21/03/2014 BBC Wales Today


21/03/2014

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Good evening. The Royal College of Nursing says staff feel demoralised

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and frustrated that an investigation into the death of the husband of

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Labour MP, Ann Clwyd, hasn't been made public. Ms Clwyd claims Owen

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Roberts was treated with coldness and indifference, but won't share

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the report into the care he received. Our Political

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Correspondent, Tomos Livingstone, reports.

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Ann Clwyd has been at the centre of a political storm for several days.

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The first minister accused her of having no evidence to back up the

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criticisms of the Welsh NHS. She claims her husband was treated like

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a battery hen at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. But

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now that is a row over whether a report into via case should be made

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public. The Royal job nurses says their members feel frustrated. It is

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equally frustrating to them and demoralising. If you are a nurse and

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I going not into work at a hospital which is constantly on the news, and

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you don't know what the formal complaints process is demonstrating,

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then of course you are going to be concerned. Ann Clwyd says she does

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not want information about the case released and says the complaint

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process is not over. She wants an independent review into Welsh

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hospitals and is not about to stop speaking out. Even if the Labour

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colleagues are an easy. It should not be a party blew the Gulf of all.

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I have said that from the start. -- it should not be a party political

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football. It is an issue for everyone. As long as I am an elected

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representative, I shall speak out. The Welsh Government said tonight it

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had received information from the MP that it wasn't enough to investigate

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allegations. Cardiff and Vale health board seat the latest Metallica

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rates have shown an improvement since Ann Clwyd first raised the

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concerns. -- mortality rates. Also today, the Welsh Government's

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer has said Welsh hospitals "are probably

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the most scrutinised and inspected" of any in the UK. It comes as new

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statistics on hospital mortality rates are published.

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A woman has denied seven charges relating to indecent images of

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children at Cardiff Magistrates Court. The court heard the charges

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against Joanne Mjadzelics came to light as part of an investigation

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into Ian Watkins, the former singer in the band Lostprophets. She will

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appear at Cardiff Crown Court next month.

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Two men from Ceredigion are facing charges relating to mislabelling

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goat meat as lamb or mutton. Dafydd Raw-Rees, the owner of Farmbox Meats

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near Aberystwyth, and employee, Colin Patterson, will face 19

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charges under the Food Safety Act. They're due to appear before

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magistrates next month. A man has been arrested on suspicion

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of murder following the death of a man in Cardiff earlier this week.

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The body of David Alun Lewis from Ystrad Mynach was found partially

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submerged in the River Taff. In the shadow of the Millennium

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Stadium the investigation continues. Specialist divers searching the

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river for any clues to what happened here. Other officers combing the

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river bank along the water 's edge in their search for the weapon that

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killed 45-year-old David Alun Lewis. His family described him as a

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good and decent man, highly intelligent and talented musician.

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David Alun Lewis was found just before midnight on Wednesday. Police

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say he had significant head injuries and they are awaiting the results of

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a postmortem examination. Police today arrested a 28-year-old man on

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suspicion of his murder. Mr Lewis was last seen on CCTV with another

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man walking past this storage company. They are appealing for

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witnesses and say he was wearing a navy anorak, jeans and a light

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coloured baseball cap. We are keen to establish whether any members of

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the public on Wednesday the 19th of March may have seen all witnessed

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any altercation. Mr Lewis lived with his parents in Ystrad Mynach but

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often stayed in Cardiff, no chapter for the homeless less than a mile

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from where his body was found. Customs officers have seized what is

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believed to be the largest haul of illicit alcohol discovered in Wales.

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A man from Cardiff has been arrested. More than ?169,000 worth

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of beer, wine and spirits was found. The haul is worth ?303,000 in lost

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duty and tax. The number of people with scarlet

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fever has increased, with 139 cases recorded in Wales since January.

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That's double the number seen during the same period last year. Swansea

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has the highest number of cases with 24 people affected. Scarlet fever

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can bring on a high temperature and a pink-red rash, but it is treatable

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with antibiotics. It's been estimated that the winter

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storms have caused more than ?1 million worth of damage to our

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woodlands, with thousands of trees knocked down in the winds. And

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there's been an impact too on visitor attractions. Roger Pinney

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has been finding out more. Your -- you will probably remember

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this. And what about this? The storms which wreaked havoc on the

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coast also left a trail of destruction throughout woodland.

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Massive trees flattened and brought down like matchsticks. Clearing the

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damage is a massive task not just here but across the country.

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Thousands of trees came down in the storms and many Welsh forests are

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important tourist draws as well as predictive woodlands. This is the

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worst I've seen in my career over the last 20 years. The district

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manager with the forestry arm of Natural Resources Wales says staff

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have been at full stretch. It will take this months or years to get

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back to the position we were in before the storm. In some ways, it

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has caused us a lot of work but it is give us advantages in some

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respects because it enables us to reconvert this back to the native

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woodland. Wood from the fallen trees will eventually be sold so they

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value is not lost. More worrying is the damaged -- Jan H caused to the

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tourist attraction. This used to be the high ropes course, and

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attraction which last year brought in 15,000 visitors. 90% of it has

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been flattened. The course is unlikely to reopen this year.

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Mountain bikers have up -- have had better luck. One by one day trails

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have been reopened and it is hoped they will all be in use again. There

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are a lot of trees down and it is a complete mess. Natural Resources

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Wales reckon the damage caused is worth around ?1 million. One way or

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another, we will be counting the cost of the storms for some time

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yet. Rugby and the Ospreys gave their

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Pro12 play-off ambitions a boost with a bonus point win over the

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Cardiff Blues tonight. They scored five tries in a dominant display,

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eventually winning 34-9. Well, it's the first weekend of

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spring. How is the weather looking, Owain?

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Not very springlike Furneaux. It will be chilly over the next few

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days. It will be chilly and breezy with .3 showers and then frost and

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icy patches, especially first thing in the morning. Tonight, showers

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making their way across the East. A yellow warning for ice in parts of

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North Wales and mid Wales. These showers will turn wintry and they

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will be snow on higher ground. Temperatures falling close to

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freezing. Blustery winds across Cardigan Bay. Tomorrow morning, the

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showers will continue. Some snow cover falling on lower levels across

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part of -- parts of poets. Temperatures tomorrow will be

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disappointing. The rest of the UK, low pressure to the north and the

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wind swirling around it. Western parts will see the worst of any

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windy conditions. Further east are little better. Back to Wales and

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more in the way of showers. The wind direction changing slightly. These

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are called winds and temperatures tomorrow around eight Celsius. Into

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Sunday, rain will make its way across the country but it will be

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trying up generally on Sunday. A frosty start hopefully on Sunday

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more in the way of sunny spells across Wales. Feeling a bit more

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pleasant in the sunshine. On Monday, it looks a bit more settled thanks

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to a ridge of high pressure. But more rain on Tuesday.

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And that is Wales Today. Our next update is just after 1:00pm

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tomorrow. For now though, from all of us here, have a good weekend.

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Goodbye.

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