20/12/2016 BBC Wales Today

A couple from Cardiff who survived Berlin's terrorist attack tell

us of their attempts to help those hurt.

And the company that underwrote a ?1 million Welsh government grant

to the takeaway site - kukd.com - is involved in a tax

A couple from Cardiff, just metres away from the lorry that

ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin, have been talking

of their attempts to help those who were hurt.

Rhys Meredith and his girlfriend Sara Dobler described

the devastation that has left 12 people dead and 48 injured.

Back home, counter-terror police in Wales are advising people

The aftermath, as emergency services try to piece together the events

Among those at the scene were two tourists from Cardiff.

They were just metres away with the lorry ploughed

We, literally, had just sat down to get a bite to eat.

We heard what we thought were explosions.

We did not realise a lorry had gone through.

Instinct prevailed, really, and we were just determined to get

in there and help as much as we could.

A few people were putting others into recovery positions.

A mother and children were trying to take them

away from the scene, because we saw...

I don't think we could put into detail enough words about how

But Sara said she was able to comfort some,

I saw a man trying to move on the ground.

My first reaction was, "I need to see if he's OK."

He was speaking a different language and it was more of a murmur.

Unfortunately, he had a severe gash of the side of his head.

I remember just holding his hand and telling him that

Here, the counterterrorism police say the threat level

They are advising the public to be alert, but not alarmed.

A mother has been found guilty of plotting to let a man

Cardiff Crown Court heard how 54-year-old Stuart Bailey

from Rhondda Cynon Taff, and the mother - who cannot be

named for legal reasons - planned the sex attack

The funeral has been held of a man from Swansea who was killed

when the Didcot Power Station collapsed in February.

Christopher Huxtable was one of four men who died.

His coffin was carried on a truck by the local recycling firm

An investigation into the cause of his death is still ongoing.

A BBC Wales investigation has found the company that underwrote

a ?1 million Welsh government grant to the online takeaway ordering

service kukd.com is involved in a tax fraud enquiry.

Earlier this year, the Welsh government launched an investigation

into how the ?1 million of taxpayers' money

The Welsh company kukd.com were set up two years ago.

Its website and app allowed customers to order takeaways

It is the latest venture from Newport's Shaleem Hussain,who

has an MBE for services to Welsh business.

The company was in line for a grant of nearly ?3 million from the Welsh

who has an MBE for services to Welsh business.

The company was in line for a grant of nearly ?3 million from the Welsh

government over three years, for creating jobs in Wales.

Kukd received the first ?1 million, but further payments were suspended

after some staff were laid off and their jobs were

The Welsh government is investigating whether conditions

I am the founder of the EuroFoods Group in Newport.

He is also the director in its sister company, EuroFoods Group -

the guarantor for the ?1 million grant given to Kukd.

This means EuroFoods will be liable to pay back the grant,

The company employs more than 200 people and delivers to the ethnic

catering industry and specialist supermarkets across the UK,

BBC Wales has discovered EuroFoods is at the centre

of an investigation by HMRC, for suspected tax fraud or evasion.

They have issued what is known as a Code of Practice Nine Order

and the tax affairs of the company are being scrutinised

Anton Lane advises companies involved in these investigations.

To move into Code of Practice Nine is not common.

It can result in criminal prosecution.

This is the last chance for a taxpayer to hold their hands

up and tell the truth, to avoid being prosecuted.

Some are questioning whether the Welsh government should

have been made aware of enquiries into the company's tax affairs.

What is worrying is that the Welsh governments don't seem to have been

in the loop on this investigation and yet they handed over ?1 million

I would have hoped that, before the money was handed over,

a simple question would have been asked of the guarantor,

circumstances and in this respect, Eurofoods, to say, "Has there been

any material change in your circumstances since you made

In a statement, EuroFoods said they were subject to a tax

investigation to every ten years. It said the company was co-operating

The Welsh Government says it is unable to comment

while its own investigation into the grant to

The public spending watchdog, the Wales Audit Office,

is considering including Kukd in the review of the Welsh

government's financial support for businesses.

It comes in the wake of several high-profile cases, where companies

got into difficulties or collapsed after receiving public finding.

The review is expected to launch early in 2017.

It's being described as the worst act of pollution to hit

All the salmon and sea trout in a two-mile stretch of the river

in Ceredigion have been killed by a slurry leak.

More than 1000 fish have died there, and Natural Resources Wales say

the majority of fish up to six miles downriver have also died.

For the river to recover, it is going to take decades.

It's going to take time for all that poison to wash through.

Then it's going to take a long time for the insects to come back.

And it's only then, if you're lucky, the fish will come back.

300 new jobs will be created in Pembrokeshire

as part of an expansion of the Bluestone leisure resort.

The company says it's secured a ?10 million loan

from Barclays which will allow it to build new facilities.

The deal means the majority of shares will be held by management

and staff for the first time, and will take the total of

Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's got the forecast.

It is all change tonight. Raining out there and the next few days are

going to be very topsy-turvy but some rough weather expected on

Friday. Here is tonight 's rain spreading eastwards, a few heavy

bursts. Breezy as well but the rain will clear tonight. Drying up.

Tomorrow is a special day, the Winter solstice, the shortest day of

the year. Not a bad start. Dry and bright. Breezy. Rain will spread

north and west later in the morning. Heavy bursts of rain. Across the

rest of UK windy in the North with gales and lots of wintry showers in

Scotland including hail and snow. Further south some dry and bright

weather but rain will spread towards Birmingham during the day and also

rain in southern England towards London. Mild in the sub. Colder in

North. At 3pm tomorrow afternoon, the chance of rain for itself in the

south-east. Temperature is a little higher than today elsewhere.

Tomorrow evening and overnight just the odd light shower. They cold the

night. Touches of frost. Thursday a few sharp showers moving through but

a lot of drying and bright weather. On Friday a deep load tracking

between Scotland and Iceland, Storm Barbara. The worst of the winds in

north-west Scotland but it will turn wet and windy here. Strongest winds

in the North West. Christmas Eve a little better but more rain and

strong winds to come. We are back from 6am tomorrow morning. Thank you

for watching. Good night. It's Michael McIntyre's

festive Big Show.