:00:10. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales today. Our top story: a scam is exposed, offerings
:00:13. > :00:22.overseas students the chance to cheat their way to degrees
:00:22. > :00:27.validated by the University of Wales. It is clearly trying to
:00:27. > :00:29.create and exploit a loophole in the immigration system. Tonight,
:00:29. > :00:39.five of Wales' largest universities have demanded that the University
:00:39. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:50.Our other headlines: teachers go on strike over pensions. Thousands of
:00:50. > :00:53.children get a day off school. Waste usually goes up in smoke.
:00:53. > :00:58.Tonight, Anglesey's plans to build a power station that helps produce
:00:58. > :01:03.food. Eirian Jones feeding his chickens,
:01:03. > :01:08.one of more than 60,000 people in Wales diagnosed with diabetes. Are
:01:08. > :01:12.we heading for an epidemic? And so often the scourge of Welsh
:01:12. > :01:21.rugby, Ronan O'Gara is named in the Ireland team for the World Cup
:01:21. > :01:24.Good evening. The UK Border Agency is investigating after BBC Wales
:01:24. > :01:27.exposed a scam in which overseas students are offered the chance to
:01:28. > :01:37.cheat their way to get a UK visa and degrees validated by the
:01:37. > :01:40.University of Wales. Special two- year work permits for graduates are
:01:40. > :01:44.being phased out in April, and foreign students are being tempted
:01:44. > :01:54.by offers to fraudulently obtain degrees before that deadline. The
:01:54. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:01.University has referred the matter to the police.
:02:01. > :02:07.London, a magnet for overseas students. It is a multi-million
:02:07. > :02:12.pound business and Wales has a stake. Private colleges offering
:02:12. > :02:19.University of Wales courses. The price for graduates is a highly
:02:19. > :02:23.sought after two year work permit. But they are being scrapped.
:02:23. > :02:28.There is another way to a University of Wales degree and at
:02:28. > :02:33.eight these are. It does not take a lot of hard work just hard cash and
:02:33. > :02:37.a willingness to cheat. This is the registrar at a college
:02:37. > :02:47.in London which offers University of Wales courses in business. He
:02:47. > :02:55.
:02:55. > :03:03.also runs an exam board. He is offering 15 months of study for
:03:03. > :03:08.under a week. We will give you the questions and
:03:08. > :03:13.answers and you can bring the books and just write everything the same.
:03:13. > :03:23.We put the system to test. In another private college, electoral
:03:23. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:37.is helping students to cheat. He We paid our findings to the
:03:37. > :03:42.immigration minister. That is fraught. It is clearly
:03:42. > :03:50.trying to create and exploit a loophole in the immigration system.
:03:50. > :03:55.We are aware of the investigations. If people are committing these
:03:55. > :04:01.scams, they should be worried because we are after them.
:04:01. > :04:07.Last year, BBC Wales revealed a pop star with two bogus degrees was
:04:07. > :04:14.running a university of Wales BABA course in Malaysia. These
:04:14. > :04:24.revelations increased the pressure on the university. They have now
:04:24. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:31.said they will stop validating overseas degrees.
:04:31. > :04:36.This is a new kind of circumvention, a scam. It is something that
:04:36. > :04:40.concerns the University greatly. The University of Wales says it has
:04:40. > :04:47.referred the allegations to the police and the UK Border Agency and
:04:47. > :04:57.that it would be inappropriate to comment further. This college has
:04:57. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:08.said it wants to do so Associated Self from any alleged wrongdoing.
:05:08. > :05:11.We have some breaking news on this story.
:05:11. > :05:13.And the last hour, five of Wales' largest universities, Cardiff,
:05:13. > :05:16.Swansea, Aberystwyth, Glamorgan and Bangor, have demanded that the
:05:16. > :05:20.University of Wales brand should be scrapped altogether following the
:05:20. > :05:30.BBC's investigation. We talked rather Welsh Affairs Editor. What
:05:30. > :05:34.is the significance of this? It is enormously significant. What
:05:34. > :05:38.we are witnessing in the past hour this perhaps the final nail in the
:05:38. > :05:44.coffin of the University of Wales. What that means for the people of
:05:44. > :05:50.Wales is perhaps the loss of a national institution. This has been
:05:50. > :05:55.the university for the people of Wales since 1893. It is a national
:05:55. > :05:59.institution. Prince Charles is the Chancellor of this institution. The
:05:59. > :06:05.fact that the five biggest universities in Wales have gang of
:06:05. > :06:09.up on the university in this way is tremendously significant. These
:06:09. > :06:16.universities were part of the University of Wales for more than
:06:16. > :06:19.the last five years with the exception of Glamorgan. Now they
:06:19. > :06:23.are saying the whole of the University of Wales should be
:06:23. > :06:26.disbanded and light of what we have revealed today.
:06:27. > :06:33.Is that it? What future now for the University
:06:33. > :06:37.of Wales as a brand and as an institution?
:06:37. > :06:42.Passport to the Chancellor, who said they would go on as the
:06:42. > :06:47.University of Wales. He was adamant that they would go on as the
:06:47. > :06:52.University of Wales although they would only be based in a few sites.
:06:52. > :06:58.Clearly, Wales's biggest universities are having none of
:06:58. > :07:03.that. They will say there will be considerable confusion on the world
:07:03. > :07:08.market. Can a university still call itself a university for the whole
:07:08. > :07:16.of Wales when it is only based in the rest of Wales?
:07:16. > :07:20.And what reaction has there been? A brief reaction from the new vice
:07:20. > :07:26.chancellor of the University of Wales. He says the university is
:07:26. > :07:30.going through transformational change at the moment. He says be
:07:30. > :07:39.transformed university will be built on the highest standards of
:07:39. > :07:45.governance with uncompromising regards to standards. He seems to
:07:45. > :07:48.think the university will go on but the other five universities do not.
:07:48. > :07:53.You can see more on this investigation on week in week out,
:07:53. > :07:57.tonight at 8:30pm on BBC One Wales. Teachers could be out on strike up
:07:57. > :08:00.to once every half-term for the next year. That is the warning
:08:00. > :08:02.today from schools as more than 300 with either fully or partially
:08:02. > :08:07.closed today because of strike action by the Welsh teaching union
:08:07. > :08:17.UCAC. They are protesting against the UK government's plans to cut
:08:17. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:28.pensions. In June, the NUT. Today, another
:08:28. > :08:32.union's members due to the picket lines. They say they have not
:08:32. > :08:37.balloted for strike action for 25 years and this decision was not
:08:37. > :08:41.taken lightly. Nothing has come from the
:08:41. > :08:46.government for the past three months. We would have liked to have
:08:46. > :08:51.seen or heard about the changes before now.
:08:51. > :08:59.It is one of the smallest unions in the UK with around 5,000 members.
:08:59. > :09:04.In Wales today, action by the union affected more than 300 schools.
:09:04. > :09:10.We have sympathy for the parents and pupils this will affect. But we
:09:10. > :09:15.have concerns about the future of the profession. About recruitment
:09:15. > :09:21.retention of teachers in the future of these changes go ahead.
:09:21. > :09:25.At the school, 22 members of staff far end -- are in the Union. The
:09:25. > :09:30.school had to close. The head says he is confident today will not have
:09:30. > :09:38.a lasting effect on the children's education but he is concerned about
:09:38. > :09:42.what could follow. This process of striking and
:09:42. > :09:47.concern over the pensions will continue, there could be a series
:09:47. > :09:51.of long-term strikes affecting the schools. This might happen every
:09:51. > :09:55.half-term for the rest of the year which would be a problem.
:09:55. > :10:00.In Swansea, families who we spoke to were sympathetic although some
:10:00. > :10:04.said that would where Ben have more strikes went ahead.
:10:04. > :10:10.A at least they are trying to do something about it. Lot of other
:10:10. > :10:15.places are not. At my work, we are not in the position to strike. We
:10:15. > :10:23.have to lie down and accept it. If you ask me in a couple of weeks,
:10:23. > :10:28.I would, but today, I agree. I have a -- I am lucky to be of work today.
:10:28. > :10:32.They have my sympathy because it is only fair they do not lower the
:10:32. > :10:37.pension. Pay and pensions are not devolved
:10:37. > :10:42.issues. A spokesman for the Government said today's action was
:10:42. > :10:46.disappointing. He said that discussions were still going on and
:10:46. > :10:49.the unions had to contribute to on going engagement.
:10:49. > :10:52.The first Welsh language commissioner has been appointed.
:10:52. > :10:55.Meri Huws, the current share woman of the Welsh Language Board, will
:10:55. > :10:58.have enforcement powers to protect the rights of Welsh speakers to get
:10:58. > :11:01.services in Welsh. Salads and fish produced with waste
:11:01. > :11:04.energy from a wood fired power station. It seems far-fetched but
:11:04. > :11:08.that is the vision unveiled today for the former Anglesey aluminium
:11:08. > :11:11.site near Holyhead. The preferred bidder to take over the site says
:11:11. > :11:13.it can create at least 400 jobs, replacing the number lost when
:11:13. > :11:23.aluminium production stopped two years ago. Our environment
:11:23. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:28.I am standing inside one of the old set.
:11:28. > :11:32.It does seem far-fetched but the kind of technology they are talking
:11:32. > :11:35.about is nothing new in other parts of the world. These are the old
:11:35. > :11:45.furnaces but just imagine this building stripped out and full of
:11:45. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:07.The crucial aspect is the excess heat generated from the power
:12:07. > :12:10.
:12:10. > :12:18.station. This is being described as a virtuous circle. This is a
:12:18. > :12:24.massive site, 135 acres, up for grabs since production halted two
:12:24. > :12:29.years ago. Nearly 400 people lost their jobs then. Two years later,
:12:29. > :12:35.worked to decommission the plant is on going. The company has said all
:12:35. > :12:45.along they want to leave a positive legacy. There is still some better
:12:45. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:56.-- bitterness on the island. There is already permission to build the
:12:56. > :13:01.biomass power station. From that, electricity will go to the bread.
:13:01. > :13:11.But excess heat, water and carbon dioxide will also go to a height
:13:11. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:22.upon its unit, producing food and vegetables. -- hydroponics. The
:13:22. > :13:27.water will be filtered and recycled. It is a cascading system of energy.
:13:27. > :13:32.You take the original burning of the biomass to produce electricity
:13:32. > :13:39.but the residual heat can warm the water. At warm water and warm
:13:40. > :13:48.they're used in the cooling systems can be used for the acquire
:13:49. > :13:53.environment and the plant growing environment. None of the technology
:13:53. > :14:03.is new. This is the Netherlands where this type of salad production
:14:03. > :14:05.
:14:06. > :14:12.is well established. Here, tomatoes grow without any soil in sight.
:14:12. > :14:21.Bringing all of this together on one side is unusual. This will cost
:14:21. > :14:27.a lot of money. It will. Is there funding? Yes, it is estimated that
:14:27. > :14:34.�750 million. The advantage we have is the technology on the power side.
:14:34. > :14:39.We do not have to raise all of the funding. There will have to be a
:14:39. > :14:47.lot more lateral thinking if we are to compete in this century. This is
:14:47. > :14:55.so different but also so simple, it is a virtuous circle.
:14:55. > :14:58.The people behind the company are optimistic as well. Two years ago,
:14:58. > :15:03.aluminium workers made their feelings clear when production at
:15:03. > :15:13.this site ended. The plans announced today are ambitious. It
:15:13. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:26.Albert Owen is the local MP. I was very disappointed when Anglesey
:15:26. > :15:31.Aluminium closed but this is an innovative idea. It uses the waste
:15:31. > :15:35.from the electricity. 400 jobs cannot be scoffed at in any area
:15:35. > :15:40.that really needs jobs. We need opportunities for the unpeople for
:15:40. > :15:45.the future. There was talk this could be an energy park. Has that
:15:45. > :15:51.died a death? We need to look at everything but this is an important
:15:51. > :15:55.first step. It does fit in well with the energy Ireland concept.
:15:55. > :16:00.There is an opportunity here to central the ideas and frame of mind
:16:00. > :16:08.on business on Anglesey and to make it a centre of excellence. What
:16:08. > :16:13.about the plant itself? 80 % of the wood would have to be imported.
:16:13. > :16:17.think it would have to be phased in. But we need to look at sourcing it
:16:17. > :16:21.from all areas. It's important to have employment opportunities,
:16:21. > :16:28.quality jobs and these jobs can fit that bill and then we can move
:16:28. > :16:38.forward. This is positive news for North West Wales. And there has
:16:38. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:43.been another big boost further down the coast. Mostyn Port in
:16:43. > :16:46.Flintshire has been chosen as the long term maintenance base for one
:16:46. > :16:48.of the largest offshore windfarms in Europe. A hundred jobs will be
:16:48. > :16:51.created by the �50 million deal. Matthew Richards reports.
:16:51. > :16:53.For the past eight years, Mostyn Port has supported the creation and
:16:53. > :16:57.maintenance of two offshore windfarms with around 30 turbines
:16:57. > :17:00.each. The two billion euro Gwynt y Mor project will dwarf them both
:17:00. > :17:10.with 160 turbines producing enough power to provide electricity for
:17:10. > :17:13.400,000 homes. The company building it says Mostyn is a perfect partner.
:17:13. > :17:18.One of the things that is important to was given that we are now
:17:18. > :17:23.building such a big project is the space to set up a full and bespoke,
:17:23. > :17:29.if you like, operations facility and has that space. Equally as
:17:29. > :17:34.important as that is having access to the support and facilities of
:17:34. > :17:37.the port itself. 100 new jobs will be created at the port to help with
:17:37. > :17:39.construction and delivery of the massive components. It's a major
:17:39. > :17:45.expansion which means Mostyn can focus almost exclusively on
:17:45. > :17:49.windfarm projects. We took the decision that we would concentrate
:17:49. > :17:53.on offshore renewables for the future and we don't do a lot of
:17:53. > :17:56.other cargoes because we cannot do everything. We tend now to
:17:56. > :18:03.specialise in offshore. The spin- off benefits for local electricians
:18:03. > :18:07.like Barry Kenny are also enormous. It will be a massive difference
:18:07. > :18:13.because at the moment we have got a contract to in the flats and North
:18:13. > :18:16.oil. This is 160 so we will be looking at extra manpower. Offshore
:18:16. > :18:22.construction will begin shortly and Gwynt y Mor will be fully
:18:22. > :18:26.operational by 2014. The weather today is a Foley windy and it is an
:18:26. > :18:29.element that is increasingly being harnessed off the coast of North
:18:29. > :18:39.Wales. The announcement means the board will now be as responsible
:18:39. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:45.for keeping the wind farms turning as the wind itself.
:18:45. > :18:48.We know that project will start next year. The status here in
:18:48. > :18:52.Anglesey Aluminium is that the company is still a preferred bidder
:18:53. > :18:57.but there will be questions about the plant and sustainable wood and
:18:57. > :19:02.where it comes from and whether that ties in with the costs of
:19:02. > :19:12.running a place like this should the planned start to be ratified
:19:12. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:16.next year. We will see what happens by 2014.
:19:16. > :19:19.Wales is facing a Type 2 diabetes epidemic. That's the stark warning
:19:19. > :19:21.tonight from a charity. More than 160,000 people in Wales suffer from
:19:21. > :19:25.the condition, which can cause strokes, heart disease and kidney
:19:25. > :19:34.failure. So what can be done to stem the growing tide? Here's our
:19:34. > :19:38.health correspondent, Arwyn Jones. Mr Jones is one of 7,000 people in
:19:38. > :19:43.Wales diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year. It has meant
:19:43. > :19:47.big changes to his diet. He has cut out cakes and biscuits and eats a
:19:47. > :19:51.lot more fruit and vegetables. was eating far too many sweet
:19:51. > :19:59.things. Looking back on it, I could certainly have taken a lot more
:19:59. > :20:04.steps to reduce my development into type 2 diabetes. Now that the
:20:04. > :20:09.number of sufferers in Wales has topped 160,000, there are calls for
:20:09. > :20:18.action. The Welsh government needs as a masseur of urgency Eyke
:20:18. > :20:22.awareness campaign. -- as a matter of urgency and awareness campaign.
:20:22. > :20:29.They can manage it with things like swine flu so why can't they manage
:20:29. > :20:34.it with an epidemic that is already upon us. This was the Welsh
:20:34. > :20:38.government's answer. Television campaigns urging us all to eat a
:20:38. > :20:42.healthy diet and do more exercise, both known to reduce the likelihood
:20:42. > :20:46.of developing diabetes. They have also set up an expert group to see
:20:46. > :20:50.if there is more that needs to be done. In Ebbw Vale, they have the
:20:50. > :20:55.highest percentage of people with diabetes in Wales so any awareness
:20:55. > :20:59.campaign needs to get through to people in places like this. So how
:20:59. > :21:05.successful has the Welsh government's campaign been here?
:21:05. > :21:12.is quite surprising. I would like to learn more about it.
:21:12. > :21:16.healthier your body is, the better. The main thing is too much drinking
:21:16. > :21:23.and too much sugar. So what is causing the continued increase in
:21:23. > :21:27.diabetes numbers in Wales? One of the problem at the moment is this
:21:27. > :21:32.concept of calorie pollution. On a more positive note, I think we are
:21:32. > :21:37.far better at identifying diabetes. The family have now change their
:21:37. > :21:41.diets but the warning is clear. Unless more people followed their
:21:41. > :21:45.example, more of us could develop diabetes, which can be a very
:21:45. > :21:47.damaging condition. Tomorrow we have the latest on our
:21:47. > :21:50.reporter Nick Palit's quest to reverse his diabetes through diet
:21:50. > :21:53.and exercise. He'll also be looking at how people of south Asian origin
:21:53. > :21:56.are far more likely to develop the disease.
:21:56. > :22:00.To New Zealand and Wales' quarter- final opponents Ireland have named
:22:00. > :22:05.their team for Saturday's match. Ronan O'Gara, so often a thorn in
:22:05. > :22:08.Welsh sides, will start at fly-half in an unchanged team. Wales unveil
:22:08. > :22:18.their 15 tomorrow, with a fully-fit squad to choose from. From
:22:18. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:27.Wellington, Ashleigh Crowter. Wales's toughest opponent today was
:22:27. > :22:32.the Wellington weather. But there was a sight to warm the hearts of
:22:32. > :22:39.all Welsh fans. James Hook, Dan Lydiate and Shane Williams all
:22:39. > :22:42.involved in chaining. -- training. Warren Gatland should have a full
:22:42. > :22:48.squad to choose from. Wales must beat Ireland or the World Cup is
:22:48. > :22:50.over but that has been the case for the past few weeks. We were playing
:22:51. > :22:55.knockout rugby as soon as we lost that first game so that has stood
:22:55. > :23:00.us in good stead. It is all-or- nothing on Saturday and hopefully
:23:00. > :23:03.that will take us over the line. Compared to Ireland's training
:23:03. > :23:07.session this morning, there are far fewer cameras and journalists to
:23:07. > :23:13.watch Wales, an indication that people in New Zealand C Wales as
:23:13. > :23:17.underdogs. Ireland have attracted quite a following here, beating
:23:17. > :23:22.Australia is a sure fire rude to popularity in New Zealand. The
:23:22. > :23:28.coach announced his team today including Ronan O'Gara. The man who
:23:28. > :23:32.is used to breaking Welsh hearts for both club and country. He is a
:23:32. > :23:38.fantastic player, an outstanding kicker, he understands the game is
:23:38. > :23:44.very well. He has got over 100 caps, Heineken Cup, Lions tours, he is an
:23:44. > :23:47.outstanding player. Rory Best will face a late fitness test to see if
:23:47. > :23:52.he can take his place in a formidable pack which could have a
:23:52. > :23:56.big role, especially if the weather stays wet. You have got to do what
:23:56. > :24:00.gets you cross the line, what wins games for you, and they think it is
:24:00. > :24:05.about playing pressure rugby, not necessarily deciding on one type of
:24:05. > :24:09.brand that you are going to play before the game. Wales captain Sam
:24:09. > :24:13.Warburton celebrated his 23rd birthday today. The squad bought
:24:14. > :24:17.him a kick to mark the occasion. The stadium in Wellington is
:24:17. > :24:20.nicknamed the kick tin and a victory on Saturday would put the
:24:20. > :24:26.icing on a memorable week. Looks like it's raining hard down
:24:26. > :24:29.under, and not much better here, More rain to come in Wellington
:24:30. > :24:33.tomorrow but it should clear-up in time for the game on Saturday.
:24:33. > :24:37.Feeling cool with a brisk southerly wind. Back home, it's windy in
:24:37. > :24:41.Wales. Gales in the northwest. Gusts of 55mph to 60mph today but,
:24:41. > :24:46.despite the wind, reasonably mild. 21 degrees Celsius at Hawarden in
:24:46. > :24:51.Flintshire. Tomorrow will be colder with a drop in temperature. Yes,
:24:51. > :24:53.there is a change on the way. A cold front will move across the
:24:53. > :25:01.country, pushing the mild air away and introducing colder air from
:25:01. > :25:04.Iceland. Rain and gusty winds there. Elsewhere some heavy rain and
:25:04. > :25:07.strong winds, but the rain will clear by midnight. A few showers
:25:07. > :25:09.following and turning colder. Lowest temperatures of eight to 11
:25:09. > :25:12.degrees Celsius. Tomorrow, a brighter day. Some sunshine but
:25:12. > :25:15.with squally showers. Some of the showers heavy with hail and thunder.
:25:15. > :25:18.Windy and feeling colder. In fact, the Met Office has issued a yellow
:25:18. > :25:21.alert for gales. The strongest winds in the north and northwest
:25:21. > :25:24.tomorrow afternoon and evening. Forecast wind gusts of 55mph to 65
:25:24. > :25:28.mph. Not the best of weather for walking in the mountains. In Neath
:25:28. > :25:31.Port Talbot, brighter and colder than today. A few showers. Windy
:25:31. > :25:33.with temperatures in Briton Ferry rising to 14 degrees Celsius. As
:25:33. > :25:38.for the outlook, Friday less windy with fewer showers. Temperatures
:25:38. > :25:42.recovering over the weekend with stronger winds. Some rain at times
:25:42. > :25:45.but I can promise some dry weather as well. Our picture tonight is
:25:45. > :25:48.from Des Southall. Autumn colours at Margam Park. Thanks, Des. The
:25:48. > :25:58.leaves will be blowing around tomorrow. Colder too with blustery
:25:58. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:03.The headlines again, BBC Wales has exposed a scam offering overseas
:26:03. > :26:09.students the chance to cheat their way to get a UK visa and degrees
:26:09. > :26:12.validated by the University of Wales. In the last hour, Wales's
:26:12. > :26:16.other universities have demanded that the University of Wales brand
:26:16. > :26:20.is scrapped following the BBC's investigation.