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Free NHS app help on offer at Newport Library
14+ hour, 11+ min ago Residents wanting a helping hand to use the NHS app are being offered free help at drop-in sessions available in Newport. AbilityNet and local volunteers are offering a free drop-in session to help residents install and use the NHS App…...
'Expensive but necessary': Non-native trees in Newport cemetery to be replaced with hedgerow after wildlife audit
4+ day, 14+ hour ago Several evergreen trees are to be felled at a cemetery in Newport to make way for a more environmentally-friendly hedgerow. 'Expensive but necessary': Non-native trees in Newport cemetery to be replaced with hedgerow after wildlife audit Several evergreen trees are…...
Planners give part permission for Newport pub refurb but tell brewer more work to be done
2+ week, 4+ hour ago A brewery has been given part permission for the work it wants to carry out to a historic Newport pub. Planners at Telford & Wrekin Council have told Rowton Brewery that more information about bats was needed before they can give…...
Newport Inner Wheel supports the elimination of violence against women
2+ week, 1+ day ago United Nations International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women And Girls. Awareness Walk: ONE DAY, ONE WALK in hundreds of towns and cities across the world. To support "UNiTE and Orange the World" (the campaign to end violence…...
Council ‘steps up’ to tackle flooding of gardens near Newport 'despite dispute'
2+ week, 3+ day ago A councillor says Telford & Wrekin Council has "stepped up to the plate" to help solve a flooding problem near Newport. The flooding in back gardens at Mulberry Close, in Church Aston, has been an issue rumbling on for 12 months and…...
Newport Music Club marks 50th anniversary year with exceptional concert by Lumas Winds Trio
1+ mon, 1+ day ago In the final concert of the Newport Music Club's 50th anniversary year held on the evening of Saturday, November 15, at Cosy Hall, Newport, the audience was treated to a truly outstanding performance of chamber music by the Lumas Winds Trio. Newport…...
'We will protect the Royal Vic': Council carrying out more 'urgent repairs' on historic Newport hotel amid dispute
1+ mon, 3+ day ago Telford & Wrekin Council has assured the public that it is committed to protect the Royal Victoria Hotel in Newport as a battle over the derelict building's future rages on. It's now been 10 years since the Grade II-listed Royal Victoria Hotel…...
Newport's women rack up 14 goals in commanding victory
1+ mon, 3+ day ago Newport piled up the goals as they stormed to a commanding 14-0 victory over Harborne fourths in Midlands Women's Hockey League Division Fourth North Central. From the opening whistle, the hosts set a relentless tempo, with Molly Leonard netting her first…...
Full day of road closures planned for Newport Christmas celebration
1+ mon, 6+ day ago A series of road closures will be in place throughout the Newport town centre for its Christmas lights switch-on event. Newport's Christmas lights switch-on event on Saturday, November 22, is set to be "bigger and brighter" than ever before, with a…...
Firefighters called to Newport school after science experiment triggers alarm
1+ mon, 1+ week ago Firefighters were called to a school in Newport after a science experiment accidentally set off the building's fire alarms. The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Newport Girls' High School at around 12.19pm, with reports of an automatic fire…...