06/11/2015 BBC Wales Today

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Goodbye from Only a handful of jobs created

at two of the Welsh Government's Enterprize Zones

last year, are they working? As a business I've had nobody say to

me this is an enterprise zone and we will give you more support.

Over ?70 million has been invested in Enterprise zones over the last

four years, tonight the government defends their performance.

Swansea's Kingsway, the former road layout was

a contributory factor in the death of a pedestrian, an inquest hears.

This Labour insider was appointed to one of Wales' top jobs.

Tonight a call for responsibility for hiring

and firing commissioners to be taken away from Welsh Government The

The head teacher accused of grievous bodily harm, charges later dropped,

but it took 12 months, the devastating effect on his family.

And Shaun Stocker from Wrexham lost his legs

and sight serving in Afghanistan, but he'll march on Remembrance

They're a key part of the Welsh government's plans to create jobs

and grow businesses, but two of Wales' enterprise zones

have delivered only 14 jobs in the last year.

While Cardiff and Deeside have been much more

successful, questions are being asked tonight about whether the ?70

million invested in the enterprize zones has been well spent.

Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.

Cardiff set its sights on attracting highly paid financial jobs. It's

showing signs of success. It's one of the enterprise zones launched in

2011. I've been impressed by the arguments

put to me. They see that this is something useful to do.

Companies in Wales's seven enterprise zones get support.

Cardiff more than doubled the jobs created since being set up.

That's 536 new rules come paid to dates in March 2014.

Deeside is another success story with 473 adage to the previous total

of 779. That, Ebbw Vale which targets motor

manufacturing only had seven new jobs. Saint Athens which focused on

aerospace only sought seven new posts added to its 94 previous

created ones. Enterprise zones have had money

pouring into them. But this company which makes and designs counting

machines, among other things, say they have not seen much of it.

If I was told I was an enterprise zone I would look blank and ask what

are you talking about? It has not helped us. As a business, I've seen

nobody say to me, this is an enterprise zone, we are giving to

give you more support. Bosses at this factory in Deeside

have seen the benefit. We employed 23 people and had a

turnover of 2.8 million. We now have a turnover of 30 million. Without

the enterprise zone we would not be as large and successful as we are.

If enterprise zones means that people's hearts are raised that

businesses are able to create more jobs, it's not unreasonable to

monitor that and ask whether they could be performing better.

And, at a price tag of over ?17 million that been spent on them

since they were set up, it's also not unreasonable to question whether

all of them are providing value for money.

-- 70 million. I don't know the details of what

they are doing, but every enterprise zone is very different with

different plans and different starting points. Job creation and

job safeguarding is very important, but it is only one measure of

success. It's about looking at all the other indicators and measuring

success over a longer period. We are just highlighting the need to

focus. The government needs to focus and think again about what could be

done to make the most of that enterprise.

The Welsh government says it is unhelpful to compare zones as they

are each unique. Ministers say all of them are making good progress.

So why do some struggle when others are successful?

If you look at the most successful ever that is Canary Wharf in London.

It went from a derelict docklands to the financial capital of the UK. It

was driven by businesses with support from a government.

What we are seeing in Cardiff are thriving businesses with a lot of

support from the Welsh government. Firms are moving to Deeside because

they are around big companies. The only Manchester near Liverpool. They

come to Cardiff because they have three universities and lots of

graduates. The only two hours from London. They come here principally

for business reasons. If you look at why some of them are

struggling, the question is are they the ones being driven by businesses

or politicians and where they would like businesses to go.

The former design of main road in Swansea city centre was

a contributory factor in the death of a 37-year-old man,

Daniel Foss was killed when he was hit by a coach

The lay-out of the road has recently changed.

Daniel Foss died from a serious head injury when he was hit by a coach in

September 2013. Today a senior traffic safety consultant gave

evidence to the inquest having observed the former layout of the

road. He said that the design was a

contributory factor in the accident and went on to say that the

unconventional stroke was significant to cause an accident.

-- unconventional flow. He said changes should have been made

earlier. A number of eyewitnesses gave evidence. One described Mr Foss

as being in a hurry as he crossed the carriageway. Then, at the centre

reservation he described how she and Mr frost look to their left to check

for buses. -- Mr Foss. He stepped into the carriageway, and a way of

the next line of traffic approaching from his right. Stephen Davis, here

in white, was driving the coach that hit Mr Foss. He told the inquest

there was little he could have done to avoid him. Changes were

introduced here at the start of the month.

There is now just one lane for buses travelling in the same direction as

the other carriageway. The results on new lane for

cyclists. Swansea Council say the extended

sympathy to Mr Foss family, but say it would be inappropriate to comment

further at this point. The family say it was unlikely that civil

proceedings would follow the inquest, so this would be the

family's only opportunity for closure.

The inquest has been adjourned until 20th of November when we expect to

Two people are in hospital with what police have

described as life-changing injuries after a crash between two lorries

A 50-year-old man from Newport has been arrested

on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The crash happened between Monmouth and Raglan

50 jobs are being created in north and south Wales with the expansion

Prism Medical UK, which makes specialist equipment for handling

and moving patients, is creating 29 jobs in Rhyl and 21 in Bridgend.

The company has received more than ?360,000 of Welsh Government

The remaining homes and businesses in west Wales which

have been without running water for two days have been reconnected.

That's according to Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.

Initially thousands of properties were affected in Pembrokeshire,

Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion after a water main burst near Llechryd.

The company has apologised and says it'll be investing

The former Children's Commissioner has told BBC Wales that the

Welsh Government should not be responsible for appointing

It follows a row about the appointment of

Sophie Howe, a former Labour councillor and special advisor to

the Welsh government, as the new Future Generations Commissioner.

Keith Towler says it's raised important issues.

It is about, I think, legitimate questions that are asked about

I've always taken the view, as the Children's Commissioner, but in

relation to all commissioners, that accountability and the appointment

of commissioners should be done by the National Assembly of Wales

Keith Towler was a commissioner himself until recently, did he have

these concerns when he was in the job?

Yes, as you say he was children's Commissioner for seven years up

until the start of this year. He emphasises that the Welsh government

never tried to interfere in his work or pressurise him in his job, or, he

says, the process by which he was appointed he had no qualms about

that. But, he says ultimately as somebody by appointed by the Welsh

government, the same goes for the language commissioner and older

People's Commissioner he never felt that he was truly and fully

independent. He thinks the answer to addressing that, as we heard, was

all commissioners to be appointed by the Assembly rather run the Welsh

government. And for the Assembly, as the voice of the people to take

charge of that process. What does the Welsh government have

to say? Earlier this week we heard that

Sophie Howell, someone with strong links to the Labour Party was

appointed future generations Commissioner, questions have been

raised by some here in Cardiff Bay. The Welsh government have in light

that a proper code of conduct was followed and members from all the

party were involved in selecting the successful candidate. The First

Minister made the formal appointment. Keith Towler thinks

that when it comes to political party links, people should resign

their membership of political parties if they become a

Commissioner. The Welsh government says that they can to clear

political affiliations, and there is no requirement to resign. Thank

you. You can see more on this story on the Sunday Politics Wales this

A head teacher from Wales says his family is still

suffering after he was accused of grievous bodily harm against a pupil

Trystan Williams was forced to live apart from his family for seven

There are now questions over the time it takes to investigate

Originally from Bangor, Trystan Williams,

has been a head in schools for boys with emotional or behavioural issues

He's advised the government, and has won several accolades

In his last school, they went from being a school

the council wanted to shut down, to gaining an 'outstanding'

But, from time to time teachers in these schools are faced with

And two years ago an accident changed

In the process of trying to pick him up off the floor he got hold

He had one foot on a mattress and one foot off the mattress.

Unfortunately, in that process he sustained an injury to his spleen.

But I had absolutely no idea of the catastrophic eventd that would

The police investigated for over a year, but Trystan was not charged.

And when questioned, the individual involved in the

His wife suffered greatly from the ordeal.

His sons struggled to sleep, and he became depressed.

My family was not protected under any circumstances.

To find me completely innocent at the end of the investigation.

I still find that quite difficult to come to terms with.

The National Union for School Leaders, say these types

of incidents occur often and have seen a change in tact from their

members when it comes to dealing with challenging situations.

There are members of staff in schools who are afraid

of intervening, when they should have, in situation where it is

essential to intervene, and we do believe that this is because

After Trystan Williams was cleared by the CPS, parents at the school

called for him to be reinstated, but he never taught there again.

Wiltshire council said it would be inappropriate for them to comment

And the Professional Standards Department

of Wiltshire Police, is conducting an internal investigation.

Trystan has now had to take a job to over two and a half hours

away from his family, so it still feels like they are being punished.

You're watching Wales Today, stay with us,

Last year they picked-up the wooden spoon, now Wales' rugby

league side are one game away from winning the European championships.

And Aaron Ramsey out injured but who's to blame?

Arsenal's manager denies saying Wales caused his injury.

A former soldier from Wrexham will be joining the

charity Blind Veterans UK in London this weekend, as they march past

At 25 Shaun Stocker is the charity's youngest veteran,

and after losing both legs, and his sight in Afghanistan, this will be

the first time he'll be able to walk side by side with other veterans.

Shaun Stocker was 16 when he joined the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh.

And six days away from coming home when he stood

Reality shuts down, it felt like I was in a dream.

It took a few seconds to figure out what had happened.

He woke up weeks later at Birmingham's Selly Oak hospital.

Losing my legs was hard, but losing my sight was harder.

It wasn't until about a year and a half later that I started to

Now I've got 30% in the one eye, which is amazing,

I wouldn't be able to live the life I've got now without that 30%.

The first few years were really hard.

because I was at rock bottom, I was in a wheelchair, I couldn't even see

Walking on prosthetics for me was always going to be

Shaun has spent the last five years in rehab,

But he says it's the support of the charity Blind Veterans

which has allowed him to make such big improvements.

When I tell people that my life is probably better now,

and I'm happier now, people think it's kind of crazy.

They ask me, so stepping on a bomb was one of

No, that's quite a radical thing to say, it's what you do afterwards.

The stuff that you've got in place to make your life better.

As the charity's youngest veteran, he's set himself a new challenge.

I want to raise as much money and awareness for the charity as I

Especially, because it's against all the odds that I'd be

able to walk on prosthetics with my eyesight, and the things I had.

I want to do it for the charities that helped me.

With all the sport news now, here's Tomos Dafydd.

Rugby League, and Wales take on Ireland tomorrow knowing that

a win or a draw will give them the European Championship trophy

A victory would mark a dramatic turn-around

for the side which lost all three matches of last year's competition.

After a win over Scotland, and this victory over France the

Despite the games coming after a long domestic season the

coach, John Keir, is confident of victory, and success, he says, will

No matter what sport it is, you have a team or individuals who

That, thankfully, is what we've done this year.

Next year is an important year in qualification for the World Cup.

We need to go in 2017 and give the World Cup a bit of a shake-up.

We want to restore the pride, passion and belief.

Wales are one of four teams taking part.

They are regarded as a second-tier side, not on par with the likes of

According to one former international, current management

has been let down by players putting club before country.

I am disappointed that some have been developed

from the league programme and now they find themselves playing for

They've let the Welsh league down, they're not putting

their hand up and coming in for selection for some of these games.

The game has seen many changes in recent years.

Gone are the days of a Welsh side in the super league.

There are two semi-professional clubs, North Wales Crusaders

and South Wales Scorpions, compare that to 320 union sides in Wales.

Lewis Rees expects to take to the field for Wales tomorrow, he started

These pupils were crowned British Schools' Champions at Wembley having

Britain teams and in the traditional heartlands of the rugby league.

It helped produce the likes of Jamie Roberts, Rhys Patchell

and Nicky Robinson, but rugby league still has a pass to play.

Everybody here wants to be the next Jamie Roberts or Rhys Patchell.

They want to play for the Cardiff Blues for Wales.

The game has changed, the physicality and skills that we

offer, rugby league does have a part to play in that development.

Back with the Wales side they are hoping to

win their first title for five years and go from wooden spoon winners to

Football, and the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger,

has insisted he did not blame Wales boss Chris Coleman for the injury

The Frenchman had suggested Ramsey's hamstring problem was caused by

The midfielder went on to start two matches for Arsenal

I didn't blame anybody I just said that it was common sense not to use

Bring them on with 20 minutes to go to greet everybody, thank you, and

I don't believe with anything spectacular, or with

Both Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale will miss Wales' friendly next

But Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen has told BBC Wales the match will be

a good opportunity for some of the fringe players to get a

run-out as part of preparations for next year's European Championships.

The difference may be in this sqaud, this Welsh squad, versus previous

ones is that you really feel there are players that can step in.

They know exactly what they are expected to do,

They have the talent and the ability to do that, so,

that's what's really good about that competition for places.

More from Joe Allen on Sport Wales over on BBC Two Wales

Tomorrow sees Swansea City travel to Norwich in the Premier League.

Cardiff City host Reading in the Championship and Wrexham are

It's also the First Round Proper of the FA Cup and Newport County are

Rugby, and four-time Pro 12 Champions Leinster take on

the Scarlets tonight, who're top of the table and are unbeaten so far.

The game is live on Scrum V Live at 7:30

Less than a week after refereeing the Rugby World Cup Final Nigel

Owens has been named sportsperson of the decade by the charity Stonewall.

The awards honour people and organisations that have made

outstanding contributions to the lives of lesbian, gay,

Owens said he was "truly humbled and honoured" by the award.

If you've have views on how well, or badly, Wales is run

and you're aged between 16 and 24 the BBC wants to hear from you.

We're looking for 50 young people to tell us

about the issues that matter ahead of next year's Assembly Election.

Here's what you need to know about Generation 2016.

Have you got plenty to say about politics?

You might have strong views on the NHS, education or the environment?

Or perhaps you feel that politicians simply don't understand your life?

Here is your chance to tell the country what matters to you.

I moved to London for nearly a year, applying for jobs theyre,

With the BBC is looking for 50 people from Wales aged 16 to

24 to talk politics before next year's Assembly elections.

You might end up on Radio 1, writing for BBC online, or being

I got sold this promise that if you got a good degree, went to

a good uni, you'd have loads of opportunities and jobs lined up.

That's not actually come to fruition.

Mohammed, what issues matter to you in this election?

If young people don't go and vote, no one will pay attention to them.

You can find the details and an application form

You've got until Monday November 9th to apply, good luck.

The weekend weather forecast now, here's Derek.

I can promise some dry, bright weather as well.

This evening becoming dry everywhere into the night.

Clear spells, especially in mid and north Wales

but more rain will spread from the south later in the night.

Lowest temperatures 8 to 13 Celsius with lighter winds.

10 to 20mm in parts of Powys and the South with poor travelling

The wind picking-up in the south as well.

So not a great start but the rain will clear later in the morning.

The afternoon windy but much drier and brighter.

Top temperatures 14 to 16 Celsius with fresh to strong winds.

Rain in the morning will clear leaving a drier, brighter afternoon.

The wind picking-up with a high of 15 in Tywyn.

If you're going to a firework display tomorrow evening.

Clear spells with one or two mist and fog patches and a cooler night.

The jet stream will steer an area of low pressure close to

NW Scotland bringing more rain and stronger winds.

So Sunday a dry start but more rain on the way.

Fresh to strong with gale force gusts.

The rain may ease off for a while but a spell

of very heavy rain will cross the country later in the afternoon.

Monday may start dry but more rain and drizzle on the way.

Rainfall totals will start to build-up with an increasing risk

Temperatures may drop a few degrees later next week but no sign yet

Before I go the picture this morning is from Paul in Builth Wells. A

squirrel in the autumn leaves. If you want to become a weather watcher

take a look at the website and sign up. I am Mr blue skies. The

headlines again. Russia has suspended flights to Egypt after

claims that a bomb called the airliner to crash last week. As

first planes brought British tourists home there has been

confusion at the resort after a number of flights were cancelled by

Egyptian authorities. Questions are being asked about

wheels's enterprise zones to create jobs and grow businesses.

?70 million has been invested in them, but in the last year two of

I'll have an update for you here at 8pm, and again after the BBC News

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good evening.