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Jonathon Hill

'I don't think there is a way back' Life in the Welsh city centre with the most closed shops in the UK

As a child, Mike Turner would often help out at his dad's butchers shop in the market.

But he had no idea just how popular it would become. He wasn't even a teenager when he first donned an apron and got behind the counter of the Newport institution.

Now, the family-run butchers that's called Newport market it's bustling home for more than 60 years is enjoying a “new lease of life” up the road in Risca - where Mike says life is much easier.

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