:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today, live from Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil,
:00:07. > :00:14.where the Queen has ended the first day of her Diamond Jubilee Tour of
:00:14. > :00:22.Wales. Thousands turned out to see her and the Duke of Edinburgh
:00:22. > :00:29.attend a service at Llandaff Cathedral. It is amazing. The best
:00:29. > :00:32.thing ever. It was really good. At Margam Park she met members of
:00:32. > :00:35.Wales' Grand Slam winning rugby team, surprising them with what she
:00:35. > :00:38.knew about the game. At a time of significant
:00:38. > :00:48.constitutional change we'll be asking how Wales feels about the
:00:48. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:58.Good evening our other headlines tonight.
:00:58. > :01:02.After 40 years, Wylfa nuclear reactor 2 shuts down earlier than
:01:02. > :01:04.planned. It has taken them six years but
:01:04. > :01:08.Kate Pierce's family are closer to getting compensation after hospital
:01:08. > :01:11.negligence. Calls for better access to new
:01:11. > :01:21.drugs for cancer patients in Wales but the Assembly Government say
:01:21. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:49.Good evening, welcome to Cyfartha Castle. A few hours ago, the Queen
:01:49. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:55.was being shown around his museum. This talk is a trip down memory
:01:55. > :02:05.lane for the Queen. She has been to many places where she has visited
:02:05. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:11.previously. Her day began at Llandaff Cathedral. These
:02:11. > :02:14.schoolchildren did not mind the long wait. The first event of their
:02:14. > :02:24.two day visit was a national service of thanksgiving at Llandaff
:02:24. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.Cathedral for the Queen's 60 year reign. It is amazing, the best
:02:29. > :02:32.thing ever. We saw everyone. 600 people attended the service. In
:02:32. > :02:35.his address, the Archbishop of Wales praised the Queen for
:02:35. > :02:38.refusing to airbrush faith out of national life. The service was led
:02:38. > :02:48.by the dean of the cathedral. Not everyone was here to cheer the
:02:48. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :03:01.This is the Cathedral of our current archbishop. It is in the
:03:01. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:06.capital city, or rather the capital city is a suburb of this parish.
:03:06. > :03:10.There was a small republican protest. The Royal couple's next
:03:10. > :03:13.stop was Margam Park where they met hundreds of people at a reception.
:03:13. > :03:22.Among those waiting for them at the Orangerie were Wales' Grand Slam
:03:22. > :03:26.winning rugby team. She must have read up on everyone here. She
:03:26. > :03:31.recognised the team and congratulated as an hour success
:03:31. > :03:34.this year. After a lunch of sewin, Welsh lamb and Welsh cakes, it was
:03:34. > :03:37.then on to Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil. One famous former
:03:37. > :03:46.pupil of Cyfarthfa High School was delighted to meet the Queen again,
:03:46. > :03:55.proudly wearing his OBE. I attended the school and had a fantastic time
:03:55. > :03:58.here. I said I did not live in a castle like her but at least they
:03:59. > :04:01.went to school in one. These two current pupils of Cyfarthfa High
:04:01. > :04:09.had an audience they'll never forget. Tom Higher and Sophie
:04:09. > :04:14.Davies were only told a fortnight ago who the special guests would be.
:04:14. > :04:17.Police say the two men were arrested on suspicion of public
:04:17. > :04:20.order offences. Tomorrow the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will
:04:20. > :04:29.visit Ebbw Vale and Glanusk near Crickhowell. They'll start the day
:04:29. > :04:37.with their third visit to Aberfan since the disaster in 1966. The
:04:37. > :04:45.curator or showed the royal guests around the museum today.
:04:45. > :04:52.visited during wartime with her father. Did she tell you how she
:04:52. > :04:57.felt about being here today? Not in so many words. But she was highly
:04:57. > :05:07.interested seeing all the artefact. There are a couple of exhibits that
:05:07. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:17.caught her eye. This is a portrait by the grandfather of golf Paris.
:05:17. > :05:23.It is of his grandmother. It was painted shortly after she had heard
:05:23. > :05:33.one of her grandsons had been killed in the First World War. She
:05:33. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:43.remarked that with this story prof Harris must have been thinking
:05:43. > :05:48.about them when he sang Two Little Boys. Tell us about this. Merthyr
:05:48. > :05:54.Tydfil has a long working-class tradition of politics in the town.
:05:54. > :06:01.One of the Chartists developed this first automatic ballot box in the
:06:01. > :06:06.world. Each candidate had their own box and each voter had one coin.
:06:06. > :06:12.They would put the talking in and it would be counted on the face. No
:06:13. > :06:19.possibility of interference. The Queen was quite interested in this.
:06:19. > :06:28.Let us move on to the last exhibit she took an interest in.
:06:28. > :06:32.stresses by Laura Ashley and she was born in the area. They are
:06:32. > :06:41.telling it the traditional upbringing she had and the
:06:41. > :06:47.Christian had an -- a huge -- influence on the designs she made
:06:47. > :06:51.it. The Queen was very interested in that. Thank you very much for
:06:51. > :06:54.talking to as an sharing some of your thoughts of the day.
:06:54. > :06:59.Today's Wales and its place within the United Kingdom is of course
:06:59. > :07:01.very different to what it was 60 years ago. This Diamond Jubilee
:07:01. > :07:04.comes at a time of great constitutional change. What will
:07:04. > :07:14.the Royals mean to us in the future. Just celebrities or something far
:07:14. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:23.more significant. She has opened bridges and tunnels here and given
:07:23. > :07:31.speech after speech. Then there have been the handshakes, countless
:07:32. > :07:36.handshakes. North, south, east and west. She has done Wales. This is
:07:36. > :07:41.Welshpool, the Queen came here a couple of years ago. I was here
:07:41. > :07:49.that day and the weather was very different. This high street was
:07:49. > :07:54.thronged with people. This is as good a place as any to test the
:07:54. > :07:58.temperature of Royal sentiment. It was a trade mark royal walkabout.
:07:58. > :08:03.The Queen made direct contact with her people. The people of
:08:03. > :08:09.Montgomeryshire could not get enough. Any local critics would
:08:09. > :08:16.have stayed away that day. But for those who were there, it was an
:08:16. > :08:26.event to remember. You could see people with flags all the way. It
:08:26. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:31.was a good day. I think they are marvellous. There is a place for
:08:31. > :08:41.the Royal Family for the bid is part of being British. Long live
:08:41. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:57.the Queen. Few of us are aware of the Queen's fall constitutional
:08:57. > :09:02.relevance. Today, the visit to South Wales was marked by
:09:02. > :09:09.republican rallies who were keen to point out a constitutional monarchy
:09:09. > :09:19.is not the only way. The Queen is an irrelevance. The United Kingdom
:09:19. > :09:25.
:09:26. > :09:33.is disunited and falling apart. It Then there is the question of what
:09:33. > :09:39.happens next? The nature of our democracy is evolving. The Assembly
:09:39. > :09:44.is here to represent the interests of Wales and its people. The future
:09:44. > :09:50.succession looks assured. What is not assured is the United Kingdom
:09:50. > :09:55.or kingdoms they made rain over. will probably still have a monarchy
:09:55. > :09:59.in 50 years' time but in many ways the whole shape of the United
:09:59. > :10:07.Kingdom could be very different. We could have an independent Scotland
:10:07. > :10:15.and probably further devolution to Wales. We could have a few
:10:15. > :10:24.figureheads that represent British Gas. It is the ability to evolve
:10:24. > :10:32.which has been key to the survival of the monarchy so far. Subjects we
:10:32. > :10:36.Interesting times for the constitution. Join us a little
:10:36. > :10:40.later in the programme when I will be talking to some of the school
:10:40. > :10:43.children who have performed for the Queen earlier today. Now back to
:10:43. > :10:47.the studio for the rest of the day's names.
:10:47. > :10:50.Thanks Lucy, and we'll have more from Lucy on the Royal visit before
:10:50. > :10:52.the end of the programme. Let's look now at other news making the
:10:52. > :10:55.headlines here in Wales. People working in the nuclear
:10:55. > :10:59.industry in North Wales will be offered help to find new jobs as
:10:59. > :11:02.the Wylfa power station nears the end of its life. News of the �4
:11:02. > :11:06.million package comes as one of Wylfa's two reactors is shut down
:11:06. > :11:09.for the final time after 41 years of electricity generation. Wylfa
:11:09. > :11:12.was completed in 1971 and since then its two reactors have produced
:11:12. > :11:18.enough power to provide two-thirds of the UK's total electricity
:11:18. > :11:22.demand for a year. But it uses a fuel called Magnox which is being
:11:22. > :11:31.phased out. Levels of fuel in Reactor 2 have almost been used up.
:11:31. > :11:38.Last night it was shut down permanently. This again to face
:11:39. > :11:46.that a nuclear power station has a finite life, the same as coal power
:11:46. > :11:49.stations. We need new electricity generation for the future. But that
:11:49. > :11:52.future is in doubt here, with the recent news that two electricity
:11:52. > :11:55.giants have decided not to go ahead with a new nuclear power station on
:11:55. > :11:57.the same site. That means uncertainty for young technicians
:11:57. > :12:05.like Bryn. Though his passion for engineering should keep him in
:12:05. > :12:13.employment. Since there was little was interested in fixing things and
:12:13. > :12:17.inventing things. Engineering was the path for myself. There are many
:12:17. > :12:20.career options I can take from this. The Welsh Government has launched a
:12:20. > :12:27.4 million pound project to support and retrain 1200 workers at Wylfa
:12:27. > :12:31.and Trawsfynydd for work outside the nuclear industry. There are
:12:31. > :12:40.many skilled personnel there. A lot of youngsters and leaving the
:12:40. > :12:47.island. It is important that we look at the skills agenda I think
:12:47. > :12:51.we have to be very positive that we will have another power station
:12:52. > :12:54.there him and something will come. At Wylfa, apprentices are still
:12:55. > :12:57.being trained despite the looming end of production here in two years
:12:57. > :13:03.time. That's to ensure that whatever replaces this plant
:13:03. > :13:13.benefits from the talents of the current workforce. They will need
:13:13. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:17.the skills that are what people have. What has been achieved is
:13:17. > :13:20.testament to the skills and commitment of the people who have
:13:20. > :13:21.worked there. Electricity generation may be winding down but
:13:22. > :13:25.preparations for the future are gearing up.
:13:25. > :13:28.Up to 100 jobs are being cut at the HSBC call centre in Swansea. The
:13:28. > :13:31.firm says it will try to redeploy as many people as possible.
:13:31. > :13:41.Financial advisers are also among those being made redundant as part
:13:41. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:51.of the bank's cost cutting plans announced today.
:13:51. > :13:54.The insurance company Zurich is to cut 113 jobs at its Cardiff office.
:13:54. > :13:57.It says it is restructuring its business following the launch of a
:13:57. > :14:00.new online car insurance product. The posts will close next year.
:14:00. > :14:03.It has taken six years, but today the family of Kate Pierce came a
:14:03. > :14:06.step closer to getting compensation for the misdiagnosis which left her
:14:06. > :14:08.severely brain damaged. Her meningitis was passed off by a
:14:08. > :14:12.junior doctor as tonsillitis. Today, a judge approved their negligence
:14:12. > :14:17.case. At six-years-old, Kate Pierce needs round the clock care, both at
:14:17. > :14:21.home, and here at school. She can't communicate. She has severe sight
:14:21. > :14:25.and hearing loss, epilepsy and breathing problems. She has a
:14:25. > :14:28.curvature of the spine and painful hips. But she wasn't born with
:14:28. > :14:31.these problems. In March 2006, at nine-months-old, Kate developed
:14:31. > :14:41.meningitis which was wrongly diagnosed by a junior doctor at
:14:41. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:48.Wrexham Maelor Hospital as tonsilitis. It was a source of
:14:48. > :14:57.comfort for us that we found that it was not the case. We just relied
:14:57. > :15:00.on what the doctor told us. If we had known then we would not have
:15:00. > :15:08.left the hospital. Kate spent seven months at Liverpool's Alder Hey
:15:08. > :15:16.Hospital and was left with severe brain damage. She stops breathing
:15:16. > :15:20.when she is sleeping so we or carers have to be awake around a 24
:15:20. > :15:30.hours a day. Kate also has a nine- year-old sister, and dad Mark said
:15:30. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:40.her condition has a huge impact on the family. It is a massive strain.
:15:40. > :15:45.As the impact on the family, it is horrific. Looking after her and
:15:45. > :15:48.fighting a six-year legal case has been a drain. A spokesperson for
:15:48. > :15:51.the health board said that aspects of the care were not of an
:15:51. > :15:54.acceptable standard. It said the board had apologised to the family
:15:54. > :15:57.and lessons had been learned. The amount of compensation Kate
:15:57. > :15:59.receives will be decided at a later date, but the family's solicitor
:15:59. > :16:02.said it is likely to be a seven figure sum.
:16:02. > :16:05.Three men have been arrested by North Wales Police investigating
:16:05. > :16:08.the naming of the victim in the Ched Evans rape case. The Wales and
:16:08. > :16:11.Sheffield United footballer was jailed for five years last week for
:16:11. > :16:14.raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room. Her name was
:16:14. > :16:18.subsequently published on Twitter. Victims of sexual offences are
:16:18. > :16:22.entitled to anonymity for life by law. Two men are being detained in
:16:22. > :16:26.Sheffield under Section Five of the Sexual Offences Amendments Act. The
:16:26. > :16:29.other is being held on suspicion of malicious communication.
:16:29. > :16:32.Celebrity zoo owner Anna Ryder Richardson has pleaded not guilty
:16:32. > :16:36.to breaking health and safety rules at Manorhouse wildlife Park near
:16:36. > :16:41.Tenby. A mother and her three-year- old son were seriously injured in
:16:41. > :16:43.2010 after a heavy branch at the park fell on them. The television
:16:43. > :16:49.presenter and her husband Colin MacDougall both deny two separate
:16:49. > :16:52.alleged breaches. A former soldier blinded by an IRA
:16:52. > :16:56.bomb has won a �200,000-payout after being victimised at work
:16:56. > :16:59.because of his disability. Andrew Bull worked as a telephonist for
:16:59. > :17:06.Blaenau Gwent Council for 25 years but was subjected to jokes and
:17:06. > :17:10.taunting before being made redundant.
:17:10. > :17:13.As a young man, Andrew Bull had been looking forward to a long
:17:13. > :17:18.career in the Army. During his time in the Welsh Guards, he rose to
:17:18. > :17:22.become his regiment's heavyweight boxing champion. But in 1983 he has
:17:22. > :17:26.was blinded by an IRA bomb while on a tour of duty in Belfast.
:17:26. > :17:29.Returning to Wales, he got a job at Blaenau Gwent Council as a
:17:29. > :17:39.telephonist. He worked there for more than 20 years before the
:17:39. > :17:45.
:17:46. > :17:55.problems began. I felt humiliated and embarrassed in front of work
:17:56. > :17:57.
:17:58. > :18:07.colleagues. I felt because of my disability, I could not address on
:18:08. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:16.a 1-1. Today, a tribunal awarded him �200,000 after finding he been
:18:16. > :18:24.victimised and bullied because of his disability. I felt anger and
:18:24. > :18:28.frustration. I felt there was the victim in all of this. I didn't
:18:28. > :18:30.want to lose my job for standing up for my human rights. The Chief
:18:30. > :18:34.Executive of Blaenau Gwent Council said he had apologised personally
:18:34. > :18:36.to Andrew Bull and that the council had a strong track record of
:18:36. > :18:39.supporting people with disabilities. He said the council had learned
:18:39. > :18:41.lessons. Andrew Bull now hopes to return to work as a complimentary
:18:41. > :18:44.therapist, but says the compensation will help him support
:18:44. > :18:47.his family until that time. Family and friends of a newly
:18:47. > :18:51.married woman from Cardiff have raised tens of thousands of pounds
:18:51. > :18:54.to pay for her to have cancer drugs that are available for free in
:18:54. > :18:57.England. Katie Rees' plight has lead to renewed calls for the
:18:57. > :19:04.establishment of a Cancer Drugs Fund like the one available to
:19:04. > :19:07.English NHS patients. The 'Why Not Wales?' campaign say cancer
:19:07. > :19:10.patients here are increasingly disadvantaged. But the Welsh
:19:10. > :19:13.Government deny this. 30-year-old Katie Rees and husband Ioan were
:19:13. > :19:17.married back in February but their wedding day came at a very
:19:17. > :19:23.traumatic time. She had just been diagnosed with advanced bowel
:19:23. > :19:27.cancer. But to make matters worse, the cancer drug her consultant
:19:27. > :19:37.wanted to give her, Avastin, isn't funded on the NHS in Wales. Avastin
:19:37. > :19:38.
:19:38. > :19:41.doesn't cure cancer, but can give patients more time. It is something
:19:41. > :19:46.that could potentially save someone's life. You would think
:19:46. > :19:49.they would fund it for you. I could not believe it. In England, cancer
:19:49. > :19:53.patients can now access new treatments as a �200-million Cancer
:19:53. > :19:58.Drug Fund has been set up to fast- track new drugs not yet approved by
:19:58. > :20:07.NICE. There's no such fund in Wales. To get the funding she needs,
:20:07. > :20:12.Katie's being helped by Kate Spall. These people do not have the
:20:12. > :20:15.authority to over rule. Kate's mother Pamela died five years ago.
:20:15. > :20:18.She had initially been refused a life extending new drug for kidney
:20:18. > :20:21.cancer by her local health board in Denbighshire. Since then, Kate's
:20:21. > :20:28.won funding for hundreds of patients, guiding them through the
:20:28. > :20:34.complicated NHS appeals process. Some treatments available in
:20:34. > :20:36.England are refused in Wales. not a view shared by doctors.
:20:36. > :20:46.Professor John Wagstaff the leading cancer specialist in Wales has this
:20:46. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:05.stark warning. If things carry on as they are in Wales, which
:21:05. > :21:10.patients will be at a considerable disadvantage to patients in England
:21:10. > :21:12.because be just will not have access to these new medicines.
:21:12. > :21:19.one of Wales' leading Health economists believes the Welsh
:21:19. > :21:23.system is more transparent and fair. Taking money out of the have pot
:21:23. > :21:29.for cancer drugs means other patients cannot get the resources
:21:29. > :21:33.they parrot would be entitled to and in overall terms would give
:21:33. > :21:36.more bang for our back. Katie and Ioan's friends and family have so
:21:36. > :21:38.far raised more than �30,000 to fund her treatment. Treatment she
:21:38. > :21:40.would get free if she lived in England.
:21:40. > :21:43.Let's go back now to Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil, and the
:21:43. > :21:53.Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit to Wales. Lucy's there for us. Lucy,
:21:53. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:03.it's been a day of flag waving and cheering? Yes, the Queen had a warm
:22:03. > :22:10.welcome and that is for sure. The high school is still based here.
:22:10. > :22:19.This is your 100 here. How did it feel to have the Queen Mark this
:22:19. > :22:24.occasion? To have the Queen in her 60th year of rain in an hour 100
:22:25. > :22:30.year as a school is something that was quite remarkable. The school
:22:30. > :22:36.has quite a remarkable history as part of the castle? Indeed. This
:22:36. > :22:41.made it extra special. You are in charge of a number of young pupils.
:22:41. > :22:47.What is their take on the monarchy? Today stay feel it is relevant?
:22:47. > :22:51.Things like today make it extra special. The reception the Queen
:22:51. > :22:54.received from the students of this school and the history of this
:22:54. > :22:59.school and the way in which the monarchy has been here and so many
:22:59. > :23:06.occasions, the pupils themselves were excited and up for this visit.
:23:06. > :23:09.It was all that we wanted it to be. Take you very much. You can only
:23:09. > :23:15.imagine how nerve-racking it must be to perform in front of the Queen.
:23:15. > :23:21.Some of the pupils did that. I had some of your performance and our
:23:21. > :23:24.viewers may have seen it in the report earlier. How was it? It was
:23:24. > :23:28.very nerve-racking. We were excited at the same time. We have done a
:23:28. > :23:32.lot of performing that this was bigger than anything else we have
:23:32. > :23:39.done. It was quite an intimate performance. They were very close
:23:39. > :23:44.to you. It was a real privilege. We were taking it all in. It was a
:23:44. > :23:51.real honour. At that it was an excellent performance. Well done.
:23:51. > :23:57.Head girl, so the, what the Queen say to you and how did you feel
:23:57. > :24:00.about the visit? She asked us about our role as head boy and head kill
:24:00. > :24:06.and our relationship with the senior team put a bit as great to
:24:07. > :24:13.see her in our school environment. What do you feel about the monarchy,
:24:13. > :24:18.do you feel it is still relevant for young people? Having met her,
:24:18. > :24:28.it makes me have an appreciation for tradition and a lot of respect
:24:28. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:39.for the Duke of Edinburgh as well. Not great weather today for the
:24:39. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:50.Queen's visit. It should be a bit better tomorrow. It is really quite
:24:50. > :24:55.chilly here this evening. A few places saw the sun and stayed dry
:24:55. > :25:01.but many others wet. Heavy downpours in Mid Wales, the north
:25:01. > :25:04.and north-east. We're not out of There is still a Met Office heavy
:25:04. > :25:08.rain warning in force valid for the next few hours. Yesterday, Tredegar
:25:08. > :25:13.was the wettest place in Britain. And so far this month 134mm of rain
:25:13. > :25:16.has fallen. That's over five inches and more than the monthly average.
:25:16. > :25:22.Tonight, heavy rain and showers will slowly ease. More places
:25:22. > :25:25.becoming dry. Breezy on the north and west coast. Lighter winds
:25:25. > :25:30.inland with lowest temperatures 6 to 8 Celsius. Tomorrow, a bit
:25:30. > :25:33.better. Still plenty of cloud. Some rain, especially in the north. A
:25:33. > :25:37.few showers but during the day it should turn drier and in places
:25:37. > :25:40.brighten-up. The best of the sunshine on Anglesey, the Lleyn
:25:40. > :25:44.Peninsula and in Pembrokeshire. Feeling cool tomorrow with a
:25:44. > :25:49.northerly breeze. Top temperatures only 8 to 11 Celsius. 12 in Cardiff
:25:49. > :25:53.and Newport. So a bit mixed for day two of the Royal Tour. Cloudy and
:25:53. > :25:59.cool. Spots of rain in Crickhowell. Temperatures in Aberfan rising to 9
:25:59. > :26:04.Celsius. As for the weekend. Saturday the best day. Plenty of
:26:04. > :26:07.cloud. A few spots of rain. The odd shower but some dry and bright
:26:07. > :26:10.weather as well. Mind you, it's a different story for Sunday. Trouble
:26:10. > :26:14.is brewing over Spain with a developing area of low pressure
:26:14. > :26:17.moving into the Bay of Biscay. Sunday looks like a washout. Wet
:26:17. > :26:21.and windy. 1 to 2 inches of rain possible. Strong to gale force
:26:21. > :26:24.easterly winds will make it feel cold. Next week should become a bit
:26:24. > :26:27.warmer. Some sunshine but with showers at times, which could be
:26:27. > :26:29.heavy and thundery. The weather a bit better for the
:26:30. > :26:36.Queen tomorrow. Not completely dry but fewer showers and less rain
:26:36. > :26:39.than today. Back to Lucy inside the castle.
:26:39. > :26:42.Well, the Queen has another busy day lined up tomorrow. She'll be
:26:42. > :26:48.visiting Aberfan in the morning and opening the new Community Primary
:26:48. > :26:51.School. She'll then move on to Ebbw Vale where she'll visit The Works,