Wales' first specialist Covid-19 lab is opening in Newport having been delayed since August. The hope is the new Lighthouse facility will process 20,000 tests a day by the end of the month.

The opening of a specialist coronavirus testing lab in Newport has been delayed until next month. It had been hoped the Lighthouse Lab, at Imperial Park, would be up and running in August.

While the lighthouse will be closed, the park around it, in the popular Yaquina Bay part of Newport, will remain open. The $1.6 million project includes a complete rehabilitation of the exterior ...