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Ure that subject. Join me for that now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Gareth Hall, a former lifeguard from Gwynedd, | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
pleads guilty to child rape in the US. | :00:10. | :00:11. | |
And more than 100 head teacher vacancies across the country. | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
Why don't more teachers want the top jobs? | :00:16. | :00:33. | |
A former lifeguard from Gwynedd has admitted travelling to America | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
to rape a ten-year-old girl he met online. | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
Gareth Hall, from Talysarn, near Caernarfon, has appeared | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
in court in Oregon to plead guilty to seven related charges. | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
He was suspended from his job following a separate investigation | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
22-year-old Gareth Hall was arrested at O'Hare Airport | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
in Chicago last May, trying to re-enter the States | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
less than a month after flying to Oregon to meet his victim. | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
He'd made contact with the ten-year-old girl online. | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
The girl's family learned of the rape only after Hall had | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
He'd been questioned about separate allegations of online offences | :01:17. | :01:24. | |
in 2014, while working as a lifeguard at this leisure | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
centre in Caernarfon and released on bail. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
He was suspended when Gwynedd Council learned of his arrest. | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
It says it followed the relevant child protection procedures. | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
It also says it hasn't received any complaints from parents of children | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
who attended the centre while he worked there. | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
In Gareth Hall's home village of Talysarn, | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
They think he has an illness, and I feel very sorry for him. | :01:48. | :01:58. | |
I do hope that people on the area don't... | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
Don't turn their backs on the family. | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
This evening, Gareth Hall pleaded guilty to seven charges relating | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
to rape and online grooming and will face a minimum of 25 years | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
New information now on the man from Wales accused of raping | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
The case attracted local media attention, and each new development | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
was followed closely by TV stations in Oregon. | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
Gareth Hall has been held in county jail in Oregon since his arrest - | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
a world away from the Nantlle Valley where he grew up. | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
Welsh language interpreters have reportedly been in court | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
Detectives investigating the murder of a woman and two children | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
in West Yorkshire are liaising with police in North Wales, | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
following the discovery of a man's body. | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
The body was found shortly after 5:00 this evening, | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
The woman and children were discovered at a house | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
Police have yet to confirm the identity of the man. | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
The body of Andrea Lewis was found by police at a house | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
Another man who was also arrested in connection with her death | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
is currently on bail while investigations continue. | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
Police are appealing for information. | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
Over 100 schools in Wales don't have a permanent head teacher. | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
Some schools are employing retired staff to fill the gaps. | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
But the Welsh Government insist there is no crisis | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
Unions say heavy workloads are putting off potential recruits. | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
Cemlyn Davies has this special report. | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
This school has been without a permanent headteacher | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
since the start of the academic year. | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
The school recently advertised the post for a third time, | :03:48. | :03:49. | |
having previously failed to attract any applications. | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
For now, there's an interim headteacher in place. | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
One who had just retired after 33 years as a head. | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
When I was starting off applying for headships, | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
you could have 16, 20 people applying. | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
These days, as you know, there's nobody applying, | :04:11. | :04:11. | |
This is one of five schools in Ceredigion currently | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
Research for BBC Wales has found many more councils have vacant | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
Across the 18 local authorities which provided the information | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
we needed, there are more than 1,200 schools. | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
105 of those don't have a headteacher. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Conway has the highest percentage of schools without a head. | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
It is difficult to appoint a head in some of the smaller rural schools. | :04:40. | :04:48. | |
It's also difficult to appoint heads in even bigger secondary schools, | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
There is a shortage of people applying for the jobs. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
Headteachers manage their schools, implementing policies and making | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
Despite all these responsibilities, heads often aren't paid much more | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
According to NHT Cymru, two thirds of local authorities have | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
experienced recruitment difficulties. | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
Julian Jones, who represents the union, isn't surprised. | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
He says more teachers feel being a head today isn't | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
Seeing first-hand what a headteacher has to cope with on a daily basis, | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
these young people think to themselves, | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
Do I want to have to put up with that?" | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
There are now calls for headteachers to be given more support. | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
We've certainly called for action, serious action, reducing workload | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
across the board in terms of the teaching workforce. | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
The Welsh Government told us there is no headteacher recruitment | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
crisis in Wales, and there are about 800 teachers who have | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
gained the qualification needed to be a headteacher, | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
with more to go on the course this year. | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
The unions say that qualification is no guarantee a teacher will go | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
Here, there is hope the search for a new head is about to come | :06:11. | :06:19. | |
Governors will discuss the response to their latest advert tomorrow. | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
They were involved in big pay rises for themselves, | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
Three senior executives at Caerphilly Council were cleared | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
The three are still suspended on full pay. | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
It's cost the council more than ?1 million in salaries, | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
and there have been calls for the UK Government to foot the bill. | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
That call was rejected this morning in the House of Commons. | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
It's a controversy which has plagued Caerphilly Council | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
The focus of protests over big pay rises - | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
Anthony O'Sullivan, the Chief Executive, | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
and head of legal services, Daniel Perkins. | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
On salaries of around ?80-100,000 a year, then involved in the process | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
which awarded them pay rises of up to 20%. | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
The Wales Audit Office said it was a clear conflict | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
Criminal charges against the three men were thrown out | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
The cost to the council backfilling their positions, | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
The Crown Prosecution Service, who decide whether to take a case | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
to court, told me delays in the trial wasn't there fault. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
Much of the delay is not attributable in any way to the | :07:37. | :07:38. | |
That's not to say there weren't elements of the prosecution | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
could have been conducted more swiftly and, | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
certainly, some learning has been taken away in relation to that. | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
The difficulty is everybody blames everybody else. | :07:52. | :07:52. | |
The Crown Prosecution Service blame others. | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
The result is that there is a catalogue | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
What I'm saying is that the system, as a whole, is at fault. | :08:03. | :08:11. | |
The Minister for Courts and Legal Aid said complex cases | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
No compensation for the council, but changes to the court | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
These are ambitious plans put in place. | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
I am confident that they will take place in due course. | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
I have to say, however, but I'm sorry that | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
they weren't in place for the benefit of his constituents | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
at the time of the case that he refers to. | :08:41. | :08:42. | |
So, what next for Caerphilly Council and council taxpayers here? | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
Well, the legal advice is to wait for an | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
external experts to advise them on what, if any, | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
disciplinary action could take place in future. | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
No estimate as it stands, or when this long-running saga | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
We pride ourselves on our countryside and wildlife, | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
and today a new law was passed to help manage and protect | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
New targets were agreed by Assembly Members for recycling | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
The aim is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
but environmentalists say it should have gone further. | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
The Ministry of Defence says future of RAF Valley on Anglesey as a fast | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
training base has been secured until at least 2033. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
It's one of several bases in the UK which will benefit | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
from a ?1.1 billion investment by the MoD | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
The investment will also mean ten new aircraft for the Anglesey base, | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
which will be used for basic training. | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
Rugby, and after playing just one game for the Scarlets | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
following injury, fullback Liam Williams is ready to play some | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
part in Sunday's Six Nations opener in Ireland. | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
Flanker Dan Lydiate is also back in training after a shoulder injury. | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
Meanwhile, Ireland winger Luke Fitzgerald is set to miss | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
He's out for up to eight weeks, but the Welsh players aren't taking | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
The last two years, they won the Championship. | :10:15. | :10:23. | |
They are strong squad and they are a well drilled team. | :10:24. | :10:25. | |
It's going to be a tough task going to Dublin, | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
which is a very difficult place to go and win. | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
We are under no illusions about the task ahead of us this | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
week, but we need to make sure that we prepare well and concentrate | :10:37. | :10:39. | |
Football, and Salomon Rondon struck a dramatic equaliser | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
two minutes into stoppage time to earn West Bromwich Albion | :10:46. | :10:47. | |
a crucial point against Swansea City at the Hawthorns. | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
It's not everyday you get a science lesson from space, | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
but that's what happened to a group of school children from Swansea. | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
25 pupils from Blaenymaes Primary travelled to Liverpool to take part | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
in a live link-up to the International Space Station. | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go and speak | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
I was amazed because I never knew Tim Peake could do that in space. | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
I knew he could float about, but I didn't know he could | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
Derek's also been studying the night skies. | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
The sky is clear and places at the moment, but there is a wintry mix of | :11:31. | :11:43. | |
whether on the way. Rain, sleet and snow for some of us. At the moment, | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
close guys with showers. In the early hours, rain will spread into | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
North and mid Wales with Pete and snow as well. Strong to gale force | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
winds on the north and West Coast. A warning of icy patches on untreated | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
roads. By tomorrow, there could be a few centimetres of snow. Having said | :12:06. | :12:13. | |
that, some places such as Swansea and parts of Pembrokeshire will be | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
dry and bright. A cold wind tomorrow. Across the west of the UK, | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
watch out for icy patches. Rain, sleet and health snow in central | :12:25. | :12:27. | |
southern areas will break up during the day. Showers in Northern | :12:28. | :12:34. | |
Ireland. Further north, dry and bright with further sunshine. In | :12:35. | :12:37. | |
Wales tomorrow afternoon, a few showers around with dry and bright | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
weather, too. Most of the country should be dry by early evening. | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
Winds easing. Tomorrow night, change again as rain moves in. Snow for a | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
time on hills. Wind is picking up overnight with temperatures rising. | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
Thursday, much milder. Rain in the North will ease, leaving behind lots | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
of cloud, helpful, drizzle as well. -- hill fog. My old on Friday, | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
strong winds in the west and north-west. This weekend, dry and | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
bright for a time. More wet and windy weather on the way. | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
That's Wales Today, thank you for watching. | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
From all of us on the programme, goodnight. | :13:25. | :13:29. |