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Main headline · Food and drink

Archive photograph of Llay Miners’ Welfare Institute in November 2018, shown as village context, not the café venue. Eirian Evans / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; cropped.

Swedish-style café to open in Llay on 19 September

Archive photograph of the Black Lion Hotel frontage on High Street, Cardigan, before the reported refurbishment. Hywel72 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; cropped.

The Brief · Food and drink

Cardigan’s Black Lion reopens with refurbished bar, restaurant and rooms

Non-residents can eat at the High Street hotel. Meal times differ from the daily bar hours, and stairs are needed to reach the restaurant.

Sat 12 Sept, 23:19

Archive photograph: a vintage bus inside Newport Transport depot, Corporation Road, Newport, 11 March 2020. Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons

The Brief · Newport transport

Cabinet to consider £3.25m sale of Newport bus depot to TfW

Newport Transport would lease back its Corporation Road depot and keep operating there. The proposed deal would not itself change bus routes, fares or timetables.

Sat 12 Sept, 16:03

Archive photograph of Le Pub at 14 High Street, Newport, September 2025. Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons; cropped.

The Brief · Planning

Le Pub gets go-ahead for arts spaces and roof terrace

Arts spaces, studios and a roof terrace are planned for the High Street venue.

Fri 11 Sept, 15:15

Newport Civic Centre and clock tower. Photo: Chris Barton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and framed by Cover Wales.

The Brief · Energy grants

Newport energy grants offer up to £25,000

Businesses can claim up to half of eligible costs and community groups up to 67%. Both must pay the full project bill upfront.

Thu 10 Sept, 08:12