Trading standards officers seized goods worth £6.5 million in Newport last year, during crackdowns on illicit tobacco, vapes and counterfeit items.
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Council ‘borrowing heavily’ to fund school rebuilding programme
Cllr Dimitri Batrouni told colleagues the local authority’s total borrowing increased by £31.3 million in the last financial year.
‘Something that I will never take for granted’: Ruth Jones MP talks first year serving Islwyn
In her first blog for Caerphilly Observer, Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones discusses her first year representing the new constituency in parliament.
Only one Gwent council funding specialist mental health support scheme
Newport City Council has a specialist programme to address issues such as drug or alcohol misuse among people who are mentally unwell or deal with issues such as homelessness.
Decision day looms for plan to cut bin collections
The council’s ongoing waste strategy sets out a series of immediate and longer-term measures to drive up the borough’s recycling rates.
Knitters ‘gutted’ after their hard work is destroyed by vandals
The display was destroyed less than two weeks after it was put up in the supermarket foyer, with some of the knitted dolls going missing.
School pupils unveil memorial in tribute to Wales’ first black gardener
A memorial garden honouring John Ystumllyn – the first documented black gardener in Wales – has been unveiled by pupils at Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni.
Changes to ambulance response categories in bid to boost stroke responses
Changes to how the Welsh Ambulance Service responds to serious health issues like strokes and heart attacks are being introduced.
Cross-party support for backbench sign language bill
Conservative MS Mark Isherwood explained the bill would introduce legal requirements to promote and facilitate the use of BSL in Wales.
‘It’s about equity’: Council commits to supporting people with autism and ADHD
Public services in Newport will be adapted to meet the needs of neurodivergent people, following a councillor’s appeals for “inclusion, compassion and respect”.