22/03/2017 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

The moment the Monmouth MP heard gunshots at Westminster.

For hours, Parliament was in lockdown.

We'll hear from some of the Welsh MPs who were there.

Also tonight, the effect new psycho-active substances

can have on users, filmed by police in Wrexham.

A warning the drugs are proving hard to tackle.

Security has been stepped up at locations across Wales tonight

The Welsh Government says the current threat

level remains severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.

Dramatic footage has emerged from the Monmouth MP, David Davies,

moments after gunshots were first heard near to the House of Commons.

With the latest, here's our Parliamentary

This is the moment the sound of gunfire send David Davies

The Monmouth MP filmed this footage on his mobile phone.

He had been nearby when an intruder fatally stabbed a policeman before

Parliament went into lockdown with many MPs shut in the Commons Chamber

or told to stay in their offices for their own safety.

The shouting was a bit more serious than the usual protesters

I stopped at this moment with Grant and others,

we were looking around and then more shots.

I was hiding behind a pillar, this was the police shooting

at the assailant so we weren't in any immediate danger.

Kevin Brennan was among those locked in the chamber.

We came New Palace Yard and I suppose the incident that

occurred must have occurred seconds after I passed through that area

because by the time I got up to the voting lobbies in the Commons

they said stay here, do not leave the area,

The worst part was not knowing and then finding out that people

were dying and you just felt guilt because we were in lockdown.

That wasn't danger, but other people had been dying out on the streets.

People had died trying to get to us and that was horrific.

Tonight Theresa May chaired a meeting of her Government's COBRA

The Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns had been in a meeting

with the Prime Minister only moments before the attack.

Like other ministers, he was told to stay in his Parliamentary office

Later, some MPs, peers and their staff, were evacuated

to Westminster Abbey just across the road from

The former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader, Lord German, tweeted these

photographs from the Abbey where the politicians

Proceedings were in full flow at Cardiff Bay

Soon afterwards the Presiding Officer adjourned

I won't be calling further speakers to this debate.

Events in Westminster are still unfolding,

but are being treated as a serious terrorist incident and in light

of those circumstances, and in discussion with business

managers of all political parties, I have decided to adjourn

The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, condemned what he said

was a terrible attack at the heart of our democracy.

As emergency services and security dominate the landscape

of Westminster tonight, there is also an increased presence

of armed officers around the Assembly and surrounding area.

And South Wales Police have said they've stepped up

security at key locations as a sensible precaution.

Tomorrow, both Parliament and the Assembly will sit as normal

in a show of democratic defiance in the face of a terror attack.

David Cornock reporting from Westminster.

Now, the rest of the day's news and plans for a new prison

It's understood it'll be a Category C prison

with a capacity of up to 1,600 prisoners.

The proposed site is on land near the former Panasonic factory

It might not look like much right now, but the Ministry of Justice

hopes this 35 acres of former industrial land will be transformed

It's not clear how it will look, but it's believed it will be big

enough for up to 1,600 inmates, serving shorter sentences

for violent, drug related or sexual offences, but who would not be

On the high street in Port Talbot, there were mixed

I don't think they should come here. Find somewhere else.

There will be work on the construction and work afterwards.

The announcement comes just weeks after the UK's biggest prison HMP

That came with a promise of up to 1,000 jobs

created by it is the time it's fully operational.

It's not yet clear whether a similar number of new Prison Service jobs

will be created if the Port Talbot site goes ahead.

On the other hand, after a precarious 12 months

or so for many businesses in this town with job cuts and uncertainty

at the Tata steel plant this new proposal promises thousands more

jobs in construction and manufacturing.

At Neath College it's hoped the prison development could be

an opportunity for apprentices to gain valuable experience.

We've been waiting for news like this in Neath Port

We've got excellent students that come through here in terms of brick

work and the opportunity would be huge for them and the subcontracting

These plans are part of the UK Government's attempt

to modernise its Prison Service, but any application to develop this

land will come up against the usual planning procedures and it will face

a full public consultation before the possibility of a single

But when it comes to reforming our prisons some believe a totally

I don't think creating a massive prison like you see

We should be looking at prison reform, taking people out

of the justice system, trying to help them before

In light of today's news, speculation has been growing

about the future of some of Wales' older prisons like Swansea

and Cardiff with overcrowding still a big issue.

Whether a new prison on this site will answer that

What is clear however, is the Government's determination

to start building here within the next three years.

The inquest into the death of a woman who was killed at a B

by one of the residents, has heard from a pathologist

who said he could find no evidence of cannibalism,

despite what witnesses believed they saw.

Cerys Yemm was killed by Matthew Williams

at the Sirhowy Arms in Argoed in Caerphilly County in 2014.

He died after being tasered by police at the scene.

A former Machynlleth primary school teacher has appeared in court,

accused of sexually abusing 23 girls under 14 in the 1970s and 80s.

66-year-old Gordon Fleming, from Oswestry, appeared

at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court, but did not enter a plea.

He'll appear at Swansea Crown Court next month.

Agencies working with drug users in North Wales say so-called

new psycho-active substances are proving tough to tackle.

They can leave users slumped and unresponsive are cheap and not

Earlier this month, photographs appearing to show people under

the influence of the drugs in Wrexham, were shared widely.

Those who've tried it say they've had seizures,

stopped breathing, forgotten who they are and heard voices.

The appeal might be hard to see, but the symptoms are all too public.

Muscle spasms, confusion and people frozen like statues.

This police footage from Wrexham shows men apparently high

The town recently became the focus of attention when these pictures

Agencies who work with drug users say Wrexham isn't unique,

Substance misuse seems to be more visible now in communities.

People seem a bit more careless, a bit less bothered about being seen

So we've got the public face of substance misuse which isn't

always something that the public want to see.

So I think that raises all sorts of challenges for us

as service providers as well, as to how we best work

These are NPSs seized by North Wales Police.

But whether they're called Spice, Blue Cheese or Black Mamba,

the names and ingredients change regularly to stay ahead of the law.

Police say it's not knowing what's in them that

Those people who were previously heroin dependent are now trying

the legal highs or the Black Mamba are then shunning it

because they don't like the adverse reaction it has with them.

So for me, if they're running away from it, then clearly,

there's something about it that is very sinister.

But the problem we've got now is we've got this collective group

of individuals who are coalescing together, who probably feel

persecuted by the authorities because they're moved

North Wales Police say the number of drug users here hasn't increased,

but the strength and variety of substances has.

A single hit can cost as little as ?1.

They're cheap, addictive and potentially lethal.

It's a growing problem with serious health risks.

All the agencies are working hard to clean up the streets.

Plaid Cymru's leader says she expects the party to make

But Leanne Wood admits there have been "ups and downs"

Before events in London this morning she launched Plaid's

There has been a full term of elections since I have been

It's five years since I have been leader of this party.

It has had its up and downs, but I think these council elections

are the ones where we will see some significant advances for the party.

We have had a variety of weather with snow

It's looking mixed for tomorrow with a cool north easterly breeze.

Clear in parts of the south and west, a few mist and fog patches

forming and cold enough for a touch of frost.

Tomorrow morning, rain will spread westwards.

It should dry and brighten up in the north with sunshine in Gwynedd.

Across the UK, some rain likely in Southern England tomorrow

Further north, any early rain will die away.

Many places dry and brightening up with sunshine.

Temperatures a little higher than today with a north easterly breeze.

In Wales tomorrow afternoon, the odd shower here and there.

The best of the sunny spells in the north and west.

Temperatures a few degrees higher than today, but it will be breezier.

Tomorrow night much of the country will be dry.

Maybe a little rain in the far south and south-east later in the night.

On Friday, a little rain in the south with one or two

The best of the sunshine in mid-north and West Wales.

Any low cloud will clear leaving plenty of sunshine.

Feeling warmer with a breeze in the south.

It looks like there is more dry weather to come on Sunday.

Maybe a bit more cloud, but still some bright

A reminder of our top story which is, of course,

Security has been stepped up at locations across Wales, in response.

The Welsh Government says the current threat level remains

severe after five people died in London including a police

This footage was filmed by the Monmouth MP

There was a pause and I was hiding behind a pillar, or what I have been

told this is the police shooting at the assailant so we weren't actually

in any immediate danger. You can follow the latest

developments from Westminster, We'll be back with our next

update in Breakfast From everyone on the

late team, goodnight.