03/12/2015 BBC Wales Today

The MP for Caerphilly turns on his own party leader

Jeremy Corbyn following the vote to attack in Syria.

There is a great deal of concern about his stance on a range of

different issues. Particularly defending this country.

And an MP says some of those who voted for air strikes

Several members have had their offices allocated. One member had

her House surrounded. Many had photos of dead babies pushed through

the front door. London has Boris Johnson - should

Welsh cities have an elected mayor? Scallop dredging in Cardigan Bay

ended to protect wildlife, but the tide could be turning with

plans for it to begin once again. And back after a cancer scare

and injury - cyclist Becky James prepares to

compete at the Cycling World Cup. Less than 24 hours after MPs voted

to allow RAF air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets

in Syria, the political arguments A senior Welsh Labour MP,

who backed military action, has launched an outspoken attack

on his leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And another has claimed that some

MPs who voted for air strikes had Here's our parliamentary

correspondent, David Cornock. Tornado jets take off from an RAF

base in Cyprus. The targets are said to be Islamic state-controlled oil

fields in eastern Syria. The first mission came hours after the

debate. I voted against air strikes. I have seen the terrible atrocities

in Paris. Something needs to be done about Isil but I was not convinced

with the Prime Minister's strategy. Just one day after one of the most

lament as debates in years one senior Labour MP launched an attack

on his leader. There is a great deal of concern about his stance on

arrange of different issues, particularly defending this country.

I have offered to work closely with him and help him prepare his

speeches. That has not been taken up but the offer is still there. How

did you MP vote? 15 voted for military action. 11 Welsh

Conservatives voted with the Government and were joined by four

Labour MPs. 24 MPs opposed bombing. One Welsh MP is unwell but says she

would have voted for air strikes. After the vote one MP who defied

leadership explained his decision. It is not a perfect solution but

there was a strong enough case for the limited air strikes proposed.

This is not about a mass invasion or a major bombing operation, this is

about precision strikes by aircraft, some of which are already

operating over the skies of Syria and ushered operating over the skies

of Iraq. Messages such as these have been

sent on social media. In the Commons a member of the

Shadow Cabinet led calls for action. Several members have had their

offices barricaded. One member had her House surrounded. Many had

photos of dead babies pushed through their front door at home. Today some

members have received photos of severed heads. MPs have brought

shoulders but can I ask the leader to review the arrangement

surrounding the security of member's homes and offices. Some MPs

who voted against the leader now fear they could be targeted by his

supporters and deselected. Jeremy Corbyn says there is no place for

believing in his party. But last night 's vote showed deep Labour

divisions. In a moment we'll hear from one

of those four Welsh Labour MPs who voted for the air strikes,

Wayne David. Davies has been to his constituency

of Caerphilly to find out what Destroying the fortress

of so-called Islamic State. That's what MPs voted for -

including the MP of Caerphilly, I am glad he has done that. That is

one good thing he has done. As long as they don't do like Iraq. They

swept through but there was no plan for after it chaos. Some Labour MPs

who voted as he did say they are getting bullied now. It doesn't

shock me. If you do not go with the flow, especially with Jeremy Corbyn

being in power, he is a pacifist, isn't he? Wayne David says Jeremy

Corbyn has a lot to learn. Who knows whether the votes of MPs

like Wayne David will help the civil war in Syria that's

dragged on for years. But what's certain is the Labour

party high command here in Wales could do without a civil war

in their own ranks when they're supposed to be fighting

next year's Assembly election. Carwyn Jones said last night he

would have voted against more bombing.

I'm not against air strikes in principle but

if you want to bring peace to Syria then you've got to have a plan.

Bleak, that's the future for Labour, according to Wayne David, unless

Live now to our Parliamentary Correspondent David

Wayne David, one of those for Welsh Labour MPs to vote with the

Government is with me now. Jeremy Corbyn got most Labour MPs onside.

The First Minister agrees with him on the air strikes. Why are you out

of step with your leader? I listened to the arguments very carefully both

for and against military action and I decided that the appropriate

course of action, the best way to defend the people of this country,

was to support military action. I respect your view of Jeremy Corbyn

and I hope he will respect my view and the views of my colleagues. But

you see cannot put together a coherent indictment, that is not

respecting his view. To his credit he talks about an honest

straightforward politics. I am being honest. His leadership so far has

not been -- has been poor. He has an exceptional mandate and he needs to

pull together. He needs to be an effective Leader of the Opposition

but more reportedly he needs to be a potential Prime Minister of this

country. At the moment he has got a long way to go. You clearly think he

is not up to the job and presumably think you should go. I do not. But

it is important that we all work together and have a collective

leadership. Jeremy Corbyn has been on the backbenches for the last 30

years was obvious there been on the front bench before. He is on a steep

learning curve. We must work closely with him and he must in turn work

closely with us. You have had a fair response in terms of volume to your

vote last night. Is that not democracy? People will use social

media to challenge your views on these big issues. And so they

should. I have had representations for and against. People have aspirin

more explanation of my decision. But what is not acceptable as the abuse

that some members of Parliament, including myself, have had from

people, sometimes inside the Labour Party, from a small minority. That

is not democratic and should not take place. And in the meantime you

will continue on the front bench? Yes, I have got a job to do and I

will work with Jeremy Corbyn as long as he wants me. Thank you.

The first Syrian refugees to arrive in Wales this month will settle

in Torfaen, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot and Caerphilly.

About 50 people are due to arrive from refugee camps before Christmas

- the first of about 1,000 coming to Wales over the next five years.

It's hoped the electrification of the Great Western mainline to

Swansea can be completed by 2020 or 2021.

That's according to the UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.

His comments follow the publication of a report

by Network Rail last week which said the work between London

and Cardiff would be completed by 2019, but that it may take another

He says he understands the frustration of people there.

Once we get to Cardiff I want to carry on. We will have electrocuted

to Cardiff by 2019. I then want us to carry on to Swansea. It is very

important. -- electrification to Cardiff.

The UK Government's Broadcasting Minister Ed Vaizey has said S4C is

That's despite concern over cuts in the Welsh-language channel's

It's being reduced from 6.7 million to 5 million by 2020.

MPs say the Government's broken its promise to safeguard

But most of the channel's funding comes via the BBC licence fee.

S4C is adequately funded, it is extremely generously funded, it's

It will continue to receive a generous grant from my department.

It is more generously funded than any other media organisation

A campaign for Cardiff to have an elected mayor

It will be organised by a key figure from previous successful

To get a Yes-No referendum, around 24,000 people in Cardiff

Here's our political reporter Paul Martin.

Comfortably the most high-profile elected mayor in England, but

That was the verdict in Ceredigion in 2004, the only Welsh council area

Now there is a move to get a referendum for a mayor

Darren Hill is organising a campaign to get 10% of Cardiff voters,

around 24,000 people, to sign a petition for a yes, no referendum.

I'm confident from the conversations I have had with

people on a cross-party basis and from no party at all that there's

It's a new, fresh idea and I think think people will be interested in

And people don't have to look too far for a neighbouring city with

Independent George Ferguson became Bristol Mayor in 2012.

Some say the rise of mayors in England has given cities added

status and profile and put pressure on Cardiff to have

So three years since George Ferguson was elected here,

A mayor has not made an impact to my life.

I can't see any presence from a mayor.

I don't know what the mayor of Bristol does.

He seems quite approachable, sort of one of the people.

He has managed to transmit that quite well I think.

The local paper back the idea of a referendum. As a city we have become

more decisive. But not everybody likes him. Not everybody voted for

him. He is one person leading an entire city and that is good to be

controversial in any city. Back in Cardiff,

there is scepticism. There is no proven benefits,

it is also completely the wrong time, because we are

talking about local government reorganisation, where local

authorities are coming together, Cardiff had an elected mayor

throughout the 19th century. One of them is a mortal eyes and a city

centre. If enough people sign the possession and the yes side wins the

referendum and modern day successor would be probably elected in the

summer of 2017. Still to come

in the programme tonight: It was banned to protect wildlife

like these dolphins - now plans to reintroduce scallop dredging have

angered enviromental campaigners. And after all the recent rain -

a much drier, We'll have a full forecast

in a few minutes. As the Climate Summit is held in

Paris, here in Wales, people living in some coastal areas are worried

what effect coastal erosion and flooding caused by climate change

will have on them in the future. 48 locations across the country have

been named in a Welsh Government Despite spending ?300 million

on flood defences in the last five years, the Government say they don't

have obligations regarding flood Here's our

Environment Correspondent. This family moved to their dream

House last year. There are people similar to us with

big mortgages, some people with no mortgages, but they do not want

their houses blighted by this policy, by the wording of the policy

more so than by the policy itself. It has affected us.

Newton is classified as being under threat from coastal erosion. Almost

?300 million has been spent on defences. But the shoreline plan is

not legally binding. The sea wall protects 40 homes but in 20 years'

time it will not be upgraded or repaired anymore and defences in 40

applications across Wales protecting 1300 properties will no longer be

maintained. The National Trust believes and

adopting a different approach, even in some cases allowing the sea to

change the course. Wider society needs to think about switching from

a purely and healing led approach, we do not want a future where we

have a concrete coursed around Wales. The council maintains this

seafront win. National resources are responsible for the wall.

40 homes are potentially under threat and there is no guarantee of

funding should the worst happen. This area has more than 500 homes at

risk. The County Council are committed to defending it for 40

years but are beginning to talk publicly of decommissioning the

village should the sea rise with climate change. We have to work to

find the best solutions to solve their problems in terms of

relocation of those villages. Some people might want to stay there for

a long time, until it is water coming through the front of the

door. Hopefully that will be many years in the future. Something might

want to sort it out now. Other communities will now consider

for how long can they be protected from the sea.

A consultation has begun into plans to restart scallop

Commercial scallop fishing came to an end five years ago when it became

A study found the seabed could withstand a certain level

of dredging, but campaigners claim it would be an ecological disaster.

Dolphins head to Cardigan Bay to breed and to rear their young

People come from all over the country to watch them and

experience something unavailable almost anywhere else in the UK.

Much of the water in which they live has been granted

the highest designation available under European law -

But now the Welsh Government is looking at re-opening sections

It's a concern for conservation societies.

Scallop dredging does have potential to be quite destructive.

As the name suggests, they're dredging through

the seabed to extract scallops from the sea floor and that can

Cardigan Bay is where the prime scallop beds are located. The Welsh

Government is considering opening up this special area of conservation

for scallop dredging up to three nautical miles from the coast.

It could generate millions of pounds for the fishing industry, but it is

also feared it could impact on another multimillion pound industry

Around 50,000 tourists take boat trips annually to see Cardigan Bay's

Mark Roberts is a scallop fisherman from Nevin. He disputes claims that

If we did as much damage as these environmentalists claim we

do, we would have been out of work years ago, but we do sustain

the fishing grounds because the proof is in the pudding.

How can we sustain our businesses if we do so much damage?

Research by Bangor University claims the seabed will not be greatly

harmed by the resumptmion of scallop dredging.

The area we're talking about is further offshore

Now these are much more mobile, because they're exposed to very

Now the animals that live there are adapted to that sort

The consultation into scallop dredging has just been restarted

by the Welsh Government and is due to run for the next 12 weeks.

We start with football, and news that could be a boost for Wales.

Fifa will discuss a proposal to expand the World Cup

Wales haven't qualified for a World Cup since 1958, and the

changes could see more teams qualify for the tournament from 2026.

Meanwhile, Chris Coleman's team has dropped two places to 17th

Wales women striker and former Everton and Cardiff player Gwennan

The 27 year old has been suffering with a long-standing knee injury.

She won 56 caps for Wales and lifted the FA Cup with Everton in 2010.

Commonwealth Games Champion Jazz Carlin has won a gold medal

in the 800m freestyle event at the European Short Course

It's Great Britain's first gold of the competition.

It's been almost two years since Welsh cyclist Becky James last raced

She's bounced back after illness and injury, and is preparing to

compete at the Cycling World Cup in New Zealand over the next few days.

It's the first step on the road that she hopes will

It's been an emotional journey for Becky James.

After illness and injury, the two-time world champion will

pull on the Great Britain cycling jersey this weekend for

It was hard, but I'm so happy to be back where I

am now. I'm enjoying it more than ever and I think that's the most

important thing and I sort of see everything in a different way now.

I'm just excited to be part of the team again.

It's been a long and tough road back from injury,

and the girl from Abergavenny, who has just turned 24, is on the right

road, although the competition just seems to get faster.

I know the rest of the world's moved on, so that's

going to be a hard thing for me, because I don't just need to get

back to where I was, being a double world champ, I need to be going

Further to sporting setbacks she was told she was at risk of developing

cancer. In 2014 she had an operation to remove abnormal cells. There were

times he she thought her career was over. It gives you a different

perspective on everything. There were times when I thought about

giving up and doing something else but I am glad I stuck to it. If I

did not have the support from British cycling, my parents, my

boyfriend, I would not be back to where I am. She has worked

incredibly hard but the ability to keep coming back after injury, after

injury and illness, it says so much about her character.

Her return is also a boost for the Great Britain squad.

While the men's and women's endurance teams are in good shape

and widely expected to win medals in Rio, the sprinters seem to be

lagging behind and need to battle it out in New Zealand over the next few

days in order to win much needed Olympic qualification points.

And there is no question where the Welsh sprinting queen wants

I'm targeting to get there and I really want to go to Rio.

It has been hard cycle missing out on London and Glasgow.

So as long as I get there, that is the most important thing to me.

All this week we're looking at the nominees for this year's

BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award.

The winner will be announced next Monday at the Wales Sport Awards.

Today's contenders are Lee Selby and Non Stanford.

This time last year Lee Selby was a contender, now he is a world

champion with a successful defence under his belt. He snatched the IBF

featherweight title and then went across the Atlantic for a successful

defence. 2015 will go down as the year Lee Selby made his mark on the

world of boxing. As sports court they do not come

tougher than triathlon. Triathletes do not come tougher than Non

Stanford. She faced the added hurdle of coming back after injury. She was

runner-up in the world grand final and guaranteed her police for 2016.

Sue Charles is here with all the details.

There is an ongoing risk of flooding. Full details of all alerts

on the website. A respite from the rain tomorrow. Turning drier,

brighter and colder. Tonight it will turn drier and clearer overnights. A

fresher feel tomorrow. A crisp, cool winter morning. Turning hazy later.

Cloud thickening through the afternoon. Winds up. South-westerly

winds trying to push another weather system and from the Atlantic Friday

into Saturday. Turning cloudy Friday night. Some rain starting to edge

into north Wales. Workload holding up the temperatures. Saturday night

stay dry. Along the north and west course strong to gale force winds.

Further heavy rain. A further Met Office warning. The timing and

position of this could change. It could be gyre for a time on Sunday

morning. More rain pushing up from the south later in the day. Mixed

weather over the next few days. Brighter tomorrow. Wet and windy in

the north-west, gyre and the south-east on Saturday. Gyre on

Sunday. Further rain in the South on Saturday.

The main news. After MPs voted to allow air strikes against so-called

Islamic State targets in Syria David Cameron has warned the mission is

complex and will take time. And an MP who backed military action

has launched an outspoken attack on his leader Jelani Cobb on. -- Jeremy

Corbyn. We'll have a quick update at eight

and more after the BBC News at Ten. From all of us on the programme,

have a good From all of us on