A close-knit rural community gathered last night to pay their respects at the removal of an Irish vet who was murdered in Wales last October.

Saturday’s meeting at Bangor has been abandoned due to flooding.

Police in Wales have confirmed that the second set human remains found on the banks of the River Dee last Friday are those of Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

Police in North Wales are awaiting the identification of human remains found on the banks of the River Dee on Friday, as part of the investigation into the death of Catherine Gowing.

Human remains found in a shallow pool last week have been identified as those of missing vet Catherine Gowing.

North Wales police have said that the remains found in Sealand on Wednesday are that of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing.

The family of missing Irish vet, Catherine Gowing, will have to wait until next week for the results of a postmortem being carried out on remains found at two seperate locations in North Wales.

Police in North Wales searching for the missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing have said that post mortem results on human remains found at two separate locations will not be made known until next week.

Welsh police searching for the missing Irishwoman Catherine Gowing have sealed off an area near Chester.

Bangor’s meeting on Friday has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

Birkhall, the grand hunting lodge in the grounds of Balmoral where Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will honeymoon, is much more than a holiday home.

Bangor have called a noon inspection tomorrow to assess prospects for Friday’s meeting following heavy rain and flooding at the end of last week.

Prospects for Friday's meeting at Bangor are looking grim according to clerk of the course Michael Webster.