03/04/2012 BBC Wales Today

50,000 young people like Chloe are unemployed. Our rate of youth

unemployment is well above the UK average. Tonight an ambitious plan

to do something about it. Some people think they will be all right

and find a job in a couple of months but it is so difficult and

it is so boring. Just doing nothing all day, it is so miserable. Much

of the success is down to the take- up in the private sector. I'll be

finding out if that is going to happen.

Our other headlines tonight - a man who claimed he was going to commit

a "live murder on Facebook" during a siege has been jailed.

The search for fingerprints, hair and drugs and �1 million of savings.

Police forces team up on forensics. And trying times for Jamie Roberts.

Out of action for the next six Good evening. Youth unemployment in

Wales has reached a crisis point. That's the warning tonight. 50,000

young people cannot get onto the jobs ladder. That's nearly a

quarter of 16-24-year-olds. Today the most ambitious scheme yet in

Wales designed to tackle it got underway. But much of its success

depends on the private sector buying into it. Our business

correspondent, Nick Servini, is at a factory in Bridgend for us.

Good evening. This factory makes equipment for airports all around

the world. It says it is interested in taking part in this jobs growth

scheme. Much of the success will depend on companies like best

taking part in that scheme and taking on young people. Everyone

wants to try and deal with this issue of the end -- youth

unemployment but as we have known, it is a very difficult problem to

solve. Call centres like this one have

become one of the big growth areas for jobs. It is halfway through a

pilot of jobs growth Wales. It is a new scheme targeting young people.

Companies have to take a young person on for six months. They pay

them the minimum wage and that the very least employ them for 25 hours

per week. If they do that, their entire wages

will be covered by the scheme. means they will have not just

training and skills but also an understanding of the discipline of

work as well. The important factor in this scheme is it is looking to

lead to jobs at the end of it. many have jobs at the end is to a

large extent how this will be judged. The intention is to enrol

12,000 young people over the next three years. The company doing the

pilots as matching the right person to the right position and is

crucial. -- says. You have got to be careful but other companies do

not have people in an IT role making cups of tea and sweeping the

carpet. What do those taking part make of it? I had no experience in

telephone sales. Absolutely nothing. Without this scheme, I would not

have had a job at all. After the scheme, I have the experience. I

will have been here for six months. I have the experience. It is all

about killing people a chance. what about those who would like to

take part in the future? It is so difficult. I always thought, I will

find a job, no problem. After leaving school, I realise how

difficult it is. Some people think, I will find a job and a couple of

months but it is so difficult that it is so boring, just doing nothing

all day. It is so miserable and it is getting me down now. This scheme

has been broadly welcomed by business groups and some opposition

politicians. The Welsh Conservatives welcome any move to

estimate the economy in Wales and make sure we deal with the problem

of unemployment amongst young people. However we want to see

long-term jobs created. We are not entirely sure that this will result

in the sort of long-term employment prospects that Wales badly needs.

In the long run, the success of this or any other scheme will

ultimately depend on the state of the economy.

But have a quick chat with a couple of people from this company. Be fit,

why are you interested in taking part -- David. It is crucial for us

to be part of this scheme. It is giving young people an opportunity

to get out into work. And getting a work ethic. What are you looking

for in young people taking part? much as anything else, the things

we always look for when we recruit people our attitude and enthusiasm.

We can provide a platform for people to develop their careers.

Young people coming to us showing a positive approach, then we can

bring about a successful outcome. This company is doing well at the

moment. If you have had a good look at them and you are fairly

impressed, there is a good chance you will keep them on permanently.

Very much so. That is something we would be looking to do in this

process. David, speaking to other people in the private sector, how

successful do you think this could be? It will give a platform for

young people to actually come through into employment. It is

crucial it is a success. Let's get another perspective from Korea's

Wales. What do you make of it? is a very challenging time in the

labour market with larger numbers of young people applying for fewer

jobs. I think that invariably, it is this age group that get squeezed

out of the labour market. Anything that create job opportunities is a

positive step. In the long term, the success of the scheme is

dependent on, I guess, the number of sustainable job opportunities

presented beyond the six months and the number of young people that get

sustained employability. Anyone in that category, finding it difficult,

what is your advice? We appreciate it is a difficult time will stop

this is important to remain positive than be proactive. There

is support out there. Keep in touch with advisers. Do your research.

Get on to the websites. Thank you very much for that. Finish and a

bit of advice. Back to the studio. A man who claimed he was going to

commit a "live murder on Facebook" during an seven-hour police siege

has been jailed for two years. Greg Searle posted messages on the

website as armed police surrounded his home in Chepstow last summer.

Caroline Evans reports. It was a hot August day last year

when 34-year-old Greg Searle barricaded himself in the home he

shared with his mother in Chepstow. He'd come home in the early hours

and set off a smoke alarm to wake her up. She was so worried about

his state of mind she'd called the police. When they arrived, he

appeared at a window and pointed a gun at one of the officers shouting,

"Hi boys. Have you come to have some fun?" The unarmed officer had

to run for cover. Today the judge said to begin with the police had

no way of knowing that the gun being pointed at them was an

imitation firearm incapable of being fired. And he told Searle

they were close enough to see your fingers on the trigger. And all the

time, Searle was online. He told his 400 Facebook friends "I give

you live murder on Facebook. Bet you can't wait for me to make my

move so you can watch." Facebook friends posted messages of concern.

Outside his home, negotiators arrived and after two hours he

threw his gun of the window, but during the next five he continued

to throw missiles at the police and to make threats. When police forced

their way in, he didn't resist arrest. His defence lawyer said

he's been suffering from long term depression and had a personality

disorder. Sentencing him, the judge said that he accepted Searle was

sorry for what he'd done but that these were serious offences which

demanded and immediate custodial sentence and he was sentenced to

two years in prison. With the time he's serviced, he'll spend another

four months in prison. He's already agreed to accept medical help.

The General Medical Council has struck off a doctor accused of

working in Wales without declaring that he was under investigation for

killing a patient. Marcus Hourmann was convicted in Spain of ending

the life of a woman who was extremely ill with cancer. He was

employed by Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli and Dyfed Powys Police.

A family-owned supermarket chain with stores in Powys and Flintshire

has been sold to a branch of the Co-op, securing almost 450 jobs.

Harry Tuffin's, who has its headquarters in Churchstoke, near

Welshpool, has 10 stores in Wales and the Midlands. Conwy Council has

lost its bid for almost �5 million in lottery funding to restore

Colwyn Bay pier. The pier has been closed since 2008 and has fallen

into disrepair. The council, which took ownership of the landmark just

last week, says it's disappointed but will continue to look at ways

to repair and refurbish it. A section of the A487 south of

Aberystwyth has been closed after an incident near the village of

Blaenplwyf. A wagon carrying animal carcasses from Lampeter to Stoke

turned on its side. The driver of a second vehicle was taken to

hospital as a precaution. The 30th anniversary of the

Falklands War has reignited the debate between Britain and

Argentina over the future of the islands. One place that the debate

has particular poignancy is Patagonia, where thousands of

Argentineans of Welsh descent now live. Our reporter, Craig Duggan,

has been to Patagonia to hear their memories of the war and their views

on the future of the Falklands. Patagonia, a region of Argentina

where 150 Welsh emigrants sailed in 1865. It is estimated 20,000

defendants -- descendants live here now. You will not travel far

without seeing signs like this one, claiming that the islands are

Argentinian. Yesterday, the President described

the islands as a colonial enclave. Her views artist -- echoed by many

Welsh descendants living in As a young Argentinian conscripts,

this man was stationed in Port Stanley. 30 years on, he is a

choirmaster in Patagonia. His love of music talking to a church

service on the Falkland Islands, where he sang a hymn alongside a

while smears. It was an emotional experience in the middle of

conflict -- Welsh nurse. The woman started singing next to me. She was

a nurse in a hospital in those years and during the war. We were

inside the church, in the quietness of that and we could hear the

bombing. I remember hearing -- feeling something like, if I have

to die, this is a good place to die. He now believes it is time for the

government to start talking about the Falkland Islands and to include

the islanders in the discussion. What about the people, five or six

generations born in the islands? They have to suffer this war

because an Iron woman and a drunken general did not sit down and drink

together. Let's drink from the same bottle. This is where the original

Welsh settlers landed. It was also where the Argentinian soldiers

arrived at any conflict. 30 years on, despite all the rhetoric, there

is no desire for another war. Craig Duggan in Patagonia. And you can

see more on that story on Taro Naw at 9pm tonight on S4C. The

programme has English subtitles. Much more to come before 7:00pm.

Cyclist Geraint Thomas has a final chance of competing on the track

before the Olympics. He's off to Australia. And after a record

breaking March, winter's back with a vengeance. Rain, snow and gales

heading our way. It'll save �1 million of public

money every year, and will speed up the analysis of evidence left at

the scene of a crime. Today, a new scientific investigation unit has

been launched which will see South Wales and Gwent Police forces

sharing resources. Our reporter, Jenny Rees, has been given a tour

of the new centre in Bridgend. Fans of any detective series like

Silent Witness will know that few crimes can be solved without the

help of the team in white coats. Whether it's analysing fingerprints

or unearthing DNA from the tiniest scrap of evidence. And now two

Welsh police forces have launched a joint scientific investigation unit,

with state of the art forensics. The collaboration between South

Wales and Gwent Police forces will save �1 million every year, with

more tests being done in-house, reducing the number sent out to

private companies. The majority in false class being broke and,

burglaries, theft from motor vehicles and we have not been able

to send every piece of glass away because of the cost. Having this

in-house means every piece of glass can now be examined. This will

ensure that we provide the most forensic evidence to the

investigators will stop --. Costs will be massively reduced, as well

be time taken. Samples taken from his vehicle would normally have

been sent off and could take six days to come back. It will now take

less than two hours. The forensic team was vital in the recent case

of Nikitta Grender in Newport. Carl Whant was found guilty of the

murder of the 19-year-old, and that of her unborn baby. Blood found in

the footwell of his car was an important part of the case against

him, and was analysed at the unit in Bridgend. The collaboration

means both forces are now able to pool resources and afford cutting

edge technology, making their money go further. We will see more of

this kind of collaboration as police forces struggled to meet

budgetary commitments. There are already exists a number of

collaboration between South Wales Police and Gwent Police. We should

not be surprised that there is now one extension in terms of the

forensic capabilities as well. Forensics can hold the key to

solving so many cases. It's hoped that as technology advances and

speeds up investigations, the fast- paced results of television might

not be so far from reality. Tonight's sport now, and a serious

injury for one of our top rugby players.

Good evening. Jamie Roberts will be out of action for the next six

months. That's bad news for the Blues, with their European quarter-

final this weekend, and also Wales, who'll miss him on their summer

tour to Australia. Roberts will have an operation this week after

doctors warned him he could jeopardise his career if he tried

to play on without surgery. The way Jamie Roberts plays means

his body takes a fearful battery. Injuries are part of the job. He

had hurt his knee before the Six Nations but medical staff managed

to get him on the pitch for every game.

But on Friday night, playing for the Cardiff Blues, he twisted the

same knee again and that doctors have now decided that crew should

live in that surgery is vital to stabilise the joint -- crew should

It is a mess it -- massive operation but quite common in sport.

Golfer Tiger Woods has had the same operation.

It will be a long road to recovery but Jamie Roberts has said he will

try to offset his disappointment by using the time to study for his

final exams at medical school. It leaves the Cardiff Blues with a

space in the team for the quarter- final on Saturday. Gavin Henson

would have been an ideal replacement, had he not been sacked

yesterday. Players and coaches at the Regent

have stayed strictly on-message about Gavin Henson today -- region.

The likes of Gavin Evans and down if he were to have always been

there. They will force themselves into contention again. We have

players of those abilities to choose from. Jamie Roberts will try

to focus on the positives. There is a British Lions tour next year and

he will hope to come back as good as new. It's his final chance of

competing on the track before the Olympic Games. Welsh cyclist

Geraint Thomas has headed down- under for the World Track

Championships in Melbourne. With places at the Olympics up for grabs,

he'll be racing for Britain's Team Pursuit in the early hours of

tomorrow. Here's Tomos Dafydd. It will be the last time they face

their rivals before the Olympic Games in the summer. An opportunity

for Geraint Thomas and the team to measure their progress against

favourites Australia. I think we have moved on massively. It is a

new squad. I have been riding the road the last three years and

dropped into track for two weeks. And then gone back to the road. But

now we have got a lot more time training. We are really starting to

progress. Britain are the Olympic champions and world record holders.

Australia have been the team to beat in recent years.

At the World Cup at the Olympic feller drone in London in February,

the Australian Swinney be two seconds faster. -- they were nearly

two seconds faster. They have stepped up a lot. They were going

really well in London. I am sure they can improve again. I think we

are definitely going in the right direction. It is just good in that

time on the track again. Badly getting up to speed. Just producing

that high-power when you are peddling. We will then have a

better idea of how the team is progressing tomorrow morning.

Here's Derek with the weather Scotland has been hit by snow and

the cold snap is heading our way. Arctic winds bringing a big drop in

temperature. Last month was the warmest March in Wales since 1957.

Last week record, breaking temperatures up to 22 Celsius but

tomorrow temperatures will struggle to reach 4 Celsius in places. Wales

is facing a wintry mix of rain and snow in the next 24 hours. Strong

to gale force winds as well. The Met Office has issued a warning.

Not everywhere will have snow. Most of it on the hills and mountains in

Mid Wales and the north where some heavy falls are likely. Of course,

snow is not unusual in April. In fact, snow is more common to have a

white Easter than a white Christmas. So this evening a dry start for

most, but rain and showers will become more widespread overnight.

Some sleet and snow too. Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure over the

Atlantic. Low pressure over the English Channel. That means strong

north-easterly winds for Britain. So tomorrow morning it's going to

feel more like winter. Blizzards on the mountains. So the hills and

mountains could get a fair covering of snow tomorrow. In fact, the

mountain tops could have 30cm, or a foot of snow, by the end of the day.

At lower levels, though, rain or sleet is more likely. The southwest

drier and brighter. Temperatures struggling and it will feel raw if

not bitterly cold with a strong to gale force north-easterly wind.

Tomorrow night lighter rain, sleet or snow, mainly in Powys and the

southeast. Thursday a better day. Drier and brighter. The best of the

sunshine in the north and west. At the moment, Easter weekend looks

mixed. A little rain, a few showers but some dry and bright weather as

well. In other words a typical bank holiday weekend. But before that

winter is set to return in the next 24 hours. Take care if and wrap-up

You can keep up-to-date with the latest on Radio Wales and Radio

Cymru. It was a conflict fought 30 years

ago half way around the world, but for some old soldiers the war isn't

over when the fighting stops. Three Welsh veterans of the Falklands War

have returned to the South Atlantic for the first time since the

conflict ended to make peace with their past and lay ghosts to rest.

Carwyn Jones reports. Three men for whom the Falklands War still casts

a long shadow. They are on a pilgrimage back to the South

Atlantic where so many of their friends lost their lives. Dilwyn

Rogers was just 20 when he went to war. A Royal Engineer attached to 3

Para. 23 of his comrades were killed in one battle. There were

flares going up, it was just firing everywhere. As you look up now, all

these rocks, it is a formidable defensive position and it goes back

in stages. There was defence in depth. Over here to the right, they

set up the post. This is where all the casualties were to be brought.

At first light, we were asked to conduct an evacuation. There were

still fierce fighting going up. A lot of it was a close and personal.

Very dramatic stuff. That is when it became apparent how many

casualties had been sustained. South of Stanley in the sheltered

waters of Fitzroy, Steve Dawkins has come to make peace with the

past. He was a medic when Sir Galahad was had by Argentine bombs.

Among the men killed that day were two of his closest friends. They

were good mates. The session corporal asked me to get down to

the tanker deck. They were prepping to get off. I was attached to the

Welsh Guards. I saw them in the gully and I told them to get down

to the tanker deck. It has moments later, minutes later, that the

explosion happened. They were sitting on top of the mortar

ammunition when they were last seen alive. If I had not said anything,

had not seen them, they were probably still be alive today. You

just blame yourself. You wrap yourself up in that guilt. 30 years

on and the Falkland Islands still bear the scars of war. The first

land battle of the conflict was fought here at Goose Green. They

single battalion took on an Argentine garrison of more than

1,000. Paratrooper David Jones fought in

that battle. He was 21 years old. mortar bomb landed about 10 ft away

from the and buried itself into the shingle. It did not explode. I was

very lucky. 12 days later, David found himself at Fitzroy, helping

the wounded of the Sir Galahad. Among the victims was his best

friend, Gareth Hughes. It was a great shock. A great deal of

survivor's guilt comes into it. Why am I here and he is not?

Falklands conflict lasted just 74 days but the memories of what these

three men experienced will last a lifetime. They have travelled

halfway around the world to make sense of what happened. And to pay

tribute to their friends and comrades who never returned home.

And you can see more of the soldiers story in The Falklands:

Healing the Wounds, tonight at 10:35pm on BBC1 Wales.

We meet some of the Somali seamen from Cardiff in tomorrow's

programme, who crewed the ocean liners commandeered for the war

effort. The Cruise Ship Canberra was carrying troops and munitions

to the Falklands, and regularly came under Argentinean fire.

TRANSLATION: It was the first time I had been involved in a war. My

biggest memory is the fear I had and the worry of not being able to

come back to my family. We stand here today to remember the work

they have done and the sacrifice that they put forward for this

country. We'll have an update for you here at 8:00pm and I'll be back