15/07/2016 BBC Wales Today

A vigil is held at the Senedd in Cardiff in a show of solidarity

with France following the terrorist attack in Nice.

They thought it was very important to gather together to show

solidarity with the victims in France, and to offer a space

where we could comfort each other and bring the communities together.

The First Minister says he's truly shocked by the tragedy.

The people of Wales stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them,

not just in sympathy but of course in looking to ensure that attacks

such as this don't destroy the free society we all enjoy.

Former South Wales police detective Jeffrey Davies is jailed for 18

Graduation day at Aberystwyth University but claims that,

since Brexit, prospective students from the EU are withdrawing

And Kimberley Chard had a double lung transplant.

Six months after a change to the organ donation system,

the new campaign to get younger people to talk about it.

I feel like I have been given life, and I am learning to live

Police forces in Wales have been asked to review security

for all major events here following the terror

The First Minister Carwyn Jones says he's truly shocked by the tragedy.

At least 84 people were killed after a lorry was driven

into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day.

A vigil has been held outside the Senedd tonight

Our reporter Caroline Evans is there.

tonight, the Senedd is to be let up in blue, white and red, the colours

of the French flag, a jester reflecting moves in towns and cities

across the world, a mark of sympathy for the people in France caught up

in this terrible event. At times like this, there are no

words to adequately express the horror we feel but in coming

together, these people in Cardiff hope to show solidarity with the

people of Nice. It is an appalling thing to happen.

You can't imagine it really. Words fail you. It is such a dreadful

thing to happen. This is beyond the pale, it really

is. I feel so sorry. I'd like the French to know we really are

terribly, terribly hurt for them. I can't believe why this has

happened so many times in France now.

So, we are with them. We want to show our support.

The vigil has been organised by the honorary Consul of France here.

The French community in Wales has been really affected recently. We

all suffered a lot from Brexit. Our people are very anxious about their

future, and the terrorist attack on top is making it difficult

emotionally for most of us will stop on the half of the nation, leaders

here have spoken to express their shock.

The people of Wales stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them not

just in sympathy but in looking to ensure that attacks such as this do

not destroy the free society we all enjoy.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those directly affected in Nice, and

the community is associated with them.

We have been in touch with the honorary Consul in Wales, and the

Foreign Office is on site supporting any British and Welsh nationals for

any support they may need last night as hundreds gathered

to celebrate Bastille Day. At least 84 people were killed after

a lorry was driven into the crowd. Edward Jenkins from Seri Syed, West

Wales, lives in Nice. Images on the news, they are places we go every

day. It is also our hometown. We love it.

It is heartbreaking to see this. I spoke to a client who said she was

on the beach and they had to run away. It is that fear, we are

getting finding out someone we know has been killed.

I was feeling I was going to die, I was really scared.

I didn't know what to do. I gave up on that moment. It was really close.

The thing between me and the truck was a small bench.

The news from home is hard to watch says this lady who runs a creperie

in Cardiff. Her customers have been calling in to offer their support.

I am really sad. It is terrible. I would like so much for it to not

happen again. All these children who died.

For what? Nothing. Tonight, the flags at the Senedd and public

buildings across Wales remain at half-mast as a mark of respect.

I can tell you police forces in Wales have been asked to carry out a

review of security arrangements of the major events here over the next

week. Something which is being carried out for all major events

across the UK as Britain remains at a heightened state of alert.

In response to the situation in Nice, the Pontypridd MP

Owen Smith postponed the official launch of his campaign

The former Shadow Work And Pensions Secretary was due to make a speech

explaining why he wanted to challenge Jeremy Corbyn

and the only other leadership candidate so far Angela Eagle.

But Mr Smith said he wouldn't go ahead because of the

A former South Wales police detective has been jailed for 18

years after being found guilty of raping two women.

Jeffrey Davies from Aberdare was serving in the Rhondda Valley

when he raped his victims in 2002 and 2003.

Davies was dismissed from the force in 2013 after being convicted

He's been described as a "sex offender hiding within the police".

A sex offender hiding in the police force.

The victims of Jeffrey Davies only felt they could come forward over a

decade after their ordeal. Only after they saw he had been caught,

jailed and sacked from his job for sexually assaulting other women.

A South Wales Police detective who sexually assaulted two women while

on duty has been jailed for three years.

We now know his offending started in 2002, as a 31-year-old working for

South Wales Police. One of his victims thought she was

getting the police car with him to go to a police station. Instead, he

drove up this remote mountain road and had sex with her against her

will. He told her it would make her feel better.

The judge said today Davies hasn't shown a shred of remorse for his

victims, accusing the women of lying right until the end.

The court heard his second victim was a woman he had recently started

a relationship with. He had been trusted to stay at her house one

night, trusted not to go into her bedroom, but he went in any way,

forcing her onto the bed and raping her.

He mocked the idea she might go to the police. He felt

untouchable as a police officer. After the verdict today, the police

complaints body praised South Wales Police and the victims are coming

forward. It means women who are brave enough, and who are courageous

enough to come forward under such circumstances will get justice. And

it really means there is no hiding place in the police service for

officers who abuse public trust placed in them in such a disgraceful

way. Davies will serve at least nine

years of his 18 year sentence before being released on licence, notifying

police of his whereabouts for the rest of his life.

A 47-year-old man from Gorseinon has been jailed for an abusive tweet

he sent to Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood.

David Begley made offensive comments involving rape after she appeared

on a television debate about the EU referendum.

Begley was jailed for 12 weeks by Swansea Magistrates

after admitting sending a communication conveying

An independent public inquiry into the M4 relief road

around Newport will begin on November 1t.

It will examine the Welsh Government's controversial plans

to build a ?1.1 billion motorway to the south of the city

More than 100 prospective students from elsewhere in the EU have

withdrawn applications to study at Aberystwyth University following

Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor John Grattan made the claims

at a graduation ceremony this week, saying half of those pulled out,

It is a time of celebration for students at Aberystwyth

but a time of concern for the university.

In a packed graduation ceremony and acting Vice-Chancellor said more

than 100 prospective EU students has withdrawn applications

to study at the Welsh university following the Brexit vote.

I won't hide from you Brexit poses a challenge to the university.

Over 100 EU students have withdrawn applications.

50 by the end of Friday on Brexit day.

There are 120,000 European students at British universities.

We rely on them as much as you in this room for our future

and we turn our backs on Europe at our peril.

For many universities, EU and international students

Aberystwyth had 9800 students last year, 800

were from other EU countries, 600 were international

Now, there will be over 100 fewer students who

withdrew their applications following the referendum.

Ukip Assembly Member Nathan Gill there would not be a change

to students as the UK hasn't even met the EU yet

After Brexit, he said it may mean their students but they will be

paying more money and universities will be better off.

Amit is from east Turkey and celebrating graduation.

They are wondering what will happen, they won't be happy for their future

because it is a cloudy future, they don't know what will happen

in the UK and the relationship in the EU and UK.

The Chancellor also expressed concern but said the university

is firmly rooted in Wales and would continue to welcome students

and staff from across Europe and the world despite the result

More people work in health and social care than in any

And, to help develop careers and ensure high standards,

changes are needed to the way staff are trained.

A review has found qualifications can be confusing and patchy

for those working in childcare, care homes and in hospitals.

Here's our education correspondent Bethan Lewis.

Gillian Hands has lost the use of her legs through MS and needs

There is plenty of support here at this development in Barry.

Gillian and her husband live in one of the flats where they can live

independently but with carers at hand around the clock.

The help they give, professional help that they give,

As far as I'm concerned, they are my life because,

without them, how would I get out of bed?

A positive experience, and the aim is to design

a new qualification system for health and social care

care which is geared at delivering excellence.

The qualifications watchdog Qualifications Wales has looked

And the range of qualifications for those pursuing careers in caring

for older people and childcare, is currently complex,

Concerns were raised about the quality of assessment,

and the report says qualifications in adult care need to be updated

Staff here at this care home in Ammanford say learning

You need a lot of patience, definitely.

I think you need good communication skills,

obviously, because we treat people with dementia.

Every day is different, so you need to be in the setting I think.

Having qualifications, you need them.

In Wales, more people work in health and social care

A quarter of all women who work are employed in this sector.

Qualifications Wales said changes are needed to help people

develop their careers but also make sure the best possible service

We need a skilled workforce, a competent workforce

There is a lot of good practice already out

In Barry, Gillian's husband Eric is doing some DIY.

After the review, the next step is building a new set

of qualifications for care workers in future.

Can bees have an accent and why would it matter?

The scientists creating quite a buzz with their new research.

A volcano of rainbows waiting to erupt.

And Sala from Cardiff has been writing

poetry since she was 12, but there are concerns

young people in Wales are turning their back on verse.

People are writing it less now because they think it is old.

But it is their job to make a new modern version of poetry.

It's been just over six months since the organ donation

People who have neither opted in or out of the organ donation

register are deemed to have given their consent.

Over a million of us are now on the register,

that's around a third of the population.

Before Christmas we spoke to a young artist, Kimberley Chard,

who was waiting for a double lung transplant.

Within weeks the call came, and she was rushed to hospital

She's been telling Jennifer Jones how her life has changed.

Last November, Kimberley Chard was newly married and gravely ill.

An end stage cystic fibrosis patient, she had been in hospital

for a year and needed new lungs to live.

It has been six months since she got the call.

My nurse rang in saying they had lungs for me, I was really excited.

They said it all looks good, they were a perfect fit.

We have pictures of when you first woke up,

When I woke up, I couldn't move, I was attached to so many machines.

They all had a reason to be there, they keep everything

It is hard to think how life really was back then.

Now, breathing comes so easily to me.

How do you feel about your donor now?

It is difficult to express how grateful I am.

I feel like I've been given life and I am learning to live

Every night, Kimberley lights a candle in memory of her donor.

She doesn't know in which part of the UK her donor lived

but the number of organs becoming available in Wales has increased

significantly since the opt out system came into effect.

In the first six months this year, 31 people donated a total

Ten donors had not opted in or out and were deemed to have

The number of donors in the same period the previous year was 23,

According to the latest figures, over 167,000 people

in Wales have opted out of the organ donation register.

A total of 1.1 million people have opted in.

Next week, the Welsh Government will launch a new campaign aimed

at getting 18-24-year-olds to talk about organ donation.

In the meantime, Kimberley and her husband, along with Eric

the dog and Minzy the pet hedgehog are busy settling into their

53 jobs are at risk in Flintshire after the firm behind Kingsmill

bread announced plans to shut a distribution depot.

Allied Bakeries has said the decision to close the site

in Saltney on the border with England is part of a programme

The company is currently consulting with staff

And Media Wales, the publishing company behind the Western Mail

and Wales Online, is making six staff redundant and

It's part of the restructure of Trinity Mirror's publishing

business which has already led to changes at the Daily Post.

A spokesperson said those affected by the plans,

Scientists in Cardiff are creating quite a buzz

They're trying to map the sounds of honey bees around Wales and have

appealed to more than 3,000 beekeepers to send them photos,

videos and audio files from their hives over the summer.

Our very own beekeeper Abigail Neal has been to find out more.

The sound of a hive is something you notice.

This one is saying, it is a miserable day, so buzz off.

But, in the name of science, researchers press on,

Up to ten different types of sound have been recorded.

Warning sounds, calls to tell the hive they need to swarm.

As part of an ongoing research programme, scientists

at Cardiff University want beekeepers in Wales to use

their mobile phones to record the sounds of their hive.

They may find regional variations but, more importantly,

cues that could help a colony's survival.

It is known when bees are sick, they make different noises.

Having a way of telling the general health of your hive is a useful tool

is a useful tool to beekeepers, so you know what to do.

It sounds as if you don't need expensive equipment to take part

All you need is one of these to take an audio file recording of the hive

And e-mail the results back to Cardiff University.

Beekeepers have a word of warning, saying any recordings would need

to come with some information about the state of the hive.

The best thing would be to record the sound of bees in your hive.

Then you have a common theme running through.

Otherwise with so many variables it will be difficult to know

what is down to a particular environmental circumstance.

There are many signs a beekeeper is trying to read.

The more we learn their language, the more we can understand

Welsh 400 metre hurdler Rhys Williams won't be part

of Team GB at next month's Olympics in Brazil.

He heard today that his appeal against being left out

of the athletics squad heading for Rio had failed.

Seren Bundy-Davies is the only Welsh member of the athletics squad

We pride ourselves for being the land of song and poetry.

But there's concern not enough young Welsh poets writing

in the English language are coming through the ranks.

The Poetry Society says it's seen a decline in the number

of pupils entering its annual Young Poets Of The Year Award,

while entries from Scotland and England have been increasing.

A volcano of rainbows waiting to erupt.

Sala Fadellallah from Cardiff has been writing

This composition, The End Of Our Journey,

reflects her thoughts on the religious festival of Eid.

Poetry is kind of my way of getting my emotions out on the page. So,

instead of keeping it all in all saying to a friend, it is a great

way of getting out my emotions, with a certain image in my mind.

In 2014, Sala was one of the winners of the annual

Run by the Poetry Society, it is the largest and most

prestigious competition of its kind in the UK.

But organisers say they have noticed a decline in the number of young

They get entries from all over the world, and everywhere we get

winners. From Liverpool, Exeter, London, rural Aberdeenshire at

Linlithgow. One winner from Cardiff in the past five years but nobody

else from Wales. That is what we want to change.

To put that in context, last year, only 4% of all UK entries were from

Wales. Compared to Scotland where it was 10%, the south-west of England

where it was 12%. From inside Unzipped bulbs they

climb. Poet Mab Jones works with pupils

across the country and admits classical poetry, the likes

of Keats and Coleridge, But you'll still find rhymes and

rhythms in the classroom. They are writing rap, lyrics, spoken

word. There is a gap between what they are doing and knowing about

these opportunities. The umbrella word is poetry. But they are not

associating it and linking it. primary school children

experience poetry through nursery rhymes

and playground chants. By high school, stanzas

and syntax lose their appeal. The challenge is how to connect this

generation to the wonder of words. Well, here's a man who

has a way with words. We're hoping the weather is poetry

this weekend? Today is Saint Swithin is Dave. As

the old rhyme says, if it rains today, it will rain for the next 40

days. Don't worry, there is no truth in

this rhyme. After yesterday, it was back to normal, low cloud, rain and

results. It did brighten up in places this afternoon. This picture

from one of our weather watchers shows a few glimpses of blue sky.

Over the weekend, more rain and drizzle. Feeling humid. However, it

should cheer up on Sunday with sunshine and feeling fresher.

Tonight, we keep plenty of cloud, further spots of drizzle. Mist and

hill fog. Rain expected in the far north of the country. A muddy night,

down to 14 Celsius. Tomorrow, low pressure over France

with a cold front line through England and Wales. Here is the

picture for eight o'clock. Mostly cloudy. Further outbreaks of rain in

the north, some heavy. Further south, damp, low cloud,

list, fog and drizzle. Eastern areas should be drier.

During the day, the rain in the north will spread into Mid Wales,

heavy rain on the mountains. In the south, dry weather, a few

bright and sunny intervals. Temperatures, 16 Celsius in

Anglesey, up to 21. A south-westerly breeze. Tomorrow, a

cold fronts will bring outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

In the north, clearer, turning fresher.

Remaining muddy in the south. Sunday, a dial and damp start.

Improving from the north, the best of the sunshine in Mid Wales, the

north and the marches. Feeling warm. Looking ahead, we

could be in for a taste of summer next week with sunshine, higher

temperatures for a while. Tuesday could turn out pretty hot at

the Royal Welsh show but the signs are up it may not stay dry all week

with the risk of a few showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday.

In the meantime, have a good weekend.

French officials say 25 people are on life support after the attack in

Nice. Over 200 were injured. TRANSLATION: We have an enemy

which continue to hate all the peoples, all the countries

who put liberty as In Wales, a vigil has been held

tonight to remember those who died. And police forces here have been

asked to review security for all major events

following the attack which has been described

by the First Minister Carwyn Jones I thought it was very important to

gather together to show solidarity with the victims in France, and to

offer a space where we could comfort each other and bring the communities

together. I'll be back with our next

update at 8pm and again From all of us on the programme,

have a good evening.