Gavin Thompson

Jan 21, 2025 | burohappold.com | Scott Bentley |Gavin Thompson

Rodger, an early partner of Buro Happold, passed away on Monday 2nd December 2024. Ted Happold asked Rodger to join his fellow founding partners in 1978, he was unusual at the time for being the only partner without an engineering design background. Ted recognised that Rodger’s project and construction management skills were a necessity to ensure much of Buro Happold’s progressive design work was realised. Rodger established what became known as Buro Happold Design & Project Management.

Oct 13, 2024 | southwalesargus.co.uk | Gavin Thompson

High Street in Newport city centre Dozens of HMOs in Pill are piling pressure on the community and “enough is enough”, a local councillor has declared. Cllr Debbie Jenkins said a proliferation of HMOs in the Newport neighbourhood was “causing a lot of anxiety” for its residents. Speaking at a city council planning committee meeting, on Wednesday, she said there were 53 registered HMOs in her ward, amounting to a “massive overconcentration”.

Oct 13, 2024 | southwalesargus.co.uk | Gavin Thompson

2 1/2 PUPILS missing school is one of the biggest challenges facing local authorities a lay member of a Blaenau Gwent committee has said. At a meeting of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council’s Governance and Audit committee on Wednesday, October 9 the figures around school absence and exclusion rates was brought up for discussion. This was during an item where councillors and independent lay members looked at the council’s draft annual performance self-assessment.

Aug 6, 2024 | southwalesargus.co.uk | Gavin Thompson

2 1/2 TODAY was a historic moment for Wales as Eluned Morgan became the first female leader of the nation. The significance feels a little more hollow as her predecessor, the first black leader of a European nation, lasted only a few short months in post. Baroness Morgan will need to stand the test of time before the value of her breaking the glass ceiling can be heralded fully.

Jul 7, 2024 | southwalesargus.co.uk | Gavin Thompson

Tomorrow the Senedd will vote on a matter that is vital to the future of Welsh news. The vote is on reforms to council tax in Wales. You might ask what has this got to do with local news? At present, councils are required to publish a notice in a printed newspaper should they make changes to council tax bills, as they do each year. Similar statutory notices are required for planning applications, road closures and other such matters.