:00:03. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story tonight. The Wests play an
:00:07. > :00:16.active role in the community. With more of us living longer, will it
:00:16. > :00:20.be a benefit or burden? We take people shopping, take people to the
:00:20. > :00:30.hospital. We are very much committed. Friday is basically the
:00:30. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:34.only way we get to ourselves. Tonight's other headlines. A police
:00:34. > :00:42.inspector who used the internet to try and get others to sexually
:00:42. > :00:47.abuse children pleads guilty. Plans for Britain's longest coastal
:00:48. > :00:52.path under threat. Travellers here say it will invade their privacy.
:00:52. > :00:56.Keeping it local. Milk will be bottled at this former creamery.
:00:56. > :00:59.The company says it'll cut the miles milk travels on the road.
:00:59. > :01:09.Gavin Henson's centre of attention. Fans young and old happy he's
:01:09. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:22.signed for the Blues And fit for the heroes of London 2012. The
:01:22. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:29.Royal Mint in Llantrisant starts Good evening. The number of older
:01:29. > :01:37.people in Wales is set to rise sharply over the next 25 years and
:01:37. > :01:41.radical changes are needed to deal with it. That's the warning today
:01:41. > :01:44.from the bodies providing our public services. Overall, the Welsh
:01:44. > :01:50.population is set to increase by 12% to 3.17 million by the year
:01:50. > :02:00.2035. But the number of people aged 65 and over is set to increase by
:02:00. > :02:06.
:02:06. > :02:10.around 306,000, a jump of 55%, during the same period.
:02:10. > :02:14.As this exhibition at Cardiff's National Museum shows, the boy
:02:14. > :02:19.operation has seen a few changes over the ages. Earlier this year,
:02:19. > :02:23.the number of people living Wales topped 3 million for the first time.
:02:23. > :02:28.Looking to the future and what the figures show is the population will
:02:29. > :02:33.continue to grow but also, older people, those over 65, are likely
:02:33. > :02:40.to form a larger part of that population. And that is throwing up
:02:40. > :02:45.certain issues. As soon as she wakes up, we can give her tea.
:02:45. > :02:51.couple are both in their eighties. They look after three are also fear
:02:51. > :02:56.three days a week at their Cardiff home. But that is just the tip of
:02:56. > :03:01.the iceberg for this couple. They had been involved in volunteering
:03:01. > :03:10.for nearly 60 years. Friday is the only day that we get to ourselves.
:03:10. > :03:19.We take people shopping, take people to the hospital. My wife is
:03:19. > :03:24.a member of the pastoral care team. That means that she visits a lot of
:03:24. > :03:30.people who are housebound. What kind of challenges does an ageing
:03:30. > :03:38.population mean for our Health Service? We are likely to meet --
:03:38. > :03:42.need more hospital care. That could be difficult. We were maybe
:03:42. > :03:48.replacing hips once in someone's lifetime, we are now looking at
:03:48. > :03:53.replacing hips and do restorative surgery multiple times during
:03:53. > :03:57.people's lives. The same goes for our social services. Care homes may
:03:58. > :04:01.well be in higher demand which can put a strain on finances. And for
:04:01. > :04:08.the body representing our local authorities, no change is no longer
:04:08. > :04:13.an option. We let horrific be large costs fall on to the poorer members
:04:13. > :04:16.of society. We need a new system of funding of social care. With the
:04:16. > :04:20.growing age of population, the current situation or not be
:04:20. > :04:26.sustainable unless we do something radical in the next 10 years. --
:04:26. > :04:31.will not. What effect does that have won the money in our pockets?
:04:32. > :04:37.Living on a fixed income such as a penchant might not always be easy.
:04:37. > :04:43.-- pension. The money needs to be there. People living on fixed
:04:43. > :04:46.incomes for longer. People coming into debt into why older age. That
:04:46. > :04:52.is increasing as well. There are some real challenges in terms of
:04:52. > :05:00.enabling the people to fulfil their aspirations. Every society evolves.
:05:00. > :05:05.At the moment, the population of Wales is increasingly ageing. It
:05:05. > :05:13.provides plenty of challenges. The Welsh government says they are
:05:13. > :05:17.already planning for our increasing ageing population. They say they
:05:17. > :05:25.have had a strategy in place since 2003. Earlier I spoke to Ruth Marks,
:05:25. > :05:29.the Older Person's Commissioner for Wales. Firstly, I would like to say
:05:29. > :05:36.that the statistics are actually a cause for celebration. It is
:05:36. > :05:39.absolutely great. We are living longer and in the main, healthier.
:05:39. > :05:43.The huge contribution that so many older people making communities
:05:43. > :05:50.right across Wales has to be recognised and acknowledged and
:05:50. > :05:54.celebrated. The challenges however are for health services and council
:05:54. > :05:58.services and housing services. Any organisations that provide services
:05:58. > :06:05.to all the people in communities across Wales. They need to come up
:06:05. > :06:09.with new ways of meeting increased demand. It is a varied group. You
:06:09. > :06:14.have people who play end active role in the committee but you have
:06:14. > :06:19.many other people would need a lot of help and support. How would you
:06:19. > :06:23.describe the quality of life generally for people in that group?
:06:23. > :06:29.Age is just a number. There is no such thing as a typical older
:06:29. > :06:34.person. There are so many different experiences. Older people across
:06:34. > :06:39.Wales, we have to remember that we have some of the poorest pensioners
:06:39. > :06:43.in the UK. We have people who experience some of the most chronic
:06:43. > :06:47.and long-term conditions and also people living with life limiting
:06:47. > :06:51.illnesses -- illnesses and disabilities as well. It is really
:06:51. > :06:57.important that housing, health and council services talk with and
:06:57. > :07:00.listen to all the people to build on their experiences for the new
:07:00. > :07:05.services that we will meet to provide in the future -- older
:07:05. > :07:09.people. A number of challenges to come over the years ahead. How are
:07:09. > :07:15.you going to make sure that older people's voices are here to? We
:07:15. > :07:18.know that services are being cut across the board. Older people have
:07:18. > :07:23.to use the opportunities and avenues open to them to make their
:07:23. > :07:27.voices heard through local groups and Forums but also the people
:07:27. > :07:32.designing services need to make sure that they reach out and listen
:07:32. > :07:37.to all the people who may not be members of groups and so on. Older
:07:38. > :07:44.people's experiences are so diverse. All our experiences are valuable
:07:44. > :07:50.and valid. It is vital that we engage with older people to design
:07:50. > :07:53.those services. A police inspector has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
:07:53. > :07:56.encourage others to commit a sexual assault on a child under 13. 47-
:07:56. > :07:58.year-old Geraint Lloyd Evans from Coychurch near Bridgend was serving
:07:58. > :08:01.with the South Wales force when entered into internet conversation
:08:01. > :08:05.in a chat room with other paedophiles where he expressed his
:08:05. > :08:12.interest in performing a sexual act on a child. It's believed to be one
:08:12. > :08:20.of the first prosecutions of its type in South Wales. Matt Murray is
:08:20. > :08:26.in our Swansea newsroom. What is it about this prosecution that makes
:08:26. > :08:31.it so unusual? This is unusual because no actual abuse happened.
:08:31. > :08:38.Geraint Lloyd Evans pleaded guilty to a charge that in December 2009
:08:38. > :08:44.and between March last year, he entered into a conversation on the
:08:44. > :08:50.internet with Keith bowled. In one exchange between the two men, there
:08:50. > :08:54.was talk of meeting up in a friend's house. It was roped in the
:08:54. > :08:58.message, which we had someone young to play with. Geraint Lloyd Evans
:08:58. > :09:08.replied, that could be an option. He pleaded guilty to all the
:09:08. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:13.options -- charges. The other man is already serving a two-and-a-half
:09:13. > :09:18.year prison sentence for possession of indecent images. How was Geraint
:09:18. > :09:28.Lloyd Evans court? He was a police inspector at the time. He was
:09:28. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:34.caught during the investigation. More than 6,000 images and 181
:09:34. > :09:39.movie clips of child abuse were found on the computer. During this
:09:39. > :09:44.investigation, they also found records of internet chat. In these
:09:44. > :09:48.chaps, they found descriptions of abuse between other paedophiles. In
:09:48. > :09:53.one of those -- one of those was Geraint Lloyd Evans. Has there been
:09:53. > :09:57.any response from South Wales Police? In the last hour, they have
:09:57. > :10:00.just issued a statement. They said that Geraint Lloyd Evans was in a
:10:00. > :10:04.position of great trust within the committee that he served but that
:10:04. > :10:08.was breached by his criminal behaviour. His actions are
:10:08. > :10:13.completely unacceptable, his colleagues feel let down and the
:10:13. > :10:17.local committees will feel the same way. The men are due to be
:10:17. > :10:20.sentenced next month. A man who died after its thought he became
:10:20. > :10:22.trapped under a metal gate in Newport has been named as Ronald
:10:22. > :10:27.Hayward from Merthyr Tydfil. The 42-year-old died while making an
:10:27. > :10:29.early delivery to a wholesaler's. Investigations are continuing.
:10:29. > :10:34.Campaigners in Carmarthen say they concerned about plans to build
:10:34. > :10:40.flats at the former Priory Hospital. It was opened in 1858 and has been
:10:40. > :10:43.empty for more than 15 years. Previous plans have been rejected,
:10:43. > :10:47.but a new application has been put forward to transform the site into
:10:47. > :10:51.19 flats. Some people living nearby want the
:10:51. > :10:53.building preserved. The number of people listening to
:10:53. > :11:00.BBC Radio Wales is going up, according to the latest audience
:11:00. > :11:04.research figures. 480,000 people now tune into the station each week.
:11:04. > :11:08.That's an increase of more than 10,000 in the last 12 months. Radio
:11:08. > :11:13.Cymru's weekly reach is now 138,000. That's 8,000 less than the last
:11:13. > :11:16.quarter. Plans to create Britain's longest
:11:16. > :11:20.coastal path may be under threat after a group of travellers said it
:11:20. > :11:23.would invade their privacy. The 870-mile route along the Welsh
:11:23. > :11:26.coast is due to be finished next year, but work on a half-mile
:11:26. > :11:36.stretch near Cardiff, where the travellers live legally, has hit a
:11:36. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:41.stumbling block. Nicola Smith reports.
:11:41. > :11:48.The beautiful y Bwlch coast attracts hundreds of thousands of
:11:48. > :11:53.visitors every year -- Welsh coast. Since 2007, work has been under way
:11:53. > :11:56.to create 870 miles to of interrupted scenic views. To
:11:56. > :12:00.complete the coastal path, some sections need to be joined up but
:12:00. > :12:06.in Cardiff, one traveller community says if the path comes too close to
:12:06. > :12:09.their site, it will invade their privacy. Travellers at this
:12:09. > :12:14.authorised site say walkers would be able to look right into their
:12:14. > :12:19.mobile homes. They have rejected offers to build a 16 ft wall
:12:19. > :12:25.protecting their privacy, saying it would be like living in a prison.
:12:25. > :12:29.We are not fish in a goldfish bowl, we are human beings. We are just
:12:29. > :12:34.the same as everyone else. We want to feel safe in our community. We
:12:34. > :12:38.do not want strangers walking in our back garden. The council says
:12:38. > :12:41.the chosen route is the most obvious one that -- but that it is
:12:41. > :12:49.sensitive to the needs of the travellers and it hopes to resolve
:12:49. > :12:54.the issue soon. The Welsh coastal path will be the first of its kind
:12:54. > :12:59.in the world. That will appeal to a lot of workers. -- walkers. The was
:12:59. > :13:04.government says it is confident the path will be opened in schedule --
:13:04. > :13:08.on schedule, in time for next summer. Have you ever thought about
:13:08. > :13:11.where your milk comes from? Almost half of the milk produced in Wales
:13:11. > :13:15.actually goes to England to be processed. A new dairy in Whitland
:13:15. > :13:18.is bottling Welsh milk on the site of the former creamery that closed
:13:18. > :13:21.at the beginning of the 1990s. The Proper Welsh Milk Company say that
:13:21. > :13:28.they'll cut down on the miles that our milk travels before getting to
:13:28. > :13:32.our shops. Aled Scourfield reports. At one time, the dairy industry in
:13:32. > :13:39.Wales was big business. 10 years ago there were 3,500 producers but
:13:39. > :13:46.now they are less than 2000. Whitland creamery was one of the
:13:46. > :13:50.victims. 150 jobs were lost in 1994 when the site closed. 49 % of Welsh
:13:50. > :13:54.milk is now transported in huge tankers across the border to
:13:54. > :13:58.England to be processed. But this new company based on the old
:13:58. > :14:04.Whitland creamery site believe they can cut costs for farmers by
:14:04. > :14:09.processing Welsh milk in Wales. When the Whitland creamery shut,
:14:09. > :14:13.the price of diesel was less than half what it is today. We have an
:14:13. > :14:21.extraordinary situation with empty lorries running down from middle
:14:21. > :14:31.England to pick up mill can take it back to Southampton. -- milk and
:14:31. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:35.take it back to Southampton. This new dairy has cost �1.5 million
:14:35. > :14:40.initially -- and initially 14 people will be employed here. But
:14:40. > :14:46.it is hoped that 40 can be employed soon. But they will have to survive
:14:46. > :14:50.in what is a very competitive market. The company have already
:14:50. > :14:53.secured a contract to supply 50 Tesco supermarket in Wales. People
:14:53. > :14:57.within the farming industry say there is an opportunity for smaller
:14:57. > :15:06.dairies to make their mark. It does not have to go across the border.
:15:06. > :15:10.The cost of transport, everything, it is an extremely good day for
:15:11. > :15:15.Whitland. The closure of the creamery in Whitland was a huge
:15:15. > :15:19.blow to the local economy 17 years ago. Local people are pleased to
:15:19. > :15:25.see the old site being used again for milk production. For I think it
:15:25. > :15:28.is a great idea. It is bringing business in and giving people work.
:15:28. > :15:32.It is fantastic. Local produce, wonderful. The next challenge for
:15:32. > :15:35.this new company will be to convince local farmers they agree
:15:35. > :15:42.credible force in what is a cut- throat industry. You're watching
:15:42. > :15:46.Wales Today. Plenty still to come. Gavin's back playing in Wales.
:15:46. > :15:49.Henson says he wants to spend the rest of his career at the Blues.
:15:50. > :15:57.And made in Wales for the Olympic winners of London 2012. We're
:15:57. > :16:00.inside the Royal Mint in Llantrisant.
:16:00. > :16:02.This year's Poppy Appeal has been launched, in Llandudno, at a centre
:16:02. > :16:07.which helps re-habilitate blind and partially sighted servicemen and
:16:07. > :16:10.women who have been injured or have age-related eye problems. St.
:16:10. > :16:20.Dunstan's has a new wing paid for by a �2.6 million donation from the
:16:20. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:34.Royal British Legion. I have served and been awarded the
:16:34. > :16:40.six the year award for Poppy collecting. I started in 1949. I
:16:40. > :16:44.remember the comradeship that we had during the war. I have enjoyed
:16:44. > :16:47.every minute of collecting. This year's appeal was launched with the
:16:47. > :16:56.release of 382 balloons to represent the military personnel
:16:56. > :17:00.killed in Afghanistan. From tomorrow onwards, out go the people
:17:00. > :17:07.into the supermarkets and the pubs and knocking on doors trying to get
:17:07. > :17:11.people to donate money. What is so significant this year is this
:17:11. > :17:15.project with St Dunstan's, if you go and have a look around the back,
:17:15. > :17:25.you can see this huge new wing, most people do not see the welfare
:17:25. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:32.that goes on. It is a great facility. The skills that I need to
:17:32. > :17:36.learn, they will teach me. Cooking and getting back on the computer
:17:36. > :17:39.and getting independent again. Corporal Glen Edwards from Bagillt
:17:39. > :17:42.in Flintshire was left blind, partially deaf and lost part of his
:17:42. > :17:48.arm in an explosion whilst in training. His recovery is down to
:17:48. > :17:55.public generosity. When I first came home when I was injured, my
:17:55. > :18:04.balance was not very good. And the Royal British Legion appeal helps
:18:04. > :18:08.me with the finance. For 90 years, the poppy has remained a poignant
:18:08. > :18:12.symbol of those who have fallen during conflict but during that
:18:12. > :18:14.time, the poppy appeal has made it possible for places like this to
:18:14. > :18:19.ensure that injured servicemen and women can get back on their feet
:18:19. > :18:24.again. Gavin Henson says he hopes to finish his playing career with
:18:24. > :18:29.the Blues. He was officially unveiled today, after signing until
:18:29. > :18:32.the end of the season. He says he wants to re-claim a place in the
:18:32. > :18:42.national squad and he says his reality TV career is over. Tomos
:18:42. > :18:46.Dafydd has been to meet him. He is one of the most recognisable
:18:46. > :18:52.faces in rugby. Gavin Henson is back playing in Wales, trying to
:18:52. > :18:59.kick-start his faltering career. would love for it to be my last
:18:59. > :19:06.club. It is a trial period, which is fair enough. It is up to me to
:19:06. > :19:12.prove a couple of points. Hopefully I am settled. It has been an
:19:12. > :19:20.eventful time for Gavin Henson. French rugby beckon but he soon
:19:20. > :19:24.fell out of favour. But the Cardiff Blues insisted is the right move
:19:24. > :19:27.for the region and the player. has gone through a difficult period.
:19:27. > :19:31.I have no doubt whatsoever that if he had not had the wrist injury, he
:19:31. > :19:35.would have been playing in New Zealand. I have no doubt that when
:19:35. > :19:44.he gets unsettled and start playing, he will be knocking on the Welsh
:19:44. > :19:53.squad door for next season's Six Nations. In recent years, Gavin
:19:53. > :19:59.Henson has been juggling his television commitments with rugby.
:20:00. > :20:05.He now says that is all behind him. They have been incredible
:20:05. > :20:10.experiences but rugby is my thing and I want to get back into that. I
:20:10. > :20:14.needed my time out of rugby and I did the TV stuff but rugby is my
:20:14. > :20:17.thing at the moment. Today Gavin Henson has been passing on his
:20:17. > :20:27.advice to children on a half-term a training camp. Somewhere over the
:20:27. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:38.moon. I thought he was not going to turn up. Obviously, he has. My mum
:20:38. > :20:43.will be stung when she sees the picture -- stunned. It was really
:20:43. > :20:48.fun and nice meeting him. Gavin Henson knows he has to prove he is
:20:48. > :20:52.worthy of a place in the Cardiff Blues side. His ultimate goal, to
:20:52. > :20:55.return to the bigger stage of all, playing for his country once again.
:20:55. > :20:59.Now just a reminder, we're looking for nominations for this year's BBC
:20:59. > :21:03.Wales Unsung Hero Award. Do you know someone who goes out of their
:21:03. > :21:06.way, to help others in sport? The person has to be 16 years old or
:21:06. > :21:09.over and not get any financial reward for their efforts.
:21:09. > :21:19.Nominations close on the 30th October. All the details are on
:21:19. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:24.these websites. They are what the world's best athletes dream of, the
:21:24. > :21:30.medals which will be awarded at next year's Olympic Games have gone
:21:30. > :21:38.into production at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant. In total, 4,700
:21:38. > :21:46.medals will be made. Let me show you this first of all,
:21:46. > :21:53.this is the prototype. These are the biggest and heaviest medals for
:21:53. > :21:57.any Olympic Games. Can you talk us through this one? Yes, this is a
:21:57. > :22:01.fairly standard design. It is the ancient goddess of victory,
:22:01. > :22:07.stepping out. It has been on every Olympic medal for the last couple
:22:07. > :22:17.of games. And then there is the designed 14 logo does London, with
:22:17. > :22:27.the logo that people are familiar with. Both sides of this mudlark
:22:27. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:37.design. There is Braille for the visually impaired. On this side, we
:22:37. > :22:44.have a representation of the actual statue, a plaster cast taken, it is
:22:44. > :22:47.very tactile. Tell us about the process. It is very challenging. A
:22:47. > :22:55.total of 10 hours from start to finish. That goes through a
:22:55. > :23:02.striking process, what we call eight kneeling process. That allows
:23:02. > :23:05.us to form the matter in the way that we want to. Bash metal. There
:23:05. > :23:10.are a number of different processes to make it look to the quality that
:23:10. > :23:17.was achieved. Each one takes 10 hours to make and you have to make
:23:17. > :23:27.4,700 will stop no problem. We have got a very long-standing medals
:23:27. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:39.unit. They make a lot of met at -- military medals. There is a real
:23:39. > :23:43.sense of wilful man. Everyone is talking about it. -- fulfilment.
:23:43. > :23:48.There are 274 days to go until the first athletes will get their hands
:23:48. > :23:56.on these medals, made in Wales. Time now for the you weather
:23:56. > :24:02.Good news. The rain is on its way out and the sun glasses will come
:24:02. > :24:07.in handy tomorrow. If you have a barometer, give it a tap. Pressure
:24:07. > :24:11.is rising and that's a good sign. Tomorrow will be dry and settled
:24:11. > :24:16.but watch out for mist and fog patches if you're travelling. Now
:24:16. > :24:19.today most of the rain has been over the West Country and Wales.
:24:19. > :24:28.Parts of the north and west missed the worst of it but in the south
:24:28. > :24:32.some heavy rain. 19mm at Usk in Monmouthshire. Just under an inch.
:24:32. > :24:35.Now this evening light rain in the south and east will move away
:24:35. > :24:39.leaving the whole country with a dry night. The cloud clearing. A
:24:39. > :24:43.few mist and fog patches forming and chilly. Temperatures in Mid
:24:43. > :24:53.Wales falling close to freezing with some ground frost. Tomorrow a
:24:53. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :25:03.much better day. The whole country dry for a change. Mind you, it will
:25:03. > :25:08.be a chilly start. Some ground frost. Mist and fog patches as well.
:25:08. > :25:13.The fog could be dense, especially in the Wye Valley. Otherwise fine
:25:13. > :25:16.and clear with light winds. During the morning, the mist and fog will
:25:16. > :25:25.slowly lift but it may linger into the afternoon in the Marches and
:25:25. > :25:31.the Bristol Channel. Elsewhere fine with lots of sunshine. Top
:25:31. > :25:36.temperatures 12 or 13 Celsius with light winds. A fresher breeze in
:25:36. > :25:42.the northwest. In Ceredigion tomorrow, a lovely day. Plenty of
:25:42. > :25:46.sunshine. Temperatures in Tregaron rising to 13 Celsius. As for the
:25:46. > :25:50.weekend, more changeable and breezier. A little rain but I can
:25:50. > :25:54.promise some dry and even bright weather as well. The wind picking
:25:54. > :25:58.up and turning milder. This October looks like ending on a mild note.
:25:58. > :26:01.In fact it could be one of the warmest Octobers on record. By the
:26:01. > :26:11.way, Newport will be holding its first ever food festival this
:26:11. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:28.Saturday. If you're going, it will Thank you. It's approaching 7:00pm.
:26:28. > :26:33.The headlines. The leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro have
:26:33. > :26:40.reached a deal they hope will solve the euro-zone debt crisis. Banks
:26:40. > :26:43.are being asked to write off half of what they lent to Greece. There
:26:43. > :26:46.may be a case for further increasing the resources of the IMF
:26:46. > :26:50.to keep pace with the size of the global economy and Britain as a
:26:50. > :26:53.founding and permanent member of its governing board stands ready to
:26:53. > :26:58.consider the case for further resources and contribute with other
:26:58. > :27:02.countries if necessary. The number of older people in Wales is set to
:27:02. > :27:07.rise sharply over the next 25 years. The bodies providing public
:27:07. > :27:13.services warned radical changes are needed to deal with it. It pre-set
:27:13. > :27:16.-- is that there has admitted conspiring to encourage others to
:27:16. > :27:20.commit a sexual assault on a charge. Geraint Lloyd Evans was serving
:27:20. > :27:25.with the South Wales force when he and other paedophiles contacted