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At an earlier inquest hearing in 2023, Lynne Forbes, manager of the home, which is owned by Coed Du Hall Ltd, was asked whether she accepted that giving Ms Thomas even a small piece of doughnut did not comply with her care plan.

Esther Jones, from Coed Du Hall Ltd, said the training had since been improved and more attention was being paid to care plans, which the coroner said he accepted was the case.

The Welsh government offered to compulsory purchase the house, in the Cefn Coed area of Merthyr, but John said he declined because of sentimental reasons.

In March, the visitor centres at Coed y Brenin, near Dolgellau, and Ynyslas, between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth, as well as Bwlch Nant yr Arian, near Aberystwyth, were closed by NRW to save money.

The special habitat's twisted branches, dappled light and moss-covered understorey once covered much of the country, but is now only found in isolated areas including the Woodland Trust's Coed Felenrhyd near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.