AN AIR ambulance was called to a medical emergency in Newport this morning.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called at shortly before 10.30am this morning to reports of a medical emergency on Kelvedon Road, Newport.

"The Wales Air Ambulance, two crews in emergency ambulances and two paramedics in rapid response vehicles are currently at the scene."

A spokesman for the Wales Air Ambulance said: "I can confirm that Wales Air Ambulance attended a medical emergency in the Newport area on June 4.

"The crew arrived on scene at 11:14am and accompanied a patient in a land ambulance to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. The crew were clear at 13:19pm."