The Imperial Sky Villa now is an homage to Presley, who called the top-floor suite his home while he performed on the hotel's ...

Newport’s residents and visitors can look forward to a “new era” for the city, with fewer empty building and a “booming” events calendar.

Newport’s residents and visitors can look forward to a “new era” for the city, with fewer empty buildings, a “booming” events ...

On Monday, November 4 in 1839 thousands of Chartist supporters – led by John Frost – marched to Westgate Hotel in Newport hoping to liberate comrades that they believed were imprisoned in the ...

Councillors approved enforcement plans to try protect the Westgate Hotel, which was at the centre ... rising in Wales saw soldiers clash with Chartists marching for voting rights.

Vegetation on the Westgate Hotel is causing water damage and a collapsed ... The last large-scale armed rising in Wales saw soldiers clash with Chartists marching for voting rights.

Many believe they are from shots fired during the city's historic Chartist Rising in 1839. ... David said the Westgate Hotel and its bullet holes were of key historical importance to Newport.

But because the pillars at the Westgate Hotel have moved since 1839, this complicates matters. The building, which saw the battle between the Welsh Chartists and the soldiers of Queen Victoria ...

The authorities in Newport got wind of the march and detained several known Chartists at the Westgate Hotel in the town centre. This added impetus to Frost’s mission which was presumably to take over ...

although their belongings and priceless Chartist artefacts remain inside. The Westgate Hotel has been around since the Chartist Uprising of 1839 (Image: Newsquest) In a statement posted to their ...

MANY of us walk past the Westgate Hotel in the centre of Newport every day without giving it a second glance, despite the building's historic past at the heart of the Chartist movement.