11/06/2014 BBC Wales Today

A quick reminder, you can see more of that interview with Pele on BBC

"Major cultural change" is needed at South Wales Police

after a woman was attacked by her partner with a hammer in front

That's the conclusion of the Independent Police Complaints

commissioner who says there were failures across the organisation.

The force has apologised to Charmaine Lewis

for failing to recognise the risk her partner posed.

Christopher was a convicted rapist when he met his partner. She had no

idea, but the police should have known. She was living at these

Cardiff flat when he started to beat her. She reported him, but the

police fail to realise how dangerous he was. They miss spelt his name on

a computer. So, they took a statement from her, and took her

home. It was a mistake which almost cost her life. They sent me back

home. As they were going down in the lift, Christmas coming up in the

lift. At the time, I was kneeling down and changing my little boy's

nappy. My front door came crashing in. What followed was an horrific

attack. I tried to get out onto the veranda to shout for help. He

carried on hitting the in the head with a hammer. Today, the

Independent Police Complaints Commission said major change is

needed in the wake South Wales Police deals with domestic abuse.

There was a continuing threat of low-level performance on the part of

the officers and staff members of South Wales Police, not just

responding to one but two reports she made of assaults. The serious

nature of what happened here was, according to the Independent Police

Complaints Commission, the result of a failure not just at the lower

levels of the force. In an incident like this, South Wales Police would

be expected to self refer the issues to the IPCC. That did not happen.

Instead, the commission learnt about the case a year later. In a

statement from South Wales Police, the Deputy Chief Constable says, "it

is clear we did not provide the victim and her children with the

care and protection she needed, and we are sincerely sorry for that".

Tonight, the police and crime commission for South Wales told this

programme that lessons have been learned. There are systems in place

where there is supervision on a daily basis seven days a week. The

self referral, in the 18 months I have been police and crime

commission, I have seen South Wales Police referred things to the IPCC

when they did not need to, if there was any margin of doubt. So, the

culture has changed. Sent back to prison, Christopher took his own

life. Charmaine says she is rebuilding has slowly, but the

failure of South Wales Police mean she has had no justice.

Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspected

of neglecting an elderly woman at a care home in the Rhondda.

It follows an alleged incident at the Zoar Residential Home

Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales,

which regulates the home, say they're working with the police

and the local authority to look after the well-being of residents.

The Welsh ambulance service has launched an investigation after

an elderly man who lived virtually next door to a hospital had to wait

Retired police officer Trevor Bryer lived up the road from Prince Philip

hospital in Llanelli, where he later died.

Parents in Wales should do more to help raise standards in schools.

That's the message from the man responsible for the international

He's been in Cardiff, addressing one of the largest education

Our Education Correspondent Arwyn Jones was there.

They may not thank you at the time, but the things you do at home...

This Welsh government advert which has been on our screens for the past

few weeks tells parents about how important it is that education

begins at home. But, how well do we do that? This was the view here. If

there are problems are those big to the teacher, but apart from that, I

don't speak to the teachers much. I am always interested in their

schoolwork. You the regular reports three. If there are any concerns, I

will talk to them. If I have any concerns I try to make an

appointment to see the teacher. To be fair, they are more than happy

with that. Today it was called the biggest ever education Conference

and teachers were saying that they need to up their game. A child's

education is their future, and parents must become more demanding.

It is an important ingredient of the education system in Asia, for

example. Errors have very high expectations for the schooling of

their children. In his first speech on education, Carwyn Jones told

headteachers there needs to be more focus on the international education

league tables in our schools. They test our 15-year-olds on their

maths, reading and science skills every three years, and the kind of

skills employers want, according to the First Minister. We have slipped

down, compare to other parts of the world, and to change it means a

greater emphasis on piste tests. Schools are being judged on these.

We are being judged as politicians. It is important that they are taken

seriously, as indeed GCSEs and A-levels are. There is no doubt that

we live in a world where, although qualifications remain important,

they are only part of the picture. Concerns have been raised by

hundreds of academics that Pisa tests are not that reliable, but the

Welsh government is adamant we must improve our international standing

because it could bring in more foreign investment and create jobs.

If today's education is tomorrow's economy, we could all be thankful

for that. Unemployment in Wales has fallen to

levels not seen since the financial 6.6% of the working population,

was out of work between February and April , compared with 6.8%

for the previous three months. In Wales, there are now 97,000

people unemployed, 28,000 fewer The Assembly's Presiding Officer is

to look into a complaint made by a member of the public that

an Assembly Member appeared to be The Conservative AM Nick Ramsey

was slurring his words while taking Paralympic Gold medallist Aled

Davies will captain Team Wales at Wales is sending its biggest ever

team to Glasgow and today many of the athletes and their families

attended a special reception in If you like sunshine, you will be

piece to hear there is spent more come. Warming up nicely. Staying dry

tonight, fairly clear, also if you missed and fog patches will form in

parts of mid Wales and the West. Turning cool inland. Temperatures in

some rural spots falling as low as six Celsius. Tomorrow is looking

dry. There will be some patchy cloud and some beautiful summer sunshine.

The reason for the fine and settled weather is high pressure centred

over southern Britain. This warm front will bring some patchy rain to

the far north and west. Tomorrow, fine and dry for much of the UK,

with sunny spells, if you patches of cloud. In the far north and west if

you spots of rain are likely. In the south-east, very warm, reaching 25

in London. Wales is looking fine and dry tomorrow afternoon. Some patchy

cloud in places, but otherwise fine and bright. 22 Celsius per high.

Cooler on the coast with onshore breezes. If you suffer from hay

fever, the coast will be the place to be tomorrow. Through Friday, the

cloud will increase with a little bit of rain in the North in the

afternoon. It will feel humid. High pressure near Ireland on Saturday.

This cold front will introduce fresh air so some cloud over the weekend.

On the whole, a lot of dry weather and still some sunshine. More dry

and settled weather to come next week. Very little rain, if any, in

the next 5-10 days. The Wales report is next tonight.

But we are back in Breakfast. Good evening.