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Thumbs up for ‘long-awaited’ school improvements

Friday, March 6, 2026Friday, March 6, 2026

A new sports and teaching block for Caerleon Comprehensive School has won the support of councillors in Newport.

Young rugby star a step closer to professional dream after academy selection

Friday, March 6, 2026Monday, March 9, 2026

Lily Hawkins, 18, has been selected for the Dragons Academy at Coleg Gwent, having first caught the attention of academy coaches while at Idris Davies School.

Ladies’ choirs to perform at festival ahead of International Women’s Day

Friday, March 6, 2026Friday, March 6, 2026

Two choirs from Caerphilly County Borough will take part in a celebration of women’s choral music this weekend.

‘It felt like a dream’: GP invited to 10 Downing Street to mark St David’s Day

Friday, March 6, 2026

Dr Manmeet Kaur, of Pengam Health Centre, was invited to 10 Downing Street last week for a celebration of Wales and Welsh culture.

Pupils facing months in temporary classrooms due to school repairs

Friday, March 6, 2026Friday, March 6, 2026

“Structural issues” at a Newport primary school mean pupils and staff face the prospect of months in temporary classrooms.

Reform UK promises tax cuts, scrapping 20mph limit and NHS reforms in Welsh manifesto

Thursday, March 5, 2026Friday, March 6, 2026

Reform UK has pledged to cut income tax, scrap Wales’ 20mph speed limit and overhaul parts of the NHS if it forms the next Welsh Government.

Bigger fence for primary school amid fears of intruders and dealing

Thursday, March 5, 2026Thursday, March 5, 2026

A new security fence will be installed around a Newport primary school site due to “safeguarding concerns” around intruders and outsiders dealing “illegal substances”.

New homes approved despite local calls for footpath

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Nine new homes can be built on greenfield land in Langstone, despite local calls for a footpath to be included in the plans.

Driver taken to hospital after one-car crash in Bargoed

Thursday, March 5, 2026Thursday, March 5, 2026

A driver was taken to hospital as a precaution following a car crash in Bargoed on Thursday afternoon.

Plans for ‘cramped’ four-bed HMO rejected

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Councillors have thrown out plans for a HMO in central Newport, claiming there is not enough communal space for its residents.

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