Milkman Bruce, 66, loses battle with bowel cancer

Despite his unsociable hours, he was a beacon of the community in more ways than one.

Janis said: “As he would be out in the early hours of the morning he would keep an eye on anyone struggling to get home after being a bit worse for wear in the pub. There was many a person guided back to their home with the lights of the milk van.”

Bruce’s loss will be felt right across the generations within Newport as he