2024 academic year alone, both University-owned and managed-partnership first-year accommodations increased their prices, with costs rising up to 24% at Shielfield’s Portland Green Student Village (PGSV). Mia Wijayatilleke, 19, currently living in PGSV Rosedale Court, said she was “so shocked when I spoke to second years and found out how much the price has gone up … if anything the rooms are just getting older!”. The costs for their standard en-suite room went from around £145 per person per week (p...

^Image Credit: Keira Gratton The North East Vegan Festival returns this Sunday, November 3 from 10.30 am to 4 pm at Gateshead International Stadium, offering a variety of culinary stalls, speakers and workshops for vegans and curious foodies. Known as NEVFEST, the event is organised by Farplace Animal Rescue to raise funds for their animal welfare and rewilding programs. NEVFEST’s itinerary features talks from prominent vegan and environmental activists including Influencer Inga Lightley, Activist John Awen and Dalton Moor Farm Representatives. Most famously, representatives from the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, formerly Sea Shepherd UK, will be speaking on their name change and arrest of Captain Watson for radical anti-whaling action. Paul Watson (centre) pictured receiv...

“Completely ridiculous and overpriced” Newcastle student accommodation costs set to rise again

The North East’s Biggest Vegan Festival is Back