Category: Newport

A Newport convenience store was caught selling booze to suspected “intoxicated” customers three hours after it was supposed to stop booze sales.

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.