By
Lucy Morgan
Audience and Content Editor
The Bet Fred sign before its collapse.
A huge, metal shop sign has collapsed in Newport today (Thursday) - narrowly missing a passer-by.
Described as around 40ft long, the collapsed sign had been hanging above Bet Fred on St James' Street.
A spokesperson for the firm said: "We have immediately launched an investigation."
The sign is currently taped off, for the safety of shoppers, after the incident at around 11:30am.
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