A MAN armed with a handgun and a knife raided a newsagent's store in Newport last night, attacking a member of staff in a robbery attempt.

The raider went into The Fallows newsagent's shop on Fallowfield Drive in Pontfaen at 9.10pm, demanding money and threatening the shopkeeper with the gun and knife.

The robber attacked the man, leaving him with minor injuries, police said, before running off down an alleyway towards Mulcaster Avenue.

The raider is described as being white, of medium height and build, and was wearing a black, grey and camouflage hooded top and a black hat.

Anyone with information is asked to call Gwent Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.