Pensioner fined after being caught panning for gold in North Wales river

Liverpool Echo 15 Sept 2026, 11:54 liverpool.news@trinitymirror.com (David Powell, Wesley Holmes)

Brian Wright, 69, was caught panning for gold in the Coed y Brenin Forest - which is against the law

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.