:00:07. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to Wales Today. Our top story tonight.
:00:11. > :00:16.Olympic Golden girl Jade Jones from Flint. But how do we inspire the
:00:16. > :00:19.next generation of world class athletes from Wales? Tonight, the
:00:19. > :00:25.call for a little of the magic of our newest sporting stars to rub
:00:25. > :00:35.off on us all. People are really interested in sport. I hope it rubs
:00:35. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:48.off because this has to be the Our other headlines tonight.
:00:48. > :00:50.Why does it take a year to get a wheelchair in North Wales?
:00:50. > :00:57.After the floods, local authorities warn tonight that the repair bills
:00:57. > :01:01.are running to millions and millions of pounds.
:01:01. > :01:08.She refused to pay her council rates because they were in English.
:01:08. > :01:18.Eileen Beasley, the woman who lead the fight for Welsh has died.
:01:18. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:25.Why a submarine sunk 132 years ago Good evening. What a fortnight!
:01:26. > :01:30.Sport is on a high after an incredible games for Team GB and a
:01:30. > :01:33.record seven medals for our Welsh Olympians. It's our best tally ever
:01:33. > :01:38.and the hope is a new generation has been inspired to become
:01:38. > :01:41.champions. That is the big test, can the Games deliver the lasting
:01:41. > :01:51.legacy it promised and is there enough money in the budget to build
:01:51. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:06.on the success? Tomos Dafydd was A Welsh flavour to the final
:02:06. > :02:09.celebration of two weeks of unforgettable sporting achievement.
:02:09. > :02:12.The London Welsh Male Voice Choir and the London Welsh Rugby Club
:02:12. > :02:15.Choir singing the Olympic anthem, signaling the end of the Games and
:02:15. > :02:25.after the medal success, one former Olympian says now's the time to
:02:25. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:35.capitalize. The legacy is what it is all about. And I took part
:02:35. > :02:41.because I was inspired by the British performance on the
:02:41. > :02:45.athletics track. People cannot help but be inspired. Every day I took
:02:45. > :02:49.to someone who asked whether I had seen something. I hope it keeps
:02:49. > :02:52.going because this has to be the start. Getting children more active
:02:52. > :02:55.in school is one of the aims of Sport Wales, the body charged with
:02:55. > :02:58.developing sport across the country. It primarily gets its money from
:02:58. > :03:01.the Welsh Government and the National Lottery. Over the last
:03:01. > :03:04.four years, the budget has increased to �38.5 million and in
:03:04. > :03:10.two years time it goes up again, largely thanks to an increased
:03:10. > :03:18.grant from the National Lottery. Now there's an aim to get children
:03:18. > :03:28.doing six hours of sport a week. Schools provide a basic curriculum
:03:28. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:34.in physical activity. We need to provide continued extra-curricular
:03:34. > :03:37.teams and work with organisations so that young people can develop
:03:37. > :03:39.further. It's been a games to remember.
:03:39. > :03:46.Seven medals for Welsh athletes. Jade Jones, Britain's first ever
:03:46. > :03:49.Taekwondo gold medalist. She has already got a gold post box in her
:03:49. > :03:52.honour. Now, a party's planned tomorrow when she arrives home in
:03:52. > :03:54.Flint. Rower Tom James got gold for the second consecutive Games, so
:03:54. > :03:59.too Geraint Thomas. No doubting his contribution to Britain's cycling
:03:59. > :04:01.success. Fred Evans got silver on the last day. Two more silvers on
:04:01. > :04:07.the water, sailing's Hannah Mills from Dinas Powys and rower Chris
:04:07. > :04:12.Bartley got the other in Eton Dorney. Sarah Thomas won a bronze
:04:12. > :04:15.with the hockey team. The first action of the Games started here in
:04:15. > :04:20.Cardiff. Now the council and the Welsh Government are considering a
:04:20. > :04:30.bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth games. A feasibility study is being
:04:30. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:36.carried out into the costs of The Olympic flame has been
:04:36. > :04:39.extinguished but the memories will burn bright for a long time. Now
:04:39. > :04:49.it's hoped the organisers' promise of a lasting legacy will now become
:04:49. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:05.Pool is not an Olympic sport yet it is one of the Hawks used to bring
:05:05. > :05:14.children in off the street at this centre. Have they been inspired by
:05:15. > :05:22.the Olympic Games? No. Why not? is boring. Do you not feel inspired
:05:22. > :05:26.by a gold medal? No. It does not bother me. When I get older, I want
:05:27. > :05:34.to be a gymnast. I used to be good at gymnastics and it was a lot of
:05:34. > :05:43.fun. Now, I'm going to go back to it. Of aid to go to boxing and I
:05:43. > :05:48.run sometimes. That is mostly my sport. It shows that anyone is
:05:48. > :05:56.capable if you take the time and effort to train. But in the work
:05:56. > :06:05.and anything is possible. But what happens now? We can put away hour
:06:05. > :06:11.Union flags and red dragons until the Paralympic Games. The challenge
:06:11. > :06:16.now is to get this out there and to do something and take part. The
:06:16. > :06:23.Olympic Games cost millions of pounds to stage. They have been
:06:23. > :06:28.supported like never before. But the needs of elite artists --
:06:28. > :06:37.athletes have to be balanced with the grass roots. There are other
:06:37. > :06:41.ingredients. This is a top-class cycle circuit. As we have heard
:06:41. > :06:48.time and again, committed parents can matter every match -- every bit
:06:48. > :06:51.as much as committed children. Will the generation be inspired? It to
:06:51. > :06:56.take a lot of back-up from parents and having more facilities like
:06:56. > :06:59.this. He must have people who are willing to put in the money and get
:06:59. > :07:06.the Generation going. The transport our children all over the place if
:07:06. > :07:10.they want to do something was up if you and not one of those, I do not
:07:10. > :07:14.think the Olympic Games will suddenly make you do. A lot of
:07:14. > :07:20.people will suddenly have a go but how many of those will continue is
:07:20. > :07:30.the question. The Sea cadets and Yacht Club offer tuition for
:07:30. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:40.beginners. Any budding champions will have to travel and it pay for
:07:40. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:52.expensive bits of kit. Sport Wales's budget will peak in a
:07:52. > :08:01.couple of years' time. A boxing ring costs more than �2,000. We had
:08:01. > :08:07.to raise that money ourselves. We would never have an elite boxer in
:08:07. > :08:12.our gym unless we have this equipment. Inspiration and legacy
:08:12. > :08:15.were the two buzzwords. You can add funding and facilities to those.
:08:15. > :08:18.Who knows where the next medalists will come from.
:08:18. > :08:25.David Davies was one of our Olympians in the pool, competing at
:08:25. > :08:29.his third games, and Chair of Sport Wales Laura McAllister join me.
:08:29. > :08:35.Congratulations on your third Games was a view that there cheering all
:08:35. > :08:38.Our Olympians on. How was it for both of you? As an athlete, it was
:08:38. > :08:43.special. The home factor was definitely special. We were
:08:43. > :08:48.idolised everywhere we went. I had to pinch yourself to think we were
:08:48. > :08:52.in Britain because everything was so perfect. The stadium and pool
:08:52. > :08:59.was fantastic. It was the best I had been to. The closing ceremony
:08:59. > :09:03.was the best one I had been to. is great to hear of an athlete's
:09:03. > :09:08.perspective and that validates what I saw. There was a great spirit and
:09:08. > :09:12.far as to come back to Wales with seven medals, the best-ever haul
:09:12. > :09:17.was just the icing on the cake. The whole games were an inspiration. It
:09:17. > :09:20.is up to us to capture that energy. BAF hearing the word legacy time
:09:20. > :09:29.and time again. It is now coming down to where the money will take
:09:29. > :09:32.us over the next few years. What is the state of play? We are fortunate
:09:32. > :09:37.in having a government that understands the importance of sport
:09:37. > :09:43.to communities and to elite athletes so we have Our strategy
:09:43. > :09:49.that takes us up to 2016. We are on our way to the medal haul and the
:09:49. > :09:52.targets we have set for that. We have a �9 million budget to
:09:52. > :09:57.allocate just for innovative community projects of the type B
:09:57. > :10:01.saw a moment ago. That is important because we need to capture the next
:10:01. > :10:07.generation of talented athletes and Alsop children who may never get to
:10:07. > :10:11.the athletics and the Olympics but just enjoy sport. You have
:10:11. > :10:17.benefited, but if you could do one thing to change things what would
:10:17. > :10:21.it be? Is there anything you can see from being in there and
:10:21. > :10:25.experiencing it that would encourage people to get involved?
:10:25. > :10:29.Just giving them the opportunity really. People have seen sports
:10:29. > :10:34.they have never heard of but watch it and got enthralled and inspired
:10:34. > :10:41.by it. It is to stick his of educating people what is out there
:10:41. > :10:48.and how much enjoyment you can get out of sport. If we can use this as
:10:48. > :10:56.a launchpad to get kids involved in sport and how good it can be done
:10:56. > :11:01.that is the message for the future. I would rather watch Rio on the
:11:02. > :11:10.beach. You have been a great ambassador for the country. Very
:11:10. > :11:17.briefly, what was the best gold winning medal for you are stuck I
:11:17. > :11:21.think Jade Jones. I think the 5,000 metres. Thank you very much for
:11:21. > :11:25.coming in and talking to us. Adult wheelchair users in North
:11:25. > :11:27.Wales are having to wait up to a year for an assessment. Although
:11:27. > :11:30.waiting times have improved for adults and children across the rest
:11:30. > :11:40.of Wales, there are concerns that the situation isn't improving fast
:11:40. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:46.enough in the north of the country. Are you all right? Yes. They are
:11:46. > :11:52.Salisbury likes to keep busy. She has spina bifida but for the past
:11:52. > :11:57.20 years she has worked as a volunteer at a shop in Llandudno.
:11:57. > :12:02.She is one of 70,000 in Wales that depend on we chose. Every time I
:12:02. > :12:10.need a new wheelchair you have to jump through hoops. You have to
:12:10. > :12:15.request a wheelchair and then go down to Wrexham to be assessed.
:12:15. > :12:20.Measure it and then you have to wait. I had to wait a couple of
:12:20. > :12:24.years for my new wheelchair. case is not unique. The Assembly's
:12:24. > :12:30.health committee wanted to know if things had got better. The report
:12:30. > :12:36.says Bedi time adults in South Wales wait for picture assessments
:12:36. > :12:43.had almost halved. But progress had been much slower in North Wales.
:12:43. > :12:53.People have to wait a year for assessment. A report showed a
:12:53. > :12:54.
:12:54. > :12:58.dramatic improvement in children's Additional funding provided did
:12:59. > :13:05.specify prioritising paediatric services. It is essential now that
:13:05. > :13:11.findings from the committee about a strategic leadership and
:13:11. > :13:15.communication implemented are -- as soon as possible. There will be a
:13:15. > :13:18.more regular and routine system for recalling people to look again at
:13:18. > :13:23.their needs. It is particularly important for young people because
:13:23. > :13:31.they are growing physically. But they need one year will be
:13:31. > :13:35.different to the next. The report Alsop couldn't face problems in
:13:35. > :13:42.providing short-term loans of wheelchairs for people after short-
:13:42. > :13:48.term illnesses. At this centre, they deal with up to 40 requests a
:13:48. > :13:53.day. The stock is running low and so too is money. The charity
:13:53. > :13:57.estimates they are losing �200,000 a year providing wheelchairs to
:13:57. > :14:00.people who need them. We're working closely with the NHS and Welsh
:14:00. > :14:06.government. We're now working closely with the health boards as
:14:06. > :14:12.well. It is taking time, some would say too long. But we're getting
:14:12. > :14:19.there. The Welsh government say they have invested almost �2.2
:14:19. > :14:24.million to kept waiting times for children. But the committee says
:14:24. > :14:29.getting the service for adults up to scratch should now be a priority.
:14:29. > :14:39.Much more to come before 7pm. Why a submarine sunk off the Welsh
:14:39. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:54.coast needs some work after 132 years. As possible.
:14:54. > :14:56.After the floods the repair bills are running to millions of pounds.
:14:56. > :14:59.That's the message tonight from the Local Government Association.
:14:59. > :15:01.Ceredigion Council has admitted it will have its work cut out to
:15:01. > :15:04.balance the books. Dozens of families in the Aberystwyth area
:15:04. > :15:09.still haven't been able to return to their homes after floods
:15:09. > :15:14.devastated the area two months ago. They were the worst floods to hit
:15:14. > :15:18.north Ceredigion in living memory. A month's worth of rain fell in
:15:18. > :15:23.this part of Mid Wales in just 24 four hours. 1000 people were forced
:15:23. > :15:28.from their homes as the waters rose around them. But local residents
:15:28. > :15:31.aren't the only ones who've been left counting the cost. The floods
:15:31. > :15:34.tore up roads and damaged bridges. In the immediate aftermath
:15:34. > :15:43.Ceredigion Council spent more than �300,000 clearing up the mess and
:15:43. > :15:45.it expects repair costs will amount to more than �400,000. On the day
:15:45. > :15:48.the Local Government Association warned many councils face multi
:15:48. > :15:58.million pound bills, the authority admits it will have tough decisions
:15:58. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:11.to make. The repair work after the floods exasperated the situation.
:16:11. > :16:15.They will be a backlog on Our infrastructure because of previous
:16:15. > :16:19.winters. We also have the flood damage coming on top of that. It
:16:20. > :16:22.will be problematic for us. Following the floods Ceredigion
:16:22. > :16:25.Council launched an appeal. Furniture and money was donated as
:16:25. > :16:28.the community pulled together. Last week the first cheques of �700 were
:16:28. > :16:31.handed out to people like Mick Fothergill from Talybont. He's seen
:16:31. > :16:39.his insurance premium shoot up by more than a hundred pounds a month
:16:39. > :16:43.since the floods struck. People were beginning to get anxious. In
:16:44. > :16:53.these situations, there are many hidden expenses you are not aware
:16:53. > :16:57.of. Things like, I want to make a wedding cake and ate did not have
:16:57. > :17:03.ingredients or balls or spawns to make the cake. It sounds trivial
:17:03. > :17:06.but those sort of expenses are always cropping up. Rosalie Beaston
:17:06. > :17:13.had to be rescued through and upstairs window when the floods hit
:17:13. > :17:17.on the night of the 8th of June. She's now living with her son.
:17:17. > :17:26.is completely flooded. I have lost everything on the ground floor. I
:17:26. > :17:29.was not insured. I will find it very difficult to start again.
:17:29. > :17:39.than two months have passed since the floods struck. The true cost of
:17:39. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:51.the damage is still becoming clear. She refused to pay her council
:17:51. > :17:54.rates because they were in English. Her disobedience saw the bailiffs
:17:54. > :17:56.on the doorstep and they took away many of her personal possessions
:17:56. > :18:00.from her family home in Llangennech near Llanelli. Tonight tributes
:18:00. > :18:04.have been paid to Eileen Beasley, who has died at the age of 91. She
:18:04. > :18:07.was credited with leading the way in the fight for the right to use
:18:07. > :18:09.Welsh in the 1950s. Eileen Beasley and her family were Welsh speakers.
:18:09. > :18:12.As were 90% of the people living near them, including their
:18:12. > :18:15.councillors and council officials. So in 1952 when they received their
:18:15. > :18:20.bill for council rates in English they refused to pay until they
:18:20. > :18:25.received a demand in Welsh. Over the next eight years, their battle
:18:25. > :18:28.with the Rural District Council saw bailiffs visit their home ten times.
:18:28. > :18:31.In this interview, broadcast in 1987, she and her husband Trevor
:18:31. > :18:39.described how in 1959 their parlour was left bare, after bailiffs took
:18:39. > :18:44.a piano, an oak bookcase, a mirror and even their carpet. Some of the
:18:44. > :18:47.items were wedding gifts. They finally won their battle in 1960.
:18:47. > :18:49.It was a period of growing anger and action. Protesters, here at
:18:49. > :18:52.Trefechan Bridge in Aberystwyth, were inspired by Saunders Lewis's
:18:52. > :18:57.lecture in 1962, which warned the language would die without
:18:57. > :19:00.revolutionary methods to defend it. He held up Eileen Beasley as an
:19:00. > :19:10.example of the civil disobedience he felt was needed if Welsh was to
:19:10. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:17.be given official recognition. think back over her life and
:19:17. > :19:22.realise just how much she and her husband working together achieved.
:19:22. > :19:32.They were a formidable couple and they set an agenda that it had a
:19:32. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:38.significant impact over the following 40 or 50 years. On the
:19:38. > :19:41.day that protester Jamie Bevan was sentenced to 35 days by magistrates
:19:41. > :19:44.in Merthyr for refusing to pay a fine issued only in English, the
:19:44. > :19:46.cause highlighted by Eileen Beasley still resonates 50 years on.
:19:46. > :19:49.A pioneering steam-powered Victorian submarine which sank off
:19:49. > :19:52.North Wales 132 years ago is being conserved by divers. British Sub
:19:52. > :19:56.Aqua Club members are trying to slow down the erosion on the three-
:19:56. > :19:59.man submersible Resurgam. It sank off Prestatyn in February 1880.
:19:59. > :20:07.Matthew Richards is on the beach for us tonight.
:20:07. > :20:11.Thanks. Designed by an eccentric, bare-knuckle boxing clergyman the
:20:11. > :20:16.Resurgam was way ahead of its time, even if it did sink on one of its
:20:16. > :20:19.first voyages. It may be hidden from view some six miles out and
:20:20. > :20:29.many metres below but divers are hoping to slow down the ravages of
:20:30. > :20:32.
:20:32. > :20:35.The Resurgam resting and rusting on the seabed for more than a century.
:20:35. > :20:43.Its Latin name means I will rise again. Until that happens,
:20:43. > :20:48.conservationists are using science to stop any further deterioration.
:20:48. > :20:51.That is a sink and note and we attach it with a G clamp. Divers
:20:51. > :20:53.from Flintshire and Cheshire are attaching anodes to the vessel
:20:53. > :20:57.which should decay while preserving the iron hull. The early submarine
:20:57. > :21:00.was the brainchild of Rev George Garrett. There are doubts it was
:21:00. > :21:10.ever successfully trialed and sank in a storm but it's significance is
:21:10. > :21:14.down to its design. From the shape, we get all the present day
:21:15. > :21:24.submarines. Long, slim with almost point depends so that it sails
:21:24. > :21:31.through the water. It never delivered a torpedo but God knows
:21:31. > :21:35.how it would have carried it but it was, his ideas were decades ahead
:21:35. > :21:38.of other people. The cost of raising the Resurgam would be
:21:38. > :21:41.enormous so for now it remains unseen by all but a handful of
:21:41. > :21:51.specially approved divers who need permission from Cadw to explore the
:21:51. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:55.protected wreck. It must have been pretty crammed and smoky because it
:21:55. > :22:01.was steam-driven. Can you imagine a fire inside? It must have been
:22:02. > :22:06.miserable down there. Why he chose wintertime to attempt to go from
:22:06. > :22:10.Birkenhead and head for the south coast of England, I shake my head
:22:10. > :22:12.in amazement and admiration. practicalities of Reverend
:22:12. > :22:21.Garrett's incredible submersible machine may have been questionable,
:22:21. > :22:26.but it signaled the shape of things to come. He was one of those
:22:26. > :22:29.characters you do not see any more. He was a bare-knuckle boxing
:22:29. > :22:37.champion and he trained for the clergy. He was an eccentric
:22:37. > :22:43.inventor. He demonstrated a pre- prevent by sitting at the bottom of
:22:43. > :22:48.the river in Paris. Many of his ideas were ahead of the time. He
:22:49. > :22:53.died a pauper in America. But his ideas live on. We see echoes of his
:22:53. > :22:56.work in submarines today. The Wales football team will not be
:22:56. > :23:00.coming up against former manager John Toshack in the World Cup
:23:00. > :23:06.qualifying campaign. Toshack has parted company with the Macedonia
:23:06. > :23:08.national team. The side won 1 of his 8 matches in charge. Wales and
:23:08. > :23:16.Macedonia are in the same qualification group for the 2014
:23:17. > :23:26.World Cup in Brazil. Time for the weather now, here's
:23:27. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:35.Behnaz. We have some stormy weather This evening, we have some heavy
:23:36. > :23:40.showers across parts of Ceredigion and North Wales. We will see drier
:23:40. > :23:49.conditions for most of us. Mist and fog forming and a few coastal
:23:49. > :23:51.showers in the overnight period. Temperatures at 14 to 17 Celsius.
:23:51. > :23:57.This era of low pressure is responsible for the weather this
:23:57. > :24:01.week. Making its way towards Wales and the United Kingdom by Thursday.
:24:01. > :24:06.First thing tomorrow morning, a dry start for many of us with sunshine
:24:07. > :24:13.as they go through the day. Some of the showers could be heavy and
:24:13. > :24:17.foundry at times. It will still feel warm with highs of 22 Celsius.
:24:17. > :24:25.We have showers are lurking around. As you go into tomorrow evening,
:24:25. > :24:30.the showers will die out again. We will see a little more in cloud.
:24:30. > :24:35.Also, we have this friend making its way in from the south-west.
:24:35. > :24:39.Another very leggy night with temperatures up to 18 Celsius
:24:39. > :24:46.overnight. There is an early warning for the rain on Wednesday.
:24:46. > :24:54.A heavy downpour which could cause localised flooding and also
:24:54. > :24:59.difficult driving conditions. We have this heavy rain and cities
:24:59. > :25:03.still warm. Very windy conditions and gusty winds especially on
:25:03. > :25:13.exposed coasts. For the next couple of days, we have sunshine and
:25:13. > :25:15.
:25:15. > :25:20.showers. Or persistent rain by Friday. A beautiful sunset in
:25:20. > :25:23.today's picture. At least they will be some sunshine to compensate.
:25:23. > :25:33.Stormy weather on Wednesday and sunshine and showers for the rest
:25:33. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:43.of the week. So the Olympic Games are over. How
:25:43. > :25:47.were they, Claire? It was incredible. A privilege to be there.
:25:47. > :25:50.To follow an hour Welsh Olympians, we have watched them trained for
:25:50. > :25:54.months and years. To see them compete was incredible. The
:25:55. > :26:02.goodwill factor and the atmosphere from the bus drivers and cab
:26:02. > :26:05.drivers, absolutely incredible. Sport did what it does at its very
:26:05. > :26:07.best. And that's it! You know what's
:26:07. > :26:11.coming next, a musical montage showing some of the best bits!
:26:11. > :26:21.Remember it was a Welsh choir that helped kick it all off 17 days ago!
:26:21. > :26:36.