University of Wales, Newport still demanded more evidence before committing to further talks and in November 2012, Leighton Andrews withdrew a consultation on plans to force a merger. The University opened a new £35 million campus in Newport's City Centre formally on 10 January 2011. The project was a collaboration between the University, Newport City Council and the Welsh Assembly Government operating through Newport Unlimited, the urban regeneration company for the City. The campus is situated on the east bank of the River Usk in the City Centre and it was the first phase of an intended £50m development for the University. It housed
Newport City F.C. Newport City F.C. Newport City F.C. is a football club based in the Llanwern area of the City of Newport, South Wales. The club currently play in the Welsh Football League Division Three. The club was formed in 1963 as Spencer Works AFC and joined the Newport & District League. Moving up to the Gwent Premier League, winning it in 1970-1 and 1971-2 and then elected to the Welsh league for the 1972-3 season, where they have been ever since. They spent most of the next twenty seasons in the middle division of the league until 1988 when they changed