12/09/2014 BBC Wales Today

It is a ludicrous situation. The the Chief Executive of Pembrokeshire

It is a ludicrous situation. The suspension should have been

immediate and I cannot believe we are in a position we are

And 145 jobs under threat with the closure of the historic

David Pickering fails to get re-elected to the board.

Marking three quarters of a century of aero-engineering

at the Airbus plant in Broughton, with a royal visit.

And documenting the rise of Swansea city.

How they're hoping to score at the box office, as well as in

After row over unlawful payments, the Chief Executive

of Pembrokeshire Council loses a vote of confidence and will face

Despite Pembrokeshire council unanimously voting that they had no

confidence, they stopped short of suspending him. Tonight, he remains

in the post. Unison, who represent council

workers have said tonight that a dark cloud has been lifted from

County Hall. Finally the troubled waters that

have rocked this authority may be soothed, by moves to cut

their highest paid employee adrift. Today the tide turned against

chief executive Bryn Parry Jones. 46 members voted to support a motion

of no confidence in him, with only Even previous supporters

like the council leader decided Circumstances have shifted

considerably. Over the last three months, there have been a number of

elements that have led to today's decision. They have been clear about

my relationship with the Chief Executive. Leaders and chief

executives are not so popular. The local papers have been full of

validation -- headlines. Allegations have included his role in a recent

pension payments scandal. Also his conduct towards councillors. And his

actions in the case of a youth worker, who was later convicted on

paedophile charges. There had been an option to suspend

Mr Parry Jones immediately It is a ludicrous situation. The

suspension should have been immediate and I cannot believe we

are in the situation now. I'm extremely concerned also that the

motion that has gone through council paves the way for a deal for the

Chief Executive. That is a golden goodbye potentially and that is not

something I think should be entertained.

A disciplinary committee to consider Bryn Parry Jones is likely to meet

next week, but experts warn the process could

You cannot just sack someone. They have to go through a disciplinary

procedure. He is the head of the council. Nobody can actually

investigate him. You have to appoint somebody who is independent, has an

open mind. That person has to be paid. They are normally a QC. They

cost a great deal of money. It takes some time to investigate

allegations. Then you've some time to investigate

a decision. Public anger has grown. Some may question the delay

but today those opinions have been Nearly 150 jobs are at risk

after the University of South Wales announced plans to close

its campus at Caerleon. It comes a year after the merger of

Glamorgan and Newport universities and tonight opposition parties have

criticised the Welsh government over a promise that mergers would

not mean campus closures. Clearing up

after graduation ceremonies but could they have been

the last held at Caerleon campus? Staff were told this morning this

year's intake is to be the last and the site will close over the

next two years, with courses moved to either Cardiff or Newport's City

campus, with 145 jobs at risk. It's had different names over the

years but courses have been on offer But when the University of

South Glamorgan was formed, it inherited several campuses,

a review of that estate means staff here were told this morning

this site is to close. Instead,

investment will be ploughed in here at the Newport City Campus,

one of the university's three remaining sites, with the potential

for expansion on neighbouring land. When we look at what is going on in

the university sector as a whole, students are fee-paying, students

are voting with their feet as to where they will go and won't go. Our

competitors are investing very heavily in the future. We have to

keep pace with not only investment we've already done but more

investment and we went to secure our recruitment and secure ourselves as

the largest university in Wales. We are having to take some difficult

decisions. Back in 2010 the then education

minister, Leighton Andrews, explained that mergers were

necessary, but said fewer higher education institutions did not mean

fewer campuses, another broken This is the heart of the student

experience, whether union is, whether sports clubs were. You lose

all that. This so-called promise of another building or more facilities,

we've had promises from them before. We just don't see that happening. I

hope I'm wrong in that regard but I don't see it happening and what we

are seeing is a continual drain. The Welsh Government said,

that though the campus's future is entirely for the university,

if the merger hadn't happened it's entirely possible there would now be

no HE presence in Newport at all. Some breaking rugby news tonight:

Claire's here with the details. Good evening. David Pickering has

been ousted as Chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union

after being voted off the board. Gareth Davies, the current

Chief Executive of the Dragons and former Wales International Anthony

Buchanan, have been elected instead. Pickering will leave the post next

month ending an 12 year tenure. Scrum V Presenter Ross Harries is

at Rodney Parade ahead I think it is a big shock. There

were two nationally appointed positions up for grabs, one of which

was the one which David Pickering was an incumbent. The other came

about because of Gerald Davies's resignation. The wider public

probably assumed David Pickering would retain his position as one of

the National League appointed directors. He is chairman of the

board. Of the 320 clubs in Wales, probably only about 70 are genuinely

politically active and it was thought that the status quo would

prevail and David Pickering. Gareth Davies was a favourite to get the

other. This has come as a shock today. The board reconvenes on the

19th of October and a new chairman will need to be elected them.

How do you think this news will be received among the rugby world?

As with most things in Welsh rugby, there are two sides to every story.

There are those who are big fans of David Pickering. They will say he

presided over one of the most successful periods of Welsh rugby at

national level, three grand slams, 16 Nations championship, a semifinal

of a World Cup and the debt on the stadium which had for long been an

albatross, reduced to manageable levels. It's also seen... The

concentration of reducing the debt, cutting ties to the grassroots game

and so on. Until recently, game was locked in a demand -- damaging

dispute, one that has only just ended. It could be said that under

his tenure, perhaps that wasn't handled particularly well. Two sides

to every story but it is the end of an era. He had been at the helm for

11 years. Tonight, we are hoping to switch attention from politics and

back to rugby because we have a big Welsh derby saving. It is the

Dragons to the ospreys. A 45-year-old man has appeared

in court in Newport accused Mark Jones is charged with

the murder of one month old Amelia Jones in the Pontnewydd area

of Cwmbran in November 20-12. He's also charged with conspiracy

to pervert the course of justice. Plaid Cymru has made

its first key pledge for next year's general election

saying it will push for a living The living wage is currently

?7.65 an hour while the Plaid says the policy would

benefit 250,000 workers in Wales. Allegations

of historical abuse against a former children's home worker in

North Wales would have amounted to 19 people came forward to give

information about Peter Howarth who was deputy

head of the Bryn Estyn home. We can speak to Matthew Ricards now.

What have these people been told? These were people who spoke to

officers from an operation which has been set up by the National crime

agency to look at fresh allegations into historical abuse in North

Wales. 19 of these people made allegations against Peter Howarth.

He was jailed for ten years back in 1994 and that was for eight sexual

offences against boys at the home. He died three years into that

sentence at Wakefield prison. Today, the operation has said that after

cooperating and speaking to the Crown Prosecution Service,

information from those 19 people would have helped link him to 38

offences. They said it is very difficult to say whether he would

have been charged with those offences because he is not alive to

be interviewed about his allegations. It is all part of the

attempt by the operation to take his allegations seriously, whether they

are up against people who are still alive or those who have since died

first they appreciate it is very difficult for people to make his

allegations after many years, and painful. They want people to know

that his investigations are taken seriously and they are updated.

Still to come on tonight's programme:

Marking three quarters of a century of aero-engineering

at the Airbus plant in Broughton, with a royal visit.

And how Swansea city are hoping to score at the box office, as well as

in tomorrow's top of the table clash.

Speaking while campaigning in Dundee, Alex Salmond claimed the

impact of cutbacks on the UK Government are damaging the NHS

here. It has been a busy day of

campaigning. With less than a week to go until the referendum, the

SNP's top brass were on a tour of Scotland's seven cities, including

Dundee. Alex Salmond paid a flying visit to this city but he had time

to talk about Wales. The reason that the Welsh First Minister is reducing

national health and the chair in Wales, going down in real terms, was

not because he wants to do it big -- but because he has to do with cuts

from government. Earlier in a week, Colin Jones hit the campaign trail

Alex Salmond had previously said... That's wrong. I tell you what

happened. I said to the prime Minster that it would be very

difficult for me to go to Scotland with credibility if they didn't

implement part one of Silk. That is important for Wales. How could I go

to Scotland and argue for a no vote when the first question I would be

asked is, this is sitting with Whitehall and they've done nothing

about it. They did do something about it and made it easier for me

to put forward what I believed in, which is that Scotland should vote

no. I think it is unfortunate that politics have come to the extent

that the Welsh First Minister has two say to a Tory government, I

would come and campaign for you in Scotland unless you give Wales

something. The currency in people 's pockets has been a hot topic of

debate. Jones says he will try and block the SNP's preferred option to

share the pound but the SNP leader dismissed the threat, saying he is

powerless to do so. Debate over such issues as intensified here as

polling day nears. With the independents and Unionist caps neck

and neck, all eyes are Scotland. Wales, most people want Scotland to

stay in the union. Alex Salmond and the yes supporters are hoping to

disappoint them next week. You can see more

of that interview with Carwyn Jones on Sunday Politics Wales, here on

BBC One Wales, this Sunday at 11am. How have Alex Salmond and the SNP

managed to be more successful in comparison to Wales's nationalist

party, Pied Camry? I am in Blackwood. In the first

assembly elections, Pied Camry pulled off a huge shock by winning

in Labour stronghold areas like this. 15 years later, it has lost

this seat to Labour and is the third biggest party at the assembly. In

contrast, the SNP is running the Scottish Government and is in the

middle of an independence campaign. So what happened to Pied Camry? --

Plaid Cymru. In this cinema, the former leader of

the party and presiding officer joins me for a matinee viewing of

some of his party's celebrations in 1999. Has it gone wrong? No, I don't

get has. We built up the institution. We have built up Welsh

democracy. The thing I do regret is that we went into government but

when we came out into the election, we seemed to renege on everything we

did. We seemed to have forgotten we had been in government and the

election was entirely fought on a negative platform. I'm afraid that

in our behaviour currently in the assembly, we are still behaving on a

negative platform. I think part of the responsible T of the party is to

behave more like the SNP, to look and sound like we want to govern our

country. Why is it that they only have this old classic to show? They

be the answer is to be found in a production by the Labour Party, that

stole some key scenes from a nationalist script. Devolution.

Devolution power in None of it is personal. The former

Labour MEP here worked behind the scenes on the party's responds to

the threat from the party at the start of devolution. Our response

was to drape ourselves in the Welsh flag, to make sure we were seen as a

devolutionist party and I think that was very important. We rebranded. We

had the Dragon's tale on our logos. We made sure that we were seen as

distinctive from the Central Labour Party. I think that made a big

difference. By contrast in Scotland, many say Labour failed to adapt to

the new political landscape and this allowed the SNP to take full

advantage allowed the SNP to take full

parliament is dealing with all the allowed the SNP to take full

domestic policies that most Scottish politicians claim to be

domestic policies that most Scottish in and yet they head off to

Westminster at the first opportunity. That is not a good

look. It makes it look as if they think the Scottish Parliament isn't

nearly as important as Westminster. This week, politicians have been up

in Scotland with the SNP. They believe Wales is at a different

point in its independence journey but where does it go in future

point in its independence journey the other parties have wrapped

themselves in the Welsh flag? One response would be to

themselves in the Welsh flag? One Nationalist line and that would mean

emphasising more of the independence agenda than has happened under this

leadership. The problem with that is that kind of agenda has limited

appeal in Wales. Support for independence remains very low. The

dramas after devolution had similar opening scenes but each have had

very different stories since. Who knows where they will both end up

after the curtain closes on the referendum campaign?

Let's go to our Welsh Affairs Editor Vaughan

Why the difference between what has happened in Scotland and what has

happened in Wales? Is it down to Labour's tactics or other failures?

Joining me is the Plaid Cymru leader. The SNP Plaid Cymru and are

very different parties. We leader. The SNP Plaid Cymru and are

on the same journey, just at different stages. You did better

than them back in 1999. You outpolled them. Since then, but in

every election but basically you have been going backwards. We

started our devolution journeys in different places. Whereas in Wales,

we had to move to become a lawmaking Parliament and our effort... We

wouldn't have a lawmaking assembly here now if it wasn't for the

efforts of Plaid Cymru. Our emphasis has been in different places. Now,

going forward, we need to recognise that there is a consensus in the

assembly that this is a settlement that we have which is not fit for

purpose. If it is a consensus, what is your unique selling point?

Everyone knows what Alex Salmond once. What do you want? We want an

independent Wales. As soon as practically possible. I've put

forward proposals to move towards... Move on towards a system

of self government where people in Wales decide what powers we want

here. After next Thursday, when the people of Scotland vote yes,

that... When the people of Scotland Vos -- vote yes, it will be up to us

to make sure we put forward Wales's voice in a maelstrom that will arise

from that decision. We need to be clear about what that is. There is

consensus that what we have is not good enough that there is and a

consensus about what we need to make it deliver for people in Wales. No

doubt we will be hearing many more of these arguments whatever the

results next Thursday. The Prince of Wales visited Airbus

in Broughton to mark three-quarters of a century of aero-engineering

at the plant. He also presented staff with

the Queens Award for Export. The Prince also officially opened

a new visitor centre, charting the factory's history from it's

early days of aircraft manufacture They've been building aircraft here

since 1939, from the Wellington bombers of

World War II, to the wings And Today the Prince

of Wales toured the high-tech facility and presented them with

the Queens Award for Export. He praised the companies policy

of investing in young apprentices and one of those youngsters

presented him with a special walking To be part of a company which has

search history and when you are building such quality, you are

building aircraft which you see in the sky. It makes me proud to be

part of this team. The Broughton site employs 6,000

people and has a full order book There is no reason why the success

of this site cannot continue. It is up to us to make sure that we don't

become complacent. Exactly 21 hours and 15 minutes from the start of

construction, the bomber is a complete fighting unit...

Building the Wellington Bomber in super-quick was all part of the war

effort but just a small part of the illustrious history of this site.

Today The Prince also opened a visitor centre here,

charting 75 years of aircraft manufacture in Broughton.

The rest of tonight's sports news now, here's Claire.

David Pickering has been ousted as chairman of the Welsh Rugby union

after being voted off the board, bringing an end to a 12 year tenure.

He has been speaking to us in the past few minutes. I think the clubs

have said that they want change and I fully respect that. I have been

fortunate enough to be chairman for 11 years. And still the youngest

chairman in the world of a major country. And the longest serving.

But I appreciate I have been in the post for a long, long time. Much

more reaction to that story this evening.

Swansea City face their biggest test of the season so far tomorrow

as they travel to London for a top of the table clash against Chelsea.

Both teams have won all their matches in the Premier League

That's earned Garry Monk the accolade of Manager of the Month

For Swans fans the road from rock bottom to football's top

flight has often felt like the plot from a far-fetched film.

But tonight in London the club's story Jack to a King will premiere

on the big screen and some of the fans are the stars of the film.

Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas reports.

They didn't need a script writer to tell the story. The reality was far

more entertaining. The film charts Swansea city's recent history, from

the club's sale for ?1 in 2000 and 12 Premier League promotion a decade

later. Using new interviews and archive on the film follows the

heroes. There must have been 20,000 fans, black and white everywhere.

And there are those the fans saw as the villains. By announcing that I

was Internet seven players go, will cancel their contracts... Like Tony

Petty, who bought the club for a pound in 2001 and drove supporters

to despair, galvanising them into taking ownership of their club. The

turbulent times started with those fans who stuck with them and are

featured in the film are proud of the story and its happy ending. It's

a story that needs to be told for every other club or every other

community. If people really want to work and strive and to fight for

what they really believe in, to be loyal to that and stick fast, it can

be done. Anything is possible. Even if you are not a fan, you will be

very emotional and I have seen the film. I had what I call

conjunctivitis, my eyes were watering! It was an emotional

experience. I did cry at the end of the film. There were a few other

fellows in tears as well. The club is the star of the film and home to

a team now second in the Premier League. The thousands of fans who

come here about to be interested in this film but it is being shown in

cinemas across the country and the producers hope it will prove to be

an inspiring story audiences everywhere. It is happening here.

This is the story. It's a rags to riches story which no one would

believe. We started from that premise and it could just be about

football in Swansea but there are some bigger themes behind it as

well. It was a game we had to win. The reality of the journey to the

top was probably too outlandish for any Hollywood scripts but this

weekend, the supporters who stood by the club finally get to see the

story on the big screen. The settled September weather will

continue into the weekend. Remaining dry with some sunshine and turning a

bit breezy at times. Some evening sunshine, especially further west.

Cloud thickening overnight. Chilly as chilly as recent nights. At

times. Some evening sunshine, especially further west. Cloud

thickening overnight. But as chilly as recent nights. Revival hope that

the temperatures... Early mist and fog tomorrow, a great start. Slow to

lift along the marchers. The code will thin and break to leave another

dry day with variable cloud. An outside chance of an isolated

shower. Still warm with highs of 17 Celsius. It should stay dry and find

for the concert in Singleton Park in Swansea tomorrow evening and a mild,

dry night across Wales as high pressure keeps things settled. A

breeze picking up slightly. It's that easterly breeze on Sunday which

should bring the best of the sunshine further west. Temperatures

still hanging on in the teams will most Wales. Early next week, high

pressure across the UK drifts slowly towards Scandinavia, so we lose our

grip on a very fine weather, allowing this slow to edge closer.

The detail is fairly elusive as we battle between the two pressure

systems. Remaining settled over the weekend. Breezy at times. Largely

fine if you next week as well but it could turn more unsettled midweek.

We will have an update for you at eight o'clock and more after the

News at ten. For now, goodbye. Goodbye.

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