Clarks shoe shop has reopened as a franchise in Aberystwyth.

Clarks confirmed earlier this year that the store on Great Darkgate Street would close in February after fixtures and fittings were removed, but the Cambrian News reported in May how Wayne D’Arcy, of Happy Feet Shoe Shop in Oswestry, was planning to reopen the store, creating up to six new jobs.

Speaking to the Cambrian News at the time Mr D’Arcy said the "plans are to reopen in the same shop as the old store" and there were "just a few things to confirm with Clarks before we can go ahead".

Today, the store reopened.

Aberystwyth councillor Ceredig Davies said the reopening was "good news for Great Darkgate Street and the town".