The Welsh news on BBC1 this evening brought the news that the proposed multi - million shopping mall planned for Newport has been shelved. The Contractors have pulled out. What a surprise!
We have spent millions on our road systems and several multi story car parks have been built to serve the City centre. Now, no City centre - well not one worth visiting anyway. Shops, large and small have pulled out in readiness for the new mall with it's 'posher' large stores and riverside cafes, and what now - nothing!
So what happens next? The answer is not a lot, not for a long while anyway - if ever. Local people and visitors are going to go to Cardiff and Bristol (Newport is sandwiched between these two fine cities) and the smaller, but more modern, Cwmbran. What a waste of money. Facilities that have already been provided now have nothing to serve! Crowds simply do not flock into Newport as it is.
All this does not surprise me. I have been in this town (for that's what it is - a town) for over forty years and it's always been the same - A town of missed opportunities!
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I was very sad tonight to read that the blog I have been following for nearly two years is to be discontinued. I, and many others, have been following the journey of John Bridenbecker as he fought with prostate cancer. The, blog written by his wife Pam, was compelling reading. It outlines the horror of this disease graphically, and was written to encourage men over 40 years to get themselves checked out. Now, after his funeral Pam has ended the blog.
Pam will be in the hearts and thoughts of many in the coming weeks and months, and those of us that followed her journey wish her peace and much needed rest.
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