Councillors Gail Giles and Jason Hughes have organised a public meeting on October 17th, to discuss public opinion about USW’s recent planning application.
Read MoreSchools improvement programme: Newport City Council are putting forward proposals to the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Sc hools programme. for £70 million worth of improvements to schools across the city – including Caerleon Comprehensive. The aim of the programme is to reduce the number of schools and colleges in poor condition and ensure Wales has the right size […]
Read MoreGreat news about substantial funding for the Home Farm Play Scheme. Twenty thousand pounds has been allocated by NCC to make a start on replacing play equipment. Newport Council removed the fixed playground equipment at Home Farm last year, following the recommendation that the play area no longer met BS EN 1176 & 1177 safety […]
Read MoreIt looks as if Caerleon Comprehensive school has achieved its best GCSE exam results ever.This despite worries that new curriculum changes would affect overall results. For the school’s latest tweet Click here. And Newport Schools achieved better overall results than the South East region of Wales as a whole. The percentage of pupils gaining the Level 2 threshold […]
Read MoreAfter pressure from Councillor Gail Giles and former Councillor Cliff Suller, assurances have now been given that no construction traffic involved in the building of the new £350m hospital at Llanfrechfa will be allowed to go through Caerleon. Torfaen Council have told Newport City Council that all traffic involved in the work will approach the […]
Read MoreAs promised, Labour Cllrs Gail Giles and Jason Hughes organised a public meeting on Monday June 5th about the current University of South Wales consultation on their plans for the Caerleon Campus. USW representatives declined to attend but the views of those attending have been noted and will be included by Gail and Jason in their […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Gail Giles and Jason Hughes for their magnificent win in Caerleon in the Newport City Council elections on May 4th, and a big cheer for Mike Singleton who didn’t quite make it but who worked so hard. And thanks to all the team who put so much effort in at a […]
Read MoreOur last newsletter of the 2017 Council election campaign is being delivered this weekend. It contains our final message from Gail Giles Jason Hughes and Mike Singleton before polling day on May 4th. For full text click here We also have Facebook and YouTube links to two recent videos which contain powerful messages from our candidates about the need […]
Read MoreOur candidates, Mike Singleton, Gail Giles and Jason Hughes have published their election pledges for the city elections on May 4th. They’ll: Continue to oppose unwanted development, but press for a new rail station Continue to support community projects, such as the Home Farm Play Area, Caerleon Festival, Christmas in Caerleon and Caerleon in Bloom […]
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