A BOY has died, police confirm, following a large emergency service presence over the weekend.
As previously reported an air ambulance and Gwent Police attended an address in Claremont, Malpas on Saturday afternoon.
At the time, a Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed a male was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital via emergency ambulance.
A Gwent Police spokeswoman today confirmed that a boy has died.
“There was a non-suspicious death of a boy at a house on Claremont, Newport, on the afternoon of Saturday, December 30," she said.
As the death was non-suspicious, the spokeswoman added, police will not be releasing further detail.
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