:00:09. > :00:12.A document on NHS reorganisation Before it was changed, the expert
:00:12. > :00:16...about plans to reorganise the NHS in North Wales.
:00:16. > :00:20.A new plan to help first-time homebuyers...
:00:20. > :00:29...and the building industry could also benefit.
:00:29. > :00:29.I
:00:29. > :00:29.I welcome
:00:29. > :00:36.I welcome what
:00:36. > :00:39.I welcome what the Government is trying to do. But having said that,
:00:39. > :00:46.buying a completely new house A protest on the banks of the Menai
:00:46. > :00:49.Zakia speaks nineteen to the dozen, but there's increasing concern...
:00:49. > :00:54...that fewer three-year-olds can do so.
:00:54. > :00:58.And police commissioner elections on Thursday, but how many will vote...
:00:58. > :01:13...and how effective will the new system be?
:01:13. > :01:16.Good evening.
:01:16. > :01:40.There is debate tonight after it became clear that a report...
:01:40. > :01:41.Getting
:01:41. > :01:41.Getting the
:01:41. > :01:45.Getting the keys
:01:45. > :01:49.Getting the keys to your first home, although that's a dream for many.
:01:49. > :01:53.Not everyone can afford the big deposit required by banks these
:01:53. > :01:58.days. But the aim of the plan announced today is to get to grips
:01:58. > :02:03.with that. So who is eligible? Up to 3,000 new homes worth up to
:02:03. > :02:08.�250,000 each will be made available to first-time buyers.
:02:08. > :02:13.They will need a 5% deposit, and it will be open to people in areas
:02:13. > :02:17.where there is a shortage of homes. The Welsh Government and building
:02:17. > :02:20.companies will guarantee the loan. Similar schemes have been run at a
:02:20. > :02:30.local level in the past, but this is the first time a national scheme
:02:30. > :02:35.has been launched in Wales. It's being created here to help the
:02:35. > :02:42.market and it has to be praised. I'd also hope that they bring in
:02:42. > :02:46.something to help people buy older houses and not just new-build
:02:46. > :02:53.houses. Gruff Davies is currently buying his first home and is glad
:02:53. > :02:58.the Government is taking action. are trying to buy a house at the
:02:58. > :03:03.moment and we've found quite a restrictive mortgage and we have to
:03:03. > :03:09.save up a lot. Not many people can save 10-20% of deposit so I welcome
:03:09. > :03:14.what the Government is trying to do but having said that, buying a
:03:15. > :03:19.completely new house won't please everyone. As well as a helping hand
:03:19. > :03:22.for those who want to buy a house, the aim is to boost the building
:03:22. > :03:25.industry. They aim to launch the scheme by spring next year and hope
:03:25. > :03:55.thousands will take advantage of the mortgages and get a foot on the
:03:55. > :04:02.What has Steve Messham said? will say on Week In Week Out that
:04:02. > :04:07.he made a mistake last week in saying that he was abused by a
:04:07. > :04:12.prominent politician from the Thatcher era. He hopes to meet Lord
:04:12. > :04:16.McAlpine face to face but will also say he is worrying about after what
:04:16. > :04:21.happened that people who have been abused might be reluctant to talk
:04:21. > :04:27.about what happened to them. Let's listen to him now. People have got
:04:27. > :04:33.to realise, it's a genuine error on my part. The real issues here are
:04:33. > :04:40.what went on, the abuse that went on and getting justice. Not just
:04:40. > :04:44.for me, but for everybody and the people who sadly committed suicide.
:04:44. > :04:55.Steve Messham there. Another North Wales Council has added to this
:04:55. > :04:58.debate? Wrexham Council in the middle of the '90s Clwyd Council
:04:58. > :05:03.published a report into possible cases of abuse in North Wales. That
:05:03. > :05:11.document was not published because the council had legal advice that
:05:11. > :05:15.the content could be libelous. The head of legal services in
:05:15. > :05:23.Flintshire on behalf of North Wales Councils is getting legal advice to
:05:23. > :05:30.see if the report can be published. Some of Wrexham Councillors have
:05:30. > :05:34.published a list of 60 names of people who are claimed to have been
:05:34. > :05:38.guilty of abuse. And after all this attention over the last few weeks,
:05:38. > :05:44.people have been contacting the children's commission for Wales?
:05:44. > :05:47.Ten people have contacted -- Children's Commissioner for Wales?
:05:47. > :05:50.Ten people have contacted the office. The office has not
:05:50. > :05:58.confirmed whether the Children's Commissioner has met the head of
:05:58. > :06:02.the Agency which will lead the new inquiry. We understand tonight that
:06:02. > :06:09.four AMs from four different parties have written to North Wales
:06:09. > :06:22.Police saying police officers A public meeting is being held in
:06:22. > :06:27...to protest against plans to build The National Grid says new
:06:27. > :06:32...to move electricity from a The meeting is in Plas Menai,
:06:32. > :06:35.It is considering four possible routes across Anglesey...
:06:36. > :06:39...and five possible crossing points over the Menai Strait.
:06:39. > :06:42.But the people here tonight say cables should be placed...
:06:42. > :06:52...either underground or under the sea.
:06:52. > :06:52.They
:06:52. > :06:53.They are
:06:53. > :06:57.They are considering
:06:57. > :07:03.They are considering four possible routes across Anglesey, but most
:07:03. > :07:07.people here tonight believe under sea cables is the answer.
:07:08. > :07:12.Pylons a prominent part of the Anglesey skyline but the National
:07:12. > :07:16.Grid says more is needed. The reason is the possibility of a new
:07:16. > :07:19.reactor at Wylfa and a large wind farm off the island's north coast.
:07:19. > :07:23.The National Grid suggests a row of pylons should be placed from
:07:23. > :07:29.northern Anglesey to the substation at Pentir near Bangor. Opponents
:07:29. > :07:33.want to see underwater cables from Anglesey to Deeside - a plan the
:07:33. > :07:40.National Grid says would cost hundreds of thousands of pounds
:07:40. > :07:45.more. People at tonight's meeting say more pylons are not the answer.
:07:45. > :07:53.Some of the possible routes across the Menai go close to the village
:07:53. > :08:01.of Felinheli and that has caused local concern. The view from
:08:01. > :08:06.Felinheli would be spoilt. They will be awful to look at. They
:08:06. > :08:14.should be underground. I don't like it at all. I feel that they
:08:14. > :08:19.shouldn't be there. They should be under the sea. But the National
:08:19. > :08:24.Grid say that will be expensive. It's less distance to December side
:08:24. > :08:28.than it is from Ireland and they already do that. The National Grid
:08:28. > :08:34.stresses that a final decision has not yet been made and it is in the
:08:34. > :08:43.middle of a consultation process with locals in Gwynedd and Anglesey.
:08:43. > :08:49.Joining me now is a local council member. Do you not accept that
:08:49. > :08:56.pylons are the most rational answer? Not at all. Pylons will
:08:56. > :09:01.spoil one of the most beautiful areas in Wales. We already have
:09:01. > :09:09.pylons in this area and to think that we are so close to Snowdonia.
:09:09. > :09:16.You have to wonder how they were approved, not to mention building
:09:16. > :09:20.similar ones across Anglesey and the Menai Strait. Also, not to
:09:20. > :09:24.mention the health effects that could be connected to this. But we
:09:24. > :09:31.are talking about the huge cost of underwater cables? Wouldn't you
:09:31. > :09:34.have to add that cost to electricity bills? That is what the
:09:34. > :09:42.National Grid want us to believe. We are talking about great expense,
:09:42. > :09:47.but when you put it in context, surely you have to look at that
:09:47. > :09:53.option. At the moment, the National Grid is taking us straight down the
:09:53. > :09:57.route of pylons across the land and the Menai Strait without
:09:57. > :10:03.considering the option of putting cables under the sea. We are
:10:03. > :10:09.calling on them to look seriously at that option and to think about
:10:09. > :10:15.the economic cost, the social cost and the environmental cost of
:10:15. > :10:27.placing all these pylons and the damage to future generations that
:10:27. > :10:29.There is debate tonight after it ..by experts on the future of the
:10:29. > :10:31.In its original form, the document said that plans to reorganise...
:10:31. > :10:34...Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board were not sustainable.
:10:34. > :10:36.But that wording was changed to be more supportive...
:10:36. > :10:38...after the chairman of the board intervened.
:10:38. > :10:49.Owain Clarke has more details.
:10:49. > :10:49.The
:10:49. > :10:49.The Welsh
:10:50. > :10:53.The Welsh Government's
:10:53. > :10:57.The Welsh Government's care of the NHS is under the microscope again
:10:57. > :11:03.after it became clear that this important report was rewritten
:11:03. > :11:09.after being approved and presented. The question is why did that
:11:09. > :11:15.happen? Was it an attempt to hide information, or to ensure that the
:11:15. > :11:19.process of reorganising the NHS in Wales was clear and transparent?
:11:20. > :11:26.Last year, the Health Minister set up a clinical forum of doctors to
:11:26. > :11:31.give specialist advice to the NHS. This document, an assessment of the
:11:31. > :11:36.reorganisation, was produced. At the end of last month, the panel
:11:36. > :11:42.came to the conclusion that although some elements of the
:11:42. > :11:47.changes were justified, they were unsustainable in the long-term and
:11:47. > :11:52.needed reconsidering significantly. But after the health board asked
:11:52. > :12:00.the forum to explain its opinion further, that assessment was
:12:00. > :12:06.retracted, a new version was drafted saying that the forum
:12:06. > :12:09.supported the redevelopment and it would give a high standard of
:12:09. > :12:17.service to North Wales. This man, the chairman of the forum, was
:12:17. > :12:24.responsible for the redrafting. He said he decided to do that to
:12:24. > :12:26.ensure that the answer was balanced. This is unreasonable if this has
:12:26. > :12:30.really happened. It seems like there is a private agreement
:12:30. > :12:37.between the Chief Executive of the health board and the chairman of
:12:37. > :12:42.the forum. That suggests that some kind of conversation has been
:12:42. > :12:48.happening which is not acceptable. The Health Minister today said that
:12:48. > :12:51.no member of the Government has any influence on the policies decision
:12:51. > :12:58.to rewrite the report. There's been great controversy about the plans
:12:58. > :13:01.to close local hospitals in North Wales and campaigners there have
:13:01. > :13:06.their doubts. We get these documents and public consultations,
:13:06. > :13:10.but there is no basis to them. And they use words like "unsustainable"
:13:10. > :13:15.then leave them out. And it leaves us in a very dangerous place for
:13:15. > :13:20.the future. But BBC Wales can also reveal that the chairman of the
:13:20. > :13:27.clinical forum has redrafted not just the panel's response to Betsi
:13:27. > :13:36.Cadwaladr University Health Board, but also to reorganisation in mid-
:13:36. > :13:40.Wales. I believe this is a terrible thing because it is intervention in
:13:40. > :13:53.a democratic process. It's intervening in something the Health
:13:53. > :13:56.Minister has put forward. question tonight is whether changes
:13:56. > :14:04.to this document are enough to undermine the whole reorganisation
:14:04. > :14:06.The Islamic cleric, Abu Qatada, ..in North West London
:14:06. > :14:09.A court yesterday ruled that he should not be sent to Jordan...
:14:09. > :14:12...to face terrorism charges as he would not recevie a fair trial.
:14:12. > :14:18.The UK Government intends to appeal against that decision.
:14:18. > :14:23.The Financial Services Authority and Ofgem, the energyregulator...
:14:23. > :14:26...is investigating claims that some of the biggest energy companies...
:14:26. > :14:29...as fixing gas prices for customers.
:14:29. > :14:32.The claims have been made by workers within the industry.
:14:33. > :14:38.The six main companies have denied any wrondoing.
:14:38. > :14:40.There was a bigger increase than expected...
:14:40. > :14:43...in living cost in October.
:14:43. > :14:46.The rate of inflation was 2.7%, an increase of 0.5%...
:14:46. > :14:48...and the biggest for more than a year.
:14:48. > :15:30.Food prices and student tuition fees in England contributed to the rise.
:14:48. > :15:30.Subtitles unavailable for 0 minutes
:15:30. > :15:30.Zakia
:15:30. > :15:30.Zakia Johnson
:15:30. > :15:35.Zakia Johnson is
:15:35. > :15:39.Zakia Johnson is not yet three, but she already speaks fluently. Her
:15:39. > :15:43.mother says she's been talking to her daughter since she was in the
:15:43. > :15:48.cradle. That was the first thing I told the family. Talk to her all
:15:48. > :15:57.the time because they have to hear because if she doesn't know what
:15:57. > :16:04.this is, we'd point at things and tell her what they are. We ask her
:16:04. > :16:11.questions and discuss things all the time. But Zakia's speaking
:16:11. > :16:17.ability is rare. In this school in Carmarthen, there is a wide range
:16:17. > :16:22.in children's ability. But teachers as others in other parts of Wales
:16:22. > :16:28.have noticed more and more children starting with them can't speak very
:16:28. > :16:33.well. They follow commands very well but they can't talk to us.
:16:33. > :16:36.They can't answer questions. In terms of their peers, we see that
:16:36. > :16:41.this creates difficulties with sharing. They can't communicate
:16:41. > :16:48.with other children. So they can't share toys. They don't have those
:16:48. > :16:56.skills and that creates tension. have had teachers recently telling
:16:56. > :17:02.us that they have ten or 15 children who haven't even been
:17:02. > :17:05.taught their own names. The Welsh Government's response is to say it
:17:05. > :17:09.acknowledges that good language skills can make a big difference to
:17:09. > :17:14.a child's life and that they are putting many schemes into place to
:17:14. > :17:21.deal with this including doubling the number of children who have
:17:21. > :17:35.helped by 2015 that the success of the programme supporting children
:17:35. > :17:41.A 23-year-old man from Slovakia has been accused of murdering another
:17:41. > :17:48.man in Bala over the weekend. He will appear in court tomorrow. The
:17:48. > :17:54.victim's body was found in a flat A private funeral has been held
:17:54. > :17:58...in a house fire in Prestatyn A public memorial service
:17:58. > :18:01...will appear again in court on January 7th.
:18:01. > :18:04.Plans to widen a dual carriageway in North East Wales...
:18:04. > :18:07...have been presented again four years after the original plans...
:18:07. > :18:10...were rejected after opposition in a public consultation.
:18:10. > :18:12.A new study suggests the A493 in the Queensferry area...
:18:12. > :18:15...could be tunred into a six-lane motorway...
:18:15. > :18:19...and a new railway could be built on Deeside.
:18:19. > :18:33.The Welsh Government says the next step would be to consult locals.
:18:34. > :18:35.On Thursday, there will be a chance to vote in the elections...
:18:36. > :18:37...for Police Commissioner.
:18:37. > :18:39.Wales will have four of them.
:18:39. > :18:42.But already, there has been talk of low turnout...
:18:42. > :18:46...and some say that, along with lackof campaigning and winter weather...
:18:46. > :18:48...could undermine the credibility of the new system.
:18:48. > :18:54.Here's our Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick.
:18:54. > :18:54.This
:18:54. > :18:54.This is
:18:54. > :18:58.This is the
:18:58. > :19:01.This is the emergency room at one of the busiest police stations in
:19:01. > :19:05.Wales. It's quiet here tonight, but within a few days, the police will
:19:05. > :19:11.face one of the biggest changes they have faced in their history.
:19:11. > :19:17.As well as a new way of supervising police work, Thursday's elections
:19:17. > :19:22.will also use a new voting system. There will be two columns on the
:19:22. > :19:26.ballot paper in areas with more than two candidates. One for your
:19:27. > :19:32.first choice and the other for your second. The second vote will only
:19:32. > :19:36.count if there is no clear winner. Absent from the ballot paper will
:19:36. > :19:40.be two of Wales' main parties. Plaid Cymru was against this
:19:40. > :19:47.measure when it went through Parliament because it gives so much
:19:47. > :19:53.control to one elected Commissioner. It is an American idea and if that
:19:53. > :20:00.person also belongs to a political party, it pretty much politicises
:20:00. > :20:05.the police and that is not acceptable to me. I was against it
:20:05. > :20:10.on principle. I don't think there should be political intervention in
:20:10. > :20:18.the police. Because I don't see it is a good
:20:18. > :20:22.thing on principle, I decided not to put candidates forward.
:20:23. > :20:27.According to some, even the candidates aren't campaigning very
:20:27. > :20:31.hard. It all seems to be a bit of a mess. I don't see any interest even
:20:31. > :20:35.amongst political activists. I talk to people who are active in
:20:35. > :20:40.political parties which are putting candidates forward. Even they are
:20:40. > :20:45.bored by it so it is not surprising the public are completely
:20:45. > :20:49.unenthusiastic. Despite the lack of interest, supporters of the new
:20:49. > :21:01.system insist that the electorate will take interest when they see
:21:01. > :21:16.There will also be a by-election ..as Alun Michael gives up his seat
:21:16. > :21:19.We can look at that battle now with The Cardiff South and Penarth
:21:19. > :21:28.constituency is the most populous in Wales. The streets and people
:21:28. > :21:31.have changed as these pictures show. The carts and trams have gone and
:21:31. > :21:36.cars and lorries have replaced them. The shop has become a Chinese
:21:36. > :21:42.restaurant but one thing has stayed the same over the decades. This is
:21:42. > :21:47.a strong Labour area and Labour members have represented it for
:21:47. > :21:53.decades. The party is also ahead in opinion polls, but going door-to-
:21:53. > :21:59.door they don't want to be overconfident. We have to work
:21:59. > :22:03.harder if anything to ensure that we get the message to the
:22:03. > :22:09.Government in Westminster. What they are doing is not right and
:22:09. > :22:14.this is how we should do it. Nick Clegg visiting the constituency,
:22:14. > :22:17.but as a result of his coalition in Westminster, the Lib Dems are
:22:17. > :22:22.losing support. If the opinion polls are to be believed that is.
:22:22. > :22:30.They have enough to be happy about according to the party. Raising the
:22:30. > :22:33.tax threshold so you have more money in your pocket, increasing
:22:33. > :22:38.pensions and investing in infrastructure to bring jobs into
:22:38. > :22:44.Wales and the UK. People see the Lib Dems making a difference in the
:22:44. > :22:47.Government. A rest for Plaid Cymru campaigners. There is is a high
:22:47. > :22:52.proportion of ethnic minorities in the area. Some believe that there's
:22:52. > :23:00.room to build on their support. It's important that we show that we
:23:00. > :23:04.as a party can represent all kinds of areas in Wales, both rural and
:23:04. > :23:07.urban. And we can talk with authority in the Government.
:23:07. > :23:12.Conservatives have been gaining ground on Labour here for a decade.
:23:12. > :23:19.But with them in power in Westminster, the concern is that
:23:19. > :23:23.their support could lessen over the next week. We can't keep on
:23:23. > :23:26.spending the amount of money we are. So people understand we need to
:23:26. > :23:34.make difficult decisions and I think we get a very positive
:23:34. > :23:42.response on the doorstep in this by-election. This was the
:23:42. > :23:46.constituency of former Prime Minister James Callaghan at one
:23:46. > :23:54.point. The campaigners will have to convince people to leave their warm
:23:54. > :23:56.In rugby, despite expectations for ..and centre Ashley Beck to be
:23:56. > :23:59...against Samoa on Friday, other injuries are causing problems...
:23:59. > :24:02...for the coaching team.
:24:02. > :24:19.Lock, Alun Wyn Jones, and flanker Josh Turnbull...
:24:19. > :24:19.I
:24:19. > :24:20.I didn't
:24:20. > :24:24.I didn't have
:24:24. > :24:30.I didn't have any symptoms on Sunday. It was just a freak
:24:30. > :24:34.accident, a straight knock-out. And I haven't had any memory loss or
:24:34. > :24:37.anything like that. It's happened to lots of players before and they
:24:37. > :24:43.have played the next week. So I have no doubt I'll be fine. The
:24:43. > :24:48.most important thing this week is that our defence, at times on the
:24:48. > :24:52.weekend, especially in the second half, our defence switched off for
:24:52. > :24:57.a few seconds. And that is why we lost the game and had the tries
:24:57. > :25:02.scored against us. That is it, really. That is the important thing
:25:02. > :25:08.for this week, just to make sure our defence is strong. And that we
:25:08. > :25:11.Before we go, another look There's political debate tonight
:25:11. > :25:14...that a report by experts on the future of the NHS in North Wales...
:25:14. > :25:16...was rewritten.
:25:16. > :25:18.In its original form, the document said that plans to reorganise...
:25:18. > :25:20.Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board were not sustainable.
:25:20. > :25:22.But it was reworded to be more supportive...
:25:22. > :25:26...after the chairman of the board intervened.
:25:26. > :25:29.And giving a boost to first time buyers and the housing market...
:25:29. > :25:33...is the aim of a new Welsh Government scheme.
:25:33. > :25:38.Help will be available for people who can only afford a 5% deposit.
:25:38. > :25:40.And that's how things are at the moment.