:00:03. > :00:06.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top story. The death of MI6 agent
:00:06. > :00:11.Gareth Williams from Anglesey may never be solved, as the coroner at
:00:11. > :00:13.his inquest says he was probably killed unlawfully. His family
:00:13. > :00:16.criticise MI6, saying their failures have compounded their
:00:16. > :00:19.distress. Our grief is exacerbated by the failure of his employers,
:00:19. > :00:29.MI6, to have taken even the most basic enquiries into his
:00:29. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:39.whereabouts and welfare. Also tonight, an embarrassing climb down
:00:39. > :00:42.by the Health Minister. It's revealed she's bailed out health
:00:42. > :00:45.boards after promising there would be no extra money.
:00:45. > :00:51.Wales votes tomorrow to decide who runs vital services, so what
:00:51. > :00:54.challenges will councils face? In tonight's sport, we're in the
:00:54. > :01:04.Wrexham camp as they prepare for the play-offs, and a potential
:01:04. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:17.The family of Anglesey-born code- breaker Gareth Williams has
:01:18. > :01:23.criticised MI6, saying their failures have compounded their
:01:23. > :01:29.distress. In a statement released after today's inquest verdict, they
:01:29. > :01:32.said their grief was exacerbated by MI6 failing to report him missing.
:01:32. > :01:34.The coroner who led the inquest said that on the balance of
:01:34. > :01:37.probabilities, Gareth Williams, who was found dead in a padlocked bag,
:01:37. > :01:41.was killed unlawfully, but she said she was doubtful his death would
:01:41. > :01:48.ever be explained. Roger Pinney is in Pimlico in Central London
:01:48. > :01:51.tonight. II was here in a flat in the
:01:51. > :01:59.building behind me that Gareth Williams body was found in August
:01:59. > :02:04.2010. This has been the focus of the inquest. It took the coroner
:02:04. > :02:08.two hours to deliver her verdict. In a full review of the evidence,
:02:08. > :02:18.she was critical of some witnesses. They lacked credibility, she said.
:02:18. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:21.And in her findings, she said she'd attempted to avoid speculation. And
:02:21. > :02:25.MI6 officer found dead in the strangest of circumstances. If
:02:25. > :02:30.anyone expected answers, they did not get them. In some respects,
:02:30. > :02:35.even more questions arise now. The coroner was not evil able to
:02:35. > :02:40.satisfy herself on the cause of Gareth Williams's death. Gareth
:02:40. > :02:46.Williams took his GCSE a primary school and A-levels at 13. By the
:02:46. > :02:49.time he was 17, he graduated with a first-class degree. He went on to
:02:49. > :02:55.Cambridge but left because he felt there was nothing more he could eat
:02:55. > :03:00.-- that they could teach him. That it took him into the world of the
:03:00. > :03:04.Secret Intelligence Service. First in Cheltenham and then MI6. The
:03:04. > :03:08.tributes at his funeral lifted the curtain on the private man in a
:03:08. > :03:13.secretive profession. He was according to beat MI6 chief, hugely
:03:13. > :03:16.talented. Members of his family have sat through this inquest. They
:03:16. > :03:20.have believed all along that someone else was involved in Gareth
:03:20. > :03:26.Williams's death. Now the coroner has backed them up.
:03:26. > :03:34.Our Creek is exacerbated by the failure of his employers at MI6 to
:03:34. > :03:38.take even the most basic inquiries as to his whereabouts and welfare.
:03:38. > :03:44.We are also extremely disappointed over the reluctance and failure of
:03:44. > :03:48.MI6 to make available relevant information. We should like to ask
:03:48. > :03:58.the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to look into and
:03:58. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:03.review how this investigation will proceed.
:04:03. > :04:07.Has there been a conspiracy of silence? Maybe we will never know
:04:07. > :04:11.for certain. At the least, this inquest has heard claims,
:04:11. > :04:18.potentially important evidence was kept from the police are
:04:18. > :04:26.rustication. And the question remains, how did he die. The best
:04:26. > :04:31.pathologist could say is it was either poisoning or suffocation.
:04:31. > :04:37.His body was found in a bad in the bath. The bag had been padlocked on
:04:37. > :04:41.the outside. The coroner, Dr Fiona Wilcox, said she was satisfied some
:04:41. > :04:47.girls had moved it to the Bath and probably looked at as well. --
:04:47. > :04:57.someone else. She said Kenneth Williams had probably been
:04:57. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:05.unlawfully killed. -- Gareth One expert believed Gareth was
:05:05. > :05:09.either on can just or dead when he went into the bag. -- unconscious.
:05:09. > :05:14.You cannot access the lock from the outside. You can pull the material
:05:14. > :05:24.together but we -- put your arms are on the chest and there is no
:05:24. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:31.room to manoeuvre. You cannot get in Loch through. -- a lock.
:05:32. > :05:36.investigation were now actively pursue all the evidence heard and
:05:36. > :05:46.all the new lines of inquiry. It is highly likely that a third party
:05:46. > :05:48.was involved in his death. I'd urge anyone who knows cannot Williams to
:05:48. > :05:55.search their consciences and come forward with any information --
:05:55. > :06:00.Gareth Williams. It is not over yet. Inquests are supposed to provide
:06:00. > :06:02.answers. In this case, so much remains unexplained. We've heard
:06:02. > :06:08.some reaction outside court there, and we've heard more from the
:06:08. > :06:13.Metropolitan Police in the last couple of hours.
:06:13. > :06:19.That is right. It was in response to that call from the family for an
:06:19. > :06:27.inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's counter intelligence
:06:27. > :06:37.command. It was a postal act as a go-between between security
:06:37. > :06:41.services and people investigating It was said there would be an
:06:41. > :06:47.inquiry because the force wanted to know what had gone wrong. He also
:06:47. > :06:54.stressed this was an ongoing current inquiry. They have also
:06:54. > :06:58.been a statement from the head of MI6. -- there has also been. He
:06:58. > :07:03.apologised unreservedly for the delays in reacting to his
:07:03. > :07:08.unexplained absences from work. He said that as far as his
:07:08. > :07:15.organisation was concerned, lessons would be learned. Will the family
:07:15. > :07:24.be satisfied with this? They are extremely private family. They have
:07:24. > :07:29.avoided media contact. From at the reactors in court, and I have been
:07:29. > :07:35.sitting just behind them, they have been deeply distressed -- reactions
:07:35. > :07:41.in court. Naturally, what they have wanted
:07:41. > :07:46.his at the truth, the full facts to come out. But we must go back to
:07:46. > :07:50.that statement by the coroner, Dr Fiona Wilcox, doubting that the
:07:50. > :07:53.full facts would ever come out. There's a special edition of Week
:07:53. > :07:59.In Week Out, looking at the events surrounding Gareth Williams' death,
:07:59. > :08:02.straight after Wales Today, at 7:00pm.
:08:02. > :08:09.Three of Wales' NHS boards would not have broken even without a cash
:08:09. > :08:12.injection of more than �12 million from the Welsh Government. The
:08:12. > :08:15.Health Minister, Lesley Griffith, had said that there would be no
:08:15. > :08:18.extra money for boards who overspent. Opposition parties have
:08:18. > :08:27.accused the Government of fantasy economics. Here's our political
:08:27. > :08:31.correspondent, Aled ap Dafydd. is not about productions of
:08:31. > :08:37.services, they have got the funding in place now to be able to deliver
:08:37. > :08:41.the services. And that is where the accountability is. Steps will have
:08:41. > :08:44.to be taken. We will have to bring in sanctions. They are going to
:08:44. > :08:48.deliver a. The Health Minister could not be clearer. The culture
:08:48. > :08:52.of overspending in Welsh health boards would come to one end. Bail-
:08:52. > :08:57.outs would be a thing of the past. Today, we learned that was not the
:08:57. > :09:03.case. Three local health boards needed extra money to break even.
:09:03. > :09:07.Between them, they wanted �12 million to balance the books. This
:09:07. > :09:17.was on top of 150 million which were shared between all of the
:09:17. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:24.health board's last autumn. It indicates all NHS organisations
:09:24. > :09:27.met strategy to keep to break even. This is a remarkable achievement.
:09:27. > :09:31.remarkable achievement, it is not, according to opposition parties.
:09:31. > :09:39.They rounded on the health boards for the overspend and the Minister
:09:39. > :09:42.for helping them out. If the �12.4 million had not been able to be
:09:42. > :09:48.transferred from this year's financial settlement to last year's
:09:48. > :09:52.financial settlement, three local health boards in Wales would not
:09:52. > :09:56.have balance their budgets. Isn't it true you have rolled over, you
:09:56. > :10:02.have caved in and every local health board knows that if they run
:10:02. > :10:06.out of money, you will be will come out? Could you give this chain that
:10:06. > :10:11.an analysis of whether the savings that have been achieved, or whether
:10:11. > :10:21.these are recurrent savings or are they one-off, emergency measures? -
:10:21. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:25.The three local health boards were now face an external review of
:10:25. > :10:29.financial plans. The extra money given to the three health boards
:10:29. > :10:31.will have to be repaid from this year's round of funding. Our
:10:31. > :10:39.Political Editor, Betsan Powys, joins us now from the National
:10:39. > :10:44.Assembly. This has been brewing for some months.
:10:44. > :10:54.Yes, and you can't argue that today was a war of words. -- you can
:10:54. > :10:58.argue. The opposition parties, the day
:10:58. > :11:05.before an election, it is difficult to look not see it as a bruising
:11:05. > :11:12.political battle. The Health Minister has been entirely
:11:12. > :11:16.unequivocal. Local health ought to have to be breaking even and they
:11:16. > :11:26.would be no more money for them. -- local health boards. The opposition
:11:26. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:32.parties say she should be talking... You had to delve quite deep to
:11:32. > :11:37.realise that three health boards would not have broken even without
:11:37. > :11:42.some help from central government. What does this mean for the future?
:11:42. > :11:48.They have already had to cut and scrape and that is another story in
:11:48. > :11:58.itself to get to where they have got today. But now we know that
:11:58. > :11:59.
:11:59. > :12:03.three local health boards start this year it made it worse off. --
:12:03. > :12:08.already worse off. The Health Minister will want to be sure next
:12:08. > :12:11.time that they break absolutely even, with no help at all. A murder
:12:11. > :12:14.trial in Cardiff has heard a father tell police that he knew nothing of
:12:14. > :12:19.any injuries to his seven-year-old son. Yaseen Ali Ege died after
:12:19. > :12:22.being beaten in July 2010. He had severe abdominal injuries and his
:12:22. > :12:26.body was burned when the family home in Cardiff was set on fire.
:12:26. > :12:29.His mother Sara denies murder and perverting the course of justice.
:12:29. > :12:39.His father Yusuf Ali Ege denies causing or allowing the death of a
:12:39. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:47.child by failing to protect him. The polls open tomorrow morning in
:12:47. > :12:49.local elections up and down Wales. The results will decide who runs
:12:49. > :12:51.vital local services, but has the campaign caught the public's
:12:51. > :13:01.imagination? Our Political Correspondent, Tomos Livingstone,
:13:01. > :13:01.
:13:02. > :13:06.reports. All parties are busy with the last-minute campaigning. But
:13:06. > :13:10.are the voters interested in what is on offer? I think they are
:13:10. > :13:14.interested in having council tax frozen, in having streets clean and
:13:14. > :13:21.safe. They are interested in making sure that schools are free and
:13:21. > :13:31.those are the only things that can be delivered by Conservative
:13:31. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:36.council does councils. We have tried to keep the focus local. The
:13:36. > :13:40.discussion from my experience has been very much about the quality of
:13:40. > :13:44.services and concerns people have got going forward with regard to
:13:44. > :13:51.changes due to the financial climate. Labour are hoping to win
:13:51. > :13:55.back councils they lost in 2008. It is also a test will Plaid Cymru
:13:55. > :14:01.with their new leader. campaign's I have been taking part
:14:01. > :14:09.in have been lively. We have been told about local issues and how
:14:09. > :14:13.they do it -- deliver those issues. We are safeguarding jobs and
:14:13. > :14:15.creating opportunities. People need a bit of explanation sometimes as
:14:15. > :14:20.to why these elections are important but once you one able to
:14:20. > :14:25.do that, these are the things that matter day-in day-out, in schools,
:14:25. > :14:35.roads, I think it is easy enough to extend to people and people respond.
:14:35. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:50.There are elections in 21 local a authorities. Whether wins will
:14:51. > :14:54.control annual budgets of more than �7 billion. -- whoever. It is a
:14:54. > :14:59.challenging few years ahead. Money is tight and there are difficult
:14:59. > :15:05.decisions to be made. The politicians have had their say.
:15:05. > :15:08.Tomorrow, the voters get the chance to decide.
:15:08. > :15:10.Joining me now is the Chief Executive of the Welsh Local
:15:10. > :15:13.Government Association, Steve Thomas As we were hearing in Tomos'
:15:13. > :15:16.piece there, it's going to be difficult for whoever wins these
:15:16. > :15:26.elections. Money is tight, so are councils going to cut back on
:15:26. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:32.services? Councils are looking to protect frontline services like
:15:32. > :15:37.education and social care. Inevitably, in this climate,
:15:37. > :15:41.cutbacks are being made. We are seeing that in non-statutory
:15:41. > :15:45.services like leisure and other services. We are looking to protect
:15:45. > :15:55.services and we are looking to ensure we deliver services in a far
:15:55. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :15:59.more efficient way. We have seen some other factors. Some big issues.
:15:59. > :16:07.You're talking about working more efficiently. Could that mean
:16:07. > :16:15.working more closely together? Some merging? There are some mergers
:16:15. > :16:25.going on in key service areas. Social care departments have huge
:16:25. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:33.budgets. They are merging together in central Wales. Some areas are
:16:33. > :16:40.looking at integrating social care. I suspect we will see more of that.
:16:40. > :16:44.What about this campaign? Our people are interested? What is the
:16:44. > :16:51.turn Quinn to be like tomorrow? was driving around Cardiff and
:16:51. > :16:57.there seems to be a fierce election in the capital. It depends on the
:16:57. > :17:07.council area and it depends on how the parties themselves and
:17:07. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:14.independents have infused the voters. -- enthused. But these are
:17:14. > :17:19.important services. It is vital that people exercise their rights
:17:19. > :17:22.in the ballot box. Much more to come before 7:00pm, including
:17:22. > :17:32.swimmer Jazz Carlin. Still dreaming of going to the Olympics, with a
:17:32. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:37.second chance to qualify. Every week, 12 people who are
:17:37. > :17:43.apparently fit and healthy collapse and die. They are struck down by an
:17:43. > :17:45.undiagnosed heart defect and people aged 14 to 35 are most at risk.
:17:46. > :17:50.You'll remember footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch in
:17:50. > :17:55.March. And former Wales manager Terry Yorath lost his 15-year-old
:17:55. > :17:57.son Daniel to a sudden cardiac death in 1992. With me now is Anne
:17:57. > :18:02.Thomas from Llantrisant, who is part of a campaign calling for
:18:02. > :18:12.greater awareness. Your son Gareth died five years ago. What happened
:18:12. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:19.to him? He was a healthy 21-year- old. He went to bed in the house he
:18:19. > :18:24.shared with his flatmates in Cardiff. The following day, when
:18:24. > :18:28.they tried to weaken, they discovered he had died in the night.
:18:28. > :18:34.It was a huge shock. We have never got over it as a family. It does
:18:34. > :18:44.not make any sense to me. He played football every week. He had just
:18:44. > :18:51.returned from skiing. So statistics are high. While not more aware of
:18:51. > :18:56.it? It is a difficult one. Until he died, I had no idea either. As a
:18:56. > :19:03.nurse, I have worked in intensive care for 20 years. I had not really
:19:03. > :19:08.heard of this particular situation. I think a lot of the problem is
:19:08. > :19:15.that most of these young people do not make it to hospital. They
:19:15. > :19:17.actually die at home or on the street. They may make it to the
:19:17. > :19:23.emergency admission apart -- to partner but most would just go
:19:23. > :19:27.straight to the mortuary. -- department.
:19:27. > :19:31.Raising awareness so that GPs are aware if people do come to them
:19:32. > :19:40.with symptoms that could be indicative of the problem. Young
:19:40. > :19:45.people might faint more often, there is a concern. But often --
:19:45. > :19:55.also there is screening. It does find patients with problems. Eight
:19:55. > :20:00.out of 10 people who die suddenly do not have any symptoms. Thank you
:20:00. > :20:03.for coming in to talk about your son and your campaign. A diamond
:20:03. > :20:06.jubilee party in Denbighshire which had been thrown into doubt because
:20:06. > :20:09.of street signage has finally been given the go ahead. Organisers of
:20:09. > :20:14.the party on Rhuddlan's high street had been told they'd have to pay
:20:14. > :20:16.�2,000 to provide road diversion signs. But the council has now
:20:16. > :20:19.agreed to provide them free of charge.
:20:19. > :20:22.Two tourists from Barry, who broke into an Australian Sealife Centre
:20:22. > :20:25.and stole a penguin called Dirk, have appeared in court in Brisbane.
:20:25. > :20:32.21-year-old Rhys Jones and 20-year- old Keri Mules were fined one
:20:32. > :20:34.thousand Australian dollars each: that's around �600. Their lawyer
:20:34. > :20:39.said they accepted their drunken actions had been immature and
:20:39. > :20:42.stupid. Time for tonight's sport now with
:20:42. > :20:45.Ashleigh, and those football play- offs are just a day away. Good
:20:45. > :20:48.evening. A very important few days coming for up for Cardiff City and
:20:48. > :20:50.Wrexham. They both play the first leg of their respective play-off
:20:50. > :20:53.semi-finals tomorrow night. Promotion is the prize they're
:20:53. > :20:56.seeking, Cardiff City to the Premier League, while Wrexham are
:20:56. > :20:59.trying to return back to the Football League, four years after
:20:59. > :21:03.they dropped into the Conference. They need to beat Luton over two
:21:03. > :21:06.legs to book a trip to Wembley at the end of a remarkable season. At
:21:06. > :21:09.least this time round, it's been all about the football. Earlier
:21:09. > :21:13.seasons have been overshadowed by hurdles off the pitch with a long
:21:13. > :21:16.running search for new owners for the club and the Racecourse ground.
:21:16. > :21:19.Those troubles were finally put to rest late last year with the
:21:19. > :21:22.Supporters Trust taking charge of the former and Glyndwr University
:21:22. > :21:25.paying up for the latter. Andy Morrell has won much praise for the
:21:25. > :21:28.way he's balanced his player manager role and has recently
:21:28. > :21:30.signed a new deal with the club. He couldn't rely on automatic
:21:30. > :21:37.promotion, so he's hoping that this year's meeting with Luton goes
:21:38. > :21:40.better than last. We had half an hour that cost us dearly last
:21:40. > :21:48.season. Focusing already for these couple of games will be really
:21:48. > :21:52.tough. It will be a completely different out for it. But we have
:21:52. > :21:55.had good results against them. Former Welsh international John
:21:56. > :22:02.Hartson spent time at Luton. He knows Wrexham face a tough job
:22:02. > :22:12.across two games. They still want to be in the match, taking Newton
:22:12. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:23.back to the racecourse. -- Luton. If they are still in it, they will
:22:23. > :22:27.feel they can turn them over and get them into the final. For fans,
:22:27. > :22:30.there's a chance to dream of a return to the Football League, the
:22:30. > :22:34.club's 87 year reign ended in 2008 with relegation to the Blue Square
:22:34. > :22:37.Premier. The fight back has been a long and at times painful one, but
:22:37. > :22:39.promotion would make all the hardship worthwhile.
:22:39. > :22:42.In snooker, Carmarthen's Matthew Stevens is through to the semi-
:22:42. > :22:45.finals of the World Championships in Sheffield, after an incredible
:22:45. > :22:50.victory over fellow Welshman Ryan Day. Stevens was trailing 5-2 but
:22:50. > :22:53.went on to win the next 11 frames, to claim the match 13-5. It's the
:22:53. > :23:00.first time for seven years he's reached the last four at the
:23:00. > :23:03.Crucible. Meanwhile, Jamie Jones from Cimla
:23:03. > :23:06.near Neath is trailing Ali Carter 9-7 in his quarter-final. Play gets
:23:06. > :23:09.underway again at 7:00pm. Cricket, and last year's Glamorgan
:23:09. > :23:19.captain has been reminding the Welsh county what they're missing.
:23:19. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:30.It's been a difficult couple of months for Welsh swimmer Jazz
:23:31. > :23:33.Carlin. She failed to qualify for the Olympics in March, after
:23:34. > :23:37.pulling out of the trials through illness, while her two best friends
:23:37. > :23:46.made the British team. But she's still dreaming of going to the
:23:46. > :23:50.Games, with a second chance to qualify next month. Every second
:23:50. > :23:56.counts for Jazz Carlin. When she trains, the poolside Olympic
:23:56. > :24:01.countdown clock is a constant reminder she does not have long.
:24:01. > :24:09.The trials in March were a disaster. She underperformed in two events
:24:09. > :24:12.and withdrew -- withdrew from a third.
:24:12. > :24:20.Before the trials, I was on antibiotics was six weeks and going
:24:20. > :24:24.through the trials, it was not easy. I just had to get on with it. I
:24:24. > :24:33.wanted was what my best but it did not happen at the time. -- to swim
:24:33. > :24:36.my best. Her coach has lined up more intense speed sessions in the
:24:36. > :24:46.swimming pool. And a week training programme in the gym. She has two
:24:46. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:56.months. There was cause for celebration at
:24:56. > :25:02.the Swansea swimming pool. Everyone is doing all they can to help Jazz
:25:02. > :25:09.Carlin are joined them in team GB. I am happy that they have qualified.
:25:09. > :25:15.I want them to do well. But it is also hard watching a few
:25:15. > :25:19.unqualified and not being at my best. The last few weeks have been
:25:19. > :25:27.a test of character. But she is confident she can bounce back by
:25:27. > :25:35.swimming fast at the second trials in Sheffield next month. Dreams of
:25:35. > :25:43.better weather now. Hi, Derek. How Dry for a change, but the weather
:25:43. > :25:47.remains very changeable. There is more rain on the way. The Met
:25:47. > :25:50.Office has issued a warning. At the moment, it looks like South East
:25:50. > :25:54.Wales and southern Powys will see the heaviest rain later tonight and
:25:54. > :25:56.tomorrow. 20 to 40mm, around an inch or more. Given the ground is
:25:56. > :26:00.saturated, there is risk of localised flooding. At the moment,
:26:00. > :26:03.there is one flood alert in force on the River Wye and Monnow in
:26:03. > :26:06.Monmouthshire. So this evening a dry start. A few showers will break
:26:06. > :26:10.out. Turning wet in Mid Wales and the south after midnight with heavy
:26:10. > :26:13.rain. The north should be dry. Lowest temperatures 7 to 10 Celsius
:26:13. > :26:21.with a north-easterly breeze. Tomorrow's chart shows a front
:26:21. > :26:25.lying through southern Britain. So tomorrow, cloudy in Mid Wales and
:26:25. > :26:27.the south with outbreaks of rain. Heavy rain in places with a risk of
:26:27. > :26:30.thunder and localised flooding. Northern counties, though, be dry
:26:30. > :26:33.and brighter with some sunshine. During the day the rain will move
:26:33. > :26:37.further north but the north coast and Anglesey may stay dry and
:26:37. > :26:40.bright. The south and west drier in the afternoon but cloudy with spots
:26:40. > :26:44.of drizzle. Top temperatures 17 Celsius in the Porthmadog area.
:26:44. > :26:49.Much cooler in the rain. Tomorrow night cloudy and dry bar the odd
:26:49. > :26:58.spot of light rain or drizzle. On Friday, mostly cloudy. Some dry
:26:58. > :27:08.weekend, turning cooler with a chilly breeze. On Saturday, rain in
:27:08. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :27:49.the south will clear. So becoming As a result of specific issues
:27:49. > :27:54.raised about exhibit handling at the inquest yesterday, I have