Former Welsh editor Alun Lloyd has died after a lengthy illness. He was 76.

Born in Tan-y-Fron, Y Foel in the Banaw Valley in the old Montgomeryshire, he worked as a teacher and lecturer, but his main pleasure was writing.

Throughout his working life he was a regular contributor to Welsh papers and used to write a political column for Y Cymro.

He also became editor of the weekly Welsh language newspaper Yr Herald.

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