GWENT Police are investigating an assault in Newport on a 53-year-old man who required hospitalisation due to his injuries.

Officers were called to the Broadway, near Marshfield, at around 8pm on Thursday, April 20, and the road was temporarily closed for evidence gathering.

The man was taken to the University Hospital of Wales n Cardiff, where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries, and he has been discharged.

A Gwent Police spokeswoman added that inquiries at ongoing at this time.

Anyone with information should call the police on 101, quoting log reference 533 20/04/17.