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RETIRED cobbler Kelvin Reddicliffe hopes he has hit the right note with his latest fundraiser in aid of St David's Hospice Care.

New independent market-style shop in Newport's Friars Walk is already set to expand The owner of the stall-space already has plans for weekly all-weather market despite only recently opening Updated The shop only opened recently but already has big plans (Image: Joseph Draper) Want Newport news straight to your inbox? Sign up to our newsletter!Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingW...

“Newport needs a place like this,” he said. “Until the first lockdown I had a stall in Newport Market for five years. In the last few days [there] I took less money than I had in my first day in the market years ago. The bottom just fell out of it. “It’s worrying for the city. I think it happened because of the way the town is organised, but also because of people’s shopping habits. “[Monday] was a reminder of the old days - how Newport used to be.” Carl Simmonds of Old Brenin Distillery said being part of the market was enjoyable after a tough year.

Premium Content Subscriber only A Tweed residents group, trying to protect their neighbourhood foreshore from erosion, feel like they have been hitting their heads against a brick wall for the past four years. The Wyuna Foreshore Residents Group claim the council’s red tape has stopped them from personally paying to fix a public area they have personally maintained for the past four decades. Home-owners along Wyuna Rd in Tweed Heads West, backing onto Terranora Inlet, have put a proposal to Tweed Shire Council to fix the council-owned foreshore from falling into the river by repairing th...