内容摘要："There are water voles, otters, kingfishers on the canal, and the boaters live on the river," Mr Arnott-Job said, adding "they live here it's their home".

"There are water voles, otters, kingfishers on the canal, and the boaters live on the river," Mr Arnott-Job said, adding "they live here it's their home".

Originally from South Africa, the couple moved to Brecon about a year ago and said a dry canal would be "detrimental" to the area as there would be "nothing"."It's heritage, it's everything to people here, but not just here, it's people from overseas, outlying areas which aren't as beautiful as this, people come here to just de-stress.

"It's scary because we have only been here for a year, but we have seen the benefit it has had on the community, on those who need it," he said.Mr Arnott-Job described the whole situation as mind-boggling, adding: "People have homes and businesses all over the canal that function only with the canal and its why they come here."The pair said they were very grateful for the temporary measures put in place but could not understand who allowed it to happen, describing it as insane.

"There are water voles, otters, kingfishers on the canal, and the boaters live on the river," Mr Arnott-Job said, adding "they live here it's their home"."If the canal died, 30% of our traffic would end, fallout from that would be 50% and we would just be relying on the locals, we would stay for that but it would not be the same."

The pair said they get visitors from all over the world and the government was "cowardly" for not intervening.

"You talk about increasing the language of Wales, wanting people to speak it more and more, but you're destroying the ground of it," he added.Veterans and senior politicians enjoyed a selection of finger sandwiches, soup and homemade scotch eggs.

The Royal Family is hopingfrom the commemorations, following the Duke of Sussex's candid interview with the BBC on Friday, in which he discussed his estrangement from his father and desire for reconciliation.

A VE Day street party was hosted by the prime minister at Downing Street.Sir Keir Starmer was joined by his wife Lady Starmer as they walked out of No 10 holding a plate of cakes, which he then handed out to some of the guests.