Category: Newport

Newport Council will support work to keep the city’s “wonderful” Lysaght Institute open following reports its owner could pull out of the community space at the end of the year.

Ongoing talks over the future of Newport’s Westgate Hotel are “really positive” but further details are currently under wraps due to commercial sensitivities.

A potential ban on wearing balaclavas in Newport has won the near unanimous backing of city councillors amid warnings the face coverings are “intimidating”.

Children in Newport are at “the bottom of the heap” for school funding and are missing out on hundreds of pounds per pupil when compared to the Welsh average, opposition councillors have said.

Proposals for a HMO conversion in Newport have been rejected over concerns around noise and an overconcentration of those properties in the area.

A ban on balaclavas and an increase in community safety wardens could help tackle antisocial behaviour in Newport city centre, councillors have suggested.

Schools, temporary accommodation and social care are among the most “significant” financial pressures Newport City Council is facing, its leader has warned.

Senior councillors have backed a plan to demolish the former WH Smith building in Newport, as part of wider ambitions to breathe new life into the city centre.

Bus firm Newport Transport could have its depot effectively nationalised in readiness for a new Welsh franchising model.

The former WH Smith building in Newport’s Commercial Street is likely to be demolished and replaced by a new city-centre open space.