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Good evening. A day on from the publication of a damning report into

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elderly care failings at the Princess of Wales and Neath Port

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Talbot hospitals, questions are being asked about the Welsh

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Government's response to it, and the system of inspecting the Welsh NHS.

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Plaid Cymru claim Wales-wide spot-checks announced yesterday are

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simply a re-hash of a plan introduced three years ago. And the

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Older People's Commissioner has called into question the

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effectiveness of Health Inspectorate Wales, after it raised no serious

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concerns during an inspection of the Princess of Wales Hospital in 2012.

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Here's our Health Correspondent, Owain Clarke. Yesterday we joined

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the families who claimed the loved ones have been the victims of the

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care system that didn't care enough. As they read one of the most damning

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assessment ever of standards of care in Wales. Talks about the further

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independent investigation in one year. Yet it shows problems over

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several years. It is not going to address the real concerns. It seems

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to pinpoint to some elderly care, but if somebody had lost a loved one

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that should never have died that day, they should be included in this

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report. The Welsh Government and health board issued an unreserved

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apology to those affected by the failings at the Princess of Wales

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Hospital in Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot Hospital. The Health Minister

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went further. Each district general hospital in Wales will be visited by

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a small group of independent experts, overseen from outside Wales

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by Sir Ian Carruthers and Professor Andrews. They will carry out spot

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checks on the care of older people. But there are claims denied that the

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announcement was remarkably similar to the Welsh Government's response

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to another damning assessment of elderly care in hospitals three

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years ago, in 2011. The then older People's commission claimed some

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elderly patients had been degraded and humiliated. The Welsh

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Government's response back then was to introduce spot checks. Yesterday

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we had a rehashed, re-spotcheck policy. But if it had been properly

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in place since 2011, as was announced at the time, then some of

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the issues that we've been hearing of in this report may not ever have

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happened in the hospitals in Wales. The difference this time, according

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to the Welsh Government, is that the new spot checks will be targeted in

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four specific areas, hydration, medication, night-time sedation and

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continence care. This time there will be held by night-time

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Inspectorate Wales, instead by a team hand-picked by the Welsh

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Government. However, spot checks will be started by themselves six

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months later. The question is, has the Inspectorate been sidelined

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question mark it was certainly criticised in the review yesterday

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which claimed, concerns must be raised about the effectiveness of

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health care Inspectorate Wales, who seem to love last visited two years

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ago and not seen or reported on what would have been at the time highly

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visible issues of poor practice. I think at any point where failures of

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the magnitude that have been highlighted in the Andrews report

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have been missed, I think we all have to take responsibility for

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looking back and thinking about how we may possibly have been able to

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identify and make a difference earlier in the process. So at a time

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when standards of care are under the spotlight like never before, the

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question is, is the body responsible for upholding them itself up to the

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job? The latest official figures show the number of people out of

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work in Wales fell by 5000 in the three months to March. The

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unemployment rate here has stabilised remaining at 6.8%, which

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is now the same as in the UK as a whole. Wales is one of only two

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areas where the number of people in or looking for work has fallen,

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compared with the same period last year Seven pupils from Pembroke

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Comprehensive School needed hospital treatment today after experimenting

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with what's believed to be a legal high. Police and the air ambulance

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were called after a group of young people became unwell. None are

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thought to be in a life threatening condition. A court has heard how the

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accident in which a car crashed outside a school, hitting five

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children and a lollipop lady, may have happened after the drivers

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flip-flops got under the pedals. 62-year-old Robert Bell denies

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driving without due care and attention and says he can't remember

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the crash, which happened last year at Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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It was just before 9am, as children were pouring into Rhoose primary

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school that the accident happened last June. Five children and three

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women were injured one of them a lollipop lady, Karen Williams. She

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later received an award for her actions trying to protect the

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children. 62-year-old Robert Bell denies driving without due care and

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attention. Today he told the court how he could recall nothing of the

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accident. Fighting back the tears, he said the first thing he

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remembered was hanging upside down in the car. When he got out and saw

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the scene he said he thought he'd killed three people. Some witnesses

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that day said he'd been driving the Audi convertible along the road

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outside the school when it appeared to speed up, beer across the road

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and hit bollards before flipping over. Karen Williams said she saw Mr

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Bell, eyes wide open, gripping the wheel as the car came to water. But

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another witness said he was coughing and his eyes were closed. His lawyer

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told the court he was on medication which caused coughing. But the

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prosecution lawyer put it to him that the flip-flops he'd been

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wearing had ended up under the pedals and that could have caused

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the accident. Mr Bell said he thought they'd come off as he tried

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to free himself. Tomorrow the court will hear expert medical evidence

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from two doctors. It's emerged the Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson is

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involved in running a company that's invested millions of pounds in the

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same tax avoidance scheme as Take That. Revenue Customs is expected

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to pursue those involved to get the money that should have been paid in

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taxation. Mr Jackson has been unavailable for comment. Councillors

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have voted in favour of closing an arts centre and museum in the South

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Wales valleys. The Muni Arts Centre, in Pontypridd and the Cynon Valley

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Museum in Aberdare will both shut as part of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's

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plans to cut ?70 million over the next four years. Cricket, and

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Glamorgan have been beaten for the first time this season. They went

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down to Hampshire on the final day of their Championship match in

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Southampton. Glamorgan were bowled out for 187 in their second innings,

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setting the home side a slender target, which they reached with six

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wickets to spare. The streets of Pembroke Dock were taken over today

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for a parade to mark 200 years since the town was founded. In honour of

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their proud naval history, Pembrokeshire's adopted ship, HMS

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Pembroke, called in to visit and inspire hundreds of children.

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It's going to get warmer, some cloud but some lovely sunshine as well.

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Dry tonight across the country, most of the cloud in the North. Further

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south we have clearer skies, so turning quite chilly in mid, South

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and East Wales. A few mist and fog patches forming as well. Tomorrow

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morning, a bit misty in places first thing. Some lovely sunshine in the

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south. Elsewhere, more cloud but dry. Across the rest of the UK, a

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sunny start for Southern counties of England, London and East Anglia.

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Clouds building up as temperatures rise. Elsewhere, more cloud than

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today, maybe the odd light shower in northern England. A little rain in

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the far north of Scotland, where it will be breezy. In Wales tomorrow

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afternoon it's looking nice and dry. Sunny on some of the coasts, more

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cloud inland. Quite warm, a high of 20 Celsius in Monmouthshire.

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Somewhat cooler on some of the coasts with refreshing sea breezes.

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It's fine tomorrow evening and staying dry overnight. Mist and fog

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patches forming. We could see some sea fog on some Irish Sea coasts and

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around Cardigan Bay. Friday shows a lovely area of high pressure over

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the UK. That's the reason for the dry and settled weather. Friday

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looks driver most of us, mist and fog patches will lift. Some sunshine

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and cloud, maybe a couple of cheeky shower is breaking out in Powys. The

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temperature in the Wrexham and Flintshire area could reach 22

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Celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. As for the

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weekend, I think Saturday looks the best day, the warmest day of the

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weekend. Sunday, turning increasingly cloudy, maybe a few

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showers later in the day. But all in all some nice weather over the next

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few days into the weekend. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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The Wales Report is next with a debate special.

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That's it from the late team, they'll be more in breakfast from

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6am tomorrow. But for now, goodbye.

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