:00:05. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:
:00:08. > :00:11.One of the men wrongly convicted of the murder of Lynette White calls
:00:11. > :00:18.for a retrial of eight police officers after missing evidence is
:00:18. > :00:28.found. I would like to see a retrial so we can get to the bottom
:00:28. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:37.of this and I can find out why I Also tonight:
:00:37. > :00:43.An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a person
:00:43. > :00:50.died in a house fire in Cardiff. How important is your bus service?
:00:50. > :00:53.A warning routes could be affected as grants are cut.
:00:53. > :00:56.Mitt Romney wants a nomination for the US presidential election. His
:00:56. > :01:00.wife is showing off her Welsh roots on the campaign trail.
:01:00. > :01:03.In tonight's sport: There's six months to go until the
:01:03. > :01:12.Olympic Games - three Welsh rowers are dreaming of medals. We take to
:01:12. > :01:17.the picturesque water to assess their chances. It is always nice
:01:17. > :01:23.when you guys turn up. It is often colder than this and you would not
:01:23. > :01:26.want to go out on the water. Good evening. It was the biggest
:01:26. > :01:29.trial of its kind in criminal history. Last month, the trial
:01:29. > :01:32.collapsed of eight former police officers accused of fabricating
:01:32. > :01:36.evidence in the original Lynette White murder investigation. The men
:01:36. > :01:40.were acquitted when it emerged that two files of evidence were missing.
:01:40. > :01:43.It's thought they'd been shredded. Last night, it was announced the
:01:43. > :01:46.files had been found at South Wales Police Headquarters. But a legal
:01:46. > :01:49.expert says the discovery is very unlikely to lead to a retrial.
:01:49. > :01:52.Rebecca John is in Butetown this evening.
:01:52. > :01:56.Lynette White was murdered in the flat above the book keepers behind
:01:56. > :02:00.me almost a quarter of a century ago. Three men were wrongfully
:02:00. > :02:04.convicted of her murder. One of the Cardiff Three, Yousuf Abdullahi,
:02:04. > :02:08.has since died. But the surviving two still want to know why they
:02:08. > :02:10.were convicted. The trial of the eight former South
:02:10. > :02:14.Wales Police officers was the biggest of its kind in British
:02:14. > :02:18.legal history. It collapsed last month when it was thought files of
:02:18. > :02:22.evidence had been shredded. The judge at Swansea Crown Court ruled
:02:22. > :02:25.that the former officers couldn't get a fair trial. They were all
:02:25. > :02:28.cleared of perverting the course of justice in the original
:02:28. > :02:31.investigation into the murder of Lynette White. But last night it
:02:31. > :02:35.emerged that the files had been found at South Wales Police
:02:35. > :02:40.Headquarters. Tony Paris is one of three men wrongfully convicted in
:02:40. > :02:48.1990 of Lynette White's murder. The convictions of the so called
:02:48. > :02:55.Cardiff Three were quashed in 1992. I would like to see a retrial so we
:02:55. > :03:02.can get to the bottom of this and I can find out why I was implicated
:03:02. > :03:07.in this case, who gave the word that implicated me, and how they
:03:07. > :03:10.got their evidence. Lynette White was 20-years-old when she was
:03:10. > :03:14.murdered in 1988. She was stabbed more than 50 times in this flat in
:03:14. > :03:16.Butetown, where she worked as a prostitute. The solicitor, Stuart
:03:16. > :03:21.Hutton, represented the brothers, John and Ronnie Actie, who were
:03:21. > :03:30.acquitted of her murder in 1990. He thinks the former police officers
:03:30. > :03:36.should face a retrial. There is a lack of closure because the matter
:03:36. > :03:41.has not been resolved in the quarter. It is quite incredible
:03:41. > :03:48.that in these documents have now been found and, by virtue of having
:03:48. > :03:52.been found, we can reasonably suppose that they existed at the
:03:52. > :03:55.time that the prosecution said they had been destroyed. The cost of
:03:55. > :04:04.this case from the time of Lynette White's murder in the late '80s
:04:04. > :04:08.until now is thought to be around �30 million. It seems unbelievable
:04:08. > :04:13.that papers were not dealt within a very detailed way and totally
:04:13. > :04:17.properly, given the millions of pounds that have been spent on the
:04:17. > :04:22.investigation and are that things could fall at the point when the
:04:22. > :04:25.Crown Prosecution Service was bringing matters before the court.
:04:25. > :04:27.Supporters of the Cardiff Three - Tony Paris, Yousuf Abdullahi and
:04:27. > :04:36.Stephen Miller - took to the streets to protest the men's
:04:37. > :04:40.innocence. People living here haven't forgotten what happened.
:04:40. > :04:46.People in the community would want to see a retrial. People want to
:04:46. > :04:50.see closure for Lynette White and for the boys, but also in the
:04:50. > :04:53.context of the wider implications for the justice system and the
:04:53. > :04:57.criminal system. The case of Lynette White's murder was reopened
:04:57. > :05:01.in 2000. Advances in DNA led to the arrest of the security guard
:05:01. > :05:05.Jeffrey Gafoor, one of her former clients. He was jailed for life in
:05:05. > :05:07.2003 for her murder. South Wales Police say it would be
:05:07. > :05:09.inappropriate to comment on the discovery of the files because of
:05:09. > :05:15.the ongoing investigation by the Independent Police Complaints
:05:15. > :05:17.Commission. The IPCC says South Wales Police still have the boxes.
:05:17. > :05:21.They say their investigation hasn't concluded and will need to
:05:21. > :05:25.establish what happened to the two files of evidence. Lynette White
:05:25. > :05:28.was killed on Valentine's Day, almost a quarter of a century ago.
:05:28. > :05:36.Her murder was eventually solved, but many questions remain about the
:05:36. > :05:39.original investigation. The people we've spoken to here
:05:39. > :05:42.today would like to see the former police officers retried, but many
:05:42. > :05:49.doubt it'll be possible because of all the legal hurdles that would
:05:49. > :05:59.need to be cleared. Lucy. Winston Roddick QC is a former
:05:59. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:06.leader of the Wales circuit. Good evening. What hurdles would have to
:06:06. > :06:09.be overcome for a retrial to take place? First of all, you will have
:06:09. > :06:13.to establish that this is an offense in respect of which the
:06:13. > :06:18.double jeopardy rule has been abolished. It has not for this
:06:18. > :06:22.offence. It was abolished for serious offences like murder, rape
:06:22. > :06:26.and conspiracy to commit those offences, but not the conspiracy to
:06:26. > :06:31.pervert the course of justice, and therefore the double jeopardy rule
:06:31. > :06:36.still stands and you cannot retry them. If that interpretation is not
:06:36. > :06:40.correct, you have got to show two things in particular. One, that
:06:40. > :06:44.there is no evidence, and secondly that the new evidence is compelling
:06:44. > :06:48.such as might lead a jury almost inevitably to the conclusion that
:06:48. > :06:52.these defendants were guilty of this specific offence. This
:06:52. > :06:56.evidence does not fall into that category because it was evidence
:06:56. > :07:02.which favoured the defendants, rather than the prosecution.
:07:02. > :07:08.Therefore, that hurdle could not be crossed either. We heard it here
:07:08. > :07:14.that many people feel that justice will have failed without a retrial.
:07:14. > :07:19.Justice has not failed. The prosecution said that there existed
:07:19. > :07:24.evidence which might favour the defendants. The defence said they
:07:24. > :07:28.wanted it, the prosecution said, we understand it is no longer
:07:28. > :07:33.available and the judge had to decide whether that was an obstacle
:07:33. > :07:36.to a fair trial for the defendants. The judge kept his eye on whether
:07:36. > :07:42.the trip -- trial would be fairer not and came to the conclusion it
:07:42. > :07:48.would not. That is justice. How is it that files of evidence can go
:07:48. > :07:54.missing and then appear again? Was it that the evidence was not locked
:07:54. > :07:59.properly? What do you suspect may have happened? This was a case in
:07:59. > :08:04.which there were probably millions of pages of documents, bearing in
:08:04. > :08:11.mind the age of the original case and the age of the present case. I
:08:11. > :08:16.am not at all surprised that something went wrong with the
:08:16. > :08:22.disclosure provisions in this particular case, having regard to
:08:22. > :08:26.the volume of documents which had to be managed. I have a personal
:08:26. > :08:30.professional experience of managed large cases and finding there were
:08:30. > :08:38.documents which have not been disclosed to the defence, not
:08:38. > :08:42.through any abuse of process by anybody but simply human error.
:08:42. > :08:44.Thank you very much. Five officers with South Wales
:08:44. > :08:49.Police have been given written warnings for disobeying orders to
:08:49. > :08:51.stop pursuing a man who went on to crash into a wall and later died.
:08:51. > :08:54.The Independent Police Complaints Commission released its findings
:08:54. > :08:58.following yesterday's inquest into the death of 22-year-old Lee Lewis
:08:58. > :09:01.in 2008, in which a narrative verdict was recorded. South Wales
:09:01. > :09:07.Police say they'd taken "extensive action" to ensure staff were aware
:09:07. > :09:10.of expectations during pursuits. A murder inquiry is underway after
:09:10. > :09:14.a person died in a house fire in the village of Pentyrch on the
:09:14. > :09:17.outskirts of Cardiff in the early hours of this morning. An 18-year-
:09:17. > :09:21.old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Matt Murray
:09:21. > :09:25.reports. A fire investigation soon became a
:09:25. > :09:28.murder inquiry in the early hours of this morning. Scene of crime
:09:28. > :09:31.officers entered the property in this village on the outskirts of
:09:31. > :09:34.Cardiff. Many neighbours woke unaware of what had happened, but
:09:34. > :09:43.say the man who lived at the property only moved into the area
:09:43. > :09:49.just over a year ago. He was a very quiet man, just kept himself to
:09:49. > :09:54.himself now. We used to have a chat when the bend into each other but
:09:54. > :09:59.that is about it. It is a small community, it is a friendly
:09:59. > :10:03.community. It is just a shock. People who live on the streets say
:10:03. > :10:07.that in the early hours of this morning, they heard a car revving
:10:07. > :10:12.its engine. Shortly afterwards there was a sound of a crashed. It
:10:12. > :10:16.is believed that car hit this wall. Police and fire crews arrived at
:10:16. > :10:22.the scene shortly after. The general feeling today is one of
:10:22. > :10:26.disbelief. We woke up at 4am because we heard the police and
:10:26. > :10:30.everything and we wondered what was going on. I was a bit concerned
:10:30. > :10:35.about my neighbour who lives down the road. I just said to the
:10:35. > :10:39.detective, what is going on? He said there has been a very serious
:10:39. > :10:42.incident. An 18-year-man is still being questioned by police and,
:10:42. > :10:45.while inquiries continue, an incident room has been set up at
:10:45. > :10:49.Cardiff Central Police Station. Officers are urging anyone who may
:10:50. > :10:52.have witnessed what happened to come forward.
:10:52. > :10:55.The chair of the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee says the police
:10:55. > :11:00.should investigate allegations of financial corruption at Wales'
:11:00. > :11:03.leading race relations organisation. It comes after the All Wales Ethnic
:11:03. > :11:07.Minority Association had more than �3 million of funding suspended by
:11:07. > :11:16.the Welsh Government. The claims concern chief executive, Naz Malik,
:11:16. > :11:21.alleging he used the organisation's funds inappropriately.
:11:21. > :11:24.I certainly would welcome a formal police investigation. We are told
:11:24. > :11:27.that South Wales Police have been informed of the ongoing Welsh
:11:27. > :11:31.Government investigation but clearly some of these allegations
:11:31. > :11:33.are criminal in nature and I think the police should step in and get
:11:33. > :11:36.involved. A 26-year-old man has been remanded
:11:36. > :11:39.in custody, charged with the murder and rape of 67-year-old Irene
:11:39. > :11:42.Lawless from the village of Llanllwni in Carmarthenshire.
:11:42. > :11:49.Darren Martin Jackson, who lived in the same street, will appear before
:11:49. > :11:51.Swansea Crown Court next month. Bus services could be cut and fares
:11:51. > :11:55.increased following the Welsh Government's decision to reduce the
:11:56. > :11:58.subsidy it provides for local transport. Bus operators say they
:11:59. > :12:03.will struggle to maintain some routes once the amount of fuel duty
:12:03. > :12:08.they can reclaim is reduced in April. Councils say they've been
:12:08. > :12:12.given little time to prepare for the changes.
:12:12. > :12:16.Jenny Brooks is on her way home to Llangynog in Powys from her regular
:12:16. > :12:19.bus trip to Oswestry. Services like this are subsidised by the Welsh
:12:19. > :12:28.Government but, from April, it's reducing the fuel rebate it gives
:12:28. > :12:32.bus firms by 25%. That could put trips like this under threat.
:12:32. > :12:36.is the only service so it makes sense to use the bus. If you don't
:12:36. > :12:43.use it, you're going to lose it, but he would be very inconvenient
:12:43. > :12:47.if it was not on because I do shopping and that. It is very good.
:12:47. > :12:51.Bus operators say with the fuel duty rising, they have no option
:12:51. > :12:54.but to pass their extra cost on to local authorities but they are
:12:54. > :12:57.facing cutbacks of their own. The Welsh Government will also reduce
:12:57. > :13:01.its grant for local transport from �11 million to �8 million this year
:13:01. > :13:04.- a 27% decrease. The Welsh Local Government Association says the
:13:04. > :13:14.severity and suddenness of the cuts was unforeseen and the effect on
:13:14. > :13:18.services is likely to be severe. can't see what alternative that
:13:18. > :13:21.they have got apart from reducing the number of services which will
:13:21. > :13:31.be pretty catastrophic to the people of Powys. Those who have
:13:31. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:35.come to depend on the local bus network. The Welsh Government says
:13:35. > :13:38.operators in Wales have previously enjoyed more generous rates for
:13:38. > :13:40.standard diesel than in England and hopes firms can find ways to meet
:13:40. > :13:49.the needs of local communities. Those waiting at Caernarfon bus
:13:49. > :13:54.station today hope so too. I don't know what we would do without a bus
:13:54. > :13:58.service so we will keep our fingers crossed. In terms of the best
:13:58. > :14:03.prices, it does affect the way you travel around. If your car is
:14:03. > :14:06.broken down, you have got to use the bus. Bus firms in Wales have
:14:07. > :14:09.told us that schemes in England help to make up any shortfall in
:14:09. > :14:16.fuel rebates and that cuts there have been phased in gradually.
:14:16. > :14:21.Sharp cuts here could see some Still ahead in Wales Today, we've
:14:21. > :14:26.been to Team GB's rowing headquarters. We are taking to the
:14:26. > :14:34.waters at the rowing headquarters. Catching up with the Welsh athletes,
:14:34. > :14:36.Meet the Romneys. Mitt Romney, a former Governor of Massachusettes,
:14:36. > :14:43.is a multi-million dollar businessman battling to claim the
:14:43. > :14:46.Republican nomination for the US presidential election. But it's his
:14:46. > :14:50.wife Ann who's been stealing the show on the campaign trail, handing
:14:50. > :14:56.out Welshcakes to journalists. And as Sian Lloyd reports, her family
:14:56. > :15:01.in Wales are fully behind the Romneys' race to the White House.
:15:01. > :15:06.He wants to be the most powerful man in the world. And, on the
:15:06. > :15:11.campaign trail, his wife is at his side. Her husband's rivals have
:15:11. > :15:15.painted him as an a latest, but her story epitomises the American Dream
:15:15. > :15:23.and she has been showcasing her Welsh roots to the public and the
:15:23. > :15:28.press. Her family moved from Wales to the USA 90 years ago and her
:15:28. > :15:35.father, Edward, was 14 and his father took the decision after
:15:35. > :15:41.being injured in a mining accident. Rodney Evans is her second cousin.
:15:41. > :15:47.My grandfather and her grandmother were brother and sister. So that's
:15:47. > :15:53.why we became her father's first cousin and she is my second cousin.
:15:53. > :15:59.I have met them here and in America, a lot. Lovely people. He is a nice
:15:59. > :16:06.guy. A family boy. Five sons of his own and 16 grand kids. A formidable
:16:07. > :16:12.family. It was in the 1920s that her relatives left their home in
:16:12. > :16:18.search of a better life in America. Well, work was very, very scarce in
:16:18. > :16:23.the valley. They were closing the collieries at the time. They all
:16:23. > :16:29.closed and there wasn't work in the valley for the miners. Seen her
:16:29. > :16:36.relatives making headlines around the world, it's a proud moment for
:16:36. > :16:39.Irene. Her grandmother was her sister. Yes, I think it's a
:16:39. > :16:44.wonderful and obviously, if they hadn't gone to America, as chance
:16:44. > :16:49.would never have happened to them, you know, but we have met over the
:16:49. > :16:53.years, several times, and she's a lovely personality. It's a long way
:16:53. > :16:58.from Wales to the White House, and Mitt Romney's early advantage
:16:58. > :17:03.suffered in the latest primaries, but, while his American supporters
:17:03. > :17:06.tried to regain momentum, they can be sure of the continued support of
:17:06. > :17:11.their relatives back home in Wales. Claire is here now with all
:17:11. > :17:13.tonight's sport. Lucy, thank you. Good evening. The
:17:13. > :17:16.Scarlets prop Rhys Thomas is recovering from emergency heart
:17:16. > :17:19.surgery after falling ill in training. The 29 year old forward,
:17:19. > :17:24.who's won seven caps for Wales, is in a comfortable condition at
:17:24. > :17:26.Morriston Hospital after surgeons operated to treat a heart condition.
:17:26. > :17:33.The Llanelli Scarlets says they will be keeping in close contact
:17:33. > :17:37.with doctors as Thomas continues his recovery in hospital. Of course,
:17:38. > :17:41.we wish him well. More rugby in a moment. It's just
:17:41. > :17:44.six months to go before the start of London Olympics and the pressure
:17:44. > :17:47.is cranking up on all our athletes hoping to get medals on home soil.
:17:47. > :17:50.Britain's rowing team won six medals last time round. And now
:17:50. > :17:53.three Welsh rowers, all from Wrexham, could play a big part in
:17:53. > :18:00.London. Tomos Dafydd has been to meet them at Team GB's rowing
:18:00. > :18:10.headquarters near Reading. 7:30am and the rowers are up before
:18:10. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:17.sunrise. Early starts are the norm Miles and miles are covered out on
:18:17. > :18:22.the lake each day. No chance for a quick weekend away. The rowers are
:18:22. > :18:27.lucky if they get one Sunday off a month. And there are hours of work
:18:27. > :18:30.to do in the gym too. After success in Beijing four years ago, Tom
:18:30. > :18:34.James from Wrexham is hoping to repeat that feat again in the
:18:34. > :18:39.coxless fours. Illness meant he missed a training camp in South
:18:39. > :18:48.Africa but now Tom is back in the boat. For the next couple of months
:18:48. > :18:54.or so, we will decide who we will be rowing with, and it's our chance
:18:54. > :18:59.to get a gold medal, which we are all after. There's a lot more to it.
:18:59. > :19:04.You enjoy what you're doing every day. One of the most satisfying
:19:04. > :19:08.things about growing is building crews, building a team and
:19:08. > :19:13.achieving something from that unit. While Tom was picking up gold four
:19:13. > :19:16.years ago, Victoria Thornley had barely set-foot in a boat. A former
:19:16. > :19:22.model from Wrexham, he career was cut short. Too tall for the catwalk
:19:22. > :19:25.she was told But now she's using her height to her advantage. At
:19:25. > :19:33.nearly 6'4" Vicky's got involved in the sport after a search for
:19:33. > :19:37.athletes of a particular size. was a sporting giants talent search.
:19:37. > :19:42.They were trying to get tall people for tall sports in London, and it
:19:42. > :19:46.looked like a great opportunity, so I just applied on the line and was
:19:46. > :19:52.selected to go for testing. I didn't have a clue about rowing, so
:19:52. > :19:58.I went along to it blind, and it went from there, really. I am just
:19:58. > :20:01.under six foot four, so pretty tall for a girl. I think I was the
:20:01. > :20:04.height they wanted the guys to be. 27-year-old Chris Bartley is hoping
:20:04. > :20:07.to make into the lighweight four but after failing to defend the
:20:07. > :20:12.World Championship title last year, he knows there's plenty of work
:20:12. > :20:17.ahead. And the training is intense. It's always nice when you guys turn
:20:17. > :20:21.up. It's not always like this. It's cold and wet and windy. You
:20:21. > :20:25.wouldn't want to go out on the water but, yeah, a general day, we
:20:25. > :20:31.do a session on the water, a session in the gym and on the
:20:31. > :20:35.weights. It is two or three sessions a day, six or seven days a
:20:35. > :20:39.week. The key moment will come at the national selection trials for
:20:39. > :20:43.so after then, we will have a better idea who will make it to the
:20:43. > :20:51.London Games. After those trials, the coaches will have a few weeks
:20:51. > :20:55.to find tuna their tactics and line-ups before the Olympic regatta
:20:55. > :20:58.starts on the 28th July. Rugby. Wales have called up Stephen
:20:58. > :21:01.Jones to their training camp in Poland. With 104 caps under his
:21:01. > :21:04.belt, the Scarlets number ten, has arrived in Gdansk to provide extra
:21:04. > :21:07.cover in the fly-half position. Rhys Priestland is struggling with
:21:07. > :21:09.a knee injury. James Hook has returned to France to be available
:21:09. > :21:13.for Perpignan this weekend. Wales's Six Nations opener against Ireland
:21:13. > :21:16.is a week on Sunday. Back here, the regions play in the
:21:16. > :21:19.LV Anglo-Welsh Cup this weekend. It's an all-Welsh affair at the
:21:19. > :21:22.Brewery Field in Bridgend tonight where the Ospreys face the Dragons.
:21:22. > :21:24.The Gwent region have won their last three encounters, including a
:21:24. > :21:33.narrow victory earlier this month. With their top stars on
:21:33. > :21:39.international duty, both sides have picked a number of younger players.
:21:39. > :21:48.You look at it the year before, a lot of those boys played. Matthew
:21:48. > :21:54.Morgan, Ashley. They all played a lot against Wasps and Leicester.
:21:54. > :22:01.It's a game of experience for these boys and, going forward, these
:22:01. > :22:04.could be the squad. Football. It's FA Cup action for
:22:04. > :22:07.Swansea City this weekend. They travel to Bolton tomorrow in the
:22:07. > :22:09.fourth round. Defender Alan Tate could make his return from injury
:22:09. > :22:12.after breaking his leg last summer. Manager Brendan Rodgers is expected
:22:12. > :22:15.to sign a new three-year contract this weekend. In the Conference,
:22:15. > :22:18.second-placed Wrexham welcome Bath City. It will be a busy weekend for
:22:18. > :22:23.Newport County fans. They travel to Gateshead in the league. While a
:22:23. > :22:27.second string side will take on the New Saints in the Welsh Cup.
:22:27. > :22:31.We all did PE in school but I can't remember skydiving being part of
:22:31. > :22:36.the curriculum. Well, a 15-year-old GSCE student from Aberystwyth is
:22:36. > :22:40.believed to be the first in the UK to sit an exam in the sport.
:22:40. > :22:44.wasn't an option when I was in school. Like all PE students her
:22:44. > :22:46.age, Sian Spence has to demonstrate her ability at four sports. As
:22:46. > :22:56.Cemlyn Davies explains, it hasn't been easy preparing for an exam
:22:56. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:01.nobody seems to have sat before. Just a few hours after leaving
:23:01. > :23:09.school in Aberystwyth, she arrives in Manchester for another lesson.
:23:09. > :23:15.This is one of three skydiving centres in the UK. Once picketed
:23:15. > :23:21.out, it's time for her to get started, and watching on, two more
:23:21. > :23:27.experienced skydivers. Her father used to coach the Red Devils
:23:27. > :23:33.parachute regiment. As she has got it in her blood. We are both very
:23:33. > :23:39.proud parents. She has progressed at a fantastic rate and I can
:23:39. > :23:44.sincerely say, maybe begrudgingly, she flies better than I do. She was
:23:44. > :23:48.given her first lesson for her 12th birthday. Her grandmother was
:23:48. > :23:53.celebrating her 80th birthday at the same time and a sky dived
:23:53. > :23:59.together. She enjoyed it so much, she is deciding to sit and examine
:23:59. > :24:04.it as part of hippy GCSE course. friends know I like it. They were
:24:04. > :24:09.shocked I was allowed to do it. But people in my PE class for example
:24:09. > :24:14.said, you can't do that, it's not a sport. Even so, preparing has not
:24:14. > :24:19.been straightforward. A brand new syllabus had to be drawn up and she
:24:19. > :24:24.eventually sat her exam last week. I was going in with her at the same
:24:24. > :24:30.time. I was moving around left and right, checking she was following
:24:30. > :24:35.me with control and smoothly. In the second part, we had formations
:24:35. > :24:42.to do in one minute, and we saw how many we could do in a minute.
:24:42. > :24:46.exam was not too bad. It was fun. You can't say your exam was fun.
:24:46. > :24:51.she passed her exams with flying colours and is now preparing for
:24:51. > :24:57.her next assessment, Beskeen exam in America.
:24:57. > :25:04.A good idea. -- a skiing exam. Now a man with his feet firmly on
:25:04. > :25:10.the ground. Here's Derek with the There is some snow in the forecast
:25:10. > :25:17.but don't get too excited. It will depend on where you live. We are in
:25:17. > :25:20.for a cold weekend. Some sunshine and frost. If you've got any
:25:20. > :25:24.outdoor plans, Saturday looks the best day for getting out and about.
:25:24. > :25:27.If you're thinking of going for a walk up Pen y Fan, you may need a
:25:27. > :25:30.pair of crampons. Rob Jones took this picture of snow on Corn Du
:25:31. > :25:33.this morning. We've also had a few more hail stones today. Jason Ahmed
:25:33. > :25:38.took this photo in Cardiff. This evening wintry showers will die
:25:38. > :25:41.away. The whole country having a dry night. The cloud clearing. A
:25:42. > :25:51.few mist patches forming and a widespread frost. Icy patches on
:25:52. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :25:58.untreated roads as well. Minus two or minus three Celsius. Frost on
:25:58. > :26:02.the ground and on your card tomorrow. Mist and fog patches to
:26:02. > :26:09.watch out for. Otherwise, it will be bright and dry with plenty of
:26:09. > :26:13.sunshine. A good day for a walk on the prom with a light breeze.
:26:13. > :26:23.Plenty of sunshine. The sunshine could turn a hazy in the afternoon
:26:23. > :26:26.with some high cloud invading the sky, but it will stay dry. Reaching
:26:26. > :26:29.five or six Celsius with hardly a breath of wind. Tomorrow night dry.
:26:29. > :26:32.Some frost. A few mist and fog patches as well. Less cold and
:26:32. > :26:35.cloudier in Pembrokeshire. Sunday much of the country will start dry.
:26:35. > :26:41.Bright for a time but rain in Pembrokeshire will slowly become
:26:41. > :26:44.more widespread during the day. Some sleet and snow is likely too.
:26:44. > :26:49.Mainly on higher ground but there is uncertainty on exactly where and
:26:49. > :26:58.how much snow there will be. To keep an eye on the forecast over
:26:58. > :27:05.keep an eye on the forecast over the next couple of days. There are,
:27:05. > :27:08.thank you very much indeed. The main news again. Pressure is
:27:08. > :27:10.growing on the Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester to
:27:10. > :27:13.turn down his bonus following a political backlash. Yesterday it
:27:13. > :27:16.emerged Mr Hester would receive shares worth �963,000 on top of his
:27:17. > :27:19.salary at the bank which is mainly owned by taxpayers. One other men
:27:19. > :27:21.or wrongly convicted of the murder of Lynette White has called for a
:27:21. > :27:24.retrial of eight officers. Missing evidence which led to the collapse
:27:24. > :27:28.of the trial on charges of perverting the Court of Justice,
:27:28. > :27:31.have now been found. And that is Wales Today. Don't forget you can