18/11/2015 BBC Wales Today

Two people die and four are hospitalised after an explosion

Tonight, an investigation's underway.

A former butcher is found guilty of murdering Tracy Woodford

Her family say his actions now haunt their lives.

Two people have died and four were taken to hospital

following an explosion at the Celsa steelworks in Cardiff city centre.

The police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating

It was news no-one wanted to hear - confirmation the bodies

of two Celsa workers had been found following this explosion.

Two members of staff were unaccounted for and sadly, I can

We have informed the families and we are continuing to support

them at this difficult time with family support officers.

Crews worked tirelessly to effect rescues and deal with the fire.

Despite heroic attempts, unfortunately, we were unable to

All the thoughts of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are with the

The Fire Service were called just after 10:30am

after reports of a huge explosion felt up to half a mile away.

Staff at this local nursery said the shock shook their ceiling.

We have lots of big lorries coming past us so, yeah, it's just

because it was such a loud bang and our ceiling shook, we could feel

So that's, of course, why we felt that there must be

something a bit worse than what we would normally have around here.

This is where the explosion took place.

It's where they make large steel rods for the construction industry -

the number of emergency responders demonstrating how serious this

The Fire Service said the blaze was extremely difficult to tackle.

This evening, two people are still being treated at Cardiff's

Of the four casualties that were transported to the emergency unit

here at Cardiff and Vale, two have been discharged home.

Two of those patients, because of the nature of smoke

inhalation and other aspects of this incident, remain under observation

The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said he was deeply saddened to hear

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said his thoughts were with those

affected and he's offered help in dealing with incident.

There is a very real sense of loss and it's hard to overstate

just how upset people are about what's happened today and the fact

that it's not just the people who lost their lives today but their

workmates who are going to be coming into work on days in the future and

So a really, really tragic day for the workforce here and the wider

So as emergency services leave this evening, the question

The Health and Safety Executive are helping

Celsa says its thoughts and deepest sympathies are with those affected.

This is a site that employs over 700 people.

These are tragedies that will be felt by many across the Welsh

Jordan Davies, BBC Wales Today at the Celsa steelworks in Cardiff.

A former butcher has been found guilty of murdering

and dismembering a 47-year-old woman at his flat in Pontypridd.

50-year-old Christopher May killed Tracey Woodford in April

These CCTV images show the last hours of Tracey Woodford's

life - leaving The Skinny Dog pub in Pontypridd with Christopher May.

At his flat just around the corner, he strangled her

For more than a week, her family have sat in the court

room, listening to details so distressing even police called to

The thoughts and visions of what he did to Tracey have haunted us every

day for the last seven months and is something we will never get over.

Our mother has nightmares most nights, waking up screaming and

crying out Tracey's name, asking, why would he do this to her?

We see the devastation in each other's eyes and know the hurt that

the other is feeling and know that we are helpless to stop the pain.

He didn't just kill Tracey that night.

50-year-old Christopher May claimed he had acted in self defence

after he was attacked by Tracey who he said he caught

It was all a lie, said the prosecution, to hide what

was a brutal sexually-motivated murder of a fragile woman.

It was when she failed to return home to her family that police

When officers went to May's flat at first, he told them that he

in Tracey had parted company soon after leaving the pub.

But when they searched the flat, they discovered some

He told them later they could find more remains in this storm

A major police search was begun in scrubland around the club and

May had shown no remorse for his actions of murder,

mutilation and dismemberment after which Tracey's family and friends

have endured the further anguish and torment of a Crown Court trial.

At times, the family said afterwards listening to the detail was too much

It took the jury less than an hour to reach their verdict.

When it came, some of Tracey's family broke down.

The judge thanked them for their dignity throughout the case and told

Caroline Evans, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff.

The jury has been discharged in the manslaughter trial

of landlord from Prestatyn who owned a property where a family

Jay Liptrot, who's also a firefighter, pleaded

guilty to a lesser charge of failing to take reasonable precautions to

Cardiff Blues will hold a minute's applause in tribute to

their former player, Jonah Lomu, prior to kick-off in tomorrow

night's European Rugby Challenge Cup clash with Harlequins.

Tributes have been paid to the former New Zealand legend who

Europe's biggest Kickstarter project based in Pembroke Dock has collapsed

The Zano mini-drone was created after thousands

of backers worldwide invested more than ?2 million in the product.

The Torquing Group company says creditors will be contacted by an

The author Germaine Greer has given a lecture at Cardiff University this

evening despite 3000 people signing a petition asking

for it to be cancelled because of her views on transgender women.

The event, which was nearly called off, passed without any disruption.

Not quite so stormy today compared to yesterday but still very windy.

The highest wind gusts in. A cost of 85 mph. Still very windy this

evening with blustery showers. Overnight, dry weather, the winds

easing as well with lowest temperatures eight - 11 Celsius.

Tomorrow's chart shows a weather front close to the south coast of

England. A risk of rain spreading across the south of Wales. Further

north, dry and brighter. Across the rest of the UK, cloudy cloudy in the

South with rain at times. Further north, showers and Scotland, heavy

in places, central areas dry and bright with sunshine, the wind

lighter than today. Top temperatures 11 Celsius in Liverpool. In Wales

tomorrow afternoon, the best of the weather in the north. Further south,

cloudy with patchy rain at times. Temperatures lower than today but

the win much lighter. Tomorrow evening and overnight, rain in the

South may spread into parts of mid Wales. Slightly colder tomorrow

night with lighter winds. Into Friday, the wind would turn more

into the north-west, meaning it will turn colder, some sunshine but also

showers as well, turning wintry in the North on high ground, maybe snow

on the mountains. That sets the scene for the weekend. We are in the

big change. Cold arctic winds heading our way. Some sunshine over

the weekend but wintry showers as well, hail, sleet and snow in

places, feeling cold and the wind, most of the snow on the hills and

mountains. We're back with updates in

breakfast from 6 tomorrow morning.