:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top story.
:00:07. > :00:17.Midwives under pressure. The warning tonight as more pregnant
:00:17. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:30.Tributes to a mother of two who died in her tent on a family
:00:30. > :00:33.holiday. He conned investors out of
:00:33. > :00:43.thousands of pounds setting up his ostrich farm. The manhunt for a
:00:43. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:49.fraudster who's failed to return to prison. There is a gigantic fire
:00:49. > :00:57.burning. A desperate plea for help but
:00:57. > :01:01.there's no fire. The hoax callers putting lives at risk. And it is
:01:01. > :01:09.the final week for Wales's players to press for selection, but there
:01:09. > :01:12.Good evening. Midwives are being put under huge pressure because of
:01:12. > :01:16.the large number of pregnant women who smoke, drink and are obese -
:01:16. > :01:19.the highest rates in the UK. The problem has been highlighted in a
:01:19. > :01:29.report by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales. Our Health Correspondent
:01:29. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:42.Arwyn Jones is here with more for us. Iraq 35,000 babies born at
:01:42. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:48.every year in Wales and the Ikea for by a 1,500 midwives. There are
:01:48. > :01:52.some startling figures regarding pregnant women in Wales. According
:01:52. > :02:01.to official figures one in five pregnant women continue to smoke
:02:01. > :02:06.throughout pregnancy. That is the highest rate in the UK. They have
:02:06. > :02:14.also the highest obesity rates and also the highest drinking great.
:02:14. > :02:18.Almost half of women in Wales say they drink while they are pregnant.
:02:18. > :02:24.The government say they have been concerned about this for a while.
:02:24. > :02:31.According to those who care for expectant mothers these can be
:02:31. > :02:37.damaging issues. There is an increased risk of women developing
:02:37. > :02:45.diabetes which can mean that their babies will gain weight. They may
:02:45. > :02:48.also suffer problems after birth. Smoking reduces the nutrition and
:02:48. > :02:55.oxygen passed to the baby and cannot result in growth restricted
:02:55. > :02:59.babies. Some of midwives say they should have a more proactive role
:02:59. > :03:06.so that they can advise women to make lifestyle choices before they
:03:06. > :03:11.get pregnant. This is a challenge that government and clinicians are
:03:11. > :03:13.determined to get to grips Vinny Ness from the Health Care
:03:13. > :03:16.Inspectorate wrote this report and joins me now.
:03:16. > :03:26.So how does this problem of obesity, alcohol and smoking impact on the
:03:26. > :03:27.
:03:27. > :03:31.work of midwives? When women do choose perhaps less than healthy
:03:31. > :03:38.lifestyles it picks them up under additional risk in pregnancy. They
:03:38. > :03:43.have more of a tendency towards caesarean sections perhaps. Their
:03:43. > :03:47.babies require considerable support after birth. All of these things
:03:47. > :03:57.lead to the mid-life having to have more input through those sort of
:03:57. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:05.difficult times rather than perhaps at the early part.
:04:05. > :04:12.Presumably its putting mothers and babies' lives at risk? There is
:04:12. > :04:16.increased risk. Supervisor's of midwives help support Ms Wade's to
:04:16. > :04:23.look for her innovative ways of helping women to choose more
:04:23. > :04:30.healthy ways of living. Whether that be asked report from slimming
:04:30. > :04:40.clubs. There are many reports of good practice across Wales helping
:04:40. > :04:50.women to address these issues. How can midwives help tackle this
:04:50. > :04:55.problem? It is about trying to prioritise and being more front
:04:55. > :05:01.loading. Talking to women before they become pregnant ideally. Young
:05:01. > :05:09.people in the youth clubs. Help people to adopt a healthier
:05:09. > :05:13.lifestyle before they become pregnant.
:05:13. > :05:15.Friends have been paying tribute to a mother of two who died after her
:05:15. > :05:18.family were overcome by fumes in a tent. Tracy Screen from
:05:18. > :05:21.Chesterfield in Derbyshire was staying at a campsite near
:05:21. > :05:24.Caernarfon. Her husband, son and daughter are recovering in hospital.
:05:24. > :05:30.Police and paramedics were called to the Aberafon camp site at Gyrn
:05:30. > :05:33.Goch between Pwllheli and Carnarfon yesterday morning. They had been
:05:33. > :05:37.alerted after others staying at the site had taken the children aged 4
:05:37. > :05:40.and 7 to safety. 34 year old Tracy Screen, the mother of the two
:05:40. > :05:42.children, was declared dead at the scene. Her husband was airlifted to
:05:42. > :05:52.Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor and the children were taken by ambulance.
:05:52. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:04.They're all said to be in a comfortable condition. She was she
:06:04. > :06:11.was a wonderful and caring wife. She was a friend to many people and
:06:11. > :06:17.will be deeply missed. Early indications are the family may have
:06:17. > :06:24.been overcome by fumes in the tent. As yet the results of the post-
:06:24. > :06:29.mortem have not been released. This is the second tragedy at a
:06:29. > :06:34.campsite in this region this summer. The Royal Society for the
:06:34. > :06:41.Prevention of accidents say three people have died from suspected
:06:41. > :06:48.carbon monoxide poisoning in tents in the past six weeks. Stoves
:06:48. > :06:52.should not be used indoors. Event matches a dangerous. The dangers of
:06:52. > :06:57.fires and carbon monoxide are prevalent. People need to use
:06:57. > :07:07.common sense to reduce their risks. The tent is an indoor space, there
:07:07. > :07:09.
:07:09. > :07:17.is not the same level of ventilation. Gas appliances are
:07:17. > :07:20.safe for outdoor use only. Police say they are not treating the death
:07:20. > :07:23.as suspicious. Hundreds of Welsh jobs could be
:07:23. > :07:26.under threat following Bank of America's decision to leave the UK
:07:26. > :07:29.credit card market. The company, which has a site close to the Welsh
:07:29. > :07:37.border in Chester, employs around 4,000 people, many of whom commute
:07:37. > :07:41.from North Wales. The company says it will find a solution for
:07:41. > :07:44.employees as soon as possible. A manhunt has been launched for a
:07:44. > :07:46.conman who's failed to return to prison. 49 year old Martin Evans
:07:46. > :07:49.from Pontardulais swindled investors out of thousands of
:07:49. > :07:52.pounds and in 2006 was jailed for 21 years for dealing drugs and
:07:52. > :08:02.fraud. Wiltshire Police say he absconded after being released on a
:08:02. > :08:06.licence. Here's Matt Murray. A former or Welsh businessman of the
:08:07. > :08:12.year, he took to crime when his business folded in the 1990s. He
:08:12. > :08:17.swindled investors out of their savings in an ostrich farm scam. He
:08:17. > :08:23.and his then wife set at the farm up in Swansea in 1996. They
:08:23. > :08:29.promised investors fantastic returns on their money. They sold
:08:29. > :08:33.the meat as a healthy alternative to lamb. They conned 115 people out
:08:33. > :08:38.of nearly �1 million. The investors were on the aware of the scam when
:08:38. > :08:43.the business for that within six months. Before he came to trial he
:08:43. > :08:53.fled to Spain with his secretary and business -- and buses to start
:08:53. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :09:01.a new life. The former her award- winning businessman was convicted
:09:01. > :09:04.five years ago and was sentenced to 21 years in jail, but police
:09:04. > :09:09.released him on temporary licence to an address in Swansea for three
:09:09. > :09:12.days. He was due to return one week ago but has not been seen since.
:09:12. > :09:15.Anyone with any information is being asked to contact police
:09:15. > :09:18.immediately. Still to come tonight, we'll have
:09:18. > :09:21.details of the wales team to play Argentina. Also: 100 years ago
:09:21. > :09:29.these railwaymen were marching for better pay, but two of them were
:09:29. > :09:32.shot dead when soldiers opened fire. If you travel on the trains
:09:32. > :09:37.crossing the border between Wales and England expect to pay around 8
:09:37. > :09:40.% more for your tickets next year. Many travellers say fares are
:09:40. > :09:49.already too high - and experts are warning further price hikes could
:09:49. > :09:53.see passenger numbers fall. With more and more of as letting the
:09:53. > :09:56.train take the strain we are entering a golden age of rain
:09:56. > :10:01.travel. But rail operating companies say that the spend per
:10:02. > :10:05.passenger is actually down, coupled with fuel prices it seemed
:10:05. > :10:11.inevitable that fares would see an above-inflation rise.
:10:11. > :10:15.The formula for fare increases has generally been inflation plus one %.
:10:15. > :10:20.But for the next three years the Department of Transport has decided
:10:20. > :10:24.that it will be inflation plus three %. With inflation currently
:10:24. > :10:27.at five %, that means anyone commuting from here to Bristol or
:10:27. > :10:35.London will see their season-ticket rise by at least eight % from
:10:35. > :10:39.January. However some services that originate in Wales are regulated
:10:39. > :10:46.solely by the Welsh government. They are currently negotiating any
:10:47. > :10:49.fare rises. However the figure they arrive at will only be an average.
:10:49. > :10:55.The train companies could significantly increase fares on
:10:55. > :10:59.some services while reducing them on others. A reader will have to
:10:59. > :11:09.decide whether they have an across- the-board rise -- the company will
:11:09. > :11:12.
:11:12. > :11:17.have to decide. It is a market decision. The cost of an annual
:11:17. > :11:25.season ticket could rise by �80. Many passengers say that is not
:11:25. > :11:32.good value. It is ridiculous. are not doing anything to the train
:11:32. > :11:38.times for the rail tracks. There are delays. Where is the money
:11:38. > :11:42.going? It is the rising cost of fuel that has seen many ditch the
:11:42. > :11:48.car in favour of the train, but trains need diesel to, and now that
:11:48. > :11:54.rising cost as hitting passengers where it hurts. Ironically, large
:11:54. > :11:58.pay rises could -- large price rises could tempt people back onto
:11:58. > :12:08.the roads. It is a delicate matter that the Welsh government is trying
:12:08. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:26.Here in the control room they get all the emergency fire calls for
:12:26. > :12:31.the whole of the South Wales area. We are talking Monmouth, across the
:12:31. > :12:38.South Wales Valleys down to Bridgend. A lot of those Cunnane,
:12:38. > :12:45.hundreds of them, not all of them as genuine. Since January they have
:12:45. > :12:50.been 1,200 hoax calls. Crews will not be sent to all of them. For to
:12:50. > :12:56.have resented for calls, crews have been sent out. It is a waste of
:12:56. > :12:59.resources. 30% of those calls have come in the last two months so many
:12:59. > :13:02.of them will be schoolchildren making the cost. He may be
:13:02. > :13:12.surprised that the number of adults making those calls. Cos like this
:13:12. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:44.I am here with Cath Gibbon who is station manager. We can tell it
:13:44. > :13:48.must be difficult to find out whether they are a hoax calls. How
:13:48. > :13:52.do work it out? It is down to the skills and experience of the
:13:52. > :13:57.control staff. Following huge investments in Wales we do have
:13:57. > :14:03.communication of mobilising systems that can support identification of
:14:03. > :14:06.malicious callers. We can tell the location of any call on our
:14:06. > :14:12.operators can compare that to the address they give. It is not fail-
:14:12. > :14:16.safe but it can help. You can block people's Sim cars. We can contact
:14:16. > :14:26.the service providers and asked him to cut off any mobile phone use to
:14:26. > :14:29.make a malicious call. Explain to me the risks involved. In an
:14:29. > :14:34.emergency every second counts. If we have had to mobilise a fire
:14:34. > :14:38.engine on a hoax call it means it is not available for a real call.
:14:38. > :14:44.This means if a call comes in for that area we may have to mobilise
:14:45. > :14:51.their engine much -- from much further away. Thank you very much.
:14:51. > :14:56.The campaign has started to date, it is called blood on your hands.
:14:56. > :15:00.It. Southern Shia amounts of money spent on hoax calls. -- it points
:15:00. > :15:03.out. A giant letter M, similar to the McDonald's logo, has appeared
:15:03. > :15:08.on an island owned by TV writer and animal rights campaigner, Carla
:15:08. > :15:18.Lane. St Tudwal's island off Gwynedd is mostly left as a nature
:15:18. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:21.reserve. BA's spokesman for her said she was aware of it.
:15:21. > :15:25.A failure in political leadership on Anglesey Council did impact on
:15:25. > :15:27.the quality of services provided to the public. It is one of the main
:15:27. > :15:37.conclusions in the first report by independent commissioners appointed
:15:37. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:45.Conflict goes to the heart of Anglesey's history. Edward the
:15:45. > :15:50.first built this castle. More recently the way the county council
:15:50. > :15:55.has been run has led to bitter disputes. Described by one of the
:15:56. > :16:00.Welsh Government's watchdogs as played by a culture of conflict.
:16:00. > :16:06.Five months ago the local government minister decided that in
:16:06. > :16:09.fighting amongst councillors had gone long enough. He imposed a
:16:09. > :16:19.direct a rule through five commissioners. Today's report by
:16:19. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:38.them is the first of the progress It was the politician Nye Bevan who
:16:38. > :16:43.once said that when people hear the right words, they expect the right
:16:43. > :16:47.actions to follow. The report makes clear that the councillors are
:16:47. > :16:51.using the right vocabulary. The jury is out as to whether the right
:16:51. > :16:55.actions will bear fruit. There is even evidence, says the report, as
:16:55. > :16:59.some councillors whose behaviour was previously disruptive at
:16:59. > :17:03.keeping their heads down waiting for the intervention to cease
:17:03. > :17:07.before starting to cause trouble again. The report makes clear it
:17:07. > :17:12.will be a while yet before the Welsh Government can end its
:17:12. > :17:14.intervention in the affairs of this troubled council.
:17:14. > :17:17.It's been confirmed this evening that the actor, Huw Ceredig, has
:17:17. > :17:20.died after a long illness. He was 69-years-old. He will be remembered
:17:20. > :17:23.for playing Reg Harries in the Welsh language soap, Pobol y Cwm.
:17:23. > :17:26.He also starred in the Swansea based film, Twin Town and countless
:17:26. > :17:36.television series including Emmerdale and Z Cars. Cemlyn Davies
:17:36. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:54.Huw Ceredig in his most famous role, for 29 years he played the popular
:17:54. > :17:59.Reg Harries in Pobol y Cwm. His most famous English language
:17:59. > :18:09.performance came in 1997. He starred as a fatty Lewis in the
:18:09. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:23.film, to in-town. -- Twin Town. Huw Ceredig was born in Ammanford.
:18:23. > :18:26.He was brother to Dafydd Iwan and Alun Ffred Jones. The introduction
:18:26. > :18:32.to Huw Ceredig's autobiography says the actor feels he has led many
:18:32. > :18:39.lives rolled into one. His career entertained many and Healey's
:18:39. > :18:42.countless fond memories. -- he leaves.
:18:42. > :18:49.Wales's rugby players now just have six days to impress coach Warren
:18:49. > :18:51.Gatland before he announces his squad for the World Cup.
:18:51. > :18:54.Lions stars Lee Byrne, Martyn Williams and Adam Jones have been
:18:54. > :19:04.handed an opportunity to do just that against Argentina on Saturday.
:19:04. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:10.Gethin Jenkins is a real doubt for He is one of Wales's and generally
:19:10. > :19:13.world-class players but now there is a major concern that Gethin
:19:13. > :19:18.Jenkins will be the latest player to be ruled out of the World Cup
:19:18. > :19:21.through injury. He will miss was's first game against South Africa in
:19:21. > :19:25.less than four weeks' time and could struggle to play any part of
:19:25. > :19:30.the tournament if his calf injury does not respond to treatment.
:19:30. > :19:40.It is a concern to us. He is as frustrated as anyone. He has worked
:19:40. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:48.hard. It has not been -- he has not been able to get himself right. The
:19:48. > :19:52.hope is he will show signs of improvement and that we will be
:19:52. > :19:56.able to consider him for other games. With captain Carl Matthew
:19:56. > :20:02.Rees, ruled out, at least wears can turn to another Lions start, Adam
:20:02. > :20:06.Jones. -- Wales can. He is one of nine changes to the team that beat
:20:06. > :20:10.England on Saturday. Martyn Williams will win his 99th cap and
:20:10. > :20:17.a bit desperate to prove he should be in the World Cup squad. Ryan
:20:17. > :20:21.Jones will captain Wales for the 28th time. Tavis Knoyle and James
:20:21. > :20:26.Hook will link up where Lee Byrne and Leigh Halfpenny will be getting
:20:26. > :20:31.their first starts in the summer warm-ups.
:20:31. > :20:35.It was a great location at the weekend and I had the feeling the
:20:36. > :20:39.boys were confident. Does the fact you're not involve was getting. You
:20:39. > :20:43.have got to make sure enough but the performance on Saturday is
:20:43. > :20:47.worthy of a win. There is nothing like a victory over England to lift
:20:47. > :20:52.the spirits and the atmosphere and the Wales camp has been fantastic.
:20:52. > :20:55.The players have their final chance to press their case for World Cup
:20:55. > :21:00.selection. The best rate to do that will be to contribute to a winning
:21:01. > :21:03.performance against Argentina on Swansea City manager Brendan
:21:03. > :21:07.Rodgers says he's proud of his side's performance despite losing
:21:07. > :21:10.4-0 on their Premier League debut at Manchester City last night. On
:21:10. > :21:13.their return to the top flight after a 28 year absence, Swansea
:21:13. > :21:23.reached half-time without conceding once but they let in four goals in
:21:23. > :21:27.the second half. We came up against a big opponent,
:21:27. > :21:32.somebody who is going to be challenging not only for the
:21:32. > :21:36.Premier League by looking at the European titles as well. For me to
:21:36. > :21:39.analyse and assist the players and measure them against that, I can't
:21:39. > :21:42.be nothing but proud of their performance. Glamorgan have signed
:21:42. > :21:44.Australian batsman Marcus North as their overseas player for the next
:21:44. > :21:48.two seasons. The 32-year-old has played 21 Tests scoring five
:21:48. > :21:50.centuries including one at the Cardiff Ashes Test two years ago.
:21:50. > :21:57.He will join the Welsh county in 2012 replacing current skipper,
:21:57. > :22:00.Alviro Petersen. In a week when riots in England have dominated the
:22:00. > :22:04.headlines, the centenary of how two men were killed during disturbances
:22:04. > :22:08.in Llanelli is being marked this week. Jack John and Leonard Worsell
:22:08. > :22:17.were shot dead when soldiers opened fire on a crowd in the town during
:22:17. > :22:21.the strike by railway workers. Llanelli in 1911 was a boom town.
:22:21. > :22:26.The centre of tin, steel, copper and coal production. But behind the
:22:26. > :22:29.industry lay slum housing and appalling poverty. The railway men
:22:29. > :22:34.were the poorest of the poor. A century ago their struggle for a
:22:34. > :22:37.living wage lead to the first national railway strike. Police
:22:37. > :22:41.were sent away to defend bigger towns along the line leaving the
:22:41. > :22:50.main route from London to Fishguard unguarded. When thousands turned up
:22:50. > :22:55.to support the striking workers, troops were called in.
:22:55. > :23:03.Around the railway station you had a crowd estimated to be between
:23:03. > :23:10.3,000-5,000. The others were people in heavy industry, found the
:23:10. > :23:14.workers, steelworkers who had come On the afternoon of Saturday 19th
:23:14. > :23:18.August 1911, the striker stopped a train. The troops lined up along
:23:18. > :23:28.the track. What happened next is disputed but it is clear volley of
:23:28. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:32.shots were fired and two young men John John and Leonard Worsell were
:23:32. > :23:38.shot dead even though neither was involved in the disturbance. One of
:23:38. > :23:43.the men's descendants says the family never talked about it.
:23:43. > :23:47.I never heard my father mention it at all. The first I remember
:23:47. > :23:53.hearing about it was when my eldest daughter was in school and they
:23:53. > :23:57.were doing some local history. I know he was 21 years of age and he
:23:57. > :24:00.was a tinplate worker. I don't think they were rioters. Thousands
:24:00. > :24:06.turned out for their funeral and their inquest returned a verdict of
:24:06. > :24:10.justifiable homicide. Some in the town say there should be an apology.
:24:10. > :24:14.The town of Llanelli and the families of those people who were
:24:14. > :24:17.killed deserve an apology at least. The strike was settled the very
:24:17. > :24:21.same day after talks in London involving Lloyd George but back in
:24:21. > :24:24.Llanelli the memory of what happened that day still lives on.
:24:24. > :24:29.And there's more on the Llanelli riots tonight at 10:35pm here on
:24:29. > :24:37.BBC 1 Wales. Rain is on the way, it must be
:24:37. > :24:41.August. Is there any good news for It is improving as a head into the
:24:41. > :24:45.weekend. It has been an unsubtle day today. We had the cloud and
:24:45. > :24:49.rain this morning and then sunny spells this afternoon. Tonight
:24:49. > :24:53.should be dry with some clear spells developing. One of two
:24:53. > :24:57.showers lingering and they will fizzle out. Clear skies and light
:24:57. > :25:04.winds, the perfect recipe for the temperatures to dip into single
:25:04. > :25:09.figures. Around seven Celsius empowers. 12 degrees along the
:25:09. > :25:13.Pembrokeshire coast. The wind is light. The pressure chance for
:25:13. > :25:18.tomorrow shows a front pushing up through the day and that will bring
:25:18. > :25:23.cloud especially for southern parts. It is a case of sunny spells and
:25:23. > :25:29.the morning but that front will push up from the south. The best of
:25:30. > :25:35.the sunshine in the north from Anglesey right across to Wrexham.
:25:35. > :25:39.Cloud in the south with patchy rain and highs of 18 Celsius. As a going
:25:39. > :25:47.to tomorrow evening, cloud pushing up and with that comes the Rain in
:25:47. > :25:52.the overnight period. It will be confined to the south. Temperatures
:25:52. > :25:56.stay in double figures and ranging between 10-13 degrees Celsius. The
:25:56. > :26:04.wind changing direction to an easterly direction. Thursday is a
:26:04. > :26:09.messy day, a depressing day. A lot of rain and cloud around.
:26:09. > :26:13.Temperatures at its best, 13 and Wrexham. On the plus side, once we
:26:13. > :26:17.get through Thursday, Friday is looking much brighter and we will
:26:17. > :26:21.see dry and bright conditions heading our way. Warm as we head
:26:21. > :26:27.into the weekend, Saturday was season cloud the Sunday should be
:26:27. > :26:30.the best day of the weekend and we should seek more sunshine. Make the
:26:31. > :26:40.most of the weekend. It is looking a bit more unsettled for the next
:26:41. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:47.couple of days. The Picture This morning is storm clouds over the
:26:47. > :26:55.North Wales coast. Rain for the next few days but looking good for
:26:55. > :26:58.It is nearly 7 o'clock. The headlines. Then a new allegations
:26:58. > :27:04.that the most senior staff at the News of the World knew much more
:27:04. > :27:07.about phone hacking that they have admitted. A letter from the paper's
:27:07. > :27:10.format royal editor says hacking was often discussed at editorial
:27:10. > :27:15.meetings. It midwives are being put under
:27:15. > :27:18.huge pressure because of the large number of pregnant women who smoke,
:27:18. > :27:23.drink and are obese. The highest rates in the UK. The problem has
:27:23. > :27:27.been highlighted in a report by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales.