18/10/2011 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top story:

The mine manager is being questioned tonight after being

arrested in connection with the deaths of four men at Gleision

Our other headlines tonight: The father of a Cardiff teenager

tells the BBC his son was brainwashed, as the 18-year-old is

held by anti-terror police in Kenya. If you are under 16, you will need

your parents' permission, the new proposals on piercing.

Three generations of the same family who don't work,

uncomfortable times ahead as benefits are overhauled.

And the International Board say they will investigate after Gatland

admits he considered cheating. discussed in the box, would be fake

an injury to one of our props? But morally, I made the decision that

was not the right thing to do. Good evening. A 55 year-old man is

being questioned tonight after being arrested in connection with

the deaths of four miners at the Gleision Colliery last month. The

BBC understands he is the mine manager, Malcolm Fyfield. He is

being held at Port Talbot police station. Sian Lloyd is there for us

tonight. Sian, what more can you tell us?

Malcolm Fyfield was brought here for questioning after being

arrested at an address in the Swansea Valley this morning. The

families of the miners who died are being kept up to date with

developments. Malcolm Fyfield was one of the two miners who managed

to escape from the colliery. He was the mind manager. He was injured

and spent some time afterwards been treated in hospital in Swansea.

South Wales police say he has been arrested on suspicion of gross

negligence manslaughter. On September 15th, four miners lost

their lives underground. They were Phillip Hill, Charles Breslin,

David Powell and Garry Jenkins. Since then, the Health and Safety

Executive and South Wales Police have been investigating to try and

find out what happened. Their examination of the scene is now

complete. The Gleision Colliery is now closed and under the control

off the Coal Authority. What happens next?

We are really waiting for developments here at the police

station this evening. The senior investigating officer in the case,

Detective Chief Inspector Dorian Lloyd, did release a statement

earlier today, it reads, the arrest follows consultation between South

Wales Police, the Health and Safety Executive and the Crown Prosecution

Service. We continue to work closely with the bereaved families

and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the

communities affected for their continued support and patients. We

will do everything possible, he says, to fully understand how these

four men lost their lives and if we do get any further developments, we

will bring them to you. Two Britons, believed to be from

Cardiff, are being questioned by anti-terrorism police in Kenya. The

father of one of them has told the BBC his son was brainwashed. A

pilot flew to Kenya to get her son back. The pair were arrested at the

island resort of Lamu, close to the country's border with Somalia.

Their families say they are glad they are both safe and well. They

are suspected of having links with the Islamist group, al-Shabaab.

In the Kenyan capital, his father had been on a desperate mission

from Wales to save his son from possible Islamic extremists. He has

travelled from Cardiff to stop his teenage son from crossing the

border into Somalia or, but the family fear he may have joined a

training camp run by the rebel group al-Shabaab. My son was in

Cardiff, and back but he was coming here to go to the war in Somalia.

Then I came to find him. You have the foot of your son and that

helped the police find him? Thanks to his actions, the to 18-

year-olds were arrested by Kenyan anti-terror police. They are still

being questioned. The boys had known each other for many years.

Mohamed was due to start university in Swansea. Around ten days ago,

they both went missing. It seems the family of the two teenagers

were worried the had become radicalised and many have not seen

them for more than a week, they feared they may have gone to

Ismaelia to an Islamist training camp. Community leaders held a

meeting at will local leisure centre and took a decision to call

in South Wales Police and the Foreign Office and warn them of

their concerns. The most positive thing is that community in Cardiff

worried about these young men, worried about the possible

radicalisation, came together in an extraordinary manner with the

community leaders, with an open door to people like myself and

others and have responded positively. The Somali and

Pakistani community in Cardiff he should a joint statement. We are

grateful that the authority in collaboration with the communities

were able to establish the whereabouts of the two youths.

Until the two youths arrive back home, we are not in a position to

make any further comment. Back in Kenya, the authorities are getting

ready to deport the young Britons. Once home, it will be up to the

British authorities to decide what happens to them.

A man wanted by police in connection with the death of a

teenager has been arrested in India. Aamir Siddiqi was killed at the

front door of his home in Cardiff last year. South Wales Police said

Mohammed Ali Ege has been arrested in India, on suspicion of

conspiracy to commit murder. Two men are standing trial for murder,

which they deny. The jury was told of the arrest, and the case was

adjourned for the day. A care home owner from Prestatyn

has been fined almost �6,000 for the neglect of three elderly people

in her care. Brenda Smythe runs the Highcroft home in Prestatyn. She

pleaded guilty to allowing two of her residents to develop bed sores,

and failing to ensure she had enough skilled and competent staff

on duty. She was ordered to pay �15,000 in court costs.

The fall-out from Wales' defeat in the World Cup semi-final continues.

made by Warren Gatland that he considered asking a forward to fake

an injury during the defeat to France. The move could have held

Wales after captain Sam Warburton was sent off. -- could have helped.

Gatland says he quickly rejected the idea. The Wales coach has also

named his team for Friday's third place play-off against Australia.

From Auckland, Ashleigh Crowter. Wales say they have to draw the

line under the semi-final, nothing can change things now. But Warren

Gatland remains adamant the referee made the wrong decision about Sam

Warburton's tackle, while in contrast, his coaching team did the

right thing under pressure. To get a yellow card would have been

appropriate, that is why these guys are appointed as top referees,

because they make their own decisions. I will give you an

example. What happened after that. We had lost Adam Jones. We

discussed in the box, would be fake an injury to one of their props? --

one of our props. Morally, I made the decision it was the wrong thing

to do. We could have easily gone took... But in the spirit of the

game, despaired of the World Cup semi-final, I did not think that

was the fairest thing or the right thing to do. That is why I honestly

believe the referee made the wrong decision. In professional sport,

there is always an opportunity to manipulate a lot. But we did not go

there. It is a tribute to warrant that he expressed that, because

people in the game news that could have been considered, but we did

not go there. Warren Gatland has picked his strongest possible side

to try and win Friday's play-off against Australia. With captain Sam

Warburton suspended, the skipper's armband has been passed to get in

Paul James replaces Adam Jones, who is injured, while Bradley Davies

will start at lock with Alun Wyn Jones moving to the bench. There is

no change in the backs. Shane Williams lines up for what could be

his final test before retirement. And James Hook gets the nod over

Stephen Jones at fly half. Much more to come before 7 o'clock:

More from the world of rugby, some breaking sports news - Gavin Henson

Children under the age of 16 could be stopped from having piercings

without their parents' permission. The Welsh Government is looking at

whether there should be a legal age of consent for all piercing.

Ministers say that some piercings could become infected. But others

are concerned children will do it themselves. Here is our health

correspondent Arwyn Jones. It is an increasingly popular

fashion statement. Some piercings salons like this one in Swansea

imposed their own age restrictions, but in England, Wales and Northern

Ireland, there is a lot to say how old you have to be before you can

have you are ears were other body parts peers. We do navel piercing

from the age of 13 along is there is parental consent. A 13-year-old

is not going to be fully developed, so the chance of potential

migration, movement through the skin, is going to be higher than it

would be on a 20-year-old. Even though there is only seven or eight

years' difference. Research suggests that 25% of those that

have a cosmetic piercing other than through the year experience

something of complication. Three years ago, a petition was laid at

the Senedd, under-16s to need their parents petition. I looked into the

regulation to see what kind of regulation there was an were

shocked find it was unregulated. And that anybody could Pearce your

child, there is nothing as a parent you could do about it as long as

that child had given permission. Scotland has already introduced a

loss of that parents have to be with those under 16 to get a

piercing. The Assembly also has the power to legislate now and the

Government intends to use it. am in favour of setting the age of

16. Young people of that later able to mature we identify and consider

the short and long-term risks and implications of having a cosmetic

piercing. Legislating in this way merely to young people taking

matters into their own hands, and piercing themselves in an unsafe or

unhygienic way, or going through a disreputable business which is not

registered. I wonder what safeguards the Minister intends to

bring forward. In this school, these 14-year-olds agreed that a

new law should be introduced. you are over the age of 16, you

should be able to make the decision yourself, it is your own body.

would not go on my own to have the piercing in case something went

wrong. You can get infections and it is quite painful. The cost a lot

of money. There are those who say it will be difficult to police.

They will all get to have their say as the Government consults between

now and the end of January. What you will be watching on

television has been under discussion today with major

announcements being made by all three main Welsh television

services. Let's talk to our Welsh affairs editor, Vaughan Roderick.

S4C have finally got a new boss, but you will have to wait until

next year before he starts work. They confirm that the new boss will

be Ian Jones. He now works for an American television company. But

that company was not willing to release him from his contract.

There had been like the negotiations and he will now be

released, but possibly as late as April. There are people within the

industry who think that is an awfully long wait, which could

cause damage to my positions between S4C and the BBC and

independent producers. - back At the latest, he will be with us

in April. We are hopeful that situation will end up as being an

earlier date but we cannot confirm that at the moment. The earlier the

better but we have a strong team in place. They will continue to do the

work they are doing at the moment. And in use today from the BBC.

may be the most important news of the day. From 2015, the BBC takes

over not the whole of the funding of S4C but the bulk of it. S4C has

been very worried that the BBC might cut further and divert money

to other parts of the licence-fee settlement, particularly the BBC

itself up. Today, the Welsh member of the BBC press said that they

would reach a decision on Monday that S4C would have a financial

certainty up until the end of the BBC's own charter in 2017. She said

the settlement would be generous. was able to say today that when the

trust meets next Monday, but we will be able to look at a very

substantial and generous settlement. I hope that will be made public the

following week. You would assume the television industry was still a

period of calm but no sign of that on the jobs front today. Boomerang,

one of the leading suppliers to S4C announced it was losing almost 20

jobs, halving its workforce due to lack of commissions. But there was

some good news which came from ITV Wales, which has been beleaguered

over the last decade, the conference where all these

announcements were made today was told that ITV sees no prospect of

reducing any further the number of English-language productions of

news programmes that are produced in Wales, for Wales.

Changing sickness benefit in Wales will be an uncomfortable and

challenging process for claimants, according to the UK Minister in

charge of the reforms. Incapacity benefit is being scrapped and most

people will be moved onto work- related benefits. Tonight's Week in

Week Out follows three generations of the same unemployed family in

the South Wales Valleys as they face up to the changes.

This is a town in the South Wales valleys. More than half of the

population are working but almost one-in-five are on sickness

benefits and they are just some of the 180,000 people in Wales who

claim them, receiving up to �99 a week. This family live in the town.

Three generations are on benefits. Half on the sick. There is no work

out a. How can they throw people off the sick when they are not very

well. It is totally wrong. Everyone on sickness benefits will be tested.

Tommy Harris was honoured for depression but is trying to find a

job there. I don't want to be on the sick. If it works, it works.

But in an area where 10 people are chasing every JobCentre vacancy,

one leading academics says Tommy and tens of thousands of others

will struggle to find work. A in the Welsh valleys in particular,

more people are looking for work and they will simply find there is

a grape that scramble for the few jobs that are available. I don't

think it will bring benefits numbers down. The UK government is

promising help for anyone it decides can work to compete for a

job. We are asking people to go through a challenging period. We

are trying to steal many of them into a different direction in their

lives. Some people feel uncomfortable about that. But I am

also convinced those we can get into employment will look back and

say, that was the right thing to happen. It is the government's

assessment process recognising those people who want to sit to

work like stroke victim and e- mails? -- Anna Mills? I don't need

to worry of a thinking, I have got to go back to work. I could lose my

benefits. The assessment process will last until 2014 and could save

at billion pounds for the UK taxpayer. With the highest sickness

benefit rates in Britain, Wales will be most affected.

Erika Helps is from the Citizens Advice Bureau. What's been your

experience as the benefits system has changed? We are seeing more and

more clients, month on month, and people who were really concerned

about what they are hearing from other media. People sitting at home

watching that report will be concerned, in particular, if they

are receiving benefits, and I am thinking of long-term sickness

benefits. Should they be? They will be concerned and for some of those

people they are going to change benefits. Our advice is to go to a

Citizens Advice Bureau and get some help early on. What sort of redress

to you have? Unfortunately, some people will be required to look for

work and we will help people make that transition if they need help.

The lady in the report said that one day she can be OK with her

illness and the next day she is laid low. What about people like

that? For people with a variable conditions, many of those will

still meet the conditions for entitlement for the new benefits

and they will need help to make their case so that the Department

for work and pensions understand the impact of their disability.

know you have been a benefit fraud investigator or in a previous life.

You have seen at first hand families who have played the system

for years. Yes, I have seen both sides of it, but the money is

limited and we need to make sure the people who almost entitled Get

that help now when they needed. There is a lot of political capital

being put into reforming benefits in the UK. In your experience, is

this going to work? It is a mammoth task. The money isn't there for

paying everybody so we need to make sure that the most vulnerable are

protected and receiving the entitlement they argue. We're

talking about the most vulnerable people here, people that rightly

deserved benefit. For people who are concerned, we should their

first pause -- port of call be? Citizens Advice Bureau provides

free and independent advice. More on the changes to benefits on

Week In Week out tonight on BBC1 Wales at 10:35pm.

Breaking sports news tonight from the world of rugby, and it's

understood that Gavin Henson is signing for Cardiff Blues. Scrum V

reporter Phil Steele is in our newsroom. How much of a surprise is

this? It is not a surprise in as much as he is returning to rugby.

He has said he wants to get back in the Welsh team had to do that he

needs to be playing rugby, preferably in Wales. It is a

surprise that he has chosen the Cardiff Blues because he has been

on record as saying he wanted to be with the Ospreys. Also, the fact

that the Cardiff Blues did not make any signings over the summer. They

cited financial cutbacks that they wanted to make. The fact they are

having to find the wage here is a bit of a surprise. Also, when he

does go back to the Cardiff Blues, he will be up against Jamie Roberts,

who has been outstanding in this World Cup. The question is whether

he would even get in the first team. The Blues might be looking at him

playing at Ten. And all this after a colourful career. Is he a rugby

player orate reality TV star? He remains Wales's most recognised

player. This is probably his last throw of the dice.

How do you encourage children to love reading? Literature Wales have

tasked a poet and novelist from Newport to inspire more of them to

pick up a book. Tonight, Catherine Fisher is being announced as Wales'

first Young People's Laureate at a ceremony in Cardiff. Our reporter

Kate Morgan is there. If you take a look behind me, this

corner of a busy shopping centre in Cardiff has become a literature

lounged this evening and these people are here to make one woman,

and that is the woman pasta with getting teenagers across Wales to

read more. Wales's first ever Young People's Laureate. Here she is,

Catherine Fisher. That you for joining us. What is your priority?

My priority is to bring books and children together and to to show

that reading is pleasurable and not work. Teenagers would probably be

the hardest group to get involved in reading and writing. It will be

very interesting. I get a lot of feedback from teenagers who enjoy

books. The whole idea of the project is to take books to groups

that are not familiar with them where writers and all this don't

usually go and there will be a team of writers doing that. You have got

the credentials, best-selling novels in the New York Times

bestseller list and one of your books could get turned into a film.

Do you think you're past could inspire people to get involved?

hope so. My books will be used as part of the project which is great.

If there is a film, that will help as well. Thank you very much for

joining us. I will let you enjoy the celebrations before the hard

work begins across the country. The poetry of the weather forecast

It's going to stay on the cold side for the next couple of days.

Sunshine, showers and some ground frost. So temperatures have taken a

tumble. Cardiff managed a respectable 13 degrees Celsius, but

only nine Celsius in Tredegar. The average maximum for mid October is

about 13 degrees. The cold snap will be a shock to system for some

plants and trees. John Linley from Mold still has strawberries in his

garden. While Martin Coupland's apple tree in Boverton is confused.

It's back in blossom because of the recent mild weather. Tonight, more

showers. Most of them in the north and west. Some heavy with hail.

Drier in the south-east. The wind easing and cold. Lowest

temperatures inland around four or five degrees Celsius. Tomorrow's

chart shows a ridge of high pressure to the west of Ireland and

that means north-westerly winds for Britain. So, tomorrow morning, a

chill in the air again. Parts of the south dry. Some bright skies

and sunshine but there will be showers around. Most of them in

Powys, Ceredigion and the north. A few heavy ones with hail possible.

Snow on the mountain tops. Feeling cold but the wind not as strong as

today. So, a mixture of cloud, sunshine and showers tomorrow. Most

of the showers in the north and west. Some sunshine in between.

Parts of the south and east staying dry. Temperatures below average

with a moderate to fresh north- westerly wind. In Rhondda Cynon

Taff tomorrow, I wouldn't rule out a shower, but otherwise dry.

Temperatures in Porth rising to 10 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow night, a

few showers in the north and Aberystwyth. Elsewhere dry and cold.

Temperatures falling low enough for some ground frost. A cold start on

Thursday but dry apart from a few light showers in the north. Some

sunshine and lighter winds. Beyond that, on Friday, the wind will

freshen with spots of rain and drizzle in the north and west.

Milder by the weekend but windy It's coming up to seven o'clock.

The main headlines from the BBC: There's been another sharp rise in

the cost of living. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices

Index, jumped from 4.5% to 5.2% last month, as higher fuel and

energy prices took effect. The Retail Prices Index rate rose from

5.2% to 5.6% - its highest level in more than 20 years.

A 55-year-old man is being questioned tonight after being

arrested in connection with the deaths of four miners at the

Gleision Colliery last month. The BBC understands he's the mine

manager, Malcolm Fyfield. He's being held at Port Talbot Police

Station. The father of one of two teenagers

from Cardiff arrested over possible links to a Somali Islamist

insurgent group has exclusively told the BBC his son's been

brainwashed. The father flew out to Kenya to get his son back. Both men

were apprehended near the Kenyan- Somali border on Sunday and will be