{"id":46602,"date":"2014-08-20T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T10:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fa96b69193229b3a49b98fdc438ed8ba"},"modified":"2014-08-22T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T09:18:07","slug":"press-release-newport-celebrations-bands-burgers-battle-of-britain-flypast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46602","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Newport Celebrations: Bands, Burgers &amp; Battle of Britain Flypast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Added translation<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The events, organised jointly by the UK Government and Newport City Council, will start with the Household Cavalry band playing music around the city centre from 10:30. Residents will get to taste the food and drink of the Alliance\u2019s 28 nations at a festival running along the banks of the River Usk near the Riverfront Theatre and The Wave. <\/p>\n<p>On offer will be reindeer burgers from Iceland, waffles from Belgium, sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord from Denmark, paella from Spain and much more. The British stall will offer up Welsh cheese from Ceredigion and locally-brewed liquor. <\/p>\n<p>Four local bands will entertain the crowd, while children can enjoy face painting, climbing walls and the army\u2019s inflatable assault course challenge throughout the day. <\/p>\n<p>Serving soldiers from across the army, including 160 (Wales) Brigade, will be on hand to demonstrate military vehicles and equipment, and army chefs will be cooking up the meals they serve to troops on the frontline, which residents can try.<\/p>\n<p>A Battle of Britain fly-past over the city will close the day\u2019s celebrations at 19:30.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"secretary-of-state-for-wales-stephen-crabb-said\">Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There are now fewer than three weeks to go until the global spotlight focuses on Newport as it hosts the NATO Summit. The Host City Celebrations event is being held in Newport this Saturday to mark this historic Summit and to showcase our proud host city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The festival will give people a chance to sample the food of the countries attending the Summit and there\u2019s a great line up of activities for people of all ages. I\u2019m really looking forward to attending and I would encourage people to come along for a fun day out ahead of the NATO Summit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"councillor-ray-truman-deputy-leader-of-newport-city-council-said\">Councillor Ray Truman, deputy leader of Newport City Council, said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This timetable of events organised by the UK Government promises to be an exciting mix of spectacle and entertainment for all the family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"the-riverfront-highlights\">The Riverfront highlights:<\/h3>\n<p>10:30 Household Cavalry Band march and play music in city centre<\/p>\n<p>11:00 Opening Ceremony with the Household Cavalry Band<\/p>\n<p>11:30-16:30 Food Festival <\/p>\n<p>Newport County AFC vs Burton Albion at Rodney Parade<\/p>\n<p>14:30 Household Cavalry band plays<\/p>\n<p>14:50 Red Devils sky-dive onto pitch and present match ball to referee<\/p>\n<p>15:45 Household Cavalry band plays <\/p>\n<p>Details for Saturday\u2019s events will be published at <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newport.gov.uk\/en\/Home.aspx\">Newport City Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2014 NATO Summit is being held at The Celtic Manor on 4-5 September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/nato-summit-wales-cymru-2014\">NATO Summit Wales 2014<\/a> or follow the official summit Twitter account @NATOWales<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More family activities and events have been added to this Saturday&#8217;s NATO-themed host city celebration to be held in Newport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46682,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46602\/revisions\/46682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}