Category: Newport

A 9.7% reduction in the city council’s overall emissions last year (excluding procurement) ranks Newport as the number one local authority in Wales, cabinet members heard this week.

A seat at the “top table” of European cities will give Newport a chance to share expertise and secure future prosperity, the city council’s leader has insisted.

Duffryn will be the first area of Newport to benefit from the city council’s new No One Left Behind initiative.

Newport is preparing to launch a new abandoned shopping trolley policy which could land supermarkets with £100 fees for their return.

A trial reopening of public toilets in a Newport park has concluded, with no decision yet on making the move permanent.

The local authority joins Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen to form the Active Gwent Sports Partnership.

A takeaway owner in Newport is facing a one-month ban on late night sales, following a visit to his premises by immigration officers.

Newport City councillors have backed a project which will reportedly help with power grid stability for between 40 and 50 years.

A new self-storage business could open in Rogerstone, after city councillors approved a proposed new development for the Wern Industrial Estate.

Two new homes and garages can be built on land in Rogerstone despite neighbour concerns about two large concrete slabs on the site, Newport City Council’s planning committee has decided.