A PARTINGTON dad and his three year old daughter plunged 50ft to their deaths as a family holiday to Wales ended in tragedy at the weekend.

James Gallacher, 35, and daughter Soraya, together fell down a steep embankment into a fast flowing river at a Welsh beauty spot near Llanbedr on Saturday afternoon.

An inquest into their deaths was opened and adjourned by North Wales Coroner’s Court on Monday.

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