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Category: Newport

Claim city roundabout works will cause ‘serious difficulties’ as project funding questioned

Thursday, April 10, 2025Thursday, April 10, 2025

The Welsh Government said it had provided “significant funding” for development work and will liaise with councils on “final investment decisions”. 

Devolving Crown Estate ‘would make a huge difference’

Wednesday, April 9, 2025Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Councillors in Newport have backed a growing chorus of calls for the devolution of the Crown Estate to Wales.

How drones are helping police tackle ‘scourge’ of illegal e-bike riders

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The pioneering use of drones to track and catch nuisance or illegal e-bike riders in Newport could become a police tactic elsewhere in the UK.

City’s tech hub needs more power for future growth

Friday, April 4, 2025Friday, April 4, 2025

Major infrastructure could be installed in western Newport to support the area’s technological boom.

Dog-walking area fails to win planning permission despite early success

Friday, April 4, 2025Friday, April 4, 2025

A new dog walking area on the edge of Newport is an “unjustified” loss of farmland and will affect users of a public right of way, councillors have decided.

Call for action to stop hundreds of shopping trolleys being dumped in city neighbourhood

Friday, March 28, 2025Friday, March 28, 2025

Trolleys dumped in drainage channels are a nuisance and pose a flood risk, warns a Newport councillor who has reported more than 100 incidents in the past year.

Security guards hired for new health centre after vandals strike

Wednesday, March 26, 2025Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said a “number of incidents” had been reported at the 19 Hills Health and Wellbeing Centre, in Newport, in the past three months.

Calls to ensure children from lower-income families aren’t ‘left behind’ in school

Tuesday, March 25, 2025Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Councillors in Newport have sought assurances children from lower income families are not being “left behind” in their education.

Plans for new primary school move step closer

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Plans for a new £9 million primary school in Newport will move forward following general support from the community.

Praise for city’s education service and ‘dedicated’ youth workers

Friday, March 21, 2025

Senior councillors in Newport have welcomed the results of an Estyn inspection of the city’s education services.

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