Ffion Wyn Roberts ‘had contact’ with police before she died

Ffion Wyn Roberts

CARE worker Ffion Wyn Roberts was in contact with police before she was found strangled, it emerged yesterday.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it has carried out an investigation into the contact Ffion, 22, had before her alleged murder but has revealed no further details.

Following her death in April, senior police officers referred the matter to the IPCC but the type of contact or cause for contact has not been made public

Llangollen headteacher slams Wrexham council's school bus policy

School bus

A HEADTEACHER yesterday slammed a council’s decision to pass a controversial school transport policy, claiming it did not care about the pupils’ interests.

Speaking after a heated meeting at Wrexham Guildhall yesterday, Llangollen’s Ysgol Dinas Bran head Alison Duffy said she was horrified the council had passed a free transport-to-nearest school policy.

The Denbighshire school has historic links with Chirk, stretching back 100 years. But under the council policy the nearest school for parents, for free transport, would now be Ysgol Rhiwabon.

Red Arrows pilot to lead RAF daredevil team over parents' Colwyn Bay house

The Red Arrows

A RED Arrows pilot will be swooping over his home town en route to an air display.

The spectacular RAF aerobatics team will be the highlight of the second-ever Rhyl Airshow on August 7-8.

Flight Lieutenant Dave Davies is “Red 4” and he has planned a special route to the show taking the planes over Colwyn Bay – his parents, Wyn and Angela, still live in Llysfaen.

A former pupil of Ysgol Bryn Elian, Old Colwyn, Dave, 35, read mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Science and Technology and funded his own flying training to achieve his dream of joining the RAF.

Archbishop of Canterbury’s tribute to former Rhyl vicar Canon Herbert Lloyd

A PERSONAL tribute from the Archbishop of Canterbury was read to a capacity congregation at the funeral service of former Vicar of Rhyl Canon Herbert Lloyd.

In a hand-written message from Lambeth Palace, Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, a former Archbishop of Wales, said he remembered Canon Lloyd with great fondness and gratitude, giving thanks for his wonderful irreverent wit and warmth.

The Archbishop said: “I remember so well the unique touch he always brought to the Governing Body and how we all looked forward to the way he could lighten the mood even of a grave subject.”