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Here on BBC One, it's time | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Welcome to the programme. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:09 | |
Tonight's headlines.The pension benefits of thousands of Welsh | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
steelworkers could be hit, to try and save Tata jobs. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
But not everyone supports the idea. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:14 | |
A health board apologises to the family of Philippa Gillespie | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
who died from an allergic reaction to penicillin given to her in error. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
And it's one of the world's biggest literary events, | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
but can Welsh writers shine at this year's Hay Festival? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
The pension benefits given to thousands of Welsh | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
steelworkers could be hit, under a proposal from | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
the UK Government. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
It's part of an attempt to make Tata steel's UK operation as attractive | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
as possible to potential buyers. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
The company's plants, including those at Port Talbot, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
Llanwern, Shotton, Trostre, and Newport, employ | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
around 6,000 people. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Our political reporter Paul Martin has the latest. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
We used to make some of the best steel in the world. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
Between them Graham and Ed devoted more than 60 years to | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
the steel industry working at the Llanwern plant in Newport. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
Now retired they are enjoying their free time, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
supported by the pension funds they paid into throughout | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
their careers. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
They are closely following the situation a modern-day | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
colleagues find themselves in. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
But proposals announced by the UK Government today could affect them | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
and mean their pension will not be as generous in the future. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
For the people who haven't retired yet, or have just retired, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
it may mean quite a lot. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
Can we balance that with the fact that by sacrificing some money, | 0:01:47 | 0:01:54 | |
we'll retain the steel industry? | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
Both worked at the old blast furnace, Graham was a section | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
manager and Ed was a furnace controller. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:08 | |
The most dangerous thing I think, does this sets a precedent | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
for future employers and industries. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
A protest in London yesterday, Tata's plan to sell its UK | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
operation has meant huge uncertainty for workers. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:21 | |
Changing the terms of the pension scheme is one idea to try | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
to make its UK plants, which employ around 6000 people | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
in Wales, more attractive to buyers. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
It's the schemes trustees that have come forward and asked us | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
to look at the legislation. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
They believe that it would lead to better outcomes | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
for their members. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
It's been welcomed by the chairman of the fund itself who says that | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
what is being proposed by the Government is better | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
than the alternative, moving the scheme into | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
the pension protection fund. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
If that happens, he says some members could lose | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
at least ?2000 a year. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
We've got 130,000 members in the British Steel scheme, | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
6,000 of those would take a reduction in their pension | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
promise of at least 10%. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:10 | |
I don't think that's necessary. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:15 | |
In response to the business secretary's announcement a note | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
of caution from the opposition. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:18 | |
There is repugnance about this idea that people have to pay | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
to rescue the steel industry. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:30 | |
Graham and Ed know the overall aim of a sale could be helped | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
by changes to their pensions, the Government will now consider | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
the matter for four weeks. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:44 | |
A major search has taken place off the west Wales coast for a missing | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
Irish Ferries crewman feared to have fallen overboard. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
The alarm was raised several hours after the service from Rosslare | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
arrived in Pembroke Dock, when it was realised | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
the man was missing. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
Lifeboats and a helicopter have been searching a large area | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
off St Anne's Head. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:08 | |
A jury at Cardiff Crown Court has heard how a 17 month-old toddler had | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
cocaine and cannabis in his body when he was murdered | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
by his mother's boyfriend. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:15 | |
Prosecutors say Finlay Thomas had been exposed to a cocktail of drugs | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
before being killed with "senseless violence" at his home in Tonypandy. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
28-year-old Sean Buckley denies murder, and both he and Chloe Thomas | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
deny cruelty to a young person under 16. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:29 | |
Hywel Dda Health board has apologised to the family of a cancer | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
patient who died after being given a drug she was allergic | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
to, by hospital staff. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
59-year-old Philippa Gillespie, from Haverfordwest, was given | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
an antibiotic containing penicillin despite her medical notes clearly | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
stating she had an allergy to it. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
Abigail Neal has been following the case. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Phillipa Gillespie had terminal lung cancer. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
Her family knew she had little time left. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
But in the end, there was no chance to say goodbye, | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
During a stay at Withybush Hospital in January 2014 she was given | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
an antibiotic containing penicillin, a drug staff had been warned | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
she was highly allergic to. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
After suffering a severe reaction she never regained consciousness | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
and died three days later. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
Her partner of 30 years says the family have struggled | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
to understand how it could have happened. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
I couldn't believe it, you know. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
It was all over her notes. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
She told five different people. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
I couldn't understand how we doctor could pick up the notes, | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
prescribe medication, Augmentin it is, containing | 0:05:35 | 0:05:40 | |
penicillin and then not check to see about the allergy. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:46 | |
An investigation into Phillipa Gillespie's death revealed | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
several things went wrong. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Not only did the doctor fail to look at her medical chart | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
when prescribing the drug, the nurse who gave it to her had | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
been told, but didn't properly check the medication | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
because she was distracted. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
In a statement Hywel Dda health board issued an unreserved | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
apology to the family. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
They said: | 0:06:08 | 0:06:18 | |
As a result of this case hospital bosses in West Wales have | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
introduced a number of measures to try and prevent | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
it happening again. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
One of them being new quiet areas on the ward called medical safety | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
zones, where staff go to prepare medication | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
without the risk of interruption. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
Mr Connelly says he is pleased mistakes have been acknowledgement, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
but would have liked to see the health board go and introduce | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
a red flag wristband as an extra level of protection. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
One colour wristband, that somebody could have | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
on the wrist which would indicate to somebody about to shove some | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
medication into their veins that there is something that needs | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
to be perhaps triple checked. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
The coroner said Phillipa Gillespie died as a result of medical error | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
despite her allergy being well documented. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:12 | |
A businessman from Skewen near Swansea, accused of killing | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
a former rugby player with a single punch, has been cleared | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
of his manslaughter. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
Daniel Shepherd hit Jonathan Thomas outside a pub in Swansea city centre | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
in November last year. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Mr Thomas later died at Morriston Hospital. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Mr Shepherd always claimed he was acting in self-defence. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:32 | |
BBC Wales has admitted one of its current affairs programmes | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
did not sufficiently explore different viewpoints. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
A number of complaints have been received following Tuesday | 0:07:37 | 0:07:42 | |
night's Week in Week Out, titled 'The Cost Of Saving | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
The Welsh Language'. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
Meri Huws, the Welsh language commissioner, is seeking an urgent | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
meeting with the director of BBC Wales, Rhodri Talfan Davies. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
And the Communications regulator, OFCOM, is assessing complaints | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
on the grounds of "fairness". | 0:07:52 | 0:08:00 | |
A third of secondary school, teacher-training places | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
weren't filled at the start of this academic year. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
553 students started secondary teacher-training | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
courses last September, but the target is 880. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
The Welsh Government says the overall number of job vacancies | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
for teachers is still "very low". | 0:08:11 | 0:08:20 | |
Staff at a vets practice in Blaenau Gwent say they're | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
concerned someone could die after ?10,000 worth of controlled | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
substances were stolen. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
The tranquiliser Ketamine and other drugs were taken | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
from Budget Vets in Abertillery. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
The practice manager says she's worried about people | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
using the drugs, which had been labelled-up to be thrown away. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:37 | |
The ketamine, which is probably our biggest issue, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
it's a very dangerous drug. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
It is for animal consumption only. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Getting into the hands of the wrong people, | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
you know, it's not intended for human use. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
We've had a number of drugs which were expired, | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
and these are now out there. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
The consequences could be very bad. | 0:08:54 | 0:09:01 | |
The Hay Festival is underway, and this year, promises to promote | 0:09:01 | 0:09:06 | |
Welsh writers alongside famous international names. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
But with stars including Sir Tom Jones and the actress | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
Olivia Coleman heading there over the next ten days, how | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
much of an impression can Welsh authors make? | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
Here's our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
Children claimed the Hay Festival today with free access for schools | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
from across the country as the world of books lands in Wales. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
And it's these famous faces who'll draw the crowds, Sir Tom Jones, | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
Olivia Coleman and the James Bond director Sam Mendes are all due | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
to speak at the festival. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:35 | |
Alongside them a host of Welsh writers will also talk | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
about their work in front of book lovers, publishers and agents. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
The Hay Festival is a Mecca for people who love books | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
and for authors from around the world who've got a book to sell, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
and this year, perhaps more than any other year, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
there's a place for writers from around Wales who've claimed | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
a space on the stages of what is now one of the world's | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
biggest literary events. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
20 writers from Wales are taking part in events designed to develop | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
their careers meeting agents, publishers and other authors who've | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
cracked the industry. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
And for the man who's helped run the festival for almost 30 years, | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
it's the right time to shout about Welsh writers. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
There's a generation coming through who are thrilling. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
A lot of them are coming over the next few days. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
Some of them have been coming since they were kids | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
brought in school parties, now, there they are, | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
writing amazing work, changing our lives. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
So how does a Welsh writer stand out at Hay? | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Oliver Balch lives a mile from the Festival and hopes | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
the global profile will help to get his work noticed. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
Being at the festival, if you are a writer, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
is absolutely essential. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
It's about creating a buzz around your book and a platform | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
like this festival is essential. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
People knowing that you've gone to Hay gets | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
you invitations elsewhere. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
It goes somewhere amongst the publishing 'literati'. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:58 | |
While the authors push their books, the punters are here | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
to be entertained. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
We love the atmosphere. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:03 | |
There is such a variety of people giving really interesting talks. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:08 | |
It's around the corner forus, and a highlight of the year. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
It's just a lovely destination to wander around. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
It's good for people watching as well as the literature! | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Whether they're here for the books, or the familiar faces, | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
the Hay Festival promises to be a real page-turner as it brings | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
the literary world to Wales. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:29 | |
Cricket, and Glamorgan have won their first game of the season, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
beating Surrey by 8 wickets in their first T-20 | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
match at the Oval. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
Time for the weather, what's in store for us, Sue? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
This Evening, some sunshine, dry for a time and staying | 0:11:42 | 0:11:50 | |
clearer further north, but showers pushing | 0:11:50 | 0:11:51 | |
up from the south. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
Some could be heavy with a risk of thunder, one or two mist | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
patches, cooler where it's clearer in the north. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
Less cold under the cloud in the south. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
The front which brought today's rain in the north clears away | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
but a trough edges closer from the southwest, bringing | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
some showers tomorrow. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
Tomorrow, probably the best of the sunshine in the north, | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
variable cloud, scattered showers moving up from the south. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Locally thundery downpours but really hit and miss. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
Some decent sunny spells in between light winds | 0:12:19 | 0:12:24 | |
from the southeast introducing the warmer air, really | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
feeling quite humid. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:37 | |
Tomorrow night, still a few showers pushing up from the south moving | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
northwards but easing through the night, and a milder | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
night, temperatures remaining in double figures for most. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
Saturday, similar to tomorrow ,sunny spells and a few showers. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
Again well scattered and locally heavy. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
But warming up, temperatures in the high teens everywhere, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
a few places possibly reaching the low 20s. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
These low pressure systems circling the UK bringing | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
the shower risk on Saturday, starting to move away eastwards | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
through the weekend allowing high pressure to build from the west. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
So it's that mixture of sunshine and showers | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
through the bank holiday weekend. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:18 | |
We'll be back in Breakfast from around 6.25 in the morning. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
But that's Wales Today, from all of us here, good night. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:26 |