Meiford girl, 12, writes to First Minister in pylons call

A 12 year-old girl from Powys has written a ­letter to Welsh Assembly First Minister Carwyn Jones in a bid to prevent hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Ceri Smith, who lives in Meifod and attends Welshpool High School, claims in her letter that Mr Jones "does not care" about the future of the Mid Wales countryside which she claims will be "destroyed" if the pylons are built.

It comes months after National Grid bosses launched consultation events across Shropshire and Mid Wales to discuss routes for a 400,000-volt cable linking windfarms to the grid. The cable will go along 46 metre-high pylons or will be underground.

The plans include a power station being built in either Abermule ear Newtown, or Cefn Coch, near Llanfair Caereinion. Bosses of National Grid have stressed no decision has yet been made.

In the letter Ceri wrote: "You don't care how we feel about our beautiful countryside being destroyed by pylons because its not happening to where you live is it? Just think about how you would feel if these monster sized pylons were going were you live."