Dewi Llewelyn Tributes have been paid to a former Bangor councillor following his sudden death over the weekend. Dewi Llewelyn was a member of Gwynedd Council, representing the Deiniol ward between 2004 and 2012, having also sat on Bangor City Council for several years. But after it was announced that he passed away over the weekend, Thursday’s full meeting saw Gwynedd Council’s new Council chairman lead the tributes to the former Plaid Cymru politician. Cllr Simon Glyn, chairing his first meeting in the role, said: “It was with sadness that we learned of the death of former councillor, Dewi Llewelyn.
CROWDS of socially-distanced mourners lined the route as the funeral cortege of well-known paramedic Alan Haigh wended its way towards Parc Gwyn Crematorium in Narberth on Tuesday of last week. They were showing their respect and appreciation for a hugely-popular emergency medical technician who had served the Welsh Ambulance Service for 22 years. On February 9 the 59-year-old dad-of-two became the third member of the service to die from coronavirus – nine months short of his planned retirement. “We were escorted from the funeral home by an ambulance and rapid response vehicle down to Cwmduad,” funeral director Maldwyn Lewis said. “There was quite a crowd there and also at Glangwili Hospital where many of Alan’s colleagues had gathered.
CROWDS of socially-distanced mourners lined the route as the funeral cortege of well-known paramedic Alan Haigh wended its way towards Parc Gwyn Crematorium in Narberth on Tuesday of last week. They were showing their respect and appreciation for a hugely-popular emergency medical technician who had served the Welsh Ambulance Service for 22 years. On February 9 the 59-year-old dad-of-two became the third member of the service to die from coronavirus – nine months short of his planned retirement. “We were escorted from the funeral home by an ambulance and rapid response vehicle down to Cwmduad,” funeral director Maldwyn Lewis told the
Tivyside. “There was quite a crowd there and also at Glangwili Hospital where many of Alan’s colleagues had gathered.
A REDUCTION in coronavirus cases over the past week is “good news” but people must be complacent Ceredigion County Council’s leader has said. Cllr Ellen ap Gwynn updated members of full council at its meeting on Thursday (January 21) on the current figures of Covid-19 cases in the county. Cllr ap Gwynn said that the numbers she had seen that morning show “we seem to be going in the correct direction.” There were 113 cases over the last seven days she said, compared to 127 the previous seven days, “so the numbers are reducing slowly.” She said there were currently 10 people in Bronglais with the virus adding she hoped that did not increase.