26/04/2016 BBC Wales Today

who died at Hillsborough say they're relieved the inquest has concluded.

And after the Chernobyl disaster in the '80s the sale of livestock

here was restricted, now an expert says that was probably unnecessary.

The families of two football fans from Wales killed at Hillsborough 27

years ago have expressed their relief that fresh inquests

John McBrien from Holywell in Flintshire and Steven Brown

from Holt near Wrexham were among 96 Liverpool fans crushed to death.

After two years of evidence - the jury concluded they'd

The inquest hadn't even concluded when relatives of those who died

came together to sing Liverpool's famous anthem, with its lyrics

about walking on through wind and rain with hope in your heart.

It was a perfect summary of the struggle they've faced

to bring out the full story of that day in 1989.

Among the victims 18 year old John McBrien from Holywell.

He'd travelled with the Deeside Liverpool Supporters Club

and was looking forward to starting a course at the city's university.

His mother learned today that he and 95 others

were unlawfully killed because of failures

by police to keep the crowd safe.

I represented our family in the first inquest. I said on television

the verdict should have been unlawful killing. Then, 1991. At

last it is unlawful killing. That was an achievement.

25 year old David Steven Brown, known as Steven from Holt

near Wrexham was such a Liverpool fanatic he even bore a club tattoo.

His brother and widow were at the inquest today but didn't

Sarah Brown was six months pregnant with her daughter

Also at the inquests in Warrington, Dean Harris from Newport survived

the crush but witnessed its full horror.

We have had to fight for this, we had to fight for every smile today,

which has been earned. It has been earned by survivors, family and

campaigners standing together all these years to get this verdict.

The jury concluded that mistakes were made by South Yorkshire police,

Charlotte Hennessey from Connah's Quay who's father

James died at Hillsborough kept a video diary throughout

The failure to close the tunnel upon opening the gate is the cause of the

death of my dad and 95 other innocent people. It was not the

fault of Liverpool fans. And now the world knows it.

An independent police complaints commission investigation

and a separate criminal inquiry will now help to decide

The tension built up in the last 27 years got out in a flood of relief,

through cheering, shouting and spontaneous singing. The families of

the 96 victims have finally got the justice they have been fighting for.

BBC Wales understands that plans to build a combined heat

and power plant at South Hook near Milford Haven

An email to Milford Haven Town Council earlier this month

indicated that the company behind the project had cancelled the plans

Around 600 jobs were expected to be created during construction.

We rely on large jobs happening in the chemical and gas industry. A

couple of months working on that is 12 months wages for somebody. When

something of this magnitude is called off now, it hurts, it hurts

the local economy. David Cameron has paid his first

visit to the Port Talbot steel plant since Tata announced

it was putting its UK During a meeting with senior

executives and union officials, the Prime Minister talked

through different options for supporting any potential rescue

package for the industry. The announcement that Wales's

largest coal-fired power station is to downgrade its operations

will have an inevitable impact on opencast mining here -

that's according to the operators From April next year,

Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan will only generate

electricity when it is needed Here's our Environment

Correspondent, Steffan Messenger. By 1967 this industrial wilderness

will begin to look like this... At the time it was built,

Aberthaw was hailed as one of the most advanced power

stations in the world. For over 40 years, this site

near St Athen in the Vale of Glamorgan has been generating

electricity from burning coal. It can supply around

1555 megawatts of That is enough power

to meet the needs of some But a fall in demand

for coal-fired power, rising costs and energy regulations

have combined to make keeping this place going a huge

challenge They announced that from April next

year this site will only be operational at times

when the National Grid need a helping hand with extra supply,

like in the winter months. Environmental campaigners

predict this is the It is the third biggest source

of nitrogen oxide emissions in all of Europe and it is also one

of the biggest polluters in terms

of mercury emissions in the whole of It is just a gargantuan polluter

and its time has come and RWE says it is investing

in new technology to help That will involve expanding the

range of coal burned at the plant. We are looking at the production

of coal in Wales coming I think that is still

under discussion. Coal coming from other countries,

coming in, people moving to mixing coal and biomass,

there are lots of complex Of course if you burn

different materials, Opencast mines in south Wales

currently supply the vast majority of coal

burned at Aberthaw. Miller Argent in Merthyr Tydfil

and Celtic Energy, which mines near Neath said today

they are considering the impact The future of around 600

staff at contract jobs at expected things to become

clearer by the autumn. 30 years since the world's worst

nuclear accident at Chernobyl, in what is now Ukraine,

an expert has told Wales Today that restrictions imposed at the time

on the sale of livestock here, Radioactive caesium fell in rain

on North Wales and restrictions on farms in the affected area

were only completely lifted The death toll of Chernobyl

is still argued over. The world's worst nuclear accident

still divides opinion. Here in Wales what we do know

is yes, radioactive caesium did fall in rain about one week after

the explosion and the radiation levels here in North Wales on some

farms was high enough Restrictions which were to

remain in place for more Some people were saying

that it is nothing to worry about and it will be over

in two or three weeks... Glynn Roberts had to cope

with restrictions for a whole Almost a working lifetime,

with the added burden Public confidence in their

product, lamb, had to be The most important thing

here is that we do supply the households with the best lamb

and safest lamb in the world. And by doing this for the last 26

years I It has made more work

for us but that is work, The regime involved

radiation testing. caesium were not allowed

to enter the food chain. Were the restrictions

really necessary? Some scientists say

our understanding of the dangers of what they say are low

levels of caesium has changed. Professor Gerry Thomas

of Imperial College researches We never had a nuclear

accident like that before. I think it was sensible at the time

to be cautious. learn from what we now know

about the science 30 years later and say actually,

caesium is not really something we could be that

concerned about and we've from the Chernobyl area,

where people have been following it now for over 30 years and it looks

like there is nothing to be seen. The monitoring ended when the last

restrictions were lifted There are those who argue scientists

like Gerry Thomas are too Others believe sheep

on the Welsh uplands should continue to be

checked for radiation. When you come to low levels

of radiation, there is very think, with time,

and we will only see in the next generation

and the generation after that whether there

are significant effects to be Around Chernobyl they are

still working to contain the damaged reactor and nearby,

homes, schools and communities 30 years on, there and here,

the accident is still Scarlets centre, Scott Williams,

will undergo a fitness test on Thursday, as he battles to make

a come-back for his region's all-important clash

against the Dragons. Saturday's game is part

of the so-called Judgement Day, when the Blues also face the Ospreys

at the Principality Stadium. Williams hasn't played

since he suffered a leg-injury in Wales' World-Cup

victory over England. But the Scarlets' Head Coach

believes his return Obviously he's going to be

a bit rusty if he does It has been a long time

since he played rugby World Cup. Certainly we would love to get him

out there and he is training well. He has one more test on Thursday,

passing that, he will be There is a very strong

argument that he will be. Snooker and in the quarter finals

at the World Championships He has just been knocked out by Ding

Junhui. He was defeated 13 frames to three frames.

Our election tour of Wales has been travelling the country over the past

ten days gauging your opinions about issues that matter near you.

Our tour of Wales leaves Brecon and heads to

We then head on to Merthyr and on Friday

Join us on Wales Today lunchtime at 1:30 and 6:30 in

Time for a look at the weather now - and Sue, it's looking

It is for some of us. It is cold with sunny spells and wintry

showers. Even some snow and hail. Overnight winds continue feeding in

some showers. More likely further west. Snow on high ground, drier

further eased with some overnight frost. Subtle changes tomorrow with

northerly wind which brought Arctic air going more westerly, bringing

Atlantic air with the weather system pushing in later. Tomorrow, a cold

start with some frost and scattered showers, some wintry. Across the UK

the best of the drier and brighter weather further eased. Showers

pushing in on the north-westerly wind. A wintry mix of rain, sleet

and snow. Particularly colder further north, seven Celsius in the

Highlands and a more springlike 12 where it is brighter, longer further

south. Blustery wind. We lose the raw wind but Tab which is still in

single figures, seven Celsius here and nine in Cardiff. -- but

averages. Pushing from the West tomorrow night. When trees no on

high ground. -- temperatures. Rural frost patches. Thursday, cold with

sunshine and showers, some wintry and heavy at times with brisk

westerly wind. I'm settled influences bringing low-pressure. --

not settled. Wet and windy overnight. A mix of sunny spells and

showers in the next couple of days. Rain overnight Thursday into Friday.

Less cold heading into the weekend. We'll be back with all

the latest in Breakfast But for now from everyone

on the programme, thanks for watching,

nos da, goodnight.