Neighbours' shock at Porthmadog deaths

Neighbours have been speaking of their disbelief after the bodies of a mother and a child were discovered at their home in Porthmadog.

Arthur Edwards, a retired factory worker who lives two doors from the house on Glanmorfa Terrace, said: "They kept themselves to themselves, as people do nowadays.

"I only fully found out what happened at 8.30 this morning when I received a text message and came out and asked."

David Thomas, 66, from the nearby village of Penmorfa, said he had known the mother since she was born.

"She was born in this house here, and she was a lovely girl who fitted into the community," he said.

"You could not wish for a better full-time mother with the children."