Newport City Council’s cabinet has approved a new strategy designed to support residents and prevent more people from falling into poverty.
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Optimism ‘ambitious’ new plan will make city centre more ‘vibrant’
Senior councillors in Newport have welcomed a new ‘placemaking plan’ for the city centre, which aims to increase prosperity and attract more visitors.
Green light for 16-home development at pallet depot site
Detailed plans for 16 new homes in Pontlottyn have been given the green light by Caerphilly County Borough Council.
£1 bus travel for all 16 to 21-year-olds in Wales from September
The funding will cover until 2027, and comes as part of the budget deal the Welsh Government struck with Welsh Liberal Democrats leader Jane Dodds.
‘The future for general practice is grim’: GPs sound alarm about funding crisis
General practitioners called for an overhaul of an “outdated, unfair” funding model, warning of an “enormous and growing” inequity putting patient safety at risk.
Resident says substation noise is ‘like a bomb going off’
Further development at an electrical substation in Llanfabon has been approved – despite a resident’s complaints the site is causing him a litany of problems.
Senedd debates UK Labour’s record one year on
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth warned people in Wales have been subject to “disappointment after disappointment”.
HMO critics warn against ‘wrong kind of change’ in ‘tight-knit’ town
Local opposition to a proposed HMO in Bargoed has failed to prevent the scheme winning planning permission.
New flats approved for ‘derelict’ site of former social club
A developer has won planning permission to build up to 29 homes on a “derelict” former social club site in Caerphilly.
‘We must stop bulldozing our seabeds’: call for restrictions on bottom trawling
A Senedd Member called for restrictions on bottom trawling to protect Wales’ seabeds as she criticised the current “rudderless” marine protection policy.