SOME of Newport’s long-standing “vacant and derelict” properties are being targeted by the council in a bid to improve the city’s appearance.
Author - Nicholas Thomas
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MORE people are being fined and prosecuted in Newport for waste offences, councillors have been reassured, after the city reclaimed the unwanted...
HEADTEACHERS have been forced to cut back their budgets “to the bare bones” because of financial pressures on schools.
WORK to build the new and much-anticipated visitor centre at Newport’s famous Transporter Bridge is nearing completion.
NEWPORT City Council could increase parental charges for older pupils who use a home to school transport service.
A CLUB owner’s plan to sell alcohol slightly later at night will give him “more of a chance to compete” with other venues in Newport city centre.
WALES' auditor general has warned that councils’ finances are “unsustainable” over the medium-term and services “increasingly stretched”.
CAERPHILLY County Borough Council is beginning to draw up a shortlist of candidates for its vacant chief executive position.
A NEW “all singing, all dancing” primary school could be built in Bettws, where some pupils are in their third academic year without a permanent home.
NEWPORT City Council’s planning committee has renewed planning permission for a new home off Milton Hill, in Llanwern.

