The name of Haverfordwest's Sir Thomas Picton is celebrated in schools, pubs, on the streets and even in towns around the world, but does it deserve to be?

Born on 24 August 1758, as Lieutenant General he was the highest ranking British officer to fall at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, exactly 200 years ago.
Described by the Duke of Wellington as "a rough foul-mouthed devil, but very capable", he died defending the British left flank in a typically courageous bayonet charge.
Yet at the time, and for two centuries afterwards, his reputation has been tarnished by his authorisation of torture during his spell as Governor of Trinidad in the late 1790s and early 1800s.
Swansea University expert Dr Leighton James explains: "Trinidad had recently been seized from the Spanish, and Picton felt vulnerable, both from the threat of re-conquest and the fact that the number of slaves there greatly outnumbered his small force.
"He maintained control through brutality, adopting the philosophy of 'let them hate so long as they fear'.
"But when he authorised the use of torture to extract a confession of theft from a free 'mulatto' girl, it provoked outrage, even in those much more brutal times."
In 1801, 14-year-old Luisa Calderon stood accused of being involved in the theft of around Â£500.
The investigating magistrate sought, and was granted, permission from Picton to obtain a confession through the use of picketing.
Widely used as a punishment in the British army, picketing involved the victim being suspended off the ground by the wrist, with their only means of supporting their weight being to stand on an upturned peg.
The peg was not sharp enough to break the skin and inflict permanent injury, but caused the victim excruciating pain.
Already unpopular for his ruthless treatment, the incident was investigated by a commission headed by William Fullarton, and, in 1803, Picton was ordered home to stand trial in London.
Dr James says that in the two years the case took to come to court, interest in it had mushroomed, helped in part by the fact that the prosecution was led by notable reforming lawyer William Garrow.
"Pamphlets and newspapers were doing the rounds, there were even etchings for sale, depicting what this girl had had to undergo on Picton's orders," he said.
"Garrow's involvement, combined with the fact that this exotic-appearing girl, Luisa Calderon, was brought over to give evidence in person meant that the trial attracted unprecedented interest.
"At the heart of it were a clash of different times and values. Britain was becoming more enlightened and liberal, while the reality of life in the colonies remained dangerous and violent."
Although convicted, Picton later had the verdict overturned, arguing that Trinidad had still been subject to Spanish law, which permitted the use of torture.
In the meantime, he had risen to prominence as a commander in Wellington's army fighting the Peninsular Wars against Napoleon's France.
On 16 June 1815, Picton was badly injured at The Battle of Quatre Bras - but hid his wounds from his men.
Two days later - at the Battle of Waterloo - he was shot through the temple by a musket ball, repulsing a French advance which had threatened to break the British line.
After his death a public memorial to Picton was erected at St Paul's Cathedral.
A second - funded by public subscription - was built in Carmarthen, with George IV himself contributing a hundred guineas.
Controversy over these has existed ever since, though Dr James believes that - deserved or not - they do serve a purpose.
"There's a tendency in popular memory for us to pigeonhole people as having been either heroes or villains; in Picton's case there's plenty of evidence for both cases.
"I'm not sure it helps to talk in terms of whether Picton should be celebrated in place names etc, but I do think they act as a talking point.
"When you sit down for a pint in a pub called the Thomas Picton, you ask 'why' is it named after him, and as a consequence you learn about Luisa Calderon, and the events behind the name.
"If you forget the names, you forget history, and I think that would be a terrible shame."


More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to stop a police sergeant being taken off the beat in Cornwall.

Sgt Mike Friday who works in Hayle and St Ives will start an office job in Camborne in January, but locals said he was "integral" to their community.
He thanked people for their support but said he "always knew" he could be deployed elsewhere.
Devon and Cornwall Police said his "expertise" would be vital to the custody team in Camborne.
Linda Taylor, Mayor of St Ives, said: "They have decided to take a very active, experienced police officer who is very visible to the community and put him into a custody back office role.
"I think this is a really bad decision."
But Ch Insp Mark Eccles from the force said the move was part of "future workforce planning".
He said: "The area will continue to be supported by officers. In the meantime, Sgt Friday will be moving to Camborne where his experience will be vital to the custody team."
Petition organiser Sharon Ciliberto said: "Mike is a role model, a positive influence and an ambassador for the police force.
"He should be awarded an MBE for his role in the community not tuck him away on a custody desk in Camborne police station."
Sgt Friday said he was "deeply touched by the comments and warmth shown towards me by the people of Hayle and St Ives".
He said he was "looking forward to my new challenge in Camborne" and would "always look back fondly on my time here in Hayle".


An MP has urged contractors to "work extra hours" to finish roadworks which are causing rush hour congestion.

Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, said work to build a new public transport system near Bristol has "gone on too long".
In 2015 traffic lanes were closed at Bradley Stoke to construct the MetroBus project.
Commuters have since reported long delays to their journeys.
Mr Lopresti has held a meeting with councillors and contractors to discuss the daily "gridlock".
In a statement, the Conservative MP said he asked contractors Alun Griffiths "to consider working on the sites for more hours each day to get the work done as quickly as possible and to minimise the congestion at peak times".
A representative from Alun Griffths said they had worked extra hours and they were constrained by health and safety legislation.
The contractor added works were delayed by unexpected problems dealing with uncharted water and gas mains.
In a bid to alleviate the congestion problems an extra lane has been opened on Bradley Stoke Way.
A third lane from Bradley Stoke Way on to Aztec West will be open within two weeks.
Earlier this week Mr Lopresti met Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling to ask him to "put pressure" on the council to resolve the problem.


Giant poppy sculptures placed on roundabouts in Bracknell in tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict have been stolen.

The four 6ft (1.8m) metal and fibre-glass poppies were among 30 placed in the area by Bracknell Forest Council.
The authority said whoever was responsible "must have planned" the thefts to remove them as they were bolted into the ground.
It appealed for the thieves to return them as they are re-used annually.
Councillor Dorothy Hayes, executive member for environmental services, described the thefts as "heinous".
"It is utterly shameful to steal items which are a simple memorial to those who gave their lives in armed conflicts," she said.
The poppies were taken from the roundabouts at Raeburn Way, Sandhurst, Bowland Drive/New Forest Ride, Foresters Way and the 3M roundabout.
The poppies have been installed at the roundabouts and other roadside locations across the borough ahead of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday since 2013.
Anyone with any information about the thefts is asked to contact Thames Valley Police.


The row over the Scottish government's handling of farm payments has rumbled on amid heated exchanges at Holyrood.

Ruth Davidson and Nicola Sturgeon both demanded apologies from each other while trading blows in parliament.
The government has applied for an extension to the deadline for delivering EU subsidies to farmers.
Tory leader Ms Davidson said the first minister had "refused" to tell MSPs the truth about talks with the European Commission about Friday's deadline.
However Ms Sturgeon insisted she had been clear - and said the Conservatives should "apologise to the people of Scotland" for not securing extra funding in the confidence and supply deal with the DUP at Westminster.
Rural Affairs Secretary Fergus Ewing has confirmed that the government is set to "fall short" of its target of having 95% of Common Agricultural Policy payments completed by midnight on Friday.
The Scottish government has applied for an extension to the deadline, and could face financial penalties if this is not granted as it forecasts of having only 90% of payments made in time. The European Commission is yet to respond.
An extension was granted in 2016, after problems with a new Â£178m IT system - something which Audit Scotland says still presents "significant risks and costs for the Scottish government".
Ms Sturgeon has apologised to farmers for "failures" in the system, but has come under fire from the Scottish Conservatives after details about the latest application emerged only after the first minister was pressed on the matter at Holyrood.
Ms Davidson said: "Last week I asked the First Minister three times whether her government had contacted the European Commission to seek an extension to the deadline on farm payments and three times she refused to answer.
"There is a reason why I'm raising this again today, it's because there is a principle at stake about the conduct of ministers in this parliament and about the transparency of this government.
"I asked the first minister a simple question in this chamber last week and she refused to tell this parliament what she knew to be the truth."
Ms Sturgeon replied: "Last week I said we were discussing with the European Commission contingencies around this issue - that is exactly what we we're doing. It is what we continue to do.
"Seeking an extension in case we require that extension is exactly that - a contingency."
Continuing her attack, Ms Davidson said it took journalists contacting the European Commission for the "facts to come out".
She said: "Last week the first minister had to apologise to farmers over messing up their payments again. But now she owes the parliament an apology for not being straight about it."
Ms Sturgeon shot back that it was the Conservatives who should apologise, over her government's claim that Scotland is due extra funding in light of the Tory-DUP deal at Westminster, and over the latest round of votes on amendments to the Queen's speech.
She said: "I think there is an apology due to the people of Scotland this week and it is an apology from Ruth Davidson for allowing her MPs in Westminster to do two things.
"Firstly, allowing them to sit back while Scotland was denied the same extra funding that went to Northern Ireland and secondly an apology for being the MPs in the House of Commons last night that voted to block a pay rise for public-sector workers. Perhaps that is the apology people in Scotland want to see."
Elsewhere in the session, Labour leader Kezia Dugdale focused on education, citing figures from the Scottish Parliament's information centre showing reduced spending per pupil in Scottish schools.
She said schools needed "cold, hard cash", adding: "Until the first minister commits more funding to our schools using the powers of this Parliament, her promise that education is her top priority is utterly meaningless."
The first minister said Ms Dugdale was "downright wrong" about school funding, citing the Â£750m attainment fund and Â£120m going directly to head teachers.
She said: "This government is taking tough action to reform our education system, to get more powers into the hands of headteachers and teachers and, crucially, to get more resources into their hands."
Green co-convener Patrick Harvie led his questions on poverty, urging the first minister to "be bold" and keep the door open to using Holyrood's powers to  top-up child benefit.
Ms Sturgeon said the Child Poverty Bill would be bold, aid said "the door is not closed to anything that's being suggested".
Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie listed issues facing the Scottish government, including the CAP payment delays, concerns the economy could slip into recession and problems facing police and nurses.
Ms Sturgeon responded: "That proves that Willie Rennie lives in a wee world of his own most of the time. Sometimes it sounds like quite a fun one, so maybe I will join it one day and take some of whatever he is on."
The Scottish Parliament has now gone into recess for the summer, with MSPs returning to Holyrood in September.


A village in Derbyshire came out to grieve together when one of its most cherished residents, Michael Stanley Brewster, known by many as Stan, was killed on 7 July 2005.

The funeral for the 53-year-old father of two was the largest many people in Swanwick had ever known and businesses in the village closed for an hour out of respect.
More than 1,000 mourners gathered at St Andrew's Church to pay their respects to the civil engineer, who worked for Derbyshire County Council.
Mr Brewster left behind a wife Sandra, daughter Katy and son Mark.
He went missing on his way to a conference in West Kensington on the morning of 7 July.
His family spent a week putting up posters around London in a vain effort to find him, before police confirmed he had died on the Edgware Road Tube train.
At the inquests, teacher Timothy Coulson described Mr Brewster's final moments after the explosion at Edgware Road Tube station.
Mr Coulson said had tried to help him but soon realised he was dying, so he closed his eyes and said a prayer for him.
Mr Brewster was a senior project manager at Derbyshire County Council and the chief executive, Nick Hodgson, said after his death: "We are all devastated to have lost such a well-loved colleague and friend.
"Stan will be very much missed by everyone who knew him. He was lively, friendly and fun to have around and would happily talk to anyone."
Mr Brewster was born on 22 March 1953 and grew up in Derbyshire. He gained a degree in civil engineering at Nottingham University and went to work with the county council.
His work around the county included the award-winning Millennium Walkway in New Mills and bridges near to Derby County's Pride Park football stadium.
Plaques to his memory have been unveiled at both sites.
He was also a keen footballer who played for two local teams and helped to set up a youngsters' side.
Mr Brewster also played golf and loved to watch his son Mark play cricket.
After he died, local football clubs established a Stan Brewster Memorial Football Tournament, which is played annually, and the pub near where he worked organises a golf tournament in his memory.
He cycled 12 miles to work each day and had been instrumental in getting cycle paths installed on the route.
He and his wife had been planning to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary just three weeks after the bombings and had booked a cruise.
Speaking at the inquests, his daughter, Katy, said he had encouraged her to go to university, but had not lived to see her graduate.
She also said they had watched the 11 September attacks unfold together, in tears.
"He tried to be positive and said we should be grateful for what we have and to hope nothing like that ever happens to us. That irony is not lost on us," she said.
Paying tribute to her father, she said: "His main achievements were as a husband, father, son, brother and friend.
"Dad was an unbelievable man in every way. He was such a big character. He was always positive and full of fun.
"He was a big kid and has been described by those who knew him as bubbly, outgoing, popular and gregarious.
"There was never a dull moment with him. His sense of humour was second to none. The banter was there all the time. Everybody loved him and respected him."


Newport County boss Warren Feeney believes he can shape the club into promotion candidates next season.

The Exiles are currently 20th in League Two, five points above the drop zone.
Current leaders Northampton are nine points clear after battling relegation for much of last season and Feeney believes his team can emulate them.
"The (Northampton) players weren't even being paid (in October 2015), but stability is the key word in this division," he explained.
"It is a long-term picture for me. My family are settled in the area and it is a great club.
"I want to stay here for a long time and with good players, I think we could have a right chance (of promotion)."
Feeney feels March will be a "defining," month for Newport, with eight games go play, and the manager may look to make further signings with such a gruelling schedule.
"It is something we are looking at. It is likely to be a defining and important month," he said.
"We would like to strengthen in the middle of the park."
The manager confirmed that on-loan goalkeeper Mitchell Beaney has returned to parent club Chelsea with Joe Day back from suspension for County.
Striker Deane Smalley has a knee injury and has returned to Plymouth, though his loan has not been terminated as the severity of the injury is assessed.


An estimated 59,000 people die every year from the deadly rabies virus.

Almost all of these deaths are the result of being bitten by an infected domestic dog. Avoiding these bites is an obvious solution. But how easy is it to spot a rabid dog?
Think of rabies and an image of a snarling dog, frothing at the mouth, probably comes to mind. But it is often not that straightforward.
A dog could have rabies or it could be angry. To the untrained eye, it is sometimes hard to tell.
An aggressive rabid dog has the furious form of the disease, but there is also a form called dumb, or paralytic, rabies.
Dogs in that state are often weak and lose co-ordination, so they do not appear as a threat but are just as deadly as the hostile animals.
If a person is bitten they can get post-exposure vaccine, but in poor countries this is often in short supply, meaning many people are not fortunate enough to receive it.
Once rabies symptoms start to show, a person is almost certain to die. But even then, rabies can be confused with other serious illnesses such as cerebral malaria or meningitis.
Clearly, dog vaccination campaigns are the most effective way of reducing rabies cases in both dogs and humans, making them a vital tool in eradicating the disease.
The US and the UK have successfully introduced such campaigns, but in poorer countries it is a different story.
Mission Rabies is a charity tackling the problem in Blantyre, southern Malawi. It aims to vaccinate up to 40,000 dogs; an estimated 70% of the local dog population.
According to recommendations from the World Health Organisation, this is the number needed for the disease eventually to be eradicated from the dog population - a concept called herd immunity.
"Each rabid dog might only infect just over one other, so it doesn't spread like a huge outbreak, but it just spreads slowly in the population," explains Kate Shervell, International Director of Mission Rabies.
"So by vaccinating 70%, the chances of a rabid dog biting a vaccinated dog is greater than [it biting] an unvaccinated dog.
"That's how it creates a barrier to the disease spread, and eventually the disease dies out," she adds.
The Mission Rabies campaign will need to be repeated every year for three years in order to ensure a sufficiently high vaccination proportion in a changing dog population, where new puppies are born and old dogs die.
India is the country with the biggest burden of human rabies cases, with around a third of all human deaths from the disease each year.
But across Africa many thousands of others also die.
In some regions it is estimated that there are up to a hundred cases for every one that is officially reported, meaning rabies may be a bigger problem than studies suggest.
Blantyre has one of the highest known numbers of children with rabies.
One man, Hanleck, had three puppies. After they were bitten by a stray dog, they started to become rabid and began biting anything that came near them, including his children.
He was worried that the children had also developed symptoms of rabies.
"They had headaches, severe back pain, they looked weak and lost their appetite," he explained.
Luckily, the children were not infected and received full courses of post-exposure rabies vaccine.
Mac Mallewa, associate professor of Paediatric Neurology at the University of Malawi, said they had been fortunate.
"There's been circumstances where a clinician knows this is a case of a rabid dog animal bite, but there's no rabies vaccine," he said.
"It's one of the most difficult things I've had to deal with as a paediatrician, [when] you know there's nothing you can do about it."
Mission Rabies is already seeing success from a programme it has been running in India for two years.
"When we began the programme we were picking up a rabid dog every month. And now, in the last five months, we've picked up two rabid dogs," said Kate Shervell.
"If we are seeing no more rabies cases in dogs, we really won't be seeing the cases in humans either."
It is hoped that, along with education campaigns in the local communities, Mission Rabies' current programme will create a rabies free Blantyre by 2017.


A US court has ordered Facebook and other defendants to pay $500m (£395m) after finding they unlawfully used a firm's virtual reality technology.

The jury found Oculus, which Facebook bought in 2014, used computer code belonging to video game developer Zenimax to launch its own VR headset.
Oculus said it was "disappointed" and would appeal against the ruling.
The case threatened to overshadow Facebook's latest results, which showed it enjoyed a strong end to the year.
Facebook's net profit more than doubled to $3.6bn in the fourth quarter.
The social network was helped by 53% growth in advertising revenues, and said it was on course to hit two billion users in the first half of 2017.
Shortly before the results came out, the court awarded Zenimax damages from Facebook, Oculus and Oculus executives following a three-week trial.
Zenimax argued that its early innovations in virtual reality were unlawfully copied when Oculus built its own headset, the Rift.
"We are pleased that the jury in our case in the US District Court in Dallas has awarded Zenimax $500m for defendants' unlawful infringement of our copyrights and trademarks," said Zenimax chief executive Robert Altman.
The co-founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, was also found to have broken a non-disclosure agreement with the firm.
However, the jury ruled that none of the defendants misappropriated Zenimax's trade secrets.
Few people will have given Mark Zuckerberg as many headaches as Palmer Luckey.
The 24-year-old founded Oculus VR, and when Facebook stepped in to buy the firm for $2bn, he was rewarded very handsomely indeed. Then it went a bit downhill.
First, it was revealed he was using some of that money to fund a pro-Donald Trump trolling campaign, which led to Facebook removing him from public view. He didn't even turn up to his own company's developer's conference last year.
And now, a jury has ruled that he broke a non-disclosure agreement that'll mean $500m in damages (unless Facebook wins on appeal).
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't display many emotions - but you wonder what he'll be like behind closed doors on this one.
As it stands, Palmer Luckey is still a Facebook employee, but what he's doing there is anyone's guess - the company won't even tell me his job title.
An Oculus spokesperson said: "The heart of this case was about whether Oculus stole Zenimax's trade secrets, and the jury found decisively in our favour."
The firm did not comment on the $500m damages.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified last month that "the idea that Oculus products are based on someone else's technology is just wrong".
Zenimax, which owns id Software, a video games developer, was suing Facebook for $2bn.
Along with the claims against Palmer Luckey, it alleged that John Carmack, co-founder of id, took intellectual property belonging to Zenimax when he left the firm to join Oculus as its full-time chief technology officer.
Virtual reality is only a small part of Facebook's current business, but is seen as important to the firm's strategy over the next 10 years.
Most of Facebook's fourth-quarter revenue - which jumped 54% to $27.6bn - came from adverts on its social network.
"Facebook had another stellar quarter, delivering record revenue, user growth and profitability, as it rides the shift of advertising to online," said Martin Garner, a senior analyst at CCS Insight.
"However it expects advertising growth to slow in 2017, so it expects to be less profitable this year."
Other challenges that Facebook face this year include a changing approach to privacy in Europe, an uncertain business landscape in the US and challenges in China, Mr Garner said.
The social network has also been widely criticised after some users complained that fake news on its platform had influenced the US presidential election.
In a call with analysts on Wednesday, Facebook executives signalled it would tackle the problem through the use of more artificial intelligence.
They also said many of Facebook's new users were in India, where telecoms operators had offered free data packages for Facebook traffic.
For the full year, Facebook grew its net profit by 177% to $10.2bn.


Some NHS employees have been letting Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt know in no uncertain terms what they are up to this weekend.

Health workers have taken to Facebook and Twitter where they have posted photographs of themselves at work using the hashtag #ImInWorkJeremy.
It comes after Mr Hunt said he was prepared to impose seven-day working on hospital consultants in England, saying there was a "Monday to Friday culture" in parts of the NHS.
One worker, named Erica P from Brighton, tweeted a photo of herself with a stethoscope, writing that she was working 13 hours on Saturday.
Sebastian Nixon, another NHS worker, tweeted that he was also at work on Saturday, saying: "Damn these lazy doctors and their extravagant weekends."
In a reply to his critics, Mr Hunt also took to Twitter - and also used the #ImInWorkJeremy hashtag - saying he wanted to make the NHS "safer".
It comes as Mr Hunt this week said consultants' working hours were having "tragic consequences" for patients, with 6,000 people dying each year because of weekend restrictions.
"The problem dates back to 2003 when the then government gave consultants the right to opt out of working at weekends - that's a right that nurses don't have, midwives don't have, paramedics, ambulance drivers and so on don't have," he said.
Dr Mark Porter, from the British Medical Association, accused Mr Hunt of being "too simplistic".
And now NHS workers have attempted to deliver their own message to Mr Hunt.
Among them was Clovis Rau, a junior doctor, who tweeted he had been in work on Friday night - and "all of this week".
Mr Rau also referenced previous comments by Mr Hunt in 2013 when he warned that "coasting" within the NHS can kill.
Jenny Hartley, a junior doctor working at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, tweeted she was working last weekend, this weekend and next weekend.
Anna Farmer also posted a picture of her NHS photo card on Twitter, asking: "What day is it again?"
Trainee doctor Faisal tweeted a photograph of himself on Saturday morning, saying he was in work with two consultants.
Rachel Clark took a slightly different stance. She tweeted a picture of her five-week-old child along with a handwritten note saying: "My daddy, a registrar, is in work Jeremy. I miss time with him."
Even Mr Hunt got in on the act tweeting his thanks to doctors who worked shifts on Saturday.
He said there was a need for modern contracts to make the NHS "safer".


Scarlets are hopeful Liam Williams' hamstring injury will not keep him out as long as feared.

Head coach Wayne Pivac had worried Williams might miss the rest of the regular Pro12 season.
They host Glasgow on 15 April and meet Newport Gwent Dragons on the 30 April Judgement Day at Principality Stadium when Cardiff Blues also face Ospreys.
"We'd like to think he'll be back for the Dragons, if not Glasgow," said Pivac.
Williams missed the 25-16 win over Ospreys after suffering a hamstring strain in Wales's Six Nations win over Italy.
Pivac has hardly seen Liam Williams in a regional jersey this season.
He played the first hour of January's Pro12 match in Connacht after returning from the ankle injury he aggravated during the 2015 World Cup, but then returned to Wales duties.
"Sixty minutes, that's all we've had, it's very disappointing but there's no-one more disappointed than Liam," admitted Pivac.
"We've got to get him right for the latter part of the round-robin and who knows, with any luck there could be more rugby to come."
The Scarlets are well placed to feature in the semi-finals of the Pro12 on the third weekend in May after beating the Ospreys.
Replacement fly-half Aled Thomas profited from their forward dominance by kicking four late penalties to seal the win.
Meanwhile centre Scott Williams, another World Cup casualty with a knee injury, is scheduled to return for the region at the Principality Stadium on "Judgement Day".
"He'll be available for the Dragons (match), and we're working out whether we play him the week before at a lower level," added Pivac.
The New Zealander praised his pack after the win over Ospreys, which saw the Scarlets cement their place in the top three of the Pro12.
"Our scrum got on top as the game wore on and won some penalties which gave us field position and kicking some points from those penalties as well - which was ultimately the difference between the two teams," he said.
"We'll celebrate this one but there's another big one in seven days time against Cardiff Blues."


A cancer campaigner who died in May has been posthumously inducted into the Gorsedd at the National Eisteddfod.

Father-of-five Irfon Williams moved to England to receive the drug Cetuximab to treat his bowel cancer.
A medical review of the drug followed a campaign by Mr Williams, from Bangor, and it is now available in Wales.
Despite initial treatment success, Mr Williams was told the disease had spread to his lungs and other parts of the body and could no longer be cured.
He died in May.
There was a standing ovation in the dance pavilion at the Eisteddfod on Anglesey when Mr Williams' wife, Becky, received the honour on her late husband's behalf.
His bardic name is Irfon o'r Hirael.


A man in his late 50s has died after he was assaulted in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.

He was found outside Park View Apartments in Harold's Cross at about 04:00 local time on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital where he died on Sunday morning.
Police said a man in his early 40s had been arrested in connection with the assault. They have appealed to anyone who might have witnessed it to come forward.


American Rickie Fowler beat Sergio Garcia and Kevin Kisner in a play-off on a dramatic final day at the Players Championship at Sawgrass.

The trio finished on 12-under but Fowler beat Kisner at the first sudden death hole after Garcia was earlier eliminated.
It was his second PGA Tour win after success in the Wells Fargo Championship in August 2012.
"I felt really good all week, this is special," said the 26-year-old.
In the first three-hole aggregate play-off in tournament history, Garcia could only play the 16th, 17th and 18th in level par as Fowler and Kisner played them in one under thanks to birdies on the 17th.
And Fowler then repeated the trick on the first hole of sudden death to give him a prize of $1.8m (£1.16m) in the tournament often dubbed as golf's richest event.
The victory came in the week Fowler and England's Ian Poulter were voted the most overrated players by their peers in an anonymous survey conducted by Sports Illustrated but Fowler believes the win answers his critics.
"I laughed at the poll, but I was always looked at as only having one win on tour, and I always felt that I needed to put myself in position to win more often," he added.
"I look at this event as basically like a major. It has the major feel, obviously one of the best fields we play all year, on a tough golf course.
"This will definitely give me momentum going into the US Open (18-21 June) and makes me feel confident about being in this situation and taking care of business."
Fowler, who started his round three shots behind leader Chris Kirk, was one-over after 10 holes and seemingly out of contention.
But he shot four birdies and an eagle in his final six holes and looked on course for victory, but Garcia and Kisner both birdied the 16th and 17th to force a play-off.
World number one Rory McIlroy fired a final-round 69 to finish on eight under, alongside Wales' Jamie Donaldson.
McIlroy, 26, had been chasing back-to-back wins after last week's victory in the WGC Match Play but said his putting cost him any chance of victory.
"I had to shoot something in the mid 60s to give myself a chance," said McIlroy. "I gave myself enough opportunities all week but my putter let me down all week."
Poulter started the day four shots off the lead but shot a two-over 74 to finish down the field.
Former world number one Tiger Woods, 39, had a final round of 72, which left the 14-time major winner on three over par, joint 69th of the 75 players to make the cut.
He has recorded a worse score at Sawgrass, shooting five over par in 2005, the year he won the Masters and the Open at St Andrews.


At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen city of Aden, doctors say.

A training camp, or compound used by the pro-government Popular Resistance militia, was hit, reports say.
So-called Islamic State said it carried out the attack.
It comes amid a fresh push to end Yemen's 17-month-old war between Saudi-backed government and rebels that the UN says has left 6,600 people dead.
Some 2.5 million Yemenis have also been displaced.
IS's self-styled news agency Amaq said the group had carried out Monday's attack.
Meanwhile, the government and rebels have responded positively to a new Gulf-backed initiative to end the conflict.
The plan, announced last week by the US, calls for the withdrawal of Shia Houthi rebels from the capital, Sanaa, and talks on forming a unity government.
The rebels said they were prepared to restart negotiations, provided the Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and laying siege to territories held by them.
The latest round of peace talks in Kuwait collapsed earlier this month.
The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes in Yemen since March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
The campaign began after the Houthi rebels, backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, took over parts of the country, including Sanaa, forcing the government into exile.
The government and its allies have since retaken Aden. Saudi Arabia says the Houthis are supported financially and militarily by its regional rival Iran - something Tehran denies.


A 10-year-old girl has written to the prime minister pleading for her refugee grandfather to be allowed to come to England for Christmas.

Downing Street said it would consider the letter from Shakira Damous, from Devon, who said her grandfather was the only present she wanted for Christmas.
Disabled Abdulkarim Damous, 76, is living in a park in Turkey after fleeing the civil war in Syria.
The family home in Idlib was taken over by the so-called Islamic State.
Mr Damous's sons, Muayad and Ahmed, who run a garage in Exeter, have been British citizens for 10 years and have been refused a visa for their father three times.
Shakira said: "I feel sad and a bit guilty because we can't bring him here."


A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder by police investigating an assault on a man in Doagh, County Antrim.

The victim, in his 40s, was attacked in a bar on Main Street on Wednesday and treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The 27-year-old is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon and is due to appear in court later.
Five other men arrested by police have been released on bail.
Another man, aged 34, who was arrested on Thursday night, remains in custody.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the attack, or who saw a group of men in the area, to contact them.


Reigning London marathon champion Wilson Kipsang has hit out at Kenya's athletics authority for suspending his foreign agent without informing him.

He told the BBC that Athletics Kenya (AK) was "fighting with fire".
Two leading sports agencies have been suspended for six months by AK.
AK's chief executive Isaac Mwangi said the suspension of the agency Rosa & Associates' related to its doping investigation and Volare Sports' suspension was "procedural".
AK said it would ensure that athletes did not miss international competitions.
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Rosa & Associates is run by Italian Federico Rosa and Volare Sports is headed by Dutchman Gerard van de Veen.
One of Mr Rosa's recent clients was the Boston marathon winner Rita Jeptoo, who was banned for two years from athletics after failing a doping test.
His lawyers have written to AK demanding to know the exact allegations against his clients and what to do with the Kenyan athletes who are trained and ready for competitions in Spain, China, the Czech Republic and the UK.
Mr Kipsang, who is represented by Volare Sports, is also the president of the Professional Athletes Association of Kenya.
He told the BBC that AK did not have the knowledge or experience to represent athletes.
"We have confidential matters between an athlete and a manager which we can't discuss with Athletics Kenya," the former marathon world record holder said.
Last year, Mr Kipsang was furious after AK revealed that he had missed a doping test.
He said that he was representing Kenyan athletics at a conference in South Africa at the time.
Mr Mwangi did not give any details about the investigation into Volare Sports.
He told the BBC that a commission had been set up to look into the doping allegations and other issues.
The BBC's John Nene in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, says many athletes are very bitter about the suspensions.
They do not trust Kenya's athletics body with financial matters, he says.
The suspensions are also a blow for the agents, who represent some of the best athletes on the circuit.
Rosa & Associates handles 1,500m world champion Asbel Kiprop and Volare Sports counts Dennis Kimetto, the current marathon world record holder, among its clients.
There is no suggestion that either of these athletes are involved in any wrongdoing and both are completely untainted by the ongoing investigation.


Tjaronn Chery's late winner ensured Queens Park Rangers left Huddersfield Town with all three points.

The Dutchman side-footed home Massimo Luongo's cross at the far post after it had evaded team mate Matt Phillips.
Chery almost opened the scoring early on but his close-range effort from Charlie Austin's shot looped over.
Town's Tom Smith nearly scored a 12th-minute own goal as he deflected Phillips' goal-bound effort inches wide of his own post.
Huddersfield can feel hard done by not to get a point, but Chris Powell's side are still in search of their first win in any competition this season.
Premier League transfer target Austin was inches away from giving QPR the lead 12 minutes before half time as Chery's cross just evaded him.
But that was the only real chance Austin had in the final game before the transfer window shuts on Tuesday evening.
Town were the better side after the break as Martin Cranie had a header cleared off the line, while Ishmael Miller also went close.
But Chery's late winner, which was against the run of play, sent Rangers into fourth place, three points off league leaders Brighton, while Town drop into the relegation places.
Huddersfield manager Chris Powell:
"For us to concede like that, on the balance of the game we had, it's little more than daylight robbery.
"Joe Murphy has only had one save to make and we kept Charlie Austin quiet. It was a big blow to lose.
"It's just the way it's going for us now and our confidence will be low but we'll need each other and must rally round each other as we move forward."
QPR manager Chris Ramsay:
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"It's an away win against a very difficult opponent and we kept ourselves in the game.
"We were mindful not to lose but we are always dangerous with the firepower we have up front.
"We didn't play particularly well and this is a hard, unforgiving league. Chery did us a favour and long may it continue."


Former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes says he will wait until the summer before deciding what club he will manage next.

Moyes is the favourite with bookmakers to take over at Celtic after the club announced Ronny Deila would be leaving at the end of the season.
The 52-year-old is also interested in the vacancy at Aston Villa.
"I'm going to wait until summer time and make a decision then," he told Sky Sports.
"There's lots of clubs that will interest me and Celtic are a great club.
"Celtic's a brilliant football club, a great football club, with unbelievable support and fanbase."
Moyes, who started his playing career at Celtic Park, is a free agent after being sacked by Real Sociedad in November.
Another former Celtic player, Neil Lennon, became the first candidate to state his interest.
The 44-year-old, who managed Celtic for four years until 2014, is also a free agent after leaving Bolton Wanderers in March and said he would be interested in speaking to the club's board.
Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane, who had a brief spell with Celtic as a player, has refused talk about the summer vacancy specifically but has told newspapers he would like to be a manager again in his own right in the short rather than long-term.
The 44-year-old said in his autobiography that he was offered the Celtic job after Lennon left and before Deila was appointed.
Former Celtic defender Alan Stubbs is hoping to finish the season on a high after his Hibernian side reached the Scottish Cup final and remain in the hunt for promotion from the Scottish Championship.
Asked about the Celtic job, the 44-year-old said: "I don't think it's a relevant question to be honest to be asking right now.
"I am more inclined to answer the question by saying that I'm just really sorry for Ronny. He seems a really good guy. I have spoken to him on a few occasions.
"I am disappointed for him more than anything and that is all I will say on the matter because I think you have to show a bit of respect.
"I have got a lot of things to think about between now and 24 May that are going to keep my mind occupied."
Candidates also being touted by bookmakers are former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill.
As are two more former Celtic players - Malky Mackay, who was sacked by Wigan Athletic in April, and Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert.


A fire which forced patients to be evacuated from hospital while still in their beds is being treated as arson - and linked by police to a university blaze on the same day.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the fires.
Patients were "dragged outside" Royal Stoke University Hospital when fire broke out in the main building at about 18:00 BST on Wednesday.
An hour earlier, there was a blaze in toilets at Staffordshire University.
On Thursday, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the hospital fire was started deliberately, with Staffordshire Police later saying it was linking that incident to the university fire.
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A force spokesperson said a 39-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
Disrupted hospital patients were returned to wards by 23:15 BST on Wednesday, according to University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust which runs the site.
The A&E unit reopened on Thursday.
Deputy chief fire officer Rob Berber said: "The fact that this fire was deemed to be deliberate is very concerning and we are working closely with Staffordshire Police to aid in their investigation into this incident."
He said one man was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.
No one was injured, police said, in the university fire which happened at about 16:45 BST on Wednesday in the Beacon building on College Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
The hospital trust said people should continue to attend outpatient appointments unless contacted directly.
On Wednesday, eyewitness Paul Bradbury, who had gone to the hospital to visit his mother, said people were "dragged outside in their beds and on mattresses" and "it was quite surreal to see".


The Queen has lit the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations.

Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall then joined the monarch at a private dinner in Windsor Castle.
Earlier, cheering crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the Queen took part in a walkabout.
On Twitter, the Queen thanked senders of "#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty" tweets.
In another tweet, the Queen said: "I send my best wishes to those who are celebrating their 90th birthday... on this shared occasion, I send my warm congratulations to you."
At the lighting of the beacon in Windsor, the Prince of Wales, referring to his mother, said: "I find it very hard to believe that you've reached your 90th year and I suddenly realised the other day that I have known you since you were 22 years old.
"But this, ladies and gentleman, is a very special occasion and this beacon that her majesty is about to light will also represent - as it lights other beacons across the nation - the love and affection with which you are held throughout this country and the Commonwealth.
"So can we wish your majesty a special and the most happiest of birthdays on this occasion."
Members of the Army Cadet Force have taken beacons to the top of the highest peaks of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Some of the beacons are specially-built gas-fuelled structures, while others are traditional bonfires or braziers on top of tall wooden posts.
Earlier, royal gun salutes were fired from each of the UK's capital cities as the Queen met crowds of well-wishers in Windsor.
The Queen, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, was presented with a birthday cake at the Guildhall by the Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Hussain, who had created an orange drizzle cake with a butter cream and marmalade filling.
The monarch also unveiled a plaque marking The Queen's Walkway - a 6.3km trail that links 63 significant points in Windsor.
The trail was designed to recognise the moment on 9 September 2015 that the monarch broke the record held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, by being on the throne for 63 years and seven months.
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This was, in many ways, an ordinary working day for the Queen. Unveiling a plaque, meeting flag-waving members of the public on a walkabout, being presented with a bouquet of flowers - these are things she has done thousands of times. But the crowds weren't going to let her forget that this day, her 90th birthday, was something out of the ordinary.
Some had been waiting for hours - some for days - to catch a glimpse of the Queen on the day she became the nation's first-ever nonagenarian monarch.
As the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh walked the short distance from Windsor Castle, a spontaneous rendition of Happy Birthday rang out - and it wouldn't be the last.
One woman who has lived nearly as long as the Queen summed up the atmosphere. Gwen Tarr, 88, who says she is "Windsor born and bred", said: "It was so lovely. I just wanted to celebrate the day with her and wish her a happy birthday - and many more birthdays to come."
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Most of the gun salutes consisted of 21 shots - the standard royal gun salute - at locations including Hillsborough Castle, Cardiff Castle, and Edinburgh Castle.
In London, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery staged a 41-gun salute at midday in Hyde Park. And the Honourable Artillery Company fired a 62-gun salute across the Thames from the Tower of London at 13:00 BST.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the Queen had been "a rock of strength for our nation" and the Commonwealth, as he and fellow politicians paid tribute in the House of Commons.
Mr Cameron said: "Her Majesty The Queen has lived through some extraordinary times in our world.
"From the Second World War... to the rations with which she bought the material for her wedding dress.
"From presenting the World Cup to England at Wembley in 1966, to man landing on the moon three years later. From the end of the Cold War to peace in Northern Ireland.
"Throughout it all, as the sands of culture shift and the tides of politics ebb and flow, Her Majesty has been steadfast - a rock of strength for our nation, for our Commonwealth and on many occasions for the whole world."
The Prince of Wales recorded a special radio broadcast for the day, in which he read an edited passage from William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
The reading by Prince Charles, and broadcast on the BBC, was an extract from a speech by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to King Henry VIII after the birth of the future Queen Elizabeth I.
A photograph was also released showing the monarch with young members of the Royal Family.
The image, one of three taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, shows the Queen surrounded by her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren.
The other Leibovitz photographs show the monarch walking in the grounds of Windsor Castle with four of her dogs and sitting with her daughter, the Princess Royal.
The image of the Queen with the young royals was taken in the Green Drawing Room, part of Windsor Castle's semi-State apartments just after Easter.
In it, the Queen - in the tradition of royal portraiture - holds her youngest great-grandchild Princess Charlotte, who is 11 months old, in her arms.
Also appearing in the image is two-year-old Prince George, Zara Phillips's two-year-old daughter Mia Tindall, who holds the Queen's famous black handbag, and Peter Phillips's daughters Savannah, five, and three-year-old Isla.
The Queen is also joined by the two youngest of her eight grandchildren - the Earl and Countess of Wessex's children - James, Viscount Severn, eight, and Lady Louise Windsor.
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To coincide with the Queen's birthday, the largest exhibition of the Queen's clothes and accessories ever shown in Scotland has opened at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The display has been selected to cover the Queen's life and reign, and includes evening and day wear.
On Friday, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be joining the Queen for lunch at Windsor Castle.
Every year the Queen celebrates two birthdays, with her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on a Saturday in June.
Celebrations of her official birthday this year take place from 10-12 June.
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21 October 2014 Last updated at 10:09 BST
Strong winds are expected to cause disruption across the country as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo sweep in from the Atlantic.
In Scotland, the west coast is expected to be the worst affected area as winds move towards the east.
A few flights have been affected, ferries have been disrupted and the Skye Bridge is closed to all vehicles due to high winds.
The strongest gust so far has been 64mph recorded on the Forth Road Bridge around 06:00.
Strong winds are forecast to continue through the day.
You can keep track of the latest weather warnings on the Met Office website
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England captain Steph Houghton believes her "risky" move to Manchester City has been justified by their first Women's Super League title.

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City, unbeaten in the WSL in 2016, beat Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday to win the title with one game to play.
Houghton, 28, joined City with England team-mates Jill Scott, Karen Bardsley and Toni Duggan before the 2014 season.
"Coming here, it was a massive risk for me. In the first year, it was a bit of an unknown," she told BBC Sport.
"We took that risk and we've seen this club grow."
Defender Houghton joined City from Arsenal as they were controversially introduced to the WSL for the 2014 season.
They were placed in the top division as the competition was expanded to two tiers following a bidding process, in a move which saw Doncaster Rovers Belles demoted to WSL 2.
City won the Continental Cup in their first year, were second in the league in 2015 and, on Sunday, secured their first national title in front of a club-record crowd of 4,096 at the Academy Stadium.
"That's what I joined the club for - I knew it was going to be about winning trophies and being ambitious," Houghton added on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
"We deserve this. We've been brilliant all season and every player and staff member has been fantastic."
City have kept 16 clean sheets in their 21 matches in all competitions so far in 2016 and will attempt to win another trophy when they face Birmingham City in the Continental Cup final on 2 October.
Their starting line-up against Chelsea was made up entirely of British players - nine English and two Scottish.
City's victory took them 10 points clear of second-placed Chelsea, who won the league and FA Cup double in 2015.
"I'm really pleased that we've won the title - it's what we set out to do," said City manager Nick Cushing.
"But I'm more pleased with the performance today. In the second half especially, we were dominant defensively and offensively."
BBC television commentator Jonathan Pearce on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"Because of the investment they've put into the team - they've really backed women's football at Manchester City - it was inevitable they were going to win the title, whether it was this season or next.
"Right from the word go, they've been very, very strong. They've got a real core contingent of players with England as well and that helps, as they stay together with club and country.
"It comes down to money, investment and belief. I think Chelsea will come back fighting and they'll have players with points to prove who will come back very, very strongly.
"But, unless the other clubs do something remarkable, it will be the big three - and I'm not including Liverpool in that. Unless Liverpool really work hard in terms of investment, then their days of winning WSL have gone, I think, for a while."


Thames Valley Police could cope with more cuts as one of the most successful forces in Britain, the Home Secretary has said.

Theresa May was speaking at a cross-party debate in Maidenhead where she is standing for re-election as MP.
Her comments go against the force's crime commissioner and fellow Tory Anthony Stansfeld, who said the force could not afford another budget slash.
She said despite cuts, crime had fallen by about 30% in five years in the area.
The force saved Â£58m in the past five years and needs to save a further Â£45m.
Mrs May said: "Here in the Thames Valley, crime has fallen by around 30% over the last five years; that is the highest fall of any police force of England and Wales.
"It is thanks to the hard work of police officers and staff that crime has fallen that way here in the Thames Valley. There is no direct link between the number of officers and the rate of crime. What matters is actually how you deploy those officers."
Maidenhead's Labour candidate Charles Smith said Labour would strive to "protect some of the frontline policing by getting rid of the disastrous role of police and crime commissioners" and forces sharing services such as procurement.
UKIP candidate Herbie Crossman said he was astonished at the idea of cutting police budgets in an "expanding nation".
He said: "We've got more problems coming from other countries now wanting to do certain damage to our nation, so how can you cut down on our police force?"
Lib Dem candidate Tony Hill said his party had a more "compassionate" view:
"One of the best ways is to stop banging so many people up in jail, and bringing in more systems of restorative justice."
The Green Party said its candidate, Emily Blyth, was not able to attend the debate.


Fourteen-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul is in contention to become the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event after day three of the Ladies European Thailand Championship.

The Thai player is on five under, one shot behind leader Ana Menendez of Mexico.
Canada's Brooke Henderson holds the current record, winning an event on the Canadian Women's Tour in June 2012 aged 14 years, nine months and three days.
Thitikul turned 14 on 20 February.
Henderson's record for a male or female player came in a 36-hole event, bettering the mark by two days set by New Zealand's Lydia Ko in January 2012 at the New South Wales Women's Open.
Ko holds the current record on the Ladies European Tour, having won the 2013 New Zealand Open aged 15 years, nine months and 17 days.
Thitikul opened with a two-under round of 70 at Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Pattaya, hitting 71 in round two and matching playing partner Menendez with a 70 on Saturday.
Wales' Amy Boulden, 23, shot a five-under 67 on Saturday - the lowest round of the tournament so far - to move into a three-way tie for third on two under.


The leader of one of the largest councils in Wales has called for an "all guns blazing" approach to investing European funds before the UK leaves the EU.

Andrew Morgan, from Rhondda Cynon Taf council, says infrastructure projects should be accelerated in light of the Brexit vote.
A total of £1.1bn of EU funding in Wales is yet to be allocated.
The money is due to be invested between now and 2020.
But a withdrawal from the EU before then would cut the spending round short.
Leave campaigners say the UK government would make up the shortfall, however there has been scepticism from the first minister who says he does not trust the Treasury to make up any shortfall.
EU structural funds are managed by the Welsh European Funding Office, which is based in Merthyr Tydfil, and is part of the Welsh Government.
Much of the funding yet to be allocated is for the most economically-deprived communities across north and west Wales, and the south Wales valleys.
Mr Morgan called for the decision-making and systems governing EU funds to be speeded up.
He said: "The Welsh European Funding Office moves far too slowly.
"It is a drawn out process and if we are being told that European funding is at risk they really have got to go all guns blazing.
"I would hope that the Welsh Government will put pressure on the Welsh European Funding Office to get these projects started as soon as we can.
"If there is a downturn in the economy then these projects could create secure construction jobs."
The council leader said his officials were now working with a greater degree of urgency on a number of EU-funded town-centre regeneration schemes.
The body which monitors EU spending in Wales meets for the first time since the referendum on Friday. It will be chaired by the Welsh Government's finance secretary Mark Drakeford.
One Vote Leave campaigner, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, said the focus should be on "outcomes, not spending money for the sake of it".
He said: "Qualification for structural funding is not a badge of honour, it's a reflection of the relative poverty of those in areas who meet the criteria, and after three successive rounds of funding that money has clearly not been put to good use."
A spokesman for the Welsh Government said: "We are determined to maximise the EU funds allocated to Wales for the benefit of our people, communities, businesses, universities and colleges.
"Where there is scope to accelerate draw-down of EU funds, we will aim to do just that.
"The protection of jobs, businesses and communities and the delivery of our programmes in Wales is hugely dependent on the timescale for leaving the EU and we need early clarification from the UK government of that timescale.
"We have also called for a guarantee from the UK government that every penny of EU funds to Wales is safe."


A kitten died after a man stubbed a joint out in its face, a court heard.

Robert White tried to make his pet cat Salem inhale drugs on 16 May, before he stubbed it out on the animal.
Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard the kitten suffered third-degree burns to 80% of its face, and after being taken to the vets he was put to sleep to prevent further suffering.
White, 38, of Rogerfield Road in Birmingham, was handed a four-month sentence suspended for 18 months.
He was also banned from owning pets for life, ordered to pay Â£350 costs and a Â£150 victim surcharge and will be made to attend a drug and alcohol rehabilitation course.
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RSPCA inspector Beth Boyd said the case was "one of the worst" she had investigated.
"I can't even think about what Salem must have gone through that night - he would have been in severe pain, as well as being very frightened," she said.
"At least now some justice has been done for him."


A former children's home manager who was due to face trial for sex abuse charges has been found dead.

John Stingemore, 72, was found at his home in Stonehouse Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on Wednesday.
Mr Stingemore was due to stand trial at Southwark Crown court over 12 charges, which included indecent assault. He had denied the charges.
Seven youngsters were allegedly abused at Grafton Close Children's Home in Hanworth in the 1970s and 1980s.
Mr Stingemore had previously suffered a number of strokes and police were called to his home after concerns about his health.
Officers found him collapsed at the property and he was declared dead at the scene.
Sussex Police said his death was not suspicious. A post-mortem examination has yet to take place.
His co-defendant Father Tony McSweeney, 66, of Pease Pottage, West Sussex, pleaded not guilty to similar charges in November. Fr McSweeney was a Catholic priest in Norfolk.
Both men were due to stand trial on 2 February.


The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorised an investigation into possible war crimes perpetrated during a conflict between Russia and Georgia.

The investigation relates to the conflict in 2008 centred on South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia.
The ICC says it has "a reasonable basis to believe" that crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed.
More than 6,000 alleged victims made representations to the court in December 2015.
In October 2015, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced she had evidence suggesting both sides had killed peacekeepers, which is a war crime.
It also suggested that South Ossetian forces had killed ethnic Georgian civilians.
The ICC said the types of crimes allegedly committed included:
It said the crimes allegedly happened between 1 July and 10 October 2008.
This will be the ICC's first investigation into a conflict outside Africa.
What is South Ossetia?
South Ossetia, officially part of Georgia, is separated from the North Ossetia region of Russia by an international border. It is inhabited mostly by Ossetians, who are ethnically and linguistically distinct from other peoples in the region. Most ethnic Georgians have been displaced from South Ossetia by conflict.
Georgia, including South Ossetia, was part of the Russian empire in the 19th Century. After the 1917 communist revolution, Georgia became independent but it was declared part of the Soviet Union in 1921.
After the 2008 war, Moscow recognised South Ossetia as an independent state and began a process of closer ties that Georgia views as effective annexation.
The war began after an escalation of clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Georgian forces, who tried to seize back South Ossetia.
But Russian troops quickly retook the area and pushed deeper into Georgian territory, stopping just short of the capital, Tbilisi.
Nearly 1,000 people were killed while tens of thousands of Georgians living in the disputed areas were forced out of their homes.
Prosecutors have said there is evidence that up to 18,500 people were uprooted as part of a "forcible displacement campaign" conducted by South Ossetian authorities, and that the ethnic Georgian population in the conflict zone was reduced by at least 75%.
Russia is not a member of the ICC, which is based at The Hague.
Correction 28 January 2016: An earlier version of this story was amended because it wrongly implied that South Ossetia existed as a Russian territory before its incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1921. The amendment also clarifies how the war erupted.


A bullet has been retrieved from a tree by forensic officers investigating a shooting outside a Glasgow school by a gunman pushing a child's buggy.

Ross Monaghan, 35, was shot after dropping his child off at St George's Primary, Penilee, on Monday.
Police Scotland are also analysing photos and a video clip of the alleged attacker, taken by a member of the public minutes before the incident.
The images have been published by the Scottish Sun newspaper.
The man, who can be seen pushing a buggy near the school, was wearing a blue padded jacket, blue jeans, a dark woollen bobble hat and a woollen scarf pulled up around his face.
Police had said Mr Monaghan was shot in the back and he was treated in hospital for a shoulder injury, but later discharged.
The stray bullet was found lodged in a tree close to the school gates.
A force spokeswoman said: "Following further forensic searches carried out yesterday, a bullet has been recovered from a tree.
"Further ballistic and forensic examination will take place."
Mr Monaghan was acquitted of a gangland murder in 2012. He was cleared of killing Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to convict him.
The alleged attacker is thought to have been in the area with the buggy three days before the attack.
Earlier detectives said they were trying to trace the buggy, described as a new collapsible model with four wheels and had a rain hood attached.
It is thought the gun was concealed in the buggy.
After the shooting, the gunman made off with the buggy down Hollybush Road and round the corner to where police said there may have been a car waiting for him.
Police said they would continue extra patrols in the Penilee area.


Newcastle have enough time to avoid relegation but must start winning, says manager Rafael Benitez.

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The Magpies lost 3-2 at 17th-placed Norwich, despite having twice equalised, which leaves them six points adrift of the Canaries.
"It is more difficult but we have to keep confident that we can still do it," said Benitez.
"We have seven games to go and we have to keep pushing. If we start winning games we still have time."
The Canaries have six games remaining, but are well clear of Newcastle and four points better off than Sunderland, who occupy the final relegation spot after a 0-0 draw with West Brom.
Victory at Carrow Road - courtesy of a 93rd-minute Martin Olsson winner - was Norwich's second successive league win, having picked up three points at West Brom before the international break.
"It was a strange game but we were the better team throughout," said Norwich manager Alex Neil.
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"We have great spirit here and we showed that in abundance.
"Football is an entertainment sport and everyone has gone home with their money's worth. We have started to turn it around, that's seven points in three games."
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Sunderland's stalemate with the Baggies meant they conceded more ground to the Canaries.
The Black Cats are at home to leaders Leicester next Sunday and then travel to Norwich for what could prove to be a huge match in the context of the relegation battle.
"We have got to beat Leicester next week and then we have got Norwich to come, so the closer we get points-wise to Norwich, the bigger that game is going to be," said Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce.
"We can't afford to be any further away. We have a game in hand - which is Everton here - but that doesn't happen until the last week of the season and we don't want to be too far away from Norwich when we play them, so we have got to try to beat Leicester now."
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Crystal Palace remain the only team in the top four tiers yet to win a game in 2016, but a point away at West Ham pulled them seven points clear of 18th place Sunderland.
"When you are 2-1 down at West Ham, in the form they are in, you take a 2-2," said manager Alan Pardew.
"I'm delighted for the team and they showed their heart is still very much in it. We've got ourselves into a bit of trouble but this is a great result.
"Every point in the Premier League is gold dust, especially to get something at West Ham. It was a great performance and a great result. West Ham had to defend for their lives at the end."


Premiership champions Saracens have agreed to sign South Africa flanker Schalk Burger on a two-year contract.

The 32-year-old will move to Allianz Park in the summer following spells with Japanese outfit Suntory Sungoliath and Super Rugby side Stormers.
Burger has earned 86 international caps and won the World Cup with the Springboks in 2007.
"Schalk will add a huge amount of experience and quality to our young pack," said Sarries boss Mark McCall.
"To be able to add one of the world's finest players to the group is extremely exciting.
"He is a man who has achieved everything there is to achieve in the game of rugby."
Burger made his international debut for South Africa in 2003 and has featured in four World Cups.
He made seven appearances at the 2015 tournament and was widely regarded as one of South Africa's top performers as Heyneke Meyer's side recovered from the shock of losing to Japan to finish third.
"I'm extremely excited to have the opportunity to play in both the Premiership and the European Champions Cup," said Burger.
"Hopefully I can add a lot of value both on and off the field to an already successful group of players and coaches."


The UK Independence Party (UKIP) will "significantly and perhaps dramatically outperform" expectations in Thursday's election, a spokesman has predicted.

MEP Patrick O'Flynn said the party's support had broadened in the final days of the campaign and suggested their vote share would be more than 10%.
Earlier, deputy chairman Paul Nuttall said UKIP MPs could offer vote-by-vote support to a minority government.
But he told the BBC a referendum on the UK staying in the EU was a "red line".
UKIP is attracting around 14% support, according to the latest BBC poll of polls.
The party had two MPs at the end of the last Parliament - both of whom won by-elections after defecting from the Conservatives.
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Speaking about UKIP's prospects, economy spokesman Mr O'Flynn said the party had managed to defy expectations of a squeeze.
He said: "Tomorrow we will significantly and perhaps dramatically outperform the expectations of pollsters and pundits alike.
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"That means doing much better than a political class consensus of a vote share of around 10% and one or two seats in the Commons.
"The so-called squeeze on the UKIP vote predicted by so many of the media class simply has not happened.
"On the contrary we are getting indications of a very substantial energising and broadening of our support in the final days of the campaign."
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Nuttall repeated that his party would not enter a formal deal after the election.
He said: "We've made it perfectly clear there will no coalitions, there will be no pacts, and if we did go down the line of a deal whereby we vote with the government on a vote-by-vote basis, it will be a loose deal."
He said a "red line" would be a "free, full, fair referendum" on EU membership "as soon as possible, preferably before the end of the year."
Mr Nuttall was asked whether a vote for his party could harm the prospects of Tory success and therefore an vote on the EU.
He said: "The problem you've got with Mr Cameron's promise of a referendum is one he's promised a referendum before and gone back on that deal and secondly he's talking about a negotiation through 2016 and into 2017 with an organisation that has made it perfectly clear that renegotiation isn't on the table."
He added: "We're looking to get as many votes as possible tomorrow to ensure we have real change in British politics, whether that's with the European Union or indeed electoral reform."
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A dog had to be taken to an emergency vet after swallowing cannabis while walking in Northamptonshire.

Christine Proctor noticed her six-year-old Labrador was behaving oddly after a walk in Ecton Brook playing fields in Northampton on Sunday.
Major was taken to an out-of-hours vet who confirmed the dog had eaten the drug and put him on a drip.
Mrs Proctor, 57, who has had to pay Â£350 in vet fees, said: "He is getting better but he is still dazed."
She added: "Initially he was was so frightened, he was hiding in the corner, then he was sensitive to touch and he couldn't control his bladder.
"It was horrible to see him like that."
Mrs Proctor, who is disabled and lives in sheltered housing, had to borrow the money to pay for Major's medical care.
She said: "He has had Â£350 of treatments and he will have to have more tests to make sure he is rid of it - I would warn any dog owner to be careful."
If Major had been a smaller dog the drugs could have killed him.
Vet Anna Holden, of Swanspool Veterinary Practice in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire said that dog owners should be vigilant.
"Dogs are very sensitive to drugs it can affect them very badly - in some cases it can lead to death.
"With cannabis dogs get hyper, they become very weak then they go into a coma state, it is traumatic for them."


London Irish have signed New Zealand World Cup-winning prop Ben Franks.

The 30-year-old, who has played 42 times for the All Blacks, will join on a three-year deal from Super Rugby side Hurricanes at the end of the season.
As well as  Franks was also part of the New Zealand side that was unbeaten throughout 2013.
"Ben is a world-class player and we are delighted he has decided to sign with London Irish," said the club's operations director Bob Casey.
"It is a real statement of intent that a player of his class and experience has signed and shows the ambition of the club and our owners."
Franks is the first signing announced by the club since  and
Franks has played over 100 Super Rugby games, spending six years at the Crusaders before moving to Wellington in 2012, where he has missed just three games in two seasons.
"I am really looking forward to joining London Irish," Franks said. "After speaking to the board and seeing the facilities, the ambition of the club is clear.
"It is a family-friendly club, which played a big part in my decision to move my family over. London Irish also has a link with St Mary's University, where I will be able to study alongside playing rugby for the club."


Yemen's deputy army commander has been killed in a missile strike by Houthi rebels on a Red Sea army camp, military officials say.

Maj Gen Ahmed Saif al-Yafei is said to have died in the attack outside the port city of Mokha.
His death will be seen as a major setback for government forces, which are backed by a Saudi-led coalition.
The Yemeni government has yet to recapture the capital, Sanaa, after two years of civil war.
Maj Gen Yafei was killed along with several others when the missile hit the army camp near Mokha early on Wednesday, the military source, who is also a member of the general's family, told Reuters news agency.
The port city was captured from rebels last month.
The coalition, which has received logistical and intelligence support from the US, UK and France, has been fighting the Houthis and forces loyal to a former Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, since March 2015.
Its aim is to restore the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Yemen's war has killed more than 10,000 civilians and displaced more than three million people since 2015.
The conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition has triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 80% of the population in need of aid.


Jessie J managed two series, Kylie was only there for one, now it's Rita Ora's turn to be a coach on The Voice.

The BBC has announced the British singer will be spinning on the big red chair for the fourth series of the show.
She's replacing Kylie Minogue, but the rest of the line-up is the same.
Will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones are back for the fourth time, while Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs returns for his second series.
In a statement, Rita Ora said she was "excited" to be joining the show.
With four UK number one singles, she currently ties with Geri Halliwell as the British female artist with the most solo chart-toppers.
She recently made her movie debut in the 50 Shades of Grey adaptation.
Her fellow coach will.i.am said: "Sir Tom Jones is our rock, Ricky is awesome and it's our pleasure to welcome the very talented Rita Ora. Rita is sweet, spicy and sassy - she's going to be a great addition to the Coaches team."
Emma Willis and Marvin Humes return to present the BBC One show as well.
While the show has been a ratings success, the programme has yet to find a star who's achieved mainstream UK chart success.
Jermain Jackman won the third series of the programme but hasn't released a debut album yet.
Previous winners included Leanne Mitchell and Andrea Begley but neither were a success.
Moira Ross, The Voice UK's executive producer, said: "The Voice has gone from strength to strength with each passing year and series four promises to be bigger than ever."
The new series launches in January 2015.
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Extreme weather conditions have proved no match for Crossrail engineers whose train carriage has passed three weeks of rigorous testing.

Snowy, windy and foggy conditions, as well as temperatures ranging from -25C (-13F) to 40C (104F), were simulated in a climatic wind tunnel in Vienna.
In tests the front high-speed rail carriage proved itself equal to the variable British weather.
Crossrail will open in 2017 linking 40 stations in London and the South East.
Named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen, it is due to open in May.
Operations director Howard Smith said: "It's important that we check that the new trains can operate in anything that the changing British weather can throw at them and it won't be long before our customers will be able to get on board a train."
Weather simulations tested the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning system, windscreen wipers, demister, train horns and traction motors.
The carriage, built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby, has returned to London for night testing.


At least 68 children were among 126 people killed in Saturday's bomb attack on buses carrying evacuees from besieged Syrian towns, activists say.

A vehicle filled with explosives hit the convoy near Aleppo.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 109 evacuees from government-held towns were killed, along with aid workers and rebel soldiers.
Many more were injured in the attack, the group said.
The explosion shattered buses and set cars on fire, leaving a trail of bodies, as the convoy waited in rebel territory near Aleppo.
Separately, several people, mostly children, are reported to have been injured by shelling in the capital, Damascus.
At least three shells landed near the central Umayyad Square, state and pro-government media outlets reported. State TV blamed "terrorists".
The evacuees attacked on Saturday were being moved from Foah and Kefraya, mostly Shia Muslim government-held towns which have been encircled by rebels and al-Qaeda-linked Sunni jihadists since March 2015.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bus attack.
In his Easter Sunday address, Pope Francis called the bombing a "vile attack on fleeing refugees".
"May [God] sustain the efforts of those who are actively working to bring comfort and relief to the civilian population in beloved Syria, who are greatly suffering from a war that does not cease to sow horror and death," he said.
The bomb went off at Rashidin, west of government-held Aleppo, at about 15:30 local time (12:30 GMT) at the checkpoint where the handover of evacuees was due to take place.
It happened when a vehicle loaded with food arrived and started distributing crisps, attracting many children, before exploding, the BBC's Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab said.
She said it was not clear how the vehicle could have reached the area without government permission.
But there is also no evidence that rebels were involved in the attack, as the government claims.
It would not be in the rebels' interest, our correspondent says, as they were waiting for their own supporters to be evacuated from the other towns.
The planned evacuation was part of the so-called "four towns" deal, where thousands of civilians in towns under siege by both sides would be allowed to leave.
It applies to Foah and Kefraya, as well as rebel-held Madaya and Zabadani near Damascus.
There were fears of revenge attacks on evacuees from rebel-held towns, being moved under a deal.
But the exchange later resumed, with coaches reaching safety on both sides. Evacuations were due to continue on Sunday.
Rebels had earlier accused the government of breaching the terms of the deal, accusing it of trying to bring out more loyalist fighters than agreed, along with civilians.
Madaya and Zabadani, which are predominantly Sunni Muslim, have been besieged since June 2015 by the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanon's Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement.
A previous attempt at mutual evacuations failed in December when rebels burnt coaches due to be sent to the towns.


A spell of cold weather across the UK has seen some parts of the country being covered in snow.

A Met Office yellow warning to "be aware" of snow is in place for north-west England and much of the Midlands, while snow has also fallen in parts of Scotland.
Here are images from the areas that have seen plenty of the frozen side of winter so far.
This robin stood out among the snowy landscape in County Durham.
Cows were seen being fed on a snowy farm in Loch Lomond, which is located between central Scotland and the Highlands.
This shopping trolley got a dusting of the snow that fell in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Black sheep stand out even more when they are grazing in the white fields of Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
By contrast, these swans are hard to spot in the snow at Tarnfield Park in Yeadon, Leeds.
Unfortunately the icy conditions have also meant driving has become treacherous in some areas - this car fell foul of the roads in Sheffield.
Frozen weather was not enough to stop these dogs from going out on a walk in Bradford.
These dog walkers were also out, despite the freezing conditions, alongside the A58 near Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
Also out on the roads was this bus, tackling the snowy A62 near the village of Marsden, West Yorkshire.


Toblerone bars are changing shape and some fans aren't very happy about it!

Mondelez International, which makes the treat, has made the gap between the bar's famous chocolate mountain peaks slightly bigger.
This is to reduce the weight of the bar overall.
The company said that it either had to make the bar smaller or make the price higher, and it decided to change the shape.
There has been a mixed reaction to this decision.
Some think Mondelez should have made the chocolate bar shorter so the pieces would stay the same shape. Some think the price should have been increased and the length kept the same. Others think the company has done the right thing.
It's not the first time snacks have hit the headlines. Let's take a look at some other times sweet treats have left a sour taste in people's mouths!
Sometimes, it's not the shape of a snack that companies change, but the recipe instead.
Mars products were given a shake-up back in 2010 when the company decided reduce the amount of saturated fat in its sweet treats, including Mars and Snickers bars.
Many people said the new chocolate bars didn't taste as nice. However, given that they were healthier than the previous versions, there has been no move to switch back to the old recipe.
The favourite Easter treat caused a stir back in 2015 when it was announced the shell of the egg would no longer be made from Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate.
A new chocolate was chosen that contained less cocoa. At first many people didn't like the change, saying it didn't taste as good, but so far, the change has stuck!
Jaffa cakes have had people talking for a whole different reason. Are they biscuits or are they cakes?!
After the snack appeared as a challenge in Cake Week on the most recent series of the Great British Bake Off, many viewers started arguing all over again about what they really were.  But there is actually a serious reason that this matters - and it's all to do with tax.
The UK rules say that customers don't have to pay tax on products like bread, cakes, flapjacks and Jaffa Cakes. However, they do have to pay tax on certain kinds of biscuit and cereal bars.
So, we don't pay tax on Jaffa cakes at the moment. But if the people who argue that Jaffa cakes are biscuits are correct, then maybe we should!
Like with the Toblerone, back in 2012 it was decided that the Dairy Milk bar would be given a new look.
The edges of the chocolate bar were made smoother, which many people were not happy about at all - not least because it made the snack slightly smaller.
The famous chocolate bar had been the same shape ever since it first appeared on shop shelves in 1905! So far, the Dairy Milk has kept its new curves.
Not so much a scandal but more something that might make your stomach turn! Yes, you heard that flavour correctly.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, crisp makers started to experiment much more with weird and wacky flavours of crisps.
One manufacturer decided to make hedgehog-flavoured crisps, which did not go down well with animal lovers.
However, it turned out they were actually made from 'hedgerow' herbs - referring to 'hedge' in the name - and pork fat - which is the 'hog' part. So far, they haven't made a comeback!
Sometimes the scandal isn't that there's been a change - but that a company has stopped making a snack altogether!
This has happened with several products over the years, with many sweets and treats no longer appearing on shop shelves - usually because they didn't prove popular enough.
Cadbury's stopped making Wispas back in 2003 after sales fell in the 1990s. But then brought them back for a short period in 2007.
However, the public put so much pressure on Cadbury's to bring the chocolate bar back permanently that it did!
Cadbury spokesperson Tony Bilsborough said: "We brought it back temporarily to see if the desire was genuine, but fans are still rallying so we took the decision to bring it back for good."
Of course these aren't the only examples of snacks and treats that have got people talking after changing shape, recipes, price and availability over the years.
With costs of ingredients and people's tastes changing, many companies have had to tweak their products and will no doubt continue to do so.
But there are always going to be people who aren't happy about it!


At least 31 prisoners have been killed in a prison in northern Brazil, just days after 56 died during a jail riot in a neighbouring state.

Thirty of the bodies were found decapitated, officials said.
The local secretary of justice, Uziel Castro, told the BBC he blamed the deaths in the prison in the state of Roraima on a drug gang.
But the situation at the overcrowded Monte Cristo Rural Penitentiary is now under control, he added.
The authorities say the gruesome violence was part of an attempt by the gang to stamp their authority inside the jail and intimidate rival criminal factions.
Brazil's Justice Minister, Alexandre Moraes, has attributed the violence to a gang known as the PCC (which stands for First Command in the Capital).
"All the victims were from the PCC. It was a settlement of scores inside the organisation," said Mr Moraes.
"Some of the victims were killed because they were rapists; others because the PCC considered them traitors."
Special forces have now regained control of the prison, which is outside the state capital, Boa Vista.
A 2012 government report said the gang was the largest in Brazil, earning $32m (£25.9m) a year in drug sales, with almost half its 13,000 members in jail in Sao Paulo State, where the gang originated.
Officials told local media that a group of prisoners managed to break the locks on their cells in the early hours of the morning and invade a separate wing of the building, which is in the city of Boa Vista.
It is unclear if this latest incident is related to Sunday's riot in Manaus, when PCC members clashed with members of a rival gang, Family of the North (FDN).
The resulting 17-hour prison uprising was the deadliest in Brazil in years. Fifty-six inmates were killed.
Officials say police have managed to recapture 40 of the 87 prisoners who escaped in that break-out.
The Roraima prison was housing more than 1,400 inmates, double its capacity, O Globo newspaper reported.
On Thursday the Brazilian government announced a plan to overhaul security in Brazilian jails.
The plan includes the construction of five new high security jails in Brazil.


Drivers who block yellow box junctions in Cardiff are to be fined Â£35.

Warnings will be issued to offenders from Monday with the first fines expected at the end of the week. Those who fail to pay without appealing could see the cost rise up to Â£105.
The council claims it is the first in the UK, outside London, to enforce yellow box junction rules using CCTV.
It already fines drivers for using bus lanes, with more than 3,500 penalties issued in the first month.
Cameras are in place at Customhouse Street, Bute Terrace and Bute Street junction. Other junctions will be monitored and more cameras could be installed.
The move is the latest phase in the authority's Moving Traffic Offences Scheme, which aims to cut city centre congestion.
Ramesh Patel, cabinet member for transport, said: "We are not being secretive about where and when the enforcement will take place.
"This isn't our intention, we want to change drivers' behaviour."


A documentary on beef eating habits in India has been withdrawn from a Delhi film festival for "technical" reasons, its organisers have said.

The film, Caste on the Menu Card, was the only film among the 35 sent to India's information and broadcasting ministry to be refused clearance.
Festival director Manoj Mathews told BBC Hindi he was "disturbed and disappointed" by the decision.
Ministry officials said they were "not provided with adequate information".
Mr Mathews said: "There were documentaries showcased on this platform which dealt with more controversial issues than this and we have had no problem."
The documentary was filmed by five students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
"The documentary is about how caste works in the meat industry. How it's a livelihood question for workers of the industry. We are talking about social exclusion, we are talking about caste," Atul Anand, one of the students who made the documentary, told BBC Hindi.
"We are shocked and upset. We made this documentary between August and September 2014, before beef was banned in Maharashtra.
"We took almost three months to make this documentary and it was sparked by a row on our campus in 2014 after some students demanded that beef and pork be banned," Mr Anand said.
Mr Mathews told the Indian Express newspaper that information and broadcasting ministry officials had told him that "due to the current political situation over the beef ban issue they have not give exemption permission for this particular documentary".
However ministry officials told the newspaper that they had not received "adequate information" about the film and were willing to reconsider the decision if they got the required information.
In another incident, reports from the north Indian state of Haryana indicated that an editor of a state government publication was sacked because of an article that said beef was nutritious.


Demonstrators have taken to the streets of London to protest against austerity measures.

Young and old, and from all walks of life, some had been taking part in marches for years, while for others this was their first.
Celebrities came out in force, along with politicians and union leaders, with some areas of the city centre almost taken over by the sheer number of those present.
We asked people in the crowd what brought them to the event.
Dan Bromley, 37, a politics teacher from Didsbury, Manchester (above right, with friend Sean Timon), said he had been going on marches from when he was a toddler.
He said: "I don't agree with the government programme. And I think this affects everybody. I come from quite a privileged part of Manchester and I'm OK.
"But walk a few hundred metres from where I live and you see the impact austerity has on the poor. This demonisation of the poor - its dividing us. It's turning people against each other and rotting our society.
"I just hope this raises something in the consciousness of people who are living in a bubble."
Jan Lane, 56, from Bath, said: "The inequality and injustice in our country has ballooned. No-one seems to be addressing the issues.
"I've a daughter with learning disabilities and so far we're OK but I know people with multiple disabilities and illnesses who have been through the PIP system and been really badly affected.
"I've not taken part in a march for a long time - since I was a student - but I'm disgusted with our government."
Activist Selma James, 84, (above left, with Lina Lopez) coordinator of the Global Women's Strike, said: "I'm furious that every single feminist in power is against women - they are for austerity and against us. And they don't respect pensioners like me. They're against mothers. So we're marching for a caring society."
Nathan Harmer-Taylor, from Somerset (above, with wife Helen), was part of the Green Party group.
He said: "The war on the poor has to stop today. I don't want five more years of what the Conservatives have been doing."
Laura Swaffield, who was there as part of the Library Campaign, said: "Austerity hurts everything that matters. Local authority cuts are affecting libraries and it's a really important service for a lot of people. Somebody has to show libraries are part of society as well. They matter as a basic service as much as more obvious ones."
Tom Yelland and David Gambie (above, right), from Crystal Palace, each brought their two children to the demonstration - their ages ranging from six to nine.
Mr Yelland said: "I oppose these cuts and the effect they're having on ordinary people. I've seen the effects on people I know and my family. My mum's quite disabled and has suffered as a result."
Mr Gambie said: "I work with people with addictions and can see the effects cuts are having on them and on our staff - these are people with a lot of experience earning less than they would in Tesco."
Alice Copping, 25, (above right with friend Miranda Glen, also below), a charity worker from Dulwich, said while she had attended demonstrations before, she was with a group of friends who had not.
She said: "I'm concerned about all the cuts. My family personally had to use a food bank a month ago. And domestic violence courts are being shut down."


Carl Frampton suffered the first defeat of his professional career as Leo Santa Cruz won on points to regain the WBA featherweight title in Las Vegas.