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‘Inspirational’ teaching assistant rewarded NEWS IN BRIEF School to lay on


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communitymeal A NEWPORT school will hold a three-course meal, raffle and fundraising evening this summer to thank parents, businesses and residents for helping. St Julian’s School will


host the event on Friday, July 4, from 7pm. They have invited 60 parents, 30 residents, churches and their groups, neighbourhood police, governors, primary schools and staff. Polly’s Buffet, from Cwmbran, will cater the event, while the top raffle prize will be an iPad. If the England qualify


for the World Cup quarter finals, the game could also be shown on the night.


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THE number of registered organ donors in Wales is set to pass the million mark for the first time ever later this month. That is equivalent to


PROUD: Dan Johnson receives his award from head teacher Lindsey Watkins, who nominated him. Also looking on is Dan’s son, Logan, a pupil at the school (6294118)


A NEWPORT teaching assis- tant has been recognised for his ‘inspirational’ approach in the classroom. Danny Johnson, of Bettws, was awarded Teaching As-


sistant of the Year as part of the Silver Pearson Teaching Awards 2014. Mr Johnson, who has worked


at Millbrook Primary School for the last three years se-


lected from more than 20,000 nominations. He was presented with his


award by head teacher Lind- sey Watkins during a school assembly. The awards are an


annual celebration of excep- tional teachers and teach- ing, founded in 1999 by Lord Puttnam, and recognise the life-changing impact an inspi- rational teacher can have on


City to have a say on bilingual game


MONOPOLY fans are being asked to roll the dice to decide whether the Newport edition of the game should be in both Eng- lish and Welsh. Game makers are asking New-


portonians the all-important question of whether the iconic game should be produced in just English or in Welsh as well. This comes as the votes are in and have been counted for the customised board for the city, following an expansive public consultation. In March it was announced that Newport would be getting its very own Monopoly board. A month later came the news that a top-hatted Monopoly man was coming from London to scale the heights of the Transporter


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Bridge in a grand gesture to thank the city for all its input. Finally, this month it emerged two charities would be appear- ing on the board following a sec- ond round of public voting. But there is still one key ques- tion left to decide; should the Newport version of the world’s most famous board game be in just the one language, English or Welsh as well? “We may well have to roll the Monopoly dice,” concedes Dan Taylor, the London games man in charge of the design and


production of this board. “The public is fairly split on this one, though slightly in favour of just the one English language.” In all, 22 Newport property sites will replace the famous London Monopoly streets – from Old Kent Road to Mayfair. The Transporter Bridge, foot- ball stadium, Celtic Manor and Roman landmarks have all been tipped to take sites on the board. The Transporter Bridge will


be on the board – the very first landmark to be confirmed by the makers. “It proved hugely popular in the polling,” reveals Dan Taylor, Monopoly develop- ment director at Winning Moves UK, who have the official licence from Monopoly owners Hasbro to produce the board.


Stroke care shows much room for improvement, says report


ANEWreport on the provi- sion of stroke services shows there ismuch roomfor improvement inWales in many key areas of patient care. The Sentinel Stroke


National Audit Programme


(SSNAP) which began in 2012, provides a quarterly picture of the quality of stroke services across England,Wales and Northern Ireland. The latest figures examine patient care fromOctober to


December last year, and measures hospitals’ perfor- mance on anAto E rating. Twelve hospitals inWales


were included , and all bar one are rated overall as ‘E’, including the RoyalGwent andNevillHall hospitals.


the lives of young people. Mr Jonhson said: “Thank


you everyone. “I still can’t believe I won, just happy to be part of such a great school and team.”


one person registering as a donor every 10 minutes in Wales over the past 20 years. First Minister Carwyn


Jones said: “This is a fan- tastic achievement. “It has he potential to change many lives for the better.”


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