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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines. Parents of children with | :00:03. | :00:05. | |
the devastating condition muscular dystrophy say a screening test for | :00:05. | :00:10. | |
newborns must be re-instated. They say children would get vital help | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
more quickly. For families like us, it has allowed us to plan for the | :00:18. | :00:28. | |
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future, we can move to a house to Also in the programme tonight. | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
A trawler comes back to Anglesey tonight - the search for one its | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
crewmen has been called off It's a company which supplies Prince | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Charles with socks - today they're found guilty of exposing staff to | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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asbestos. The 3, 2, 1! | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
Wales attracts film makers from around the world. Now plans for a | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
mystery production in the Brecon Beacons, take a step forward. | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
And it's fifty years since an outbreak of smallpox. Nearly a | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
million people in south Wales were vaccinated - nineteen died. | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
Also tonight - John Hartson says consider me to become the new Wales | :01:13. | :01:23. | |
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Good evening. Parents of children with the muscle wasting condition | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
muscular dystrophy say its vital that a screening test for newborn | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
babies is re-instated. They've told Wales Today the test can lead to | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
earlier treatment for children which can prolong their lives. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Wales was the only part of the UK where the test was carried out, but | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
the Welsh government withdrew the screening programme at the end of | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
last year saying it was no longer "safe or reliable". Later this | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
month an inquiry at Westminster will look at whether screening | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
should be introduced across the UK. Nick Palit reports. | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
Alex George from Cardiff has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy a | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
severe muscle-wasting condition that will leave him disabled and | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
shorten his life. He's two now and so far there's no outward sign he | :02:08. | :02:17. | |
has the disease. Pretty devastating. They have a normal early years and | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
then the disease takes over and gradually takes their body away | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
from them. A heel prick test done when he was born proved positive. | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
That's meant his family have been able to prepare themselves for the | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
inevitable. For families like us, it has allowed us to plan for our | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
future, we can also move to a house to accommodate Alex and his | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
wheelchair and plan and set money aside and plan our future and take | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
holidays with our other children but we cannot take in the future. | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects around 100 boys a year in the UK | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
around 4 of them in Wales. It's a genetic disease - caused by a | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
mistake in a gene called dystrophin. This mistake in the gene means that | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
the fibres in the muscles break down and they become weak. There is | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
no cure at the moment, and boys affected by the disease end up in a | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
wheelchair from the age of 8. They also have a much shorter life | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
expectancy at best living into their thirties. One boy already | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
using a wheelchair is Harry Vaughan from Connah's Quay He's five in | :03:13. | :03:21. | |
March and he's already finding everyday tasks difficult. If it | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
wasn't picked up at an early stage we would have had to wait not | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
knowing what it is that is wrong with Harry. He is unable to stand, | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
unable to walk. He can sit up and play within the area around him but | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
if he leans back he will fall. Wales has been the only part of the | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
UK screening newborn babies for the disease for the past twenty years. | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
But at the end of last year that stopped - the Welsh Government | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
saying the test was no longer safe and reliable - as they could no | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
longer obtain quality control material for the blood test. | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
Ironically as Wales pulls out, there's mounting pressure to | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
introduce the test across the whole of the UK. Later this month experts | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
from Wales will be giving evidence to a Parliamentary Group | :04:04. | :04:11. | |
investigating the issue. There is no treatment at the moment. In a | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
future, there will be treatment and there will come on line soon. I | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
think it will be important we introduce screenings. Nic Bungay is | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and joins us now from | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
London. Mr Bungay, you're campaigning to try and re-introduce | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
the test here in Wales and also you would like to see a screening test | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
introduced into the rest of the UK - why is it so important? | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
Newborn screening is crucial in light of the potential new | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
treatments on the horizon. Exciting clinical trials are under way and | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
if new drugs came on the market, we cannot afford to wait two years | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
before a screening programme is either reinstated in Wales or | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
implemented across the UK. It's important to note early diagnosis | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
helps delay the progression of the condition. With steroid use, boys | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
can remain on their feet for longer. Early diagnosis can mean families | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
can decide whether to have other children, and give them time to | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
adjust to the news and prepare for future. -- the future. What was the | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
problem with the existing test, it was withdrawn. They said it was not | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
safe or reliable because there are only a handful of laboratories back | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
and career the test. There are not enough quality control assurances | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
available. The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign believes that early | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
evidence from pilot studies in the US and Australia she's that | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
improved accuracy to tests can be made and that's what we want to see, | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
a better test available so a screening programme across the UK | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
can be implemented. Now at the end of the month, experts from across | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
the UK including Wales will be attending an All Party | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
Parliamentary Group Inquiry looking into getting newborn screening for | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
the condition what are the arguments against the test? | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
That's right, the all-party group will be talking to experts in Wales | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
to discuss the pros and cons. Many families in Wales have told us that | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
they did not have any follow-up support, that it's unfair giving | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
families this bombshell at diagnosis and then not providing | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
them with specialist care and psychological support and expertise. | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
We believe the situation is improving in Wales and there are | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
new experts in place and if there are experts in place across the UK | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
to support families of the diagnosis, that should not be an | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
obstacle. But those are unfortunately some of the messages | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
family is have told us from Wales who have undergone screening. | :06:50. | :06:57. | |
The 90 very much. -- thank you very much. A major search has been | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
called off for a man who went missing from a fishing boat off | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
Anglesey. The alert for the crewman was raised at around 2.30 this | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
morning. The search was concentrated on a large area in | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
Caernarfon Bay to the west of Anglesey. The operation was | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
coordinated by the coastguard at Holyhead. Roger Pinney's there, | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
Roger. Yes, the missing man has not been | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
named but he is believed to be from south-west Scotland and the boat he | :07:22. | :07:31. | |
was working on is registered in the port of Ballantrae. It was | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
refuelling before setting off on a high tide at 11:30pm last night. | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
The intention was to fish and the west coast of Wales as far as | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
Fishguard. In fading light this evening, the | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
fishing vessel arrived back in port. Escorted by the Holyhead lifeboat | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
and with the light, hope of finding the missing man alive faded. The | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
search for him was called off mid- afternoon. Now, the questions begin, | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
how and why the man went overboard, the police will interview the crew | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
and ask about his last few hours on board. The investigation into what | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
has happened is under way. Early this morning a helicopter was at | :08:13. | :08:20. | |
the scene but later returned to base refuelling. The SOS call went | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
in at 230, two hours after he was last seen by colleagues. Throughout | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
the day, seven vessels, three lifeboats and four fishing boats | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
were involved in the search. this time of year, the sea | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
temperature is in the eight degrees. That gives us a problem in terms of | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
survival because we know the missing gentleman was only wearing | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
jeans and T-shirt. He was not wearing a lifejacket. That's been | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
confirmed by the skipper. And obviously in sea temperatures like | :08:52. | :09:01. | |
that, the survival rate will be limited. At the lifeboats station | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
they it followed developments closely, sea conditions were good | :09:04. | :09:12. | |
but it was not an easy search. is a huge sea area from Holyhead, | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
obviously with them not knowing when the chap went into the water, | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
we have to make a bigger search pattern. It's assumed the seas of | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
Anglesey have claimed another life. It's less than two months since the | :09:26. | :09:35. | |
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cargo vessel sank with the loss of I understand the missing man is in | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
his twenties and I've been told this may have been his first voyage | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
on board this vessel. The police in Scotland have spent the day trying | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
to track down his family, certainly this loss will have impacted in his | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
home area but it has hit hard here as well. Ice-pick to local | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
fishermen this afternoon, they did not want to go on camera -- a I | :10:06. | :10:07. | |
spoke tea. They said they were shocked. | :10:08. | :10:10. | |
The First Minister Carwyn Jones has told the Guardian newspaper that a | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
second chamber of Parliament with equal representation from Wales, | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
England and Northern Ireland might be needed if Scotland voted for | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
independence. He was speaking at the British Irish Council in Dublin, | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
where he also said that England could not be allowed to dominate a | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
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United Kingdom without Scotland. There would need to be a | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
fundamental rethink of the nature of the relationship between the | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
three nations left in the UK in order to make sure what was then | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
the UK was a stable bawdy where people felt they had full | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
representation. -- body. And you can here more of the First | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
Minister's views on the future of the United Kingdom in an exclusive | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
interview with Aled ap Dafydd on the new Sunday Politics programme, | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
that's here on BBC1 Wales at midday on Sunday. | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
The Chief Executive of the North Wales Police Authority, Tal Michael, | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
has resigned so he can put himself forward as the Labour candidate for | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner. The new role will be | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
created after elections in November. Mr Michael is the son of the former | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
policing minister and Labour MP, Alun Michael, who has put his name | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
forward for the role in South Wales. Richard Hibbs, a businessman living | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
in Llandudno, will also be standing as an independent candidate for | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
north Wales. And a full list of the candidates is on the BBC Wales | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
website. A company in Carmarthenshire which | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
that makes socks for Prince Charles has been found guilty of failing to | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
protect its employees from asbestos while their factory was being re- | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
roofed. 30 people were working for the Corgi Hosiery in Ammanford | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
three years ago when unqualified contractors were called in to | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
replace the factory roof and exposed the deadly material. | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
They've been producing luxury knitwear since here in Ammanford | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
since 1893. The cashmere socks made by this family-owned company have | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
impressed Prince Charles so much, that in 1989 they were awarded a | :12:02. | :12:09. | |
royal warrant. But today the two managing directors brother and | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
sister were found guilty of failing to protect their workers from | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
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asbestos. We are devastated. We took on Dragon cladding, a highly | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
reputable company and thought they would do a good job. At every stage | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
which acts and asked for their advice, we thought they were the | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
experts. We were badly let down. we had any doubts of the severity | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
of the product, the children would not have been out there. Neither | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
would have our staff. In 2008 an anonymous caller rang the health | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
and safety executive to say asbestos was being removed for the | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
building with employees still working there. The HSE ordered | :12:56. | :13:04. | |
immediate evacuation. The court heard how the company had hired | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
contractors a company called dragon cladding to replace the factory | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
roof. And dragon cladding had told the directors the material they | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
were handling was safe. The man who ran Dragon cladding has already | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
pleaded guilty to failing to protect his own workers from | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
asbestos and the company no longer exists. He wasn't available today | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
but his father told us the case had had a big impact on his life and | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
since all this happened three years ago he has been unable to work. The | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
court was told how one employee whose press couldn't be moved while | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
the roof was being worked on described material raining down on | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
him, and how he had swept away what he thought was fibre glass with his | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
hands. But today the directors at the centre of this insisted that | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
they still have the support of their staff and their business is | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
going from strength to strength. The business is doing well, we have | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
fabulous star. We would do our best and will carry on. We have had a | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
good year this year. They, and Stuart Phillips who ran Dragon | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
cladding, will be sentenced at a later date. Still to come in Wales | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
Today. A must-win game, the Ospreys a need to keep their slim Heineken | :14:20. | :14:28. | |
It was meant to improve the quality of people's homes, ensuring they | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
were heated properly and have modern kitchen and bathrooms, but a | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
target to improve social housing isn't going to be met. That's the | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
warning tonight from the public spending watchdog, the Wales Audit | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
Office. Carol waited years for improvements | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
to her family's home near Merthyr. The work was finally done last year | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
after the properties were transferred from the council to a | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
housing association. According to a new report, she is one of the lucky | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
ones. We took over the tenancy 13 years ago and he when I saw the | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
kitchen, I thought it had to change. It was not going to be adequate. I | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
made inquiries and it went on for 13 years. When the new landlords | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
took over, we then had hoped they were coming to come unto the | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
renovations. By October last year, in Day came and gave me a brand new | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
kitchen and bathroom. The Welsh Government gave itself 10 years to | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
meet its own housing targets, but the time is up. The Auditor-General | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
says the required standard has not been met. Even by 2017, only 79 % | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
of properties will be up to scratch. The aim that all social housing in | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
Wales should achieve the standard in full within a ten-year period | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
was far more ambitious than comparable targets in England and | :15:56. | :16:04. | |
Scotland. I am not sure there was a proper assessment done at that time | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
so I guessed 10 years was an arbitrary figure at the time. | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
Welsh Government says it has spent �1.6 billion so far and will keep | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
investing and improving the 221,000 social houses across Wales. Until | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
then a thousands of tenants will have to keep waiting for their | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
homes to be upgraded. Plans to use part of the Brecon | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
Beacons National Park as a backdrop for an upcoming film have moved a | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
step closer. Details about the film are being kept under wraps, but | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
planning officers say they think the filming should go ahead on the | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire. Kate Morgan has more. | :16:43. | :16:45. | |
It's not the first time our scenery has attracted film-makers from | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
around the world. The beaches of Pembrokeshire have been transformed | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
into a magical seaside getaway in Harry Potter. And a battle ground | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
with Russell Crowe leading the charge as Robin Hood, even if the | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
weather wasn't always on side. Now, speculation's mounting more could | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
be on their way to the Brecon Beacons. On the Black Mountain in | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
Carmarthenshire, a film company wants to build a chapel and a manor | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
house for a new feature. The Park Authority has already recommended | :17:15. | :17:25. | |
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the production gets the green light. In the four years I have been here, | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
this is only the second one where planning permission has been | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
required. But they have a timescale to works to so they have asked us | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
to deal with this as quickly as we can. The exact details of the | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
project are a closely guarded secret. What we do know is it means | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
200 people will be staying and working in the area, building the | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
set for three months and filming for two weeks. For businesses | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
nearby, there's a potential �1.4 million to make. It would be a | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
massive boost to us in the pub, as far as business and the local | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
community is concerned. It would be a good bit of a PR as well. | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
while there's mystery about what the film might be, to people in the | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
area, it's obvious why Mynydd y Llan's being considered. Just | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
looking at the views that are surrounding us, there are more | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
tourists coming to this area all the time. There is a good road | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
infrastructure coming to the area. There is no wonder people are | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
coming. Now time is of the essence. The directors want to be on | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
location in the next few weeks. A final decision will be made next | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
Friday. 50 years ago today, a man arrived | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
in Cardiff from Pakistan carrying the deadly smallpox virus. In the | :18:41. | :18:43. | |
months that followed, nearly a million people had to be vaccinated | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
against the disease which killed 19 people in Bridgend and the Rhondda | :18:46. | :18:54. | |
Valley. Cardiff 1962. A traveller arrives | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
on a train from Birmingham. He'd flown into Britain the day before | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
on a plane from Pakistan. His name was Shuka Mia and he was carrying | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
smallpox. He fell ill the next day and the word spread that the virus | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
was in the capital. University lecturer James Stewart has spent | :19:10. | :19:12. | |
ten years researching the smallpox outbreak and the panic that | :19:12. | :19:20. | |
followed. There were queues, massive queues of people wanting to | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
be vaccinated. There are reports of people fighting when they were told | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
the vaccine was running out, trying to get to the front of the queue. | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
Everyone knew that smallpox was highly contagious and often fatal. | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
Shuka Mia was sent here, to this isolation unit on a mountain | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
overlooking the Rhondda Valley. But, by March, the virus had spread to | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
the towns below. David Watkins remembers this building only too | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
well. In 1962, he was a telephone engineer. But he was also a member | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
of the reserve army so he'd been inoculated against smallpox. He was | :19:47. | :19:55. | |
the only engineer who could set foot inside the hospital. I did | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
have to go inside with the telephone was and that is when I | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
really got worried because I did not know who had handled the | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
telephone. The only precaution I had was to pick the phone up with | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
the hem of my dust coat and dial with a screwdriver. Throughout the | :20:11. | :20:14. | |
Rhondda, hundreds of thousands of people queued up to be vaccinated. | :20:14. | :20:22. | |
Extra supplies of the vaccine had be flown in from Argentina. On | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
April 6th, eight patients at Glanrhyd Mental Hospital near | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
Bridgend were diagnosed with smallpox. Exactly how the virus | :20:26. | :20:35. | |
spread here remains a mystery but, in the first week, 12 patients died. | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
The World Health Organisation declared parts of South Wales as | :20:37. | :20:45. | |
infected areas. Mass vaccinations followed and, eventually, the virus | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
was brought under control. In all, 19 people had lost their lives and | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
nearly one million people had been vaccinated. The old isolation unit | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
in the Rhondda was set alight to destroy any remaining traces of the | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
disease. These crumbling walls are a reminder of Wales' smallpox | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
epidemic 50 years ago. Tonight's sport now, and a familiar | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
face has put his hand up for the Wales manager's job. Here's Claire. | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
Good evening. Former Wales striker John Hartson has confirmed his | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
interest in taking over as Wales manager, but has ruled out the | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
possibility of working with rival candidate Raymond Verheijen. | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
Hartson has described some of the comments made by the assistant | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
manager as a disgrace. Here's Matt Murray. | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
John Hartson still remains one of Wales' all time top scorers. But | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
the former striker doesn't just want to be part of Welsh football | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
history. Hartson sees himself as part of the national side's future | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
and wants to get his managerial career underway with Wales. The | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
position became vacant after the shock death of Gary Speed in | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
November. Hartson was a friend and team-mate of Speed's. But he's | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
ruled out working with the current backroom staff of Raymond Verheijen | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
and Osian Roberts after Verheijan described himself as perfect to | :21:53. | :22:02. | |
continue Speed's legacy. If someone steps in and will start to change | :22:02. | :22:10. | |
things, things will go down. That is not a good idea at all. It is | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
also a matter of respect in Gary's legacy. Wales stars Gareth Bale and | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
Aaron Ramsey have also come out in support of the two assistants. The | :22:17. | :22:21. | |
current favourite to get the job would like to keep the current set | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
up. I think I was always going to be linked with that because it was | :22:25. | :22:34. | |
this time last year when there was a position and Gary got the job. I | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
am always going to be linked with that. For the fans, it's about | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
getting the right man for the job. The backroom staff knew what Gary's | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
plans were and they are still there. It is just getting someone who is | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
going to work with them. The FAW say no discussions have taken place | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
with any potential candidates and it's not clear whether an | :22:57. | :22:59. | |
appointment will be made before Wales' next friendly with Costa | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
Rica in six weeks' time. A big game for Swansea City this | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
weekend. They welcome Arsenal to the Liberty Stadium on Sunday. The | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
Welsh side boast the best joint defensive record at home, having | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
conceded just four goals. That record will be facing a severe test | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
against Van Persie and the return of Thierry Henry. And after their | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
mid-week defeat away to Crystal Palace, it's Championship action | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
for third place Cardiff City. They travel to Doncaster tomorrow | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
afternoon. Rugby, and it's back to European | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
action this weekend. The Blues, Scarlets, and Dragons all play | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
tomorrow, but the Ospreys welcome Treviso tonight in what is a must- | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
win game to keep their slim hopes of a quarter final place alive. | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
A bonus point win tonight is a must but even that may not be enough for | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
the Ospreys, facing dropping out of the knockout stages of the Heineken | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
Cup for the second successive season. They are currently third in | :23:54. | :24:00. | |
pool five and Sean Holley admits European success is proving elusive. | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
We want to try and finish as strongly as we can and see what | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
happens. It is a lucid for us and disappointing but the Pro12 is your | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
bread and butter and it becomes not so much a consolation but they | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
refocus for the season. Of all the regions, the Blues are in the | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
strongest position, level on points with Edinburgh to top the poll | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
courtesy of a superior try count. Gavin Henson will start at centre | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
for the first time when the Blues travelled to London Irish. And | :24:32. | :24:35. | |
fresh from being told he is ineligible to play for Scotland, | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
Steve Shingler will be on the bench for the home side. In Pool One, the | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
Scarlets travel to Northampton. It is a must-win match who trail | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
leaders Munster by five points. A win tomorrow and one over Castro | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
could earn them one of the two best runner up spots. The Dragons are | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
unlikely to qualify for the knockout stages of the Challenge | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
Cup. They travel to France knowing they are the only side to have | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
inflicted defeat on the French team in Europe this season. He and a | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
spare a thought for the referee. Tomorrow will be his first game in | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
Wales since sending Sam Warburton off in the semi-finals of the World | :25:19. | :25:28. | |
Cup. Let's hope the only red he sees are exuberant Scarlets fans. | :25:28. | :25:37. | |
Now Derrick is here with the It's nearly a fortnight since most | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
of us celebrated the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. But some | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
New Year festivities are only getting started. Residents in the | :25:44. | :25:46. | |
Gwaum Valley in Pembrokeshire follow an ancient calendar dating | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
back to Roman times which the rest of Britain stopped using more than | :25:49. | :25:50. | |
two centuries ago. Sian Lloyd reports. | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
Wrap-up warmly in the Gwaun Valley tonight. That goes for the rest of | :25:54. | :25:57. | |
us. Now it was nice to see the sunshine today, although there was | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
some fog in the Tefi Valley. Carol Sanderson from Newcastle Emlyn took | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
this picture looking towards the Preseli hills. Antony Wallis sent | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
in this photo of starlings in Aberystwyth. While Rhys Livesy sent | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
this photo to me on Twitter. A lovely day on Sully Island. | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
Sunshine and cirrus clouds. Tonight will be dry. Clear skies for most. | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
A few mist and fog patches with a widespread frost. Temperatures in | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
Mid Wales falling as low as -4 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow's chart | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
shows high pressure over us. The high pressure acting as a block, | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
keeping Atlantic fronts at bay. So, tomorrow, a cold and frosty start | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
for most of the country. Clear skies and sunshine, but not | :26:26. | :26:29. | |
everywhere. Like today, a few mist and fog patches are likely. These | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
could be dense and freezing in places. Temperatures close to | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
freezing or below but less cold on the South Pembrokeshire coast with | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
a breeze off the sea. During the day, fog patches will slowly lift | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
although they may linger into the afternoon in one or two spots. | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
Plenty of sunshine. Some cloud in Powys and the south. Top | :26:44. | :26:46. | |
temperatures between 4 and 7 degrees Celsius. 8 degrees Celsius | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
in Freystrop. The breeze light but fresh in the southwest. In Gwynedd | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
tomorrow, a lovely day. Frost and sunshine. Ideal for a walk in the | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
mountains. Tomorrow night will be dry. Clear skies. Another | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
widespread frost. Mist and fog patches most likely in Mid Wales | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
and the north. Less cold on the south coast with a breeze off the | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
Bristol Channel. Sunday will be dry. Plenty of sunshine once any low | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
cloud, mist and fog patches lift. Feeling cold with a moderate to | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
fresh south-easterly wind. The wind strongest in the southwest. Next | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
week will start dry but it looks like more unsettled weather by | :27:12. | :27:18. | |
Wednesday. In the meantime, enjoy It's coming up to seven o'clock. | :27:18. | :27:21. | |
Tonight's main news again: The Prime Minister has hinted that | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
there may be a rethink of controversial plans to stop child | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
benefit for higher rate taxpayers. David Cameron acknowledged there is | :27:26. | :27:27. | |
potential 'unfairness' for some families. | :27:27. | :27:31. |