:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top stories:
:00:16. > :00:22.John Morrison needs round the clock care from his parents, now respite
:00:22. > :00:32.care that gives families a break is being cut. It is the light at the
:00:32. > :00:46.
:00:46. > :00:49.end of the tunnel and it is like Our other headlines tonight: John
:00:49. > :00:52.Dickson will not be returning to his Lib Dem party.
:00:52. > :00:54.The social worker accused of placing a teenager with a foster-
:00:54. > :01:01.family whose two children he then abused.
:01:01. > :01:04.A 14-year-old boy dies in the Towy River near Carmarthen.
:01:04. > :01:07.The cattle have grazed the hills since pre-Christian times but there
:01:07. > :01:09.is trouble at the top of the Welsh black society.
:01:09. > :01:19.And cyclist Geraint Thomas retains the white jersey in the latest
:01:19. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:25.stage of the Tour de France. Good evening. For many families it
:01:25. > :01:28.is a lifeline that keeps them going but BBC Wales has discovered that
:01:28. > :01:36.councils across the country have made cuts to respite support for
:01:36. > :01:38.people with serious care needs and disabilities. Figures obtained
:01:39. > :01:41.under the Freedom of Information Act show at least nine Welsh
:01:41. > :01:45.councils have cut their respite budgets this year. The councils say
:01:45. > :01:52.they are facing huge financial challenges.
:01:52. > :02:02.Caring for John is a full time job. Cerebral palsy means he needs help
:02:02. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:05.with simple, everyday tasks. It is help his family are happy to
:02:05. > :02:09.provide but they depend on short respite breaks to give them time to
:02:09. > :02:12.recover. They would like more than the six weeks a year they have been
:02:12. > :02:19.allocated but the local authority in Swansea is one of nine in Wales
:02:19. > :02:26.cutting their respite budget. will have immediate impact on
:02:26. > :02:31.families. You will battle on until you get to the point where you have
:02:31. > :02:40.to put them into residential care and that really worries me because
:02:40. > :02:43.John wants to be as home as much as possible. -- at home. Swansea is
:02:43. > :02:46.changing the way it provides respite, cutting a budget for
:02:46. > :02:48.internal provision by over 80 % in the last two years, and using
:02:49. > :02:53.residential homes for short breaks instead. They admit they are
:02:53. > :02:58.operating in a tough financial climate. We are faced with a
:02:58. > :03:08.credible challenge is as local a thought East and we need to look at
:03:08. > :03:16.her we use our resources. -- authorities. While it is true that
:03:16. > :03:23.we are using this money we are also improving the existing services.
:03:23. > :03:26.is clear councils are under pressure to make cuts. Figures we
:03:26. > :03:29.have obtained under the Freedom Act show nine councils in Wales,
:03:29. > :03:32.including Swansea, are spending less on respite this year than last.
:03:32. > :03:38.A few others are spending less this year than in 2009. All this despite
:03:38. > :03:41.the demand for respite growing. A recent independent analysis
:03:41. > :03:44.estimated there are around 75,000 carers in Wales but only up to
:03:44. > :03:54.15,000 receive respite and these cuts mean access to help might be
:03:54. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:01.eve harder to find in the future. For most families the problem is
:04:01. > :04:06.that they cannot get access to anything. The qualification for
:04:06. > :04:11.getting help from a local a bawdy goes up and up so they get nothing.
:04:11. > :04:14.-- authority. The Welsh Government say they recognise the importance
:04:14. > :04:16.of respite care but it is up to local authorities to provide
:04:16. > :04:23.placements. For John's family it already feels like a struggle to
:04:23. > :04:24.get the support they want. For others the battle may become even
:04:24. > :04:26.harder. Beverlea Frowen is the Welsh Local
:04:26. > :04:31.Government Association's director for social services and health
:04:31. > :04:38.improvement. Our figures show respite budgets are being cut. What
:04:38. > :04:42.are councils going to do to help care for people who need it?
:04:42. > :04:48.think the figures do not undermine what is really happening across
:04:48. > :04:54.Wales but it does say that there is tremendous pressure on the budgets.
:04:54. > :05:04.Tel tills recognise that respite care is a crucial part of social
:05:04. > :05:09.care. -- councils. They are using their money in different ways. If
:05:09. > :05:14.you book at find its budget you will probably come up to that
:05:14. > :05:18.conclusion. We are using money in different ways. Local authority
:05:18. > :05:23.budgets are under extreme pressure and we want to move money around
:05:23. > :05:31.and that is not easy. You cannot do that overnight and move from what
:05:31. > :05:36.is quite an outdated mode of giving people a break from the tremendous
:05:36. > :05:41.caring role quickly overnight. You have to move things around. Is it
:05:41. > :05:45.really acceptable to put people who are used to being looked after in
:05:45. > :05:52.the conduct of their own homes into residential care homes when they
:05:52. > :06:02.need respite care? That cannot be acceptable. Despite here is a room
:06:02. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:08.for a lot of things. -- respite care. Fillies but young children
:06:08. > :06:13.with difficulties would like a short break. -- families. Lots of
:06:13. > :06:19.people need breaks in different ways. It is not acceptable, the
:06:19. > :06:29.level that is in Wales, but the fatback is that there is not enough
:06:29. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:32.money to do everything. -- but the sad truth is. Thank you.
:06:32. > :06:35.The elections watchdog has apologised after a new assembly
:06:35. > :06:37.member fell victim to out of date guidance for candidates published
:06:37. > :06:40.in Welsh and was disqualified. An independent investigation has now
:06:40. > :06:43.found that Liberal Democrat, Aled Roberts, did everything reasonably
:06:43. > :06:45.expected to check the rules. But a motion to reinstate a second
:06:45. > :06:48.Liberal Democrat member, John Dixon, has been withdrawn after he was
:06:48. > :06:58.found to have made too little effort to check the rules. Our
:06:58. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:14.political editor is at the Senedd. So it is bad news for John Dixon?
:07:14. > :07:17.Yes. This report has looked at both cases. The Standards Commissioner
:07:17. > :07:21.Gerard Elias looked at the cases of both Aled Roberts, seen here on the
:07:21. > :07:24.right, and John Dixon on the left, and he does not hedge its bets.
:07:24. > :07:26.What this does is confirm Mr Roberts' explanation why he had not
:07:26. > :07:29.resigned from the Valuations Tribunal before standing in the
:07:30. > :07:35.election given it is on a list of public bodies AMs cannot be members
:07:35. > :07:38.of. It accepts that AR, a first language Welsh speaker, had checked
:07:38. > :07:43.the guidance given in Welsh by the Electoral Commission, and that
:07:44. > :07:46.guidance, the EC admit, was out of date and therefore wrong. Had he
:07:46. > :07:49.checked the English language guidance, he would have seen that
:07:50. > :07:52.being a member of the VT was a problem. GE says Mr Roberts was
:07:52. > :07:55.entitled to assume that the Welsh version was correct and therefore
:07:55. > :08:01.finds he did everything he could have reasonably been expected to do
:08:01. > :08:04.to check he was eligible to stand. There is no such defence for John
:08:04. > :08:07.Dixon who Elias says was perhaps lulled into a false sense of
:08:07. > :08:10.security because he had stood in past elections, because back then
:08:10. > :08:12.the rules had been different. But Mr Dixon accepted it was his
:08:12. > :08:15.responsibility to check the rules and he hadn't. What happens next?
:08:15. > :08:19.There will be a vote tomorrow. One vote. The Liberal Democrats have
:08:19. > :08:22.accepted that there is no way back for John Dixon and with regret, as
:08:22. > :08:25.Sir Alan Sugar puts it, have withdrawn the motion to reinstate
:08:25. > :08:34.him. His seat will be taken by Eluned Parrott who was the next Lib
:08:34. > :08:41.Dem on the South Wales Central list. Will she even be there in time to
:08:41. > :08:44.vote for Aled Roberts? In his case Kirsty Williams says she hopes
:08:45. > :08:48.Assembly Members will now be able to focus on the case of Aled
:08:48. > :08:51.Roberts and ensure that justice is done. They say no deal has been
:08:52. > :08:54.done but must be much more hopeful now of getting one of the Lib Dem
:08:55. > :08:58.two back in the chamber. A 14-year old boy who died after
:08:58. > :09:00.being swept away by strong currents in the River Towy has been named as
:09:01. > :09:07.Kieran Bennett-Leefe. He was from Trevaughan on the outskirts of
:09:07. > :09:15.Carmarthen. He was found in a deep pool near Capel Dewi, after a
:09:15. > :09:20.extensive search by emergency services.
:09:20. > :09:25.It is in this stretch of the river that the boy got into trouble.
:09:25. > :09:29.There were fire engines and police cars racing to the scene. It
:09:29. > :09:34.started out as a fun evening with friends but quickly turned to
:09:34. > :09:40.tragedy. It is not known how he came to be in the river last night
:09:40. > :09:46.but he was swept under water and died as a result. He was brought to
:09:46. > :09:52.have been walking with friends when the accident happened at about 5
:09:52. > :10:01.o'clock. An alarm was raised and a search involving fire service and
:10:01. > :10:05.Coastguard was launched. Rescue crew combed the river last night.
:10:05. > :10:13.It was around 630 in the evening they found the boys submerged in a
:10:13. > :10:17.deep rock pool. The paramedics were waiting at the river bank. He was
:10:18. > :10:22.then flown to a hospital in Swansea where his family gathered as medics
:10:23. > :10:28.tried in vain to save him. He died in the early hours of this morning.
:10:28. > :10:33.His family returned this morning and they have been a company by a
:10:33. > :10:37.police family liaison. They had issued a statement saying that they
:10:37. > :10:43.are devastated and would like the media to respect their privacy at
:10:43. > :10:48.this time. I have spoken to be deputy head of the school where the
:10:48. > :10:53.boy went to school and he told me that he was a well-liked boy and a
:10:53. > :10:56.poem was read out in tribute to him today. I was told that all of the
:10:56. > :11:00.pupils have been offered bereavement puzzling should they
:11:01. > :11:05.need it to help them cope with what has happened. -- bereavement
:11:05. > :11:07.counselling. A social worker missed four
:11:07. > :11:10.opportunities to consider reports that may have prevented a teenager
:11:10. > :11:13.sexually abusing two young children, a hearing has been told. The 19-
:11:13. > :11:16.year-old was placed by social services in the Vale of Glamorgan
:11:16. > :11:18.with a foster family who were not told about his previous
:11:18. > :11:21.inappropriate sexual behaviour. Julian Swan denies allegations of
:11:21. > :11:28.misconduct of the Care Council for Wales. Our correspondent was at the
:11:28. > :11:36.hearing. Remind us what happened in the case.
:11:36. > :11:39.This relates to a teenager who was leaving the care system in 2008. As
:11:39. > :11:48.part of that process, the 19-year- old was placed by Social Services
:11:48. > :11:51.with a family who had two younger children. The teenager, referred to
:11:51. > :11:54.as B, sexually abused those children. He was later sent to
:11:54. > :11:56.prison for an indeterminate period. There was an investigation which
:11:56. > :11:58.highlighted a series of failures. The Vale of Glamorgan council
:11:58. > :12:08.apologised unreservedly to the family and took disciplinary action
:12:08. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:17.against a number of staff. At today's hearing before the
:12:17. > :12:20.regulator the Care Council for Wales, former Vale of Glamorgan
:12:20. > :12:23.social worker Julian Swan, who placed the teenager with the family,
:12:23. > :12:26.faced four charges of misconduct, which he denies. He also denied
:12:26. > :12:28.allegations that he had not adequately read the case files and
:12:28. > :12:33.not undertaken an appropriate risk assessment. What was the hearing
:12:33. > :12:36.told? The children's mother gave evidence by videolink. She told the
:12:36. > :12:39.hearing that the family had been told that B posed no risk
:12:39. > :12:42.whatsoever and that she had trusted Julian Swan's judgement. She said
:12:42. > :12:52.if she had known B's true case history they wouldn't have let him
:12:52. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:55.into the family. The hearing also heard from Gareth Jenkins, the Vale
:12:55. > :12:57.of Glamorgans Head of Children and Young people's services. He joined
:12:58. > :13:07.the Council after the incident and carried out an investigation into
:13:08. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:14.what happened. He said Julian Swan did not know about B's previous
:13:14. > :13:17.history of inappropriate sexual behaviour because he had not read
:13:17. > :13:20.all the files. He claimed Julian Swan relied on the electronic
:13:20. > :13:23.version of the case files which were incomplete. What did Julian's
:13:23. > :13:26.representative say? He said that at the time there was systemic failure
:13:26. > :13:29.in the department which was on the verge of special measures. He said
:13:29. > :13:32.that Julian Swan had no specific training in risk assessment and
:13:32. > :13:42.that Julian Swan had no supervision of his case work for ten years. The
:13:42. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:50.The 20-year-old man will appear before a court accused with the
:13:51. > :13:54.murder of Lewis Clarke. The 19- year-old died in hospital issues
:13:54. > :13:57.Prix on Saturday evening. The police found Mr Clarke when they
:13:57. > :14:04.were called to this flat in Llanidloes following a report of an
:14:04. > :14:12.assault earlier that day. Mr Clarke was then taken hospital. Dyfed
:14:12. > :14:15.Powys Police made a fresh appeal today for more information. It is a
:14:15. > :14:21.difficult time for the family. I would like to appeal for witnesses
:14:21. > :14:26.to come forward who may have been in the area around 11:30am on
:14:26. > :14:30.Saturday. Or anybody else who may have information regarding the
:14:30. > :14:36.incident. Dyfed Powys Police have released to bids from the family.
:14:36. > :14:42.Lewis Clarke smother says, we as a family are devastated by the loss
:14:42. > :14:47.of Lewis Clarke. He was a well- loved by. He was looking forward to
:14:47. > :14:52.joining the Navy in November. His determination and life was amazing.
:14:52. > :14:56.His father says, we are struggling to come in the terms with his death.
:14:56. > :15:01.He was much loved by many people and we're all very proud of him.
:15:01. > :15:06.The 20-year-old man, charged with his murder, will appear before
:15:06. > :15:09.magistrates in Llandrindod Wells tomorrow morning.
:15:09. > :15:13.Much more to come before 7:00pm: Cyclist Geraint Thomas retains the
:15:13. > :15:16.white jersey after the fourth stage of the Tour de France.
:15:16. > :15:25.65-years-old and still going strong. Musicians from all over the world
:15:25. > :15:28.flock to Llangollen International Eisteddfod. We're live backstage.
:15:28. > :15:31.They're the cattle that produce some of our finest beef, but
:15:31. > :15:34.there's trouble at the top of the society which promotes Welsh Black
:15:34. > :15:36.cattle. Members of the society are embroiled in arguments over
:15:36. > :15:38.potential money problems. The society has dismissed its chief
:15:38. > :15:45.executive. Our rural affairs correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd,
:15:45. > :15:47.reports. Welsh Black cattle are one of
:15:47. > :15:52.Britain's indigenous breeds, thought to be here since pre Roman
:15:52. > :15:56.times. Considered hardy enough to be kept on the hills as well as
:15:56. > :15:59.lowland farms, they are valued as beef cattle. In 2004, the Welsh
:15:59. > :16:05.Black Cattle Society celebrated its centenary and the society is about
:16:05. > :16:07.to unveil the new look pavilion at the showground in Llanelwedd. But
:16:07. > :16:11.threatening to overshadow those celebrations is an internal row
:16:11. > :16:21.about the redundancy of chief executive, Andrew James. But the
:16:21. > :16:31.society denies any wrongdoing. person was brought 10 to give us
:16:31. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:42.forward planning. -- brought in. Salaries were overwhelming and it
:16:42. > :16:44.was difficult to comprehend any other outcome. The Welsh Black
:16:44. > :16:47.Cattle Society's council is now writing to members informing them
:16:47. > :16:50.of how it narrowly voted in favour of changing the administration.
:16:50. > :17:00.They say the responsibility of promoting the breed now lies with
:17:00. > :17:10.farmers and individual members. would say it is impossible to carry
:17:10. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:20.on without a chief executive. It is nullifying the whole purpose of
:17:20. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:39.having a society. There is nowhere near enough for us blacks in the
:17:39. > :17:49.country for the demand. It is very seasonable. They eating quality on
:17:49. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:55.them is superb. When there well- finished, you get the quality meat.
:17:55. > :17:57.When Welsh Black farmers meet at this year's agriculture show in
:17:57. > :18:00.Llanelwedd to show their cattle and celebrate their refurbished
:18:00. > :18:02.headquarters, it's likely there will be questions on the new
:18:02. > :18:05.direction and just how bad the finances are for the chief
:18:05. > :18:07.executive's post to disappear. MPs have been told the Welsh
:18:07. > :18:10.Government's scheme to boost broadband access is not publicised
:18:10. > :18:13.enough. Giving evidence to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, the
:18:13. > :18:15.farming union, NFU Cymru, said the lack of broadband is causing real
:18:15. > :18:18.difficulties to their members, and the Country Land and Business
:18:18. > :18:20.Association said, it's the chief barrier for businesses setting up
:18:20. > :18:23.in rural Wales. At the Tour de France, Wales'
:18:23. > :18:25.Geraint Thomas has retained the white jersey for best young rider
:18:25. > :18:28.after today's fourth stage in Brittany. Thomas, who's from
:18:28. > :18:31.Cardiff, wasn't able to challenge for the leader's yellow jersey in a
:18:31. > :18:33.gruelling final climb. But he's still well placed, ending the day
:18:33. > :18:36.in seventh position overall. The hot sunshine of yesterday made
:18:36. > :18:39.way for rain on today's fourth stage as the world's most famous
:18:39. > :18:42.bike race made its way through the streets and country lanes of
:18:42. > :18:45.Brittany. Today probably represented Geraint Thomas's last
:18:45. > :18:49.chance to grab the yellow jersey, starting the day just four seconds
:18:49. > :18:52.behind the leader. But it was clear that he was under team orders,
:18:52. > :18:57.protecting the interests of team leader Bradley Wiggins, near the
:18:57. > :19:00.front of the peleton. Their destination was the Mur de Bretagne,
:19:00. > :19:07.which means the Wall of Brittany, a steep, energy sapping two kilometre
:19:07. > :19:09.climb at the end of the 172 kilometre stage. Thomas was well
:19:09. > :19:14.positioned as the finish line approached, finishing 29th to help
:19:14. > :19:19.Team Sky to win the team stage. It leaves him seventh overall, a mere
:19:19. > :19:23.12 seconds behind the race leader. Team Sky, managed by Welsh
:19:23. > :19:27.principle Dave Brailsford, now have three riders in the top 10. They're
:19:27. > :19:33.well placed to continue their challenge. And Geraint Thomas has
:19:33. > :19:35.now equalled his achievement of last year. He'll wear the white
:19:35. > :19:38.jersey for best young rider for the fourth successive stage.
:19:38. > :19:41.Rugby, and the Cardiff Blues have put assistant coaches Gareth Baber
:19:41. > :19:44.and Justin Burnell in charge of the team for the start of the new
:19:44. > :19:47.season. They take over from their former boss Dai Young, who resigned
:19:47. > :19:50.to become director of rugby at London Wasps. The Blues say they
:19:50. > :19:53.will consider the appointment of a permanent replacement after the
:19:53. > :19:56.World Cup this autumn. Former Glamorgan cricket coach
:19:56. > :19:58.Matthew Maynard has accepted a job to coach South African side Nashua
:19:58. > :20:00.Titans. Maynard resigned as Glamorgan's director of cricket in
:20:00. > :20:07.November. He'll be in charge of several South African
:20:07. > :20:10.internationals when he starts his new post next month.
:20:10. > :20:13.It's been a memorable day for a teenager from Builth Wells, chosen
:20:13. > :20:16.to speak at the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics in Athens.
:20:16. > :20:26.Shain Lewis was picked from more than 7,000 athletes. Tomos Dafydd
:20:26. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:34.reports. My name is Shain Lewis. I play
:20:34. > :20:39.tennis 14 Great Britain. If it is a day he will never forget. People of
:20:39. > :20:44.Greece, on behalf of all World Games athletes, I want to say thank
:20:44. > :20:51.you. Despite addressing 60,000 people in the stadium and hundreds
:20:51. > :20:56.of thousands more watching live on television, he felt at home on
:20:56. > :21:04.stage. He has already won two bronze and a medal haul of 22 from
:21:04. > :21:07.Welsh athletes could have been greater. This competitor from
:21:07. > :21:12.Milford Haven was destined for gold but was unable to compete in all
:21:12. > :21:18.the runs after becoming ill with a stomach bug. But it is not all
:21:18. > :21:22.about winning. Special Libyans over -- are often overlooked for
:21:22. > :21:27.recognition. A photocall with the Prime Minister last month was a
:21:27. > :21:30.breakthrough. Special Olympians have received no lottery funding
:21:30. > :21:35.because their sport is not considered elite. The British
:21:35. > :21:45.Paralympic team Flat-race with physical disabilities receive
:21:45. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:57.barely �15 million and the last round of funding. But Athens 2011
:21:57. > :22:00.has been well worth it. I am proud to be a Special Olympics athlete.
:22:00. > :22:03.Thank you Athens. It's celebrating its 65th birthday
:22:03. > :22:05.and thousands of musicians from around the world, from as far
:22:05. > :22:15.afield as Taiwan and Algeria, have headed to Llangollen for the
:22:15. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:20.International Eisteddfod. Matthew Richards is there.
:22:20. > :22:23.I am backstage and all the elements you would expect in the into
:22:23. > :22:29.National Eisteddfod are in place. Colourful costumes and parades in
:22:29. > :22:33.the centre of Llangollen. Big names are taking to the stage behind me.
:22:33. > :22:38.But it takes an army of almost 1,000 volunteers to make sure every
:22:38. > :22:42.year things run smoothly. For six and a half decades, the
:22:42. > :22:50.Llangollen Eisteddfod has specialised in giving visitors the
:22:50. > :22:55.world in a week. You have to be prepared. This volunteer has
:22:55. > :23:00.volunteered at every step but since his debut in 1947 from the age of
:23:00. > :23:09.14-79. Today, he is running one of the ticket offices but he's had a
:23:09. > :23:14.few jobs over the years. We started as gophers. We worked very often
:23:14. > :23:21.until 2 o'clock in the morning. Nobody wanted to go home. It was
:23:21. > :23:31.amazing. It is so unique. It is a wonderful festival. When you
:23:31. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:34.experience it, it is like a bud. You want to keep coming back.
:23:34. > :23:40.the infrastructure in place, the stage is set for the crucial
:23:40. > :23:44.element, the competitors. The squire from Finland is making its
:23:44. > :23:54.first trip to Llangollen despite applying more than a decade ago.
:23:54. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:00.sent a tape but the Tate never arrived. It had dropped behind a
:24:00. > :24:03.cupboard or something. But this time, I received any male
:24:03. > :24:10.immediately. It has been a long time coming then. A long time
:24:10. > :24:14.coming. By Glenn also sees the stars come out this year. Russell
:24:14. > :24:21.Watson will take the stage tonight. There are so many great stories
:24:21. > :24:25.lend to the festival. The great Pavarotti sang her with his father.
:24:25. > :24:29.It is steep with history and I am incredibly excited. Although the
:24:29. > :24:35.elements combined, the unit celebrations about cultural
:24:35. > :24:39.differences and similarities is still going strong.
:24:39. > :24:45.You saw Russell often they're talking to us exclusively after his
:24:45. > :24:49.soundcheck. He is on stage in just under an hour's time. He said he's
:24:49. > :24:53.going to have a fair Welsh songs in his repertoire. That will get the
:24:54. > :24:59.local crowd going. The show goes on all week with many different
:24:59. > :25:07.performers taking to the stage and it will finish with a grand finale
:25:07. > :25:10.concert on Sunday. But there is something for everybody.
:25:10. > :25:19.Just time for a quick look ahead to tomorrow's programme. Here's Nick
:25:19. > :25:23.Servini. After the financial crisis, many
:25:23. > :25:27.people called for manufacturing to drive the economic recovery.
:25:27. > :25:33.Tomorrow, the business secretary, Vince Cable, launches a campaign
:25:34. > :25:38.celebrating managing excellence across the UK. We will do the same
:25:38. > :25:46.with a series in which the focus on three locations across the country.
:25:46. > :25:48.Including here at the chemical plant in Barry. Back to tonight,
:25:48. > :25:51.and the weather forecast with Sue and the weather forecast with Sue
:25:51. > :25:53.Charles. It was all change today. After
:25:53. > :25:56.yesterday's warmth, cooler and breezier with some rain, and
:25:56. > :25:59.there's another day of sunshine and showers in store tomorrow. The high
:25:59. > :26:02.pressure has moved towards Scandanavia along with the settled
:26:02. > :26:05.weather. This low has pushed in from the Atlantic, bringing
:26:05. > :26:07.changeable conditions over the next few days. This evening, some clear
:26:07. > :26:11.spells but scattered heavy showers move northeastwards through the
:26:11. > :26:16.night. The cloud holding up the temperatures, which will stay in
:26:16. > :26:20.double figures, so a relatively mild night. Tomorrow will be breezy
:26:20. > :26:25.with the best of any brightness early on. The showers will be hit
:26:25. > :26:29.and miss but some heavy with a risk of hail and thunder. Cloud will
:26:29. > :26:33.thicken from the southwest later. Then more rain follows, pushed in
:26:33. > :26:37.by some brisk southwesterly winds. Feeling relatively cool with highs
:26:37. > :26:43.between 15C in Ceredigion and 19C in Wrexham. That's down several
:26:43. > :26:45.degrees on recent days. This heavy rain pushes northeastwards late
:26:46. > :26:49.Wednesday into Thursday, then Thursday itself is another day of
:26:49. > :26:53.sunshine and showers, gusty winds and temperatures in the mid to high
:26:53. > :26:57.teens again. So a cooler, breezy mix of bright spells and showers
:26:57. > :27:00.over the next few days. Really rather unsettled. But early signs
:27:00. > :27:02.of something more summery again into next week. Changeable
:27:02. > :27:05.conditions then for Penygroes Rugby Club who are celebrating their
:27:05. > :27:12.120th Anniversary on Friday and Saturday with a host of special
:27:12. > :27:22.events and charity matches. Finally, today's picture is from Glyn
:27:22. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:26.Roberts from Deganwy. The sunset over the Conwy estuary.
:27:26. > :27:29.It's coming up to 7:00pm. The main news again: Police investigating
:27:29. > :27:32.the News of the World phone hacking scandal have contacted the parents
:27:32. > :27:35.of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the two schoolgirls killed in Soham
:27:35. > :27:38.in 2002. MPs will discuss the developments in an emergency debate
:27:38. > :27:41.tomorrow. BBC Wales has discovered that
:27:41. > :27:44.councils across the country have made cuts to respite support for
:27:44. > :27:47.people with serious care needs and disabilities. At least nine Welsh
:27:47. > :27:53.councils have cut their respite budgets this year. The councils say
:27:53. > :27:56.they're facing huge financial challenges.