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Welcome to Wales Today. The headlines: five cases of E. Coli | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
have been confirmed centred on this kebab house. Two more cases are | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
being investigated. Two men accused of going on nine | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
encouraging writing in Cardiff. Five year-old Caribbean there was | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
killed by an automatic gate. This park has been reopened in her | :00:27. | :00:34. | |
memory. It is unbelievable that somewhere, so far from our house, | :00:34. | :00:42. | |
our country, is placed in her name. We will never forget. Also tonight: | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
out to impress to claim a World Cup spot but it could be over for | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
Captain Matthew Rees. He needs surgery. | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
And setting calls for London - we speak to the sailor who has booked | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
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his place to next year's Five cases of E. Coli have been | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
confirmed in an outbreak in south- east Wales which has left one | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
person in hospital. Two further cases are also being looked into. | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
Public health officers are investigating. Cardiff council has | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
closed a kebab house in the city while investigations were carried | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
out. This takeaway in Cardiff City Road | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
with closed yesterday as a precautionary measure. Five people | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
from Cardiff have been confirmed as having contracted the infection | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
caused by poor food hygiene practices. There are two further | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
cases under investigation and public health Wales say more may | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
follow. It is unusual for asked to get more than one or two cases of E. | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
Coli in a week. Yesterday we had a cluster of several cases and we | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
knew we were leading -- dealing with an unusual situation. Our | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
officers went out, undertook exhaustive investigations with the | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
cases, questions and interviews and took action. Symptoms of E. Coli | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
range from stomach cramps and fever too bloody diarrhoea. Most people | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
recover without complications but the most severe cases can develop | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
kidney failure. One man has been hospitalised in this outbreak but | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
is said to be recovering. Back in 2005, an outbreak affecting 155 | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
people resulted in an inquiry after the death of a child. A young | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
mother spent three months in hospital after an outbreak in | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
Wrexham two years ago. Back to this latest Alfrick and officials say | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
anyone experiencing symptoms should contact their GP for advice. That | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
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Police in Thailand investigating the murder of backpacker Kirsty | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
Jones will have to get a warrant for speed to carry out DNA test on | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
a public -- for us both. A professor refused a request from | :03:21. | :03:29. | |
police to supply a sample voluntary. He denies any involvement. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
A man who admitted a series of muggings on elderly women it in | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
Merthyr has been jailed for five years. 44-year-old Leszek Kaba who | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
is from Poland throbbed six women. One of his victims he was a team | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
was hospitalised. Four people have appeared in court | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
to face charges of encouraging disorder through social media. Two | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
teenagers in Wrexham and two men in Cardiff among 12 people to have | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
been arrested. The First Minister has praised police for their | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
efforts in ensuring that Wales has not experienced the kind of unrest | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
in some English cities. The cases of the two Cardiff men | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
were brought to the city's magistrates this morning. Both were | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
heard together in Court Number five. Anthony Gristock pleaded not guilty | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
to the charge of posting information on Facebook are capable | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
of encouraging or assisting violent disorder. Jamie Council, who is 24, | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
was charged with the same offence. He did not enter a plea. Both men | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
were remanded in custody and the case committed to Cardiff Crown | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
Court. In all, 12 arrests have been made | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
across Wales of people suspected of using social networking sides to | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
incite criminal behaviour. Five had been made by Gwent police, two by | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
Dyfed-Powys, two by South Wales and three by North Wales. The cases of | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
two of these were heard this morning by Wrexham magistrates. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Here two teenagers were given bail and ordered to appear to appear | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
before a Crown Court on 19th August. Today the First Minister praised | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
police and community workers for their role in keeping Wales trouble | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
free. Over the past three nights, youth workers in Wales had been out | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
in force trying to stave off copycat action here. They believe | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
the relationships they have built up played an important role in | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
keeping the peace. They have disparaged to beat in that kind of | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
environment, but with every bit of conversation, some of the | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
information we gave them around CCTV, they may not get caught there | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
and then, but they may be later on, deterred them. Committees here have | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
not experienced unrest like those seen over the border. Police say | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
they are continuing to monitor social media and networking site. | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
Up to 30 construction workers who may have been exposed to asbestos | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
will not be able to prosecute the health board following legislated | :06:11. | :06:19. | |
mistakes. Why can they not prosecute? If you cast your mind | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
back two years, big shake-up in health bodies in Wales moving from | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
22 local health bodies to seven. During that transfer, a government | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
official somewhere did not transferred criminal liability from | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
the old bodies to the new ones. Even though the health board who | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
runs this hospital have said they are investigating the mishandling | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
of asbestos, even if these 30 construction workers have a case, | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
they will not be able to take that to a criminal court. They can seek | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
compensation through a civil case but they cannot mount a criminal | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
prosecution. What has been the reaction? The union representing | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
these workers have returned to the First Minister asking for an | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
investigation into how this mistake could have happened. They also say | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
it needs to act quickly to insure that these workers... They have | :07:19. | :07:29. | |
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also spoke of another example where this might have happened. The | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
Health and Safety Executive said they would have mounted a case | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
against the health board but because of that failure to transfer, | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
they will not mount any criminal investigation. Thank you. | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
822 year-old man has admitted causing the death of two teenagers | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
who were killed in a car crash a year ago. Anwen Busby and Jigh | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
Burkes died after the car went off the road and ended up in a lake. | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
The incident happened on the A44 last August. Today, Ashley Williams | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
admitted to causing the teenager's death by careless driving. It took | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
the emergency services several hours to recover this Ford Focus | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
after it plunged 20 ft off a busy world ending up in 4 ft of water. | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
Three people survived the crash. Two did not for stop this goal was | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
16 years old and had just received her sick -- GCSE results. Their | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
deaths shook the committee. A book of remembrance was opened at the | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
school. In Crown Court today, one of the girl's best friends admitted | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
to causing the teenager's death by careless driving. Almost a year on | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
and it is clear where Ashley Williams drove the car off the road | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
and into the lake below. In court today, he denied the more serious | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The prosecution | :09:00. | :09:08. | |
accepted that after taking advice from expert accident investigators. | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
Here local community leaders said they hoped the verdict would draw a | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
line under a tragic incident. Ashley Williams was granted bail. | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
He will be sentenced on 2nd September. | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
Still ahead: it is a busy weekend on the sporting front. The latest | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
on Wales Captain Matthew Rees is his World Cup dream over? And he | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
was the first Welsh athlete to qualify for London 2012. Paralympic | :09:36. | :09:45. | |
stadia Steve Thomas joins us live. -- sailor. | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
Pembrokeshire council says it is taking action to address failings | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
in its education services. A report from the watchdog says while the | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
authority performs well in some areas, it was judged unsatisfactory | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
in many others. Yesterday the council was criticised for its | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
unacceptable handling of child abuse had Ling's. | :10:05. | :10:12. | |
Four years ago the Welsh Government said every local authority targets | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
on education. The report criticises cows officers here for the quality | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
of information they share with councillors. It says members are | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
unable to challenge the performance of services in schools. Then the | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
council leader says he will be able to turn things around by the time | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
of the next inspection. I am confident we have a good working | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
relationship with our schools in making sure that we turn the corner | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
on those issues that matter. There are six recommendations here, I am | :10:44. | :10:53. | |
confident we will deliver on those changes when they come back. | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
Pembrokeshire council is not alone. It is the second local authority in | :10:58. | :11:05. | |
Wales to receive an unsatisfactory rating. The first was one school | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
which faces the embarrassment of having schools run by a task force | :11:09. | :11:16. | |
from another authority. Paris, Cardiff, Wrexham education services | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
were adequate. No authority has yet received an accident verdict. The | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
education minister has already spoken of his crusade against | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
complacency in the classroom. He wants schools and councils to be | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
held to account for underperformance amid concerns that | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
exam results in Wales are lower than elsewhere in the UK. The | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
authority now has until 9th September to produce an action plan | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
for improvement. It has been an emotional day in the | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
breech end date area with the reopening of a park in the memory | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
of a girl who was killed by an automatic gate. Be carrying a park | :11:58. | :12:05. | |
was renamed after the death of A lasting tribute to a young girl | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
who loved to have fun with her family and friends. Karolina | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
Golabek moved from Poland to south Wales with her family when she was | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
a baby. Karolina's life was cut tragically short after getting | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
trapped in these automatic sliding gates. She was just five-years-old. | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
The local park was closed at the time of her death. Now rebuilt, | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
Karolina's mother officially opened the park with the Mayor of Bridgend. | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
The family have had a tough year with Karolina's father, Joseph, | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
also dieing. The whole family have been overwhelmed by the support | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
from the community. It is incredible. It is | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
unbelievable that a year after we lost her, they still ask me about | :12:43. | :12:52. | |
Joseph, about her. That is amazing. Karolina Park in Bridgend is only a | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
few hundred metres away from where the five-year-old was killed. It | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
was closed at the time of the accident because of health and | :12:58. | :13:05. | |
safety concerns. This part is a fitting tribute to a young girl who | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
loved playing with her friends but it it is this a sad reminder of her | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
early death. Many feel her death could have been avoided if the park | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
was opened. If this was a play area then, she | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
would be playing here. The nearest part is over the main road, which | :13:23. | :13:33. | |
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is dangerous. I think that Karolina Golabeck | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
would have loved this. I think everybody would love first | :13:43. | :13:50. | |
playground. Following Karolina's death, her | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
parents campaigned to raise awareness about the dangers of | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
automatic gates and a petition was handed into Downing Street. This | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
park in her memory is helping the family with the healing of losing | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
Karolina so young. That is unbelievable that somewhere, | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
so far from our home, from our country, there is a place in her | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
name. I will never forget about that. | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
A woman who campaigned to keep her local church open so she could get | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
married in the same venue as her mother, grandmother and great-grand | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
mother is preparing for her wedding tomorrow. Stephanie Rowe had booked | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
All Saints Church in Maerdy, but it was nearly closed last month. In | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
protest, parishioners slept in the church for weeks before am | :14:30. | :14:32. | |
agreement was reached to buy the building from the Church in Wales | :14:32. | :14:42. | |
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for a thousand pounds. I am over the moon to be the 4th | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
generation to walk down the aisle. It means everything because this is | :14:48. | :14:56. | |
the church I came true as a child. It means a great deal. | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
Good luck to her. Wall-to-wall sport this weekend. | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
Claire's here with all the details. Thanks Gary. Good Evening. Warren | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
Gatland could be without his captain for the world cup. BBC | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
Wales understands Matthew Rees could be ruled out as early as this | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
weekend. He needs neck surgery, which would keep the Lions hooker | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
is out of the game for several months. Wales trained at the | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
Millennium Stadium this morning, ahead of their re-match with | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
England tomorrow afternoon. The Wales camp has stressed all week a | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
win is a must and with just two games left for players to impress, | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
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the fight for a World Cup spot is reaching a climax. | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
With James Hook at full-back, it is a good competition. Gavin Henson is | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
also playing. We have competition at centre. That brings the best out | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
of you personally. Gavin Henson has a chance to show us what he can | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
bring to the table. Wrexham football fans will breathe | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
a collective sigh of relief when they see their team take the field | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
for the start of the Conference season tomorrow. The Dragons were | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
in danger of being kicked out of the division, until supporters | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
rallied round to help raise a six- figure bond. They'll now face | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
Cambridge at the Racecourse, while league rivals Newport County are | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
away at Kettering. Dean Saunders has had a lot to put | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
up with this summer, trying to motivating squad which haven't been | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
paid and not knowing until four days before their first match | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
whether they would be allowed to play in the main competition. The | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
Wrexham manager is not content to just get by this season. He wants | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
to meet the supporters dressed and laid down his demands. | :16:35. | :16:43. | |
I need to know what to their demands are. We can really go for | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
it and try to get out of the league. That is what I will tell them. | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
Events at Wrexham will have sent shivers down the spine of those at | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
Newport County old enough to remember the bad old days when this | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
club run out of money. That was back in the 1980s. These days, the | :17:01. | :17:09. | |
club has recovered lost ground and is making progress year on year. | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
Last season, some of the regular support juggled football with day | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
jobs. The manager now insists on all players being available to | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
train every day of the week. That means sacrifices for some. | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
It beats getting up at 6am, going to a building site. Financially, I | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
will lose quite a bit this year but hopefully I will have some great | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
memories to fill that gap. If we can be successful, it doesn't | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
really matter on the money front. I am white -- I am wise enough to | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
know that I would make a mint out of football but I've had some great | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
times. The exile's finished 9th but | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
promotion to the Football League remains the goal. The club has | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
brought in new blood who have done it before. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
The first five signings are players who have won championships. They | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
are the type of character as I wanted to bring in. | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
Cardiff City got the season of to a good start last weekend with a | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
shock victory at West Ham. That has raised expectations ahead of this | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
Sunday's seven side derby against Bristol City. | :18:19. | :18:27. | |
You are expected to give those performances every week as a team. | :18:27. | :18:34. | |
It is a tough league and everybody is battling for every point. I | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
don't expect anything different. The Welsh Premiership also kicks | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
off tonight, the All Saints take on Bilal. | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
Of course, Swansea City's first taste of the big time is on Monday | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
night. We'll be live from Manchester City's Stadium as the | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
Swans prepare to take on the richest club on the planet. It's | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
going to be an incredible experience for the fans. All the | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
build-up here on Wales Today next week. The players say they can't | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
wait to play in one of the biggest game in the club's history. | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
Everyone is excited to kick off the season. There is a big buzz going | :19:07. | :19:15. | |
on Swansea. Just to get the game, we have been looking forward to it. | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
It is about not giving them any respect, because there are a lot of | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
respect and big players on the pitch. There is no reason why, I am | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
confident in the team that if we perform to the best of the ability, | :19:30. | :19:32. | |
we will give them a run for their money. | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
Now, let's look forward to next years London Games and someone who | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
knows they are definitely going, is Welsh paralympian, Stephen Thomas. | :19:38. | :19:40. | |
Stephen from Bridgend was actually the first Welsh athlete to confirm | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
his place at either the London Olympics or Paralympics. He'll | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
compete in the Sonar Sailing with his two team-mates and as a big | :19:46. | :19:52. | |
gold medal prospect and I'm delighted to say he's here tonight. | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
How did you feel when you got the nod? I know you were expecting to | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
go but to get that yes must have been fantastic. | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
Amazing. We spent years straining hard. Our focus was to come and win | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
selection. We are going to train hard and win a gold. | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
I know it is 12 months of but knowing you are going at this stage | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
brings it a stage closer? Yes. Every time I drive past the | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
venue, it sends butterflies through my stomach. To know that I will be | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
competing in 12 months is amazing. You were 18 and are keen to become | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
a professional rugby player when you got meningitis. You lost both | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
your legs. That must have been incredibly difficult. How did | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
sailing come about? I wanted to rehabilitate and get | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
fit again because I played rugby. I was in a supermarket car-park and a | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
man asked me whether I wanted to go and sale? It was a dream come true. | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
You had never been sailing until that time? | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
Not at all. The biggest vote I had got on was a ferry. | :21:04. | :21:11. | |
What is your role on the vessel? I make the best will go fast. | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
That is a crucial member of the team. How do you make it go fast? | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
The wind deflectors of the sale and you need to ease it out or bring it | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
in to drive it forward into the wind. | :21:27. | :21:33. | |
I know you are targeting gold. It is on home soil. How would it feel | :21:33. | :21:39. | |
to stand on that podium? I can't really express it. It has | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
been a long transition and will be eight years -- it will be 10 years | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
until I could get on to the podium. It would be great for family and | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
friends to watch me win a medal. Will you bring it in when you win | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
Definitely. Thank you. Supporters of the Crusaders have | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
launched a campaign to try ensure the survival of the Rugby League | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
club. The Wrexham-based side has withdrawn from the Super League for | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
the next three seasons because of financial problems. Fans attending | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
tonight's game against Harlequins are being asked to pledge their | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
support for a community-run club to ensure the sport stays in North | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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We need to make a statement to say that we want to keep rugby league | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
happening in North Wales. Everyone is getting together to make a | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
statement. I have come along to show support | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
for the club. I also support newcomers to the game who found an | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
interest in rugby league in the last two years. They have nurtured | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
it and now it has withered away. Well it's a busy weekend and Sport | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
Wales are looking ahead to all the big games. Catch that tonight over | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
big games. Catch that tonight over on BBC2 Wales from 7:00pm. Repeated | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
tomorrow morning at 11:30am on BBC1 Wales. And tomorrow, live | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
commentary of Wales Vs England on commentary of Wales Vs England on | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. Highlights of the match are on BBC2 | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
Wales tomorrow night at 7:30pm. Two members of the famous record- | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
breaking Campbell family are hoping to set a new UK land speed record | :23:12. | :23:20. | |
this weekend. It is a big we tend! Don Wales, the | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell and nephew of Donald Campbell, will | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
race Bluebird Electric with his son across Pendine Sands. Kate Morgan | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
has more. With a day to go, the final checks | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
are under way to make sure the Bluebird Electric is ready for its | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
toughest test on Pendine Sands this weekend. The aim is to break the | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
current land speed record for an electric car of 137 mph. | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
Pendine Sands is a law unto itself. You never know what conditions you | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
will get. We are mindful of conditions but we are hopeful we | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
will get above 150. Anything above that is a bonus. | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
This attempt is extra-special as Don Wales's son will take to the | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
driving seat. He is the latest member of the family to try to | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
break a record. I don't necessarily feel pressure | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
but I feel privileged to be following in their foot but -- in | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
their footsteps and I am looking forward. | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
Joe's great grandfather broke two records at Pendine Sands, including | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
in the Bluebird almost 80 years ago. Donald Campbell was his great uncle. | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
He broke land and water speed record but died in 1957 when his | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
Bluebird flipped over during a record attempt. This electric | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
Bluebird model is just the start of a three-year project. The team want | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
to use this UK record attempt to test the technology they need to | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
build an electric car that can break the world record, with speeds | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
of 500 miles per hour. Good luck to them. | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
Sue! What's the weather for Pendine this weekend, then? And the rest of | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
It is improving through the weekend. A cloudy start on Saturday but | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
turning brighter by Sunday. We can see why if we look at the pressure | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
charge. A front is moving in from the Atlantic, bringing changeable | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
conditions overnight and into tomorrow. Behind that, it is | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
relatively clear. Turning more settled. This evening stays cloudy | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
with a band of persistent rain spreading eastwards overnight. Some | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
heavy bursts in the south and west. South-westerly winds will pick up | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
along the coast. A muggy night with temperatures staying in the mid- | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
teens. Tomorrow, the net -- the remnants of that, leaving a few | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
showers. It will turn drive through the day with breaks in the cloud | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
bringing bright spells, especially for border counties. Brisk winds | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
later on bringing in humid air from the south-west. Stilling mild with | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
highs of 16 Celsius in Pembrokeshire and 19 in Wrexham. A | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
quiet night on Saturday and high pressure building into Sunday. It | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
will become brighter. We can't rule out the odd shower but temperatures | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
in the high teens again. Feeling fresh rather than close. An | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
improving picture through the weekend. Sunny spells on Sunday and | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
it is staying fine for the start of next week. One event to tell you | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
about from Derek's diary, the annual agricultural show is taking | :26:35. | :26:42. | |
part in the Connolly Valley tomorrow. Don't forget, you can | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
keep up-to-date with what is happening and checkout the latest | :26:45. | :26:54. | |
We like that improving bit. Our main news again tonight. An | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
outbreak of E.coli is being investigated in south-east Wales. | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
Five cases have been confirmed, one person is being treated in hospital. | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
Health officials have closed a kebab house in Cardiff as a | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
precaution. We don't know whether we are | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
dealing with a singular incident and we will get no cases, apart | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
from the ones that are exposed, or whether we will see more cases in | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
the next two weeks. We have taken action to control the source but we | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
will expect to see potential cases over the next couple of weeks. | :27:26. | :27:29. |