Newport shipping container flats to help homeless people

Shipping containers could be turned into accommodation to help people facing homelessness in Newport.

The Amazing Grace Spaces project has fitted out a donated 40ft (12m) container to create a one-bedroom flat.

Husband and wife Stuart and Caroline Johnson have launched the first one but they hope councils will step in and fund 10 more.

As well as providing accommodation, it is hoped the project could support people to get a job and eventually a more permanent place to live.

Former homeless heroin addict Maria Williams said the scheme gave hope to people without a home that they could some day have somewhere safe to live.

Nick Palit reports.