AN inquest has been opened into the death of a man at a Hay-on-Wye builders' merchant.

Bryan Millward, aged 60, of Goodrich Court, Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye, was found in the yard of FJ Williams with severe head injuries on December 19.

He was taken by Air Ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol where he later died. There are thought to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

A Service of Thanksgiving for Mr Millward was held at the Plough United Reformed Church in Brecon.