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-Hundreds are killed

-or seriously injured every year...

-..by dangerous and careless drivers.

-But families

-who have lost loved ones...

-..accuse the courts

-of being soft on those at fault.

-There's no date on the calendar

-when she'll be back.

-He has a date

-when he'll be released.

-Tonight, they call for justice.

-You talk about justice.

-There is no justice.

-None.

-And with pressure on the government

-to introduce stricter sentences...

-..is enough being done

-to punish drivers who kill?

-It's late November, and the people

-of Mydroilyn in Ceredigion...

-..are holding their Christmas fair.

-They're raising money for

-the Miriam Briddon Scholarship...

-..named after a local girl

-who was killed by a drink driver.

-After we lost Miriam,

-so many people asked us...

-..to what charity

-they could donate in her memory.

-We thought long and hard.

-We sat down as a family.

-What was important to Miriam

-was her college work.

-The fund has raised almost 35,000

-to help students like Miriam...

-..develop a career

-in fashion and textiles.

-Local people

-have helped us to be strong.

-Miriam's name lives on in the area.

-This video was filmed exactly

-two years ago on New Quay beach.

-Miriam was in her final year

-of a degree course in textiles.

-According to her mother,

-she was a happy and loving girl...

-..with a bright future.

-Miriam was a lovely person.

-Happy, kind, a friend to everyone.

-She always had a smile on her face.

-One of the things

-which stood out about Miriam...

-..was she was always smiling.

-Today, her family

-are back on New Quay beach...

-..and with them is Miriam's dog.

-Miriam was one of four daughters.

-She was living with her parents

-in March 2014...

-..when the lives of the close family

-from Cross Inn changed.

-It had been a normal day

-in our house.

-It was a Saturday.

-It was similar

-to any other Saturday.

-Miriam had been working in the

-morning and was home at lunchtime.

-She spent the afternoon

-doing college work.

-That night, Miriam had arranged

-to go to her boyfriend's house.

-Before she went,

-she came to my bedroom for a chat.

-I was about to go out

-in Aberystwyth with a friend.

-She was helping me choose

-what to wear.

-Then she said, "Ta-ta, Lowri.

-See you on Monday."

-I remember those words

-as if they were spoken yesterday.

-At around 6.30pm, she left the house

-to go to her boyfriend's farm...

-..in Felin-fach,

-less than half an hour from here.

-She was very happy

-when she left the house.

-She was going to stay the night

-with her boyfriend...

-..and come back the next day

-as it was Mother's Day.

-A little later,

-her boyfriend phoned the house.

-There was no sign of Miriam.

-I wasn't too worried at the time.

-We said she'd left

-about 45 minutes previously...

-..and that she'd probably

-be with him within ten minutes.

-He said he was going

-to go to the village for a look.

-I didn't know at the time...

-..but he'd heard sirens

-and the police going past.

-He phoned back

-to say that the road was closed.

-Something in my heart told me

-that something had happened...

-..so Richard and I

-went to find out what was wrong.

-In the house, Lowri, the youngest

-daughter, was preparing to go out.

-But there was a knock at the door.

-We have a glass door.

-I remember seeing the reflection

-of the fluorescent coats...

-..and thinking, "Oh, no."

-I remember the moment

-my legs turned to jelly.

-I opened the door and they asked

-if my parents were home.

-I said

-they'd gone to look for Miriam.

-Their faces said it all.

-I asked whether Miriam was OK.

-They didn't answer me.

-In the end, I shouted,

-"Just tell me if she's OK or not."

-I remember she shook her head

-and said, "I'm afraid not."

-I remember that.

-Here, on the way

-to her boyfriend's house...

-..Miriam Briddon was killed

-on 29 March 2014.

-Miriam was driving

-from the direction of Ciliau Aeron.

-Gareth Entwhistle was speeding,

-under the influence of alcohol...

-..and on the wrong side of the road

-from the direction of Felin-fach.

-Miriam died instantly.

-She was 21 years old.

-How do you return

-to everyday life...

-..when something like that

-has happened to you?

-Ooh.

-It's very hard.

-Um.

-Sorry.

-In 2014 alone...

-..1,263 people

-were killed or seriously injured...

-..in car accidents in Wales.

-Of these,

-around 7% involved drivers...

-..who had drunk

-more than the legal limit.

-Prevention is better than cure.

-People who pass

-and see us breathalyze people...

-..know we're here

-and might think twice.

-The police run seasonal campaigns...

-..to try and tackle

-the drink-drive problem.

-A few days before Christmas,

-I went with North Wales Police...

-..to see how they went about it.

-I think we're up to 40 arrests

-for drink driving...

-..during the last

-two or three weeks...

-..and 26 for drug driving.

-It's only a small minority

-who still do it.

-It's become socially unacceptable

-now.

-If we could only persuade

-that small minority.

-488 were caught for drinking

-or refusing to take a test...

-..in Wales

-over the Christmas period in 2014.

-But the campaign is paying off...

-..according to some

-I saw being tested.

-How many times

-have you been stopped?

-This is the second time.

-Is it worthwhile

-or is it an inconvenience?

-I think it's worth it.

-It keeps everyone on their tiptoes.

-If people think

-there's a risk they'll be caught...

-..if it isn't enough worrying

-they could injure or kill someone...

-..this might stop them.

-Between 2009 and 2014...

-..648 people

-were killed on Welsh roads.

-But drink driving

-isn't the only problem.

-On 25 May 2012,

-22-year-old Lona Wyn Jones...

-..was killed in a car accident

-on the outskirts of Bala.

-She was on her way

-to her father's house.

-Martin Jones

-lives 15 miles away in Brithdir.

-This is the first time

-he's been back...

-..to the place where his daughter

-was killed four years ago.

-This is...

-It brings back memories.

-I'm going out for air.

-I have to go outside for a minute.

-Three were travelling

-in the car that night.

-Lona, her friend,

-and driver Ian Wyn Edwards.

-Lona was sitting

-in the back of the car.

-Rest in peace.

-That day, Lona phoned me...

-..in the middle of the afternoon.

-She was happy.

-She was on her way to see me.

-The last thing I said to Lona was,

-"Make sure that guy isn't driving.

-"Love you loads."

-Ian Wyn Edwards

-was racing another car.

-While driving at 80 miles an hour,

-he lost control.

-Lona's friend

-broke her pelvis in the accident.

-The driver lost two of his fingers.

-But Lona was killed instantly.

-Kate phoned me - Lona's mother.

-She...

-..um...

-..was in Bala when it happened.

-She went there.

-I heard her talking to the police.

-I heard everything.

-And...

-..Kate asked the policeman

-if there were any fatalities.

-"Yes.

-"A girl with black hair."

-Lona.

-I relive that night every day.

-Every day.

-Losing his eldest daughter

-has affected Martin's health.

-He takes tablets every day...

-..as a result of a stroke

-and mental health problems.

-But he says the pain

-is as bad as ever.

-I live day by day...

-..to try and cope with it.

-It's the hardest thing

-that's happened to me.

-I've had a lot of help...

-..but, um...

-I have lots of tablets...

-..but none can take away the pain

-of what I'm going through.

-In part two,

-is there justice for families?

-And accusations

-that the system is too lax...

-..on those who kill on the roads.

-You should receive

-far lengthier sentences...

-..if you kill someone.

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-On March 29 2014, these girls'

-world was changed forever.

-Their 21-year-old sister,

-Miriam Briddon...

-..was killed by a drunk driver.

-Everything has changed.

-Nothing will ever be the same.

-I think I'm still in shock.

-I still think she's here.

-Miriam and Megan were twins.

-It's been a difficult two years

-of trying to cope without her twin.

-Until she was killed,

-even if we weren't together...

-..we were in constant communication

-via text messaging.

-We were best friends.

-Whilst coping with the grief...

-..the family had to cope

-with the court case...

-..brought against the driver,

-which took a year and a half.

-On 5 October 2015, 18 months

-after Miriam Briddon died...

-..Gareth Entwhistle was

-imprisoned for causing death...

-..by careless driving

-under the influence of alcohol.

-He was sentenced

-to five and a half years.

-The judge said he could be released

-in half that time.

-What did you make of the sentence?

-Ridiculous.

-This man had killed someone...

-..because he broke the law.

-What's the point of all these...

-..drink driving adverts

-and initiatives...

-..when all someone gets

-when it goes to court...

-..is two and a half years?

-I was left feeling very sad

-at the thought...

-..that a human life

-was valued that cheaply.

-Miriam's life was valued

-at just two and a half years.

-There were 89mg of alcohol...

-..in every 100ml

-of Gareth Entwhistle's blood.

-That was from a sample taken

-five hours after the accident.

-The legal limit is 80mg.

-The police estimated...

-..that the figure would have been

-132mg at the time of the accident.

-On the day, they went

-with the lowest reading.

-That meant he was only sentenced

-to five years in prison.

-A higher reading might have meant

-more years in the prison.

-Campaigners are now demanding...

-..harsher sentences for those

-causing death on our roads.

-They want them to be closer

-to the sentences for murder.

-There are fears that would

-raise big legal objections.

-They don't intend to kill someone

-when they break the law.

-They are being careless drivers.

-A murderer sets out

-with the intention to kill someone.

-There is a difference.

-Sentencing

-has to reflect that difference.

-Criminal lawyer Iestyn Davies...

-..says there are clear

-sentencing guidelines for judges.

-They are designed to be fair

-to the criminals and the victims.

-It's hard to be fair to everyone.

-The guidelines

-strive for consistency.

-It works for the most part.

-That consistency reflects the way

-society expects things to be done.

-Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones

-is seeking harsher sentences...

-..after a nine-year-old boy

-in her constituency...

-..was killed by a driver...

-..without a licence or insurance

-who was jailed for ten months.

-I want fairness for the victims.

-We can't bring the dead back

-to life. We must remember that.

-However, there is no doubt

-that some of the sentences...

-..being handed out at the moment...

-..are unfair and inappropriate

-for the crimes committed.

-In 2014, she pressurized

-the last government to reassess...

-..the sentencing guidelines

-for traffic-related crimes.

-The whole of the UK

-is waiting for those results...

-..so that there is fairness for

-those who have died on our roads.

-She feels the government

-is dragging its heels.

-After two years...

-..no date has yet been fixed for

-the publication of any conclusions.

-We asked the

-Ministry of Justice to respond.

-In a statement, they said

-they sympathized completely...

-..with the friends and families

-who had lost loved ones.

-They accepted that traffic offences

-could have terrible ramifications...

-..and that there were

-harsh sentences available...

-..of up to 14 years in prison.

-They also said they were thinking

-very carefully about future changes.

-Nearly two years after

-losing their daughter, Miriam...

-..Ceinwen and her family have

-lost faith in the justice system.

-They are thinking of starting their

-own campaign for harsher sentences.

-These sentences are far too soft.

-These people have killed.

-I feel so strongly that we need

-to change the sentencing policy.

-We are going to start

-a petition in memory of Miriam.

-We need to get harsher sentences.

-Something has to change

-for the benefit of others.

-It's less than four years

-since Lona Wyn Jones was killed.

-The driver has been released.

-Ian Wyn Edwards was sentenced

-to three years and nine months.

-He was out on licence

-after 20 months.

-Lona's father is also

-disillusioned with the system.

-How do you feel about the sentence?

-Furious.

-Not half enough.

-Not half enough.

-Three years and nine months

-is nothing.

-He served less than half of that.

-It should be a life for a life.

-Lona's mother, Kate Morgan,

-lives in Dolgellau.

-She's dealt with losing her daughter

-in a very different way.

-She questions whether

-any sentence can match the loss.

-The time of the custodial sentence

-didn't really bother me...

-..whether it was three years

-or 300 years.

-It wouldn't bring Lona back.

-We're the ones with a life sentence.

-Kate visited the driver

-who killed Kate in prison...

-..as part of a victim support and

-criminal rehabilitation scheme.

-I wanted to see his reaction.

-See if he was remorseful...

-..and tell him how I felt.

-I know he didn't go out that day

-to kill Lona...

-..but his actions

-caused Lona's death.

-Will you ever forgive him?

-Never.

-Lona's mother

-has been to jail to see him.

-I wasn't happy.

-If I went there,

-I know what I'd do.

-Miriam Briddon died

-on Mother's Day weekend in 2014.

-By a quirk of fate, she'd given

-her mother her presents earlier.

-I got home and she'd bought

-flowers and presents.

-She'd left them

-on the kitchen table.

-She gave them to me that night

-to cheer me up because I was tired.

-She wanted to give them to me.

-I was so glad she did because

-she wasn't alive on Mother's Day.

-She gave me the presents...

-..but I've said that I never want

-to celebrate Mother's Day again.

-There will always be an empty chair

-in the sisters' home.

-We never had a chance to tell her.

-I don't feel I ever

-had the chance to say goodbye.

-Or tell her how much

-she meant to us.

-Now, I feel I'm saying it...

-..to Megan and Lowri much more

-in case it happens again.

-With time,

-you learn to put on a mask.

-When people come up

-and ask how we are...

-..I say that we are fine, thanks.

-It's easier to say that.

-But we'll never return

-to normal life.

-Next Tuesday, we ask...

-..how successful is Welsh-language

-education in South-East Wales?

-We follow Andrew Coombs...

-..as the Welsh international

-returns to his Welsh-medium school.

-The first time

-anyone spoke Welsh to me...

-..was when I joined

-the national squad.

-I couldn't respond in Welsh.

-It was embarrassing.

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