:00:04. > :00:07.Good evening. Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top story: Fearful
:00:07. > :00:10.for the future, workers at Remploy say they are concerned the company,
:00:10. > :00:20.which has employed disabled people for more than 50 years, is under
:00:20. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:34.Tonight's other top stories: Meg Burgess was killed after a wall
:00:34. > :00:37.collapsed on her three years ago, a man is to be charged with
:00:37. > :00:41.manslaughter. The explosion at Chevron in
:00:41. > :00:50.Pembroke in June claimed four lives. Today, the son of one of the
:00:50. > :00:55.victims remembers his father. was brilliant, a good family man
:00:55. > :00:59.and he idolised his grandchildren. He would have done anything for
:00:59. > :01:01.anybody. A really good bloke. At the National Eisteddfod we meet
:01:01. > :01:04.those honoured for their contribution to Welsh life. Rugby
:01:04. > :01:14.referee Nigel Owens in Gorsedd Green, welcomed into the Bardic
:01:14. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:22.Good evening. It has been providing employment for people with
:01:22. > :01:27.disabilities for more than five decades, but workers at Remploy
:01:27. > :01:31.factories in Wales have told this programme they fear for its future.
:01:31. > :01:34.It follows a report which says there are better ways of finding
:01:34. > :01:40.jobs for disabled people and the government owned plants are out of
:01:40. > :01:46.date. Today, staff at Remploy in the wrong but started a 48 hour
:01:46. > :01:52.protest. With a special report, here is our Business correspondent.
:01:52. > :01:57.Remploy workers show their anger today at proposals which could lead
:01:57. > :02:00.to 72 of them losing their jobs recycling computers. They are not
:02:00. > :02:05.the only ones feeding for their livelihoods. At Remploy a Swansea
:02:05. > :02:08.factory, a number of staff left earlier this year as part of a
:02:08. > :02:16.voluntary redundancy programme. Those who remain believe that time
:02:16. > :02:20.is running out. Where are the jobs? They want to get thousands of
:02:20. > :02:26.incapacity benefit. What better vehicle than factories. They could
:02:26. > :02:36.fill the factories with workers and the people of capacity. They could
:02:36. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:43.be contributing to society. Jobs are hard to find. For the same
:02:43. > :02:47.person to be chucked in the scrap heap and then told to find a job.
:02:47. > :02:51.Remploy is owned by the UK government and was set up live at
:02:51. > :03:01.the the second world war to find work for servicemen who had lost
:03:01. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:08.Over the years, there have been cutbacks. These protesters failed
:03:08. > :03:14.to shut one factory closing in 2007. There are still nine Remploy
:03:14. > :03:19.factories dotted around Wales, employing more than 400 people.
:03:20. > :03:25.They make a range of goods from furniture to field two parts. They
:03:25. > :03:31.have been around for years, but a review for the UK government has
:03:31. > :03:37.just concluded that the �63 million of public money that in effect
:03:37. > :03:41.subsidises Remploy factories every year would be better spent helping
:03:41. > :03:45.disabled people get into mainstream work. We have discovered that there
:03:45. > :03:50.are methods of support that can enable people with really
:03:50. > :03:56.significant disabilities to work in all sorts of jobs. In
:03:56. > :04:02.administration, finance, retail, sales, you name it. So, actually,
:04:02. > :04:06.younger disabled people are saying that they do not think that a
:04:06. > :04:10.particular factory for disabled people is what I want. This report
:04:10. > :04:14.is not saying that every Remploy factory, like this one, has got too
:04:14. > :04:19.close, but it does say that if they are going to survive they have got
:04:19. > :04:23.to become financially viable. One possible way of survival is for
:04:23. > :04:28.individual factories to turn themselves into co-operatives,
:04:28. > :04:32.where they are owned by the workers. The problem is that they have got
:04:32. > :04:38.to become financially independent for that. It's the Remploy factory
:04:38. > :04:42.in Britain is loss-making. For the Jones family, it is a worrying time.
:04:42. > :04:48.40-year-old Alex has learning difficulties and lives with his
:04:48. > :04:57.parents. He works at the Remploy factory in Swansea and his mother
:04:57. > :05:05.says it is his life. All of my friends like get, the managers and
:05:05. > :05:12.the staff and meetings all the time. He has been there for 15 years.
:05:12. > :05:18.Enjoyed every minute of it. It has supported him in employment and
:05:18. > :05:22.gives him a lot of self esteem. I am not sure he would have the same
:05:22. > :05:25.if he was working in normal employment. The UK government has
:05:25. > :05:31.launched a three-month consultation on the report, although it has
:05:31. > :05:39.already said it it is going to accept the recommendations. A final
:05:39. > :05:42.decision is expected next year. Earlier I spoke to Paul Swann from
:05:42. > :05:47.Disability Wales, an organisation which works for the right of people
:05:47. > :05:51.with disabilities. I asked him for his reaction to this review.
:05:51. > :05:56.Employment should not be taken in isolation from a whole range of
:05:56. > :06:00.broader factors. We need a much more or joined-up approach to
:06:00. > :06:04.disability. We are quietly confident that that can happen in
:06:04. > :06:09.Wales. We have been calling for it strategy on independent living,
:06:09. > :06:15.there has been some sympathy from politicians for that. We hope we
:06:15. > :06:19.can move forward positively. It has been suggested that the �63 million
:06:19. > :06:23.of funding that goes to Remploy every year could be better spent
:06:23. > :06:30.helping support disabled people in two main street work, how realistic
:06:30. > :06:35.is that? Jobs for anyone at the moment are few and far between,
:06:35. > :06:38.particularly meaningful work is hard to come by. Disabled people do
:06:38. > :06:46.need additional support into employment are because of their
:06:46. > :06:51.additional barriers that they face. Society is not the most enabling,
:06:51. > :06:57.does not provide the best support for disabled people. Our approach
:06:57. > :07:00.is very much a let us put all the building blocks in place,
:07:00. > :07:07.employment be one of the key building blocks, but let us not
:07:07. > :07:12.forget all the other issues as well. Yes, perhaps that funding could be
:07:12. > :07:15.better used, clearly, in the present economic climate it is very
:07:15. > :07:19.difficult to justify support for failing businesses.
:07:19. > :07:23.A company director will be charged in connection with the death of a
:07:23. > :07:27.girl who was killed after a wall collapsed on her. Meg Burgess died
:07:27. > :07:31.three years ago when the breeze block fell on her near Prestatyn.
:07:31. > :07:36.George Collier, whose company designed and built it, will appear
:07:36. > :07:42.in court charged with gross negligence and manslaughter. Remind
:07:42. > :07:46.us what happened. It was a Saturday morning in July 2008 when Meg was
:07:46. > :07:51.coming back from a trip to the shops with her mother and younger
:07:51. > :07:55.brother. She was a few steps behind them and the wall collapsed on her.
:07:55. > :07:59.There were frantic attempts to dig her out of the rubble but
:07:59. > :08:05.unfortunately she died from severe injuries. What more do we know
:08:05. > :08:10.about the charges today? The Prime Prosecution Service they will
:08:10. > :08:14.charge dollop -- George Collier, director of the company, he
:08:14. > :08:19.designed and his company built the wall. They are going to charge him
:08:19. > :08:23.with gross negligence manslaughter. That can carry a prison sentence of
:08:23. > :08:27.two or three years. The company will also be charged under the
:08:27. > :08:31.Health & Safety at Work Act as well. They will have to establish whether
:08:31. > :08:37.enough was done to protect their health and safety of members of the
:08:37. > :08:41.public. This evening there has been a further development, a statement
:08:41. > :08:45.from Nick's appearance. They have said that not add day goes by when
:08:45. > :08:51.they are not reminded of the loss of their daughter. -- Meg Burgess's
:08:51. > :08:56.parents. They hope this will remind the construction business of the
:08:56. > :09:00.real dangers are. They want an extension of the guidelines around
:09:00. > :09:07.the building industry to cover walls like this, which currently
:09:07. > :09:10.fall out of the more stringent health and safety regulation.
:09:10. > :09:14.The first of a series of public meetings has been held in Holyhead
:09:14. > :09:19.to discuss alternatives to landfill site. Five local authorities in
:09:19. > :09:24.North Wales have joined forces to tackle more on recyclable waste.
:09:24. > :09:28.Two sides, in Deeside and Holyhead, had been earmarked for a possible
:09:29. > :09:32.incineration plant but no final decisions have been made.
:09:32. > :09:37.The son of one of four people killed in an explosion at an oil
:09:37. > :09:42.refinery in Pembroke has spoken publicly for the first time. He
:09:42. > :09:45.wryly's father, Dennis, died in the blast at the Chevron Refinery in
:09:45. > :09:51.June. He is now in training for a charity rugby tournament in memory
:09:51. > :09:56.of his father and his colleagues. Passionate about rugby, Lee Riley
:09:56. > :10:01.shared his love of the game with his father. Denis was a regular at
:10:01. > :10:04.this rugby club, right up until his death two months ago. The explosion
:10:04. > :10:11.at the sheer fun of oil refineries all the lose his father and leave
:10:11. > :10:15.the whole community affected. people knew who my debt -- dad was.
:10:16. > :10:20.We have all been in contact, all the victims' families, that has
:10:20. > :10:26.helped my mother and she has helped to them in the way that the deal
:10:26. > :10:31.with their grief. Denis Riley died along with three others. Dennis was
:10:31. > :10:35.overseeing maintenance work which was being carried out a storage
:10:35. > :10:40.tank. Lee had worked with his father for years but finished a
:10:40. > :10:44.weeks before the explosion. People dead phone the house and think it
:10:44. > :10:49.was me at first, because he was management and he would not have
:10:49. > :10:54.been on the job so people thought it was me. He could not have suited
:10:54. > :10:59.-- sat in the office, he would rather be out on the job. Chevron
:10:59. > :11:04.have sold the refinery but flew in experts from the US to help it
:11:04. > :11:08.investigation which is expected to be a lengthy process. Li hopes its
:11:08. > :11:14.applies some answers. I hope it answer some questions. I really
:11:14. > :11:18.want to find out what has happened. If there is somebody to blame, what
:11:18. > :11:25.would you like to see happen? Justice. At the end of the day, for
:11:25. > :11:30.everybody. Over half of the rugby team here work at it refinery. A
:11:30. > :11:37.charity match will be head -- held for all the victims. The community
:11:37. > :11:42.has been affected and somebody new one of the victims. Everybody has
:11:42. > :11:47.felt the impact. The charity matches will be a fitting tribute
:11:47. > :11:53.to a regular who was known as any, who loved the game and loved his
:11:53. > :11:57.family. He was brilliant, a good family man, idolised his
:11:57. > :12:03.grandchildren and his family. He would have done anything for
:12:03. > :12:07.anybody. A good bloke. Coming up in a few minutes, I will
:12:07. > :12:11.have all of the day's sport. We will be looking forward to the
:12:11. > :12:21.clash at Twickenham tomorrow and, some new faces at the same ambition,
:12:21. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:24.Cardiff City's season kicks off The new Catholic Archbishop of
:12:24. > :12:28.Cardiff says his priorities are to address the declining church
:12:28. > :12:32.attendance and repair the damage caused by abuse scandals outside
:12:32. > :12:35.Wales. The Most Reverend George Stack, who was installed such as
:12:35. > :12:45.Archbishop this summer, says the Catholic Church you need to balance
:12:45. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:51.its core teachings with the changes One of George Stack's first public
:12:51. > :12:55.engagements, celebrating Mass at a local high school. After
:12:55. > :13:04.celebrating -- working in Westminster for 40 years, he has
:13:04. > :13:10.now made Cardiff his home. But, as in the rest of the Day Today, --
:13:10. > :13:14.the UK, church attendance has been declining. We have to fit it into
:13:14. > :13:21.the context of the pressures that people are under that is not the
:13:21. > :13:25.same as it was 25 years ago. The Church needs to address that in its
:13:25. > :13:30.structure and organisation. There are issues on a global scale
:13:30. > :13:39.affecting the archbishop. In recent years, there have been allegations
:13:40. > :13:44.of sex abuse and other controversy is. It is something that affects
:13:44. > :13:48.everybody's view, everybody's perspective of the life of the
:13:48. > :13:57.church and we have to try to hold on to what is good and it's true
:13:57. > :14:05.and wholesome and wholly and never let that be distorted by the very
:14:05. > :14:10.real evil that goes on in the world. The Archbishop believes that one of
:14:10. > :14:15.the greatest Christian virtues is hope. It is a message he will be
:14:15. > :14:18.spreading to the 18,000 Catholics in it Wales that he now serves.
:14:18. > :14:23.Now to the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham. Another busy day on the
:14:23. > :14:28.Maes. Elin and Tomos are there. Welcome to what is still a very
:14:28. > :14:32.busy Maes. People out enjoying the sunshine, competitions continue
:14:32. > :14:37.into the evening. 23,500 turned up today so far this
:14:37. > :14:40.week, More than 130,000 have made it to the Maes. And there was a big
:14:40. > :14:46.crowd watching a special ceremony this morning, welcoming new members
:14:47. > :14:49.to the Gorsedd of Bards. It was a sea of blue, green and
:14:49. > :14:52.white. There are 46 new faces joining this year.
:14:52. > :14:54.The National Poet of Wales and one of our most successful sportswomen
:14:54. > :14:57.were honoured. And weeks before he heads to the
:14:57. > :15:07.Rugby World Cup, the referee Nigel Owens was also recognised, wearing
:15:07. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:18.the Bardic Robes for the first time. Swapping the rubbish at Forest
:15:18. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:28.Green down. -- the robes of four and green down. He is considered as
:15:28. > :15:38.one of the best referees in the world. He is proud to speak Welsh
:15:38. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:52.whenever he can, even when he is The reason that I do that is
:15:52. > :16:01.because it is natural. If I want to make a point and I can speak Welsh,
:16:01. > :16:05.it is something that I naturally do. After becoming only the second ever
:16:05. > :16:09.Welsh winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, another on a
:16:09. > :16:16.today for Gillian Clarke, the national poet of Wales. This is
:16:16. > :16:22.amazing. I take it is incredibly generous and warm hearted. It is
:16:22. > :16:29.part of what I wanted to do anyway, to crush the boundaries and for us
:16:29. > :16:39.all to be one nation, with two languages. One of her best-known
:16:39. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:45.female actresses -- sports people. I was a little bit nervous. I
:16:45. > :16:48.thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. And this afternoon, an
:16:48. > :16:55.opportunity for the news members to take part in their first proper
:16:55. > :16:57.ceremony. There was a winner. Rhys Iorwerth
:16:57. > :17:07.from Caernarfon, now living in Cardiff, was awarded the Eisteddfod
:17:07. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:10.Chair. Competitors were asked to write a poem in strict metre up to
:17:10. > :17:13.250 lines on the theme Clawdd Terfyn, or "boundary". The judges
:17:13. > :17:17.praised the very high standard of the competition but Rhys' work
:17:17. > :17:21.stood out for its emotional subtlety.
:17:21. > :17:26.The man in charge of the Eisteddfod says he is hopeful the festival
:17:26. > :17:34.will get enough money for next year. Last week, Elfed Roberts said jobs
:17:34. > :17:37.could be at risk if it had to make more savings.
:17:37. > :17:43.We have had a few words with the politicians that have been here
:17:43. > :17:53.throughout the week. I am quietly confident that we can work together
:17:53. > :17:54.
:17:54. > :18:00.to ensure that the future is well- funded and we will be supported by
:18:00. > :18:10.a Welsh government. I'm heading to the arts pavilion
:18:10. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:15.and to an exhibition capturing key Good evening.
:18:15. > :18:18.Let's start with developments at Wrexham Football Club. The Dragons
:18:18. > :18:22.have been given a 5pm deadline on Monday to meet a strict set of
:18:22. > :18:30.criteria to prove they are in a fit state to play in the Conference
:18:30. > :18:34.this season. They include providing a �250,000 bond to league officials.
:18:34. > :18:37.The club says it is confident it will meet the deadline.
:18:37. > :18:40.One of the visitors to the Maes in Wrexham earlier today was Wales
:18:40. > :18:42.manager Gary Speed. He named his squad for next week's friendly with
:18:43. > :18:49.Australia which includes a return for Spurs' Gareth Bale, following
:18:49. > :18:53.injury. It feels like the summer holidays
:18:53. > :18:56.have only just begun, but Cardiff City's break is well and truly over.
:18:56. > :18:59.The Championship season starts this weekend. The Bluebirds, under Malky
:18:59. > :19:09.Mackay, kick off their campaign at West Ham on Sunday and the new boss
:19:09. > :19:14.cannot wait to get started. They may not have the spending
:19:14. > :19:18.power of rival Swansea City, but there are nine May new summer
:19:18. > :19:23.signings overall. After their guidance of that their new boss,
:19:23. > :19:28.Cardiff City are looking to push hard. 12 pairs -- players have left
:19:28. > :19:33.since their Filia last year and the new team are desperate to play.
:19:33. > :19:40.were eager to get the new team man. But we are eager to get into
:19:40. > :19:45.Friendly's and now we are looking forward to getting the new season
:19:45. > :19:55.started. With lots of new faces, the captain says the changes have
:19:55. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:04.been positive. It feels like a new club. It has been good. It has been
:20:04. > :20:09.exciting and hard work. We are looking for to Sunday. The trip to
:20:09. > :20:18.Upton Park is certainly a tough opener. The former manager has bad
:20:18. > :20:24.words of advice for the new boss this week, saying that he will need
:20:24. > :20:29.to manage the levels of expectation. I am not putting myself up against
:20:29. > :20:36.the previous managers of football clubs. If I had done that at
:20:36. > :20:41.Watford, I would have been worrying every day. We are ambitious and I
:20:41. > :20:47.want us to do as well as we can this season. Expectation is high
:20:47. > :20:49.and the but for promotion starts on Sunday. -- the push for promotion
:20:49. > :20:53.starts on Sunday. Tomorrow afternoon, Warren Gatland
:20:53. > :20:56.will have a clearer idea of who might be getting on the plane with
:20:56. > :20:58.him to New Zealand. Wales and England trained at Twickenham this
:20:58. > :21:01.afternoon ahead of tomorrow's world cup warm-up match. Gatland says
:21:01. > :21:04.this is the players' chance to impress and they must seize their
:21:04. > :21:07.opportunity. There are just 30 places in the squad to fill and
:21:07. > :21:14.both sides know, with selection on the line, tomorrow could be an
:21:14. > :21:19.almighty battle. People say, are they going to be scared about being
:21:19. > :21:23.injured? The fact of the matter is that if they do not put their head
:21:24. > :21:29.where it is, they will not be selected. They will not hold back
:21:29. > :21:35.because they are scared of being injured, because everybody is on
:21:35. > :21:40.pressure -- under pressure for their places. It is a pre-season
:21:40. > :21:50.game in one sense, but when we get there on Saturday, with a full
:21:50. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:58.house, it is a Test match. There is a real edge to any game between
:21:58. > :22:03.Wales and England. People are fighting for places in the Welsh
:22:03. > :22:07.squad and the English squad. It will be no place for the faint of
:22:07. > :22:10.heart, put it that way. Cricket and Glamorgan were four
:22:10. > :22:12.wickets short of victory on the final day of their match against
:22:12. > :22:15.Essex at the Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan lost early wickets this
:22:15. > :22:25.morning but rallied to declare on 296 for seven, leaving the visitors
:22:25. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:38.chasing 333 to win. It ended in a draw a little while ago, with Essex
:22:38. > :22:41.finishing 143 for 6. Let me just tell you how to keep up
:22:41. > :22:43.with this weekend's sport on the BBC. Tonight, Sport Wales returns,
:22:43. > :22:45.with plenty of build-up to tomorrow's Twickenham showdown,
:22:45. > :22:48.9:30pm over on BBC 2 Wales. Tomorrow, live commentary on Radio
:22:48. > :22:51.Wales and Radio Cymru and highlights of the game, tomorrow
:22:51. > :23:01.evening from 7pm on BBC 2 Wales. And you can catch Cardiff City
:23:01. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:09.against West Ham on Sunday, from 12:45pm.
:23:09. > :23:14.Instability on the stock market continues, despite better than
:23:14. > :23:19.expected US job figures. There had been sharp falls and the last 24
:23:19. > :23:24.hours, made at crisis of confidence due to the Eurozone debt crisis and
:23:24. > :23:30.concerns about weak economic recovery in that the US and Europe.
:23:30. > :23:35.That's it from us. Enjoy the weekend. We will now head back to
:23:35. > :23:40.Wrexham for our final visit to the Eisteddfod and Elin.
:23:40. > :23:45.A visit here is not complete without a visit to the arcs tent,
:23:45. > :23:52.showcasing the very latest in Welsh artistic talent. This year, they
:23:52. > :24:00.have a special exhibition. Joining me here, as Robin Thomas, to talk
:24:00. > :24:03.about this issue -- this exhibition. It is a fantastic opportunity to
:24:03. > :24:13.give the artists and Nadine, because he was such a prolific
:24:13. > :24:21.photographer. He was working for over 50 years, taking pictures of
:24:21. > :24:31.events in Wales. It is a historical chronicle, a document, it is
:24:31. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:38.fantastic. People are enjoying it? They are responding fantastically.
:24:38. > :24:48.What do you think he would have made of this exhibition? It is
:24:48. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:55.wonderful to have been recognised. Many of the pictures have become
:24:55. > :25:05.iconic. It is nice to see the photographs in their pure form,
:25:05. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:15.without words. How many words deed? Thank you for joining us this
:25:15. > :25:25.evening. Let's head outside and Derek with
:25:25. > :25:26.
:25:27. > :25:30.Let's head outside and Derek with the weekend forecast.
:25:30. > :25:33.Fun and sun on the Maes. Feeling fresher too with a breeze. Ideal
:25:33. > :25:36.for walking around the Maes and having a picnic. And it is a
:25:36. > :25:38.similar story across the rest of the country. Lots of sunshine on
:25:38. > :25:48.Gower and in Borth for their carnival. Tomorrow's forecast not
:25:48. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :25:59.quite so straightforward. A few sunny intervals but also some
:25:59. > :26:07.showers, so if you are coming to the Eisteddfod, bring a brolly just
:26:07. > :26:10.in case. This evening, fine with some cloud and sunshine. Overnight,
:26:10. > :26:14.generally dry but a few showers are possible in Gwynedd and Pembs later
:26:14. > :26:22.on. A comfortable, fresh feeling night. Lowest temperatures 10 to 14
:26:22. > :26:32.Celsius. Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over Britain and that
:26:32. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:36.means areas of heavy rain and showers. So tomorrow not as nice as
:26:36. > :26:40.today. More cloud and less sunshine. Some showers as well becoming more
:26:40. > :26:46.widespread during the day. If you catch a shower it could be heavy
:26:46. > :26:52.and prolonged. Temperatures 16 to 19 Celsius with light winds and sea
:26:52. > :26:56.breezes. Tomorrow evening, the heavy showers will die down
:26:56. > :27:05.although a few will continue overnight. Powys becoming dry. On
:27:05. > :27:08.Sunday, more showers. Most of them in the South and West, some heavy
:27:08. > :27:15.with hail and thunder. The North and Northeast may be drier and
:27:15. > :27:25.sunnier. Breezy on the Bristol Channel coast, with highs of 16 to
:27:25. > :27:30.
:27:30. > :27:35.19 Celsius. From Tuesday it looks like the weather will settle down
:27:35. > :27:38.from for a few days thanks to high pressure. So there we are, sunshine
:27:38. > :27:41.on the Maes today and with a bit of luck Wrexham will miss the worst
:27:41. > :27:44.showers over the weekend. That's it from the Maes. There is