MNay 20e15 wpThe oofficrial tnew spMaper oaf Ntewptoret Citry Cs ouncil Big year of Newport events This year the Sunset will be Velothon Wales on Spectacular will see The Sunday 14 June. Riverfront, Citrus Arts, The 140km route Walk the Plank, the Anwen combines a mass training camps for Ireland School and Sinfonia Cymru participation ride and Georgia who will be join forces to create an alongside a professional using the facilities at unmissable evening event. race that will welcome Newport High School to The best viewing points many of the world’s best make their final will be around the Red riders. It is a cycling event preparations ahead of the Wave from 8.30pm on on a scale that Wales has tournament. Crowds enjoying Big Splash outside Newport Centre Saturday evening (30 May). never before witnessed. Celebrating its fifth year Newport is building The sixth Big Splash Maindee Festival is also The 13th Caerleon Arts will be Newport Food a reputation for hosting festival will have music, joining up with Big Splash Festival will run from 3 – Festival on Saturday 3 major events and 2015 will circus acts, street theatre, this year and there will be 12 July. There will be 10 October. Based in the city be no exception. dance, comedy, the fabulous free community parade days of performance and centre, a packed menu of Kicking off with the Big Sunset Spectacular and lots workshops on 26, 27 and 28 participation – drama, activities awaits visitors Splash festival at the end of more for all the family. May to help build a model literature, poetry, comedy, including exhibitor stalls May (29, 30, 31 May) – a for the fantastic street music, dance and art in the and the final of Teenchef. weekend spectacle of family parade taking place on welcoming village suburb. Residents are encouraged fun and entertainment with Saturday 30 May Newport will be playing to get these dates in their activities at The Riverfront at 12pm. an important role in this diaries and get ready to and surrounding area. Riding through the city year’s Rugby World Cup. witness some amazing free for the first time this year The city will be hosting events and entertainment. mother’s aid in this Council workers distressing situation. hailed as heroes “I would like to add my congratulations Two Newport City Kevin Davies and Chris to both of them for Council streetscene Rappell were driving past their quick-thinking workers were thanked when the incident occurred in Aberthaw Road in March. and practical by a grateful mum after While other people had intervention which they came to the aid of apparently carried on by, Local heroes Chris Rappell and Kevin Davies may well have her son who suffered an Chris and Kevin did not prevented a epileptic fit while hesitate and jumped out of Newport City Council delighted to hear that Kevin tragedy.” waiting for the the van to offer their help. cabinet member for Davies and Chris Rappell school bus. Councillor Ken Critchley, infrastructure, said: “I was were able to come to the . e d i s n I Velothon rides The Friars Walk What’s on Giving unloved Mayor raises more than into Newport story in Newport items a second chance £42,000 Recycle for Newport – pop me in your blue recycling box News... Newyddion... St Modwen, we have been Chartist Commission update able to find a permanent Clock’s back new home for this iconic The Chartist Commission what the city's Chartist legacy sculpture. We’d also like to arose from a desire among means to them and to explore Ken Critchley, thank Associated British the communities of the modern day relevance of Newport City Council’s Ports in Newport for safely Newport to collectively the six points of the cabinet member for storing the clock.” celebrate Chartism. People's Charter. infrastructure, commented: Rupert Joseland, regional It takes into account the The feedback from this “In this game-changing director for St Modwen historical and political project will inform the year for Newport, it is in Wales said, perspectives alongside the Chartist Commission's plans timely to see the clock back “As land owner and current artistic and regeneration to celebrate Chartism The clock at Glan Llyn on display and acting as a developer at the £1 billion landscape in the city. in Newport. landmark for one of the Glan Llyn development it The Chartist Commission is You can have your say via The Newport clock, which city’s largest regeneration was a no brainer for us to taking a very open approach Twitter @ChatChartism once stood in the centre of projects. It will be an iconic fund the restoration of this to what could be the or Facebook John Frost Square, has been landmark for the Glan Llyn much loved clock. The contemporary celebration of www.facebook.com re-assembled at its clock will take pride /CelebratingChartism permanent new home on development, a 4,000 home one of the most significant of place outside the The project is jointly funded the Queensway roundabout community which will events in the historical development and welcome by the Arts Council for Wales, outside St Modwen’s reshape the city’s eastern calendar in this part of Wales. people to Glan Llyn the Welsh Government and Glan Llyn development gateway over the next 20 Work on developing for years to come.” Newport City Council. in Newport. years. proposals to celebrate The Glan Llyn project is The relocation of the clock “It has travelled from Chartism in Newport has being developed by was funded and supported Newport to Ebbw Vale moved on apace following St Modwen delivering 4,000 by St Modwen in and back again, and we’re the completion of a residency new homes and 6,000 new partnership with the delighted that in led by Laura Sorvala. jobs over the next 20 years. council. Councillor partnership with Laura has been working with local people to find out 2 Call the city contact centre 01633 656 656 NEWPORT MATTERS Changing city... Newid dinas... “The last 15 months have total collapse of large planning consent and The Friars Walk story seen incredible progress in financial institutions and a construction pricing all the centre of Newport. period of prolonged addressed. From the demolition of the unemployment. It was “The tough decisions Capitol car park in January during this time that the made in the noughties to 2014 to the ‘topping out’ original developer for our purchase the land in the ceremony in December 2014 city centre scheme went into wake of the global – all in less than 12 months. administration. economic crisis and to have It is hard to believe that the a site ready for Friars Walk development “As this crisis unfolded, development when the itself is set to open in Newport City Council was inevitable recovery started, November – in perfect keen not to let the together with the timing for Christmas 2015 – development dream just innovative decision to fund a time frame that has seen fade and stepped in and the scheme at the end of the site demolished, cleared bought the land needed for 2013, meant the and the new development the development before the development could become built in less than two years. previously acquired a reality sooner rather than “The redevelopment of the compulsory purchase later. Our residents did not city centre has been a long- orders expired. have to wait another five or held ambition and it was 10 10 years for such a project years ago, in April 2005, “These decisive actions to come to fruition. when Newport City Council and the ‘positive mentality’ “Friars Walk, the new first announced its original from the council has been 390,000 sq ft retail and Friars Walk takes shape in the city plans for a multi-million highlighted recently by Paul leisure destination for With just under six months until the city pound facelift that would Sargent of Queensberry Real Newport, will officially have created hundreds of Estate (selected to take the open its doors at 10am on centre’s new retail and leisure jobs and attracted high Friars Walk development 12 November 2015.” development, Friars Walk, opens, Leader profile retailers. forward) in a property “Sadly, less than three journal. There he talked of of Newport City Council, Councillor Bob years later, in 2007/08, the council’s awareness of Bright, reflects on a decade of hard work global finances were the regenerative effect of plunged into the worst crisis helping the project by that has been carried out to achieve this since the Great Depression enabling rapid progress much needed development for the city. of the 1930s, threatening the with key factors such as Newport perceptions of Newport city VVP scheme is Now in its second year, centre as a great place to visit, transforming key people visiting the city centre work and live in; providing will have noticed the work Now set businesses with a strong, buildings in city underway on several collective voice; and centre landmark properties to go identifying cost saving including the National CGI of National Buildings opportunities for its This image shows how Building, the former Yates Following a positive members. Newport Now the National Buildings in Newport City Council was and the former Kings Hotel. result at a ballot of city will also look to secure match Commercial Street will awarded nearly £15 million by The ambitious initiative is centre businesses last funding for projects and the Welsh Government for the look when work is aimed at creating homes and December - Newport further develop the annual major regeneration businesses in key buildings completed as part of the Now - a new Business events calendar.