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Welcome to Wales Today.

Our top stories tonight.

Police arrest a 33-year-old man in the capital on suspicion

of terror offences and search two houses in the city.

Surgeons warn cancelled operations due to winter pressures

are becoming the "norm" here.

Nearly 85,000 were cancelled last year.

Christine James was murdered at her flat in Cardiff Bay.

Her neighbour Kris Wade is sentenced to life in prison.

Good evening.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested in Cardiff under the Terrorism Act,

and two houses in the city have been searched by police.

The BBC understands the arrest is related to alleged

Islamist terrorism.

Tonight, police were searching a house in the Riverside area

of Cardiff believed to be connected with the incident.

People who live in this street tell me that the operation

began here at around 3pm.

It is still ongoing and it looks as if it could go on into the night.

Earlier this afternoon, a 33-year-old man was arrested

in the city by counterterrorism officers from the Metropolitan

Police.

He is being questioned on suspicion of the commission,

preparation and instigation of terrorist acts.

Police said the arrest was preplanned and was as the result

of an investigation by the MPS Counter Terrorism Command

and supported by the Wales Extremism And Counter-Terrorism Unit.

There was also a police presence at this house in nearby

Grangetown this evening.

Police have refused to confirm if both or either address

are linked with the arrest.

Cancelling scheduled operations is becoming routine in Welsh

hospitals because of overwhelming demand for emergency care.

That's according to the Royal College of Surgeons,

which warns that the pressures on the NHS in Wales this winter

could be as severe as last winter, which was described as one

of the most difficult in recent history.

But new figures show almost half were cancelled by

patients themselves.

When hospitals become full of patients needing emergency care,

operations that have been arranged in advance get postponed.

It happens all year round, but it's a huge issue in winter.

Last winter, according to this leading surgeon, was the worst yet.

It was as bad as I can ever remember it.

Certainly the knock-on effect was there in May and early June.

I think there were cases where patients were cancelled

because of lack of capacity.

He's worried the pressures in the coming winter

could be just as severe.

I think that in the past we used to cancel elective operations just

in extremis, when we had particular pressures we had to cancel

operations, but that was unusual.

I think it's become now more the norm that this is the pressure

outlet that we have and we use it more and more.

Previously-unpublished figures show almost 85,000 planned operations

were postponed last year in Wales.

11% of those didn't go ahead for clinical reasons.

For example, the patient wasn't well enough for surgery.

But 40% were cancelled by the NHS because of problems like no

beds being available.

And each cancellation has an impact.

Christine Perkins knows that all too well.

She's already waited almost two years for surgery

to repair a hernia, but it keeps getting delayed.

I can hardly walk with it, because it's so big now.

I've had three pre-ops, hoping then that I'd

have the operation done.

Two of them were fine.

But no date arranged then for the operation.

The Welsh Government says it is encouraged that the proportion

of operations cancelled by the NHS for nonclinical reasons is actually

going down, although it says the NHS needs to do more

to tackle the problem.

And here in the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff,

they've managed to reduce the number of cancellations for serious

pre-planned surgery like cancer surgery to almost zero.

It's because this part of intensive care hasn't actually got

any beds to start with.

The patient, once they're in a bed, they own it.

It follows them.

They come here post-operatively, and when they're ready

to go back to the ward, the space is empty.

And the ward, the bed just moves straight back into it.

Essentially, we took about 250 people into intensive care

in the year following high-risk surgery.

We used to have about 500 people booked.

Unfortunately, out of that proportion, about 80 didn't

have their operations.

Since the system started, in first 12 months afterwards,

we've cancelled no patients at all.

But the Welsh Government insists patients also have to take

their share of responsibility.

And that's because, of the 85,000 postponed operations last year,

almost half were cancelled by patients, and it's

a growing trend.

And if we look in detail at south-east Wales, for example,

28% of those types of cancellations had been because patients

didn't turn up on the day.

I think it's the height of selfishness, to know

you have one and simply not turn up on the day.

However, I don't like the Welsh Government's chip that

it's all down to the patients.

I don't like the way they put all the emphasis on the patient.

Because this is a logistics problem that we have had for years.

And we should be able to resolve it by now.

But according to the Royal College of Surgeons, the situation is now

so critical, politicians from all parties need to accept

things have to change.

This is where difficult decisions may have to be made about the siting

of emergency departments and whether we have all of our

hospitals doing both emergency and elective work.

The difficulty is people are often worried that would mean

downgrading their local hospital.

And similar plans in the past have been hugely controversial.

But with cancelled operations now becoming the norm,

the question is, are difficult decisions inevitable?

A man who admitted killing a grandmother

in a sexually-motivated attack has been jailed for life.

36-year-old Kris Wade from Cardiff Bay killed Christine James

after she rejected his advances.

Cardiff Crown Court heard how he lived in the flat above her

and targeted her as he knew she lived alone.

Christine James had only been living in her apartment in Cardiff Bay

for about four months when she was killed in a brutal

and sustained attack.

She had recently separated from her husband and moved

out of the family home.

At the end of February, the 65-year-old grandmother

was about to fly to Florida on holiday, but when she did not

arrive at Gatwick, her family became worried and asked

police to check her home.

When officers arrived at her flat, they found it unlocked.

Her body was lying on its side in the hallway in a pool of blood.

The prosecution counsel Paul Lewis QC told the court she had been

the victim of a brutal attack with a knife.

A postmortem examination found that Mrs James had severe

bruising to her head.

The cause of her death was described as a cut to the throat.

Kris Wade, who lived in the flat above her,

had already admitted the murder at an earlier hearing.

Today, he appeared in court via video link to be sentenced.

It is believed the motivation for the attack was sexual,

but Mrs James had not been sexually assaulted.

When police searched Wade's flat, they found bondage gear and a black

handcuff which had the blood of Christine James on it.

The defence said his client had no memory of the attack,

but said his sexual advances were probably rejected,

and that's when violence erupted.

Christine's son said, "We mourn her daily

and feel constantly numb."

Police read out a statement from the family.

Not a day has gone by when Mum is not in our thoughts.

Our hearts are broken and we as a family have been trying

to come to terms with the events of that weekend ever since.

Kris Wade has never shown any remorse or given any account

or explanation for his actions.

Sentencing Wade to life in prison, the judge said, "You went

to her flat with a suitcase containing a number of items

which I would describe as sex toys.

Your intent was to engage in sexual conduct with her.

You targeted Mrs James as a potential victim

of your sexual desire.

When she rejected your advances, you subjected her to a brutal,

sustained and ferocious attack."

The judge recommended Wade serve at least 21 years before

he was eligible for parole.

A steelworker was seriously injured yesterday in an industrial accident

at one of Celsa Steel's sites in Cardiff.

The ambulance service was called at around 8:30 to the Castle works.

The man was then airlifted to Morriston Hospital.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating.

A fell-running champion from Machynlleth has admitted

attempted murder and assault after an unprovoked attack on staff

at a stadium in Birmingham.

42-year-old Lauren Jeska stabbed former Bristol Rugby player

Ralph Knibbs in the head and neck at the Alexander Stadium in March.

She also attacked two other members of staff at the head office of UK

Athletics.

She'll be sentenced in November.

They've been roaming the Carmarthenshire countryside

for more than a thousand years, but these White Park cattle

could soon be a sight of the past.

The breed is said to be more rare than the giant panda,

so the National Trust is trying to raise money to buy a new bull

to replenish the herd.

White Park cattle roaming the grounds of this park,

as they have done for over 1,000 years.

Back in the day, they were even used to pay fines.

Large ones.

But centuries later, the breed is in danger.

They have been here since 920 AD.

But there are just 750 breeding heifers left in the world,

and this herd needs a new bull to keep the bloodline alive,

so the National Trust have launched a campaign to save the herd.

After four years of service, the bull is about to retire.

He is not the only one.

The man in charge is retiring as well, after 18 years.

You get to know them individually, and they have more character,

they have distinctiveness, independent spirit,

attitude, which you don't get in modern cattle.

As part of the campaign to save the breed, today local

schoolchildren have been learning about the herd.

They were from Ireland.

When the King moved here, he brought the cows with him.

We have come here to raise money for a new bull,

as they are getting old and tired and they cannot have

any more babies.

The National Trust hopes to raise ?36,000 to buy a new bull and cows

to try to secure the future of this very Welsh breed.

Let's take a look at what the weather has in store.

It has been a lovely day for the first day of autumn.

We can look forward to another fine day tomorrow, mostly dry and bright.

A bit more cloud by the time we get into the afternoon.

We will see showers from the west, but the bulk of the country will be

dry with clear skies, so some mist and fog patches.

A chilly night.

Tomorrow will see high pressure pushing up from the south to bring

a fairly settled day.

Mild air coming from the south, so it will feel different,

compared with today.

The first thing tomorrow morning, it is a chilly start,

showers clearing parts of the south.

It will brighten up through the morning and as we head

into the afternoon.

A lot of dry and bright weather to look forward to,

the weather front brings rain into Northern Ireland

and parts of Scotland as we go through the day.

Brisk wind along western parts.

Here in Wales, tomorrow afternoon will see a bit of cloud bubbling up

across western parts.

The best of the sunshine further inland, but much

milder air across us.

Tomorrow night, you will notice the breeze, variable

cloud, and clear skies.

A few isolated coastal showers.

Brisk southerly wind, and a windy start to Saturday.

It is dry with sunshine, we start to see rain

pushing in from the west, reaching most areas through

the afternoon.

Mild air.

It is coming in from the south.

The rain band will clear through Saturday night,

and a lot of dry weather on Sunday, just the risk of a few blustery

showers across Mid and North Wales.

The wind should ease as we head into Sunday night.

For the start of next week, a cloudy start, with rain

arriving later in the day.

We'll be back in Breakfast from 6:25am tomorrow morning,

but until then, from everyone on the programme,

thanks for watching.

Nos da, goodnight.