:00:06. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: A medical error left
:00:09. > :00:19.Sophie Tyler paralysed. Three years on, the hospital apologises, and
:00:19. > :00:19.
:00:19. > :00:25.admits responsibility. I was lying there, wishing it never happened.
:00:25. > :00:35.Or wishing that they killed me. I had to live with the consequences
:00:35. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:45.Tonight's other headlines: Royal Mail apologies to customers for
:00:45. > :00:49.missing its first class targets. We'll be asking why the service is
:00:49. > :00:57.failing to deliver. We're in Finland to see what
:00:57. > :01:00.lessons Wales can learn from the best schools in the world. We are
:01:00. > :01:07.placing our teachers and schools under more scrutiny but here in
:01:07. > :01:10.Finland, nobody is checking. The system depends on trusting her to
:01:10. > :01:12.do her job. Watch those wing mirrors. Why it's
:01:12. > :01:15.a squeeze for the new buses touring Conwy.
:01:15. > :01:21.A final farewell before New Zealand. The Wales World Cup squad line-up
:01:21. > :01:25.before they leave. It's the last day of summer, the
:01:25. > :01:35.coolest for many years. But it may turn out to be the driest and
:01:35. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:38.sunniest since 2006. I'll have more later.
:01:38. > :01:41.A hospital has apologised to a teenager from Risca, near Newport,
:01:41. > :01:45.three years after she was paralysed from the waist down following an
:01:45. > :01:49.operation. Sophie Tyler was 14 when she travelled to Birmingham
:01:49. > :01:52.Children's Hospital for surgery to remove gallstones. An epidural to
:01:52. > :01:56.control pain after the operation was left in place for too long,
:01:56. > :02:02.meaning she'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Nicola
:02:02. > :02:06.Smith has been to meet her. This is the moment Sophie and her
:02:06. > :02:09.family say was their "reality check". The moment captured on
:02:09. > :02:14.digital camera, that they realised how much help she needed just to
:02:14. > :02:18.sit up in bed. A stark contrast to the girl who loved to dance. This
:02:18. > :02:23.was taken at a ballroom dancing competition. She often brought
:02:23. > :02:30.trophies home. Sophie's 17 now. With the help of her mum, Sue,
:02:30. > :02:35.she's adapted to life in a wheelchair. But it hasn't been easy.
:02:35. > :02:42.When I first came home, it was oppression. I would not get out of
:02:42. > :02:48.bed. I was lying there that -- hoping and wishing that it had
:02:48. > :02:52.never happened. I had to live with the reality and the consequences of
:02:52. > :02:54.someone else's mistakes. Sophie was 14 when she had surgery to remove
:02:54. > :02:57.gallstones here at Birmingham Children's Hospital. She was given
:02:57. > :03:01.an epidural to control the pain, an anaesthetic injected into the spine.
:03:01. > :03:05.But after two days, both her legs had gone numb. The epidural had
:03:05. > :03:14.been left in too long. The drug had entered her spinal cord and damaged
:03:14. > :03:22.the membranes, paralysing her. blamed myself. Even though I knew
:03:22. > :03:26.it was not my fault, emotionally, I felt so guilty. That was one of the
:03:26. > :03:29.reasons I felt so depressed. Sophie can sit up on her own now, but
:03:29. > :03:36.needs help with most other basic tasks. Last year, her family moved
:03:36. > :03:41.into this specially adapted home. Their old house wasn't suitable.
:03:41. > :03:47.She did not have a bathroom downstairs. She had to shower in
:03:47. > :03:51.the kitchen so she had no dignity. We were using one family room as
:03:51. > :03:54.the only social place we could be. Three years on, the hospital says
:03:54. > :03:56."we are deeply sorry for the unimaginable distress we have
:03:56. > :03:59.caused". They say the care they provided "fell below their usual
:03:59. > :04:02.high standards", and that they have now "implemented a series of
:04:02. > :04:11.changes" to try to ensure it doesn't happen again. The admission
:04:11. > :04:15.of liability paves the way for a possible compensation settlement.
:04:15. > :04:22.She is 70 Nancy's University has been the big focus but it is the
:04:22. > :04:27.bigger side of it. She will be able to have support in other foot --
:04:27. > :04:32.other forms through pregnancy and into old age. We have to make sure
:04:32. > :04:37.that patient safety is paramount. Should -- lessons have to be learnt
:04:37. > :04:41.across the board. If mistakes that this can happen in such a leading
:04:41. > :04:44.institution, it can happen anywhere. The family have just got back from
:04:44. > :04:47.holiday. Next week, Sophie returns to school to finish her A-levels.
:04:47. > :04:50.She's determined not to miss out on life despite the mistake that's
:04:50. > :04:53.cost her so much. Royal Mail has apologised to its
:04:53. > :04:56.customers in Wales after figures between April and June of this year
:04:56. > :04:58.show it missed first class delivery targets in more than half of the
:04:58. > :05:01.country's postcode areas. Llandrindod Wells, Newport, Deeside
:05:01. > :05:04.and North West Wales postcodes all fell short of the 91.5% target for
:05:04. > :05:06.next day delivery of first class mail. The company has blamed a
:05:06. > :05:09.major modernisation programme, but says figures for the summer show
:05:09. > :05:19.improvements have been made. Kate Scott-Williams has been to Royal
:05:19. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:30.Mail's sorting office in Cardiff. This is the largest sorting office
:05:30. > :05:40.in Wales. One fined 5 million pieces of post go through here
:05:40. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:49.every day. -- 1.5. The director for delivery here is Mr Ian Edwards.
:05:49. > :05:54.This is obviously a bad service for customers. I would like to
:05:54. > :06:02.apologise to all our customers. We have failed to meet their
:06:02. > :06:07.expectations. But we are very disappointed because we work very
:06:07. > :06:13.hard to meet the expectation. The what reasons can you give? Why have
:06:13. > :06:17.the targets been missed? We are currently going through a major
:06:17. > :06:21.modernisation programme that affects every facet of what our
:06:21. > :06:28.people do from the time they get into work, the equipment they use
:06:28. > :06:33.and the methods they used to deliver the mail. We are working
:06:33. > :06:37.hard to bed that in as quickly as we can to avoid disruption.
:06:37. > :06:40.Consumer focus Wales today has said that the modernisation programme
:06:40. > :06:49.started in April last year and that these problems should have been
:06:49. > :06:53.dealt with. Last year's service was disrupted significantly by the
:06:53. > :06:57.weather and the ash cloud and the other factor is that the
:06:57. > :07:05.modernisation programme is not a short process. It is a three-year
:07:05. > :07:11.programme about effects everywhere in the country. -- that affects.
:07:11. > :07:17.Thank you very much. While male say the improvements have already been
:07:17. > :07:21.made and many of us will be looking closely to see if that is the case.
:07:21. > :07:26.-- Royal Mail. For the last 10 years, Niz Mhani
:07:26. > :07:29.has lived and worked in Cardiff as a dentist. But the uprising in his
:07:29. > :07:31.native Libya has seen him return home and become one of the leading
:07:31. > :07:35.lights in the rebel campaign. The 30-year-old has suffered death
:07:35. > :07:38.threats and seen members of his family killed, but he says he felt
:07:38. > :07:41.compelled to leave the comfort of his life in Wales to join the fight
:07:41. > :07:43.against Colonel Gaddafi. Niz Mhani, seen here in the grey T-
:07:43. > :07:48.shirt, distributing food aid to freedom fighters and refugees in
:07:48. > :07:52.Tripoli yesterday. Today he was in the city's Martyrs square,
:07:52. > :07:55.celebrating Eid, but Niz is more at home in Cardiff than Libya. The 30-
:07:55. > :07:59.year-old has spent the last 10 years in the Welsh capital,
:07:59. > :08:02.latterly working as an oral surgeon in the University Hospital of Wales.
:08:02. > :08:12.But seven months ago, as the Arab Spring spread to his homeland, he
:08:12. > :08:16.decided he needed to be part of the freedom movement. I had a real urge
:08:16. > :08:24.to be a part of my country's history and that is why I came back.
:08:25. > :08:30.We lost our workers and. He was shot and killed by security forces.
:08:30. > :08:36.But the sense of history and urgency and need to change things
:08:36. > :08:39.in Libya is overwhelming. became a real thorn in the side of
:08:39. > :08:42.the Gaddaffi regime, carrying out very public acts of defiance. Along
:08:42. > :08:45.with a cousin and two close friends, they formed the Free Generation
:08:45. > :08:47.Movement. They flew their flag in the skies above Tripoli and posted
:08:48. > :08:50.their actions on YouTube for the world to see. They staged
:08:50. > :08:53.demonstrations and even hacked into Libyan government computers, hi-
:08:54. > :08:56.jacking a satellite system. When Niz was interviewed anonymously two
:08:56. > :09:06.months ago, he said spreading their message and recruiting followers
:09:06. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:12.was always a risky business. It is about overcoming the hurdle of fear.
:09:12. > :09:17.We know it is hard to find people you can trust but we have to grasp
:09:17. > :09:21.the element of blind faith and trust are the people in order to
:09:21. > :09:24.make this a more integrated approach to activism. Niz was
:09:24. > :09:27.denounced on Libyan state television as a rat to be found and
:09:27. > :09:30.hanged. But now, seven months on, this former Cardiff surgeon turned
:09:30. > :09:40.freedom fighter believes his country has a brighter future.
:09:40. > :09:49.Still to come. Warren Gatland heads home to New
:09:49. > :09:52.Zealand for the World Cup. In the past year, report after
:09:52. > :09:54.report has found that schools in Wales aren't up to scratch. The
:09:54. > :09:56.Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, said the system was
:09:56. > :10:02.failing. Criticism came after international tests found our
:10:02. > :10:04.school children were behind much of the rest of the world. In those
:10:04. > :10:06.same tests, Finland consistently comes out top. Tonight, in the
:10:06. > :10:09.first of a two-part series, our education correspondent, Ciaran
:10:09. > :10:19.Jenkins, is in the capital Helsinki to see what lessons Wales might
:10:19. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:29.learn. Happy Helsinki children. From age
:10:29. > :10:34.three to seven at they are here to enjoy themselves. Three years ago,
:10:34. > :10:38.a similar idea was introduced in Wales. Ali and its children
:10:38. > :10:47.learning through play. But in Finland, they have been doing it
:10:47. > :10:52.for over a century and it has brought amazing results.
:10:52. > :11:00.educational system has some features that make it very
:11:00. > :11:04.remarkable. So what can Wales learned from Finland's education
:11:04. > :11:09.Medical? From the moment children start proper classes aged seven,
:11:09. > :11:16.they are taught to be independent. It is an active curriculum and it
:11:16. > :11:24.is the child in the driving seat. think one of the things that mainly
:11:24. > :11:32.is not very common in other countries is that when the teachers
:11:32. > :11:41.check what children have done, they don't do the marking themselves.
:11:41. > :11:46.The pupils to it themselves. Finland is famous for its results
:11:46. > :11:50.and the international tests. 15- year-old like these are among the
:11:50. > :11:56.brightest in the world. They are on average a year and a half more
:11:56. > :12:02.advanced than pupils of the same age in Wales. I study languages
:12:03. > :12:12.like German and French and English and Swedish. Then I study finish of
:12:13. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:19.course. How many languages to speak? 3. That is quite impressive.
:12:19. > :12:23.At this primary school, it is lunchtime and even this has a part
:12:23. > :12:29.to play in Finland's education success. As you can see, all the
:12:29. > :12:34.children take their food and we have a three -- a free lunch in
:12:34. > :12:39.every school in Finland. The one of the distinctive things about
:12:39. > :12:44.schools in Finland is that every child is treated the same. I think
:12:44. > :12:49.it is very important. We also have special support if somebody needs
:12:49. > :12:52.it but generally, the school system is very equal. At as the concern
:12:52. > :12:57.over standards grows in Wales, we are placing our teachers and
:12:57. > :13:03.schools under ever more scrutiny. Here in Finland, nobody is really
:13:03. > :13:08.checking how the teacher is doing. The system depends on her doing her
:13:08. > :13:13.job. Finnish society values education. People believe there is
:13:13. > :13:17.no need for the government to intervene. There are no school-
:13:17. > :13:25.leaving exams and no school inspections. What if Wales were to
:13:25. > :13:35.try a similar approach? You can't create trust overnight. You must
:13:35. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:41.work hard for it. People must see good result medication and then
:13:41. > :13:47.they begin to trust. If Finland's education miracle can teach us
:13:47. > :13:49.anything, it is that our schools reflect our society. Turning both
:13:49. > :13:51.around will be a long and difficult task.
:13:51. > :13:54.Professor David Reynolds is a senior education adviser to the
:13:54. > :14:03.Welsh Government. Lots of questions raised there. First of all, no end
:14:03. > :14:07.of school exams. How do they measure success? Like they do in
:14:07. > :14:10.America way you have continuous assessment and you have grades in
:14:10. > :14:15.the different subjects. If you are going to college or university, the
:14:15. > :14:18.college would look at your grades and the system would trust the
:14:18. > :14:24.schools that the standards are the same for the different teachers in
:14:24. > :14:30.different schools. Here, there is so much emphasis placed on those
:14:30. > :14:35.exam results. Is it the system we should be switching to? I don't
:14:35. > :14:41.know because historically, if you look at Finland, they did similar
:14:41. > :14:46.things to what we do now. They had an inspection system and they had a
:14:46. > :14:49.national curriculum. But they did these things to make themselves
:14:49. > :14:54.better like we are trying to do. It would be a mistake probably to get
:14:54. > :15:01.rid of what we're doing to go their way to quickly because if you have
:15:01. > :15:06.Trust broken down between a society and its schools, we need to shine
:15:06. > :15:09.light on the system to find our best people and to benchmark
:15:09. > :15:13.against them and find our less good people and do something about them.
:15:13. > :15:21.We are a very different country so can we really aspire to that kind
:15:21. > :15:26.of model? They are so different. They are middle-class society and
:15:26. > :15:31.they do not have much disadvantage. But in the long term, one would
:15:32. > :15:35.aspire to take in the system and take off some of the pressure of
:15:35. > :15:44.schools. But the system has to get itself right before the pressure
:15:44. > :15:47.comes off. The pressure comes off On tomorrow night's programme, as
:15:47. > :15:50.part of their week-long Learning Lessons series, BBC Radio Wales
:15:50. > :16:00.will be speaking to Professor David Reynolds about how the decline in
:16:00. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:04.Welsh education can be reversed. That's at 7:00pm tomorrow.
:16:04. > :16:08.Sir Tom Jones has left hospital in Monte Carlo after being admitted at
:16:08. > :16:15.the weekend with severe dehydration. The 71-year-old had to cancel his
:16:15. > :16:17.concert in the city. His spokesman said Sir Tom is in very good health
:16:17. > :16:20.and thanked people for their messages and concern.
:16:20. > :16:23.HMS Dragon, the latest warship to be affiliated with Cardiff, has
:16:23. > :16:26.arrived at her home port of Portsmouth. She replaces the last
:16:26. > :16:31.ship to be twinned with the city, HMS Cardiff, which was
:16:31. > :16:38.decommissioned six years ago. The warship is one of six new Type 45
:16:38. > :16:40.destroyers to be built for the Royal Navy.'s New, larger coaches
:16:40. > :16:44.are causing problems in Conwy because they're struggling to fit
:16:45. > :16:48.through the town's medieval walls. Traders say something needs to be
:16:48. > :16:58.done before the town starts to miss out on vital tourism business.
:16:58. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:07.Chris Dearden reports. Another tight squeeze. Conwy's 13th
:17:07. > :17:10.century town walls mean that the ways in and out are through arches
:17:10. > :17:16.like this. Coaches have been getting bigger but the arches have
:17:16. > :17:22.not. For the visiting coaches, they are unfamiliar with the area. Some
:17:23. > :17:28.of the Archers are not square to the road. Of course, drivers
:17:28. > :17:32.nowadays are very concerned about the vehicles. They are larger and
:17:32. > :17:37.more expensive. Even the most experienced drivers get through
:17:37. > :17:40.with very little to spare. This is one of the hardest to negotiate but
:17:41. > :17:45.coaches have to go through it to get to the coach park. Some people
:17:45. > :17:50.in Conwy while worried it will put tour companies off coming
:17:50. > :17:53.altogether. We are dependent on the coach drivers being happy to come
:17:54. > :17:58.to the town. If the coach drivers are not happy, if they think they
:17:58. > :18:01.will get stuck, they will go somewhere else. For the moment,
:18:01. > :18:06.they are still coming. The local authority says it is already
:18:06. > :18:11.working with the coach companies to find a solution. I think we do need
:18:11. > :18:17.to take a fresh look at what is available. Can we provide sites for
:18:17. > :18:21.the coaches to drop off and then park outside of town? Whatever
:18:21. > :18:25.happens, everyone agrees it is not going to be easy. There are plenty
:18:25. > :18:28.more discussions to take place in the weeks to come. No such travel
:18:28. > :18:30.problems for the Welsh rugby team today. Here's Claire with tonight's
:18:30. > :18:34.sport. Good evening. Wales are on their
:18:34. > :18:37.way to New Zealand, to play in the Rugby World Cup. The 30 man squad
:18:37. > :18:40.are in the air and after a stop over, they should arrive in
:18:40. > :18:43.Wellington on Friday. Wales Coach, Warren Gatland said today they know
:18:43. > :18:53.it's going to be tough but are feeling confident about the next
:18:53. > :18:56.few weeks. He also said he's very close to knowing his starting 15.
:18:56. > :19:00.There was just time for a last- minute check that nothing had been
:19:00. > :19:03.forgotten and with the bags packed and the coach ready, all that was
:19:03. > :19:08.left to do was grabbed a final farewell and a cuddle with loved
:19:09. > :19:13.ones. If things go well, the players could be away for six weeks
:19:13. > :19:18.and they seemed in buoyant mood for the final squad photograph. They
:19:18. > :19:22.should arrive in New Zealand by Friday. It has been a tough road to
:19:22. > :19:29.make the squad and this morning, the coach said he has a good idea
:19:29. > :19:37.of who will start in the first match. We are probably very secure
:19:37. > :19:41.about a number of positions. But we are not too far away it with what
:19:41. > :19:45.we have in our mind of the starting 15 for South Africa. The itinerary
:19:46. > :19:55.for the next month looks like this. The first Test is a week's Sunday.
:19:56. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:06.It is South Africa in Wellington. A design evening kick-off, an early-
:20:06. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:14.The previous six World Cups have been pretty much a mixed bag for
:20:14. > :20:21.Wales. They have reached two quarter-finals and one semi-final,
:20:21. > :20:28.that was back in the first year in 1987. What the squad of 2011 can
:20:28. > :20:31.now achieve, we are about to find out. While the Wales squad head out
:20:31. > :20:34.to New Zealand, one man left behind Gavin Henson doesn't look like re-
:20:34. > :20:37.joining his former side, the Ospreys. Director of Coaching,
:20:37. > :20:47.Scott Johnson met with him last week at Henson's request, but says
:20:47. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:55.he wants players who are focussed on rugby. Gavin is a talented kid.
:20:55. > :21:01.We are trying to get rugby focused players. He has plenty of external
:21:01. > :21:05.issues. There's little more than four hours left for deals to be
:21:06. > :21:09.done on football's transfer deadline day. And it seems Wales
:21:09. > :21:12.striker Craig Bellamy could be on the verge of a dramatic return to
:21:12. > :21:16.Liverpool. He's reported to have left the Wales camp this afternoon
:21:16. > :21:19.to have a medical with the Reds. The Manchester City player has also
:21:19. > :21:21.been linked with QPR, Stoke and Spurs.
:21:21. > :21:24.Elsewhere, Cardiff have signed Coventry defender Ben Turner, while
:21:24. > :21:27.Swansea are closing in on a deal to bring Fulham's Algerian defender
:21:27. > :21:32.Rafik Halliche to the Liberty Stadium.
:21:32. > :21:35.Golf and Wales will host the Senior Open Championship in 2014. The
:21:35. > :21:38.likes of Ian Woosnam and Greg Norman are set to play at Royal
:21:38. > :21:48.Porthcawl, which will be become the 12th course to host the prestigious
:21:48. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:59.senior tournament. Cricket and Glamorgan looked like
:21:59. > :21:59.
:21:59. > :22:02.posting a reasonable first-innings And just a reminder, Welsh 400
:22:02. > :22:05.metre hurdler Dai Greene goes for gold in the final at the World
:22:05. > :22:12.Championships tomorrow. The race is scheduled for tomorrow lunchtime,
:22:12. > :22:15.1:30pm our time. Of course we'll be keeping our fingers crossed.
:22:15. > :22:21.The search is on for someone to become caretaker of a 120 foot high
:22:21. > :22:24.Victorian chimney in the middle of Wrexham. It was bought from a
:22:24. > :22:28.brewery by the former MP and Assembly Member John Marek 21 years
:22:28. > :22:35.ago, but he now wants to give it away to someone who'll look after
:22:35. > :22:37.it. Matthew Richards has the story. Built in 1894 as part of the Soames
:22:37. > :22:42.brewery using distinctive red Ruabon brick, the chimney is a
:22:42. > :22:44.familiar part of Wrexham's skyline. Now one of the last remnants of
:22:44. > :22:48.Wrexham's once thriving brewing industry, it was threatened with
:22:48. > :22:58.demolition in 1990 so the local MP at the time offered to buy it for a
:22:58. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:04.pound. But now he feels it's time to hand over the keys. You will
:23:04. > :23:08.need someone interested in heritage. You could form a trust. You could
:23:08. > :23:13.then ask for money and I am sure that the public in Wrexham would
:23:13. > :23:17.contribute. This could all be done but my time is up. It is for
:23:17. > :23:22.someone else to start this. Marek says if Wrexham Council don't
:23:22. > :23:29.want it he'll give it to anyone who wants it for nothing. Though they
:23:29. > :23:35.might have to pay insurance and maintenance costs. Would you want
:23:35. > :23:39.it? I would not know what to do with it. I think Wrexham council
:23:39. > :23:44.should take it all the Assembly Government should take it. It is
:23:44. > :23:54.part of Wrexham added is an important part. They need a red
:23:54. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:06.dragon up on the top and lighted up. Not a bad idea. If you did that --
:24:06. > :24:16.if you owned it, you could do that. No takers yet then for a long
:24:16. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:22.Time now for the weather forecast. It has been a mixed summer.
:24:22. > :24:29.According to the Met Office, this summer has been the Corus across
:24:29. > :24:37.the UK for 18 years. There are already signs of autumn. Take a
:24:37. > :24:42.look at these trees. These are all stressed that trees. -- horse
:24:42. > :24:46.chestnut. It is a similar picture up-and-down the country. Some of
:24:46. > :24:52.you have had to put the heating on. Temperatures this summer have been
:24:52. > :25:02.below average but this may come as a surprise, sunshine, we have had
:25:02. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :25:21.slightly more than usual. Rainfall has been on target. There
:25:21. > :25:29.will be variations across the country, from place to place. This
:25:29. > :25:34.summer could turn out to be the driest and the sunniest since 2006.
:25:34. > :25:40.Looking ahead, tomorrow is the first day of August -- autumn and
:25:40. > :25:45.it is going to get a little warmer over the next few days. Tonight,
:25:45. > :25:51.the dry weather is set to continue. Cloud across the country. But where
:25:51. > :25:58.it does clear, it will turn chilly. Last night, temperatures in parts
:25:58. > :26:03.of mid-Wales dipped as low as four Celsius. Tomorrow's chart shows
:26:03. > :26:06.high pressure close to Britain. Low-pressure near Iceland, that is
:26:06. > :26:11.the remnants of Hurricane Irene, and that will bring us some rain
:26:11. > :26:16.over the weekend. Tomorrow, drive across the country. There will be
:26:16. > :26:23.some cloud. Some breaks as well. It will brighten up in places. Some
:26:23. > :26:30.sunshine. It will be warmer than today. Top temperatures 21 Celsius.
:26:30. > :26:40.It will feel quite pleasant in the afternoon. Across Neath Port Talbot
:26:40. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:51.tomorrow, a nice day. Temperatures The outlook, more warm-weather on
:26:51. > :26:57.Friday. Then over the weekend, some rain and showers. Some sunshine as
:26:57. > :27:01.well and then to Nick -- turning fresher on Sunday. It has not been
:27:01. > :27:05.a great summer but the first few days of autumn will bring us some
:27:05. > :27:12.warmer weather and you never know, we may have an Indian summer. You
:27:12. > :27:15.have to be optimistic! A reminder of the main headline
:27:15. > :27:18.tonight. A hospital has apologised to a teenager from Risca, near
:27:18. > :27:21.Newport, three years after she was paralysed from the waist down
:27:21. > :27:25.following an operation. Sophie Tyler was 14 when she travelled to
:27:25. > :27:28.Birmingham Children's Hospital for surgery to remove gallstones. An