:00:05. > :00:10.Hello. Thursday's headlines: New figures show we're spending
:00:10. > :00:12.less on the High Street. Now warnings our shopping centres face
:00:12. > :00:15.tough times in the run-up to Christmas.
:00:15. > :00:21.It's been really quiet. We're hoping it'll pick up the end of
:00:21. > :00:27.November and into December. The Christmas lights have just been
:00:27. > :00:37.turned on in Cardiff. I'll find out if what we spend gives retailers
:00:37. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:50.Also tonight: What happens to soldiers after
:00:50. > :00:53.they've left the frontline? A review's looking at whether we need
:00:53. > :00:58.a permanent base helping veterans in Wales.
:00:58. > :01:04.The growing number of blind people struggling with bills. A call for
:01:04. > :01:07.more help for those living below the breadline.
:01:07. > :01:12.And reassurance for Sam Warburton. Dropped for the Samoa game, but
:01:12. > :01:15.he's still the first-choice captain. Good evening. The body representing
:01:15. > :01:18.large retailers here is warning consumer confidence is at a six-
:01:18. > :01:20.month low, and it's fearing the worst just weeks before Christmas.
:01:20. > :01:26.People are facing a squeeze on their disposable income and new
:01:26. > :01:28.figures suggest we're spending less on the High Street. Well, it's
:01:28. > :01:38.late-night shopping tonight and our Business Correspondent Nick Servini
:01:38. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:43.is in Cardiff for us. A drop in the amount of clothing
:01:43. > :01:47.people have been buying has been behind one of the factors behind
:01:47. > :01:53.the figures that have come out today. The retailers will be trying
:01:53. > :01:57.to change things over the course of the next six weeks. It is a hugely
:01:57. > :02:03.important time. For many retailers, they can make as many as half their
:02:03. > :02:08.annual profits during the course of the Christmas period. If they have
:02:08. > :02:12.a bad Christmas, it means that they have a bad year. It is a big night
:02:12. > :02:18.in Cardiff. The Christmas lights have just come on. His is all to
:02:18. > :02:21.get people in the Christmas mode and to spend more. So the timing of
:02:21. > :02:27.the release of today's figures was significant because it is a
:02:27. > :02:33.critical time for retailers as they gear up for the festive period.
:02:33. > :02:37.This lady and owns a flat shop. She says she started Christmas early to
:02:37. > :02:42.try to drum up trade. October was one of her was man's and sales were
:02:42. > :02:46.down by at least a quarter. last we call two, people are
:02:46. > :02:53.starting to look towards Christmas and starting to spend more. But
:02:53. > :02:57.still, it is not enough. All the big stores offer so much more. And
:02:57. > :03:02.at lower prices. The smaller retailer or does not get another
:03:02. > :03:06.chance. From the town to the city centre, this store in Cardiff is
:03:06. > :03:10.the largest outside of the south- east of England. So far up on the
:03:10. > :03:15.year and in recent months, but they are not taking anything for granted.
:03:15. > :03:20.We have got to be realistic. The economy is still fragile. We are
:03:20. > :03:25.still trying to see growth. We have got be realistic in terms of their
:03:25. > :03:30.approach. Christmas is going to be strong. It is a fact that we need
:03:30. > :03:35.to stick to our who values. views of the current state of the
:03:35. > :03:45.high street which give us a reader the Lynch snapshot of how many s
:03:45. > :03:50.are feeling it financially. Sales of clothing and shoes was down 2.3%.
:03:50. > :03:55.Compared with this time last year, the overall volume of sales was up
:03:56. > :03:59.0.6%. Another standard figure today from the Office for National
:03:59. > :04:04.Statistics was that the average weekly spend on the internet has
:04:04. > :04:10.gone up by 11% on the year. That was reflected in the centre of
:04:10. > :04:15.Carmarthen today. I think it is internet shopping. Piggott's take
:04:15. > :04:20.advantage of cheaper prices. Find out where they are coming from. --
:04:20. > :04:28.it is internet shopping. I have bought two books for half price.
:04:28. > :04:32.Anything big, I would go one the internet. This lady and her son
:04:32. > :04:35.living on Deeside. She is having to make tough choices when it comes to
:04:36. > :04:40.spending this Christmas because a few months ago, she was made
:04:40. > :04:45.redundant from her job in a solicitor's. Last year, she says
:04:45. > :04:50.first Christmas budget was run to �150. This year, it will be half
:04:50. > :04:54.that. When you going to the shops, you spend money on petrol and food
:04:54. > :04:59.one you were right because you have to buy lunch. When you were at home,
:04:59. > :05:03.it is a lot cheaper. A lot of the things are half the price on some
:05:03. > :05:08.websites. The high street is clearly facing major challengers.
:05:08. > :05:15.But it has bases for a number of years now and has proved more
:05:15. > :05:21.resilient than many have given it credit for. Some differences on the
:05:21. > :05:24.state of the high street. Huge crowds year out tonight as people
:05:24. > :05:29.are building up for the Christmas season. It was interesting speaking
:05:29. > :05:33.to retailers in Cardiff there was that plague warning from the Wash
:05:33. > :05:36.Retail Consortium, contrasted with a number of retailers hope that
:05:36. > :05:41.they have gone through a difficult period, they are resilient and
:05:41. > :05:49.think things are looking reasonably up. Let's have a word with a few
:05:49. > :05:54.gusts. -- gusts. By choosing we are at in terms of the high street?
:05:54. > :05:59.high street is not good. There is a high rate of shop vacancies. People
:05:59. > :06:03.are spending more online. Thames cent of retail sales are not online.
:06:03. > :06:06.Today's figures are worrying for the retail sector in the UK. The
:06:06. > :06:10.growth is not as much as people expected and this year's sales
:06:10. > :06:14.figures have been practically the last -- the same as last year's. By
:06:14. > :06:18.the people are holding back for a big spending spree at Christmas, I
:06:18. > :06:21.do not know. Let's get another perspective. What your members
:06:21. > :06:27.telling you about what they are expecting over Christmas? It is
:06:27. > :06:30.very difficult. They are saying that retail sales at the top of a
:06:30. > :06:35.tree of economic indicators and businesses, all contributing.
:06:35. > :06:39.Essentially, it means what we have got in a pocket to spend at
:06:39. > :06:42.Christmas. If the economy and the high street is not doing well, it
:06:42. > :06:48.is not doing well elsewhere. They have been good signs. More people
:06:48. > :06:51.in jobs. But inflation has gone up. Normally, though things do not go
:06:51. > :06:56.hand in hand. We do not know exactly what is going on so it is
:06:56. > :07:01.very hard to predict what this Christmas will bring. But we have
:07:02. > :07:05.this trade-off between the shoppers and in terms of what is happening
:07:05. > :07:09.in terms of the Consumers'? There is already at some pre- Christmas
:07:09. > :07:15.discounting going on. I have noticed that as I have walked
:07:15. > :07:18.through the city centre. Consumers are looking for a bargain. They are
:07:18. > :07:22.looking for value-for-money. They need to make their money stretch as
:07:22. > :07:28.far as they can. So anything that gives them a deal. Anything that
:07:28. > :07:33.gives them a way of stretching their budget will be welcomed.
:07:33. > :07:38.are here in Cardiff city centre, a huge amount of investment in terms
:07:38. > :07:41.of the retail. But many of your members are in town centres, a high
:07:41. > :07:44.streets up and down the country and things are very difficult birth.
:07:44. > :07:48.They are very difficult, but the opportunities they have got a lot
:07:48. > :07:52.of a good as well. They have something to offer that the big
:07:52. > :07:58.retail brands cannot give. That is something a unique, special, local.
:07:58. > :08:03.There will be selling on value, quality, service. Adding that
:08:03. > :08:07.something extra over and above simply a cheaper priced item.
:08:07. > :08:11.must talk about inflation. It is the lingering thing going on in the
:08:11. > :08:17.economy at the moment. We're out of recession. Unemployment is coming
:08:17. > :08:20.down. But disposable cash has come down. Wages are not keeping up.
:08:20. > :08:25.That is why people are looking to insure. There are also going up,
:08:25. > :08:30.their wages are not going up or are even coming down, and they have got
:08:30. > :08:34.Christmas. And I think when people are feeling the heat of a recession,
:08:34. > :08:38.something like Christmas that can be a big celebration, they do not
:08:38. > :08:45.think they will go without this year, so will people stop spending?
:08:45. > :08:48.They do nothing fog so. -- I do not think so. With the small shops on
:08:48. > :08:52.the high street, these can often be a way you can buy goods and
:08:52. > :08:56.presents for people that you want find in the town centres. You want
:08:56. > :09:06.find this city centres. By the degree that we should support
:09:06. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:09.smaller independent traders will have you can. Thank you very much.
:09:09. > :09:12.Thank you very much. The former Conservative Treasurer,
:09:12. > :09:16.Lord McAlpine, says he doesn't want to meet the man who wrongly accused
:09:16. > :09:18.him of abusing him, but he says Steve Meesham is a victim and he
:09:18. > :09:21.has sympathy with him. In an interview with the BBC, Lord
:09:21. > :09:30.McAlpine said the Newsnight programme should've called him to
:09:30. > :09:35.ask about the allegations. course they should have called me.
:09:35. > :09:41.And I would have told them exactly what they learnt later on. What was
:09:41. > :09:46.that? That it was complete rubbish and that I had only ever been to
:09:46. > :09:51.Wrexham once in my life. They could have saved themselves a lot of
:09:51. > :09:57.agonising. And many, actually. If they had just made that telephone
:09:57. > :10:00.calls. He if we return briefly back to Steve Meesham, he has made a
:10:00. > :10:08.comment that he sincerely apologises and that he would like
:10:08. > :10:13.to meet here. Pride you feel about that? I do not want to meet him. I
:10:13. > :10:21.see what he feels like. I do not want to go there again. I want to
:10:21. > :10:25.get this over. I want to get it cleared up. I just do not want to
:10:25. > :10:28.do that. Lord McAlpine speaking to the BBC's
:10:28. > :10:31.Becky Milligan. The issue of what happens to our
:10:31. > :10:34.veterans after they return to civilian life is one we've featured
:10:34. > :10:37.extensively on Wales Today this year. A report by Health
:10:37. > :10:39.Inspectorate Wales, which took evidence from 250 people associated
:10:39. > :10:43.with the armed forces, made a series of recommendations back in
:10:43. > :10:46.May. Among them was the establishing of a permanent
:10:46. > :10:49.residential centre for veterans in Wales. Professor Rosemary Kennedy
:10:49. > :10:56.has today been tasked with leading a review into whether such a centre
:10:56. > :10:59.is needed and she joins me now. What would a centre like this do
:10:59. > :11:03.question a kid could fulfil a number of functions. On other
:11:03. > :11:07.things we would need to do is to look at the responses that came
:11:07. > :11:12.back to the health inspector it Wales. Because for some people,
:11:12. > :11:16.what they need is just a signpost through hugely complicates it
:11:16. > :11:20.things like pensions and grants or how to get themselves into a new
:11:20. > :11:25.career and some career development opportunities. For others, it is
:11:25. > :11:28.much more of a lasting half a support that they need. And
:11:28. > :11:34.possibly residential accommodation for short periods for assessment of
:11:34. > :11:37.for respite care. And support for their families. Because they
:11:37. > :11:42.require it, as well. The row centres like this in Scotland, in
:11:42. > :11:47.England. -- there are centres like this. By you surprise we have not
:11:47. > :11:53.got one in Wales? The centres that have been established principle
:11:53. > :11:57.League -- principally in England have certainly come to Wales. We
:11:57. > :12:00.have a significant proportion of armed forces recruited in Wales for
:12:00. > :12:06.will return here we have to look at how we can provide all the support
:12:06. > :12:15.that they need. But Government has asked you to carry out this revered.
:12:15. > :12:24.His bare and of political will to see this through? I'm sure this.
:12:24. > :12:28.is there enough political will? have been looking at the terms
:12:28. > :12:31.between the armed forces. We have got a spread of these around Wales.
:12:31. > :12:36.I'm sure they're keen to ensure we provide the best support in
:12:36. > :12:42.whatever way that is determined. How long will this review take?
:12:42. > :12:45.have been given a quite a new tight timescale. The group have got until
:12:45. > :12:49.May so we will be delivering to that time frame. Thank you very
:12:49. > :12:51.much. Polls have been open all day in
:12:51. > :12:54.elections to select police commissioners for Wales' four
:12:54. > :12:57.forces. The commissioners will have the power to appoint chief
:12:57. > :13:02.constables and set budgets, but they will not dictate day-to-day
:13:02. > :13:07.operations. In Cardiff South and Penarth, there's also a
:13:07. > :13:17.parliamentary by-election. And we'll bring you full coverage
:13:17. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :13:22.of all the results in our Part of the M4 near Swansea was
:13:22. > :13:25.closed for seven hours earlier after a lorry overturned, spilling
:13:25. > :13:27.boxes of frozen ready-meals onto the road. The accident happened
:13:27. > :13:29.near Penllergaer. There were long tailbacks. No-one was seriously
:13:29. > :13:32.injured. A woman who was taken ill after her
:13:32. > :13:35.car was deliberately set on fire outside her home in Wrexham has
:13:35. > :13:42.died in hospital. Dorothy Dudley- Smith was 78. A man's been arrested
:13:42. > :13:46.and released on bail. You're watching Wales Today. Still
:13:46. > :13:56.ahead: "It was always in the plan". Rob Howley defends changing half
:13:56. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:02.the team for the Samoa game. Allegations that children in
:14:02. > :14:05.Ceredigion are being told off for speaking English in school and on
:14:05. > :14:08.the yard have been removed from an anonymous website. The individuals
:14:08. > :14:11.behind the site say they've been accused of making things up but
:14:11. > :14:14.insist all they wanted to do was assess how much concern there is
:14:14. > :14:17.amongst parents. Our reporter, Cemlyn Davies, is in our
:14:17. > :14:27.Aberystwyth newsroom this evening. What more do we know about this
:14:27. > :14:30.site? The website was set up in the middle of October and since then it
:14:30. > :14:34.has published a number of allegations including claims some
:14:34. > :14:38.schools are using a traffic light system to punish children were
:14:38. > :14:44.caught speaking English. The report suggested some children are going
:14:44. > :14:48.home afraid of speaking English for fear of being told off. These
:14:48. > :14:52.allegations are completely anonymous. We have no idea who is
:14:52. > :14:56.behind this website or how many people are involved. We have been
:14:56. > :15:01.in contact with them but they would not give us their names or an
:15:01. > :15:05.interview either. Tonight, the allegations have been removed from
:15:05. > :15:09.the website and a new statement has been published by those involved
:15:09. > :15:12.and that says the people have been accused of making things up and all
:15:13. > :15:16.they wanted to do was assess how much concerned it is and draw
:15:16. > :15:21.attention to the issue. They say tonight they have managed to do
:15:21. > :15:29.that. The story has appeared in a number of national newspapers over
:15:29. > :15:35.the last few days. It was in the Daily Mail today. What more has
:15:35. > :15:39.been said about this website? number of people have taken to
:15:39. > :15:44.social media sites. Some have contacted the BBC as well asking so
:15:44. > :15:49.much -- asking why so much attention is being paid to this
:15:49. > :15:54.anonymous campaign. In the meantime, the Cabinet member with
:15:54. > :15:58.responsibility for education in Ceredigion has said he would be
:15:58. > :16:08.happy this -- to discuss any concerns with the person or persons
:16:08. > :16:13.behind the website. The council also says the council find it very
:16:13. > :16:17.difficult to believe the accusations have any basis. The
:16:17. > :16:21.Children's Commissioner has also been made aware of the issue and he
:16:21. > :16:24.will be listening to interested parties in due course.
:16:24. > :16:27.Police are investigating a ram-raid at a shop in Cardiff. Thousands of
:16:27. > :16:31.pounds worth of cigarettes were stolen from a Co-op store in the
:16:31. > :16:33.Danescourt area of the city in the early hours of this morning. Three
:16:33. > :16:36.men are believed to have been involved.
:16:36. > :16:39.A formal complaint has been filed against the accountancy firm Ernst
:16:39. > :16:41.& Young in connection with the collapse of the Christmas hamper
:16:41. > :16:44.company, Farepak, six years ago. It left thousands of people across
:16:44. > :16:46.Wales out of pocket. The disciplinary body for auditors, the
:16:46. > :16:49.Financial Reporting Council, alleges that the firm failed to
:16:49. > :16:59.consider Farepak's ability to continue as a going concern. A
:16:59. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:03.tribunal hearing will be held next year.
:17:03. > :17:05.A supermarket chain has withdrawn its application to build a new
:17:05. > :17:08.store in Llandeilo. Sainsbury's said continued delays and
:17:08. > :17:13.uncertainty over approval for the store had made it impossible to
:17:13. > :17:18.continue. Campaigners opposed to having a supermarket in the town
:17:18. > :17:21.have welcomed the decision. A third of blind or partially
:17:21. > :17:25.sighted people in Wales are living in poverty, according to the
:17:25. > :17:28.charity RNIB Cymru. It says the figure is "shocking", and is
:17:28. > :17:37.calling for more help for those living below the breadline. Carwyn
:17:37. > :17:41.Jones reports. Danny Eggar lost his sight when he
:17:41. > :17:47.was 16. He's now 24 and despite having qualifications and years of
:17:47. > :17:55.voluntary work under his belt, he's found it difficult to get a job.
:17:55. > :18:00.He's currently unemployed and says he's struggling to make ends meet.
:18:00. > :18:05.Their iron people out there my age who have nothing wrong with them --
:18:05. > :18:11.they are young people and they don't want to work. I want to work
:18:11. > :18:18.but I have no choice. I have to pay my rent and gas and electric and
:18:18. > :18:21.water. Danny is one of a hundred thousand people living in Wales who
:18:21. > :18:24.are blind or partially sighted and one in three of those is living in
:18:24. > :18:28.poverty. That's according to a report released today by two
:18:28. > :18:32.charities - the Bevan Foundation and RNIB Cymru. The report says
:18:32. > :18:34.it's much harder to get a job if you're blind or partially sighted
:18:34. > :18:44.and you're more likely to experience discrimination by
:18:44. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:48.employers. Visually impaired people face additional costs in their
:18:48. > :18:51.daily lives, like specialist equipment and medical expenses. And
:18:51. > :18:53.while most people with sight loss rely on welfare benefits, there's
:18:53. > :18:59.confusion as to what those entitlements are and to how to
:18:59. > :19:03.apply for them. It is very shocking in this day and age that we have so
:19:03. > :19:10.many people living in poverty. The people I talked to don't have
:19:10. > :19:15.enough money to heat their house and it is their basic right and
:19:15. > :19:19.people should be able to have enough money to heat their homes
:19:19. > :19:21.and be able to eat. The Welsh Government says it's committed to
:19:21. > :19:24.tackling poverty in all its forms. That's an approach welcomed by
:19:24. > :19:27.charities who work with visually impaired people in Wales. But they
:19:27. > :19:33.say much more can be done to support people like Danny, who live
:19:33. > :19:36.below the poverty line. Rugby and Wales' interim head coach,
:19:36. > :19:39.Rob Howley, says Sam Warburton is still the squad captain, despite
:19:39. > :19:41.his exclusion from tomorrow's starting line-up against Samoa.
:19:41. > :19:45.Ospreys flanker Justin Tipuric takes his place, with Ryan Jones
:19:45. > :19:55.skippering the side. But Howley says Warburton remains a special
:19:55. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:00.player. More from Ashleigh Crowter. The finals training session of the
:20:00. > :20:03.week is known as the captains run but which Captain? The Wales
:20:03. > :20:07.management have played down the decision to leave Sam Warburton out
:20:07. > :20:15.of the starting team. They say it was always in the plan to give
:20:15. > :20:20.other players like Justin Tipuric a chance to prove their worth.
:20:20. > :20:27.commonsense approach is needed. You can never pick the same 15. Over
:20:27. > :20:32.the ten year of the coaching team, we have made changes -- changes for
:20:32. > :20:39.this fixture. Sam Warburton has been a special player and is a
:20:39. > :20:44.special player. Sam Warburton is still captain. With Sam Warburton
:20:44. > :20:49.on the bench tomorrow, Ryan Jones will lead the national team for a
:20:49. > :20:54.record-breaking 29th time. Pride does not do it justice. It means
:20:54. > :21:00.the world to me and my family and friends. It will be a pretty
:21:00. > :21:04.special day. The news for read Le Lac Alun Wyn Jones is less cheery.
:21:04. > :21:08.Already ruled out of the autumn internationals, today he learned he
:21:08. > :21:11.needed surgery on his shoulder and is set to miss the rest of his
:21:11. > :21:16.reasons Heineken Cup campaign and possibly the start of the Six
:21:16. > :21:19.Nations. His club partner a Ian Evans sat out training today as a
:21:19. > :21:24.precaution after a back spasm but he is expected to be fit for
:21:24. > :21:28.tomorrow. There will be new combinations of the pitch. Dan
:21:28. > :21:30.Biggar and Mike Phillips at half- back and Ashley Beck will also play
:21:30. > :21:40.his first international at the Millennium Stadium alongside Jamie
:21:40. > :21:43.Roberts. He has been passing on his knowledge. He is one of the big
:21:43. > :21:50.figures in the team and he learned a lot just standing by him and
:21:50. > :21:56.listening to him. He is a big character and it will be great to
:21:56. > :22:00.play alongside him. Samoa have beaten Wales at two World Cups and
:22:00. > :22:04.have only lost by seven points when they met in the Zealand last year.
:22:05. > :22:08.Both sides think they can win tomorrow.
:22:08. > :22:11.There's been a further injury set- back for Wales goalkeeper Wayne
:22:11. > :22:13.Hennessey. The Wolves keeper has had surgery on his injured knee and
:22:13. > :22:16.won't now play until next season. Hennessey originally suffered a
:22:16. > :22:20.cruciate ligament injury in April but then ruptured the same knee in
:22:20. > :22:23.training on Monday. Let's get the weather now with Sue
:22:23. > :22:33.in the centre of Cardiff, where they've been switching on the
:22:33. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:45.The lights are looking festive. Some welcome brightness after a
:22:45. > :22:49.grey day for most of us, but not everywhere. Snowdon and Pen y Fan
:22:49. > :22:51.saw blue skies above the mist. It won't be as foggy tomorrow but it
:22:51. > :22:59.starts cloudy with some mist patches. It's mainly cloudy this
:22:59. > :23:02.evening with mist reforming. Not as foggy as last night though. Mostly
:23:02. > :23:05.dry, although a few spots of drizzle are possible towards dawn
:23:05. > :23:07.as cloud thickens. Cold enough in rural spots for a slight frost,
:23:07. > :23:13.particularly through Powys. These are temperatures for towns and
:23:13. > :23:16.cities, but it'll be colder in the countryside. So first thing
:23:16. > :23:19.tomorrow, a slight frost inland. Some early brightness along the
:23:19. > :23:25.North coast with patchy mist and fog but it'll turn cloudier with
:23:25. > :23:31.outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing from the west. More
:23:31. > :23:35.persistent by late afternoon. Freshening winds too with
:23:35. > :23:41.temperatures suppressed by the cloud and rain. Just 7C in Wrexham
:23:41. > :23:48.and Flintshire. Just about getting into double figures along the south
:23:48. > :23:51.coast. So it's dull and it could turn wet through the evening if
:23:51. > :24:01.you're heading to the rugby in Cardiff, Wales against Samoa, at
:24:01. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:13.Cardiff, Wales against Samoa, at the Millennium Stadium.
:24:13. > :24:16.It's Pudsey's big day tomorrow. Before Children In Need starts,
:24:16. > :24:19.we're looking at some of the projects in Wales that benefit from
:24:19. > :24:22.your donations. Louise Elliott has been to see one charity working
:24:22. > :24:26.with young carers. I think all of us should agree that childhood
:24:26. > :24:29.should be a special time. But I want to tell you about some
:24:29. > :24:34.children who live in Wales who don't have what most of us would
:24:34. > :24:37.call a normal childhood. This is Wrexham and the children here are
:24:37. > :24:44.taking part in a group organised by Barnardo's and funded by Children
:24:44. > :24:50.In Need. The children are all young carers and today, they are dressed
:24:50. > :24:59.up as soon be Euros. That is just what they are. He rose caring for
:24:59. > :25:02.others. It might involve caring for parents with a disability or
:25:02. > :25:07.illness but some of these children care for parents who cannot have
:25:07. > :25:12.after themselves through substance misuse of alcohol abuse. So this
:25:12. > :25:17.group is fun but it is also doing a vital job in lots of other ways and
:25:17. > :25:23.if things do get more difficult at home, they can receive the help
:25:23. > :25:27.they and their families desperately need. Your donations really help
:25:27. > :25:30.because they keep activities like the one in Wrexham going and the
:25:30. > :25:35.children can forget about caring for two hours a week and hopefully
:25:35. > :25:38.get back some of their childhood. Louise Elliott reporting there on
:25:38. > :25:41.the work of Barnardos Flintshire Young Carers project. Children In
:25:41. > :25:51.Need is tomorrow night on BBC One Wales, starting at 7:00pm. There's
:25:51. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:57.a lot more information on the website, bbc.co.uk/pudsey.
:25:57. > :26:00.The main news again from the BBC: The former Radio One DJ, Dave Lee
:26:00. > :26:02.Travis, has been arrested at his home in Buckinghamshire on
:26:02. > :26:05.suspicion of committing sexual offences. The 67-year-old is being
:26:05. > :26:15.held by detectives from a Scotland Yard unit, set up in the wake of
:26:15. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:19.the Jimmy Savile scandal. Lord McAlpine, the former
:26:19. > :26:22.Conservative treasurer wrongly accused of child abuse, has told of
:26:22. > :26:24.his shock and hurt over the false allegations which emerged following
:26:24. > :26:34.a report on BBC's Newsnight programme. His lawyer says he
:26:34. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:38.expects a compensation deal with the BBC to be reached.
:26:38. > :26:41.Here in Wales, the body representing large retailers is
:26:41. > :26:46.warning consumer confidence is at a six-month low and it's fearing the
:26:46. > :26:48.worst just weeks before Christmas. A report says Wales should consider
:26:48. > :26:50.establishing a permanent residential centre for military
:26:50. > :26:52.veterans. The Health Inspectorate received 250 submissions from
:26:52. > :27:01.members of the armed forces and believed the move could improve
:27:01. > :27:05.care for veterans after they return to civilian life. Consumer
:27:05. > :27:09.confidence is at an all-time low. People are facing a squeeze on
:27:09. > :27:18.their disposable income. New figures suggest we are spending
:27:18. > :27:28.less. If you have a story you think we should cover, get in touch. The
:27:28. > :27:30.