NEWPORT City Council has laid out plans to cut and reform services as it tries to make £5 million in savings.
Author - Nicholas Thomas
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COUNCIL tax bills in Newport could go up by 8.5% later this year, as the city council warned it would have to find around £5 million in savings.
THE OPENING of Caerphilly’s new container market is on track for the end of the month, the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands.
A NEW takeaway has won planning permission to open in Gelligaer.
A MAN will hope it is second time lucky for his attempts to turn a house in central Newport into a HMO.
AN OUTDOOR activity centre in Caerphilly County Borough could be partially converted into a residential home for under-16s.
A DEVELOPER has proposed the transformation of part of a car park in Blackwood into affordable housing.
A PUB in Bargoed could open bed and breakfast accommodation in its upper floors, under new plans submitted to Caerphilly County Borough Council.
A MULTI-MILLION pound project to breathe new life into a Newport neighbourhood has moved a step closer this week.
CUTS to a Wales-wide business rate relief programme are a “sure-fire way to lose a high street”, a Caerphilly county councillor has warned.

