Newport dog attack live updates as woman taken to hospital

A woman was taken to hospital after a reported dog attack at a house in Newport. Emergency services were called to an address in Maesglas Avenue, Newport, at around 8.50am on Monday following reports of a dog attack.

Officers from Gwent Police attended, alongside paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service, a 48-year-old woman has been taken to hospital for treatment. A 32-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury. She remains in custody.

The dog has been humanely destroyed by a veterinary surgeon.