RESIDENTS in a remote part of Meirionnydd have hit out after waiting a year for their main road to be cleared of fallen trees.

People living in the Cwm Hermon area, near Dolgellau, have been taking a detour since February last year when the rural road they call Ffordd Lefel was blocked by fallen trees.

The road closure followed damage caused by stormy weather and residents have had to use an unclassified, private forest road to reach their homes.

TEACHERS will walk out in a three-day strike at an Aberystwyth school this week over the sacking of one of their colleagues.

Up to 22 members of staff, all part of the NASUWT union, will strike from Tuesday to Thursday this week in an esc alating row over alleged “adverse management practices” and “abuse of procedures” by senior figures at the school.

Both the school and Ceredigion council labelled the move — which follows an abandoned one-day planned strike in January revealed in the Cambrian News — as “extremely disappointing”.

AN INSPIRATIONAL Machynlleth man whose life changed forever when a falling tree left him paralysed 10 months ago has been reunited with the crew who saved his life.

Rhys Lewis was airlifted by Wales Air Ambulance last April when a tree hit him while he was using a chainsaw - causing serious injuries including a broken back.

DESPITE a review of schools in Powys which could see up to three sites axed, the future of education in Machynlleth appears secure after £8.5m was pledged to improve facilities at the town’s new 4-18 school.

While the £8.5m for Ysgol Bro Hyddgen, outlined in Powys council’s capital programme from 2015-2020, is subject to a business case being put before the Welsh Government to secure the 21st Century Schools Programme cash, the news is welcome.

Machynlleth county councillor Michael Williams told the Cambrian News that the investment would be a “huge boost” for Machynlleth and the whole of the Dyfi Valley.