17/04/2014 BBC Wales Today


17/04/2014

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Hello. Good evening. The son of one of the four men who died when a mine

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was flooded in the Swansea valley, told the court he knew there was no

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chance of them surviving. Andrew Gyles was working when the disaster

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happened at the Gleision colliery, more than two years ago.

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The 15th of September, 2011. Rescuers work frantically at the

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Gleision mine hoping to save the lives of four men trapped under the

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ground. But the efforts were in vain. David Powell, Garry Jenkins,

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Phillip Hill and Charles Wes Lynne, drowned after the water poured into

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the area where they were working. 275 metres into the mountain. In

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courts this morning, Mr Powell's son, recalled what happened on the

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day his father and three other colleagues all died. Giving evidence

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via a videolink, Andrew Gyles told the jury he was working on the

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surface, when a miner, Nigel Evans came running from the mine, shouting

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for him to call the police and the mine rescue. He was asked how long

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the telephone call lasted. He said he could not speak for long, that he

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knew his father was down there. He was in shock. The court Howard how

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Mr Gyles and Mr Evans went into the mine from the main entrance. Asked

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what he saw, Mr Gyles told the jury, that the water level was so much,

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that he knew straight away there was no chance for the boys. Mr Gyles

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said returning to the surface, he found that Malcolm Falfield had

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managed to escape. He was like a ghost, white as anything. He had

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another collier's lamp with him. This map shows the size and the

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complexity of the colliery. This is where the men entered. At the bottom

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is what is called H 1, or heading 1. This is where Garry Jenkins' body

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was later found. The other three miners as well as Malcolm Fyfie, ld

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was also working. This is where the breach was with the water. Enough to

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fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. They had not been able to get far

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enough to see the water but Mr Gyles said he called hear it, like a

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waterfall, he said. Malcolm Fyfield sat in court confirming that he told

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the police that the mine manager was a tidy guy he got on well with. He

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denies four counts of manslaughter, through negligence and there is a

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denial of corporate manslaughter. The trial is to continue next week.

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A coroner has said that smoke from a fireworks display was not to blame

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for a major crash on the M5 that killed seven people, including a

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couple from Newport. Anthony and Pamela Adams were among those who

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died in the pile-up. It happened next to a fireworks display at a

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Rugby Club. There was also thick fog in the area.

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Every day it is still a mountain to climb. A struggle to get through.

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You feel you have lost part of your identity. That is my mum and dad.

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That is not easy. The coroner's recommendations are a

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positive step forward. A big positive step forward. That is what

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we were looking for. Moving on, ensuring that this does not happen

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to anybody else. Two police officers have been

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convicted of theft in an undercover sting by their even force. Detective

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sergeant Stephen Phillips stole ?250 from a house in neath. And Detective

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Constable Jason Evans took two writing pens. The police sources say

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that the operation was carried out amid concerns about alleged

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misconduct. They will be sentenced next month. Wales' biggest bus

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operator is in talks to close a depot and cut the fleet by 10% after

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a reduction in funding from the Welsh Government. Stagecoach says

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that the depot, that employs 77 staff could close in July. Some

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routes to be scrapped and others less frequent with Monmouthshire and

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Gwent worst-hit. The Welsh Government are disappointed, saying

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that they will work with the industry to deliver a sustainable

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bus industry. It costs the taxpayer more than ?3 million but was closed

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four years within opening. Tonight, the awedors say that the Canolfan

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Cywain in Bala did not receive the right advice.

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The Cywain Centre was designed to offer exhibitions on rural life and

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a culture park and cafe but it struggled to match the numbers

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predicted to come through the doors. Having used up ?3.4 million of

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public money, the Cywain Centre closed less than three-and-a-half

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years after it opened. It was said that the auditors failed to assess

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the risks on a project such as this. The Wales audit office says that the

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recommendations echo those that were give no-one the past.

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The areas where we make the recommendations are around sharing

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of information on the risks that projects face and secondly, that the

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funders have a continued responsibility to ensure the best

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possible outcome for the public purse when a project gets into

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financial difficulty. The Welsh Government says it has

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made improvements to the monitoring of projects after earlier criticisms

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from the Wales auditor office and that the investment has made a

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difference here. But some argue that the Cywain Centre is not just the

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only example of wasted money. This economic separation of money

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should be different from some of these projects.

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There are political decisions to be made, not economic decisions, that

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is why we end up with white elephants, across the length and the

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breadth of Wales. Heart surgeon at the University

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Hospital in Wales, Cardiff, has been short-listed for the prestigious

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Asian Woman of Achievement Award. Past winners include the actress,

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Meera Syal and Shami Chakrabarti -- Chakrabarti.

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The blue birds, fighting relegation say that they have proof that

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Crystal Palace obtained their teem sheet the day before the game. The

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club denies the claims. Gary Monk has played down reports of a

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training ground bust-up among the players before the defeat to

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Chelsea. Morning says that nobody has been disciplined and insists

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that the matter is closed. We have been hoping for decent weather over

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the Easter break but are we in luck? You are for the first half the

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weekend. But by the time we get to Sunday it will be wet and windy. A

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case of how much rain we get. So through tonight. We have had a lot

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of cloud. It clears from the north. The temperatures dipping away under

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the clear skies. Colder than last night. The temperatures about two

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Celsius. After a chilly start, the sunshine gets to work and it starts

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to feel warmer. High pressure in charge across the United Kingdom.

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All of us enjoying dry and sunny conditions for Good Friday. Windy

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along the east coast but for the majority, warm in the sunshine with

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highs of 14 Celsius. In Wales for Good Friday it is looking glorious.

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Lots of sunshine, light winds and highs of 14 Celsius. Some cloud but

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not enough to spoil anything. Tomorrow night, well, underneath the

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clear skies, the temperatures dip away. If you are planning on going

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camping, do bear it in mind. The temperatures getting down to one

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Celsius. Saturday morning, more dry and

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southerny weather to look forward to but by the afternoon clouding over

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from the east. All associated with the deep area of low pressure,

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making its way

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