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Category: Newport

New care home on Whiteheads site could create 60 jobs

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Newport City Council has received plans for a 66-bedroom care home for older people on part of the former Whiteheads steelworks site, which is being redeveloped.

Hopes new education centre will reduce need for out-of-county placements

Tuesday, August 19, 2025Tuesday, August 19, 2025

It will welcome 30 secondary school-aged pupils and have a “high staffing ratio” of three adults for every six to eight learners.

Canal water supply ‘dried up and almost non-existent in places’

Friday, August 15, 2025Friday, August 15, 2025

Pollution concerns have forced the closure of a culvert in Risca, fuelling speculation about water supply problems for the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.

Newport HMO plan rejected over parking and bedroom size concerns

Monday, August 11, 2025Monday, August 11, 2025

Council planners in Newport have turned down an application to convert a terraced house into a HMO.

New spectator stand proposed for Marshfield FC’s ground

Monday, August 11, 2025Monday, August 11, 2025

A new spectator stand could be built at Marshfield Football Club’s home ground.

Newport café owners make second bid for covered outdoor seating area

Monday, August 11, 2025

The owners of a café in Rogerstone have resubmitted plans for a new outdoor seating area.

‘Wronguns’ concern over city HMO plan

Friday, August 8, 2025Monday, August 11, 2025

A Newport resident has raised concerns about having “wronguns” for neighbours if a mid-terraced house is converted into a four-bed HMO.

‘Unneighbourly’ garden terrace approved despite privacy concerns

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Homeowners in Rogerstone have won a hotly contested bid to keep their remodelled back garden, after a council planner branded the work “unneighbourly”.

Family wins bid for home extension despite neighbour’s ‘boxed in’ concerns

Wednesday, August 6, 2025Wednesday, August 6, 2025

A family’s proposal to extend their home has won planning permission despite neighbour concerns.

Power surges blamed for damaging city CCTV cameras

Tuesday, August 5, 2025Friday, August 8, 2025

Power surges were to blame for knocking out some CCTV cameras in Newport, senior councillors have confirmed.

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