:00:02. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:07. > :00:10.Lance Sergeant Dan Collins hanged himself on New Year's Day. His
:00:10. > :00:17.partner describes the agony of his post-traumatic stress.
:00:17. > :00:27.He struggled. He struggled a lot. We all did the best we can. The
:00:27. > :00:35.
:00:35. > :00:39.only comfort I've got is that now Also in the programme tonight:
:00:39. > :00:43.Wrapped up indoors to fight off the cold. A charity says families
:00:43. > :00:46.aren't getting the help they need to heat their homes.
:00:46. > :00:55.Can councils strapped for cash afford to run museums? Two are
:00:55. > :01:00.threatened with closure. The health board installing alarms
:01:00. > :01:03.to stub out smoking outside its hospitals.
:01:03. > :01:13.And more learner drivers could take their test closer to home if a new
:01:13. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:19.The girlfriend of a soldier who killed himself on New Year's Day
:01:19. > :01:23.has been speaking openly about the problems he faced with post-
:01:23. > :01:27.traumatic stress. Lance Sergeant Dan Collins, from Tiers Cross near
:01:27. > :01:30.Haverfordwest, hanged himself at a quarry in North Pembrokeshire.
:01:30. > :01:33.Vicky Roach told Wales Today she would like to see more help for
:01:33. > :01:38.charities that deal with the mental scars soldiers face. Abigail Neal
:01:38. > :01:42.reports. Lance Sergeant Dan Collins had a
:01:42. > :01:46.remarkable story to tell. As a Welsh Guard in Afghanistan, he
:01:46. > :01:56.escaped death four times. Shot twice and involved in two bomb
:01:56. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:04.blasts. Three days ago, tortured by his experiences, he hanged himself.
:02:04. > :02:14.What happened on Sunday was not the first attempt. It has been really
:02:14. > :02:17.tough. Seeing in try a few times and obviously the lead he has felt
:02:18. > :02:21.for everyone and the strength he had inside him and pulled him
:02:21. > :02:24.through. Lance Sergeant Collins took part in
:02:24. > :02:27.Operation Panther's Claw in Helmand Province in 2009. During that tour
:02:27. > :02:32.of duty, he was shot in the back, but miraculously survived because
:02:32. > :02:42.of his body armour. He later got his wish of buying the man who
:02:42. > :02:48.designed that armour a pint to say thanks. I would not be here today
:02:48. > :02:50.if it was not for you and your team. But behind the smiles lay a dark
:02:50. > :02:54.reality. Lance Sergeant Collins had lost his best friend Lance Corporal
:02:54. > :02:55.Dane Elson during that tour of duty, and when he returned home, it
:02:55. > :03:05.haunted him. There were the nightmares and
:03:05. > :03:09.screams. He was shouting out for help. That obviously worried me.
:03:09. > :03:12.That is when I suggested he got some help.
:03:12. > :03:14.For nearly a year and a half, Dan Collins struggled with post-
:03:14. > :03:18.traumatic stress. Seeking help and receiving counselling, but nothing
:03:18. > :03:21.seemed to get through. He remained a committed rugby fan, playing for
:03:21. > :03:25.Haverfordwest and relishing the time he met his hero Shane Williams.
:03:25. > :03:32.His best friend told me he was in the process of being discharged
:03:32. > :03:39.from the army and had been hoping to retrain as a fitness instructor.
:03:39. > :03:44.When he was good, he was very good. He would be the life and soul.
:03:45. > :03:48.Always smiling. Playing pranks on people. He was not always depressed.
:03:48. > :03:51.Those who loved him have watched a man struggle daily with what he
:03:51. > :04:01.experienced. Now they want more support for one charity set up to
:04:01. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:09.help. The charity, a Welsh charity for so tears, tree -- deals with
:04:09. > :04:14.problems like postal mastic stress and more mental issues. -- post
:04:14. > :04:17.traumatic stress. If we could save one soldier, it would mean the
:04:17. > :04:27.world to us. Well, I'm joined by Falklands
:04:27. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:32.veteran Simon Weston. What is your view on whether there is enough
:04:32. > :04:39.help around? The biggest problem we have got is that there does not
:04:39. > :04:43.seem to be a very good signpost. He was clearly getting help. But the
:04:43. > :04:48.sad fact was that he was not getting the right help. Clearly, it
:04:49. > :04:53.did not work. We have to find a way of not relying on the NHS to
:04:53. > :04:57.provide the care. Men who have been in the forces do not always respond
:04:57. > :05:02.to civilians who know nothing about what they have seen. They need
:05:02. > :05:06.somebody who can be more empathetic as well as sympathetic. They are
:05:06. > :05:11.not looking for sympathy, they are looking for understanding and
:05:12. > :05:15.coping strategies. This man was living a nightmare when he was a
:05:15. > :05:20.way come when he was asleep, he had no control. You said that people
:05:20. > :05:25.are not getting the right help. What about the military? Do you
:05:25. > :05:29.feel it is giving enough help? There is an awful lot of issues
:05:29. > :05:32.around the military itself. The military, if you get help for
:05:32. > :05:37.mental health problems, the big problem is that it can blight your
:05:37. > :05:41.career. He lot of men do not present as quickly as they should.
:05:41. > :05:48.If he was getting the right sort of help, this would not have been an
:05:48. > :05:53.eventuality. There is help. Whether we can get people signposted to the
:05:53. > :05:58.right places, where they will be able to deliver their lives as
:05:58. > :06:02.happy as they possibly can. It is debatable. By supper did for a long
:06:03. > :06:06.time. But I was very lucky that something else brought it out of me.
:06:06. > :06:11.But it can be something you can live with. But for some people, it
:06:11. > :06:16.just goes too far, too deep and it cannot be stopped. The eventual
:06:16. > :06:21.outcome, we saw so many people who took their own lives. It is
:06:21. > :06:24.something that has happened. At least we are aware of it now.
:06:24. > :06:27.Parents in Wales who can't afford to heat their homes aren't getting
:06:27. > :06:31.the help they need from energy suppliers. That's according to the
:06:31. > :06:35.charity Save The Children. It found more than 45,000 families here are
:06:36. > :06:38.able to apply for a discount, but most are missing out. The big
:06:38. > :06:43.energy firms say they've already spent millions helping their most
:06:43. > :06:47.vulnerable customers. Carwyn Jones reports.
:06:47. > :06:51.Wrapping up warm for the winter in their own living room. Paul and
:06:51. > :06:54.Vanessa Ives make a daily choice between heating and eating. They've
:06:54. > :06:58.an annual income of just under �12,000 and struggle to pay the
:06:59. > :07:01.fuel costs for their council house in Ebbw Vale. What's even more
:07:02. > :07:05.worrying for them is that their eldest son Joe, who's six, has
:07:05. > :07:15.asthma, and both children have to live in a house that's often cold
:07:15. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:23.and mouldy. I put the heating on for them, especially my youngest
:07:23. > :07:26.son. He is more prone to get ill quicker. It is very worrying. I
:07:27. > :07:29.cannot put the heating on. It's families like the Ives that
:07:29. > :07:32.are losing out this winter, according to the charity Save The
:07:32. > :07:35.Children. It says some of the poorest families in Wales are
:07:35. > :07:38.entitled to a discount on their fuel bills, but energy companies
:07:38. > :07:45.should be doing more to tell people about it and to make the discount
:07:45. > :07:48.more readily available to those who desperately need it. Power
:07:48. > :07:54.companies need to make good on their commitment and their promises
:07:54. > :07:58.and make sure the money is there to help families and know that these
:07:58. > :08:02.families know how to apply a for that money. It is no good if you do
:08:03. > :08:05.not know how to go about accessing The new research by Save the
:08:05. > :08:08.Children reveals that more than 45,000 families with children in
:08:08. > :08:10.Wales are eligible for the Warm Home Discount. This gives low-
:08:11. > :08:14.income families and those receiving certain benefits a �120 rebate on
:08:14. > :08:19.their fuel bills. But fewer than one in ten people have considered
:08:19. > :08:21.applying for it because they simply don't know it exists. If you're a
:08:21. > :08:24.low-income family, knowing what you're entitled to can be a
:08:25. > :08:31.confusing picture. Many families already receive the cold weather
:08:31. > :08:34.payment. �25 paid automatically after seven days of severe weather.
:08:34. > :08:38.But that doesn't mean to say you automatically qualify for the Warm
:08:38. > :08:47.Homes Discount of �120. That's for the energy companies to decide and
:08:47. > :08:51.the consumer to find out. In many circumstances, they would have to
:08:51. > :08:55.apply for Rhett and thereafter cut- offs. Some companies say
:08:55. > :08:58.applications have to be in by the end of January, otherwise they will
:08:58. > :09:01.not pay out. Do not let this money go to waste.
:09:01. > :09:04.The UK's big energy firms say they've already spent over �180
:09:04. > :09:07.million to help their most vulnerable customers and more money
:09:07. > :09:12.will be put aside for the winters to come, which will benefit a wider
:09:12. > :09:17.group of people. But that support might not come in time for the Ives,
:09:17. > :09:21.who are bracing themselves for a cold winter in their own home.
:09:21. > :09:25.The driver of a car crushed after strong winds caused a tree to fall
:09:25. > :09:29.on it is lucky to be alive. That's according to a former firefighter
:09:29. > :09:31.who was one of the first on the scene. It happened on the A487 in
:09:31. > :09:40.Eglwysfach between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth yesterday morning. The
:09:40. > :09:45.road was closed for two hours as emergency services cleared the area.
:09:45. > :09:49.Luckily, when we got there, the driver was out of the vehicle. If
:09:49. > :09:54.he had gone another foot forward, it probably would have been a
:09:54. > :10:00.different situation. He could have possibly been killed. This time, he
:10:00. > :10:05.was very lucky. There was a lot of weight in that tree. It's quashed
:10:05. > :10:09.the car down to its suspension. He was a lucky man.
:10:09. > :10:11.It was given to the people of Llanelli in 1912 by Sir Stafford
:10:11. > :10:14.and Lady Howard Stepney, but now Parc Howard, together with
:10:14. > :10:17.Camarthenshire's county museum in Abergwili, could face closure. The
:10:17. > :10:22.council, which is reviewing the costs of all its services, says
:10:22. > :10:27.such a move could save �150,000. But friends of the museums say the
:10:27. > :10:33.proposals are flawed. Caroline Evans reports.
:10:33. > :10:36.Here, they'll tell you it is the jewel in the crown of Llanelli. So
:10:36. > :10:38.proposals to close the Parc Howard Museum have come as a shock,
:10:38. > :10:48.particularly as in the last few years, they've spent thousands
:10:48. > :10:58.restoring the building and opening up disabled access. It is very
:10:58. > :11:01.important. It is the only have Museum in Llanelli. Also, what is
:11:02. > :11:07.demonstrated inside the mansion is of immense historical significance.
:11:07. > :11:10.There is a lot of historical stuff that is not on display that could
:11:10. > :11:13.be displayed. It is one of two museums now under
:11:13. > :11:16.threat in Camarthenshire. The other, the county museum, also has its
:11:16. > :11:26.supporters who question how much money closing the facility would
:11:26. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:30.actually save. It would be a travesty. To preserve that, the
:11:30. > :11:37.local authority would have to preserve it in a very particular
:11:37. > :11:41.way, all the artefacts that are inside it. If they were to do that
:11:41. > :11:44.properly, there would not be much of a saving by closing the museum.
:11:44. > :11:47.The exhibits may be historically important, but unlike services like
:11:47. > :11:54.education or social services, the council does not have a legal
:11:54. > :11:59.responsibility to fund them. council has to list these
:11:59. > :12:05.priorities. We all realise that it is a difficult time, but money is
:12:05. > :12:09.are available. Grants are available. It is for us to decide which
:12:09. > :12:13.organisations and institutions we want to keep. Definitely, as far as
:12:13. > :12:16.the museum goes, that will be very high on our list.
:12:16. > :12:18.The decision is far from made. The council says its officers are
:12:18. > :12:22.merely suggesting where savings could be found. But at Parc Howard,
:12:22. > :12:26.the news has already spoiled a good start to what was expected to be a
:12:26. > :12:30.glorious year, the park's centenary year.
:12:30. > :12:34.Still to come in the programme: Digging in the archives for diaries
:12:34. > :12:37.of the past. Now people on Anglesey are being asked to record 2012 for
:12:37. > :12:47.future generations. And Wales has already been battered
:12:47. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:58.Hospitals in north Wales have taken a new approach to getting the
:12:58. > :13:02.message across that smoking is bad for you. Anyone who like supply of
:13:02. > :13:06.the entrance to the region's main hospitals would hear a recording
:13:06. > :13:16.telling them smoking is banned. The local health board is the first to
:13:16. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:26.turn to the Tom -- to turn to the The widening smoking ban means
:13:26. > :13:29.scenes like this should soon be a thing of the past. It is already
:13:29. > :13:33.forbidden to smoke anywhere on these grounds and there are plenty
:13:33. > :13:38.of signs spelling out that message but, from now on, everybody who
:13:38. > :13:47.does light up should get a very clear and public reminder of that
:13:47. > :13:51.message. We wish to remind you that this is a no-smoking area. It is
:13:51. > :13:54.not full proved a though. These smokers manage to enjoy a a
:13:54. > :13:59.cigarette just yards from the speaker without triggering its
:13:59. > :14:06.disapproval. And they are not alone in questioning is a total ban his
:14:06. > :14:11.affair. It is a good idea because of people going in and out. But
:14:11. > :14:16.they should have somewhere on rainy days like this for people to hide
:14:16. > :14:22.away and have a cigarette. I think it is a good idea. It is very
:14:22. > :14:27.unpleasant sometimes. I think it is better there because you should not
:14:27. > :14:37.be smoking with the patients are coming out but I didn't realise. It
:14:37. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:46.is a bit windy outside. With each of the messages, the health board
:14:46. > :14:48.accepts placing a total ban will not be possible. The loudspeaker
:14:48. > :14:53.messages are part of a comprehensive approach we are
:14:53. > :14:57.taking to a high-profile campaign to stop smoking. We are giving a
:14:57. > :15:01.clear message that smoking anywhere on the premises is not what we want.
:15:01. > :15:04.We know that the mob -- majority of people thinks looking around
:15:05. > :15:10.hospital entrances is not acceptable when you are coming to
:15:10. > :15:15.hospital to get better. Other health boards have also introduced
:15:15. > :15:19.a total smoking ban on hospital premises. They may not all
:15:19. > :15:23.installed the new alarm but the message is the same. Smoking and
:15:23. > :15:25.hospitals do not mix. A man jailed for murdering a
:15:25. > :15:30.Pontardawe couple honeymooning in Antigua has stabbed a fellow
:15:30. > :15:33.prisoner. Kaniel Martin was one of two men convicted of shooting Ben
:15:33. > :15:36.and Catherine Mullany at their hotel on the island in 2008.
:15:36. > :15:38.The Accident and Emergency Unit at Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital,
:15:38. > :15:44.which could be downgraded under new proposals, is being by-passed by
:15:44. > :15:46.the Ambulance Service. That's the claim tonight from the local AM.
:15:46. > :15:51.Figures obtained by Labour's Keith Davies suggest patients are being
:15:51. > :15:53.sent to Carmarthen or Swansea instead. The Hywel Dda Health Board
:15:53. > :16:03.says proposals to change hospital services across West Wales are
:16:03. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:06.being discussed at the moment. More people in Wales may be able to
:16:06. > :16:10.take their driving test locally if a pilot scheme in Barry is
:16:10. > :16:13.successful. The test centre there closed nearly two years ago but has
:16:13. > :16:20.now partly reopened. It's not the same story in other parts of Wales
:16:21. > :16:24.though, as Rhodri Lewis reports. This man has been a driving stutter
:16:24. > :16:28.in Barry for 12 years but since the local test centre closed, he has
:16:28. > :16:32.had to take pupils to Cardiff for lessons which has been time-
:16:32. > :16:35.consuming and expensive. It has been very difficult with the
:16:35. > :16:41.travelling back and forth to Cardiff Bay. People struggle to pay
:16:41. > :16:49.for extra lessons. We have had to do a two-hour lesson instead of an
:16:49. > :16:54.hour. I teach them in Barry and then we take them into Cardiff as
:16:54. > :16:59.they come closer to their Test. But they were struggling to be able to
:16:59. > :17:03.afford to pay for the lessons. the minister says Barry will reopen
:17:03. > :17:07.part time to see if there is sufficient demand from the
:17:07. > :17:10.community for tests closer to home. I want to bring testing back into
:17:10. > :17:15.the community. I think it is wrong that we are forcing people to go
:17:15. > :17:20.miles away from where they live. This is the first pilot in Wales
:17:20. > :17:23.and I wanted to see whether it is working. For but pupils in other
:17:23. > :17:29.parts of Wales still face long journeys to practise their driving.
:17:29. > :17:34.They have had to go to Wrexham or even across the border to Chester
:17:34. > :17:44.since their centre closed. It is great for Barry. To say we're
:17:44. > :17:49.jealous is an understatement. We are hoping the body opened a rise
:17:50. > :17:54.of it and realise we are struggling because of this. But there is some
:17:54. > :17:59.hope. The minister says he will consider reopened more centres in
:18:00. > :18:03.Wales if the pilot in Barry is successful.
:18:03. > :18:06.We're a few days into 2012 but what does the year hold for Welsh
:18:07. > :18:09.politics? For the Welsh Government, it will provide an opportunity to
:18:10. > :18:13.put lawmaking plans into action. And there'll be at least one new
:18:13. > :18:15.leader of a Welsh party. But spending cuts and the prospect of
:18:15. > :18:17.regional pay could lead to further industrial action. Mark Hannaby has
:18:17. > :18:19.been looking at what might lie ahead.
:18:19. > :18:24.2012 should see the Welsh government using its new law-making
:18:24. > :18:29.powers. Ministers have promised a Bill introducing presumed consent
:18:29. > :18:34.for organ donation. But one expert in devolution law says their
:18:34. > :18:37.obstacles to be overcome is that is to become law. She says the
:18:37. > :18:44.government may need to guarantee families are legal say over the
:18:45. > :18:50.donation of organs to record with human rights. If guarantees are
:18:50. > :18:53.giving so -- given such as the involvement of families, special
:18:53. > :18:59.provision may include children and incapable people. That would
:18:59. > :19:03.guarantee that this will comply with the European rights.
:19:03. > :19:08.lacking an overall majority, the Labour government needed a deal
:19:08. > :19:13.with the bowlines to pass its programme. Might Labour formate
:19:14. > :19:17.block -- a coalition with another party during 2012? I don't think
:19:17. > :19:22.there is any case made for a coalition and I don't think any
:19:22. > :19:29.other party would feel that is the case either. Late 2011 saw strike
:19:29. > :19:35.action over public sector cuts. There could be further unrest ahead
:19:35. > :19:38.as the prospect of possible regional pay adds to workers's woes.
:19:38. > :19:43.Unless there is a change in approach from the UK government,
:19:43. > :19:47.unions will not stand idly by. It is a last resort for us and we
:19:47. > :19:52.don't take to it likely 30th November showed there we can
:19:52. > :20:01.organise that mass action. May well see elections to choose local
:20:01. > :20:05.councillors. Much attention will focus on whether the Liberal-
:20:05. > :20:10.Democrats will do well and what that might mean for the UK's
:20:11. > :20:15.Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. If they
:20:15. > :20:19.perform poorly and that is part of a general overall poor performance
:20:19. > :20:26.in the council elections from the Liberal-Democrats, that is going to
:20:26. > :20:30.put particular strain on Nick Clegg and the coalition as a whole.
:20:30. > :20:39.Cymru will elect a leader to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones in March.
:20:39. > :20:45.Either Elin Jones, Dafydd Elis- Thomas, Leanne Wood or Simon Thomas.
:20:45. > :20:52.It will go to the top of the agenda. Plaid Cymru, I think, would be wise
:20:52. > :20:56.to go with that flow. It is their party's core aim and I think they
:20:56. > :21:00.need to be quite honest about it and bring it up front. That will
:21:00. > :21:06.give them a unique selling brand, that differentiation from other
:21:06. > :21:09.parties. At the first election of a police commissioners to the list,
:21:09. > :21:13.it is clear there is a fair amount to be decided in the next 12 months,
:21:14. > :21:18.but it is often the case that the fascinating events in any year are
:21:18. > :21:21.the ones you don't see coming. The Football Association of Wales
:21:21. > :21:25.will stage an international match next month in memory of the late
:21:25. > :21:28.national manager Gary Speed. Wales will play Costa Rica at the Cardiff
:21:28. > :21:34.City Stadium on February 29th, a repeat of the fixture in 1990 where
:21:34. > :21:40.Speed made his international debut as a player. The game will be
:21:40. > :21:43.Wales' first since Speed took his own life in November.
:21:43. > :21:47.People on Anglesey are being encouraged to give the future a
:21:47. > :21:51.window on their lives today. And it's being done through personal
:21:52. > :21:56.diaries. The Anglesey Archive wants islanders to keep a diary of life
:21:56. > :21:59.in 2012. At the end of the year the journals will be stored so they can
:21:59. > :22:09.be looked at and studied by future generations. Roger Pinney's been
:22:09. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:22.finding out more. Wednesday, 4th January. It is very
:22:22. > :22:28.windy. Jasmine and Thomas are getting into it, as are the rest of
:22:28. > :22:34.their class. One of two schools who have signed up to the Diary project.
:22:34. > :22:42.These children will be chronicling their daily lives from -- for the
:22:42. > :22:46.next 12 months. What games we play and what the weather is.
:22:46. > :22:51.weather, because then they can compare it to the same day 50 years
:22:52. > :22:56.on to see if it has changed. And it is about charting how our lives
:22:56. > :23:00.changed. The children will be playing into Anglesey's rich
:23:00. > :23:07.history from neolithic burial chambers, shipwrecks, the marquess
:23:07. > :23:13.who lost a leg at Waterloo to everything that is happening now.
:23:13. > :23:17.The idea has come from Pat West, head of the Anglesey archive. She
:23:17. > :23:22.has received some diaries written a century ago by members of a
:23:22. > :23:26.prominent local family who had emigrated to Australia. But the
:23:26. > :23:32.2012 project is not about the rich and famous, it is the lives of more
:23:32. > :23:36.ordinary folk. We have got diaries from farming people, all kinds of
:23:36. > :23:40.diaries from centuries gone by. What we are looking for now is for
:23:40. > :23:46.the people of Anglesey to take part in keeping diaries so we get a
:23:46. > :23:50.snapshot of what life is like in 2012 on Anglesey. This woman is
:23:50. > :23:53.another of those taking part. It is an interesting history that
:23:53. > :23:59.motivates her and the chance to handsome thing on to those who come
:23:59. > :24:03.after. We are all having to hand write them and future generations
:24:03. > :24:10.will be able to open them, read and have a snapshot of what life on
:24:10. > :24:17.Anglesey was like, whatever our profession was and whatever we did.
:24:17. > :24:22.Their children and grandchildren of the rightist perhaps. Diary writing
:24:22. > :24:26.is something new for these children but it is not for the school. This
:24:26. > :24:31.is a log book from the school and exactly 50 years ago today, the
:24:31. > :24:35.school should have reopened for the new term. It did not because of
:24:35. > :24:45.burst pipes. History has not repeated itself.
:24:45. > :24:48.Well, Derek, are we over the worst The best places tonight is indoors.
:24:48. > :24:51.I'm sure many people in Abergwili are fed-up with the rain,
:24:52. > :24:57.especially the football club. Miriam Weston sent this picture to
:24:57. > :25:02.me on Twitter. The football pitch under water. The reason for the
:25:02. > :25:08.stormy weather is the jet stream. A ribbon of strong winds high in the
:25:08. > :25:12.atmosphere. It's right on top of Britain tonight and so we're in for
:25:12. > :25:16.the firing line for lots of wind and rain. There is a Met Office
:25:16. > :25:19.warning in force. 40mm to 60mm of rain likely on high ground in Mid
:25:19. > :25:23.Wales and the north. That's around two inches with a risk of some
:25:23. > :25:26.flooding. At the moment, there is one flood warning in force on the
:25:26. > :25:31.River Dee from Llangollen to Chester and six flood alerts. So,
:25:31. > :25:36.tonight, wet and windy. Some heavy rain. Strong to gale force winds.
:25:36. > :25:40.Severe gales on some coasts and hills. Wind gusts of 55mph to 65mph.
:25:40. > :25:44.Lowest temperatures six to eight degrees Celsius. Now, by eight in
:25:44. > :25:51.the morning, most of the rain will have cleared, but still a lot of
:25:51. > :25:57.water on the ground. Very windy too. Pembrokeshire should be dry. Still
:25:57. > :26:00.some rain in the south-east. Much drier in Mid Wales and the north
:26:00. > :26:03.but with a few blustery showers. Strong to severe gale force winds
:26:03. > :26:06.as well. Gusts of 70mph on the north coast and Lleyn Peninsula.
:26:06. > :26:09.During the morning, the rain in the south will clear. Turning drier and
:26:09. > :26:12.brighter. A little sunshine but a few showers. Mainly in parts of
:26:12. > :26:14.Powys and the north, including Flintshire and Deeside. Top
:26:14. > :26:17.temperatures between eight and ten degrees Celsius. Feeling colder in
:26:17. > :26:20.the wind. The wind strong to gale force, easing during the afternoon.
:26:20. > :26:23.Tomorrow night will be dry. The wind moderating and a colder night.
:26:23. > :26:27.Temperatures inland falling as low as two degrees Celsius with a
:26:28. > :26:32.ground frost in places. Friday will start dry. Bright for a time but
:26:32. > :26:37.clouding over during the afternoon with spots of rain. Less windy on
:26:37. > :26:42.Friday. As for the weekend, a damp start on Saturday, but becoming dry
:26:42. > :26:46.and brighter. A little sunshine. Sunday could turn out dry as well
:26:46. > :26:50.with moderate to fresh winds. In the meantime, rough weather tonight.
:26:50. > :26:57.Heavy rain and gales. Turning drier and brighter tomorrow, but very
:26:57. > :27:01.The headlines again: The men who murdered Stephen
:27:01. > :27:05.Lawrence have been sentenced. Gary Dobson will serve at least 15 years
:27:05. > :27:09.and David Norris will be behind bars for a minimum of 14 years. The
:27:09. > :27:12.Judge said their crime scarred the conscience of the nation.
:27:12. > :27:15.And the girlfriend of a soldier who killed himself on New Year's Day
:27:15. > :27:19.has been speaking openly about the problems he faced with Post
:27:19. > :27:24.Traumatic Stress. Lance Sergeant Dan Collins, from Tiers Cross near
:27:24. > :27:28.Haverfordwest, hanged himself at a quarry in Pembrokeshire.