:00:13. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to the programme. Here are the headlines: He heads
:00:19. > :00:26.Wales' leading ethnic minority charity. Now we hear allegations of
:00:26. > :00:30.bullying against staff. He is a bully. He is a mean poorly and he
:00:30. > :00:40.would try to intimidate you. If he found somebody intimidated easily,
:00:40. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:55.Lost all confidence - the damning words from senior doctors at
:00:55. > :01:04.Bronglais Hospital about their managers.
:01:04. > :01:09.The moment traffic officers smashed a pensioner's' car window. And had
:01:09. > :01:15.my hands of a my head because I was restricted by the seat belt. And
:01:15. > :01:21.they were shouting and screaming. After decades, the Swansea to Cork
:01:21. > :01:30.ferry will dock for good. And Olympic chiefs give the
:01:30. > :01:36.Millennium Stadium a once over. There is further tour mile tonight
:01:36. > :01:44.at the Wales' a leading charity working with ethnic minorities. The
:01:44. > :01:49.BBC has heard of allegations of bullying and harassment. For more
:01:49. > :01:58.and current employees have complained about two of the
:01:58. > :02:03.charity' bosses. -- the charity's bosses.
:02:03. > :02:07.The complaints centred around the Chief Executive of the charity. In
:02:07. > :02:12.October last year, several members of staff lodged a grievance against
:02:12. > :02:20.him. Some of their complaints were about the treatment of part-time
:02:20. > :02:25.staff. There are claims that future jobs fund staff had to sit and eat
:02:25. > :02:35.separately, had to use different toilets and had to use �1 per week
:02:35. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:50.to use the office water. This woman was one of them. He is a mean Billy.
:02:50. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:58.-- bully. The charity based in Swansea has of late �0.5 million of
:02:58. > :03:08.money to distribute to ethnic minority groups across Wales. --
:03:08. > :03:11.
:03:11. > :03:16.8.5 million. It is sad to see that up to this
:03:16. > :03:22.day, they can carry on intimidating and bullying staff. It is
:03:22. > :03:27.increasingly difficult for staff to carry out their work. As I
:03:27. > :03:33.understand, the investigation into the grievance is, as opposed to the
:03:33. > :03:39.other investigations, was only conducted on a preliminary basis.
:03:39. > :03:47.The recommendation is that further investigations on these gradients
:03:47. > :03:53.is should be undertaken. -- these grievances. Trustees have sought
:03:53. > :03:56.legal advice and were told by a weeding Lock Farm to suspend the
:03:56. > :04:05.Chief Executive pending a disciplinary procedure. That did
:04:05. > :04:10.not happen. These are public bodies with public money and transparency
:04:10. > :04:20.should be there. I haven't any board members or export member has
:04:20. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:25.been interviewed? -- export members. Nobody has been contacted.
:04:25. > :04:30.Assembly member who was contacted says a police investigation is the
:04:30. > :04:34.only way to clear up the matter. have written to the police and
:04:34. > :04:40.asked them to investigate the allegations, particularly in the
:04:40. > :04:44.light of the fact that trustees have not been contacted. I think
:04:44. > :04:48.that is remiss of the Welsh government who is leading the
:04:48. > :04:51.investigation to the stage. The public need to have confidence that
:04:51. > :04:57.their money is being cared for properly by the Welsh government
:04:57. > :05:01.and I do not think they have that confidence. The Welsh government is
:05:01. > :05:05.investigating all of these allegations. In the meantime, the
:05:05. > :05:12.man says it would be inappropriate to comment on the allegations
:05:12. > :05:17.against him. We will have more on this story later.
:05:17. > :05:24.That is right, on the programme later, more details about the
:05:24. > :05:28.alleged bullying. We will speak to the offer of a report calling for
:05:28. > :05:32.the suspension of the Chief Executive. We will also hear from
:05:32. > :05:41.the newly appointed chair of the organisation who has gone public
:05:41. > :05:48.with her view that the report is lacking evidence for its claims.
:05:48. > :05:54.Thank you very much. Doctors at a hospital in West and Wales say they
:05:54. > :06:00.have lost confidence in their management. A letter signed by a
:06:00. > :06:05.majority of senior doctors at Bronglais Hospital says that
:06:05. > :06:10.reforms would be dangerous. Managers say that no final decision
:06:10. > :06:20.has been made. This is the only place offering
:06:20. > :06:26.acute medical care for much of mid- Wales. A proposal to move much of
:06:26. > :06:34.the care has been a post by doctors. A letter signed by a majority of
:06:34. > :06:42.senior doctors said that the suggested changes was dangerous --
:06:42. > :06:52.were dangerous. They ended by saying they had lost all confidence.
:06:52. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :06:58.Campaigners agree. What they said is that what is
:06:58. > :07:03.being proposed is unsafe and that makes the whole plan unsafe and I
:07:03. > :07:13.think we have to ask the board, not just to consider but to actually
:07:13. > :07:18.withdraw, their plan. Managers have told BBC Wales they are surprised
:07:18. > :07:21.by D letter. They have had lots of opportunity to help pass shape the
:07:21. > :07:27.options and we are only part way through that process. We have
:07:27. > :07:31.plenty of time with which to work with them to review our proposals.
:07:31. > :07:37.But the it -- the concerns expressed were shared by doors at a
:07:37. > :07:41.public meeting earlier today. we going to be set? What happens if
:07:41. > :07:46.you are in a road accident or you are having a baby and something
:07:46. > :07:50.goes wrong unexpectedly? If all of these departments go, it is a
:07:51. > :07:56.distance people will have to travel and Bronglais Hospital has given us
:07:56. > :08:05.a wonderful service. The reforms affect patients across West and
:08:05. > :08:11.much of mid-Wales. 400,000 people who are all under one health board,
:08:11. > :08:16.who are arguing they will have to centralise some care. Someone
:08:16. > :08:22.somewhere will have to travel further. The same dilemma affects
:08:22. > :08:27.every corner of the country. For example in North Wales. The NHS
:08:27. > :08:32.says in future there must be less complication. The drive to reform
:08:32. > :08:38.has come from the Welsh government. Its opponents accuse the Health
:08:38. > :08:43.Minister of failing to listen to doctors. I want her to listen to
:08:43. > :08:48.doctors, they are telling her that they need to stop these plans and
:08:48. > :08:51.seriously look at the services that have to be provided that all of the
:08:51. > :08:55.district hospitals. The Welsh government say that they are
:08:55. > :09:00.listening and this is the time for people to get involved in the
:09:00. > :09:06.debate. In Aberystwyth, that debate is already more better than anyone
:09:06. > :09:11.could have predicted. So news just coming in, fire and
:09:11. > :09:21.ambulance crews are that the scene of an explosion at a house near
:09:21. > :09:25.Porthmadog. It is thought that gas caused the explosion. If we get any
:09:25. > :09:28.more news on that we will bring it to you.
:09:28. > :09:33.An attempt is being made to topple the leader of Carmarthenshire
:09:33. > :09:39.Council after comments she made about staff and protesters. Her
:09:40. > :09:45.comments were made last month during a visit to a Llanelli drug
:09:45. > :09:52.intervention centre. She called opponents to the downgrading of a
:09:52. > :09:58.hospital, rabbles. See also said it would not be a problem if the 9,000
:09:58. > :10:04.council employees worked as hard as the staff at the drug centre. A
:10:04. > :10:09.motion of new -- no confidence has been tabled. BT's Concert -- Chief
:10:09. > :10:15.Constable of North Wales police says he is making changes to the
:10:15. > :10:19.way that rural areas are police. He says three senior officers will be
:10:19. > :10:25.appointed to oversee police and in different parts of the force area.
:10:25. > :10:32.He says he is delivering a good quality service despite cuts.
:10:32. > :10:41.have lost 131 officers as of today and 112 a police staff. We are
:10:41. > :10:45.thinner than we were. But are we doing our best? Yes, we are. A 71-
:10:45. > :10:49.year-old retired businessman says he has received a substantial out-
:10:49. > :10:53.of-court settlement following an incident where traffic officers
:10:53. > :10:57.stopped his car and smashed the windows. The officers were
:10:58. > :11:05.subsequently cleared any disciplinary hearing. The police
:11:05. > :11:10.force has made no admission of liability. It is understood the
:11:10. > :11:17.power out is in excess of �20,000. The moment police caught up with
:11:17. > :11:24.Clive Otley in a quiet country lane. One policeman smashers the windows
:11:24. > :11:28.and another climbs on the bonnet. was wearing my six glasses, and I
:11:28. > :11:33.had my hands over my head, I was restricted by my seatbelt and there
:11:33. > :11:39.was glass all over my face and my seat -- my test. And he was
:11:39. > :11:46.shouting and screaming. The whole incident took place in September
:11:46. > :11:51.2009. He was originally pulled over for driving without a seatbelt.
:11:51. > :11:58.When he later pulled off, police followed him for eight miles. In
:11:58. > :12:02.court, he was found guilty of failing to wear a seatbelt and of
:12:02. > :12:08.failing to stop. Gwent police say they have not accepted any
:12:08. > :12:13.liability. They decided to settle the matter out of court on
:12:13. > :12:23.financial grounds. The footage was put on you to ban has been viewed
:12:23. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:30.over 100,000 times. -- on YouTube. I would like some form of
:12:30. > :12:35.recognition, and this is minor and it is far too late. It is a
:12:35. > :12:44.terrific waste of public money. It is about time the police were held
:12:44. > :12:51.to account. Two years on, he still remembers the day. Coming up, this
:12:51. > :12:57.step has not sailed for the long time. Plans to restore this former
:12:57. > :13:02.liner are being discussed. Restoration is complete at the
:13:02. > :13:09.Cardiff so man Theatre, ready to welcome our audiences again after
:13:09. > :13:13.two years. Farmers and the Wells government
:13:13. > :13:17.have on a collision course over payment schemes designed to support
:13:17. > :13:22.the industry and protect the environment. The minister in charge
:13:22. > :13:29.says he might have to force farmers to join a new scheme by creating
:13:29. > :13:36.new legislation. Some farmers argue that it will leave them worse off.
:13:36. > :13:41.This man is busy lambing. He receives a farming payment from the
:13:41. > :13:51.government. And more money from a scheme called Tir Mynydd. Final
:13:51. > :13:52.
:13:52. > :13:56.payment will be made next month as the scheme has brought to an end.
:13:56. > :14:03.Financially it is �8,000 and pot of those schemes finish this year. I
:14:03. > :14:08.will only get �3,000 back. I might have to spend to get that money.
:14:08. > :14:13.During the past two years, the government has held open days to
:14:13. > :14:17.encourage farmers to join a new scheme. It offers support force
:14:18. > :14:25.producing food and also for following stringent environmental
:14:25. > :14:35.regulations set out by Europe. With less than 80 of the 8,000 farmers
:14:35. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:51.registered, the minister has lost Farming unions have said they're
:14:51. > :14:56.disappointed with the ministers' statement. We are not happy with
:14:56. > :15:03.what he has said. It is not a sticky can work with with industry.
:15:03. > :15:08.He has got to get us on his side. Only 1698 farmers have gone into
:15:08. > :15:10.this scheme. That proves that the scheme is not a success. The Welsh
:15:10. > :15:13.Government may have to enforce stricter rules on countryside
:15:13. > :15:17.conservation agreed by all countries within the European Union
:15:17. > :15:20.in a few years' time. Alun Davies may well be threatening farmers to
:15:20. > :15:30.look more favourably on the Glastir scheme, or he suggests they could
:15:30. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:02.lose out on compensation payments Top Olympic officials have been in
:16:02. > :16:05.Wales today. They took a tour of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff,
:16:05. > :16:08.which will host the first action of the Games in July. The executive
:16:08. > :16:10.director of the Olympics said it was important that Welsh people
:16:10. > :16:13.felt part of London 2012. Ashleigh Crowter reports.
:16:13. > :16:16.This is where the games will begin before they have really begun. Two
:16:16. > :16:20.days before the opening ceremony in July, the men in stadium will host
:16:20. > :16:25.a women and football match, had the first sporting action of the 2012
:16:25. > :16:30.Olympics. Today, officials from the Olympic Committee and the London
:16:30. > :16:34.organising committee were given a guided tour. I think it is a
:16:35. > :16:42.fantastic stadium. That is one good aspect about the football, we can
:16:42. > :16:46.go to other cities in the country and we believe the game's belong to
:16:46. > :16:51.the full country. It is important, when you have got a beautiful
:16:51. > :16:57.stadium like this, it is good to use them. The stadium is used to
:16:57. > :17:01.hosting major events like FA Cup finals and Rugby World Cup finals.
:17:01. > :17:05.The Olympics is perhaps the biggest event of them all. Some athletes
:17:05. > :17:08.have expressed disappointment that football is included in the
:17:08. > :17:13.Olympics at all but that view is not shared by one of Wales's
:17:13. > :17:18.biggest players who was hoping to be part of the Great Britain team.
:17:18. > :17:26.There is no age gap so you are looking at the Ellie players. It is
:17:26. > :17:29.almost like the World Cup. Tickets are still available for the
:17:29. > :17:36.football matches in Cardiff as the Olympic Games come to Wales for the
:17:36. > :17:41.first time. In tomorrow's programme, we will
:17:41. > :17:45.tell you Wales have pitched -- picked for their first team against
:17:45. > :17:49.Ireland. Warren Gatland has delayed naming their team to give players
:17:49. > :17:53.like Rhys Priestland and Jamie Roberts extra time to recover from
:17:53. > :17:57.injuries. We will have and use of the team in our lunchtime programme
:17:57. > :18:00.at 1:30pm. Football, and new Wales manager
:18:00. > :18:03.Chris Coleman says he'll meet Craig Bellamy to urge the Liverpool
:18:03. > :18:06.striker to carry on playing international football. Bellamy has
:18:06. > :18:12.suggested that the Gary Speed memorial game against Costa Rica at
:18:12. > :18:22.the end of this month, could be his last for Wales. Coleman will also
:18:22. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:26.meet Speed's assistant manager Raymond Verheijen tomorrow.
:18:26. > :18:29.The Welsh Government will try to get back more than �2 million it
:18:29. > :18:32.invested in the Swansea to Cork ferry after the company said the
:18:32. > :18:35.service wouldn't run again. The company needed nearly �1.5 million
:18:35. > :18:41.to start sailing again in the summer, but say they're far from
:18:41. > :18:46.their target. Rhodri Lewis reports. The Swansea to Cork ferry has been
:18:46. > :18:48.running on and off since the 1960s. The last launch was two years ago.
:18:48. > :18:51.Since then, the company in charge says it's ferried 153,000
:18:51. > :18:57.passengers between Wales and Ireland. But today's news means
:18:57. > :19:00.this passenger terminal won't be opening up for the summer after all.
:19:00. > :19:08.I am very disappointed it has failed to get the funding required
:19:08. > :19:12.to carry on next year. Last November, rising oil prices meant
:19:12. > :19:21.there fuel for one journey cost more than 18,000 euros. Further
:19:21. > :19:25.west, they have sought so been a dip for other companies. In Dover,
:19:25. > :19:32.more than 100 jobs were lost when at sea France announced they were
:19:32. > :19:37.being liquidated by the French government. Here, the last
:19:37. > :19:47.government had given the venture a loan of �2.3 million, money it now
:19:47. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:57.wants back. 78 jobs will be lost, split between Swansea and Cork.
:19:57. > :20:03.has been a successful service and it is going to affect people in
:20:03. > :20:07.Swansea. Businesses in the city say there service has helped them by
:20:07. > :20:12.bringing business from Ireland. It has ferried more than 150,000
:20:12. > :20:17.passengers, although that is much less than in Fishguard where almost
:20:17. > :20:20.800,000 people used the ferry last year. I think it is a terrible
:20:20. > :20:24.thing for Swansea. There are going to be less people coming from
:20:24. > :20:34.Ireland. That is a big part of our business, they go shopping and it
:20:34. > :20:36.
:20:36. > :20:39.will have a knock-on effect on all businesses in Swansea and beyond.
:20:39. > :20:42.It had been hoped the ferry could be saved, but last minute talks
:20:42. > :20:44.between the Welsh and Irish governments failed. For its part,
:20:44. > :20:46.the Welsh Government said the news was disappointing, but that the
:20:46. > :20:49.company's proposals weren't commercially viable.
:20:49. > :20:52.A campaign has begun to try to revive the fortunes of one of
:20:52. > :20:55.Flintshire's most unusual landmarks. The Duke Of Lancaster passenger
:20:55. > :20:59.ferry was bought by a private company and dry-docked near
:20:59. > :21:04.Holywell in 1979. After a brief period as an entertainment venue,
:21:04. > :21:09.it fell into disuse. Now, a new group of fans hope it'll be back in
:21:09. > :21:12.business once more. After sailing around Europe from
:21:12. > :21:16.the late '50s, the Duke Of Lancaster was berthed at Llanerch y
:21:16. > :21:19.Mor near Holywell 33 years ago. It was renamed the Funship and, for a
:21:19. > :21:23.short time, offered all the entertainment of a cruise without
:21:23. > :21:25.leaving dry land, like amusement arcades, a disco and cinema. But
:21:25. > :21:30.safety concerns from the former Delyn Council forced the Funship to
:21:30. > :21:36.close. Since then, many ideas have been raised about what should be
:21:36. > :21:40.done with it. For many of us, it was the last of its kind and it was
:21:40. > :21:45.a great idea by the owner. Some people have sympathy for the ship
:21:45. > :21:55.and I think it is very unfair how it has been treated. Popular
:21:55. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :21:59.suggestions to revive it have include all sorts of ideas. In
:21:59. > :22:06.Holywell today, those who've lived alongside the ship think it needs a
:22:06. > :22:11.makeover. It is an I saw at the moment. If they did something with
:22:11. > :22:15.it that was useful to the community, it would be worth it. Something
:22:15. > :22:21.needs to be done with it. It could be a big local attraction but it is
:22:21. > :22:25.going to take a lot of investment. Despite the enthusiasm of local
:22:25. > :22:29.fans, the owner says he has become jaded with thwarted attempts to
:22:29. > :22:32.breathe new life into this incredible vessel. That man is John
:22:32. > :22:35.Rowley, seen here shortly after the ship closed, and now lives in
:22:35. > :22:37.Romania. He says he's offered to work with Flintshire Council to
:22:37. > :22:40.regenerate the area, but they've either failed to respond or cited
:22:40. > :22:44.safety problems. They say they've been seeking to explore options for
:22:44. > :22:51.the site with him but there are no present proposals. We have been
:22:51. > :22:55.trying to negotiate with them over the last two and a half years at a
:22:55. > :23:01.fairly high level within the council. There are no negotiations
:23:01. > :23:05.being carried on at the moment, not through our fault. Purely because
:23:05. > :23:08.they seem to want to ignore us. Funship once employed more than 100
:23:08. > :23:11.people and its owners feel it could still bring much needed employment
:23:11. > :23:14.to this area. One of the country's most popular
:23:14. > :23:17.theatres will be opening its doors again for the first time in two
:23:17. > :23:20.years. Since 2010, Sherman Cymru in Cardiff has been closed for
:23:20. > :23:30.refurbishment. This weekend, people are invited to have a first look at
:23:30. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:40.the revamped theatre. Here's Tomos Last-minute rehearsals of the play,
:23:40. > :23:44.skint. It is a gritty look at the current economic squeeze. Next week,
:23:44. > :23:49.it will be the first production staged since the Sherman Theatre
:23:49. > :23:53.reopened. It is a wonderful environment, it is a very exciting
:23:53. > :23:57.space. The minute you walk in, you feel it is a place where theatre
:23:57. > :24:01.happens, where something exciting is about to happen. Since closing
:24:01. > :24:06.its doors two years ago, the theatre took its productions to
:24:06. > :24:11.theatres across the country. Now it is ready to welcome audiences again
:24:11. > :24:15.after a facelift of more than �6 million. That money is being spent
:24:15. > :24:19.on new rehearsal rooms and improvements to the auditorium.
:24:19. > :24:23.has been some major developments in the city over the past decade and
:24:23. > :24:28.we were lagging behind so I think we have got up to a par again.
:24:29. > :24:32.There is a room for writers as well, a place to nurture new talent.
:24:32. > :24:37.now have this fantastic building back and that means we can invite
:24:37. > :24:41.back our 150 young people aged between 10 and 25 which we do
:24:41. > :24:47.workshops with and create productions with. We can go and
:24:47. > :24:51.into the community. The theatre was originally opened in 1973 by the
:24:51. > :24:56.Duke of Edinburgh. Mealy 40 years on and a striking new facade will
:24:56. > :25:01.welcome visitors. Designed by the same architect behind the Wales
:25:01. > :25:05.Millennium Centre. Back on stage and bosses hope the new
:25:05. > :25:08.surroundings will inspire and excite artists and audiences alike.
:25:08. > :25:17.Is there a sense of the dramatic about the weather Derek? It's
:25:17. > :25:22.We need to get Jamie to throw an extra lock on the fire.
:25:22. > :25:25.Last night was the coldest of the winter so far. Temperatures fell as
:25:25. > :25:28.low as -7 Celsius, for example, in Eglwyswen in Pembrokeshire. Today
:25:28. > :25:32.is Candlemas Day and some people believe that the weather on this
:25:32. > :25:36.day can tell us what the rest of the winter will be like from an old
:25:36. > :25:40.rhyme. 'If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, winter will have
:25:40. > :25:44.another fight. But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain, winter is gone
:25:44. > :25:49.and will not come again'. Well it's been fair and bright today so
:25:49. > :25:53.winter is far from over. Tonight will be dry and, with starry skies,
:25:53. > :25:57.we're in for another widespread frost. It's going to be every bit
:25:57. > :26:01.as cold as last night, if not colder. Lowest temperatures around
:26:01. > :26:06.-2 to -7, but some places in Mid Wales, such as Beulah in Powys,
:26:06. > :26:08.could drop as low as -10. Tomorrow morning, it's a repeat performance.
:26:08. > :26:13.Temperatures below freezing across much of the country with a clear
:26:13. > :26:17.sky. But not all of the frost will be visible because the air is dry
:26:17. > :26:21.with very little moisture in the atmosphere. So, another fine and
:26:21. > :26:23.crisp day tomorrow. Plenty of winter sunshine but cloud may
:26:23. > :26:28.spread into Gwynedd, Anglesey and Pembrokeshire later in the
:26:28. > :26:32.afternoon. Temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. 4
:26:32. > :26:42.degrees Celsius the highest with mainly light winds. Tomorrow night,
:26:42. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:49.most of the country will be dry with more frost. The Met Office has
:26:49. > :26:52.issued a warning of snow. A yellow warning, which means "be aware". So,
:26:52. > :26:55.on Saturday, rain and snow will spread across Wales. A few
:26:55. > :26:58.centimetres likely. Snow especially on higher ground before it turns to
:26:58. > :27:01.rain and temperatures rise. Sunday will be drier. If you're heading to
:27:01. > :27:04.Dublin for the rugby on Sunday, the latest forecast is cloudy and damp
:27:05. > :27:12.with a high of 9 degrees Celsius.. Some more snow on Saturday but not
:27:12. > :27:22.everywhere and it will eventually A reminder of the main headlines
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:27:29. > :27:38.this evening: Some employees at AWEMA say they were bullied and
:27:38. > :27:42.there is more on this on Dragon's Eye on BBC Two Wales.