Category: Newport

A councillor in Newport has suggested the city may have played a “small part” in persuading the UK Government to water down its plans for mandatory digital IDs.

Newport City Council could sell some of its properties to a housing association and use the money to invest in “innovative” support for people facing homelessness.

The 66-bed residential care home will include a cinema, library, lounge and tea room once it is built in the northeastern corner of the former Whiteheads steelworks site.

Proposals to increase council tax in Newport come at a time when the local authority is experiencing “exceptional levels of demand” for its services, its leader has said.

Some showers at the Newport International Sports Village have been out of order for around six months.

Two Newport schools could strengthen their ties later this year by entering into a federation agreement.

Cllr Matthew Evans, who leads the council’s Conservative group, called the proposed rise “the same old story yet again”.

Senior councillors in Newport have defended the local authority’s work in the city centre, following criticism of a prominent Christmas tree and littering.

Council tax bills could go up across Newport in April, but the city council’s draft budget proposals have avoided public service cuts.