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Good evening. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
The funeral has taken place of a father and his seven-year-old | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
son, who were killed after being hit by a car in Rhondda Cynon Taf | 0:00:17 | 0:00:21 | |
earlier this month. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
43-year-old Stuart Bates and his son, Fraser, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
died following the incident in Talbot Green. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
An organ donation charity has been set up in their memory and it has | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
already received thousands of pounds in donations. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
New figures show that physical assaults against paramedics | 0:00:40 | 0:00:46 | |
are at a three-year high in Wales. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
By the end of September this year, the number of assaults stood at 84 - | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
already higher than in the whole of 2014. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
We now probably feel more comfortable in reporting these | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
issues, hopefully, that they are now documented and we do it by computer. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
We are maybe hopefully having more opportunities to do that. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
The director of a campaign group for gay, lesbian, | 0:01:06 | 0:01:15 | |
bisexual and transgender people says the introduction of civil | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
partnerships a decade ago was an important step | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
towards wider acceptance. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
It's 10 years since the first civil partnership ceremonies | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
took place in the UK. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:24 | |
Andrew White, from Stonewall Cymru, says it was a key event | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
in the campaign for LGBT equality. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
We forget at our peril, actually, the inheritance rights, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
the necessity to have new and different | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
ways of ensuring your house, of getting a will, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
of creating a family. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
All those things that have largely changed because of the introduction | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
of civil partnerships. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
This was huge, and it also affected social attitudes. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
Fans of a world champion mountain biker and stunt cyclist, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:59 | |
who was paralysed in a crash, are crowd-funding | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
to help his rehabilitation. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
Martyn Ashton, from Port Talbot, is famous worldwide, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
with close to 30 million views of his online videos. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Within hours of putting one of his bikes up for sale | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
to fund his rehab, he was inundated with offers of help, | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
as Nicola Smith reports. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Backflips, somersaults and gravity defying stunts. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
It's moves like this that made Martyn Ashton famous. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
When he posted this film online in 2012, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
he thought it might get a few thousand views. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
It attracted millions. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
But one year after making it, a stunt went wrong. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
His life was changed forever. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
I had an accident and broke my back, just there. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:42 | |
It left me a paraplegic, so I'm paralysed from my waist down. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
Not the greatest day, but also I look at it as | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
one of my luckiest. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
I was very injured, but very pleased to still be here. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
Two years on, he's adapted to life in a wheelchair. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
But funding his rehabilitation, his long-term | 0:03:00 | 0:03:06 | |
fitness, comes at a significant cost. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
So, he decided to put this bike up for sale. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
Little did he know what would happen next. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
I thought I was doing the everyday thing of just | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
putting my bike on Facebook, "Hey, guys, I'm looking to sell this." | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
Then I had this amazing response that I am amazed by. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:24 | |
I just think the positivity that comes from | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
friends and fans on Facebook is something I'm really grateful for. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
It seems no one wanted him to sell the bike. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
Instead, they offered to crowdfund his rehabilitation | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
to allow him to carry on challenging himself - | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
by doing things like this... | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
This summer, he managed to get back on a mountain bike. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
It's already provoked a response. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
I've been really amazed since that video came | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
out, because no one had actually done that before. | 0:03:53 | 0:04:01 | |
I've seen other people sending me videos of them doing it. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Other people in wheelchairs have realised they could get | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
on a mountain bike. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:07 | |
I'm hoping this year to see if I can get more people out doing it. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Go! | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
Tonight, his supporters raised ?7,000 in one hour. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
It seems Martyn Ashton is continuing to inspire people right | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
across the world, who have been moved by his story. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Rugby, and the Ospreys are the first Welsh Region | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
in European action today. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:27 | |
They are around 20 minutes into their Champions Cup | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
match in France. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
The latest score is Bordeaux 10-7 Ospreys. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
The Scarlets entertain Glasgow later, and in the Challenge Cup | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
the Dragons face Pau. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
Football, and Newport County were at home to | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
AFC Wimbledon in League Two. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
The Exiles let a two-goal lead slip. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
The final score at Rodney Parade was 2-2. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
Before I go, let's take a quick look at the weather. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
After a generally wet evening, rain will slowly clear | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
to the northeast overnight. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
It will be another mild night, dipping overnight to | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
around 6 Celsius. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
I'll be back at the same time tomorrow, but that's Wales Today. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Enjoy the rest of your evening. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
From all of us here, goodbye | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 |