:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:07. > :00:17.Nearly a dozen of its stores will close, but the Peacocks brand is
:00:17. > :00:25.
:00:25. > :00:29.saved, along with its Welsh Also tonight:
:00:29. > :00:39.Carl Whant will serve at least 35 years in prison for the murder of
:00:39. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:46.Nikita Grender. She was weeks away Nikkita was young and beautiful.
:00:46. > :00:49.Together with Ryan they were about to be proud parents to Kelsey May.
:00:50. > :00:52.This was ripped away by Carl Whant, who has never had the decency to
:00:52. > :00:56.tell us the truth. The pollution running down this
:00:56. > :00:59.rock face came from a fish farm - tonight there are calls for an
:00:59. > :01:02.inquiry into the amount of public money it received.
:01:02. > :01:06.Why a unique wooden viaduct dating back to the 1800s is to be
:01:06. > :01:13.demolished. And Nathan Cleverly lends a hand to
:01:14. > :01:19.help boxers from underprivileged countries reach the Olympics.
:01:19. > :01:26.I have to be a world-beater. Always, that is my dream. I focus to be a
:01:26. > :01:29.Good evening. The high street chain Peacocks has been bought out of
:01:29. > :01:32.administration by the Scottish retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill.
:01:32. > :01:39.The deal means 6,000 jobs are saved but just over 3,000 redundancies
:01:39. > :01:42.are being made. 11 stores out of the 62 across Wales will close, but
:01:42. > :01:44.the Peacocks name survives, as do the three distribution depots in
:01:44. > :01:54.south Wales and the headquarters in Cardiff, where our business
:01:54. > :01:58.
:01:58. > :02:02.correspondent Nick Servini is for Lucy, it has been an unbearably
:02:02. > :02:05.tense time for the staff behind me with the company. It has been in
:02:05. > :02:10.administration for a number of weeks. There has been speculation
:02:10. > :02:14.as to what is going to happen to it. It has been connection to --
:02:14. > :02:21.connected with a major Indian manufacturer, a textile billionaire
:02:21. > :02:24.from Japan. An Edinburgh company has won the race and it is fairly
:02:24. > :02:30.well recognised brand on the British High Street. Edinburgh
:02:30. > :02:33.Woollen Mill. After months of negotiations, a deal at last to
:02:34. > :02:38.decide the future of one of the biggest companies in Wales. This is
:02:38. > :02:44.what it will mean under the ownership of Edinburgh Woollen Mill.
:02:44. > :02:53.388 stores and 50 concessions survive. 224 stores will close. It
:02:53. > :02:58.means 6,000 jobs across the UK are saved but there will be 3,000, 100
:02:59. > :03:02.-- 3,100 redundancies. The vast majority of the 250 jobs at HQ
:03:02. > :03:07.remain and three distribution centres in South Wales, which
:03:07. > :03:11.employ nearly 500 people, will still operate. But they will be
:03:11. > :03:16.changes on some Welsh High Street. 11 stores will close, including two
:03:16. > :03:23.flagship ones in the city centre in Cardiff. Elsewhere, the closures
:03:23. > :03:29.are in Cardiff, Newport, Tredegar, Swansea, Carmarthen, Llanelli,
:03:29. > :03:34.Fishguard, Flint and the store in Wrexham is to be relocated. This
:03:34. > :03:38.was the reaction to the news among the shoppers in Swansea.
:03:38. > :03:42.I think any jobs these days that will save it, it's a bonus, isn't
:03:42. > :03:46.it? The situation is so bad. It's really good news. Any jobs
:03:46. > :03:50.saved his brilliant so there is enough unemployment as there is.
:03:50. > :03:53.Any jobs are great. Is not known how much the deal to
:03:53. > :03:57.buy the company was worth but administrators say they are pleased
:03:57. > :04:00.most of the business has been saved. The atmosphere has been buoyant.
:04:01. > :04:05.They are pleased that the sale has taken place. They are very
:04:05. > :04:08.concerned about the people who have lost their jobs in the 224 stores
:04:08. > :04:14.today. Peacock's went into administration
:04:14. > :04:19.a month ago as a result of a debt worth around �750 million. Half of
:04:19. > :04:25.the work force were made redundancy almost immediately. The retail
:04:25. > :04:29.chain owned by the Peacocks group was sold to send European capital.
:04:29. > :04:32.Today's announcement was the final chapter in the story that was
:04:32. > :04:34.sparked by the insolvency of Peacocks.
:04:34. > :04:39.Is this a good deal for the company?
:04:39. > :04:45.It depends who you speak to. For the people who have lost their jobs
:04:45. > :04:50.today, they are not. There are 3,000 of those across the UK. As an
:04:50. > :04:53.independent, you have to say, it could have been worse. At the
:04:53. > :04:57.headquarters behind me, admittedly, they have already lost half the
:04:57. > :05:01.staff but we found out today the vast majority of the staff will
:05:02. > :05:07.remain here now. Then there is the distribution network in South Wales,
:05:07. > :05:13.500 people, as I mentioned. That distribution network will remain.
:05:13. > :05:18.Then, in terms of the High Street, 11 out of around 60 of the stores
:05:18. > :05:22.will close. The flagship store in the city centre of Cardiff to close.
:05:22. > :05:26.The impact on the High Street will be limited. The other thing you
:05:26. > :05:31.have to say is that went administrations -- administrators
:05:31. > :05:35.are called in, there is always the risk that the business will be
:05:35. > :05:40.liquidated. That hasn't happened here and the brand and the company
:05:40. > :05:45.has survived this ordeal. Admittedly, about a third of the
:05:45. > :05:48.operation will disappear. What are the new owners saying?
:05:48. > :05:51.They haven't done an interview tonight. The chief Executive of
:05:51. > :05:55.Edinburgh Woollen Mill has given a statement. Let me give you a
:05:55. > :05:59.flavour. He says he's looking forward to rebuilding the business
:05:59. > :06:03.in a tough economic environment. He has said there is scope to save
:06:03. > :06:07.some more jobs in the future but says there is a considerable amount
:06:07. > :06:10.of work to try to turn this business around. There is a decent
:06:10. > :06:14.chance this will become an efficient operation. The problems
:06:14. > :06:21.with Peacocks were never about the operating profits, it was always
:06:21. > :06:24.about the deck. The debt has now disappeared and presumably, any
:06:24. > :06:29.loss-making stores that did exist are now not part of the
:06:29. > :06:32.organisation. It should be a fairly efficient company now run by a
:06:32. > :06:36.Scottish organisation. Calculating and devious. The words
:06:36. > :06:40.of the judge as he sentenced Carl Whant to 35 years in prison for the
:06:40. > :06:43.rape and murder of pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender. The 19-
:06:43. > :06:47.year-old from Newport and her unborn baby were killed in her flat
:06:47. > :06:57.in February last year. Live to our reporter Nick Palit who's outside
:06:57. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:03.the flat in the Liswerry area of Newport. Fresh flowers here tonight.
:07:03. > :07:06.This is the flat that Carl Whant set fire to, to try and cover his
:07:06. > :07:09.murderous tracks. He claimed he'd had consensual sex with the heavily
:07:09. > :07:12.pregnant teenager here and had nothing to do with her killing, but
:07:13. > :07:17.the jury didn't believe a word of it and found him guilty on all four
:07:17. > :07:20.counts. A show of solidarity and sadness on the steps of Newport
:07:21. > :07:23.Crown Court. Nikkita Grenders family acknowledge the guilty
:07:24. > :07:32.verdicts on Carl Whant, a man that's robbed them of a daughter
:07:32. > :07:36.and an unborn grand-daughter. For us to see our grandchild for
:07:36. > :07:41.the first time in a mortuary, that was the most heartbreaking thing we
:07:41. > :07:45.have ever had to do. Nikita Brenda was so special and will remain in
:07:45. > :07:49.our hearts until we die. We will never deal with the tragic events
:07:49. > :07:51.that have stolen our family from us but hope that we can start to
:07:51. > :07:54.understand what has happened. Nikkita Grender's body was found
:07:55. > :07:57.last February in the bedroom of her burnt out flat in the Lliswerry
:07:57. > :08:01.area of Newport. A postmortem examination found that her throat
:08:01. > :08:03.had been slashed, and she'd been stabbed in the stomach. She'd been
:08:03. > :08:08.a lively, sociable young woman, excited about the prospect of
:08:08. > :08:11.becoming a mother for the first time. She was expecting a baby
:08:11. > :08:16.daughter within a fortnight, and Nikkita and her boyfriend Ryan
:08:16. > :08:19.Mayes had already named her Kelsey May. Today, Carl Whant, her
:08:19. > :08:29.boyfriend's cousin was found guilty of murder, rape, child destruction
:08:29. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:33.and arson. The judge, Justice Williams, said
:08:33. > :08:36.the murder of Nikki to grander and the death of her unborn child had
:08:37. > :08:42.left her family and friends bereft. Their sense of loss compounded by
:08:42. > :08:47.the fact that her murderer had also raped her. Sentencing him to a
:08:47. > :08:51.minimum of 35 years, he described Carl Whant as calculating, vain and
:08:51. > :08:55.devious and said that by setting fire to a bed, he had denied her
:08:55. > :08:59.family one last chance to look at her face.
:08:59. > :09:04.Nikkita Grender was so young and beautiful and together with Brian,
:09:04. > :09:08.they were about to become a very proud that of parents. This has
:09:08. > :09:12.been ripped from them by Carl Whant, who has never had the decency to
:09:12. > :09:15.tell us the truth. On the night of the murder, Whant had been out with
:09:15. > :09:18.a group of friends, including Ryan Mayes. He left the group later on
:09:18. > :09:23.and was caught on CCTV several times. He said he was driving to
:09:23. > :09:26.his grandmothers house to pick up cigarettes. We now know it was
:09:26. > :09:33.during this time he raped and murdered Nikkita and killed her
:09:33. > :09:38.unborn child, setting fire to her flat to cover his tracks.
:09:38. > :09:45.35 years is the longest sentence I can remember in my 30 years in
:09:45. > :09:48.Gwent Police. It is, and reflects, in my view, this absolutely
:09:49. > :09:51.terrible crime that was committed by a Carl Whant.
:09:51. > :09:54.The court heard how forensic examinations found Nikitta's blood
:09:54. > :09:58.on Whant's clothes and in the footwell of his car. The jury was
:09:58. > :10:02.also shown pictures of scratches on Whant's arms. It took the jury just
:10:02. > :10:09.five hours to convict him on all charges. He now faces a minimum of
:10:09. > :10:14.35 years behind bars. Nikitta Grender has been described
:10:14. > :10:17.as a popular fun-loving young woman. Jordan Davies reports now on a
:10:17. > :10:19.crime which has cast a long shadow over this community.
:10:19. > :10:24.Nikitta Grender's death shocked everyone living on the Broadmead
:10:24. > :10:29.Park Estate in the Lliswerry area of Newport. A popular young woman,
:10:29. > :10:37.Nikitta was two weeks away from becoming a mother. Initially it was
:10:37. > :10:43.thought she'd died in a tragic accident after her flat caught fire.
:10:43. > :10:49.At 9am on 5th February, a senior fire officer investigated the flat.
:10:49. > :10:52.He said something didn't look right. From then on, the emphasis of the
:10:52. > :10:59.investigation shifted to include something more sinister. Police
:10:59. > :11:04.stepped up patrols in the area as part of their inquiry. Then, late
:11:04. > :11:08.one night, that inquiry became a murder investigation.
:11:08. > :11:14.Gwent Police confirm we are involved in a murder inquiry. Post
:11:14. > :11:18.mortem has shown that Nikkita Grender was stabbed, a weapon,
:11:18. > :11:21.believed to be a knife, has not yet been found but this is a priority
:11:21. > :11:26.for the search teams. Jade White, a family friend lives a few doors
:11:26. > :11:30.down from where Nikitta died. Every time I go out the front door
:11:30. > :11:35.and see a flat boarded-up, you think about it all the time. I've
:11:35. > :11:38.got a little niece. Nikkita Grender's baby would have been a
:11:38. > :11:41.couple of months younger than her. Many of Nikitta's close family and
:11:41. > :11:46.friends live in the streets surrounding her home. They say the
:11:46. > :11:50.estate has changed since that day a year ago.
:11:50. > :11:53.There are several families here it that they are going to have to live
:11:53. > :11:57.with the consequences of what has happened. You have to feel for them.
:11:57. > :12:00.Those are innocent people. The person that committed the crime has
:12:01. > :12:03.got what was coming, he's got what he deserved.
:12:03. > :12:07.500 people attended Nikita Grenders' funeral at St John's
:12:07. > :12:10.Church in Maindee, many wore pink as a mark of respect. The numbers
:12:10. > :12:13.showed the strength of local feeling, and it was there again
:12:13. > :12:23.today as Carl Whant was jailed - a packed public gallery in court,
:12:23. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:31.emotions riding high as justice was In addition to the rape, murder and
:12:31. > :12:35.arson charges, Carl Whant also faced one of child destruction.
:12:35. > :12:40.That is a rarely used charge but the Crown Prosecution Service said
:12:40. > :12:44.they thought it was extremely important to mark the death of
:12:44. > :12:49.Kelsey may as well. They used the Infant Life Preservation Act of
:12:49. > :12:54.1929 to do that. It was originally set up to combat backstreet
:12:54. > :12:58.abortionists but can also be applied to other cases. It was
:12:58. > :13:05.broadly designed to help protect the rights of the unborn child that
:13:05. > :13:08.is capable of being born alive. Kelsey met that description.
:13:08. > :13:11.Hundreds of children were sent home today after metal thieves stole
:13:11. > :13:14.copper piping from a school's heating system. The theft caused
:13:14. > :13:18.thousands of pounds of flooding damage at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in
:13:18. > :13:23.Rhondda Cynon Taf. Thieves broke into the boilerhouse overnight to
:13:23. > :13:27.take copper piping. The school, which has had lead stolen from the
:13:27. > :13:29.roof before, will reopen tomorrow. An investigation into commercial
:13:29. > :13:34.and operational activities at Aberystwyth University has
:13:34. > :13:38.concluded there was no evidence of fraud or corruption. But there were
:13:38. > :13:40.failures to follow due process. The Vice Chancellor said today there
:13:40. > :13:50.was evidence of overspending on certain projects and some members
:13:50. > :13:51.
:13:51. > :13:55.of staff have been suspended. There are clearly some areas where
:13:55. > :14:00.we need to make improvements in the way that we work and that is to do
:14:00. > :14:03.with management and governance and adherence to arrow and processes.
:14:03. > :14:05.The processes were in place but not everyone has adhered to those in
:14:05. > :14:08.the past. The Welsh Government has written to
:14:08. > :14:11.the Race Equality Charity, Awema, to try and reclaim any public money
:14:11. > :14:14.it still holds, the Assembly was told today. The charity is being
:14:14. > :14:17.wound up after an inquiry found there was financial mismanagement
:14:17. > :14:21.and conflicts of interest. Its chief executive Naz Malik and
:14:21. > :14:31.finance director Saquib Zia were dismissed last week. Live now to
:14:31. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:37.the Senedd and our Welsh Affairs I understand the government faced
:14:37. > :14:41.quite a grilling over AWEMA today. The opposition parties are angry
:14:41. > :14:47.not just about what they think has been going on at AWEMA but what
:14:47. > :14:53.they see as government stonewalling about the fact they have been
:14:54. > :14:57.written statements, not statements giving in the assembly. They say
:14:57. > :15:01.the government is refusing to answer crucial questions, not so
:15:01. > :15:05.much about the current situation which everyone except has to be
:15:05. > :15:09.investigated, but about the past relationship between the government
:15:09. > :15:15.and AWEMA, particularly given that some of its senior figures had
:15:15. > :15:18.close connections to the Labour Party. Here is Peter Black.
:15:18. > :15:23.Government ministers received warning after warning from people
:15:23. > :15:29.inside and outside the organisation after misconduct happening within
:15:29. > :15:33.AWEMA. Can the Minister assure us that she and her colleagues, who we
:15:33. > :15:37.believe have repeatedly failed, have acted appropriately at all
:15:37. > :15:43.stages? That individual relationships with AWEMA members
:15:43. > :15:53.did not compromise the scrutiny of that body? How did the Government
:15:53. > :16:00.respond? Assembly Members did not get that many answers to the
:16:00. > :16:04.questions. There were a couple of development. The ministers
:16:04. > :16:09.reassured Assembly Members that the Audit Office inquiry would go all
:16:09. > :16:14.the way back to 1999, that it would look at the whole history of AWEMA
:16:14. > :16:19.and its relationship with the Welsh Government and there would be an
:16:19. > :16:29.attempt to claw back any public money it still had. The Welsh
:16:29. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:34.Government acted immediately. We informed AWEMA that the money would
:16:34. > :16:38.be terminated with immediate effect will stop a letter has gone today
:16:38. > :16:43.to protect our interests and stating a claim in respect of
:16:43. > :16:48.funding they currently hold. Assurances from the Minister that
:16:49. > :16:54.when will the various inquiries be completed? Not from the audit
:16:54. > :16:56.office until the summer pop, probably. We are looking at the
:16:57. > :17:01.possibility of it all going to court.
:17:01. > :17:04.Still to come tonight: It dates back to the 1800s - why
:17:04. > :17:06.this unique wooden viaduct could soon be knocked down.
:17:06. > :17:16.And how Wales is helping boxers from under-privileged countries
:17:16. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:30.There's been a call for an inquiry into the amount of public funding
:17:30. > :17:32.given to a fish farm which polluted the environment. Selonda UK, based
:17:32. > :17:35.near Beaumaris on Anglesey, received more than �4 million from
:17:35. > :17:37.the European Union and Welsh Government. Today, its former
:17:37. > :17:41.managing director admitted failing to comply with environmental
:17:41. > :17:49.regulations. He was given a conditional discharge. The company
:17:49. > :17:53.will be sentenced next month. It was set up to put Wales at the
:17:53. > :17:58.forefront of fish production. State-of-the-art, environmentally
:17:58. > :18:04.friendly. The waste would be treated in reed beds. It was set up
:18:04. > :18:10.with millions of pounds of public money. The ambition was there. A
:18:10. > :18:14.clean, green, high-value business, but Selonda UK failed. It alluded a
:18:14. > :18:20.fragile marine environment and it failed financially to, despite all
:18:20. > :18:23.that money from the public purse. The business was built in a disused
:18:23. > :18:28.quarry yards from the sea and this is what Environment Agency
:18:28. > :18:32.officials found when they visited Selonda UK in 20th August 10. A
:18:32. > :18:37.pipe carrying better and discharging directly into the coast.
:18:37. > :18:44.It left the cliff-face stained white by sodium hydroxide, a
:18:44. > :18:47.chemical used to adjust the acidity of water. This pollution landed the
:18:47. > :18:52.company in court. But there is evidence of other environmental
:18:52. > :18:57.failings. Waste from the tanks was supposed to be cleaned up by the
:18:57. > :19:01.Natural action of the reed bed built alongside the plant. But for
:19:01. > :19:07.a time at least the system was not working. Selonda UK tried to hide
:19:07. > :19:11.it. There were certain things that we felt the company and the
:19:11. > :19:16.individuals on site had been hiding from us. There were discharges
:19:16. > :19:20.taking place that we did not know about until we found and did more
:19:21. > :19:26.investigations on the site. Witnesses have told us there were
:19:26. > :19:31.practices on the site deliberately intended to deceive us. Questions
:19:31. > :19:36.are now being asked about financial aspects of Selonda UK's business
:19:36. > :19:46.and the amount of public money used to create just 30 jobs. Selonda UK
:19:46. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:50.was a 50-50 partnership. This website boasts that half of the
:19:50. > :19:54.investment costs came in non- refundable grants from the European
:19:54. > :20:00.Union and the government of Wales. We have identified a string of
:20:00. > :20:04.payments from Europe and the Welsh Government totalling more than 4.2
:20:04. > :20:09.�5 million. �1.2 million was all the business would fall when it was
:20:10. > :20:14.sold out of administration in January. There are clearly lessons
:20:14. > :20:19.that need to be learnt. This was a bus to be a highly environmentally
:20:19. > :20:24.friendly project. They have pleaded guilty to pollution and under �4
:20:24. > :20:29.million has gone into this company. It has been sold for less than �1.5
:20:30. > :20:36.million. There are clear questions that need to be answered. After the
:20:36. > :20:40.buyout, the company was renamed. The Environment Agency says it is
:20:40. > :20:43.now working to make sure the new business operates properly.
:20:43. > :20:47.Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the Welsh Liberal
:20:47. > :20:50.Party Lord Hooson, who's died at the age of 86. Emlyn Hooson was a
:20:50. > :20:52.distinguished lawyer and a QC. He was the MP for Montgomeryshire
:20:52. > :21:02.between 1962 and 1979. Here's our Political Correspondent, Tomos
:21:02. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:07.Livingstone. Few people did more to keep the
:21:07. > :21:12.Liberal flame alive in Wales than Emlyn Hooson. For many years, he
:21:12. > :21:18.was the party's only Welsh MPs. His response to the electoral rise of
:21:18. > :21:23.Labour and Plaid Cymru was to form the Welsh Liberal Party as a
:21:23. > :21:26.distinct organisation. Today the tributes poured in from across the
:21:26. > :21:31.political spectrum. Although we were in different parties, I don't
:21:31. > :21:35.think I ever found myself having a cross word with him. He was
:21:35. > :21:40.invariably polite and generous of spirit and that is how he talked to
:21:40. > :21:46.anyone, disagreeing or not. He was clear and powerful in speech and
:21:46. > :21:55.incredibly able and sharper. think he kept the flame of liberals
:21:55. > :22:00.isn't burning in Wales. -- liberalism. He developed the ideal
:22:00. > :22:05.of federal structure. Emlyn Hooson enjoyed a glittering legal career.
:22:05. > :22:12.At 35 he became the youngest ever young Welsh lawyer to be appointed
:22:12. > :22:16.a QC. In 1966, he was given the task of defending Ian Brady. He was
:22:16. > :22:21.made a peer in 1979 and worked as a non-executive director at Laura
:22:21. > :22:27.Ashley. Today, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty
:22:27. > :22:29.Williams, said he cared for the people of Montgomeryshire and Wales.
:22:29. > :22:33.A new �20 million road and rail bridge in Penrhyndeudraeth in
:22:33. > :22:37.Gwynedd has been given the go ahead. It will replace the existing Pont
:22:37. > :22:40.Briwet crossing which was built in 1867. The bridge, which includes a
:22:40. > :22:46.toll house, is unique as it's a wooden viaduct used by trains and
:22:46. > :22:51.cars. Time has taken its toll on Pont
:22:51. > :22:55.Briwet. Last owned by Sir Osmond Williams, 2nd Baronet, the bridge
:22:55. > :23:01.was built 145 years ago to span the River Dwyryd. In summer though it's
:23:01. > :23:06.single carriageway causes headaches for drivers. Try and imagine what
:23:06. > :23:12.it is like in summer when we have thousands of visitors coming to the
:23:12. > :23:16.area and they are not prepared to wait on a rainy day especially up
:23:16. > :23:24.to half an hour, sometimes, to go over the bridge. For years there've
:23:24. > :23:26.been various plans to create a new crossing. It has not always been
:23:26. > :23:34.popular with local people and visitors because the road simply
:23:34. > :23:38.was not built to cope with modern traffic. The narrow lane and the
:23:38. > :23:40.tall means some people have long wanted a replacement. Snowdonia
:23:40. > :23:44.National Park planners approved the plan to demolish the wooden viaduct
:23:44. > :23:49.and tollhouse to make way for a new rail and road bridge. It will cost
:23:49. > :23:53.�20 million but many believe it'll be money well spent. We see
:23:53. > :23:57.considerable benefits because at the moment it is a tourism area but
:23:57. > :24:01.the planning permission has gone through forepeak development of an
:24:01. > :24:05.airfield and we see this as a source of alternative jobs, better
:24:05. > :24:08.job opportunities and therefore increasing the financial situation
:24:09. > :24:11.for the coast. The Welsh historic monuments body Cadw could yet
:24:11. > :24:14.object to the demolition of the Grade 2 Listed structure, but
:24:14. > :24:23.supporters of the scheme say only part of the bridge still contains
:24:23. > :24:26.original elements. Wales is hosting an Olympic
:24:26. > :24:29.training camp this week, but none of the athletes taking part are
:24:29. > :24:32.Welsh or even British. Boxers from 44 underdeveloped countries are
:24:32. > :24:34.being coached at Cardiff University to give them a better chance of
:24:34. > :24:40.qualifying for London 2012. Our sports reporter Ashleigh Crowter
:24:40. > :24:43.went along too. The Olympics brings the world
:24:43. > :24:49.together. In fact, it is already happening in Wales five months
:24:49. > :24:53.before the London Games begin. 68 boxes from 44 countries, both men
:24:53. > :24:58.and women, drawn from all five continents are here for the next
:24:58. > :25:03.three weeks for an intensive training camp. It is organised by a
:25:03. > :25:08.amateur boxing's world governing body who want to help boxers from
:25:08. > :25:12.developing countries to compete on a more level playing field. We want
:25:12. > :25:18.to qualify for the upcoming World Championships and perform much
:25:18. > :25:22.better. Cardiff University beat rival bids from France and England
:25:22. > :25:26.to host the camp and today it invited back Davies and maths
:25:26. > :25:32.graduate to pass on his expertise. Nathan Cleverly will defend his
:25:32. > :25:40.world title in Cardiff on Saturday and he proved to be an inspiration.
:25:40. > :25:44.I am happy to meet him because when I talked to him I also want to be a
:25:44. > :25:50.world champion. It is good for them to use the facilities we have got
:25:50. > :25:54.and give them the best opportunity they can have. They are training
:25:54. > :25:59.with the best coaches and it gives them the best chance possible to
:25:59. > :26:03.qualify for the Olympic Games. is a truly international event but
:26:03. > :26:08.it will also leave a real legacy in Wales because as a direct result of
:26:08. > :26:13.this camp, for the first time, Wales has its own Olympic-sized
:26:13. > :26:17.ring to be used by a future generation of Welsh amateur boxers.
:26:17. > :26:26.Colin Jones is in charge of the camp. He competed in the Olympics
:26:26. > :26:30.in Montreal in 1976. Going to the Olympic Games was something special.
:26:30. > :26:37.It leaves a mark on you. It is a good mark. If some of these could
:26:37. > :26:40.qualify, it is a life-changing event. This will not be the last
:26:40. > :26:49.association with the Olympics for Cardiff University. They will be
:26:49. > :26:58.hosting a camp and the Australian Paralympics team later this year.
:26:58. > :27:02.Wet and windy today. Derek, you did The worst is over but a few rivers
:27:02. > :27:06.are swollen. At the moment, there is one flood warning on the River
:27:06. > :27:12.Conwy between Llanrwst and Trefriw and a few flood alerts. Tomorrow
:27:12. > :27:16.will be drier and mild. Less windy too. Some parts of the country will
:27:16. > :27:21.enjoy a taste of spring, but not everywhere. Temperatures in
:27:21. > :27:25.Holywell rising to 15 degrees Celsius. Only 11 Celsius in
:27:25. > :27:29.Hayscastle. Tonight will be cloudy and damp. Low cloud, mist, hill and
:27:29. > :27:32.coastal fog as well. The wind easing and very mild. Lowest
:27:32. > :27:35.temperatures around nine to 11 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow, the air
:27:35. > :27:40.over Britain will have come from the Tropics, but I can't promise a
:27:40. > :27:44.clear, blue sky. As the air crosses the sea it will form low cloud. And
:27:44. > :27:48.that's what we can expect tomorrow. Low cloud, mist and murk. Hill and
:27:48. > :27:50.coastal fog. Some poor visibility. Spots of drizzle and it will be
:27:50. > :27:53.very mild. Even at eight in the morning, temperatures will be
:27:53. > :27:56.around 11 degrees Celsius in Welshpool. So, mild tomorrow, but
:27:56. > :28:00.most of the country grey and misty. A little drizzle, but otherwise dry.
:28:00. > :28:02.The best of the weather in parts of the north and east. Dry and
:28:02. > :28:05.brightening-up with a little sunshine. Not as windy as today
:28:05. > :28:08.with temperatures above average. 11 to 15 degrees Celsius. Along the
:28:08. > :28:10.south and west coast tomorrow, it will be grey and misty with fog
:28:10. > :28:14.patches. Temperatures in Pendine around 11 degrees Celsius. However,
:28:14. > :28:16.in parts of the north and east it will feel more like spring.
:28:16. > :28:20.Temperatures in Colwyn Bay reaching 15 degrees Celsius. Friday less
:28:20. > :28:24.mild. Some rain and drizzle spreading south. Mist and fog
:28:24. > :28:28.patches. Into the weekend, the weather will improve. Saturday will
:28:28. > :28:31.be dry with some sunshine. Temperatures lower with light winds.
:28:31. > :28:34.Sunday will start dry but clouding over with a little rain. If you're
:28:34. > :28:37.heading to Twickers for the rugby, the weather will be ideal. Dry with
:28:37. > :28:43.light winds. Temperatures a fresher 8 degrees Celsius. And it should be
:28:43. > :28:49.dry in Wembley for the football on dry in Wembley for the football on
:28:49. > :28:52.The high street chain Peacocks has been bought out of administration
:28:52. > :28:55.by the Scottish retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill. The deal means 6,000
:28:55. > :29:00.jobs are saved, but just over 3,000 redundancies are being made, with
:29:00. > :29:04.11 stores in Wales to close. And Carl Whant has been sentenced
:29:04. > :29:07.to 35 years in prison for the rape and murder of pregnant teenager
:29:07. > :29:10.Nikitta Grender. The 19-year-old from Newport and her unborn baby
:29:10. > :29:16.were killed in her flat in February last year. The judge described