Man, 61, is charged with murdering a housing officer who was stabbed at work and crashed while trying to drive to hospital

Clifford Foster, of Bridgend, is due before Newport Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of murdering Eleanor Barnfield, a 47-year-old mother-of-two. She was stabbed at the Ger-y-Nant retirement complex run by Valleys to Coast, where she worked. She managed only around 300 yards before collapsing at the wheel and hitting a wall on Coity Road. Police say it is not being treated as a domestic incident.

A man barricaded himself in a room at the complex, sparking an armed stand-off and evacuation.

The Welsh Ambulance Service denied claims she drove because of a three-hour ambulance wait.

Her family said: 'Mum was the kindest, most loving bravest person in the world.'