19/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to the programme. Tonight's headlines:

Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams is given a cabinet job

in Carwyn Jones' Labour government.

Richard Osman was born and brought up in Carmarthen -

he's one of the passengers on board the crashed EgyptAir plane.

And John Sabine's mummified body was found 20 years

after he was killed.

An inquest hears his late wife fractured his skull

and kept his death a secret.

Good evening.

as Education Secretary.

Carwyn Jones says it reflects the need for progressive

parties to work together.

There are also changes at the department of

health and the economy.

Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

up for the first time.

There were many familiar faces from the Labour Party on display.

One that was conspicuous by its absence was the new

Liberal Democrat named as the Education Secretary,

Kirsty Williams.

She needs to get her appointment ratified in a special Lib Dem

conference on the weekend.

But she gave this initial response.

The First Minister said very clearly no party has a monopoly

on good ideas.

I think that is the case.

We have a chance to do Welsh politics differently,

working with other political parties, focusing on where there

is agreement and where we can push Wales forward.

In education, by raising standards - making Wales the best place

to be a teacher.

By ensuring that we've got more apprenticeships,

a great health service and it's a great opportunity to be able

to have a say in how that develops.

Earlier, Carwyn Jones was sworn in as First Minister after receiving

approval from the Queen and after a dramatic week

in which his initial nomination was blocked by opposition parties.

Bringing Kirsty Williams in still does not give Labour

an overall majority, but it does give it greater

protection at the Assembly.

First of all, I meant what I said on Wednesday.

I don't want to be tribal for tribalism's sake.

That we would reach out and work with others.

Secondly, I think she will be a very good minister.

And, thirdly, 30 makes a difference in the chamber.

I recognise the arithmetic.

If you have 29, you are always vulnerable to a no-confidence vote

and we have to consider that.

But Kirsty is somebody, regardless, who can do a very

good job as a minister.

Instead of ministers, the new cabinet will be

made up of secretaries.

And this is what it looks like.

Vaughan Gething steps up from being a deputy

in health to the top job.

One of his big challenges will be dealing with the health

board in North Wales - Betsi Cadwaladr, which is currently

in special measures.

One of the big jobs for Kirsty Williams in education

will be dealing with the Pisa international rankings

when they are published later in the year.

And for Ken Skates as Economy Secretary, top if his in-tray

will be controversial plans for an M4 relief road.

Mark Drakeford moves from Health to take over Finance

and Local Government.

Carl Sargeant takes on Communities and Children.

Lesley Griffiths becomes the Environment and

Rural Affairs Secretary.

And Jane Hutt becomes Leader of the House and

Labour's Chief Whip.

Julie James and Rebecca Evans remain as ministers and there's

a government job for Alun Davies, who was previously sacked

as a minister, as he takes on Lifelong Learning

and the Welsh Language.

So it is the same challenges as before the election

but there will be a new team in place to try to deal with them

over the next five years.

A father-of-two from Carmarthen was one of the passengers

on the EgyptAir flight which crashed into the Mediterranean

Sea this morning.

40-year-old Richard Osman is a geologist who

grew up in Tanerdy.

His younger brother, Alastair, described him

as a very admirable person.

Abigail Neal reports.

Still no clarity yet on what caused the crash of EgyptAir flight 804.

But as the investigation got under way, details began to trickle out

on social media sites about the passenger list and the 66

people who had been on board.

It is known there was one British national and that is believed to be

40-year-old Richard Osman.

A geologist who worked for a gold mining company with offices

in Egypt, Australia and Jersey, he grew up and went to school

in Carmarthen, at Queen Elizabeth Cambria.

The eldest of four children, his Egyptian father moved to Wales

to work as a consultant in Swansea.

The family also have links to the Mumbles.

Their former neighbours were too upset to talk but told us

they remembered him well.

The Foreign Office have not yet confirmed he is the missing British

passenger but First Minister Carwyn Jones said his officials would be

liasing with them, tweeting he was horrified to hear reports

that a Welshman may be among the victims.

Police investigating a historical murder are searching

woodland in Wrexham.

Forensic officers, police dogs and specialist army teams have spent

the day examining forestry at Nant y Ffrith.

Several other searches have taken place including one

at farmland in Shropshire.

It's believed the body of an unidentified man may have been

buried at the Wrexham location.

Plans for Newport's first Welsh-medium secondary school

on the site of Duffryn High School has been approved by councillors.

The ?24 million plan had been refused in February

after Natural Resources Wales raised concerns over flood risks.

The existing site will be split, with the new Welsh-medium

school built alongside it.

Two Dyfed-Powys Police officers have appeared in court charged

with wilful misconduct in public office after an investigation

by an anti-corruption unit.

Stephen Greensmyth and Rhys James are accused of supplying a class B

drug in order to get information.

A man whose mummified remains were discovered behind flats

in Beddau in Rhondda Cynon Taf had been unlawfully killed by his wife

nearly two decades earlier.

An inquest has heard how Leigh-Ann Sabine fractured her

husband's skull with a stone garden ornament some time between February

and April 1997.

However, John Sabine's body wasn't found until just after his wife died

of cancer last year.

Nick Palit reports.

It was a call to police from a housing officer reporting

that tenants believed they had found a medical skeleton in the back

garden of the flats in Beddau that sparked a murder inquiry.

Scenes of crime officers spent most of the day at the property bgging

evidence after the suspect package in the garden turned out to be

the mummified remains of a man, later identified as John Sabine,

who had lived there with his wife Leigh Ann for a few

years up until 1997.

Today there was an inquest into the gruesome circumstances

surrounding his death.

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Jones told the coroner

had had come to the flat in Beddau to examine the decomposing body.

He said it was wrapped in many layers of material,

ranging from black plastic bin bags to roofing felt.

A subsequent postmortem examination revealed the body to be that

of a man in his 60s who had died of a blunt force trauma to the head.

And this was the unusual weapon the pathologist believed was used.

A stone frog weighing in at 1.1 kilograms.

The indentations on Mr Sabine's fractured skull a perfect

match for its shape.

Through DNA, Mr Sabine was identified and the police murder

inquiry concluded his wife Leing Ann had killed him.

However, she died from cancer aged 74, just seven weeks before John's

body was discovered.

The body concealed by her for nearly two decades inside the small flat.

They kept no close friends, no close family members and she kept

up the facade that John Sabine had either left her or was with another

woman or had indeed died.

He was also kept on the voters' register, his pension was claimed.

As the investigation continued, please unravel

a complicated family past.

The couple had abandoned their five children in New Zealand.

And John Sabine also had a family from his first marriage.

His son Christopher, now in his 60s, only knew his father for a brief

six-month period nearly 30 years ago when they lived in Reading.

We did not know what happened.

We tried to contact them on numerous occasions

and we could never get hold of them.

They never replied to any calls.

So we did not know whether he was dead already or not.

We had no idea.

Michelle James discovered the body and for a while police

questioned her on suspicion of murdering her boyfriend.

When the truth was discovered, the was exonerated but she says it's

an episode in her life she will never recover from.

I am not sleeping, I have self harmed through it as well,

which I have never done before.

It's just turned my whole life upside down.

I never thought someone could do something like that.

How is there evil people out there like that?

The coroner for South Wales Central, Andrew Barkley, said there was no

evidence to suggest John Sabine was alive after April 1997

and he said it was clear he died of a blunt force injury to the head.

He recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.

Parents of pupils at a Powys school are launching a legal challenge

against the local council after being told transport could no

longer be subsidised for children from outside the catchment area.

Llanfyllin High School was found to have broken council rules

earlier this year and has since been told to pay back ?17,000.

Powys Council says an independent review is being carried out.

Visitors to Snowdon will be asked to contribute

towards the cost of maintaining the mountain's footpaths.

It's the idea of the Snowdon Partnership, which is made up

of local groups and businesses, because of the increasing damage

caused by the half a million people who walk to the summit every year.

Local companies will ask for donations in a variety of ways,

including leaving extra money on restaurant bills

or in envelopes in hotels.

We are going to have posters around the cafe and the shop explaining

that we are a partner in the Visitor Giving scheme

so our customers will be able read it from the literature we have got.

However, we are not going to be increasing the price

of the produce we sell, so we are going to be taking it out

of the profit we make on them without penalising our

customers at all.

Last night we told you about the opportunity to take on the lease

of this ?1 million farm on the spectacular

Great Orme in Llandudno.

Well, the National Trust was inundated with more

than a hundred calls an hour yesterday after it said

it was offering the lease for just ?1 a year in rent.

The Orme is home to rare plants and wildlife, so they're

looking for a farmer who'll put nature first.

Time for a look at the weather forecast now.

Here's Derek with the details.

We are in for some topsy-turvy weather over the next few days.

That means some rain at times but some dry,

brighter spells as well.

Rain and drizzle this evening.

Mist and hill fog will clear.

Drier overnight.

Still some low cloud and a fairly mild night.

Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over the Atlantic.

A warm front approaching Ireland and that is heading our way.

Tomorrow morning, some reasonable weather.

Dry, the cloud breaking with a little sunshine.

Across the rest of the UK, most places dry.

Some fine weather and sunshine.

A few showers here and there, especially in parts of Scotland.

During the afternoon, rain will spread across Northern Ireland

and other western parts.

Warm in London at 20 Celsius.

In Wales tomorrow afternoon, some dry, bright weather,

but cloud will increase with some rain spreading

from the south-west later on.

A top temperature of 18 Celsius in Flintshire.

Overnight tomorrow, further outbreaks of rain, breezy

on the coast and a mild night.

Temperatures generally in double figures.

On Saturday, there will be some wet, breezy weather.

Sunday promises to be a better day. wet, breezy weather.

Some sunshine. wet, breezy weather.

But there will be a few showers breaking out and if you do catch

one, it could be on the heavy side.

But some areas will stay dry.

Some changeable weather over the next few days

and that goes for next week.

Some sunshine, some showers as well, and there are signs it will start

to warm up a bit over the bank holiday weekend.

I will see you soon.

We'll be back in Breakfast with updates from around

6:25am tomorrow morning.

From all of us here, a very good night.

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