27/06/2011 BBC Wales Today

In Wales Today: How will Thursday's strikes affect

you as teachers and civil servants You have to think of the bigger

picture and how it is affecting everybody. The parents and kids

will suffer. It will be unkind -- inconvenient for me, but I'm

probably in favour of it. Other headlines tonight:

The baby left without a mum and dad, killed in a crash on the M4. An

inquest hears the driver probably fell asleep.

Henry Clark was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Why did hospital

authorities forget him and allow his disease to advance?

An increase in measles - parents are urged to vaccinate their

children. The daily battle of being an

isolated elderly person struggling with everyday life. If my son

didn't live in our house, I don't think I would eat because I can't

open the gyres. In tonight's sport, Mike Phillips

says sorry. He's back in the Wales squad.

And a Welsh winner at Wimbledon. Evan comes through his first round

in the juniors, much to his family's delight. I was almost

crying this morning just thinking of them out on the court because

they kept breaking each other. Good evening. Many schools and

public buildings across Wales will close on Thursday as almost 40,000

teachers and civil servants strike in a dispute over their pensions.

Talks this afternoon between unions and the coalition government failed

to reach an agreement. So, planning to take action: 20,000 members of

the PCS - working in places like museums, Jobcentres and tax offices.

13,000 teachers at primaries and secondaries in the NUT across Wales.

And a further 3,500 members of the Association of Teachers and

Lecturers. With more strikes also likely this autumn, unions say

they're digging in for a "protracted dispute". Rhodri Lewis

reports. A chemistry lesson at Ysgol Friars

in Bangor this afternoon. But in three days' time, this lab will be

silent. Half the teaching staff will be on strike, which means the

school will be closed. The deputy head is one of them, and says he's

taking action with a heavy heart. He says proposed changes to

teachers' pensions are not necessary. We have never struck

before. We have been talking rather than striking. Unfortunately in

this instance, the government one willing to -- only willing to

discuss the implementation of their proposals and not the content.

it's not just teachers. Two other unions, including civil servants

from the PCS union, will also walk out. It says the National Museums

may close, along with the National Library in Aberystwyth. Jobcentres

and passport offices across the country could also be affected.

Then there are the big centres - the DVLA in Swansea could shut,

along with the tax offices in Cardiff. We remain confident that

the public will support the action. This is very much a first wave. If

the government will not prepared to listen, we will continue to

campaign alongside other Pep -- public sector unions and build

support for the campaign necessary to stop these cuts. Talks have been

going on for months over the controversial pension plans. The

Government wants to move from a pension based on an employee's

final salary to one based on average pay over a career. It also

wants teachers to increase their contributions from 6.4% to 9.8% of

their pay, while the retirement age will also rise to 68.

government has said quite clearly that every contribution that has

been made so far under the current arrangements will be honoured. I

think it is a fair game to negotiate and discuss what happens

here on -- from here on because people are living much longer.

Albany Primary School in Cardiff has more than 400 pupils on its

roll. None of them will be in school on Thursday. Many parents we

spoke to sympathised with the teachers' cause, but said it would

make life difficult for them. a lot of parents, I work time, so

it is inconvenient. I have to pay extra childcare. Where do you find

the extra money? It is hard times for everybody. I think everybody

has a right to strike. It will be inconvenient for me, but I am

probably in favour of it, I would say. When schools close in

particular, because it is not just the business owners who may have

children in schools but also the employers. Some businesses have

less than 10 employees and so a few staff on -- off on the same day can

impede productivity and some businesses may have to shut.

contacted all the local authorities across Wales throughout the day.

Many were still in the process of putting together a complete list of

the schools closed in their area. They said the details would be on

their websites. David Evans is from the national

team -- Union of Teachers. This is going to cause massive disruption

to parents, who are going to have to take a day off on Thursday to

look after their children. What is your message to them tonight?

is something we didn't want to happen. But we felt that we had no

other option, given the Government's intransigence.

could turn up to work on Thursday. If you go into consultation with a

government can you expect this to be meaningful consultations. But

the government is just going full steam ahead and refusing to

consider any alternatives. They basically have announced the

outcome of the consultation before that process is completed. But you

announced they would be a strike before today's talks failed. You

also jumped the gun today, didn't she? It was clear that there was

going to be no movement. Danny Alexander had a ready-made that

announcement some weeks ago that the government were basically not

going to turn on this. We remain hopeful that we can still talk with

them. We have been to the talks today and will continue to go any

talks to that they invite us to. Some form of change in your

pensions is inevitable, isn't it? We are all living longer. Everyone,

teachers, and the rest of the world, have to accept that, have to accept

change. Changes were made in 2007 and at that time we were told it

would be an affordable system. There is an evaluation due of the

current Teachers' Pension Scheme. - - a valuation. The government had

refused to give us that valuation. The House of Commons Advisory

Committee has confirmed and the National Audit Office has confirmed

that it remains an affordable scheme.

Thank you very much indeed. A grandfather probably fell asleep

at the wheel of a car, which crashed killing three family

members, an inquest has heard. Stephen Padden, his son Tom and

partner Louise all died in the accident on the M4 in January. None

of them were wearing seat belts. The couple's baby son Logan was

pulled from the wreckage by his grandmother. Caroline Evans reports.

Lousie Evans, Tom Padden and their six-month-old baby Logan were on

their way back from a surfing holiday in Morrocco with Tom's

parents when they were killed in a crash on the M4. Today, their

families came to Cardiff Coroner's Court to hear what happened just

before midnight on January 17th as the family headed home from Gatwick.

They were told Stephen Padden, who was driving, had probably fallen

asleep. He, Louise and Tom, who were in the back, were not wearing

seat belts and were thrown from the car.

No Rees, Thomas and Stephen passed away as a result of a tragic

accident. They dare has left a huge void in the lives of so many. All

family members would like to thank everyone for their support and

would also like to thank the press and media for the sensitive way in

which the incident has been reported but now ask to be left to

grieve together. Their baby, Logan, survived despite the car repeatedly

rolling over. Back in April, as Porthcawl turned out to raise money

for him, his auntie told us how the family was coping. We are pulling

together. Obviously Tom's family as well and we're trying to get

together as many things as we can. The whole of the committee has

really pull together to help our whole family, especially Logan.

Today, his grandmother, Suzanne Padden, who pulled him from the

wreckage, told the court how their flight home had been delayed by

five hours, and she had offered to help with the driving. But despite

having complained of being tired on holiday, Stephen Padden had decided

to do it all. One eyewitness, Gemma Beveridge, said as she saw the car

move from lane to lane, she wasn't sure whether it was beign driven by

boy racers or the driver had fallen alseep. She broke down when she

described how she had been handed baby Logan to look after at the

roadside. Recording a verdict of accidental death, the coroner said

it was extremely likely that Stephen Padden had fallen asleep at

the wheel and that this is what had caused the accident. To compound

this, she said, he, Tom And Louise were not wearing seatbelts. She

pointed to the fact that the other two occupants of the car, Cezanne

and six-month-old Logan, who was strapped in, survived.

A Gloucestershire engineering firm has bought the Bosch site at Miskin

in the Vale of Glamorgan. Production at the motor parts plant

is due to end tomorrow, and the company which is buying the site,

Renishaw, has said there's nothing in its sale agreement about taking

on the remaining 489 members of the Bosch workforce.

And we'll have a full report on the last day of manufacturing at Bosch,

marking the end of an era for the car industry here, on tomorrow's

programme. A local health board has been criticised for serious

failings of the failure to carry out regular check-ups on a patient

diagnosed with cancer. Henry Clarke from nothing Pembrokeshire had the

early stages of prostate cancer. By the time he was finally seen, more

than a year later, the disease had spread.

Any car was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago. It was

treatable and he trusted doctors at West Wales General Hospital in

Carmarthen to be on top of things. But when the all important follow-

up appointment for another biopsy didn't materialise within a year,

he got back in touch. Eventually someone did contact the consultant

and they arranged another biopsy date. When I went to that, they

treated me as though I was a new patient. They didn't seem to know

anything about my case. So I spoke to the nurse and told her the

background and she went off to get the consultants. He came back and

read some documents and said, it is OK, you're scan is all right. Then

somebody pointed out that he was reading from the previous results.

So he rushed off and got the second result and told me that the cancer

had spread from the prostate into the body, which was devastating at

the time. The public services ombudsman criticised the health

board for fundamental failings in their urology department. He said

Patience' conditions were not taken into account when prioritising

appointments. The hospital blames illness and staff shortages for

long waiting lists. But the ombudsman said nothing was done to

address the backlog. There are up two other similar cases. Because of

the risk to public health and safety, we thought it was important

to engage health inspection Wales before we completed our

investigation. When you've got a wee without proper appointments in

cancer, clearly that is a matter of great concern. The health board has

now been told to pay �3,000 to Mr Clarke for the distress caused.

don't know what the future holds. Nobody does. I suppose my is in

more in jeopardy now than it would have been. The local health board

says it fully accepts the ombudsman's findings and is

reviewing its out-patient list to make sure all patients are seen at

You are watching Wales Today at 6:45pm. We are hitting the road

with a traffic officers who are being trained to make sure the A55

keeps running smoothly. He took charge of the greats with

the best seat in the house. Media empire back at the All-England Club.

-- umpire. May end have your attention please.

Would this do words please open the gates now. -- would this do words.

There has been an outbreak of measles in Ceredigion. Public

Health Wales says 10 cases have been reported in the county while

another 20 cases are spread across the country. It is urging parents

to ensure their children have been given the MMR vaccine to protect

them. Dr Dirk Dr Roland Salmon is from Public Health Wales. -- Dr Dr

Roland Salmon. There is a bake outbreak in Europe

and cases are starting to come into Wales. This is the opportunity we

have to call on parents to get their children vaccinated before we

see a really a rather -- large numbers. We have 30 cases, how

significant is it? It is significant because we know that

their numbers of older children have not been vaccinated. Life

moves on. Perhaps they have put this to one side. Now is the time,

if your child has has been vaccinated, to arrange it with the

doctor. Measles is highly contagious. It is highly contagious

and a highly serious disease. MMR vaccine take-up in Wales have

traditionally not been as high as it might be. Your message tonight

would be what? Our message would be this is a safe and effective

vaccine, please have it. Most people accept that now that they

did not a few years ago. There is a legacy of people who missed out at

the time are touted who have not got around to doing it since. It is

those we are talking about. 21 new traffic officers began

training today to help ease congestion on the A55 in North

Wales. The civilian staff will patrol the carriageway to clear up

minor accidents and keep traffic moving. They replied Ms follows a

six-month trial which help to reduce pressure on traffic police.

-- their appointment follows a six- month trial.

We should starts seeing a few more vehicles like the one behind wheat

dotted along the A55 over the coming months. Let's speak to the

network manager for the trunk road agency. Why do we need these

officers? It will enable rows policing units to be deployed on

criminality matters on the highway network. We will deal with minor

rate -- road traffic accidents such as collisions, broken-down vehicles

which will enable us to recover the network more quickly. Is to lead to

a free-flowing traffic on the A55. These are civilians. What kind of

powers will they have? They have some powers which will enable them

to stop than direct traffic, enable them to run a rolling the

roadblocks. But they will have enabled road closures. They do not

have enforcement powers. It is an offence to disregard the

instructions of a traffic officer. A similar scheme has been running

on the M4 and Cardiff. What difference should we see on the

Rose? We have been running a limited trial for 22 months. That

trial has been evaluated and it has shown great benefit in terms of

safety and economic benefits to North Wales. On the basis of that

we have had funding to develop that service to a similar level of that

operating in South Wales. Thank you very much.

The Prince of Wales has begun his annual week-long tour. He visited

businesses in Aberdare the where he unveiled a new community Bell on

the jetty. This afternoon it was on to the Centre for Alternative

Technology near Machynlleth. Our mid Wales reporter was there.

Promoting Welsh tourism and encouraging sustainability are two

of the Prince's priorities for this week's visit. After unveiling a

replica of the bell which will sound as the tide comes in at a but

deadly, the Prince enjoyed a stroll along the beach. -- at Aberdare the.

Prince Charles visited a few local businesses including this cafe.

He spoke to the staff and to the family, asked about their GCSEs and

what they were doing in college. He had a cup of tea and spoke about

the produce, the cheeses. After finishing on the coast, the Prince

was off to the Centre for alternative Technology up in the

hills above Machynlleth. He got chatting to a group of

schoolchildren. I asked him if Buckingham Palace is eco-friendly.

He said he doesn't know because he does not live there. He does know

it is the most eco-friendly place. A we were talking about our eco-

friendly our school was. We had lots of electricity and we didn't

say that match. I felt, sort of nerve first but excited at the same

time. He will be our future king. The Prince also spends time

chatting to the gardeners. It has lovely that he wanted to come and

visit. He has got a large organic Guardian himself. We showed him the

technique of Forres gardening. Prince Charles is hosting a

reception at his home this evening. Imagine being trapped inside your

home on your own all day without being able to talk to anyone else

and only having the TV and radio for company. That is what 10

volunteers have been doing for the past week in a social experiment to

highlight how lonely some older people can be.

Very difficult to get at it. simple task for most of us, getting

a scone out, adding the butter and jam. It isn't when it you wear

glasses that may make partial blindness. It is very

disorientating, I can't make out what things are. It is one task

made difficult. She was one of the volunteers to challenge themselves

to go for a week without human contact. She was glad to be back at

work today at the start a you can't understand how debilitating these

things can be. Realising when you put these doves on how difficult it

is to pick things up -- gloves on, and when you whether glasses, you

don't appreciate how awful these things can be. Friends of the

elderly say one-in-five people get to see friends, family or

neighbours less than once a week. For many people like these here,

they like to come to a luncheon clubs are they can see people on a

regular basis. What do they make of this experiment? This Is Amanda

from Cardiff there she is the one who has been recording all week. I

am going to click on her entries and show a few of the days. She did

not have much trouble opening Beacham. Those kind of things is

something I find difficult. A week or more, they don't see anybody.

They don't have a phone call on anything. They don't speak to

anyone. The more people who are aware of people have disabilities,

the more caring they can become the star of a according to the charity,

friends of the elderly, there are one million people were feared

trapped in their own homes. They hope this experiment will highlight

the loneliness many face but encourage more averse to do

something about it. Rugby News tonight. Mike Phillips's

suspension from the Wales squad has been lifted. The scrum for up --

the scrum half has apologised after a late-night incident in Cardiff.

He was restrained by police after the alleged altercation. The

pictures angered his bosses and he was suspended. Our rugby

correspondent is here. It seems all is forgiven?

He has apologised and he is very ashamed. He says it was the biggest

embarrassment of his career. He has let everyone down. Now, the

indefinite ban has only lasted 10 days. He is a very lucky young man.

He is going to be keen to prove himself before Warren Gatland makes

that cat. He is back in tomorrow, there is fitness test on Thursday

and that will determine who will go to training camps in Poland in July

and three games in August. It is obvious that he wants to be in that

World Cup squad. Cricket. Bad light has stopped play

in Glamorgan's match. The visitors are elected to bat and last two

early wickets. They recovered and ended the day to and from 19-4. It

is not something you get to save very often but there was a Welsh

win at Wimbledon today. 16-year-old Evan Hoyt when his first round

match in the junior events in front of his delighted family. There is a

certain ones flavoured to proceedings at the All England Club

this year. -- certain Welsh flavour. Even the Duke and it is a Cambridge

made sure they were in the centre court to what Andy Murray cruise to

the quarter-finals. -- Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The burden of

playing at Wimbledon weighed heavily on 16-year-old Evan Hoyt as

he played his first match in the Wimbledon boys' tournament. I did

not feel too bad beds at the start of the match my fees would not move.

But I did not look back after the first game. I conquered my nerves

and I was able to play my game was up he is set on a game of

professional tennis and goes to school at eight special tennis

school in Surrey. It has helped him to become one of the best junior

players in Britain. He proved it today by beating his Spanish

opponent in front of his proud mother and sister. I was almost

crying just thinking about him going on court. When he walked on

court it was unreal. I thought he was going to lose it. He came back

and I couldn't believe it first up it is what he does, he always comes

back. That is a well sound that the All England Club this year. Ladies

and gentlemen may yet have your attention please. John Parry is the

new voice of Wimbledon, keeping the information flowing with his Tannoy

announcements. Tennis fans already know his voice well. John umpired

eight Wimbledon finals and hundreds of other matters before retiring. -

- matches. His job is vital to keep everything moving smoothly

especially when it rains. If the weather is nice then my job is

pretty easy. It has not been like that. I had a baptism of fire. I am

updating all the time with the Met Office crew. I am telling people

what is going on. John is hoping it will not be too long before he can

introduce a top player from Wales on Centre Court.

His was a toasty day in Wimbledon to date. 32 degrees Celsius there

but not as warm as that in Wales. 26 degrees Celsius in Newbridge on

wide. The hot and humid weather is on his way out and it will turn

cool and fresh air in the next few days. An Atlantic wind bringing at

lower humidity. This evening, some showers around and you may hear

some thunder. The cloud clearing and turning cool and fresher. The

lower temperatures, 14 in Cardiff, 17 in Gwynedd. Tomorrow, some

sunshine and the cloud will build up through the day. There might be

shown in the afternoon but most places drive the stock temperatures

not as high. The Pembrokeshire fish week is under way. Some tide times

The pollen counts tomorrow his height but a lot lower on the coast.

The rest of the week is high, bears some showers on Wednesday. Sunny

spells, comfortable temperatures X-Ray is coming up in half-an-hour,

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