Beautiful street painting marking human cost of Covid-19 pandemic taken down after just 10 minutes
The painting by Newport artist Consumersmith has been given a new home at the Riverfront Theatre
Updated May love be what you remember most first appeared on the corner of Lower Dock Street and Melon Street (Image: Consumersmith)
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THREE of the UK s big four supermarkets have been found to be raising fuel prices by nearly three times as much as necessary, but where can you get the cheapest petrol in Gwent? Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Tesco have been accused of exploiting drivers, having all increased prices by an average of 3p per litre in December, despite the wholesale cost of fuel only rising by around one pence. Only Asda, which added around 1.5p to its prices matched the wholesale increase. The RAC’s fuel spokesman Simon Williams said that the supermarkets appeared to be trying to protect themselves from a possible drop in income during the latest lockdown.
Last year was a difficult one for so many people in so many different ways. So, we ve gone back through our files to bring you 10 stories which made us smile in 2020. 1. Newport County Community member raises £900 for the NHS A FOOTBALL-MAD Newport man with autism raised almost £1,000 for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board by doing training “drills” in his back garden. Luke Degilbert, aged 25, who is a fixture of Newport County’s County in the Community Team and the Dragon’s Disability Team, started the fundraising to “give something back to the NHS”. He said: “I have been in and out of hospital all my life, the NHS has been massive for me.
A former hotel in the heart of Pill has been snapped up by an investor for £1.3m. This is the latest property in the area to be sold to investors, who are increasingly viewing Pill as an up and coming part of Newport, according to property experts. Alexandra Court, formerly the Ship Hotel, is an impressive four-story building on the corner of Alexandra Road and Mill Parade and dates from 1891. The 19th century property, one of the largest in the area and which was built to replace the former Old Ship, was sold pre-auction by Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions, marking the largest single property sale for the business in 2020.
Cardiff Crown Court heard how Hodge also raided the Annesley guest house on Caerleon Road where he made off with a £500 laptop. Hodge, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary which were committed between November 13 and 14. Mr Pinnell said the defendant had 61 previous convictions for 130 offences. Of these, 23 were for theft and related offences, 32 for non-dwelling burglaries and three for dwelling burglaries. Hodge was jailed for 32 months in May 2018 for a dwelling burglary. Ben Waters, mitigating, said his client, who suffered with drug misuse problems, had tried to start a new life in Devon. But, his barrister told the court, the defendant had been ordered to return to Newport by the Probation Service to comply with his licence conditions.