Jess McConnell

Jess McConnell left the pub game three months ago and is pleased with his decision.

South Tyneside pub landlord and brewer calls time after 40 years

Landlord of The Albion Gin & Ale House, Jess McConnell

Pub prepares for return of St Patrick's Day festivities

Landlord of The Albion Gin & Ale House, Jess McConnell

'Old man's pub' asks under-25s to stay outside for the sake of older regulars

Bar staff at the Albion Gin & Ale House, Carhli Wilkinson (left) and Gillia Bewick.

Landlords optimistic as they welcome customers back inside

Prost! Dressed for the occasion at the Albion from left, Fräulein Susan McElwee, Herr Jess McConnell and Fräulein Amy Giles.

Pub to welcome back customers with a German theme on April 12

Owner of The Albion Gin & Ale House, Jess McConnell

See why this Jarrow landlord is disappointed to be missing St Patrick's Day

Jess McConnell, who runs the Jarrow Albion Gin and Ale House, starring as a mock news presenter in the film (above); Mr McConnell outside the premises (below, left); the pub's manageress, Charlotte Wilkinson (below, right)

Jarrow publican's third video in 'lockdown trilogy' gains more than 13,000 views

Lee Hughes, of Jarrow's Red Hackle pub (top-left); Jess McConnell, who runs The Albion, also in Jarrow (top-right); and Stephen Sullivan, owner of Ziggy's Bar in South Shields (below)

Lockdown 3 leaves bitter taste for pub bosses, despite new grant

Jess McConnell outside his currently-closed pub, The Albion

Pub boss working on third Covid-inspired short documentary film this year

Jarrow landlords Gareth Carr (top) and Jess McConnell (below)

Town's pub bosses say they will not reopen their venues until 2021

Jess McConnell (top, left); Jarrow, in days gone by (top, right); the documentary film looks at the social functions pubs have played in the town since its industrial heyday (bottom, left); one of the film's pub crusaders (bottom, right)

Well-known Jarrow landlord puts out new documentary film on town's pubs

Jess McConnell, behind the bar at his Albion Gin & Ale House - the only Jarrow boozer to be included in the Good Beer Guide 2021.

Landlord's joy after pub named among country's best

Jess pays tribute to the NHS

Popular landlord toasts health heroes