:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story tonight:
:00:07. > :00:17.Miriam Beard changes her plea and admits stealing more than �50,000
:00:17. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:32.Our other headlines this evening: The Ambulance Service says staff
:00:32. > :00:34.sickness levels means getting to emergencies is becoming harder.
:00:35. > :00:40.The question taxing MPs in Westminster - should the Welsh
:00:40. > :00:43.Government have the power to raise the money it spends?
:00:43. > :00:48.Zoe Walker can't get to her own door because her wheelchair is
:00:48. > :00:51.broken. The NHS is accused of letting users down.
:00:51. > :00:56.Two days after a cliff collapsed leaving caravans hanging, the owner
:00:56. > :00:59.tells us how they're coping. I'm sure in a week or two, when
:00:59. > :01:03.we've done what we've needed to do and I've got five minutes to
:01:03. > :01:07.breathe, I'll probably have a weep. And after that tackle, Sam
:01:07. > :01:12.Warburton now says the referee was correct to send him off in the
:01:12. > :01:18.World Cup semi-final. From the stadium, it looked a hell
:01:18. > :01:27.of a lot worse than I thought it was. I couldn't blame the referee.
:01:27. > :01:30.As the rules go, that is a red card and you can't complain.
:01:30. > :01:35.Good evening. She abused her position to siphon off more than
:01:35. > :01:38.�50,000 from the charity she was running in Wrexham. Tonight, Miriam
:01:38. > :01:42.Beard knows she faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty to
:01:42. > :01:44.fraud. She claimed cash for projects which never happened and
:01:44. > :01:54.gave money to family members unconnected with the Communities
:01:54. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :01:58.First project in Plas Madoc. Miriam Beard was in the dock on the
:01:58. > :02:02.fourth day of her trial at Mold Crown Court alongside her husband
:02:02. > :02:05.James when the jury was told she admitted nine charges of fraud.
:02:05. > :02:15.Prosecutors said it wasn't in the public interest to pursue the case
:02:15. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:20.against Mr Beard. Inter's 1003, she became co-ordinator of the
:02:20. > :02:24.committee's first project which aims to help some of the poorer
:02:24. > :02:27.families living on the estate. She paid her son �18,000 to rent a
:02:27. > :02:29.caravan at a holiday park near Rhyl for Plas Madoc residents, but
:02:30. > :02:32.investigations found the charity had already bought it outright and
:02:33. > :02:35.Mrs Beard's son had no connection with the caravan. She also paid
:02:35. > :02:40.�25,000 into her father's bank account, saying he would provide
:02:40. > :02:43.activities for youngsters. But the money was transferred to her and he
:02:43. > :02:46.knew nothing about the arrangement. Speaking to us after she was
:02:46. > :02:54.suspended last year, Miriam Beard defended payments to family members
:02:54. > :03:01.who worked for the charity. We were never told that people from our
:03:01. > :03:05.families could not be employed. In fact, we were encouraged to
:03:05. > :03:08.employee family members. We have done. It is not just members of my
:03:08. > :03:12.family. But Frank Biggs says Miriam Beard
:03:12. > :03:15.made the most of her position at the expense of this estate. He's
:03:15. > :03:17.lived at Plas Madoc for nearly 40 years and worked at the Communities
:03:17. > :03:22.First centre briefly before clashing with the co-ordinator. He
:03:22. > :03:28.says she exploited the system well. It was not long before it was
:03:28. > :03:33.apparent that she was out for herself. In many ways. And there
:03:33. > :03:36.were other things that were less than the whole sum. And the
:03:36. > :03:39.nepotism that went on, the favouritism.
:03:39. > :03:42.The Welsh Assembly Government says it has reviewed its working
:03:42. > :03:44.practices following this case to ensure they are robust and hopes it
:03:44. > :03:47.doesn't detract from the good work being achieved through the
:03:47. > :03:49.Communities First programme in Wales. Miriam Beard will be
:03:49. > :03:52.sentenced next month. The high number of ambulance staff
:03:52. > :03:56.off sick is affecting the ability of the Ambulance Service here to
:03:56. > :04:01.reach life-threatening emergency calls. That's the verdict of the
:04:01. > :04:05.service itself, in a document seen by BBC Wales. It also says it's
:04:05. > :04:14.having to pay more money in order to cover shifts. More from our
:04:14. > :04:19.Health correspondent, Arwyn Jones. They are the ones who are there
:04:19. > :04:23.when we need them most. The Ambulance Service has an impressive
:04:23. > :04:28.recent record of arriving at emergencies within their target
:04:28. > :04:32.times. According to the service's or risk assessment, the ruck
:04:32. > :04:37.problems. The document says high rates of sickness among staff
:04:37. > :04:42.ambulance staff has an impact on the Trust's ability to respond to
:04:42. > :04:44.life-threatening emergency calls. This man from Newport had to wait
:04:44. > :04:49.for over a two allows for an ambulance when his wife the
:04:49. > :04:55.collapse last year. And the end, a rapid response cart took her the
:04:55. > :05:01.six minute journey to the local hospital. A similar thing happened
:05:01. > :05:05.to him in South last month. He had to wait over an hour after
:05:05. > :05:09.suffering a suspected heart attack. I could have died. I really do
:05:09. > :05:14.believe that. But it is that serious nature where if you live
:05:14. > :05:19.miles away from the hospital, I appreciate they cannot get there.
:05:19. > :05:24.But we have only about 10 minutes away from the hospital. That is a
:05:24. > :05:29.no-go area. It should not be happening. There is no doubt it is
:05:29. > :05:34.a tough job. In all weathers, ambulance crews have to respond to
:05:34. > :05:36.our needs. It is stressful and physically demanding. Statistics
:05:36. > :05:41.show how ambulance staff are more likely than any other health
:05:41. > :05:48.workers to be offset. One serving paramedics says the situation is
:05:48. > :05:52.getting worse. It can be very physical at times. With all the
:05:52. > :05:58.money will handling. Carrying patients and things like that.
:05:58. > :06:03.There is a lot of stress involved. The type of calls we have to deal
:06:03. > :06:07.with. The workload has increased to year on year. The number of staff
:06:07. > :06:11.within the service has not necessarily kept apace. In a
:06:11. > :06:14.statement, the ambulance trust accepted that absence through
:06:14. > :06:18.sickness was a problem and that it was improving year on year. They
:06:18. > :06:25.added that more work was needed and they have sold up a health and
:06:25. > :06:29.well-being group to reduce the levels. -- setter. Ambulance staff
:06:29. > :06:33.are the ones we turn to when we are most in need but now it seems that
:06:33. > :06:37.illness among them themselves has been affected their ability to help
:06:37. > :06:40.Two miners have been treated in hospital after an incident at a
:06:40. > :06:43.colliery near Glynneath. It took an hour to rescue the men who were
:06:43. > :06:46.trapped a few miles underground at the Aberpergwm mine following
:06:46. > :06:49.reports of a roof collapse. A third man was treated at the scene. None
:06:49. > :06:51.are believed to have been seriously injured.
:06:51. > :06:56.A bullet, CS gas and knuckledusters are among items confiscated from
:06:56. > :06:58.visitors to the National Assembly in Cardiff. According to
:06:58. > :07:04.information obtained by BBC Wales, police removed the items between
:07:04. > :07:07.April 2009 and October this year. The Conservatives have called for
:07:07. > :07:14.clarification over how the weapons were found, but the Assembly says
:07:14. > :07:17.it won't comment on security issues. The Welsh Government should be
:07:17. > :07:21.responsible for raising some of the money it spends, according to the
:07:21. > :07:24.Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan. A new commission starts its work
:07:24. > :07:28.tomorrow looking at whether some taxes should be collected here in
:07:28. > :07:31.Wales. That would be a disaster, according to Mrs Gillan's Labour
:07:31. > :07:41.predecessor. From Westminster, here's our Political Correspondent
:07:41. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:50.Tomos Livingstone. A flight from Cardiff airport will mean you have
:07:50. > :07:52.to pay air passenger duty. Should the level of that tax beset by the
:07:52. > :07:57.Welsh Government rather than by Westminster? A new commission
:07:57. > :08:01.starts its work tomorrow examining whether more power should be
:08:01. > :08:04.devolved to Cardiff Bay. According to the Welsh Secretary Cheryl
:08:05. > :08:10.Gillan, devolution is about responsibility, not just about
:08:10. > :08:14.power. Why should and one institution of Government it really
:08:14. > :08:21.be the spending on without having any linkage or responsibility for
:08:21. > :08:24.raising the money it spends? Even a local authorities have to raise the
:08:24. > :08:28.limit of their taxation. Are we saying that the Welsh Assembly
:08:28. > :08:31.should be in a lesser position than the local Government? What exactly
:08:31. > :08:35.will the Commission look at? It will examine whether the Welsh
:08:35. > :08:39.Government should take more powers from Westminster. But it will not
:08:39. > :08:43.look at whether the Treasury should give more each year to the Welsh
:08:43. > :08:48.Government. And why it will look at evolving tax powers, it is likely
:08:48. > :08:53.to concentrate on smaller taxes rather than income tax. MPs debate
:08:53. > :09:00.-- MPs debated the commission's work this afternoon. Not everyone
:09:00. > :09:05.is convinced it is appropriate. we should look before we leap. A so
:09:05. > :09:10.called to devolution tax advocated by the nationalists and tempting to
:09:10. > :09:13.the Tories could be disastrous for wares. The sole commission is the
:09:13. > :09:17.latest in a long line of inquiry is looking at the way much at the
:09:17. > :09:21.Welsh devolution works. Despite the opposition of some MPs, it looks
:09:21. > :09:30.increasingly likely that in future, at least some of the taxes raised
:09:30. > :09:34.you will be collected by ministers in Cardiff, not London.
:09:34. > :09:36.The NHS in West has been accused of still letting some were chair users
:09:36. > :09:40.down more than one year after the Dutch Government promise to cut the
:09:40. > :09:45.length of time they have to wait for replacements and repairs. Last
:09:45. > :09:50.year, the service was criticised by an Assembly committee. Since then,
:09:50. > :09:56.run extra �2.2 million has been spent, but some problems are still
:09:56. > :10:00.taking many months to sort out. Zoe Walker's manner will were chair
:10:00. > :10:06.is so heavy she cannot get to her own front door. I cannot get past
:10:06. > :10:12.them. She has a power to would share but it is broken. Now she is
:10:12. > :10:16.denied what she has craved. I do not go out on my own. Having that,
:10:16. > :10:20.I could go to college on my arm. But give me a lot of independence.
:10:20. > :10:23.There are problems with the manner will chair. Her mother struggles to
:10:23. > :10:28.take it apart to get it into the car. They have been waiting nine
:10:28. > :10:33.months for a repair. My dad has been making loads of phone calls on
:10:33. > :10:38.trying to get people to come and sort it out. I am frustrated and
:10:38. > :10:43.annoyed. I wanted to get sorted soon. Making dozens of phone calls,
:10:43. > :10:48.then you have to keep chasing them up. It is always chasing up. They
:10:48. > :10:52.never ever phone you back. But never. So therefore, you are
:10:52. > :10:58.chasing up for all these bits, which is very important to her
:10:58. > :11:02.everyday life and can affect her body. The it is not just Zoe Walker.
:11:02. > :11:06.Others are experiencing long waits despite assurances from the Welsh
:11:06. > :11:10.Government that the situation will improve. I am all for giving a
:11:10. > :11:14.little bit of time to sort problems out and I am things out to make
:11:14. > :11:20.sure the service improves, but it has taken too long. We need action
:11:20. > :11:26.now in order to sort these problems out. It is not rocket and -- it is
:11:26. > :11:30.not rocket science. We need to make sure these whingers are prepared in
:11:30. > :11:33.a good fashion. Why does it take up to six months to repair a
:11:33. > :11:38.wheelchair? The Welsh Government says an extra �2 million a year
:11:38. > :11:42.will help. This family says it is not interested in politics, they
:11:42. > :11:50.just want something done. Simon Green is a wheelchair user
:11:50. > :11:54.and campaigner. We saw Zoe Walker's story. How big a problem is this?
:11:54. > :11:59.It is a massive problem. That is just the tip of the iceberg. I have
:11:59. > :12:04.spoken to dozens of people where I lived while waiting for wheelchairs
:12:04. > :12:07.or wait weeks, months, sometimes years to get assessed and then to
:12:07. > :12:11.get their wheelchairs. People do not realise how important the
:12:11. > :12:16.wheelchair is to somebody who needs it. Without it, people are stuck at
:12:16. > :12:21.home and cannot play a part in two the society. It can lead to
:12:21. > :12:24.depression and Excise -- and anxiety. It can have a massive
:12:24. > :12:28.impact on their life. Much more needs to be done to make sure
:12:28. > :12:32.people get there were just another equipment as soon as possible.
:12:32. > :12:37.is not just getting the merger. Sometimes it is having them
:12:37. > :12:42.repaired. If you have equipment you cannot use, are you presume it is
:12:42. > :12:47.we -- it is used for us. To wait so long to have it repaired, it is
:12:47. > :12:49.ridiculous. She is not alone. There are many people out there was will
:12:49. > :12:55.just have been damaged or stopped working. They have had to wait
:12:55. > :13:01.months for them to come to them. Twitchers are a lifeline to people.
:13:01. > :13:06.It is mentioned that if your car breaks down, people can catch a bus
:13:06. > :13:11.or use a taxi. Disabled people do that have that option. We just need
:13:11. > :13:15.to be supplied far quicker. What is the problem? Billions of extra
:13:15. > :13:20.pounds have been impressed me -- invested. Would you think the
:13:20. > :13:30.problem lies? Perhaps there is too much administration going on. It is
:13:30. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:38.certainly not working at the moment. It is certainly not working at the
:13:38. > :13:42.moment and the money could be spent better. Simon Green, thank you, we
:13:42. > :13:46.appreciate your time. Coming up: We will hear from Sam
:13:46. > :13:50.Warburton on that tackle and his future as Wales captain.
:13:50. > :14:00.And a secret war fought underground, the Welsh miners who dug deep to
:14:00. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:04.The owner of a caravan park in the Vale of Glamorgan where mobile
:14:04. > :14:10.homes hang perilously over a cliff following a landslide has been
:14:10. > :14:13.talking about it for the first time. Sally Laver-Edwards -- Sally Laver-
:14:13. > :14:16.Edwards, who runs Porthkerry Caravan Park with her family, says
:14:16. > :14:21.they still don't know the full financial impact as they battle to
:14:21. > :14:25.save people's homes. Since Monday, Porthkerry Caravan
:14:25. > :14:30.Park staff have been working my fan -- night and day to make the
:14:30. > :14:35.sidestepped -- safe. Cracks first started appearing three weeks ago
:14:35. > :14:40.and geologists were called in straightaway but even experts were
:14:40. > :14:45.surprised by the speed with which land disappeared into the beach
:14:45. > :14:52.below, complete with the monitoring equipment geologists put in place.
:14:52. > :14:58.There were two that were definitely overhanging by a good six or eight
:14:58. > :15:05.feet, and it was a choice of myself and my brother... I haven't 11
:15:05. > :15:09.month-old baby so he said, I will go -- have an 11 month-old baby.
:15:09. > :15:13.Watching him go to the edge, all that was going through my mind, was,
:15:13. > :15:19.oh my goodness, please God, don't let anything happen to any of my
:15:19. > :15:24.staff or my brother. My parents would be devastated, you know? We
:15:24. > :15:30.have people who have been here 10 plus years now in those caravans on
:15:30. > :15:36.the front. They have been bringing their children and grandchildren
:15:36. > :15:40.here week in week out throughout the season, so the ones who were
:15:40. > :15:44.evacuated earlier, they saved a lot of their personal possessions, and
:15:44. > :15:50.hopefully we will save all the bans, but you cannot replace those
:15:50. > :15:53.memories -- all the caravans. family and another four caravan
:15:53. > :15:58.parks and she says there are strict rules on spacing caravans which
:15:58. > :16:01.they have always adhered to. have had health and safety and the
:16:01. > :16:06.shoreline management and there are all satisfied with how we approach
:16:06. > :16:11.it and what we have done. For now, the work continues to assess if any
:16:11. > :16:18.further loss of land is likely. have definitely lost 16 plots in
:16:18. > :16:21.one hit, so that will devalue our park. We were never have sales from
:16:21. > :16:25.those pictures again, and never have those friends. So yes, there
:16:26. > :16:30.is a concern, it is not so massive one right now but it will be in a
:16:30. > :16:33.couple of weeks' time when we sit down and crunch the numbers. In a
:16:33. > :16:38.week or two when we have done what we needed to do and they have five
:16:38. > :16:45.minutes to breathe, I will probably have a week. Sally Laver-Edwards
:16:45. > :16:49.speaking to Jenny Rees. A mother whose five-year-old son
:16:49. > :16:52.and his grandparents died from carbon monoxide poisoning has met
:16:52. > :16:58.Assembly Members to discuss making fire alarms compulsory in all homes
:16:58. > :17:03.-- have a monoxide alarms. McCaw Thomas died in Blackwood 6
:17:03. > :17:05.years ago -- McCauley Thomas. Today she was in the Senate macro with an
:17:06. > :17:11.American couple who forced a change in the law in New York State
:17:11. > :17:15.following the death of their daughter.
:17:15. > :17:18.I think on the whole the law needs to be changed and there needs to be
:17:18. > :17:24.legislation for every home, every new-build and every existing home
:17:25. > :17:28.to have a carbon monoxide detector. In rugby now, Wales' World captain
:17:28. > :17:32.Sam Warburton admitted the tackle that saw him sent-off in the semi-
:17:32. > :17:36.final defeat to France was worse than he originally thought. The
:17:36. > :17:40.Cardiff Blues flanker led his country to the semi-finals but
:17:40. > :17:44.believes the referee was correct to show him the red card. Matt Murray
:17:44. > :17:49.reports. It was the moment that ended and
:17:49. > :17:52.tainted Sam Warburton's World Cup. Centred off -- sent off for a
:17:52. > :17:57.dangerous tackle, Wales were left with 14 men and lost the semi-final
:17:57. > :18:01.to France by just one point. It almost certainly cost Wales and a
:18:01. > :18:05.place in the semi-final but today the World Cup captain says referee
:18:05. > :18:09.Alan Rowland was right. When I did the tackle I thought maybe it was a
:18:09. > :18:13.yellow card. I didn't realise how bad it looked, but when I sat down
:18:13. > :18:17.and looked at the screen, when it was played at the stadium, it
:18:17. > :18:22.looked a hell of a lot worse than I thought it was. I can't blame the
:18:22. > :18:25.referee. As the rules go, it was a red card and they cannot complain.
:18:26. > :18:30.Here in New Zealand, Warburton was banned for three weeks. The Blue
:18:30. > :18:33.Star is now serving the final days of the suspension and the 23 year
:18:33. > :18:36.old says been sent off in the biggest game of his life will make
:18:36. > :18:41.him a stronger player. He knows there is also competition for the
:18:41. > :18:46.captaincy now with hooker Matthew race back fit. I would definitely
:18:47. > :18:51.do it but I understand if Matthew is given the captaincy back. He did
:18:51. > :18:55.such a great job in the Six Nations and the forehand. I totally
:18:55. > :19:00.understand. We would have made the semi-finals with him captain and
:19:00. > :19:03.probably would have gone further. This tackle could have wanted
:19:03. > :19:07.Warburton but he had to see the humour when he ended up being sat
:19:07. > :19:10.next to the same player on the play hope -- plane home. There were 10
:19:10. > :19:15.flights leaving Auckland that day and the chances of sitting next to
:19:15. > :19:19.the player I tackled were probably one and 1000. I walked on the plane
:19:19. > :19:26.and put my bag in the overhead luggage and looked to my right and
:19:26. > :19:31.he was there a laughing. He said, I will give you massage after the
:19:31. > :19:33.tackle! For First it was Gareth Bale, now
:19:33. > :19:37.the Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has been snapped wearing a Great
:19:37. > :19:41.Britain Football Top. The Arsenal star says he wants the chance to
:19:41. > :19:47.play at London 2012 against the wishes of the Football Association
:19:47. > :19:52.of Wales. Rhodri Llywelyn reports. The Welsh captain in a British
:19:52. > :19:57.shirt. Aaron Ramsey states that if he has the opportunity to play 14
:19:57. > :20:00.she be in next year's London Olympics, then why not? -- 14 GB.
:20:00. > :20:05.Because our independence as a footballing nation would be
:20:06. > :20:09.jeopardised, say the FAW. The Arsenal midfielder's predecessor as
:20:09. > :20:13.national skipper says that is nonsense. There will always be a
:20:13. > :20:18.Welsh national team and to have one or two players like Gareth Bale and
:20:18. > :20:23.Aaron Ramsey, they deserve the chance to represent Britain in the
:20:23. > :20:26.Olympics because it is an honour not just for them and their
:20:26. > :20:29.families, but then to return to Wales with the highlights and
:20:29. > :20:32.experience of going through that, and what they have to give the
:20:32. > :20:37.Welsh national team, it were any benefit them.
:20:37. > :20:41.Gareth Bale made his intentions clear last week. As opposition is -
:20:41. > :20:45.- opposition grows both he and Ramsay can expect a fans' protest
:20:45. > :20:49.when Wales entertain or wait a week on Saturday. The shame about this
:20:49. > :20:52.is the energy taken away from the national side. We just started to
:20:52. > :20:56.turn the top -- corner and were looking optimistically to the
:20:57. > :21:00.future and thought we had a chance of qualifying. This has divided the
:21:00. > :21:04.camp and the supporters and it is a shame that we have lost so much
:21:04. > :21:09.energy to something so unimportant. Plenty of questions around the
:21:09. > :21:13.reasons for and against a British football team, but in stating their
:21:13. > :21:21.wish to play, the Welsh wonder kids are not alone. I would love to play
:21:21. > :21:25.in the Olympics and 14 GB. Would you like to be captain? Who knows?
:21:25. > :21:27.-- played 40 met GB. As long as I am part of the set-up in the
:21:27. > :21:32.Olympics, it will be such a big thing.
:21:32. > :21:37.For scoring goals like this, he is popular and in demand, but Aaron
:21:37. > :21:42.Ramsey's decision to don the blue of Britain is drawing cheers as
:21:42. > :21:45.well as cheers. Cardiff City are up to 5th in the
:21:45. > :21:50.Championship after a convincing win at Derby last night. Filip Kiss
:21:50. > :21:54.scored his first for the club to put the Bluebirds ahead, and a
:21:54. > :22:00.Kevin Kilbane own-goal doubled the lead in the second half, with this
:22:00. > :22:04.goal from Peter Whittingham making it 3-0. There it is.
:22:04. > :22:08.They swapped the coalfields of Wales for the battlefields of the
:22:08. > :22:11.Somme. During the First World War, thousands of Welsh miners dug
:22:11. > :22:17.tunnels underneath the Western Front hoping to destroy enemy
:22:17. > :22:20.trenches. Many were killed underground. Now, archaeologists in
:22:20. > :22:24.Northern France have started excavating that network of tunnels.
:22:24. > :22:30.Robert Hall has been exploring one of the biggest tunnels near the
:22:30. > :22:35.French village of La Boisselle. We are in what was called by the
:22:35. > :22:37.troops W incline, one of the main entrances to the complex which lay
:22:37. > :22:42.underneath no-man's-land. We are around 30 feet under the surface,
:22:42. > :22:46.and the farm and here. Behind us as a deep shaft which guides down to
:22:46. > :22:50.tunnels at a lower level. All the way into this exploration, the team
:22:50. > :22:55.have been discovering things which lead them towards the men who
:22:55. > :22:58.worked and died here. This is one of the historians. Tell me about
:22:58. > :23:02.how this takes you towards the Welsh miners.
:23:02. > :23:09.We have just Today found this pit head, a miner's pick, not a
:23:09. > :23:13.military pick, a special strength and pickaxe used by coalminers.
:23:13. > :23:17.Tell me about Welsh connection. We know Welsh miners were here but you
:23:17. > :23:20.have one or two individuals who you know a bit more about. Yes. There
:23:20. > :23:25.were miners here from all over the country, but many thousands of
:23:25. > :23:33.Welsh miners volunteer and served, of course, and in particular
:23:33. > :23:39.William Arthur Lloyd from Wrexham who took his last journey, his last
:23:39. > :23:44.shift down this shaft here. What happened to him? He was one of five
:23:44. > :23:51.men whose bodies could not be recovered after a very heavy German
:23:51. > :23:54.explosion. Our mission now is to safeguard and preserve the location
:23:54. > :23:58.and insure their remains are not disturbed. Simon Jones, thank you
:23:58. > :24:02.very much indeed. It is important to underline that this is exciting
:24:02. > :24:06.for Simon and his colleagues but to at the time of remembrance no one
:24:06. > :24:11.is about to forget that this is where men lived and died in
:24:11. > :24:14.conditions number that -- none of us could even begin to imagine.
:24:14. > :24:23.Robert Hall from La Boisselle. The weather now from Sue, and there are
:24:23. > :24:31.Yes, heavy downpours and winds and localised flooding in Gowerton and
:24:31. > :24:34.sent back in. The satellite picture shows us why. Bands moving north,
:24:34. > :24:41.fast-moving and producing high rainfall in Mid, South and West
:24:42. > :24:47.Wales in just a few hours. We had 12 mm, half an inch of rain falling
:24:47. > :24:51.and heavy downpours. Blustery showers will continue tomorrow with
:24:51. > :24:56.a few bright spells in between. Though showers slowly easing
:24:56. > :24:59.through this evening and it will become drier for a time overnight,
:24:59. > :25:01.but rain moving in from the east again by the early hours. It is
:25:02. > :25:06.another very mild night with temperatures in double figures
:25:06. > :25:10.right across Wales. The potential for heavy showers, then, along the
:25:10. > :25:14.border tomorrow morning, with a chance of hailstorms and thunder
:25:14. > :25:19.with the air and stable, so the detail is sketchy, but generally
:25:19. > :25:23.dry in the West than today, a few road showers, and most of us will
:25:23. > :25:27.see some sunshine between they should ease by the afternoon with
:25:27. > :25:32.the wind lighter as well and turning more westerly. Top
:25:32. > :25:36.temperatures 13 Celsius on Anglesey, up to 15 in Cardiff and Monmouth.
:25:36. > :25:40.It should stay dry for any bonfire events tomorrow morning and it is a
:25:40. > :25:45.dry and quite bright start on Saturday, but turning cloudy with
:25:45. > :25:48.some rain for Eastern Counties. Drier further west, but the greater
:25:48. > :25:52.chance of rain in the south and east on Guy Fawkes night itself,
:25:52. > :25:57.and a fairly windy night as well, so not great for Bonfire Night.
:25:57. > :26:02.Crucially, it is a change of wind direction over the weekend, brisk
:26:02. > :26:06.northerly winds, so after a mild today's, noticeably cooler. Breezy
:26:06. > :26:11.on Sunday and turning brighter as well, the best brightness always
:26:11. > :26:16.for the West over the weekend. Finally, Peter James took this
:26:16. > :26:21.photo looking out over the Pezzoli hills. Sunny spells and showers, we
:26:21. > :26:24.might see more rain and showers over the next few days. You can
:26:24. > :26:34.keep up-to-date with what is happening and check out the latest
:26:34. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:41.video forecast on line on our Thank you. The Greek prime minister
:26:41. > :26:45.George Papandreou has address to members of his own party and its
:26:45. > :26:48.continued political turmoil. Several MPs from the governing
:26:48. > :26:51.party have criticised his call for a referendum on the euro-zone
:26:52. > :26:55.rescue package. Three Pakistan Test cricketers
:26:55. > :27:00.involved a plot to bowl deliberate no-balls as part of a betting scam
:27:00. > :27:03.have been jailed. Their sentences ranged from two-and-a-half years to
:27:03. > :27:07.six months. The player's agent was also jailed.
:27:07. > :27:11.The head of a regeneration project on a housing estate in Wrexham has
:27:11. > :27:18.changed her plea to guilty at her fraud trial. Miriam Beard admitted
:27:18. > :27:23.having milked Plas Murdoch -- Plas Madoc Communities First project of
:27:23. > :27:29.more than �50,000. In a few minutes, among the issues
:27:29. > :27:32.on Dragon's Eye, the ongoing row over closing our busiest club --
:27:33. > :27:37.Coastguard station. I will have the headlines just