:00:00. > 3:59:59Humphrys asks the question - what's gone wrong with Wales? But now on
:00:00. > :00:17.BBC One, it's time Good evening.
:00:18. > :00:21.BBC London has learned that plans to build thousands of new homes in a
:00:22. > :00:25.flood`hit area of Berkshire are to be ruled out. The Royal Borough of
:00:26. > :00:28.Windsor and Maidenhead has now promised to put a stop to developing
:00:29. > :00:32.properties on the worst hit flood plains. But there are concerns that
:00:33. > :00:40.this could mean house building targets aren't met. Tarah Welsh
:00:41. > :00:46.reports. This current crisis has temporarily
:00:47. > :00:49.taken the spotlight of another, the need for more housing. But now it
:00:50. > :00:53.seems the floods will have a big impact on where new homes can be
:00:54. > :00:58.built. These campaigners say it should never be on a flood plain. We
:00:59. > :01:03.should not really build where the river wants to go naturally when it
:01:04. > :01:10.floods. We would not build in the river so why build where the river
:01:11. > :01:13.goes when it is overflowing? This site in Wraysbury is earmarked for
:01:14. > :01:20.development but like much of the village it is still waterlogged If
:01:21. > :01:26.the evidence of flooding clearly demonstrates that regardless of how
:01:27. > :01:30.you develop the site, you cannot deal with a flooding risk. We will
:01:31. > :01:35.happily go to the Inspectorate and say this site cannot be developed.
:01:36. > :01:39.That that leaves them with a problem. The Royal Borough of
:01:40. > :01:43.Maidenhead and Windsor says it needs to build 12,000 new homes in the
:01:44. > :01:50.next 15 years. But it is an area that is nearly all green belt and
:01:51. > :01:54.much of it is flood plain is. You can see why people are opposed to
:01:55. > :01:59.more building. But a lot of these homes are dry inside because they
:02:00. > :02:02.were built on a raised platform But there is another issue. It is
:02:03. > :02:06.thought developments would bring more concrete and more homes and
:02:07. > :02:10.that would increase the chance of flooding because the water would
:02:11. > :02:17.have nowhere to go. Katherine now lives in Wraysbury that says in her
:02:18. > :02:21.native Malaysia there was regular flooding but the homes were designed
:02:22. > :02:29.with flooding in mind. The floods would go four feet deep. We would
:02:30. > :02:35.live downstairs but we have cement floor. To prevent more scenes like
:02:36. > :02:39.this, the council is considering building on the green belt. The
:02:40. > :02:42.water may be subsiding but the demand for housing just keeps
:02:43. > :02:44.growing. So as we've heard, the Government's
:02:45. > :02:47.been meeting with the insurance industry to call on them to help
:02:48. > :02:51.residents and businesses affected by the floods more quickly. Alice
:02:52. > :03:02.Bhandhukravi is in Datchet for us tonight, where I imagine that's
:03:03. > :03:08.welcome news? Well, in a word, yes. That chip is one of the worst
:03:09. > :03:12.affected towns by the flooding. `` Datchet is one of the worst affected
:03:13. > :03:17.towns. Business owners will be relieved to hear that news. It is a
:03:18. > :03:21.complex picture for people who run businesses which have been affected
:03:22. > :03:29.by flooding. We can speak to the owner of this hotel. How badly has
:03:30. > :03:33.the flooding affected this hotel? It has been the loss of business. We
:03:34. > :03:40.have had to turn away a lot of business. Valentine's Day, wedding,
:03:41. > :03:43.banqueting, we have lost. It is not just last week but this week.
:03:44. > :03:49.Hopefully it is coming to an end but it is a big loss for us. Could this
:03:50. > :03:54.make the difference between staying afloat and going under? We are paid.
:03:55. > :04:00.I think a lot of small businesses will be affected even more so. It is
:04:01. > :04:07.important for us to get on our feet. Are you going to be able to claim
:04:08. > :04:13.against your insurance policy? We are starting the process tomorrow.
:04:14. > :04:18.For us, it is a question of it being quick and fast so we can get on with
:04:19. > :04:25.it rather than waiting so long. But hopefully business as usual here?
:04:26. > :04:29.Yes. Definitely a defiant tone here but a lot of uncertainty. Thank you.
:04:30. > :04:33.The future of Pentonville Prison has been put in doubt after a highly
:04:34. > :04:36.critical report. The Chief Inspector of Prisons found it was seriously
:04:37. > :04:40.overcrowded with staff shortages, and inmates left feeling unsafe Our
:04:41. > :04:52.special correspondent Kurt Barling has more.
:04:53. > :04:57.A prison built in 1854, conditions described as likely to embarrass the
:04:58. > :05:01.Victorians. Such is the state of the overcrowding and vermin infestation
:05:02. > :05:05.at Pentonville prison along the Caledonian Road. There will need to
:05:06. > :05:10.be a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow if the government is to
:05:11. > :05:14.recover a jail the chief inspector believes is currently not fit for
:05:15. > :05:19.purpose. We all want prisoners to come out of prison less likely to
:05:20. > :05:24.offend that they went in. The level of chaos and need in the prison the
:05:25. > :05:29.lack of staffing, the poor environment, made that really
:05:30. > :05:33.difficult to do. At Pentonville the report says there was a high
:05:34. > :05:41.incidence of drug use, chronic overcrowding, 12,000 inmates in a
:05:42. > :05:49.jail designed for 913, living with rats and cockroaches, an unusually
:05:50. > :05:53.high sickness and absent rates. This is a policy which is allowing more
:05:54. > :06:00.and more people to go into prison who do not need to be there. We have
:06:01. > :06:05.a suicide every three days. We will have a riot. There are serious
:06:06. > :06:09.problems in the prisons. The National offender management service
:06:10. > :06:12.told us that at the time of the inspection, the prison was
:06:13. > :06:18.transitioning to new staffing profiles and working arrangements
:06:19. > :06:26.which will provide a decent, stable and consistent regime for prisoners.
:06:27. > :06:30.Her Majesty's Inspector of prisons lays the gauntlet down to the
:06:31. > :06:35.government saying invest or shut up shop.
:06:36. > :06:37.That's it from me. So I'll wish you a very goodnight, and hand you over
:06:38. > :06:49.to Wendy for a look at the weather. Hello, good evening to you. Apart
:06:50. > :06:54.from the heavy showers today which you might have caught, we have a
:06:55. > :06:59.quiet spell of weather. It will be mostly dried, cloudy and calm and
:07:00. > :07:03.quite mild as well. This evening, we have had clear skies to begin with.
:07:04. > :07:11.The temperatures dropped quite quickly. The showers have moved
:07:12. > :07:18.away. It may be misty and murky by the start of tomorrow. There could
:07:19. > :07:28.be some drizzle first thing. It is gradually improving picture. It will
:07:29. > :07:31.feel quite pleasant tomorrow. It will turn more unsettled on Thursday
:07:32. > :07:34.with some rain around. Nothing too heavy. More international weather
:07:35. > :07:45.next. Good evening. Whilst today did bring
:07:46. > :07:51.some heavy showers, they moved through quite quickly. For much of
:07:52. > :07:56.tomorrow, it will stay dry if a bit cloudy and relatively mild. Patchy
:07:57. > :07:59.cloud at the moment. There will be some rain later in the day on
:08:00. > :08:03.Wednesday. Any rain through the night tonight will be patchy and
:08:04. > :08:08.light. We will see some occasional breaks in the cloud. Foremost, it is
:08:09. > :08:10.a touch cooler it was last