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| Arrest after council roof protest | |
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| A pensioner has been arrested after a 10 hour rooftop protest at council offices in Carmarthenshire. | |
| The man was talked down by negotiators at lunchtime on Wednesday after scaling the building in Llandeilo at 0300 BST. | |
| Police sealed off Crescent Road and the main car park in the town while police and members of the fire service tried to talk him down. | Police sealed off Crescent Road and the main car park in the town while police and members of the fire service tried to talk him down. |
| Dyfed-Powys Police said a man, 73, is being questioned on the suspicion of causing criminal damage. | |
| The building is the main local offices of Carmarthenshire council in the town. | |
| Staff arriving for work were not allowed through the police cordon during the protest. Iorwerth Jones had been involved in a long-running planning dispute with successive councils spanning more than 35 years. | |
| This has also involved other rooftop protests. | This has also involved other rooftop protests. |
| It appears he reached the roof by using a ladder from a building site at a nearby pub. | It appears he reached the roof by using a ladder from a building site at a nearby pub. |
| The man is thought to have used a ladder from a building site | The man is thought to have used a ladder from a building site |
| He had taken up his own supplies and ropes and had been speaking on and off with the police and fire service. | He had taken up his own supplies and ropes and had been speaking on and off with the police and fire service. |
| Carmarthenshire County Council said it was now assessing damage to the roof. | |
| Earlier in a statement, it added: "Mr Jones' grievance dates back many decades. | |
| "This matter has been fully investigated at a number of levels and by a number of different organisations. | "This matter has been fully investigated at a number of levels and by a number of different organisations. |
| "The council has received no correspondence from Mr Jones regarding this issue for quite some time." | "The council has received no correspondence from Mr Jones regarding this issue for quite some time." |
| It said Mr Jones should have contacted officials rather than take the action he did. | |