Category: Newport

Newport City Council has taken on powers to seize and remove abandoned shopping trolleys, which can then be reclaimed by their owners for a fee.

Cllr Dimitri Batrouni said the pace of the city’s growth meant “it doesn’t take a genius to work out we’ll have more people who need to move around”.

Council tax bills will increase by 4.9% in Newport this year to help fund what the council leader called a “huge investment” in the city’s public services.

A Newport primary school’s kitchen was closed and deep-cleaned on Monday following a food hygiene inspection.

A proposal for a new HMO in Newport has failed to win approval from city council planners, who said the conversion could have a “negative” impact on the area.

Conservative councillors in Newport have put forward “amendments” to next year’s budget proposals they say would mean a lower rise in council tax bills.

Newport is on track to record the second-highest level of pupil attendance in Wales this year, but remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Newport city centre and two neighbouring areas will be targeted for £20 million of new investment over a ten-year period.

Newport City Council could plunge millions into potholes and other road repairs, under the local authority’s final budget proposals.