28/02/2017 BBC Wales Today

The first prisoners arrive at the new jail in Wrexham,

And Andrew Saunders, who murdered his ex-girlfriend

and her new partner outside the Matalan store in Cardiff,

It's Britain's biggest prison and tonight the first prisoners have

It can house more than 2,000 inmates - and cost ?250 million to build.

There's been a long campaign to get a prison in north Wales,

but the opening comes at a time when the Prison Service is under

Obviously, you can see there's two beds.

Staff say that HMP Berwyn is different from prisons

But it's opening at a time when the prison service is under

tremendous pressure with record overcrowding, violence and suicide.

The majority of prisoners who come here will be category C,

meaning they have a lower likelihood of escaping.

They'll be encouraged to work and gain qualifications,

even the design is meant to reduce tension.

There is actually four floors in this block

but they are divided by ceilings, which are supposed to give the man

a sense of a smaller community and not have the big imposing spaces

The governor says the focus is on setting prisoners up

We're going to have real bits of culture where the men that live

here will have every opportunity to live law-abiding lives

I think we're going to have a situation where our staff

understand what their role is in making sure that we have

We get them to be able to look to their future ambition,

and hope they have a real desire to be able to support

Prison reformers say despite those aims, the typical

Berwyn is not going to help reduce crime in fact it

In the long run, in years to come, I will be talking to people in Wales

saying that this prison is a disaster, because it is

overcrowded, underresourced and is a festering crime.

The campaign to get a prison in North Wales has been a long one,

with local people arguing prisoners should be placed closer

Michael Goldsmith from Menai Bridge was jailed for fraud

in 2013 and spent a year in prison on Merseyside.

He said family contact is crucial but not always easy to access.

The Ministry of Justice don't care where you are.

Once your sentenced, you are in the system.

The family could be anywhere in the country they want you to.

They don't care if you're far away from your family at the moment.

Yeah, you've done the crime, I understand that but then

you and your family are being punished even more, because they are

The Welsh Secretary says there will be benefits

It's about giving them the opportunity so that

when they leave, there will be better skills, they will

But if that can be delivered through the medium of

Welsh Language Commissioner then, because it's in Wales,

then of course we will be delivering on that and we're keen to answer

the needs of every part of the United Kingdom and of course,

Building work won't be completed until the summer but the Ministry

of Justice hopes that HMP Berwyn will play a key role

A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her new partner on Cardiff's

main shopping street has been told he'll spend at least

Andrew Saunders repeatedly stabbed 21-year-old Zoe Morgan

and 33-year-old Lee Simmons outside the Matalan store where

Their families say the sentence is too lenient.

Driven by jealousy, he spent days planning the attack.

This CCTV shows Andrew Saunders making his way along

The attack on the couple was described by the judge today

This was a brutal, unprovoked, and premeditated attack.

Saunders attended the location well before Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons

The plastic bag concealed two knives, bought from a supermarket

after days spent on the internet researching how to kill, his actions

As a family, we will never be able to express how we feel

inside and the disappointment we feel at the leniency

of the sentence that's been passed today.

We are all totally heartbroken and we miss our beautiful

intelligent girl for the rest of our lives.

The whole family has been left devastated by this horrific violent

We have been deeply shocked by the brutality of it.

It's not only had a massive impact upon ours and Zoe's family,

but we believe also Andrew Saunders' family.

When she failed, she tried to run but Saunders caught her.

On arrest, Saunders told police he was sorry he had snapped.

His lawyers said at the time of the killings, he was suicidal.

Passing sentence, the judge described Saunders' actions

as savagely violent, telling him, "Whatever your

mental state, you took the lives of two people.

You robbed the families of Lee Simmons and so we Morgan

You robbed the families of Lee Simmons and Zoe Morgan

of a much loved son and a much loved daughter."

Saunders was sentenced to life and told he will serve

Some of the families of the 30 British victims of the Tunisia

terror attack will sue the tour operator TUI.

This follows a coroner ruling today that they were

51-year-old Trudy Jones from Blackwood was among those

who died when an Islamist gunman opened fire on a beach

If you go down into the town in Blackwood, everybody knew Trudi.

The day I heard, I came home from my other job and I had

When I looked then, I could see that she had passed away.

The Welsh Conservatives are calling for fundamental reform of the way

the General Medical Council handles disciplinary and negligence cases.

Five-year-old Ellie-May Clark from Newport died of an asthma

attack two years ago, hours after a GP refused

to see her because she was minutes late for an emergency appointment.

Dr Joanna Rowe was given a warning by the GMC.

An inquiry into the M4 relief road has begun in Newport,

with the Welsh Government outlining their case

for a new ?1 billion motorway south of the city.

The inquiry will now consider up to 22 different proposals

to ease congestion around the Brynglas Tunnels,

including one of the world's longest underground road tunnels.

The office of Wales' bestselling daily newspaper, the Daily Post,

will move from Llandudno Junction to Colwyn Bay after 16 years.

Staff, who hadn't officially been told of the move,

found out when the supermarket Lidl issued a press release

earlier saying it would be taking over the site.

Let's see what the weather has in store.

We started the day with some ice, frost and even some slow in places

for Saint David's day, a cold and dry start,

some sunshine to look forward to with rain on the way by the time

Through tonight, we'll continue to see some

more showers, pushing south and east words before easing into the early

We do have this weather front which will bring wind and rain as we head

into the afternoon. First thing tomorrow morning, dry

and wet start for most of us with showers. There are clear and then

through the afternoon, will see clouds and rain spinning up from the

site. For the rest of the British Isles, sunshine and showers in

northern England and Scotland and an icy start for Scotland. Rain pushing

up from the south and West. Tomorrow afternoon here in Wales, we'll

continue to see that rain band pushing north and east words and

parts of Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire hanging the best of the

weather for much of the day. That's rain band will gradually clear

through North and east words with potential for some snow on higher

ground. Further south, Lowe was getting down to one Celsius. Through

Thursday, dry and bright start, strong winds and then more rain

pushing in from the West as we head into Thursday night. The editors, on

Friday, strong winds and heavy rain yesterday named the forecast,

starting to feel less cold with the temperatures getting up to about

eight. Should nearly qualified strivers face restrictions? Week in,

week out is next. Good night. Cake-a-bake? Yeah.

What is that? It's like bake a cake,

but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.

Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.

I so love it when this happens.