City to be covered by 'urban forest' within decade

A quarter of a Welsh city will be covered by tree canopies within 10 years due to a new plan to boost its "urban forest".

Almost 30,000 trees will be planted in Newport to supplement about 250,000 existing trees.

Wales was the first country in the world to measure its urban tree coverage.

The council hopes these trees and others planted by private developers and landowners will take canopy cover in Newport – which at 18% had the highest proportion of any Welsh city in 2016 – to 25%.