19/06/2014 BBC Wales Today


19/06/2014

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 19/06/2014. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Don't forget a first look at the papers over on the BBC News

:00:00.3:59:59

Channel but now, The manager of the Gleision

:00:00.:00:16.

colliery in the Swansea Valley where four miners died, has been

:00:17.:00:20.

found not guilty of manslaughter. Malcolm Fyfield broke down

:00:21.:00:23.

in tears after the verdicts were The mine owners, MNS Mining,

:00:24.:00:26.

were cleared of corporate manslaughter charges.

:00:27.:00:32.

Abigail Neal reports. Relief that it is all over for the

:00:33.:00:43.

families of the former. The format. That realisation to that no one will

:00:44.:00:48.

be convicted for their loss. Today they remember 39-year-old Garry

:00:49.:00:55.

Jenkins, 44-year-old Philip Hill, David Powell who was 50, and

:00:56.:01:02.

62-year-old Charles Breslin, all drowned in Gleision mine. A police

:01:03.:01:06.

fears an office of the statement on behalf of the families outside

:01:07.:01:10.

court. Today has been a difficult day for us all. As has been the last

:01:11.:01:15.

two and a half years since we lost our love -- loved ones. We miss

:01:16.:01:22.

Gary, Philip, Charles and David dearly. Not a day has passed without

:01:23.:01:31.

wishing they were still with us. The events of September the 15th 2011

:01:32.:01:35.

will stay with us for the rest of our lives. After two hours of

:01:36.:01:39.

consideration the jury found the manager of the mine was not

:01:40.:01:45.

responsible for the men's deaths. Mr Fyfield wept as the verdicts were

:01:46.:01:49.

delivered. The pet owners were also cleared. It's a shortly after nine

:01:50.:01:57.

o'clock on the 15th of September 2011 that rescuers were called in to

:01:58.:02:00.

Gleision. The colliers had broken through to the old workings, the

:02:01.:02:05.

survivor compared the sound that followed to that of the jet engine.

:02:06.:02:11.

650,000 gallons of water then gushed through this hole into the area

:02:12.:02:15.

where the men were working. It engulfed them in seconds. The power

:02:16.:02:20.

and force of the flight showed by this jackknifed conveyor belt. The

:02:21.:02:26.

community rallied around providing food for the rescue workers and

:02:27.:02:30.

families as they face an anxious wait until the following day to

:02:31.:02:35.

enter the mind. They received the grim news that all four trapped men

:02:36.:02:38.

with that. We had to pump the water out and the teams had to go in

:02:39.:02:46.

through slurry and silt and dig their way through to get and

:02:47.:02:49.

retrieve the bodies. The colliers had been working towards an

:02:50.:02:53.

abandoned part of the mind to try to improve ventilation. The men were

:02:54.:02:57.

preparing to blast into the old workings here. The prosecution

:02:58.:03:02.

claimed Holcombe Fifield had not properly inspected the area to make

:03:03.:03:06.

sure there wasn't any water. He always maintained he had gone down

:03:07.:03:10.

this road with on three separate occasions including the day before

:03:11.:03:14.

and had found no evidence of the trapped body of water. Mr Fyfield

:03:15.:03:19.

was down the mine with the men when it happened. One of three survivors

:03:20.:03:23.

who managed to escape. He has never recovered from the event that they

:03:24.:03:27.

are still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now

:03:28.:03:30.

abandoned and overgrown, this is Gleision today. The mine's enters

:03:31.:03:36.

barely visible, Op skewered by a fallen tree. Miners helmets can be

:03:37.:03:43.

glimpsed between leaves. -- obscured. This trial has shed light

:03:44.:03:45.

on what happened here in 2011. Three nurses from the

:03:46.:03:49.

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board have been charged with

:03:50.:03:52.

wilful neglect. They were arrested last summer

:03:53.:03:55.

following allegations that patient notes were faked at the Princess

:03:56.:03:57.

of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. The women, all from Bridgend, were

:03:58.:04:01.

suspended, along with ten others, including one from Morriston

:04:02.:04:03.

Hospital in Swansea last year. Girls as young as 11 can get

:04:04.:04:12.

e-cigarettes easily from shops, friends, and parents, public health

:04:13.:04:15.

officials have warned. Awareness and use of the devices

:04:16.:04:17.

by girls is common in some parts Most could name five vapour

:04:18.:04:21.

flavours, while some did not know e-cigarettes

:04:22.:04:24.

could contain nicotine. The leader of the body that

:04:25.:04:34.

represents council bosses has accused the Welsh Government

:04:35.:04:37.

of ignoring their concerns over proposals to halve the number

:04:38.:04:39.

of local authorities in Wales. Bob Wellington also told his annual

:04:40.:04:42.

conference that local government was The Welsh Government insists that

:04:43.:04:46.

a series of mergers is essential. Are there any prizes

:04:47.:04:50.

in local government reorganisation? The seaside towns of Rhyl is

:04:51.:04:53.

in Denbighshire which could merge with neighbouring Conwy if

:04:54.:04:58.

recommendations set out in a report Would people here be sad to see

:04:59.:05:01.

the back of Denbighshire? It will mean, perhaps, there would

:05:02.:05:08.

be more resources to go around, I think most of the money will go to

:05:09.:05:14.

Conwy and Llandudno. Down the road, the market town

:05:15.:05:20.

of Abergele is part of Conwy. How do the people here feel about

:05:21.:05:24.

merging with their neighbours? It's smaller and more personable

:05:25.:05:28.

but you would also get better I think Conwy Council does

:05:29.:05:32.

a better job than In another part of Conwy, Llandudno,

:05:33.:05:38.

council leaders were gathering The Local Government Minister Lesley

:05:39.:05:42.

Griffith set out a timetable for new elections

:05:43.:05:48.

and insisted change is on its way despite scepticism

:05:49.:05:54.

among some council leaders that What this is

:05:55.:05:57.

about is ensuring we have local governments fit for the 21st

:05:58.:06:03.

century, resilient local authorities The messages is,

:06:04.:06:06.

wake up and smell the coffee. The council leaders say now is not

:06:07.:06:10.

the time as they are being asked to deliver English style cuts with

:06:11.:06:14.

Welsh Government style ambition. Local government is being squeezed

:06:15.:06:22.

and have been squeezed for the last three years. There is worse coming

:06:23.:06:25.

down the track. We need to have

:06:26.:06:27.

a proper discussion and dialogue with the Welsh Government

:06:28.:06:29.

in order to put things in place, The holidaymakers have been out

:06:30.:06:31.

in balmy Llandudno this week but there is nothing to allow

:06:32.:06:36.

councils to relax. The Welsh Labour Party meets this

:06:37.:06:43.

weekend to try to decide The Assembly's Presiding Officer has

:06:44.:06:46.

said no further action will be taken after claims Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay

:06:47.:06:51.

was drunk in the Senedd chamber. A member of the public complained

:06:52.:06:55.

about his demeanour and delivery Wales' women strengthened

:06:56.:06:58.

their grip on second place in their World Cup qualifyingGroup with a 3-0

:06:59.:07:04.

win over Belarus this afternoon. Natasha Harding's late hat-trick

:07:05.:07:08.

secured the away victory, leaving them five points

:07:09.:07:11.

behind group leaders England. Four runners-ups from the seven

:07:12.:07:14.

pools will go into the play-offs. Wales play England next on August

:07:15.:07:18.

the 21st. Wales have made two changes for the

:07:19.:07:22.

second Test against South Africa with Samson Lee replacing Adam Jones

:07:23.:07:26.

in the front row and Josh Turnbull Scrum half Mike Phillips keeps

:07:27.:07:30.

his place despite pressure from Scarlets number nine Gareth

:07:31.:07:35.

Davies who remains on the bench. Coach Warren Gatland says the team

:07:36.:07:39.

want to finish the season off with a big performance on Saturday

:07:40.:07:44.

and show what they're capable of. in for a drive we are in for a dry

:07:45.:08:08.

weekend thanks to high pressure. A few clouds, one of two missed

:08:09.:08:13.

patches forming and a comfortable night. Then, lowers temperatures

:08:14.:08:19.

10-14 degrees. Tomorrow morning will be nice and dry with any early mist

:08:20.:08:25.

disappearing. Some lovely sunshine. The reason for this spell of fine

:08:26.:08:29.

weather is high pressure over the Atlantic and it is going to stay

:08:30.:08:32.

with us right through the weekend. Tomorrow across the UK, most of the

:08:33.:08:37.

country dry. There will be some clouds around the sunny spells as

:08:38.:08:40.

well and lovely sunshine on much of the coasts and stop the exception of

:08:41.:08:45.

the far north of Scotland. A few spots of rain on Shetland. 23

:08:46.:08:54.

Celsius in London. In Wales, it is looking drive with patchy cloud in

:08:55.:08:56.

the south. The south. Otherwise glorious sunshine with the highest

:08:57.:09:00.

temperatures in the south and south-east, after 22. A little bit

:09:01.:09:04.

cooler in the north and west especially on the coast with the

:09:05.:09:08.

breeze off the sea. As we look forward to the weekend, Saturday is

:09:09.:09:12.

the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. It is looking quite

:09:13.:09:16.

promising, tried with some clouds around with good sales of sunshine

:09:17.:09:20.

as well. Again it'll be one missed in the south that even of the north

:09:21.:09:24.

and west coasts where you will have a breeze, it will feel pleasant. The

:09:25.:09:29.

antiques road show is visiting to be a house on Sunday in Newport. Fine

:09:30.:09:33.

and warmth there. The viewer heading to the seaside on Sunday there will

:09:34.:09:38.

be some strong sunshine so don't forget the sun cream. The sea

:09:39.:09:42.

temperature around 16 Celsius. Some lovely weather this weekend and that

:09:43.:09:45.

is more to come next week. That's all for now. We'll be back

:09:46.:09:49.

tomorrow at Breakfast.

:09:50.:09:55.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS