Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales have published draft report with recommendations to cut back on the number of Councillors in respect of Denbighshire, Neath Port Talbot and Newport and each could lose up to 10 Councillors. A review of Wrecsam Council will commence in January 2010. If Wrecsam were to lose 10 seats on the basis of the electorate they would be: 1. Gwenfro (Labour) -...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
Edith Avery said she was told by Rogerstone Community Council that her plot, just a few feet from her back door, would be cleared this week because she had not complied with regulations. Mrs Avery, of Cefn Road, Rogerstone, near Newport, south Wales, said it was "a shock and a worry" as she was given 14 days to clear the plot - a time limit which ends tomorrow - or the council would arrange...
Mary in Monmouth (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
St Benedict was the great founder of the famous 'Rule' . Pope Benedict led a great pilgrimage to NMonte Cassino in Italy on the Feast day of Father Pio just last week. There are still thousands of Benedictine Abbeys (including our own BELMONT in Herefordshire-where we had the May procession several weeks ago. There are many in Britain and all over Europe, many of which are attached to schools. The...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/12/2007
For some time now, Dream Alliance has been the talking horse in Cefn Fforest, an old Welsh mining village in the valleys north of Newport, and in particular in the local working men's club. On Thursday he may well become the toast of Wales.
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