WITH 23 years experience in the marketing and sale of livestock, nothing prepared McCartneys auctioneer Chris Jones for a serious gardening accident that happened in late May of this year.

The well-known livestock auctioneer and partner at Brecon McCartneys was at his home in Llansantffraed near Talybont-on-Usk in the early evening of Wednesday, May 30 when disaster struck.

Read the full story in this week's Brecon & Radnor Express - out now!