A CHARITY champion has received the British Empire Medal for 45 years of volunteering for worthy causes in Meirionnydd.

Barbara Patricia Jones, 80, was presented with the medal by the Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd Edmund Bailey last weekend at a glittering affair in the Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdyfi.

Barbara is pictured with her medal and her three sons Stephen, Adrian and Gareth stand alongside Lord Lieutenant Edmund Seymour Bailey

Read the full story in this week’s Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News