0:00:00 > 0:00:06Welcome to wales Today - out top story tonight: Closing time for
0:00:06 > 0:00:09unmanned sun-beds - a ban comes into force across Wales.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Our other headlines tonight: Four people killed in this reservoir - a
0:00:15 > 0:00:18man's charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23They've served their country, but how well do we look after our
0:00:23 > 0:00:33veterans. Traders love it but is free parking
0:00:33 > 0:00:36really the key to breathing new life into our towns?
0:00:36 > 0:00:45And how's this for a heroes welcome - our newest world champion biker
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Good evening. A ban on using unmanned sun-beds has come into
0:00:50 > 0:00:53force tonight. The Welsh Government hopes it'll reduce the number of
0:00:53 > 0:00:59people getting skin cancer. Those under 35 who use sun-beds are 75%
0:00:59 > 0:01:02more likely to be diagnosed with skin cancer. 500 people a year get
0:01:02 > 0:01:09a malignant melanoma, the most deadly skin cancer, and that leads
0:01:09 > 0:01:19to 100 deaths every year. Our health correspondent Arwyn Jones is
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0:01:20 > 0:01:23at a tanning salon for us tonight Arwyn. This is the leaflet every
0:01:23 > 0:01:28tanning salon in Wales should now be displaying, warning of the
0:01:28 > 0:01:34possible side-effects of using sunbeds. At this one in Cardiff,
0:01:34 > 0:01:42they have always insisted on supervising anyone who wants to use
0:01:42 > 0:01:46a sunbed. Under 18s are no longer allowed, but the problem is that
0:01:46 > 0:01:51anybody could go into an unsupervised tanning salon and put
0:01:51 > 0:01:59their money in the slot. No longer, because as of today that has
0:01:59 > 0:02:05changed. Hello, health and safety... It is a scene which is likely to be
0:02:05 > 0:02:10repeated a lot over the next few months. The signs might be
0:02:10 > 0:02:15promising, but the dangers of using sunbeds can be all too real,
0:02:15 > 0:02:22especially without guidance. I have heard of incidences where people
0:02:23 > 0:02:26put the coins in, they go in for 10 minutes and they burn. To me, this
0:02:26 > 0:02:31regulation should have been in a long time ago. A last year, we
0:02:31 > 0:02:37showed you these images of children badly burned after using unmanned
0:02:37 > 0:02:42tanning salons. Since April, under 18s have been banned, but there was
0:02:42 > 0:02:46little to stop them using coin- operated unmanned salons. As well
0:02:46 > 0:02:51as being permanently supervised, tanning salons like this one are
0:02:51 > 0:02:54also having to show this poster warning of the long-term effects of
0:02:54 > 0:03:02using sunbeds. Even within the industry, they are saying
0:03:02 > 0:03:06developments like these are long overdue. That information should
0:03:06 > 0:03:10help people make their decision. People can decide for themselves
0:03:10 > 0:03:17when they have read the information if they want to use some birds and
0:03:17 > 0:03:22that is what we want to see across all sunbed businesses. Hair and
0:03:22 > 0:03:28beauty might be all the rage for these students at this college, but
0:03:28 > 0:03:38using a sunbed is not how they go about looking their best. It is
0:03:38 > 0:03:43important they know the dangers. They don't care really, they once -
0:03:43 > 0:03:50- they just want the town. health professionals agree, with
0:03:51 > 0:03:55limiting the use of tanning salons. We know there are 9000 new cases of
0:03:55 > 0:04:00melanoma in England and Wales every year, 2000 of those patients will
0:04:00 > 0:04:06die during the year, so it is a real public health measure to
0:04:06 > 0:04:10prevent the increase in trend for skin cancers. Councils will help
0:04:10 > 0:04:15salons comply with the new regulations, but will also issue
0:04:15 > 0:04:19fines of up to �5,000 if they continue to offer unmanned sunbeds,
0:04:19 > 0:04:25the idea being with skin cancer prevention really is better than
0:04:25 > 0:04:29cure. The idea is it is less likely that
0:04:29 > 0:04:33those most at risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer will
0:04:33 > 0:04:38continue to use these sunbeds and it is the same idea as the
0:04:38 > 0:04:45government had in terms of banning smoking in public places, that is
0:04:45 > 0:04:48to make it more difficult to do the things that damage us the most.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Let's talk to the chief medical officer Dr Tony Jewell, adviser to
0:04:52 > 0:05:00the Welsh Government on all health matters. If you use a sunbed you're
0:05:00 > 0:05:06more likely to get skin cancer - shouldn't they all just be banned?
0:05:06 > 0:05:12We were worried about the rise in melanomas, which has increased
0:05:12 > 0:05:16fourfold since the 1970s, so we took advice from the UK expert
0:05:16 > 0:05:20committee and they reported back to us saying they felt that young
0:05:20 > 0:05:25people were the target group and they recommended banning it in
0:05:26 > 0:05:29under 18 year-olds. Why not just banned all of them if we agree it
0:05:29 > 0:05:34is not a good thing to sit underneath the sunbed? It may come
0:05:34 > 0:05:41to that in time, but at the moment we are focusing on young people,
0:05:41 > 0:05:46protecting them, and making sure these sunbed salons are being run
0:05:46 > 0:05:50by competent people. It seems like as a doctor you might be frustrated
0:05:51 > 0:05:58that you are held back, but trying to go further? It is a bit like
0:05:58 > 0:06:03tobacco, it kills about 6000 people in Wales a year. The cigarette
0:06:03 > 0:06:07packets have a warning on them and we now expect sunbed salons to have
0:06:07 > 0:06:14a warning. It is a process. The next phase of the process is to
0:06:14 > 0:06:19protect you and people. We can talk about drinking alcohol or takeaway
0:06:19 > 0:06:24food or smoking, they cause far more many deaths than using sunbeds.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30Aren't you just picking off the easy targets here? No, I think we
0:06:30 > 0:06:34were very lucky to get Julie Morgan, an MP at the time, to get a private
0:06:34 > 0:06:38member's Bill through Parliament, getting this supported in the House
0:06:38 > 0:06:43of Lords. We were lucky to get the legislation through as fast as we
0:06:43 > 0:06:47could, and in Wales we haven't Hampstead through our regulations.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52I was worrying this was increasing year on year, and we think it is
0:06:52 > 0:06:57something to do with foreign holidays almost certainly, as well
0:06:57 > 0:07:01as the increasing use of sunbeds by young people and that is what we
0:07:01 > 0:07:03are trying to stop. A man has been charged with four
0:07:03 > 0:07:06counts of causing death by dangerous driving after three
0:07:06 > 0:07:10generations of a family died when a car plunged into a reservoir near
0:07:10 > 0:07:20Llanidloes in Powys in April. A grandmother, a father and two
0:07:20 > 0:07:21
0:07:21 > 0:07:26teenage boys were killed. Colette Hume reports. Llanidloes, one of
0:07:26 > 0:07:29the most beautiful places in Wales, but one which became the scene of
0:07:29 > 0:07:35tragedy in April when three generations of one family died when
0:07:35 > 0:07:42their car plunged into the icy waters of this reservoir. For Miss
0:07:42 > 0:07:48Hooper, 84, died alongside her son- in-law who was 66. The family lived
0:07:48 > 0:07:57in Pontypridd with their foster son's, who were both aged 14. Only
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Denise Griffiths, who was driving, survived. N RAF search and rescue
0:08:03 > 0:08:08helicopter, police diving teams scoured the reservoir for hours,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12desperately searching for the family. Mrs Griffiths refused to
0:08:12 > 0:08:18leave until the bodies of her mother, husband and foster children
0:08:18 > 0:08:22were finally recovered six hours later. The road around this lake is
0:08:22 > 0:08:27popular with tourists, who come to Wales for the beauty and
0:08:27 > 0:08:32tranquillity the area provides. Their car left the road here,
0:08:32 > 0:08:39smashing through this fence before plunging into the water below. The
0:08:39 > 0:08:49family had taken their foster has sons foreign holiday when the crash
0:08:49 > 0:08:55
0:08:55 > 0:08:59happened. 24 year-old man has been caused -- charged with causing
0:08:59 > 0:09:03death by dangerous driving on four accounts.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06We ask them to put their lives in harm's way in the service of their
0:09:06 > 0:09:08country - but how well do we look after veterans? Welsh MPs
0:09:09 > 0:09:11investigating how soldiers are treated are calling for more
0:09:12 > 0:09:14evidence to be submitted. Members of the of the Welsh Affairs Select
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Committee are looking at the medical and resettlement help
0:09:16 > 0:09:19provided to former services personnel. More from Rhodri Lewis.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Lloyd Jones from Porthcawl is one of the quarter of a million armed
0:09:22 > 0:09:25forces veterans in Wales. Since serving in Iraq and Afghanistan he
0:09:25 > 0:09:30has suffered with post traumatic stress disorder - a condition says
0:09:30 > 0:09:34he has struggled to get appropriate treatment for. It has been really
0:09:34 > 0:09:39frustrating because for a long time I thought I was mad until somebody
0:09:39 > 0:09:43put a name on what cities. We have been fighting incredibly hard. We
0:09:43 > 0:09:48have had to do our own research, look at website, go through
0:09:48 > 0:09:53charities, educate our own GPs. We have basically had to do everything
0:09:53 > 0:09:56we can just to get a basic level of support. We are still not there yet.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59MPs on the Welsh Affairs Select committee have been looking at how
0:10:00 > 0:10:04those who've served the country are helped and what, if anything, needs
0:10:04 > 0:10:08to change. Some of my constituents have been critical about the level
0:10:08 > 0:10:12of services they have received. There are different organisations
0:10:12 > 0:10:17that may be offering the services, some will be government based, some
0:10:17 > 0:10:21will be answerable to the Welsh Assembly, and some may be within
0:10:21 > 0:10:25the voluntary sector. I think there may be room for improvement but
0:10:25 > 0:10:28that is not to pre-empt anything the inquiry will look into. Members
0:10:28 > 0:10:30of the Pontypridd branch of the Royal British Legion gathered today
0:10:30 > 0:10:37to launch their garden of remembrance. All the senior
0:10:37 > 0:10:42veterans I spoke to felt more could be done. Mostly it seems to be
0:10:42 > 0:10:48about combating stress more than anything else. Obviously lost limbs
0:10:48 > 0:10:54are a major priority, but I think combat stress takes more of a toll
0:10:54 > 0:10:59and four years to come. It needs a lot of money, and it is a way of
0:10:59 > 0:11:04repaying those boys for what they have gone through. They have been
0:11:04 > 0:11:07injured, and for putting up with that, money should not be an object.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Bill Murray runs a North Wales- based charity which helps ex-
0:11:10 > 0:11:13service men and woman who find themselves on the streets. Many
0:11:13 > 0:11:19suffer from post-traumatic stress he says what they need he says is
0:11:19 > 0:11:24help in the transition from military to civilian life. It is
0:11:24 > 0:11:30totally different life for them. Every day is a routine. They get up
0:11:30 > 0:11:34with the lads, they fight with the lads, they come out of the army
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Gates and it is a totally different world. It is alien. The committee
0:11:37 > 0:11:40says it may find there is nothing substantially wrong with the way
0:11:40 > 0:11:45veterans are treated in Wales, but Lloyd Jones and others will be
0:11:45 > 0:11:48watching their findings closely. Much more to come before 7 o'clock.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Free car parking is intended to breathe life into towns, but does
0:11:53 > 0:11:56it discourage us from public transport?
0:11:56 > 0:12:05And after the World Cup, back to the domestic game - rugby's
0:12:05 > 0:12:08A woman abused her position as head of a community charity to
0:12:08 > 0:12:16fraudulently pay herself and her family more than �50,000, a court
0:12:16 > 0:12:25has heard. Miriam Beard faces 13 charges of fraud and theft relating
0:12:25 > 0:12:30to the running of a Communities First project in Wrexham.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Miriam beard and her husband are facing 20 counts of fraud and theft
0:12:34 > 0:12:40between them but the jury was told she was the chief orchestrator at
0:12:40 > 0:12:45the heart of this case. In 2003 she was appointed co-ordinator of the
0:12:45 > 0:12:49community's first project, one of the most deprived areas in Wales.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53The charity's budget was supposed to fund activities for residents,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57but the prosecution says she used the money as a source of income for
0:12:57 > 0:13:02herself and her family, paying for goods and services which in many
0:13:02 > 0:13:08cases the charity never received. �25,000 was paid into her father's
0:13:08 > 0:13:13bank account for a project offering activities to young people.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18jury heard no such scheme ever happened, and it was a fiction
0:13:18 > 0:13:24created by Miriam. Her father knew nothing of the planned activities.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Miriam had bought a static caravan with charity money, but the
0:13:29 > 0:13:34prosecution say she paid �6,000 a year to her son telling the charity
0:13:34 > 0:13:38the money was needed to rent the caravan from him. The jury was told
0:13:38 > 0:13:42that before working here, she got a job at Wrexham council by faking
0:13:42 > 0:13:47her qualifications and date of birth by 10 years. This was to hide
0:13:47 > 0:13:52the fact she had been convicted of fraud and served a prison sentence
0:13:52 > 0:13:58in the late 1970s, the prosecution says. Both she and her husband deny
0:13:58 > 0:14:01A recycling company has been fined for failing to reduce its staff's
0:14:01 > 0:14:03risk of exposure to the potentially fatal legionella bacteria. Merthyr
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Industrial Services Limited was operating a cooling tower without
0:14:06 > 0:14:09taking appropriate measures to control the spread of the disease
0:14:09 > 0:14:16during the outbreak across the Heads of the Valley area in
0:14:16 > 0:14:21September. The firm has been fined �600 plus costs of more than �8,000.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25No single source was identified for the outbreak.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Cockle beds on the Swansea side of the Burry inlet have been closed
0:14:28 > 0:14:31after samples proved positive for the e.Coli bacteria. Swansea
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Council says more testing will be carried out this week and it hopes
0:14:36 > 0:14:40to lift the restrictions as soon as possible.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Free Parking. Retailers love it, but green campaigners don't.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48Councils across Wales are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on
0:14:48 > 0:14:51providing parking to regenerate town centres. Carmarthenshire has
0:14:51 > 0:14:55just announced it's planning to scrap charges in Llanelli for a
0:14:55 > 0:15:05year. But some are concerned that free parking will discourage public
0:15:05 > 0:15:06
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Llanelli town centre is undergoing a bit of a makeover right now. And
0:15:09 > 0:15:12the council's come up with a way to compensate shoppers for all the
0:15:12 > 0:15:19disruption, by offering free parking for a year at the town's
0:15:19 > 0:15:22multistorey. I think it is an excellent idea and
0:15:22 > 0:15:25it is a shame they didn't do it sooner because the town has
0:15:25 > 0:15:28suffered. It is a nightmare trying to park
0:15:28 > 0:15:31here. Great. And Carmarthenshire's not stopping
0:15:31 > 0:15:34there. The council's so convinced about the boost free parking gives
0:15:34 > 0:15:38to business that they're ditching parking fees across the county for
0:15:38 > 0:15:41two weeks in the run up to Christmas. Free parking doesn't
0:15:41 > 0:15:45come cheap. Suspending charges in Llanelli for a year will cost
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Carmarthenshire council �220,000. Their Christmas bonus to shoppers
0:15:50 > 0:15:54will set them back a further �70,000. But not everyone's
0:15:54 > 0:15:59convinced it's such a great idea. Lee Waters heads a green transport
0:15:59 > 0:16:04charity. They've carried out research which suggests retailers
0:16:04 > 0:16:11overestimate how many shoppers come by car. For him, free parking isn't
0:16:11 > 0:16:13the answer. Actually, what shoppers have
0:16:13 > 0:16:17consistently shown in research to want is a better shopping
0:16:17 > 0:16:21environment. Town centres are competing to be different by having
0:16:22 > 0:16:25more shops and wider pavements, rather than subsidising car parking
0:16:25 > 0:16:28charges. Councils are having to find that money elsewhere, usually
0:16:28 > 0:16:31by cutting bus services. Carmarthenshire's not the only
0:16:31 > 0:16:34authority going down this route - Wrexham launched free parking from
0:16:34 > 0:16:37today at its council car parks, Newport already offers two hours
0:16:37 > 0:16:44free, and Caerphilly and Gwynedd plan to give away free parking as
0:16:44 > 0:16:50their Christmas gift to shoppers this year.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53We have got to compete and encourage them back into Carmarthen,
0:16:53 > 0:17:00Llanelli and Ammanford. It is important we look after these
0:17:00 > 0:17:03places. There's no doubting the pressure on
0:17:03 > 0:17:06authorities, when traders found out the council planned to put up
0:17:06 > 0:17:10parking meters on Carmarthen's high street, they faced a big backlash.
0:17:10 > 0:17:16It is just putting extra pennies on to people's shopping bills or
0:17:16 > 0:17:19laundry bills. In this economic climate, nobody has got any spare
0:17:19 > 0:17:22cash. Whether it's a long term solution or not it seems free
0:17:22 > 0:17:28parking is the way many councils are hoping to help our towns
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Sport and after the drama of the Rugby World Cup, attention is now
0:17:31 > 0:17:34turning to Europe and the start of the Heineken Cup. Our reporter
0:17:34 > 0:17:43Cennydd Davies was at Twickenham today for the official launch of
0:17:43 > 0:17:47In six months' time, these players will be hoping to lead their teams
0:17:47 > 0:17:52to European success. Something that has never been achieved by a Welsh
0:17:52 > 0:17:56side and still a cause for concern. With Wales impressive World Cup
0:17:56 > 0:18:00campaign, many are hoping that international success will be
0:18:00 > 0:18:06replicated at regional level. We had the first couple of them
0:18:06 > 0:18:10come back for our game last week and the rest of them will come back
0:18:10 > 0:18:14for the game against the Ospreys. There would be much time to
0:18:14 > 0:18:17integrate the players. The most important is that the players that
0:18:17 > 0:18:20to come back are mentally and physically right to go and I will
0:18:20 > 0:18:24be asking this next group of players if that is what they want
0:18:24 > 0:18:29to do this week. If it is, they will probably be involved in some
0:18:29 > 0:18:32way against the Ospreys. A 16 years has passed since the Cardiff side
0:18:32 > 0:18:35lost 2 to lose in the inaugural final.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Many are at a loss as to why a Welsh team has never gone all the
0:18:40 > 0:18:45way. With so many internationals returning, there is renewed
0:18:45 > 0:18:47confidence before another campaign. With the Welsh derbies this weekend,
0:18:47 > 0:18:52a great appetiser before the main event.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Every time we go to the Dragons, there is an intensity which is
0:18:56 > 0:19:01matched in terms of physicality and the margins the games are won and
0:19:01 > 0:19:05lost by. That is what you want. You want your players to be prepared
0:19:05 > 0:19:08for European competition. That is exactly what the Dragons provide.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Every team will be hoping to emulate Leinster's success of last
0:19:13 > 0:19:18year when the toppled Northampton in a dramatic final in Cardiff. The
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Welsh teams will be hoping to end a 17 yet drought here at Twickenham
0:19:20 > 0:19:22next May. Football and another impressive
0:19:22 > 0:19:25home performance by Swansea City at the weekend, who now find
0:19:25 > 0:19:35themselves in the top half of the Premier League after beating Bolton
0:19:35 > 0:19:36
0:19:36 > 0:19:433-1. It was a wonderful performance.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Carried on where we left off last week. Our position was fantastic
0:19:47 > 0:19:49and our game was very good. Meanwhile Cardiff City are ninth in
0:19:49 > 0:19:55the Championship after drawing at Leeds. Joe Mason put the Bluebirds
0:19:55 > 0:19:58ahead but Robert Snodgrass' second- half equaliser denied them victory.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01He's stood on the podium, worn the garland and sprayed the bottle of
0:20:01 > 0:20:04champagne but it was the welcome home that biker Chaz Davies will
0:20:04 > 0:20:06remember longest. The Powys motorcyclist won the World
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Supersport Championship, that's the third tier of international
0:20:11 > 0:20:20motorcycling. Hundreds of well- wishers were in Presteigne to
0:20:20 > 0:20:29congratulate him. Cemlyn Davies A hero's welcome for Chaz Davies,
0:20:29 > 0:20:34local boy done good and world champ. I knew that mum was organising
0:20:34 > 0:20:37something, a celebration. I didn't know how many people would turn up.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I didn't think there would be this money.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Really pleased for him. And his parents. They have worked
0:20:45 > 0:20:49hard to get him where he is. He has done everybody proud.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I knew this day would come. We knew this day would come.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Chaz began racing when he was three-years-old. In 2001 he became
0:20:55 > 0:20:58the youngest ever winner of a British championship race. Four
0:20:58 > 0:21:07years later he scooped the BBC Wales Carwyn James junior sportsman
0:21:07 > 0:21:10But nothing compares to his latest achievement. Such was Chaz'
0:21:10 > 0:21:19dominance last season, a sixth place finish in the penultimate
0:21:19 > 0:21:25race in France was enough to secure the title.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31In the end, with the championship wrapped up, I finish with a win in
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Portugal. All in all, a fantastic season. The best seasons racing I
0:21:35 > 0:21:38have ever done in my life. Really good.
0:21:38 > 0:21:48Five world championships in the world for circuit racing on
0:21:48 > 0:21:49
0:21:49 > 0:21:52motorbikes. Motor GP with the support championships as well. In
0:21:52 > 0:21:56the greater scheme of things, it is about the third biggest
0:21:56 > 0:22:00championship in the world and he has won it from a little village in
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Wales. It is pretty cool. But not everybody enjoys watching Chaz in
0:22:05 > 0:22:10action. I can't physically Watchet, it
0:22:10 > 0:22:14neither can mum. We are both quite added anxiety when he is racing.
0:22:14 > 0:22:22Every time he goes out on track, I am there watching television,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26waiting for him to get off the line, get a good start. I usually land up
0:22:26 > 0:22:30in tears. I am shouting and screaming. It's as if I was there
0:22:30 > 0:22:32with him. Chaz, who's 24, will now move up a
0:22:32 > 0:22:35division to the Superbike championship. And who would bet
0:22:35 > 0:22:38against him coming back to mid Wales with yet another trophy to
0:22:38 > 0:22:41show off. Two schools from Wales have been
0:22:41 > 0:22:44honoured at the UK Teaching Awards. Lewis School in Pengam near
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Caerphilly won an award for a film about their school. While the PE
0:22:47 > 0:22:50department at Dyffryn Taf School at Whitland in Carmarthenshire, where
0:22:50 > 0:23:00a number of former students have gone on to play professional rugby,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02
0:23:02 > 0:23:05won the award for Outstanding Team They swapped their jogging bottoms
0:23:05 > 0:23:14for ball gowns and black tie to accept this recognition for their
0:23:14 > 0:23:18hard work. Thank you very much. It was back to
0:23:18 > 0:23:21reality today and reflecting on how they came to win the award.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Everybody brings something different to the table. Everyone
0:23:25 > 0:23:29within the team has their own strengths. We all have completely
0:23:29 > 0:23:31different strengths so it works out really well, we can get everything
0:23:31 > 0:23:34done we want to achieve. The team were nominated by ex-
0:23:34 > 0:23:37student and Scarlets full-back, Dan Newton, who said he'd benefited
0:23:37 > 0:23:43from the fruits of their labour. So too have players like Mike Philips
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and Jonathan Davies, who starred at the recent World Cup.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49There are so many influences on children coming through these days,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55I don't think anyone can be vain enough to say they were the
0:23:55 > 0:23:58deciding influence. Hopefully, it will reflect on the boys and we
0:23:58 > 0:24:00will be a positive port of call along the way.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03In Bargoed, another group of winners were re-living last nights
0:24:03 > 0:24:09events. These students made a film in an after school club to show
0:24:09 > 0:24:16newcomers what their school is like. We had bits-and-pieces like special
0:24:16 > 0:24:19events where, for instance, people came in with animals or conference
0:24:19 > 0:24:22-- or concerts. When we saw the whole picture we thought, this is
0:24:22 > 0:24:25the stuff that would make people want to come to the school.
0:24:25 > 0:24:32And it's highlighting that stuff that won them �5,000 and an
0:24:32 > 0:24:35experience they'll never forget. It was just that we had won a
0:24:35 > 0:24:40nationwide competition, really. We are the best in Britain in the
0:24:40 > 0:24:42school. It was great. Another highlight of the video was
0:24:42 > 0:24:52its soundtrack, written and sung by student Nathan Battersby. Both
0:24:52 > 0:25:02
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Welsh schools have obviously been It is the last day of the month and
0:25:06 > 0:25:12we are on course for one of the warmest October as on record. It
0:25:12 > 0:25:17started with temperatures reaching 28 Celsius in Flintshire and we end
0:25:17 > 0:25:22on a mild note. Staying that way into the start of November but it
0:25:22 > 0:25:28is also very unsettled. A wet and windy night to come. This front
0:25:28 > 0:25:33spreads eastwards, 10-15 mm of rain possible. Not great if you have
0:25:33 > 0:25:41outdoor plans for Hallowe'en. Heavy downpours at times but the rain
0:25:41 > 0:25:46clears its words overnight, leaving behind lower temperatures. Tomorrow
0:25:46 > 0:25:51is a brighter day. A few showers along the coast. Fine for most of
0:25:51 > 0:25:55us with good spells of sunshine later. One of the drier days of the
0:25:55 > 0:25:59week with lighter winds. Not as mild as today with highs of 13
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Celsius along the north Wales coast and 14 from Pembrokeshire across to
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Monmouthshire. It will feel more pleasant in the sunshine. Keeping
0:26:08 > 0:26:11the warmer southerly airflow. More change as the chart shows a
0:26:11 > 0:26:16different picture midweek. This angry low is the pressure system
0:26:16 > 0:26:23that brought snow to the States. It is moving across the Atlantic. No
0:26:23 > 0:26:27snow for us but after a drier start, some wet and windy conditions.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32Strong winds moving in later in the day. Still mild but a very mixed
0:26:32 > 0:26:36outlook. Unsettled but after Wednesday's rain, more a case of
0:26:36 > 0:26:46sunny spells and scattered showers on Thursday and Friday. Today's
0:26:46 > 0:26:46
0:26:46 > 0:26:49picture is from John Davies. The Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
0:26:49 > 0:26:51After weeks of anti-capitalist protests on its doorstep, and a
0:26:51 > 0:26:54major row over the Church's response, the Dean of St Paul's
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Cathedral has resigned. The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles is the
0:27:01 > 0:27:05second cleric to go from St Paul's. A ban on using unmanned sun-beds in
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Wales has come into force. The Welsh Government hopes it'll reduce
0:27:09 > 0:27:12the number of people getting skin cancer.
0:27:12 > 0:27:19X Ray is coming up in half an hour, here's Rachel and Rhodri with a
0:27:19 > 0:27:23preview. Hello. Did you know there are
0:27:23 > 0:27:26thousands of cars on the roads that have their mileage wound back? We
0:27:26 > 0:27:30go undercover to track down the garage is willing to help you break
0:27:30 > 0:27:37the law. And this kit costs 80 grit from
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Boots. Experts fear it could lull you into a false sense of security.