diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-25.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-25.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2c52fd496 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-03-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: Newport City Council running LocalGov Drupal +date: 2024-03-25 +permalink: archive/2024/03/25/newport-city-council-running-localgov-drupal +tags: + - software-development + - drupal + - php + - localgov +cta: subscription +snippet: | + Newport City Council is now the first Welsh council to use LocalGov Drupal. +--- + +Last week, it was announced that Newport City Council's (my local council) website is now running on LocalGov Drupal - a distribution for council websites. + +This increases the total to 44 councils in the UK and Ireland. + +Newport is the first Welsh council to use it and the first LocalGov website to be bilingual, serving content in both English and Welsh. + +It's great to see Drupal adoption continue to grow in Wales and within the Welsh public sector, and LocalGov being adopted by more councils across the UK and Ireland. + +I think LocalGov Drupal is a great project and one [I've contributed to previously](https://github.com/localgovdrupal/localgov_alert_banner/pull/225), and I plan to do more in the future.