{"id":674340,"date":"2026-07-05T01:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674340\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:58:16","slug":"man-in-critical-condition-after-attack-in-new-quay-town-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674340\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in critical condition after attack in New Quay town centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police said there will be an increased police presence in the town over the next few days<\/p>\n<p>19:39, 04 Jul 2026Updated 20:06, 04 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Quay harbour\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_GettyImages-2186605337.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack that has left a man in a critical condition\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack that has left a man in a critical condition<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has suffered life-threatening injuries after an attack in the early hour of Saturday morning, police said. Dyfed-Powys Police said it is investigating an incident of serious assault that occured in the town centre of New Quay in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/ceredigion\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Ceredigion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The force said the incident happened in Margaret Street leading to Uplands Square, at approximately 12.51am on Saturday morning. A statement confirmed a 20-year-old man sustained serious, life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said he was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There will continue to be a police presence in the area over the following days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The road has now been reopened to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police said their enquiries are progressing, led by CID and the major crime team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and is in police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with any information to get in touch with them in one of the following ways:<\/p>\n<p>Emailing 101@dyfed-powys.police.ukDirect message on social mediaCalling 101Information can also be given anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555111, or visiting <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">their website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Please quote the crime reference: DP-20260704-028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said there will be an increased police presence in the town over the next few days 19:39,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24047,924,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-674340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-ceredigion","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}