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NEWPORT PARKING: 5,345 reasons to keep it free - we publish our petition

9:52am Monday 14th January 2013

TODAY your South Wales Argus publishes the full list of names of everyone who has signed our petition to Keep City Parking Free.

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NEWPORT PARKING: Council snubs petition

10:40am Friday 11th January 2013

NEWPORT City Council is pressing ahead with its decision to reintroduce parking charges in the city – before reading our petition signed by thousands of traders and shoppers.

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NEWPORT PARKING: Sign up and support our free parking campaign

11:50am Friday 4th January 2013

SHOPPERS and traders in Newport have just a few more days to sign our petition to “Keep City Parking Free.”

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NEWPORT PARKING: Councillor backs alternative plan

10:40am Thursday 3rd January 2013

AN ALTERNATIVE parking scheme in Newport is gathering cross-party support after the former cabinet member in charge of parking gave it his backing.

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NEWPORT PARKING: Traders back parking compromise

11:50am Saturday 29th December 2012

A POTENTIAL compromise in the free parking argument in Newport has received backing from city centre traders.

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NEWPORT PARKING: National business forum calls for all charges to be scrapped

2:20pm Monday 24th December 2012

A NATIONAL business lobby has urged local councils to help businesses by scrapping car-parking charges for 2013.

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NEWPORT PARKING: Follow the big council debate live

10:23am Tuesday 18th December 2012

FOLLOW us as we cover Newport Council's debate on free parking tonight from 5pm.

• Follow the big council debate live
• Sign our petition to keep Newport parking free
• Download a petition form
• Newport Council ignores 4,000 residents over free parking axe

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NEWPORT PARKING: Panto dame speaks out on free parking

11:56am Tuesday 18th December 2012

THE Mayor of Newport, Councillor John Guy, was made to squirm on Saturday night as a panto dame held him to account over free parking.

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NEWPORT PARKING: Now our parking campaign will be put to council vote

11:20am Tuesday 18th December 2012

A MOTION backing our campaign to ‘Keep City Parking Free’ will go before Newport City Council this evening.

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ARGUS COMMENT: Newport council's parking stance sends shoppers elsewhere

11:37am Tuesday 18th December 2012

NEWPORT city councillors will tonight hear a motion in support of our campaign to keep city centre parking free for the first two hours.

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