15/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

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19-year-old Georgia Fairthorne was seriously injured

in a skateboarding accident - now a leading charity urges

young skateboarders and cyclists to wear helmets.

And a teenager is in hospital after a branch fell

on her at a National Trust property on Anglesey.

Every three minutes in the UK, someone is admitted to hospital

with a head injury - and according to a leading

brain-injury charity here in Wales, many of those cases could

Headway are calling for helmets to be compulsory for children

on bikes, and believe skateboarders would also benefit

It comes as a mother from Pembrokeshire is campaigning

for new helmet laws after a skateboard accident left her

It's fast and it's fun, but the thrills can so easily turn

into spills and for skateboarders who have no protection

for their heads, it can have devastating consequences.

That's what happened to 19-year-old Georgia Fairthorne.

She fell off her skateboard in Pembrokeshire while playing

with her brother and sister ten days ago.

She's now recovering in hospital in Cardiff,

but for a while she was in an induced coma.

As a result, her mother, Emma, has launched a social media campaign

Take care of your kids and get them a helmet while they're

on their skates and skateboards, because it only took

The Headway charity here at this hospital in Cardiff helps people

who had brain injuries, some from accidents.

They believe a sizable proportion of those injuries could have been

Every three minutes, a person is admitted to hospital

A head injury can affect people in terms of their behaviour,

in terms of their emotional well-being.

And also, obviously physically people can be affected and left

And that is just what happened to Jeff.

He's now 41, but as a teenager he came off his skateboard

He was in a coma for six weeks, and has suffered brain injuries which

still affect him 24 years on. You were a keen advocate of helmets,

then? I am, yes. When children are young...

But the message is not getting through. None of these teenagers at

this skate park are wearing helmets and they say that they rarely do.

The better you get, the more you learn to fall safely. I have nothing

against helmets, I think they are helpful, but nothing has happened

around my head area ever. But the consequences can be life-changing,

as Jeff knows. With injuries -- head injuries on the increase, their

families are determined to keep the pressure.

A teenager is in hospital with spinal injuries

after the branch of a tree fell on her at a National Trust

18-year-old Amy Brooke was struck by the branch

Her family have been waiting to hear whether or not she'll

From the investigations that have been carried out so far,

we believe that it might be, and I stress it might be,

a phenomenon known as summer drop, where a healthy tree

for no apparent reason suddenly drops a major branch.

But it's very early days so I can't confirm that is actually the case

and we will do everything we can to get the bottom of this

The recovery of an RAF helicopter, which burst into flames after making

an emergency landing in Snowdonia last week, began earlier.

A Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham in Hampshire has been sent to remove

All five people on board the aircraft escaped unharmed.

Figures suggest the number of shoppers in Wales has

reached its highest level since June 2013.

The British Retail Consortium say footfall was up by 1.7% last month,

with Wales outperforming the rest of the UK.

But there's also been a small rise in the number of empty shops.

Having only re-opened a few years ago, St Catherine's Island

near Tenby is set to CLOSE again at the end of this month.

The island's fort, which had been shut since the '70s,

opened as a tourist attraction last year.

But the current owners say developing it further has become

Hopefully there will be developers that can taken on. There are a

number of other attractions that operate in the area and they operate

very successfully and hopefully someone will come and make a of

this. -- make a success of this. In Rio, the Welsh athletes competing

for Team GB have now won a total of seven medals,

but that figure could reach double figures, according

to the head of Sport Wales. Cyclist Becky James is hoping

for a second medal tomorrow The 24-year-old has already won

silver in the keirin. Time to take a look

at the weather now - how's that Spanish Plume looking,

Derek? It's not quite as hot as we

expected, but 25 Celsius in a few places today. That's a curve meant

on what we've had recently. Yes, there is plenty more sunshine to

come tomorrow and it's going to get even warmer. For tonight first of

all, it's a dry story, this sky is clear with just a few clouds.

Temperatures in mid Wales and the marches dipping as low as nine

Celsius. For tomorrow morning, another beautiful start to the date.

The whole country asking in summer sunshine, a bit of a breeze on south

and west coast. Across the rest of the UK, a similar story. Many places

fine, but of strong August sunshine, a bit of her breeze across Northern

Iles and the Channel. A little bit cool on the East Coast because there

will be a breeze off the North Sea. Only 18 and scag nests. We can do

better than that in Wales. Sunny afternoon and warmer than today. 26

or 27 in a few spots, about 80 Fahrenheit, with a late or

southeasterly breeze. Beautiful weather tomorrow, sunny and warm for

the Pembrokeshire show, sunny with a breeze. More fine weather and

sunshine, but later in the day clouding over from the West. If you

showers by evening in the Southwest, still warm. On Wednesday night,

maybe some rain, thundering downpours, spreading up to mid and

South wells. On Thursday comedies will tend to die away. Many places

becoming dry again and brightening up with some sunshine. Signs of a

big shame, low-pressure heading our way. It's turning things much more

unsettled for the end of the week. Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts.

That's Wales Today - we'll be back in breakfast

from around half past six tomorrow morning.

Until then, from all of us on the programme,