25/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

south and a cooler wind picking up by Bank Holiday Monday. Thank you.

As Welsh steelworkers march in London for more

support for the industry, in India, Tata continues to assess

You have to give time to the company to evaluate the bits, consider them

and then go back to bidders if they need clarification.

A jury hears Finlay Thomas was murdered in a "deliberate

and vicious" act by his mother's boyfriend.

Trampled to death by a police horse 16 years ago.

The family of football fan Terry Coles calls for

It's claimed the project has transformed the condition of this

river, now calls for it to be introduced across Wales.

And just over a fortnight since his leg fractured Joe Ledley is training

with the Wales squad in the Algarve. We have the latest from the Wales

camp as you wrote 2016 gets closer. -- you wrote 2016.

Tata Steel says it still hasn't reached a decision about the future

It had been expected to decide on a shortlist of potential

buyers for the sites, which include Port Talbot,

But in the last few hours, it's said it needs more time

It comes as hundreds of steelworkers gathered in London for a rally

to urge the UK government to give more support to the industry.

Here's our Business Correspondent, Brian Meechan.

Steelworkers from Wales joined colleagues to take their message

As well as a strategy to help traditional industries,

they want ministers to ensure that Tata remains a responsible seller.

But these workers will have to wait a bit longer to find out

I am delighted that the Government decided to take a different

viewpoint. Sajid Javits was persuaded that they'd be paid to

take a statement from the steel industry if necessary -- a stake in

the steel industry. That is a confident note. That's why we've got

bidders, that's why we've also got their situation being considered.

But these workers will have to wait a bit longer to find out

which of the several bidders will progress to the next

Union members at the rally say they have a lot to offer buyers.

We make a high-quality product. We've got the best workforce in the

Wales. We believe, we passionately believe that we've got a long-term

future for this industry. Steel and Port Talbot go hand-in-hand. This

town was built in the steel industry. Without it the town would

die, a ghost town. Thousands of residents relying on the steel so

It's a rare sight to see a conservative government minister

We are united. We all agree. Perhaps this has never happened before, we

all want to save our steel. That is why the Prime Minister has said from

the outset it is a vital industry. We don't want any stone left

unturned. That is what we have done. We have looked at everything, and

continue to look at everything, because we want to make sure that

they stay open. We make steel in south Wales. That's what we are

The business secretary, Sajid Javid, has been in Mumbai

meeting the company's bosses ahead of the board meeting

According to the UK government, discussions are positive but there

Tata bosses say the process is ongoing.

At all points in time we have been working closely with the British

government both at the central level with the Business Minister and

regional level in the Welsh government. I think, fundamentally,

the premise of conversation is how to make this into an orderly

to make this into an orderly transaction.

Carwyn Jones also went to Mumbai to meet Tata bosses after first

He surprised many by saying the Excalibur management buyout bid

to takeover the company didn't yet have the funding it needed

and he would like to see them working with the Liberty bid.

The first minister is also raising concerns about the deficit

It's inevitable that unless something is done it will be

difficult for any bidder to be successful. It is a significant

liability. What I don't want to see, is the fallback position of pension

protection fund is being used. That affects both in the pension scheme.

That affects both in the pension scheme.

So the wait goes on for the workers but it's clear they'll continue

to make their voices heard as this sales process marches on.

Let's speak to Brian now, who is in Port Talbot for us tonight.

The wait goes on for workers across sites in Wales. That's right, the

wait goes on for workers and there is some concern about the process

hasn't moved forward today as expected.

But, on the other hand, the reason for that is that there are several

serious and credible bids. That does pose a good future, ultimately, for

Port Talbot and the other sites around Wales. There has been

speculation that Tata may change its mind. A turnaround plan has been put

in place that was rejected by Tata. It is already paying dividends and

the UK Government is finally talking the kind of language on pensions,

energy and Chinese tariffs that Tata 's been trying to get them to talk

for years. Today Tata said this was part of the process of selling and

they were not, at this point, looking at keeping hold. But they

will be some bidders tonight who may be quite concerned about the

direction of travel. Thank you, Brian.

A jury at Cardiff Crown Court has been hearing how a seventeen month

old toddler from the Rhondda was murdered in a "deliberate

Prosecutors say Finlay Thomas was killed by his mother's

boyfriend, and that she lied to support him.

Sean Buckley denies murder, and both he and Chloe Thomas

Finlay Thomas lived for just 17 months.

The toddler's life ended abruptly following incident at his home

in this street in Clydach Vale, near Tonypandy.

He lived in the house with his mother, Chloe Thomas,

When ambulances were called to the house on the afternoon

of the 23rd of September 2014 paramedics were told

by Sean Buckley that Finlay had fallen down the stairs.

Adding that he had done it before, not so long ago.

Finlay was taken to the local hospital, but later died

after being transferred to the University Hospital

A postmortem examination gave his cause of death

The prosecutor, Roger Thomas, told the jury at Cardiff Crown Court

that medical experts believe the severity of Finlay's brain

injury meant it was highly unlikely it was caused by a simple fall down

the stairs in a house in this street.

He said it was more typically seen in abuse caused by shaking

He told the court this was not caused by an accident,

but a deliberate and vicious act by Sean Buckley,

who had given a deceitful and manufactured account

of what happened, assisted by the lies and support

Cardiff Crown Court heard that doctors who examined Finlay's body

found previous multiple bleeds and injuries to his head and spine.

A garden chair was produced as an exhibit, and the jury was told

the toddler also had injuries consistent with him either

being struck with it, or struck against it.

There was also evidence of bleeding to his eyes,

As the case was outlined to the Julie Sean Buckley

But Finley's mother often broke down in tears as she sat

Sean Buckley denies murder, both he and Chloe Thomas deny

cruelty to a child under the age of 16.

The case is expected to last up to five weeks.

Nick Palitt, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff Crown Court.

The performance of the Welsh ambulance service has improved

after a deterioration in response times during the winter.

In April 71% of emergency vehicles responded to immediately

life-threatening calls within eight minutes, that's up

The target is that 65 % of ambulances should

arrive to so called 'red calls' within that time.

Two Labour Assembly Members have asked the Welsh Government to reject

housing proposals put forward by their Labour colleagues

Government planners had already raised concerns about the local

authority's plan, for more than thirteen and a half thousand

The council says it'll take full account of views expressed

The family of a Swansea football fan who died after being trampled

by a police horse 16 years ago has called for a review of the evidence.

Terry Coles was struck outside Rotherham football ground in 2000.

An inquest later concluded his death was 'accidental'.

His widow accepts that verdict, but believes the actions of South

It was meant to be a day of celebration,

as Swansea City gained promotion to the second division.

But it was one overshadowed by tragedy.

In the minutes before the game against Rotherham United,

42-year-old Terry Coles was trampled by a police horse.

For his family it was a traumatic experience.

More than a decade on the believe justice has not yet been served.

I feel like this is our final chance, really.

And we hope that the South Yorkshire Police will be approached

as to reconsider the evidence, readdress all the issues,

because, the end of the day, nobody deserved to go

You know, it was an accident that should never, ever have happened.

Mr Coles was with many other football fans in this lane outside

Rotherham's Millmoor ground in May 2000 when tragedy struck.

As trouble broke out between between opposing fans

South Yorkshire Police officers tried to intervene,

in the process Mr Coles was hit by a police horse.

The incident was described in court as unavoidable,

and it was said Mr Coles had stepped into the path of the horse.

Even 16 years on, as Terry Coles was remembered during the minutes

applause at the Liberty Stadium earlier this month, there are some

who believe what happened could have been avoided.

The inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

Then an application for civil action against South Yorkshire Police

An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission found

that three officers that day had failed in their duty.

The legal firm which represented the family says it was always

of the opinion South Yorkshire Police hadn't taken

the correct actions on the day when the incident happened.

Particularly, it said, in allowing mounted police to canter

I think there's definitely an option for the family to reinvestigate

Also, I think it needs to be, I request needs to be made

to the Independent Police Complaints Commission to see

whether or not their findings should be given more weight.

The Coles family says it is seeking legal advice

In the meantime, South Yorkshire Police says they are yet

to hear from Mrs Coles, but will carefully

We'll have the latest from the Wales team's Euro 2016

training camp in Portugal, as Joe Ledley battles

And the Monmouth recording studios among the most famous in the world.

In a rare interview, the owner says he'd like to see it

For three decades Childline has offered support to four million

young people suffering from stress, depression and abuse.

On a visit to its centre in Prestayn, its founder,

Dame Esther Rantzen, has appealed for more volunteers

We can announce a brand-new idea in this country, a national helpline

for children in trouble or danger. It is free, it's called Childline.

Esther Rantzen launched the charity in 1986 giving children a 24 hour

helpline to talk about anything that was troubling them.

Childline Cymru opened in 1993 with Prestatyn acting

The average number of contacts has trebled over the past three

decades thanks partly to developments in technology.

This base has dealt with 125,000 counselling sessions dealing with

topics from exams dressed to family problems. 60% of sessions now take

place online. When we started people had landlines, children used to ring

from public phone boxes, the red boxes. Sometimes in the middle of

the night, sometimes going through snow or sleet to make that call.

From a child's point of view they regard this as a way of talking.

They say it's good to talk to you. I was watching a child being

cancelled online, the last thing she said was, thank you for listening to

me. They feel this is the new way that children can communicate

safely. What would you like to talk about today? Carroll has been a

councillor for eight years, volunteers come from all kinds of

backgrounds. She says ideal candidates only need to be good at

one thing. Listening. Young people today are under such a lot of

pressure. The main thing is nobody listens to me. Nobody listens. So

you listen. And you allow them time and space to tell their story,

really. emailing or texting thousands

of children are still sharing their stories

here and across the country. A recruitment drive will ensure

someone's always on hand There are calls for a scheme

to tackle high levels of acidity in rivers to be given the go

ahead across Wales. The charity Carmarthenshire Rivers

Trust claims its liming project has had dramatic results,

transforming a river that was failing EU standards

on water quality and wildlife. Our Environment Correspondent,

Steffan Messenger has more. This river flows between Tregaron

and Llandovery, and is an important That, for wildlife to thrive here,

it needs a helping hand. The river has been badly

affected by acidification. I've, personally, taken an reading,

and one of the first streams at the top of the catchment

which is the same as table vinegar. It was an acidic environment anyway,

but it is exacerbated by the conifer plantation at the top

of the catchment. They have a capacity to scavenge

pollutants out of the air, and in rainfall these pollutants get

washed into the river. So, since 2010, the team has been

introducing tonnes of this stuff, It reacts with the water hoping

to neutralise the acid. Those involved so the results

speak for themselves, before the project began this

catchment was deemed to be failing EU standards of water quality

and wildlife in the river. It has since been reclassified,

and now has good ecological status. These guys will tell

us a lot about what's going on in the river

with water quality. This chap here is sensitive

to acidification, so the fact we've got a few of those

is an indication Other rivers across Wales now

want to roll out the scheme to, but they are worried that the body

in charge of the environment We are concerned that although we've

had plenty of support from local resources and officers,

the policy forums, I think, They may not support the extension

elsewhere, which I One in five rivers in Wales

are vulnerable to acidification according to natural resources

Wales's own assessment. So, why not support

further liming projects? The key thing for us,

is, we have to take a long-term We want to have a look

at all the different opportunities we have to solve the problem,

and not just dipped to one. What we don't want is to carry

on liming, we are just dealing Back on the river they hope

to continue the work they feel is vital for wildlife

in and around our rivers. NRW says it will consider

whether to allow other projects like this one

on a case-by-case basis. With just over three weeks to go

until Wales' opening Euro 2016 game in France,

the team have come together at a pre-tournament

training camp in Portugal. One notable absentee is Gareth Bale,

who's playing the champions league But Joe Ledley HAS been

training- a fortnight If Chris Coleman was hoping for a

week in which his players could train, relax and bond as a squad,

they picked an ideal setting to do exactly that. The weather, perfect.

The atmosphere, laid-back. The stakes, as high as ever.

Everybody's Isaiah on this tournament. I want to prove I'm

capable of standing up and proving I can play at this level. -- everybody

is are on this tournament. There's a good team spirit, that is why we've

been so successful in the past. Among the 29 players present, and

what a great site for Wales France, a mobile Joe Ledley, assigned to

light training, but seemingly on the road back to fitness despite a

fracture just over a fortnight ago. But will he be back in time?

Once he can deal with lighter loads we will increase his tolerance as

the days go by. Hopefully, by the end of the week, he will be where we

want him to be and that will allow him to be named in the squad. Then

we'll be looking to drop him in at some point. The amount of trips that

Joe has, the experience he has. He's a vital player for us.

I'm sure he'll be there. There is one noticeable absentee, Gareth Bale

is still with his club, and there's the small matter of a Champions

League final ahead of him this weekend. Here he was training with

Ray on the dread as fans watching nervously on Saturday hoping he

comes the one scales. -- real Madrid.

We all support him. Would be on edge a little bit, we want him to do well

but we don't want him to get injured. Gareth is a pro, and he

will look after himself. With Gareth Bale in the team the

players have the confidence they can go all the way, and why not, and the

King has formally comes to beating the odds.

We want to go on and win the thing. I think that's given everyone a bit

of belief that we can go on and win this tournament. We've got the best

man in the tournament and ranks, why can't we went?

The squad leave Portugal this Sunday, back to Wales for further

training and then a final game against Sweden in June before the

reality of Euro 2016 kicks in. Glamorgan have drawn their latest

County Championship The visitors were set a target

of 334 to win and by the close of the final day had reached

160 for 5. It's the recording studios that has

played host to the likes of Oasis and Stereophonics and,

perhaps most famously, where Queen Giving a rare interview to BBC Wales

the owner of Rockfield Studios near Monmouth says he'd eventually

like to see it become Heading, not for the pressures

of London, but for the Welsh BBC archive of a band London

in a field with no runway, next to a recording studio that used

to be stable. The brainchild of Charles

and Kingsley Ward, farmers, 40 years on, Kingsley Ward

recalls how it all began. It started in 1961 when my brother

and myself had a band and we borrowed a tape recorder,

a microphone, went up to London That was our first insight

into the record business. Rockfield's back

catalogue is impressive. So what are machines used

to record iconic tracks. Now its history is on display

at the Heritage lottery funded exhibition in Monmouth Museum

who rated by local students. Among those to have recorded there,

Hobo, signed to They were there

when this happened... # Is this the real life,

# Is this just fantasy # Caught in a landslide,

# No escape from reality. When we first met them we didn't

have a lot of money really. They were far more successful

than us, but when they came, We used to play frisbee

with them in the courtyard. They used to get all the best food

and we used to get the scraps. We used to think, Queen's having

dinner, what's left! And the exhibition includes

rare moments like this. Joe Strummer with Robert Plant,

not long before Strummer's death. And now Kingsley Ward has

a long-term plan for the place. Rock field was named on all these

albums, because of that I think it could be around for many years to

Even where it might be classed as a heritage site.

So we may all be able to experience a bit of the magic in the future.

But, for now, it's very much still in the music business.

Well, still very much in the weather business is Behnaz,

what have we got to look forward to, Benny?

We have plenty to sing about! We can look forward to sunshine tomorrow

and into the weekend, compared to today when it's been cloudy.

Tomorrow is slightly warmer with more sunshine. Tonight could see

limited amounts of brightness, but generally it is a cloudy picture

with some rain across North Wales into the overnight period. It is

light and patchy, most of us getting away with a dry night. Temperatures

are not dropping too much. Tomorrow, we have this weather front which

will clear northwards and things will start to improve a little bit

as we go through the morning. First thing tomorrow just a little rain

lingering along parts of Anglesey and that will clear and bright and

from the south. Most of us should see the sunshine tomorrow, but the

risk of review showers by the afternoon. Temperatures, slightly

warmer than today ranging between 12 and 17 Celsius. The best we managed

today was 14 in mumbles. We will certainly feel the difference will

stop any remaining showers will clear, and we'll see clear skies

into the early hours of Friday morning.

We could see some mist and fog forming as well. It will be chilly,

getting down to around seven Celsius in the Brecon Beacons.

Winds are light and variable. On Friday that front just lingering,

but nowhere near us so we look forward to another day of sunshine.

Again, the risk of review she was. Feeling warmer as we head into

Friday, it bit of cloud first thing that sunshine should breakthrough.

The sunshine triggering though she was as we go through the day, they

could be heavy and sundry, but if you can't dodge the showers it's not

a bad state. It will feel warm. The winds are light, and coming from a

southerly direction. More chance she was on the weekend, a shows on

Sunday with more in the way of sunshine. Not looking too bad at

all. A reminder of our top story. Tata says it needs more time to

evaluate potential buyers of its plants. They had been expected to

short bidders. Steelworkers have gathered in London for a rally to

urge the Government to offer more support.

We'll have a quick update at 8pm, more after the BBC News at Ten.

But for now, from all of us on the programme,