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A teenager has been told he will never walk again after falling	:00:20.	:00:23.
Joshua Davies said he was being chased by bullies who	:00:24.	:00:27.
Joshua from Pontypridd has Asperger's Syndrome.	:00:28.	:00:31.
He fell 50 feet into the River Taff, breaking his spine in four places.	:00:32.	:00:36.
His mother believes he was bullied because of his disability.	:00:37.	:00:39.
Described by his mother as a boy with a positive attitude,	:00:40.	:00:46.
18-year-old Joshua Davies is now facing months of intensive treatment	:00:47.	:00:49.
after the accident which almost cost him his life.	:00:50.	:00:53.
Joshua was crossing this bridge in Pontypridd when he said	:00:54.	:00:56.
He climbed on the outside of the railings to escape, claiming	:00:57.	:01:07.
He broke his back in four places, both his ankles and his wrist.	:01:08.	:01:13.
Today, his stepfather and mother were back at the scene.	:01:14.	:01:16.
They say he was bullied because he has Asperger's syndrome,	:01:17.	:01:18.
He's a young boy, he doesn't deserve what he's been left with.	:01:19.	:01:33.
I just wish I could take it away from him.	:01:34.	:01:37.
I know that Joshua has been bullied and I know that other	:01:38.	:01:40.
As much as Joshua pretends everything is OK, if you're	:01:41.	:01:44.
It has had a huge impact on the family.	:01:45.	:01:53.
His older brothers and his sister, they are all very upset.	:01:54.	:01:59.
On the day they saw Joshua in hospital,	:02:00.	:02:02.
The charity which supports people with autism	:02:03.	:02:06.
A huge amount of people are affected by this particular issue.	:02:07.	:02:17.
This survey we did with families, we found that, particularly in relation	:02:18.	:02:26.
to Asperger's syndrome, about 90% of parents reported that there has	:02:27.	:02:29.
Police say they have investigated three allegations of assault against	:02:30.	:02:32.
They say there is no obvious link with this latest incident.	:02:33.	:02:36.
Three boys have been arrested and released on police bail.	:02:37.	:02:39.
Delegates have started arriving, the navy has docked,	:02:40.	:02:42.
There are warnings of traffic disruption, roads between the Celtic	:02:43.	:02:49.
Manor resort in Newport and Cardiff are the most likely to be affected.	:02:50.	:02:52.
Tonight, there've already been arrests	:02:53.	:02:53.
after what police call low level protests in Cardiff city centre.	:02:54.	:02:56.
But what is the summit really all about?	:02:57.	:02:58.
Our political correspondent Daniel Davies has been finding out.	:02:59.	:03:13.
When NATO comes to town, this is what it looks like.	:03:14.	:03:15.
The Royal navy's HMS Duncan arriving in Cardiff this afternoon.	:03:16.	:03:18.
Onshore and in the skies, a huge police and Navy presence.	:03:19.	:03:20.
of a metre either side as she gingerly edges in.	:03:21.	:03:26.
Many preparations are going in for a busy and full programme.	:03:27.	:03:30.
After the Second World War, and at the start of the Cold War, 12	:03:31.	:03:37.
European and North American allies banded together for mutual defence.	:03:38.	:03:43.
By the time of its last summit in Chicago two years ago,	:03:44.	:03:46.
It has outlasted the Soviet Union, so with no Cold War to fight,	:03:47.	:03:51.
Under its founding treaty, NATO members agreed that an armed	:03:52.	:03:59.
attack on one of them is considered an attack against them all.	:04:00.	:04:05.
65 years later, NATO now has 28 members.	:04:06.	:04:09.
It has expanded eastwards into former Communist territory.	:04:10.	:04:11.
Albania and Croatia are the newest members with more nations	:04:12.	:04:14.
Around 60 heads of state and government leaders are expected	:04:15.	:04:21.
Behind the ring of steel, they will discuss the future of Afghanistan,	:04:22.	:04:29.
where Nato troops are preparing to pull out, and the crisis in Ukraine.	:04:30.	:04:34.
One man who has been on the inside in the past is the UK's	:04:35.	:04:37.
It's not for show, it's very serious.	:04:38.	:04:43.
But a lot of it is predetermined with drafts and communiques.	:04:44.	:04:49.
But the key questions of what is going to happen in Afghanistan	:04:50.	:04:54.
after the withdrawal, how do you ensure the interoperability of NATO	:04:55.	:04:57.
forces, what is going to happen with Ukraine, those are big issues and it	:04:58.	:05:03.
opinion. NATO's mission used to be so simple in the old days,	:05:04.	:05:11.
Now with complicated conflicts smouldering on its borders,	:05:12.	:05:21.
today's alliance is coming to Wales to decide its modern mission.	:05:22.	:05:31.
A soldier from Wrexham was killed during an attack by insurgents on	:05:32.	:05:34.
an army check point in Afghanistan in 2012 an inquest has heard.	:05:35.	:05:37.
Grenadier Guardsman Jamie Shadrake, who was 20,	:05:38.	:05:39.
The coroner said, he was satisfied that the Army had since	:05:40.	:05:44.
We believed in Jamie and what he was doing in Afghanistan.	:05:45.	:05:51.
His selfless sacrifice has helped the people of Afghanistan	:05:52.	:05:53.
and I am so proud of my son and what he has achieved in his short life.	:05:54.	:05:59.
As a family, we are grateful to the help and support that we have	:06:00.	:06:02.
received from the Grenadier Guards through this difficult time.	:06:03.	:06:08.
A Welsh country and western singer, who hosts a programme on	:06:09.	:06:10.
BBC Radio Cymru, has apologised for posting a comment	:06:11.	:06:14.
on Twitter which was offensive about the Pakistani community.	:06:15.	:06:18.
John Jones later deleted the comment which said there were,	:06:19.	:06:21.
"Too many of them in the country anyway," and apologised.	:06:22.	:06:25.
BBC Wales said the original tweet was totally unacceptable.	:06:26.	:06:30.
It has written to him, outlining the high standards it	:06:31.	:06:32.
The family of a 12 year old boy who was swept out to sea off Anglesey on	:06:33.	:06:39.
Friday has thanked everyone involved in the search for his body.	:06:40.	:06:41.
Issac Nash, who's from Huddersfield in Yorkshire, was	:06:42.	:06:43.
on holiday with his family, when the accident happened near Aberffraw.	:06:44.	:06:53.
The Royal British Legion has launched a pop-in centre in Cardiff	:06:54.	:06:55.
where people leaving the armed forces will be able to	:06:56.	:06:58.
The First Minister visited the centre	:06:59.	:07:00.
which aims to help the Legion meet a growing demand for its services.	:07:01.	:07:03.
Similar facilities will be opening in Swansea, Wrexham and Caernarfon.	:07:04.	:07:22.
It is all about ease of access. A lot of people coming out of the	:07:23.	:07:27.
armed services do not know how the system works. There is somebody who	:07:28.	:07:31.
can guide them through things, step-by-step.	:07:32.	:07:35.
BBC Cymru Wales and Sport Wales are joining forces	:07:36.	:07:39.
again this December for the country's biggest annual celebration	:07:40.	:07:41.
The Wales Sport Awards will take place on the 8th December when	:07:42.	:07:45.
among the prizes to be handed out will be BBC Wales Sports Personality	:07:46.	:07:48.
You can also nominate people for the grassroots awards.	:07:49.	:07:51.
For more information and how to vote, go to	:07:52.	:07:53.
Certainly very warm for September. The fine, warm and settled weather	:07:54.	:08:22.
continues tomorrow. Tonight, clear spells, mist and fog patches. Some	:08:23.	:08:25.
cloud could be thick enough to produce at the odd spot of drizzle,	:08:26.	:08:30.
holding up the temperatures as well. Not as chilly as last night. Cloudy	:08:31.	:08:40.
start tomorrow. But that mist and fog will lift and break to leave a	:08:41.	:08:48.
clear day. Sunny spells developing for most of us tomorrow, turning a	:08:49.	:08:55.
bit hazy at times. Highs between 16 Celsius in north-west Scotland, and	:08:56.	:09:03.
into the 20s in the south-east. In Wales, temperatures creeping up into	:09:04.	:09:09.
the low 20s across Wales. A similar, settled picture for Thursday,	:09:10.	:09:15.
largely fine with variable crowd. -- variable cloud. Some lingering	:09:16.	:09:21.
Calstock missed. High pressure is keeping things settled over the next	:09:22.	:09:26.
few days, but later in the week at these low pressure systems will try	:09:27.	:09:31.
to push in. High pressure could keep them at bay and keep things dry, but	:09:32.	:09:36.
it looks as if they will make inroads, especially by Sunday. The	:09:37.	:09:44.
detail is a bit difficult to pin down. Finally for the next couple of	:09:45.	:09:50.
days. It should be dry, but cloudy for the weekend.	:09:51.	:09:56.
Thank you. We are back with the latest news, sport and weather	:09:57.	:10:00.
reports on breakfast from 630 tomorrow morning. Goodbye.	:10:01.	:10:02.

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