Sunday, 5th February 2012

Latest Newport stories

Firm eyes up field for new housing plan

DEVELOPERS want to build a mini housing estate of 30 houses on a field in Newport, it has been revealed.

Newport Swan toasts new owner

A 50-YEAR-old man is celebrating after being handed the keys to a Newport pub.

Anger over nine-mile bus journey to PRH

A SIMPLE nine-mile bus journey from Newport to the Princess Royal Hospital can take more than two hours, it has been claimed.

Players hit by pitch shortage

The desperate shortage of football pitches in Newport could force the town’s leading team to look elsewhere to play its home matches, the club’s chairman has warned.

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Anger at £7k owed by council

A care centre for elderly people in Newport was left more than £7,000 out of pocket after Telford & Wrekin Council delayed paying invoices dating back more than six months, it emerged today.

£12k to get public’s opinion on plans

A referendum over plans for mass development in Newport would cost each household in the town about £2, it has been revealed.

School demands £18m rebuild

Newport’s Burton Borough School should be completely rebuilt like other schools in the borough, angry governors said today.

Building gutted for new dentists

One of the oldest buildings in Newport is being transformed into a private dentist.

Over 55s homes bid may be thrown out

PLANS for 14 retirement homes on farmland near Newport look likely to be thrown out.

Sponsor needed to save Nocturne

The organisers behind the Newport Nocturne say next year’s race may not go ahead after a major sponsor failed to materialise.