:00:09. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales Today. The top stories: Celebrations at outside
:00:13. > :00:17.court after the trial of eight police officers collapses. They
:00:17. > :00:24.were accused of perverting the course of justice during the
:00:24. > :00:25.investigation into the murder of Lynette White 23 years ago. Tonight,
:00:25. > :00:30.questions and recriminations. probably tens of millions that this
:00:30. > :00:33.case has cost. I would call for an inquiry into the way this
:00:33. > :00:37.investigating team has conducted itself.
:00:37. > :00:43.There has been disappointment over today's events from one of the five
:00:43. > :00:47.men wrongly accused of the murder. A it was just a farce, it was just
:00:47. > :00:57.a farce. We really believed, close family and friends, but things
:00:57. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:16.would be done here, you know? But Also on the programme, struggling
:01:16. > :01:19.to balance the books, health boards face a �15 million shortfall. 10
:01:19. > :01:23.Years After our national museums through open their doors to
:01:23. > :01:27.visitors free of charge, we find out if people still look forward to
:01:27. > :01:32.finding out about our past. And the treatment from Mexico that
:01:32. > :01:42.has offered hope to 10 year old Connah to treat his rare form of
:01:42. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:45.Good evening. Britain's biggest ever trial of
:01:45. > :01:50.former police officers collapsed after it was ruled they couldn't
:01:50. > :01:53.get a fair hearing. Eight former South Wales Police officers had
:01:53. > :01:58.denied perverting the course of justice after the wrongful
:01:58. > :02:03.conviction of three men for the murder of Lynette White in Cardiff
:02:03. > :02:07.in 1988. The cost of the investigation, and trials spanning
:02:07. > :02:13.almost a quarter of a century, is thought to run into tens of
:02:13. > :02:18.millions of pounds. Hywel Griffith is at the scene of Lynette White's
:02:18. > :02:22.murder. There was relief from the defendants.
:02:22. > :02:27.This was a landmark case which had been locked in legal argument for
:02:27. > :02:32.the last month, so when the judge gave his decision, in has -- in his
:02:32. > :02:35.words, that this had become irretrievably confused for the
:02:36. > :02:39.defendants, there was huge relief involved. Eight former police
:02:39. > :02:44.officers and two civilians in the defence box has -- had been warned
:02:44. > :02:48.that this could happen today but clearly this is huge row -- relief
:02:48. > :02:51.for them and the weight taken off their shoulders. They have spent
:02:51. > :02:56.six years on police bail not known where it would end, but today it
:02:56. > :03:02.came to an end and they could walk free. Concern about how much money
:03:02. > :03:07.has been spent on this trial. one estimate I have been given by
:03:08. > :03:12.one of the defence barristers involved is over �30 million. Of
:03:12. > :03:16.course, Lynette White's murder took place more than 23 years ago in a
:03:16. > :03:21.bedsit in the building behind me. Her body was found their soaked in
:03:21. > :03:26.blood, but the case has become notorious in South Wales and the UK
:03:26. > :03:31.legal system as one hampered by errors and miscarriages of justice.
:03:31. > :03:35.We remember at the two men acquitted, and then three others,
:03:36. > :03:40.the so-called Cardiff Three, were acquitted and it wasn't until 2000
:03:40. > :03:46.that the murder was reinvestigated, and 2003 when the real killer was
:03:46. > :03:51.found. So this case has gone down in legal history, sadly, often for
:03:51. > :03:55.the wrong reasons. And now, of course, more inquiries. Yes, the
:03:55. > :03:58.judge has already called for an inquiry and we understand South
:03:59. > :04:02.Wales Police have agreed for it to be referred to the Independent
:04:02. > :04:07.Police Complaints Commission. They will need to look very closely at
:04:07. > :04:09.what has gone wrong in this latest trial, and the issue of disclosure,
:04:09. > :04:14.or there was evidence that should have been shared between the
:04:14. > :04:19.prosecution and defence not make known and why was some destroyed?
:04:19. > :04:22.Important questions that really bite to the core of be legal system.
:04:22. > :04:28.Her will go for it in Newtown, thank you.
:04:28. > :04:31.South Wales Police have tonight referred the matter to the IPCC and
:04:31. > :04:35.the Director of Public Prosecutions said he was extremely concerned
:04:35. > :04:40.that evidence was destroyed. The original investigation into the
:04:40. > :04:46.murder of Lynette White has cast a long set -- shadow over the South
:04:46. > :04:49.Wales force. Murphy Mary looks now as a case that has asked many
:04:49. > :04:53.questions of the legal system. Lynette White was just 20 years old
:04:53. > :04:57.and was stabbed more than 50 times in what was called a frenzied
:04:57. > :05:01.attack. Her throat and wrists were cut and her body left in this flat
:05:01. > :05:05.where she worked as a prostitute. The ending of this triumph seems to
:05:05. > :05:09.be the final twist in a long- running saga which started in this
:05:09. > :05:12.flat above the bookmakers over 20 years ago. The murder of Lynette
:05:13. > :05:21.White led to one of the biggest police investigations South Wales
:05:21. > :05:26.has ever seen but also led to a Five men were arrested and charged
:05:26. > :05:30.with her murder. Two of those men were acquitted. I have been put in
:05:30. > :05:35.jail for two years for a crime I did not commit. I don't know
:05:35. > :05:40.anything about it. Three others, Tony Paris, Lynette White's
:05:40. > :05:44.boyfriend and Stephen Miller, were connected -- convicted and sent to
:05:44. > :05:47.prison but in 1992 the convictions of the Cardiff Three as they were
:05:47. > :05:52.known was quashed by the Cardiff Three and they were released from
:05:52. > :05:56.jail. It was not until 11 years later but the real killer was
:05:56. > :06:02.brought to justice. A former client of Ginette White was caught using
:06:03. > :06:06.the latest DNA technology. That conviction led to the inquiry into
:06:06. > :06:10.the original investigation and resulted in the UK's biggest trial
:06:10. > :06:14.of ex-police officers. Today the judge ruled the sick man could not
:06:14. > :06:19.get a fair hearing after files relating to complaints by an
:06:19. > :06:21.original defendant was said to be missing. Solicitors Stewart Hutton
:06:22. > :06:25.represented two of the five men originally arrested for killing
:06:25. > :06:32.Lynette White and believes the collapse of this trial has led to
:06:32. > :06:36.further unanswered questions. has this happened? You would expect
:06:36. > :06:41.the Crown Prosecution Service and the police force to prepare their
:06:41. > :06:47.position so that it was watertight, and that hasn't happened, so
:06:47. > :06:51.therefore, do we have an inquiry? Do we have an outside police force
:06:51. > :06:56.to investigate? Certainly not South Wales Police, or do we go further
:06:56. > :06:59.and have a judicial inquiry? Why on the Cardiff three were
:06:59. > :07:03.convicted it led to unrest in the Cardiff docks community with many
:07:03. > :07:08.taking to the police -- streets and campaigning for their release. The
:07:08. > :07:11.miscarriage of justice cast a long shadow over South Wales Police.
:07:12. > :07:17.was right for South Wales Police and the IPCC to look at this issue
:07:17. > :07:21.and seek to bring matters to a conclusion. What happened, why was
:07:21. > :07:24.the case brought to a conclusion now, I think we need to see the
:07:24. > :07:28.full details before entering into any judgment.
:07:28. > :07:32.After more than 20 years, this may be the final twist in a case which
:07:32. > :07:35.has been dogged with problems, and still leaves many unanswered
:07:35. > :07:39.questions. Andrew Taylor is a barrister who
:07:39. > :07:44.has been following the case closely. What do you make of what happened
:07:44. > :07:49.today? I think it is breathtaking. This is the biggest and longest-
:07:49. > :07:53.running case in Welsh legal history. These people have been under
:07:54. > :07:56.investigation for well over 60 -- 6 years and for the case to collapse
:07:57. > :08:00.in the way it did ask many questions of the police, the
:08:00. > :08:03.prosecution and the way we deal with disclosure. They are right in
:08:03. > :08:06.saying there must be a full judicial investigation, not by
:08:07. > :08:10.South Wales Police, they already have their hands all over this case
:08:10. > :08:13.in more ways than one, and that is the only thing that can be done,
:08:14. > :08:17.hopefully to restore some confidence in the police and the
:08:17. > :08:21.way we bring people before the court. Let's have a look at the way
:08:21. > :08:26.this case collapsed and why it did. It was said they wouldn't get a
:08:26. > :08:30.fair trial. The judge ruled in an unusual ruling that they cannot
:08:30. > :08:34.have a fair trial. They have the best legal brains, ostensibly, in
:08:34. > :08:37.this case and millions of pounds worth of resources at their
:08:37. > :08:40.disposal and yet at the end of the day they could not provide
:08:40. > :08:45.information to defendants and their teams to allow them to have access
:08:46. > :08:49.to that information, which may have given them possibly other defences
:08:50. > :08:54.or shown that the prosecution case was fatally flawed. But is not a to
:08:54. > :08:58.penny half penny case. I suspect this cost at -- case has cost well
:08:58. > :09:02.over �30 million and all that money has been lost. In the meantime
:09:02. > :09:06.people have been on bail, lives have been ruined and confidence in
:09:06. > :09:09.our criminal justice system is in tatters. There will be
:09:09. > :09:13.repercussions not just in Wales but in other parts of the country. In
:09:13. > :09:18.particular how people deal with disclosure. Many people will say
:09:18. > :09:21.tonight, when my son, my husband, Mike relative had an unfair trial
:09:21. > :09:27.and is once again shows disclosure is not something the prosecution
:09:27. > :09:31.deal with fairly. You are saying many legal brains involved in this
:09:31. > :09:35.case, and the best ones. What lessons need to be learned across
:09:35. > :09:40.the board here? A great deal. People take their responsibilities
:09:40. > :09:43.to the court and justice very seriously. For this to happen six
:09:43. > :09:47.months it would dry up when these documents were in police possession
:09:47. > :09:51.and the CPS for well over seven years, possibly 20 years, and for
:09:52. > :09:55.this to happen at this stage is quite literally breathtaking, and I
:09:55. > :10:00.think many people out there will say that in today's stricken
:10:00. > :10:04.society in terms of finances, we have wasted over �30 million, and
:10:04. > :10:08.in the same breath, cast a complete doubt over the way people are able
:10:08. > :10:11.to receive fair trials and hopefully in the way justice is
:10:11. > :10:16.dispensed. This is breathtaking and there must be a full judicial
:10:16. > :10:21.inquiry. Andrew Taylor, thank you for joining us this evening.
:10:21. > :10:26.It was a dramatic day at Swansea Crown Court as we have heard, and
:10:26. > :10:29.he is Kate Scott Williams with her report.
:10:30. > :10:34.Acquitted of all charges after seven years under investigation, a
:10:34. > :10:39.former police officers walked free from the biggest trial of its kind
:10:39. > :10:43.in criminal history. Well, I am just relieved that it is all over
:10:43. > :10:50.after six-and-a-half years. This would have been my 7pm on bail, and
:10:50. > :10:56.we have had stalling tactics from the prosecution. My team proved
:10:56. > :11:01.that any such evidence against me was completely dismantled and taken
:11:01. > :11:05.apart, and there was no evidence at all against me. My client Richard
:11:05. > :11:08.Powell has asked me to say this on his behalf. I am pleased that the
:11:09. > :11:12.correct verdict has been reached. The last six-and-a-half years had
:11:12. > :11:17.been harrowing for myself and my family as well. I would like now to
:11:17. > :11:20.return to normal life. I would like to thank my friends and family for
:11:20. > :11:25.their unwavering support, and made legal team he supported me
:11:25. > :11:28.throughout. Five innocent men stood trial in
:11:28. > :11:31.1990 for the murder of Lynette White, who was killed at her flat
:11:31. > :11:36.in Cardiff's Docklands where she worked as a prostitute.
:11:37. > :11:40.One of those five is John Actie, who was found not guilty. It was
:11:40. > :11:47.just a farce, just a farce, we really believed, family and friends,
:11:47. > :11:53.close family, that things would be done here, but I'm just
:11:53. > :11:59.disappointed again, just disappointed. For everyone involved,
:11:59. > :12:05.not just myself, every other family who was involved in the case over
:12:05. > :12:10.the last 20 odd years. It is finished now and we have to move on.
:12:10. > :12:13.Me a more court cases or nothing, it you know what I mean? It would
:12:13. > :12:17.have been nice to have a result on this one.
:12:17. > :12:21.Three men were found guilty of Lynette White's killing and were
:12:21. > :12:24.jailed but released after the Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.
:12:24. > :12:29.Earlier this year eight detectives working on that investigation went
:12:29. > :12:34.on trial charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice,
:12:34. > :12:39.along with two civilians, want Violet Perriam, accused of lying to
:12:39. > :12:43.the jury in 1990. Today her solicitor spoke on her behalf.
:12:43. > :12:47.obviously delighted with today's decision. This investigation and
:12:47. > :12:50.trial has been very difficult to deal with. I have had to leave with
:12:50. > :12:54.these proceedings for several years and the impact on my family,
:12:54. > :12:58.friends and I is impossible to describe.
:12:58. > :13:02.All 10 accused had always said they were innocent, and today the case
:13:02. > :13:06.against them collapsed. In the past few weeks, the defence argued they
:13:06. > :13:10.hadn't seen all the evidence. Mr Justice Sweeney was so concerned
:13:10. > :13:14.over problems of the disclosure of evidence in this case that he
:13:14. > :13:18.ordered a review. Following that review, the prosecution Today said
:13:18. > :13:23.it has emerged that some files had been destroyed. They said the
:13:23. > :13:26.correct course of action was to offer no evidence, and provide a
:13:26. > :13:29.verdict of not guilty, essentially ending the trial.
:13:29. > :13:33.Today the Crown Prosecution Service said destruction of evidence meant
:13:33. > :13:36.it would be impossible to give meaning for reassurances that no
:13:36. > :13:39.other material had been treated similarly, thus undermining the
:13:39. > :13:42.defence's confidence in the disclosure process.
:13:42. > :13:46.In a statement today, Stephen Miller, one of the three men
:13:47. > :13:50.wrongly imprisoned over Lynette White's murder, said that this is a
:13:50. > :13:56.sad day for the criminal process. The investigation and trial are
:13:56. > :14:03.estimated to have cost over �30 million. There are calls to look
:14:03. > :14:07.into the use of public money. The police budgets has been big
:14:07. > :14:12.over a number of years with 18 or 19 defence teams between the two
:14:12. > :14:22.trials, a jury he has since July and judges in London to try it. It
:14:22. > :14:24.
:14:25. > :14:29.A second related trial of four former officers will open next week
:14:29. > :14:35.with the prosecution again offering no evidence. In dismissing the jury,
:14:35. > :14:38.Mr Justice Sweeney said when a trial has become an offence must be
:14:38. > :14:46.stopped. It is vitally important his joint review now go to the
:14:46. > :14:50.bottom of what went wrong and enjoy as appropriate action is taken. --
:14:51. > :14:53.and make sure appropriate action is taken. Health boards across Wales
:14:53. > :14:56.face a potential shortfall of nearly �50 million that's despite a
:14:56. > :14:59.warning from the Welsh Government that they won't be bailed out. The
:14:59. > :15:02.bodies have already been offered an extra �103 million but financial
:15:02. > :15:11.reports show they're struggling to make ends meet even after an
:15:11. > :15:15.injection of cash. Here's our political editor, Betsan Powys.
:15:15. > :15:19.It is not unusual for health boss to predict they will be in the red
:15:19. > :15:24.by the end of the financial year. It is unusual for it to happen at
:15:24. > :15:30.the health minister has said they have had their lot and would be
:15:30. > :15:34.bailed out. It is not about reductions of services, they have
:15:34. > :15:39.got the funding in place to be able for them to deliver the services.
:15:39. > :15:44.That is where the accountability is. If they don't steps will have to be
:15:44. > :15:50.taken, we will have to bring in sanctions. Of the seven health
:15:50. > :15:53.boards, only one expects to break- even. The others foresee that
:15:53. > :15:58.despite a legal obligation to balance the books they will end the
:15:58. > :16:02.year with a deficit of anywhere between �3,000,000.14000000 pounds.
:16:02. > :16:10.A what has been made clear to chairs of health boards is this is
:16:10. > :16:14.a p 45 target. How do you make savings? There is only two ways you
:16:14. > :16:19.can make savings, by closing a facility and the other is to either
:16:19. > :16:22.let go of staff or to not recruit new staff. The health minister has
:16:22. > :16:30.warned its financial targets are missed heads will roll. She is
:16:30. > :16:36.right to be tough says the opposition. They argue she must
:16:36. > :16:39.share the burden of responsibility. There are huge pressures within the
:16:39. > :16:43.health service, technology is continuously advancing and that is
:16:43. > :16:48.why it is important it was government protects the health
:16:48. > :16:53.budget. That is the priority of the Welsh people. It is our priority
:16:53. > :16:57.has a opposition and I hope it is the Welsh Government's reality.
:16:57. > :17:03.Local health boards are working to was breaking even. These game of
:17:03. > :17:08.the challenge should not be underestimated. A what happens if
:17:08. > :17:14.the boards don't break-even? We don't really know. The are
:17:14. > :17:17.legally or obliged to break even. That is why in previous years the
:17:17. > :17:27.health ministers have put their hands in their pockets. But Lesley
:17:27. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:35.Griffiths has said she won't. Should patients be concerned by his
:17:35. > :17:39.cousin at this is a question I asked health economists yesterday.
:17:39. > :17:49.There. Is they're not going to turn anybody way if it is going to be a
:17:49. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:53.tough winter. There is also that question of why can't Welsh health
:17:53. > :17:58.was live within their means? Settlements have been generous in
:17:58. > :18:04.the past. They can't be generous any more. The Lib-Dems or Plaid
:18:04. > :18:07.Cymru don't argue with the government. They are saying from
:18:07. > :18:11.now want the health minister has got to what very carefully where
:18:11. > :18:14.the money is spent. Civil servants have to be sure where the money is
:18:14. > :18:17.spent. The funeral has taken place of a
:18:17. > :18:21.couple from Newport who died in a multiple crash on the M5 in
:18:21. > :18:25.Somerset last month. Tony and Pamela Adams were among seven
:18:25. > :18:35.people who died in the accident near Taunton. The service was led
:18:35. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:43.by the Bishop of Monmouth at St Mark's Church in Newport.
:18:43. > :18:46.The Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas has announced he's to stand for the
:18:46. > :18:55.leadership of the party. Speaking earlier today he said he's be a
:18:55. > :18:58.different type of leader. We need to reinvigorate the the party and
:18:58. > :19:03.to look at the issues that concern people like job-creation, the
:19:04. > :19:06.economy, protecting the health and education.
:19:06. > :19:10.It's ten years since UK national museums began offering free entry
:19:10. > :19:12.for visitors. Wales was ahead of the pack and led the way 6 months
:19:12. > :19:15.earlier. 15 million people have enjoyed Wales' seven national
:19:15. > :19:25.museums free of charge over the past decade. Matthew Richards is in
:19:25. > :19:27.
:19:27. > :19:31.Wrexham for us. Wrexham is a local museum, not a
:19:31. > :19:34.national museum, but it has an expensive refit and is a part of
:19:34. > :19:38.the National Museums and Galleries of Wales. He says a lot of exhibits
:19:38. > :19:44.you might see elsewhere around the country. Let's find out more now
:19:44. > :19:48.from the exhibitions officer. What is the link between you and the
:19:48. > :19:51.National Museums? We have a special gallery dedicated to providing free
:19:51. > :19:57.access to collections from the National Museums and library here
:19:57. > :20:02.in north-east Wales. Everybody is benefiting. Over the last 10 years
:20:02. > :20:06.you have noticed a difference, what kind of changes has free access
:20:06. > :20:11.make's it has changed the way people use and visit the museums.
:20:11. > :20:14.They don't try to see is all at once and tried different
:20:14. > :20:19.exhibitions and Mark that partaking in different activities rather than
:20:19. > :20:24.visiting once, ticking the box and never coming back again.
:20:24. > :20:27.different types of people coming? You can tell when people I knew in
:20:27. > :20:31.the museum. We have had their activities the way you can tell
:20:31. > :20:38.they have obviously not been in the museum before but have enjoyed the
:20:38. > :20:44.experience. Tonight, the museum is open late on Tuesday -- Thursdays
:20:44. > :20:53.to catch the lake by shoppers. Tiny me now is the only member on
:20:53. > :20:57.communities for Wrexham council. -- joining me now. It is vital that we
:20:57. > :21:04.get a free access for people. It was obvious when the National
:21:04. > :21:07.Museums decided in Wales to be a head of the game back in 2,000. It
:21:07. > :21:15.brought in 88% more people when they did not have to pay to gain
:21:15. > :21:18.access. It is vital we maintain these facilities as long as we can.
:21:18. > :21:26.To have the quality exhibition that applies nationally, it gives
:21:26. > :21:30.everybody the benefit. If charging more for exhibitions should come in,
:21:30. > :21:35.do you think that will be a good idea? I think we have to look at
:21:35. > :21:40.best. Currently, we have good access to the museum and we need to
:21:41. > :21:43.keep it that way. Many thanks. The Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay
:21:44. > :21:48.says he's relieved to have avoided one of the Premier League's big
:21:48. > :21:50.teams in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup. The Bluebirds will
:21:51. > :21:55.play fellow Championship side Crystal Palace, who beat Manchester
:21:55. > :22:01.United last night, for a place in the final. Liverpool or Manchester
:22:01. > :22:06.City will await the winner at Wembley.
:22:06. > :22:12.It is great for the championship that we are one of the teams going
:22:12. > :22:15.through. It is a great advert for the championship. We know each
:22:15. > :22:21.other well. We respect each other and we know it is going to be a
:22:21. > :22:23.tough game. We are delighted that we did not get Liverpool or
:22:23. > :22:26.Manchester City. Wrexham have extended their
:22:26. > :22:29.unbeaten run to 13 games and reclaimed the top spot in the Blue
:22:29. > :22:32.Square Bet Premier after a 2-1 win over Darlington. The visitors took
:22:32. > :22:36.the lead in the first half but Wrexham equalised in the 78th
:22:36. > :22:41.minute after a goalmouth scramble. Substitute Jake Speight hit the
:22:42. > :22:45.winner with his first touch of the ball.
:22:45. > :22:49.A schoolboy from Flintshire who has a rare form of cancer has defied
:22:49. > :22:54.medical experts by recently celebrating his 10th birthday. Four
:22:54. > :22:56.years ago Connah Broom from Gronant had 11 tumours throughout his body.
:22:56. > :23:06.Now, after travelling to Mexico for pioneering treatment costing almost
:23:06. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:16.�250,000, 10 of the tumours have This is a Connah at the age of five,
:23:16. > :23:21.won the Arc de was diagnosed with new robust coma. It is a rare
:23:21. > :23:27.condition that affects 100 children in the UK every year. When these
:23:27. > :23:36.pictures were taken, Connah had 11 tumours. Chemotherapy had not work
:23:36. > :23:40.and the prognosis was bad. This is Connah now after turning 10. 11 of
:23:40. > :23:43.the tumours have gone and his family says it is down to this
:23:43. > :23:48.photodynamic therapy, an experimental treatment he received
:23:49. > :23:55.in Mexico because it was not available on the NHS. He has four
:23:55. > :24:01.nights a treatment a week at home. The Eddie at... There it damages
:24:01. > :24:10.blood vessels in the team were. It there rectally attacks cancer cells.
:24:10. > :24:16.We have been doing is for four years. We were told the secondaries
:24:16. > :24:25.would dry up. They would try at and disintegrate into your body. How do
:24:25. > :24:31.you feel? You feel full of beans? Yes. His grandparents are convinced
:24:31. > :24:36.by this, many medical experts are sceptical. This is his GP and
:24:37. > :24:40.supports the family. We have to be sceptical of new treatments in case
:24:40. > :24:46.they create more disease rather than last. However something has
:24:46. > :24:50.definitely changed his out luck. I don't know if it is just him, it
:24:50. > :24:56.could be that Connah has a particular genetic switch that has
:24:56. > :24:59.turned off. Now I don't know if it is the treatment he has received.
:24:59. > :25:04.Name and still has the primary tumour in his abdomen. But they
:25:04. > :25:13.will not give that the treatment until it has gone. Derek is
:25:13. > :25:17.The next few days are looking somewhat colder and more seasonal.
:25:17. > :25:21.Showers for some of us tonight and Jack Frost will be out and about.
:25:21. > :25:27.Tonight, a few showers in parts of the north and west including
:25:27. > :25:30.Pembrokeshire and the chance of hail. Elsewhere dry and cold.
:25:30. > :25:35.Temperatures falling close to freezing with some frost. Tomorrow
:25:35. > :25:41.morning, you may have to scrape the car windscreen. A frosty start for
:25:41. > :25:46.most of us. There will be a few showers in parts of North West
:25:46. > :25:49.including Deeside and part of the coast and on Anglesey. Milder next
:25:49. > :25:53.to the sea. Bright for a time to Mirabeau make the most of it
:25:53. > :25:58.because during the afternoon, cod will thicken up and eventually some
:25:59. > :26:06.rain moving in. The south-east should stay trying to laugh the
:26:06. > :26:12.dark. Temperatures between 6-9 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow night
:26:13. > :26:16.will also be wet. Gales on high ground. On Saturday, a wet and
:26:16. > :26:24.windy start but don't worry, that they should clear away followed by
:26:24. > :26:28.a dry and bright weather. Sunday, some uncertainty. There is a risk
:26:29. > :26:38.of more rain and showers. Those showers turning wintry on Monday
:26:38. > :26:41.with sleet and snow on the high A reminder of our main story.
:26:42. > :26:45.Britain's biggest-ever trial of former police officers has
:26:45. > :26:48.collapsed after a judge ruled they could then get a fair hearing.
:26:48. > :26:51.Eight former South Wales Police officers were accused of perverting
:26:52. > :26:57.the course of justice after the wrongful conviction of three men of
:26:57. > :27:01.the murder of Lynette White in Cardiff in's 1988.
:27:01. > :27:05.I am relieved that it is all over. This would have been my son of
:27:05. > :27:10.Christmas on bail. We have had stalling tactics from the
:27:10. > :27:13.prosecution. The investigations and trials that spanned almost a
:27:13. > :27:20.quarter of the century are estimated to have cost the taxpayer
:27:20. > :27:28.tens of millions of pounds. It was just a farce, we really believed,
:27:28. > :27:33.family, friends, close family that things would be done. It has