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Category: Newport

City’s poverty postcode lottery ‘cannot continue’

Friday, July 11, 2025Friday, July 11, 2025

Newport City Council’s cabinet has approved a new strategy designed to support residents and prevent more people from falling into poverty.

Optimism ‘ambitious’ new plan will make city centre more ‘vibrant’

Friday, July 11, 2025Friday, July 11, 2025

Senior councillors in Newport have welcomed a new ‘placemaking plan’ for the city centre, which aims to increase prosperity and attract more visitors.

Revamped Transporter Bridge centre will be ‘really great’ for young visitors despite delays

Tuesday, July 8, 2025Tuesday, July 8, 2025

A new visitor centre for Newport’s famous Transporter Bridge will include “really great” activities and spaces for schoolchildren.

Thumbs-up for riverside flats despite bridge concerns

Friday, July 4, 2025Friday, July 4, 2025

Plans for up to 40 riverside flats in Newport have won the backing of the city council’s planning committee.

Plans for city HMO rejected for second time despite changes

Thursday, July 3, 2025Thursday, July 3, 2025

Councillors have refused to grant planning permission for a HMO in Newport over concerns about a bedroom size, bike storage, and bins.

Sympathetic councillors back family’s bid to build annexe for relative

Thursday, July 3, 2025

A family’s plan to build an annexe for an older relative at their home has been approved at the second attempt.

New cafe and seating area approved as part of city park regeneration

Tuesday, July 1, 2025Friday, July 4, 2025

Newport City Council is behind the project, which forms part of wider plans to regenerate the park it bought outright in 2024.

‘Where’s the progress?’: Questions over public toilet reopening plans

Friday, June 27, 2025Friday, June 27, 2025

Questions have been raised over the speed and level of investment in plans to reopen public toilets in Newport.

Hopes city can develop more residential support for adults in social care

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Newport City Council currently offers residential care to 208 adults who have learning disabilities – of whom 90 live outside Newport.

Time to ‘break the cycle’ of homelessness as city faces huge demand for housing

Monday, June 23, 2025Monday, June 23, 2025

“Unprecedented” housing pressures are placing more people in Newport at risk of homelessness.

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