:00:02. > :00:06.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:
:00:06. > :00:16.Working here gave them cancer and breathing problems. Tonight, a
:00:16. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:23.victory in the High Court for the the dust would be dropping off the
:00:23. > :00:33.belts. The men would be in a in that, and also the toxic Hume --
:00:33. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:38.toxic fumes coming off the oven at Our other headlines tonight:
:00:38. > :00:43.The school closed by asbestos - what next for pupils? Tonight, a
:00:43. > :00:47.public meeting of parents from Our reporter offered drugs in the
:00:47. > :00:57.street - the use of mephedrone, or meow meow, has more than doubled in
:00:57. > :01:03.Why wind farms and pylons are bitterly dividing the communities
:01:04. > :01:13.And the nuts and bolts of manufacturing - why the Governor of
:01:14. > :01:17.the Bank of England has come to see Good evening.
:01:17. > :01:20.They claimed that toxic fumes and dust at work gave them cancer and
:01:20. > :01:25.respiratory disease. Today in a landmark case at the High Court,
:01:25. > :01:28.the judge agreed. A group of former workers from the phurnacite coking
:01:28. > :01:31.plant in Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley were awarded compensation.
:01:31. > :01:41.Lawyers say the judgement could have implications for hundreds of
:01:41. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.workers throughout the UK. Carwyn Back in the Sixties and Seventies,
:01:48. > :01:54.it was dubbed one of the dirtiest industrial sites in Britain. The
:01:54. > :01:58.plant at Abercwmboi was opened in 1942 to make smokeless fuel from
:01:58. > :02:02.coal waste, briquettes to burn at home, but it was the process of
:02:02. > :02:07.crashing, mixing and using the materials which the men who works
:02:07. > :02:11.here said caused fumes and dust and lead to cancer and respiratory
:02:11. > :02:13.disease. Fred Rich has worked there for 30 years and remembers the
:02:13. > :02:19.conditions at the plant only too well.
:02:19. > :02:25.The conditions at the phurnacite plant were terrible. Atrocious. As
:02:25. > :02:33.it is, we had to put up with pitch Burns, the environment, the dust,
:02:33. > :02:40.the gases, and the heat was overwhelming, because the
:02:40. > :02:44.temperature in the ovens was 950 centigrade, near enough.
:02:44. > :02:49.For Red Ed now has chronic emphysema and is one of four X
:02:49. > :02:56.workers are awarded compensation at the High Court today. He doesn't
:02:56. > :02:59.know how much he will receive, but it will range from �4,500-�120,000.
:02:59. > :03:02.The claim was brought against the Department of Energy and climate
:03:02. > :03:06.change which has responsibility for British Coal. The court found
:03:06. > :03:10.convincing evidence that lung disease and respiratory Cup --
:03:10. > :03:13.problems could be caused by it the plant, but it said there was
:03:13. > :03:16.insufficient evidence to support claims of bladder cancer and
:03:17. > :03:21.certain skin cancers. These men have been fighting for
:03:21. > :03:25.many, many years. There is a long- held ft -- view that problems at
:03:25. > :03:28.the plant caused problems in the work force, so it has been a
:03:28. > :03:32.vindication and should result in justice, I think, for the vast
:03:32. > :03:37.majority in the group. This is where the phurnacite plant
:03:37. > :03:41.used to stand. It closed in 1991, and the land has since been written
:03:41. > :03:46.-- reclaimed, but at its peak it produced 1 million briquettes the
:03:46. > :03:49.year, and the effects of all that industry was felt by the community.
:03:49. > :03:53.Malcolm Cook has lived in Abercwmboi all his life and raised
:03:53. > :03:58.his family here. When the sulphur would be coming
:03:58. > :04:01.over, it could fall on to washing on the line and half-a-dozen women
:04:01. > :04:07.had to go down every day to see the manager to see what could be done
:04:07. > :04:10.about the sulphur fall-out, and other materials as well, so it
:04:10. > :04:17.ought ever the case may be. 84 more workers brought this test
:04:17. > :04:23.case to the High Court -- 84 more workers. Only four was successful,
:04:23. > :04:27.Fred one of them, but lawyers say this could have implications for
:04:27. > :04:29.coca than workers throughout the UK. Bleddyn Hancock is general
:04:29. > :04:33.secretary of the NACODS union, which supported some of the
:04:33. > :04:39.claimants. This has been a long fight for many of the men who work
:04:39. > :04:43.here, hasn't it? Yes, indeed. We have seen one of the gentleman
:04:43. > :04:48.there, Malcolm Cook, from a group set up in 1995, so they have been
:04:48. > :04:52.plugging away for a long time, and all credit to them. We got involved
:04:52. > :04:56.five years ago and got a letter of claim to the government in 2008,
:04:56. > :05:02.and they decided to contest the cases, as did the coalition, and
:05:02. > :05:07.finally it got into the High Court in Cardiff in 20th October 11. It
:05:07. > :05:10.ended in the High Court in London nearly a year ago -- October at
:05:10. > :05:14.2000 per 11. Today we have a very good judgment.
:05:14. > :05:19.It is this the last now of those big coal industry compensation
:05:19. > :05:26.cases, the last in the line? There have been so many over the years.
:05:26. > :05:30.Yes indeed. We have fought several and one some of the biggest ones in
:05:30. > :05:34.the world in NACODS, and this is likely to be the last great group
:05:34. > :05:37.actions for individuals claiming as a result of the terrible action --
:05:37. > :05:41.damage the coal industry did. you watch the archive pictures from
:05:41. > :05:45.a few decades ago, the one thing that strikes me is the lack of
:05:45. > :05:49.health and safety, these men are not using facial production --
:05:49. > :05:53.protection, their eyes, mouths and noses are not covered, there
:05:53. > :05:56.doesn't seem to be basic health and safety observed. The judge made
:05:56. > :06:01.this comment in her judgment. She said these were appalling
:06:01. > :06:04.conditions, described as the filthiest factory in Europe. One of
:06:04. > :06:08.the experts described it as pretty appalling, and she agreed. The one
:06:08. > :06:12.point she made was that management was reactive, not proactive,
:06:13. > :06:16.instead of getting on with the job of protecting the men, they were
:06:16. > :06:19.reacting to breakdowns or catastrophes at the plant.
:06:19. > :06:24.celebration for some families tonight but for others, this has
:06:24. > :06:28.come too late. Yes. I think the politicians of the major parties
:06:28. > :06:32.who have fought these cases need to look at themselves, because this
:06:32. > :06:35.has been bad government, bad justice and bad value for the
:06:35. > :06:39.taxpayer. These cases should have been settled in Lord Justice quite
:06:39. > :06:43.some years ago, but I am delighted that at last we have got justice
:06:43. > :06:47.for these families. Bleddyn Hancock, thank you.
:06:47. > :06:49.The man accused of a series of hit- and-runs in Cardiff last Friday has
:06:49. > :06:52.appeared at Newport Crown Court today via video link. 31-year-old
:06:52. > :06:55.Matthew Tvrdon is charged with the murder of Karina Menzies and the
:06:55. > :06:59.attempted murder of 13 others, plus four charges of assault and one of
:06:59. > :07:02.dangerous driving. He has been remanded in custody.
:07:02. > :07:06.People living in Ely have been organising events to raise money
:07:06. > :07:08.for Karina Menzies's children. The fund's organisers are planning an
:07:08. > :07:14.auction of sports memorabilia and other activities, and say they've
:07:15. > :07:17.been astonished at the level of support so far.
:07:17. > :07:21.The future of Cwmcarn High School is being discussed by Caerphilly
:07:21. > :07:25.Council tonight after asbestos was found in its main block. The school
:07:25. > :07:28.has been closed for more than a week. Pupils in Years 10, 11, 12
:07:28. > :07:31.and 13 have returned to lessons in another part of the building. The
:07:31. > :07:34.headteacher wants to move the whole school to a new location while the
:07:34. > :07:35.issue is resolved, but the council has been advised to consider
:07:36. > :07:45.demolishing the school. Our education correspondent, Gwenfair
:07:46. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:56.Griffith, is at the meeting. This was an emergency measure, so
:07:56. > :07:59.this will only affect this academic year, but parents here were
:07:59. > :08:03.delighted to tonight to hear that Cwmcarn High School will stay
:08:03. > :08:06.together. One of the options considered was to disperse the
:08:06. > :08:13.pupils to different schools in the Caerphilly Council area, but they
:08:14. > :08:17.have been told tonight that pupils will be taking to the former Ebbw
:08:17. > :08:22.Vale campus of the college in Gwent to be taught lessons there. It does
:08:22. > :08:27.mean up to 40 minutes Ginnie for pupils but parents said it will be
:08:27. > :08:31.worth it. -- 40 minutes' journey. Some parents are with me tonight,
:08:31. > :08:36.Nichola James, what did you think? It was positive that the children
:08:36. > :08:39.will stay together. It still raises concerns over what will happen
:08:39. > :08:44.after this academic Click -- academic year which I would like
:08:44. > :08:49.the council to address in the short term, so it would be nice if we
:08:49. > :08:54.heard in the next week or two what could happen. A so you still have
:08:54. > :08:57.worries? Yes, over the long term of the school, but at least in the
:08:57. > :09:01.short term, there are guaranteed to stay together until the end of the
:09:01. > :09:05.academic year. What were your worries about the other options
:09:05. > :09:09.considered? Some of the other options were dispersing children to
:09:09. > :09:14.other schools in the area. Obviously that is a concern because
:09:14. > :09:18.not only do we separate the children then but we also lose some
:09:18. > :09:23.teaching staff which make the score as valuable as it is. Some of the
:09:23. > :09:28.pupils are here with us. They haven't been in school for 10 days.
:09:28. > :09:34.How has that affected you? Our work has gone down quite a bit. We have
:09:34. > :09:37.been given a lot of work on Twitter and over Facebook, but it is a
:09:37. > :09:41.problem and when we go back to school, I can't wait to get back
:09:41. > :09:46.into the classroom and see my friends. How worried has the school
:09:46. > :09:51.been about the asbestos? Quite worried, because lots of people
:09:51. > :09:55.from different places have been worried about the effects of it and
:09:55. > :09:58.whether we will be affected by it. What were your thoughts after the
:09:58. > :10:03.meeting tonight? We were really happy that we could all be together
:10:03. > :10:08.again and go back to school. Thank you for talking to us. Happy pupils
:10:08. > :10:11.and parents here. They will be moving to the new school by 5th
:10:11. > :10:15.November. The jury at an inquest into the
:10:15. > :10:18.death of a 12-year-old boy who died when a set of goalposts fell on him
:10:18. > :10:20.has reached a verdict of accidental death. Casey Breese was playing
:10:20. > :10:24.football with friends in Caersws when the posts, which weighed more
:10:24. > :10:27.than 17 stone, toppled over and landed on his back. The jury said
:10:27. > :10:30.the accidental death was due to the inadequate and unsuitable equipment
:10:30. > :10:38.being used. Afterwards, Casey's parents said they hope lessons have
:10:38. > :10:42.been learnt. Having been present at the inquest
:10:42. > :10:45.over the last two days has given us the opportunity to listen to the
:10:45. > :10:50.full circumstances and all the evidence available. We hope that as
:10:50. > :10:55.a result of this inquiry, lessons are learnt to prevent any such a
:10:55. > :10:59.careers ever happening again. -- a Kerins.
:10:59. > :11:01.The family of four people who died in a house fire in Prestatyn say
:11:01. > :11:04.they've been overwhelmed by the support of the community following
:11:04. > :11:06.their deaths. Today, inquests were opened and adjourned into the
:11:06. > :11:09.deaths of Lee-Anna Shiers, her 15- month-old son, Charlie, four-year-
:11:09. > :11:12.old nephew, Bailey Allen, and two- year-old niece, Skye. A 45-year-old
:11:12. > :11:16.man arrested at the weekend has been released without charge, and a
:11:16. > :11:19.42 year old woman who was also arrested has been released on bail.
:11:19. > :11:23.It has similar effects to ecstasy and cocaine, and the use of
:11:23. > :11:26.mephedrone, or meow meow, in Wales has more than doubled in a year.
:11:26. > :11:28.Between April and June this year, there was a 165 per cent increase
:11:28. > :11:30.in the number of mephedrone offences compared to the same
:11:30. > :11:40.period last year, and schoolchildren are being offered
:11:40. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:47."tasters" of the drug for as little as 20p. Steffan Powell reports.
:11:47. > :11:53.This woman was addicted to mephedrone and at one point spent
:11:53. > :11:58.up to �1,000 a week on her habit. She doesn't want to be identified.
:11:58. > :12:05.The lowest point for me it was when I thought I couldn't cope any more
:12:05. > :12:09.with life, I couldn't pay bills, I couldn't keep my flat together,
:12:09. > :12:13.little things of paying my car insurance, I couldn't focus on that,
:12:13. > :12:19.so I thought the easiest way instead of causing shame for my
:12:19. > :12:22.family with fraud was that I would kill myself. And they took two
:12:22. > :12:27.tents on my life. Two years ago, mephedrone was
:12:27. > :12:32.considered a legal height, but despite being made illegal in April
:12:32. > :12:38.2010, the image hasn't changed, and this is a concern for the police.
:12:38. > :12:42.The real crucial step for us is the public perception, and to see this
:12:42. > :12:52.as a dirty, dangerous drug. There's nothing glamourous about new
:12:52. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:02.You don't know what you are putting in your system.
:13:02. > :13:08.Mephedrone is cheap to buy. A gram of meow meow typically costs
:13:08. > :13:13.between �10-�20, less than half the average cost of cocaine. Mephedrone
:13:13. > :13:16.tasters are being offered to children for as little as 20p. Come
:13:16. > :13:21.to account like this one, and this is where police say meow meow is
:13:21. > :13:26.becoming a significant problem -- to a town. They say West Wales as
:13:26. > :13:30.an area we use is growing, but not just here. Across the country its
:13:30. > :13:33.popularity has doubled this year alone. And to show just how
:13:33. > :13:43.widespread the problem has become, whilst filming here in the middle
:13:43. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:49.of the afternoon, I was offered In the past 12 months I have been
:13:49. > :13:53.running the service, and I keep a record of the referrals were
:13:53. > :13:57.different problematic drug use, and in the last 12 months, mephedrone
:13:57. > :14:02.has gone from zero referrals to nearly half all my referrals, 48
:14:02. > :14:05.per cent in the last 12 months for problematic mephedrone use.
:14:05. > :14:10.Mephedrone can cause psychosis, insomnia and potentially fatal
:14:10. > :14:13.heart or breathing issues, and once you start using it, it is very
:14:13. > :14:18.difficult to stop. I could never have dreamt of ever
:14:18. > :14:22.trying to take my life, but meow meow just consumes you, it eats
:14:22. > :14:26.away at you, when nothing else exists any more.
:14:26. > :14:31.Much more to come before 7:00pm. Wind turbines and pylons bitterly
:14:31. > :14:41.dividing communities in Mid Wales. And what the biggest change to
:14:41. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:46.policing here in 200 years means The Governor of the Bank of England,
:14:46. > :14:50.Sir Mervyn King, is about to make a major speech in Cardiff this
:14:50. > :14:52.evening. It's part of a two-day fact-finding visit to Wales by the
:14:52. > :14:56.bank's Monetary Policy Committee, who, among other things, set
:14:56. > :14:59.interest rates. It's the first time for 11 years that the nine-man
:14:59. > :15:09.committee has visited Wales. Here's our economics correspondent, Sarah
:15:09. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:13.Welsh business people meet the chief economist for the Bank of
:15:13. > :15:19.England, telling him how our fragile economy is affecting them
:15:19. > :15:22.on the ground. This is just one of a series of gatherings explaining
:15:22. > :15:26.the Welsh economic experience to the Bank of England.
:15:26. > :15:30.Consumers have been hit by one of the biggest falls in real income in
:15:30. > :15:35.the last 40 years, and consumer expenditure is two-thirds of
:15:35. > :15:39.expenditure in the economy, so people on the High Street buying
:15:39. > :15:44.consumer goods -- making consumer goods, are very concerned, also
:15:44. > :15:47.people making big -- big-ticket products like cars and so on.
:15:47. > :15:51.The man from the Bank of England committee are meeting business
:15:51. > :15:56.leaders across all of Wales, large and small, and people from
:15:56. > :15:59.different sectors. Of course they had to come here, because the car
:15:59. > :16:04.components sector is so important to Wales. But speak to people in
:16:04. > :16:07.that sector, and some who have weathered this -- the storm so far
:16:08. > :16:12.are concerned about what is happening in Europe, particularly
:16:12. > :16:15.the Eurozone. Other people in other parts of the economy are more
:16:15. > :16:19.optimistic. There is a strong sense of optimism in this company in
:16:19. > :16:23.Caerphilly, and they have told the Bank of England. They have expanded
:16:23. > :16:27.their sight and taken the work falls from 25-40 workers making
:16:27. > :16:31.valves for oil, gas, nuclear and defence industries.
:16:31. > :16:36.We have had a growth of over 25 per cent this year. We seem to be
:16:36. > :16:41.booming, continuously obtaining grows, and next year we expect a
:16:41. > :16:46.further 75-100 per cent gross and a turnover again. Are you optimistic
:16:46. > :16:50.about the health of the economy? are optimistic that our business
:16:50. > :16:53.and what we are gaining from the industry. We have managed to obtain
:16:53. > :16:57.business from the oil and gas sector in Pembrokeshire, so there
:16:57. > :17:00.are still contracts coming forward. The recession is affecting every
:17:00. > :17:05.company different league, and the committee members at the Bank of
:17:05. > :17:09.England will be told many different stories as they tore Wales. What
:17:10. > :17:12.they hear will help to inform their future decisions. In the next hour,
:17:13. > :17:17.businesses will gather in Cardiff for the Governor of the Bank of
:17:17. > :17:19.England to make a major speech about how he sees our economy now.
:17:19. > :17:26.The Labour AM for Llanelli, Keith Davies, has been released from
:17:26. > :17:29.hospital after being taken ill last month.
:17:29. > :17:32.An investigation by BBC Wales has found that plans for more wind
:17:32. > :17:34.farms and pylons in mid Wales are dividing communities. Many people
:17:34. > :17:37.who support these developments say they feel too intimidated to voice
:17:37. > :17:40.their views in public. There are currently two dozen applications
:17:40. > :17:43.for wind farms in Mid Wales, as well as 30 miles of new pylons.
:17:43. > :17:47.Iolo ap Dafydd reports. Opposition to new wind farms has
:17:47. > :17:51.strengthened during the past year- and-a-half, especially in Powys.
:17:51. > :17:55.With plans to treble the number of turbines and build new pylons in
:17:55. > :17:59.mid-Wales, often noisy demonstrations are held outside
:17:59. > :18:03.council meetings. So much so that some in Montgomeryshire say they
:18:03. > :18:06.feel too intimidated to voice support for wind farms.
:18:06. > :18:10.There is certainly a feeling of intimidation for people who want to
:18:10. > :18:16.know more about them. Coming from people who are stuck fast in
:18:16. > :18:20.against them, there is public confrontation in these meetings and
:18:20. > :18:23.I feel it is down to jealousy, and the feeling that money will
:18:23. > :18:29.exchange hands, and one section of the committee will gain financially
:18:29. > :18:35.while the other does not gain anything.
:18:35. > :18:42.Since last year, protest groups have spearheaded the opposition to
:18:42. > :18:47.the Energy plans. I think the people who are looking
:18:47. > :18:51.to develop are doing so for their own reasons, I don't think it is
:18:52. > :18:59.reasonable to allow people to engage in a dialogue -- and I think
:18:59. > :19:02.it is reasonable. They shouldn't really feel too difficult, but --
:19:02. > :19:07.having that dialogue. Many blame the Welsh Government's
:19:07. > :19:12.policy of establishing 7 areas to encourage wind energy development
:19:12. > :19:15.in 2005. The part -- the policy was rushed through according to a
:19:15. > :19:20.former planning officer. Because the Assembly at the time
:19:20. > :19:24.wanted to meet international and national renewable energy targets,
:19:24. > :19:30.although there was a consultation, they perhaps took less notice of
:19:30. > :19:38.the comments they received back because they wanted to give it
:19:38. > :19:42.direction to meet the wind energy targets. Some people say that's why
:19:42. > :19:48.it came out in the first place. Why on application for a large-
:19:48. > :19:52.scale wind farm is near Lake Furno. The owner of the forest is the
:19:52. > :19:57.Welsh Government. If permitted, some of these trees could be cut to
:19:57. > :20:01.allow 35 turbines to be built here. Some of those could be as high as
:20:01. > :20:07.185 metres, more than 600 ft, seven times the height of some of these
:20:07. > :20:11.trees. The fight against turbines and pylons continues. Others say it
:20:11. > :20:14.is creating ill-feeling and divisions in small rural
:20:14. > :20:17.communities. More on that story on Taro Naw on
:20:17. > :20:20.S4C at 9:00pm tonight - English subtitles are available.
:20:20. > :20:24.Owen Roberts, the husband of the Cynon Valley MP, Ann Clwyd, and a
:20:24. > :20:27.former executive at BBC Wales and ITV Wales, has died. Mr Roberts was
:20:27. > :20:33.the head of news and current affairs at BBC Wales during the
:20:33. > :20:37.1970s. He had been treated for multiple sclerosis.
:20:37. > :20:40.Are the police where you live doing a good job? Do you want more
:20:40. > :20:44.bobbies on the beat or more focus on anti-social behaviour? Next
:20:44. > :20:47.month, for the first time, you'll get the chance to vote on a
:20:47. > :20:50.Commissioner to oversee the way the police work in your area. How much
:20:50. > :21:00.power will they have and what will they do? Our political editor,
:21:00. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:09.Betsan Powys, explains. Welcome to the South Wales Police
:21:09. > :21:13.Museum. It has been here since the 1950s. This will remind you of two
:21:13. > :21:18.things, policing has a long history, and over the years an awful lot has
:21:18. > :21:22.changed. We came about in the 1970s, 1980s,
:21:22. > :21:25.when everything reflective, health and safety came in, but that was
:21:25. > :21:28.how an officer would have walked round the beat for 100 years in
:21:28. > :21:32.South Wales. But now we are on the brink of what
:21:32. > :21:36.has been called the biggest change to policing since 1829.
:21:36. > :21:39.You have to go with the change, whatever comes along. You have to
:21:39. > :21:43.go with it. If I was told as a police officer that I had to do
:21:43. > :21:50.something, I did it. And things are about to change again. It looks
:21:50. > :21:52.like it, yes. On 15th November, you will get to choose a new Police and
:21:52. > :21:58.Crime Commissioner for your area, replacing police authorities are
:21:58. > :22:02.currently oversee policing each force area. The idea is to make the
:22:02. > :22:06.police more accountable via one directly elected high-profile
:22:06. > :22:11.individual. So how will the new system work? There are four police
:22:11. > :22:17.force areas in Wales, North Wales, Dyfed Powys, South Wales and Gwent,
:22:17. > :22:21.and each one will now have a commissioner. The road will include
:22:21. > :22:27.appointing a chief constable, setting out a five-year plan, and
:22:27. > :22:32.setting the Annual force budget. For that, they will be paid
:22:32. > :22:36.�65,000-�100,000. It's a major change, so will it work.
:22:36. > :22:39.The biggest element of the change we are talking about in Police and
:22:39. > :22:44.Crime Commissioner has is the fact that you have a single individual
:22:44. > :22:48.holding the chief gunned -- chief constable to account. It is
:22:48. > :22:52.condensing it down to a single individual holding the chief
:22:52. > :22:56.constable to account to deliver on their priorities. That is the big
:22:56. > :23:02.change we are seeing. So how will the new system work?
:23:02. > :23:05.Think rugby club. The commissioner would be the club chairman, sitting
:23:05. > :23:11.above day-to-day operations, setting the general direction and
:23:11. > :23:15.the budget. But the chief constable would be
:23:15. > :23:21.the manager, picking the team, deciding on the tactics and making
:23:21. > :23:26.sure things work on the ground. But as most fans will tell you from
:23:26. > :23:30.experience, it is rarely that simple. What if Commissioner and
:23:30. > :23:34.Chief Constable just don't get on? The operational independence still
:23:34. > :23:38.remains with the Chief Constable, so it is not for the commissioner
:23:38. > :23:43.to direct day-to-day policing activities. That will remain
:23:43. > :23:48.fundamentally with the chief constable. That is the model in
:23:48. > :23:52.which the democratic policing model, it must maintain through this
:23:52. > :23:56.period of change. There are fears that turnout in the
:23:56. > :23:59.election next month Mo -- will be low, but there are 15 candidates
:23:59. > :24:03.out to win your vote with four knowing they will start a new
:24:03. > :24:07.chapter in history -- the history of policing in Wales.
:24:07. > :24:10.You can't find a full list of candidates on our website. -- but
:24:10. > :24:12.you can find. Football, and Cardiff City could
:24:12. > :24:15.return to the top of the Championship table if they beat
:24:15. > :24:18.Watford at home tonight. Craig Bellamy could feature - the striker
:24:18. > :24:21.has been recovering from a knee problem. Newport County take on
:24:21. > :24:24.Yate Town, and the winner will make it through to the first round
:24:24. > :24:26.proper of the FA Cup. We'll bring you the results in our late
:24:26. > :24:30.bulletin. If you're off to the footy, you'll
:24:30. > :24:37.need a woolly hat. It's getting need a woolly hat. It's getting
:24:37. > :24:41.Mild at the moment, but football fans will need their scarves by the
:24:41. > :24:44.end of the week - it is going to turn colder. Most of Wales grey and
:24:44. > :24:47.gloomy today, but a few lucky places saw the sun. Alex Birtwistle
:24:47. > :24:50.took this picture of blue sky in Ystradgynlais, while Porthmadog in
:24:50. > :24:54.Gwynedd was one of the warmest places in the UK with a temperature
:24:54. > :24:59.of 17 Celsius. Tonight mild and cloudy, with a few spots of light
:24:59. > :25:06.rain or drizzle. Misty in places - less fog than last night but still
:25:06. > :25:09.some poor visibility, especially on high ground. Tomorrow's chart shows
:25:09. > :25:12.low pressure to the west of Portugal, high pressure near
:25:12. > :25:18.Iceland and a cold front which is heading our way. So tomorrow
:25:18. > :25:23.morning another grey, cloudy start. Quite mild - 12 Celsius in
:25:23. > :25:31.Dolgellau. Breezy on Anglesey, misty in the north-east, with fog
:25:31. > :25:34.on the Denbigh Moors. Damp and misty in the Marches, and fog and
:25:34. > :25:39.drizzle on the hills of Powys and the Brecon Beacons. During the day,
:25:39. > :25:42.the fog will lift. Plenty of cloud, grey in the east with drizzle, dry
:25:42. > :25:47.and brighter in the west and south- west downwind of the mountains,
:25:47. > :25:51.with a little sunshine on the Cardigan Bay coast. Top temperature
:25:51. > :25:55.16 Celsius, with a light to moderate north-easterly breeze.
:25:55. > :26:02.Tomorrow night generally cloudy. Spots of drizzle in the east with
:26:02. > :26:07.mist and hill fog. Thursday mostly cloudy, with the odd spot of rain
:26:07. > :26:11.or drizzle in Powys and the north- east. Brighter in the south-west,
:26:11. > :26:14.north-west Gwynedd and on the west coast. On Thursday night into
:26:14. > :26:17.Friday, cold air will seep down from the north, bringing a drop in
:26:17. > :26:20.temperature. So 16 Celsius in places tomorrow, but half that on
:26:20. > :26:23.Saturday. A cold end to the week, but clearer with some sunshine and
:26:23. > :26:33.frost. At the moment, Saturday looks like the best day of the
:26:33. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:48.weekend. Sunday, though, may turn wet and windy. So a change on the
:26:48. > :26:58.way. And it looks like November will start chilly and unsettled
:26:58. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:05.with some snow likely on the Derek, thank you. The headlines
:27:05. > :27:08.again: The head -- Director-General of the BBC faced questions today
:27:08. > :27:11.over the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. He admitted the
:27:11. > :27:15.corporation's handling of the affair has raised questions of
:27:15. > :27:19.trust in the BBC. He also said the Newsnight investigation should not
:27:19. > :27:23.have been dropped. Former workers at the phurnacite
:27:24. > :27:28.coking plant in Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley have won claims that
:27:28. > :27:34.toxic fumes and dust damage their health. A High Court judge ruled
:27:34. > :27:40.that working editions left to spirit -- respiratory diseases and