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Good evening. You are watching The Welsh Government intends to go | :00:07. | :00:16. | |
..despite the fact that many rural schools will be exempt. | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
Also tonight: | :00:21. | :00:22. | |
The pensioner who died when asurgeon mistakenly removed her liver. | :00:22. | :00:29. | |
Welsh musicians are a step closer to recieving higher royalties. | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
And the castle that should attract more visitors to the town of Flint. | :00:36. | :00:54. | |
The Education Minister has rejected calls to abandon plans... | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
..for the banding of primary schools in Wales... | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
..a month after criticism of the banding of secondary schools here. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
Leighton Andrews insists the plans are a a way of raising standards... | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
..despite the fact many schools would be exempt due to their size.. | :01:11. | :01:31. | |
Measuring | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
Measuring school | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
Measuring school performances. | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
Measuring school performances. This is to raise standards. Welsh | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
primary schools are to be banded in the same way as secondary schools. | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
They will be assessed according to guidelines that are currently being | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
drawn up. The schools are expected to be split into groups by Easter, | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
with the final bands being published by summer. According to | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
one head teacher, the key details are already being made available to | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
local authorities. There is already a school effectiveness framework in | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
place. Local authorities need to question their schools over how | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
well they are doing and they are then placed upon a register, as it | :02:21. | :02:33. | |
is. This school will be banded. 30% of Welsh schools will be extent | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
from the process. The Government says a school must have a minimum | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
of ten pupils at key stage one and two, in order to be included in the | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
programme. Up to half the schools the rural areas could be exempt. | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
Ysgol Pennllwyn in Bangor could be one of the exempted schools. | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
have comparatively small number of pupils in each classroom. That will | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
make it very difficult to judge the performance of the school. Plaid | :03:11. | :03:20. | |
Cymru say that the sigs tem -- system should be scrapped. Some | :03:20. | :03:27. | |
schools will be subjected to stigma. Others will be exempt from the | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
process. We think talks should be held with teachers and unions and | :03:32. | :03:46. | |
that this policy should be scrapped. The party has also said that | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
information should reflect a holistic learning experience. | :03:53. | :04:02. | |
Leighton Andrews has denied it is a new type of league table. We are | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
joined by Rebecca Williams, from a teaching union. Good evening. You | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
are against the banding system, but what's wrong with letting parents | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
know how their child's school is performing? We do have ideological | :04:20. | :04:29. | |
problems with the banding system. In both primary and secondary | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
schools, but that is by the bay. It is not practical to introduce this | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
banding system for primary schools. The minister himself has accepted | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
that one-third of Welsh schools will be exempt, due to people -- | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
pupil numbers. Just one or two pupils can skew the numbers all | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
together. Secondly, in primary schools, you | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
don't have xm results. -- exam results as a means of | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
deciding bands. That's a key part of secondary school banding and | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
that's not available to primary schools. That means that your | :05:11. | :05:19. | |
members should assess the schools, so that teachers are then | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
answerable? You need to make sure that those figures are in place on | :05:24. | :05:31. | |
a national level. We need to make sure the systems are in place | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
before we can introduce a banding framework. The Education Minister | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
knows that assessment is already taking place, but that there needs | :05:43. | :05:51. | |
to be more openness with parents. would agree with that. I don't | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
think that a simple number can paint the whole picture. You can | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
take ten pieces of data, mix them all together and come out as one | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
band, but it doesn't tell you about the teaching and learning | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
An inquest in Newport has heard how ..after a surgeon removed her liver | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
Amy Francis from Newport died of a heart attack... | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
..after losing blood during the operation at the Royal Gwent. | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
Her son said the fact that the surgeon accepted responsibility... | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
..had saved the hospital from legal action. | :06:27. | :06:39. | |
Amy | :06:39. | :06:39. | |
Amy Francis's | :06:39. | :06:39. | |
Amy Francis's son | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
Amy Francis's son came to the inquest today to explain to the | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
Coroner how his mother was told she had kidney cancer in 2010. It was | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
decided the right kidney should be removed at the Royal Gwent Hospital. | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
The surgeon, Mr Adam Carter, seen here on the left, said he completed | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
the procedure 160 times. The operation was performed through | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
keyhole surgery, where two incisions are made to stop the flow | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
of blood before an incision of two or three inches is made to remove | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
the kidney. Mr Carter says it's an operation he regularly carries out. | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
Mr Carter explained a trainee was present in theatre and he invited | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
her to remove the kidney. He took control. Then said that the liver | :07:32. | :07:40. | |
had moved. He then miss took it for the kidney. Amy Francis died in | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
theatre after a heart attack. The Coroner recorded a narrative | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
verdict. Following the inquest Alan Francis said he thanked Mr Carter | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
for speaking candidly about his mistake and wished him well. | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
accept the decision of the court and wish Mr Carter all the best. We | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
appreciate his honesty in admitting the error. Hopefully we've put it | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
behind us now. In In a statement the Aneurin Bevan health board said | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
an investigation has been held into Mrs Francis's case and new guidance | :08:18. | :08:27. | |
South Wales Police have accused ..after a pedestrian was struck by a | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
..during the early hours of Tuesday morning. | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
25-year-old Kyle Griffiths died after the incident on James Street. | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
Inquests have been opened and adjourned... | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
..into the case of two 18-year-old men... | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
..killed in a car accident... | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
..near Denbighshire's Horeshoe Pass on Monday. | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
Dale Thomas Williams suffered severe head injuries... | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
..and Jonathan Cassidy Jones sustained injuries to his chest. | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
Today saw a number of important economic announcements... | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
..many of which didn't bode well. | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
A number of companies have published disappointing sales results... | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
..over the Christmas period, including Tesco supermarkets. | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
RBS is to cut 3,500 jobs on top ofthe 30,000 jobs they've already axed. | :09:02. | :09:11. | |
The | :09:11. | :09:12. | |
The Christmas | :09:12. | :09:12. | |
The Christmas period | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
The Christmas period proved disappointing for Tesco. Despite | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
cutting prices, the supermarket acknowledges it didn't attract | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
enough shoppers. Over a period of six weeks, Tesco sales dropped 2.3%, | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
compared to the same period in the previous year. They weren't alone. | :09:32. | :09:41. | |
Sales at Argos were down almost 9%. Thorntons down over 4%. Mothercare | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
4%. JD Sports announced a small increase. Experts say many | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
companies are facing difficult trading conditions. They were bad | :09:51. | :09:57. | |
results for a range of stores. Thorntons, Argos and Halfords. They | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
have been finding it difficult and they are struggling to boost their | :10:02. | :10:16. | |
sales. Many of these retailers are forecasting a difficult few months. | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
How did shops in Aberystwyth fare? Sales were down over the Christmas | :10:22. | :10:35. | |
period. With the exception of one or two specialist retailers. People | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
felt it was down to the recession and fuel prices in particular. We | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
are dependant on the public sector for jobs in the area and people | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
have a lack of confidence in their jobs. | :10:49. | :10:57. | |
RBS staff are also uncertain of their jobs, as it announced 3,500 | :10:57. | :11:06. | |
job losses. I think we'll have to wait around | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
10 years before we get the money back and taxpayer -- as taxpayers. | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
It's important now that RBS concentrates and focuses on what | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
it's good at. There was another bank announcement today at as the | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
Bank of England said interest rates would be frozen for another month | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
A court in Turkey has brough charges ..for secretly filming | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
She could face a total of over 20 years in jail if found guilty. | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
The Duchess visited Turkey in 2008 to film a television documantary. | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
US Armed Forces are investigating a video... | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
..that appears to show four marines urinating on the bodies... | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
...of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
A Pentagon spokesperson described the pictures as disturbing... | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
..and the actions are utterly deplorable. | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
The energy company SSE, which owns Swalec... | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
..has announced it's cutting the price of gas... | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
..by 4.5% from the end of March. | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
British Gas is to cut prices by 5% from today. | :12:22. | :12:24. | |
The announcements follow similar price cuts by EDF yesterday. | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
The body which represents Welsh musicians... | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
..believes it is a stop closer to securing more money... | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
..for Welsh language songs played on the radio and television. | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
Four years ago the amount paid out in royalties was reduced by 90%. | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
Today representatives of the Welsh Musicians Alliance... | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
..met with PRS officials who determine how much is to be paid... | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
..as well as BBC executives. | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
Behind | :12:56. | :12:57. | |
Behind the | :12:57. | :12:58. | |
Behind the closed | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
Behind the closed doors of this capital city hotel, the latest | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
meeting was held to try and resolve the issue at the heart of the Welsh | :13:05. | :13:12. | |
music scene. In 2008, the payments for every minute of music played on | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
Radio Cymru was halved to 49p. What hit performers harder was the fact | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
contributions towards payments by the Performing Rights Society | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
practically disappeared although. Many musicians saw a 90% drop in | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
their incomes. The Welsh Music Publishers And Composers Alliance | :13:33. | :13:39. | |
was formed to stand up to what it sees as a threat to artists' | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
livelihoods. We do feel we are being listened to. It has been so | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
frustrating over the past couple of years. Our proposals were rejected | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
once they had gone to committee. The BBC described the meeting as | :14:04. | :14:11. | |
"productive." And said discussions are on-going. | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
We do feel as though we have set out our concerns in front of the | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
people who can really make a difference in the situation. We are | :14:20. | :14:28. | |
going to go back and look at the options. We're going to research | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
what choices there are. Four years since the system was overhauled, it | :14:34. | :14:45. | |
seems likely an agreement could be Campaigners against wind farms in | :14:45. | :14:54. | |
The protesters have expressed concern... | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
..over difficulties in assessing... | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
..the affect wind turbines would have on the area. | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
Since a policy was established six years ago... | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
..granting planning permission for wind farms in seven regions... | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
..the Welsh Government has supportedrenewable energy schemes in the area. | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
It | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
It was | :15:19. | :15:20. | |
It was the | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
It was the protestors' turn to give evidence today. They are familiar | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
arguments. They said that the effect on tourism and the | :15:34. | :15:46. | |
environment had not been considered. A lawyer said that European | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
environmental standards had not been adhered to. I suggested that | :15:53. | :16:02. | |
it was a deliberate move to avoid the European directive. It is | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
probably more likely that they simply hadn't realised what was | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
going on. It's now their responsibility to re-think the | :16:14. | :16:21. | |
whole procedure. Neville Thomas and others like him say that the Welsh | :16:21. | :16:29. | |
Government is not being dishonest. They introduced the policy before | :16:29. | :16:40. | |
the European legislation was announced. So European rules do not | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
-- did not exist back then. There have been many developments in this | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
energy story, but where are we at the moment in terms of the | :16:49. | :17:00. | |
development of wind farms? report that comes from this | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
committee will be an important one. In terms of planning permission, | :17:07. | :17:21. | |
the number of licences being There are fears over the future of | :17:21. | :17:28. | |
30 people lost their jobs there before Christmas... | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
..when the business' administration department was closed. | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
It's believed that the company's new owner... | :17:34. | :17:36. | |
..wishes to merge Gelert with another company in Derbyshire. | :17:36. | :17:46. | |
Gelert | :17:46. | :17:46. | |
Gelert distribution | :17:46. | :17:46. | |
Gelert distribution centre | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
Gelert distribution centre here in Wales has been closed. There are | :17:51. | :18:02. | |
now question marks over the other jobs here in Wales. Gelert has been | :18:02. | :18:13. | |
sold to Jason granite. He already owns a similar outdoor retail store, | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
Yeoman's, in England. It is expected the two companies will be | :18:17. | :18:29. | |
merged. Today a spokesman said they had no comments over the sale of | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
Gelert. Gelert sells camping and climbing equipment. It employs over | :18:34. | :18:43. | |
150 people across Britain. 50 people still work at its | :18:43. | :18:49. | |
distribution centre in Porthmadog. The company needs to ask whether it | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
needs two distribution centres to carry out the same work. It's a | :18:54. | :19:03. | |
difficult time for companies trading in outdoor goods, after | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
Blacks announced it was in A fund set up to support the | :19:09. | :19:28. | |
..in the Gleision colliery We have tried to make sure that we | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
have raised some interest on the money, even though interest rates | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
are low. We need to make sure that the special needs of the families | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
are met. We now need to look carefully at how we are going to | :19:45. | :19:53. | |
distribute the money because it's Cardiff Airport has announced a new | :19:53. | :20:00. | |
The budget Vueling airline means to fly to Alicante and Palma in July. | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
The company will run flights from Cardiff to Barcelona from March. | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
There are concerns that pupils in Wales will fall behind... | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
..in terms of information technology and communication lessons. | :20:10. | :20:12. | |
The English curriculum is to change to allow young people... | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
..to devise their own computer programmes. | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
The Welsh Government is currently reviewing the situation... | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
..but experts warned that English pupils will forge ahead... | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
..unless Wales emulates the sheme across the border. | :20:23. | :20:36. | |
Creating | :20:36. | :20:36. | |
Creating aps | :20:36. | :20:37. | |
Creating aps and | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
Creating aps and digital pro-ducks are what part of company Cube | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
produces here in Cardiff Bay pupils in England will get a chance to | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
work on their own aps and write codes to create computer programmes. | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
Industry experts are expressing concerns that unless Wales follows | :20:57. | :21:04. | |
England's lead, young people here will lag behind. Learning how to | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
write code gives you a new way of problem-solving. It offers a new | :21:14. | :21:29. | |
point of view and I'd consider it a very worth while angle. Some | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
experts say the balance should be split between training on | :21:34. | :21:44. | |
programmes such as word processors and the science behind how | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
computers work. This technology is extremely sophisticated now. I | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
don't think it's a question of one thing or the other. A spokesperson | :21:51. | :21:57. | |
for the Welsh Government said a group is working on digital | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
education. Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, is expecting the | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
report at the end of March. He says he believes Wales can lead the way | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
on IT and communications. The Westminster Government aims to | :22:10. | :22:29. | |
teach appropriate skills to pupils Rugby news and the IRB has ruled | :22:29. | :22:37. | |
The Welshman had been named in the Scottish Six Nations squad... | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
..but he had already played for the Wales Under 20s. | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
His mother was born in Scotland. | :22:43. | :22:54. | |
More rugby and Wales will be without Lloyd Burns for the Six Nations. | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
The Dragons hooker has taken a break of three months... | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
..after incurring a neck injury. | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
Wales travel to Ireland on the 5th Feburary for their first game. | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
Flint Castle could play a key role in regenerating the town... | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
..and attracting tourists, says a report comissioned by the council. | :23:13. | :23:17. | |
The report's findings were revealed in the town hall today. | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
Nia Cerys investigates the vision for the new Flint. | :23:21. | :23:34. | |
Flint | :23:34. | :23:34. | |
Flint Castle | :23:34. | :23:34. | |
Flint Castle was | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
Flint Castle was built at the end of the 13th century. The first in a | :23:40. | :23:47. | |
series built during Edward I campaign. It's an interesting | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
historical building in a beautiful location, but you can't see the | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
cast frl the town. Some visitors may not be -- castle from the town. | :23:57. | :24:10. | |
Some visitors may not be aware it exists. We should market the castle. | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
It's a very beautiful area. Tourists love to visit it. | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
We're looking to improve the river and we want to somehow connect the | :24:22. | :24:30. | |
town centre with the castle. We want to expand the market, if | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
that's possible. After a consultation period with locals on | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
how to sell the town, they are starting to draw up some plans. | :24:44. | :24:52. | |
would like to see small cafes, for instance, somewhere for people to | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
take refrerment next to the castle. -- refreshment next to the castle. | :24:58. | :25:07. | |
The decision to demolish over 200 1970s flats has been welcomed. | :25:07. | :25:15. | |
It is a prominent feature of the town. A formal strategy will be | :25:16. | :25:26. | |
Education Minister Leighton Andrews ..and introduce a banding system | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
..despite teaching unions saying that it will humiliate schools... | :25:29. | :25:32. |