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.
Category: Newport
City’s tech hub needs more power for future growth
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
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
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
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
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
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
Senior councillors in Newport have welcomed the results of an Estyn inspection of the city’s education services.
City centre office space could become new homes
Currently, the site contains a large open-plan workspace, as well as a lobby, boardroom, director’s office and “casual” area.
Council plans to set up own property services company
Newport City Council will push ahead with plans to set up a property services company later this year, when an 11-year partnership with the Norse Group ends.