the building of Beavertail Lighthouse dates back to 1712, when documents from a Newport Town Meeting record the first official request for a permanent navigational aid for merchants traveling to ...

Wales' first specialist Covid-19 lab is opening in Newport having been delayed since August. The hope is the new Lighthouse facility will process 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month.

The opening of a specialist coronavirus testing lab in Newport has been delayed until next month. It had been hoped the Lighthouse Lab, at Imperial Park, would be up and running in August.