Updated 8:03am 26 May 2012

Powered by Google

Jesmond News, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Beta)

Praise for Newcastle from US academics on tour

AMERICAN academics tasked with bringing gifted and talented students to the UK praised the North East for its friendliness during a whistle-stop tour.Read

Great North Museum exhibition to benefit Tiny Lives charity

SOME of the North East’s most vulnerable citizens will benefit from an art exhibition and sale taking place tonight at the Great North Museum.Read

Newcastle Church High pupils star in Roald Dahl production

A STAGE production has given every child at a Newcastle school's year group the chance to perform.Read

Professer David Burn, director of the Newcastle Universitys Institute for Ageing and Health

Newcastle University experts in massive Parkinson's disease study

AGEING experts in the North East are helping to lead the fight against Parkinson’s disease in the biggest study ever undertaken in the world into the neurological disorder.Read

Can better genes help drinkers beat liver disease?

LEADING liver experts in the North East are set to undertake research to see if there is a genetic link in alcoholic liver disease.Read

Freddy Shepherd fights to keep La Sagesse site plans

BUSINESSMAN Freddy Shepherd last night vowed to continue his bid to transform an historic building into luxury apartments despite being dealt a blow by council chiefs.Read

Dr Bernard Trafford

Royal Grammar School's bursary fund hits £5m mark

ONE of the North East's leading schools has raised £5m to teach disadvantaged children at discounted rates, The Journal can reveal.Read

Newcastle University scientists find clues to ageing

SCIENTISTS in the North East have unlocked clues to give us a greater understanding of how and why we age.Read

Lego bricks to feature in Newcastle University exhibition

IT has been a childhood favourite for generations – and now experts hope it could hold the key to society’s big questions.Read

NHS doctors pilot app to help patients get best treatment

MEDICAL experts from the North East are piloting a new tool to ensure stroke patients get the best treatment.Read

Jesmond Parish Church overwhelmed by free school places interest

JUST weeks after a North East church set out its intention to open a free school in the region, organisers say they have been overwhelmed by demand for places.Read

Pioneering geologist Dr Bertram Arthur Owen Randall dies

A FORMER university lecturer and pioneering geologist has died aged 88.Read

Women rush to aid research Newcastle University pioneers

HUNDREDS of women have offered to donate their eggs for research into pioneering fertility treatment which could eradicate incurable inherited diseases.Read

Protest stepped up over Jesmond Towers housing plans

RESIDENTS turned out in their hundreds last night to protest at plans to convert a historic Tyneside building into apartments.Read

A person using a microscope

Newcastle University experts get £5.8m funding boost for pioneering work

RESEARCHERS in the North East have been given a £5.8m boost to fund a new centre to continue their pioneering work that could offer hope of cures to a host of inherited diseases.Read

North researchers say urine test may help identify links to disease

RESEARCHERS in the North East say they can tell what foods people have eaten – and how much – by analysing a person’s urine.Read

Horsley teenager lucky to be alive after contracting swine flu

TEENAGER Eleanor Wild is lucky to be alive this Christmas after a serious bout of flu proved almost fatal.Read

Newcastle Royal Grammar School head rejects academies sponsor calls

THE headteacher of one of the region’s top private schools has rejected Government calls to sponsor state academies.Read

Former RGS pupil to take Master role at Trinity College Cambridge

A LEADING scientist who went to school in Newcastle has taken one of the top positions in the country’s best university.Read

Jesmond Parish Church plans 700-pupil school

PLANS to open a new school have been announced by a Tyneside church – with hopes of restoring one of the region’s best-known private schools.Read

Newcastle University promotes Booker-prize nominated novel

THERE’S no better way to relax than curling up with a good book ... no matter where you might be.Read

Thousands turn out for Newcastle Mela festival

VISITORS flocked to Newcastle’s Exhibition Park yesterday to sample the sights, sounds and smells of the Newcastle Mela.Read

Study to test North East people's tolerance to cold

JUDGING by the revellers on the streets of the North East at night, it should be no contest.Read

Greggs boss sets out global expansion hopes

EXPANSION plans could see a Tyneside bakery one day be recognised the world over, its boss says.Read

Antiques Roadshow expert set to give talk at Newcastle museum

ANTIQUES Roadshow expert Susan Rumfitt will reveal to a Tyneside audience tonight exactly why diamonds are a girl's best friend.Read

£500,000 compensation for disabled Heaton woman

HOSPITAL chiefs have been ordered to pay a disabled woman £500,000 after a district nurse failed to properly diagnose infected pressure sores.Read

Hooker & Young hairdressing chain nominated for awards

A HAIRDRESSING chain from the North East is up for a clutch of industry gongs including the prestigious British Hairdresser of the Year award.Read

North East will be involved in future muscular dystrophy trials

REASSURANCES have been given that clinical trials in the North involving children with a deadly muscle wasting disease will be followed up.Read

Newcastle University and charities set to address social exclusion in old age

A PIONEERING project to help the elderly keep their independence in their last years of life is being piloted in the North East.Read

Newcastle University study could help stop dementia

SCIENTISTS could be a step closer to preventing dementia thanks to a computer model designed in the North East.Read

North regional development expert questions high speed rail link benefits

MPS have been told that claims a new high-speed rail line will transform the British economy are “weak” by a leading North expert on regional development.Read

7,000 runners take part in Newcastle Race for Life on Town Moor

NEWCASTLE’S Town Moor became a sea of pink yesterday as thousands of women celebrated friends and loved- ones in the annual Race for Life.Read

Exhibition Park in Newcastle gets £2.4m for revitalisation

A PARK which showcased the North East’s biggest ever visitor event was today awarded £2.4m towards its revitalisation.Read

From left: Dr Aron Mazel, Kate Sharpe (part-time RA on the project), Dr Areti Galani and Dr Debbie Maxwell

Mobile phone app will help users find North East prehistoric rock art

THE meaning of rock art created in the North East thousands of years ago has baffled modern day experts.Read

Professor Roy Taylor with Gordon Parmley testing for Diabetes

Newcastle University scientists may have cure for diabetes

PATIENTS with the most common type of diabetes could have their condition cured if they follow a very low calorie diet, pioneering research by North East scientists suggests.Read

Newcastle University professor furious at Big Society bias

A NEWCASTLE University professor could lead a walkout from a higher education research council over allegations that academics are being pressured into research projects promoting the Government’s Big Society policy.Read

North East bins bugged in bid to increase recycling

WASTE bins in North East households have been bugged in a bid to jolt people into recycling more.Read

Spa plans for disused stables at Jesmond Dene House

A 140-YEAR-OLD rule will have to be overturned if plans for a luxury spa are to become a reality.Read

Great North Museum shortlisted for European Museum of the Year award

A TOP museum has marked its second anniversary by gaining international recognition.Read

Newcastle University loses animal testing data row

ANIMAL rights campaigners have won a legal battle against Newcastle University over controversial animal testing data.Read

Alan Shearer opens Newcastle centre for children

NEWCASTLE United legend Alan Shearer yesterday opened a new facility which will benefit hundreds of vulnerable children.Read

Northumberland business woman among The Apprentice contestants

THE assistant to the chief of North East bakers Greggs was yesterday unveiled as one of the contestants on this year’s series of The Apprentice.Read

Duo launch online business Salvabuild

AN innovative online business with impeccable green credentials has been launched in the North East.Read

Newcastle duo launch online business Salvabuild

AN innovative online business with impeccable green credentials has been launched in the North East.Read

Fisherman’s Lodge back open - but it’s bring your own booze

FINE dining restaurant the Fisherman’s Lodge has finally re-opened – but for the time being, it’s bring-your-own drink.Read

Couple's dream wedding despite last minute panic

ACOUPLE pulled off the wedding of their dreams – despite being left with just three weeks to rearrange the whole thing.Read

Newcastle University

Newcastle University to increase fees to £9,000

STUDENTS at Newcastle University will face fees of £9,000 a year from 2012, it was announced last night.Read

NHS services

Jesmond mum's 20-year NHS battle ends in £9m for injuries at birth

A MUM’S 20-year battle for compensation after her son suffered devastating brain injuries at birth is over after she was awarded the right to claim up to £9m.Read

Big plans on site for Central Newcastle High School

AN INDEPENDENT school has announced major building plans which will join together its youngest pupils for the first time.Read

UK Schools Memory Championships allow youngsters to show skills

REMEMBERING important dates in history, or the order of the periodic table can be tricky for some people – but not these students.Read

Explore Tyne and Wear

JournalLive - The Journal newsapaper online. Local North East news and sport covering Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham. Latest NUFC and SAFC news. For our complaints procedure, click here.