17/12/2012

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:00:04. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: Pembrokeshire Council under

:00:09. > :00:14.fire for how it keeps children safe in school. One family claims this

:00:14. > :00:17.video shows their son being locked in a padded room. Tonight, the

:00:17. > :00:27.education inspectorate Estyn says the council should be placed in

:00:27. > :00:40.

:00:40. > :00:44.Our other headlines tonight: Different wages for similar jobs -

:00:44. > :00:47.why thousands are still waiting for a fair pay out. And the next

:00:47. > :00:57.generation of fighting vehicles for the British army being built here

:00:57. > :00:59.

:00:59. > :01:04.on the site of an old colliery. Good evening. In tonight's sport,

:01:04. > :01:06.tearing up the turf could be a thing of the past. Why the

:01:06. > :01:11.Millennium Stadium is considering swapping the grass for an

:01:11. > :01:21.artificial surface like this. And Deiniolen's Dave Brailsford was

:01:21. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:32.last night named Coach of the Year. Ahmad as cycling track which Dave

:01:32. > :01:38.

:01:38. > :01:41.Brailsford are opened last year. -- I am at the cycling track.

:01:41. > :01:44.Good evening. It's been accused of failures in keeping children safe.

:01:44. > :01:46.Tonight there are calls for Pembrokeshire council to be placed

:01:46. > :01:49.in special measures. The council was highly criticised last year

:01:49. > :01:52.after claims from 2009 came to light that children were locked in

:01:52. > :01:56.a padded time-out room. In a separate report today, the auditor

:01:56. > :02:06.general has called for the Welsh Government to intervene. Abigail

:02:06. > :02:07.

:02:07. > :02:11.Neal is at Pembrokeshire Council headquarters tonight. Yes, we have

:02:11. > :02:15.seen two reports published today. Both of them following on from

:02:15. > :02:19.those initial complaints back in 2009 about how the council dealt

:02:19. > :02:23.with pupils who were displaying challenging behaviour. And the

:02:23. > :02:31.allegations of abuse about their treatment. One of the reports today

:02:31. > :02:38.is by the Auditor General for Wales, and that looks safe -- on this

:02:38. > :02:42.issue of safeguarding children. The other report comes from Estyn, the

:02:42. > :02:46.schools inspectorate in Wales, and they bullocking generally at the

:02:46. > :02:50.issue of education, and they found it to be unsatisfactory. Today, we

:02:50. > :02:55.managed to get hold of a DVD which shows where this process all began.

:02:55. > :03:01.The boy you see in it is now 16, he is at college and is doing well,

:03:01. > :03:06.but at the time this was taken, things were very different. Andrew

:03:06. > :03:12.has agreed to show us the DD -- DVD from 2009. He says it shows his 12-

:03:12. > :03:16.year-old son being locked in a dark, padded, windowless room. You can

:03:16. > :03:26.see a boy being pushed into the room and then left, on this

:03:26. > :03:28.

:03:28. > :03:36.occasion, for 13 minutes, before he was let out. Surely there are

:03:36. > :03:43.better ways. Teachers should be taught how to handle these children,

:03:43. > :03:46.not by throwing them into a room. Police treat criminals like that.

:03:46. > :03:50.Pembrokeshire council say this padded room no longer exist and

:03:50. > :03:53.they have issued guidance to all schools and over what form of time

:03:53. > :04:03.out space should be used when children need to calm down.

:04:03. > :04:07.

:04:07. > :04:10.Previously, they showed us images. The council has been slow to put

:04:10. > :04:16.improvements in place and those it has put in place have proved

:04:16. > :04:19.inadequate. That said, with better scrutiny arrangements, we are

:04:19. > :04:26.confident that the council has the potential to put the arrangements

:04:26. > :04:28.in place that can provide assurances to the public.

:04:29. > :04:34.Allegations of Professional abuse first surfaced in 2009, regarding

:04:34. > :04:36.the use of the time out room. Last year, two critical reports were

:04:36. > :04:40.published into how the council dealt with these allegations and

:04:40. > :04:46.what policies they had imposter care for the children. Today, two

:04:46. > :04:54.more have been added to the list. The second report, one by Estyn,

:04:54. > :05:01.looked at education more generally. Pembrokeshire was judged

:05:01. > :05:06.unsatisfactory. Julie is one mother who agrees with that assessment.

:05:06. > :05:11.Her eight year-old son James has multiple complex needs. This month,

:05:12. > :05:19.he was permanently excluded because of his challenging behaviour. She

:05:19. > :05:25.showed us his score behaviour logbook and showed us how often the

:05:25. > :05:30.time-out method was used. Sometimes it was twice a day and one time for

:05:30. > :05:34.four hours. I told them that they have failed him. They have

:05:34. > :05:39.discriminated against his disabilities. He is being punished

:05:39. > :05:44.for not walking appropriate -- appropriately in the corridor when

:05:44. > :05:49.he has got poor co-ordination. He has been placed in the chill-out

:05:49. > :05:54.Room for telling visitors that he loves them, which James we do in

:05:54. > :05:58.the supermarket or where they hears. He doesn't find that in appropriate.

:05:58. > :06:03.The Welsh government have already sent in a panel of experts to

:06:03. > :06:07.oversee the council. Now Estyn are calling for the authority to be

:06:07. > :06:13.placed in special measures. We spoke to Pembrokeshire council

:06:13. > :06:19.about some of the issues raised by the little boy James, and they told

:06:19. > :06:22.us that he had been excluded from his primary school and that any

:06:22. > :06:27.concerns or allegations brought to their attention would now be

:06:27. > :06:32.investigated as a matter of urgency. Can you tell us more about what

:06:32. > :06:36.special mirror -- special measures would mean? Yes, special measures

:06:36. > :06:40.are usually something that Estyn would apply to a school. It might

:06:41. > :06:44.mean things like more regular inspections, but in this case, it

:06:44. > :06:48.is applied to a whole local authority. The standard is really

:06:48. > :06:52.the same. When it is applied to a school it is done so because they

:06:52. > :06:58.deem there is an inadequate level of education their and the school

:06:58. > :07:02.might lack the leadership capacity to improve that. This is being

:07:02. > :07:06.applied more generally to the county, but Estyn would not tell us

:07:06. > :07:11.exactly what it involved. It depends on each case by case basis

:07:11. > :07:17.as to what each local authority would need. What has the council

:07:17. > :07:20.said today? The council leader Jamie Adams has issued a statement

:07:21. > :07:24.saying that these are very serious issues and the council is committed

:07:24. > :07:27.to resolving them. He has said he is under no illusion about the

:07:27. > :07:31.scale of the challenge, but they have already made some changes here.

:07:31. > :07:34.One of them is a new director in charge of education and

:07:34. > :07:37.safeguarding that has a very good track record, and another is that

:07:37. > :07:42.they have taken action in recruitment and retention of social

:07:42. > :07:47.care staff. A significant one is that they have signed an agreement

:07:47. > :07:55.with another council to develop a shared school improvement scheme,

:07:55. > :07:59.and that may be one of the first of its kind in Wales. A one of the

:07:59. > :08:05.world's biggest defend -- defence contractor has has opened a new

:08:05. > :08:15.base in the Gwent valley. General Dynamics now it employs

:08:15. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:21.around 800 people there and in Newbridge. A promotional film shows

:08:21. > :08:26.the new armoured fighting vehicle that has been ordered by the

:08:26. > :08:32.British Army. It is called the S V programme and at a time of big

:08:32. > :08:36.cutbacks in military spending, this is one project which is going ahead.

:08:36. > :08:41.Around 600 of the vehicles will be designed, developed and tested over

:08:41. > :08:46.the next 10 to 15 years. It is the Number One programme for the army

:08:46. > :08:51.going forward. That is why it is so important to us. This will form the

:08:51. > :08:56.backbone of a large section of the British Army. The heart of the

:08:56. > :08:59.operation is taking what is called off the shelf models, basic

:08:59. > :09:04.structures made elsewhere. They are brought here were all sorts of

:09:04. > :09:09.equipment is added to them, including electronic systems like

:09:09. > :09:13.fees, developed here for the specific use of the British Army --

:09:13. > :09:18.like bees. Their orders -- dozens of defence companies operating in

:09:18. > :09:24.Wales, including some of the world's largest contractors. And it

:09:24. > :09:34.is well paid. Average salaries in Newbridge and over there are

:09:34. > :09:34.

:09:34. > :09:42.�45,000 the year. -- and Oakdale a �45,000 a year. I have met people

:09:42. > :09:45.who have gone to university, gone to a graduate programme they have

:09:45. > :09:52.offered and you would never have come back if the company was not

:09:52. > :10:00.here. The new vehicles are due to come into service by the end of the

:10:00. > :10:03.decade. A 42-year-old actor has been found guilty of raping a 15-

:10:03. > :10:06.year-old girl at a house party in Newport. Simon Morris, who appeared

:10:06. > :10:09.in the television series Hollyoaks, claimed he didn't know what he was

:10:09. > :10:12.doing as he suffers from a sleep disorder known as sexsomnia. But

:10:12. > :10:18.the jury at Cardiff Crown Court today convicted him. He'll be

:10:18. > :10:21.sentenced in the new year. Thousands of council workers who

:10:21. > :10:23.were paid less for doing similar jobs as their colleagues are still

:10:23. > :10:26.waiting for payments worth millions of pounds. The deadline for

:10:26. > :10:36.settling equal pay claims passed five years ago and BBC Wales has

:10:36. > :10:38.

:10:38. > :10:42.learnt most councils here still haven't paid out. The end of a long

:10:42. > :10:45.day for Jennifer Jones, head cook at this church in a primary school

:10:45. > :10:52.in Pembrokeshire. She has worked for the Council for nearly two

:10:52. > :10:56.decades, but people who have previously carried out male jobs

:10:56. > :11:00.such as street cleaners, were paid more than Jennifer even though they

:11:00. > :11:04.were on the same pay grade. wasn't aware untaught Unison came

:11:04. > :11:08.round and told us this was happening -- I wasn't aware. I

:11:08. > :11:13.thought that was a bit fall. How can they get away with that? Why

:11:13. > :11:17.should men get more than women for an equal value drop? Back into

:11:17. > :11:24.their son and seven, the council here was the first to start handing

:11:24. > :11:31.out cheques to workers. Five years on, some councils like Wrexham

:11:31. > :11:35.still haven't paid a penny. Settling these past inequalities is

:11:35. > :11:40.very expensive. Councils have been trying to put it off in the hope

:11:40. > :11:45.that maybe case law will change all the claimants will get so tired of

:11:45. > :11:52.the lengthy litigation progress -- process. We have learnt that the

:11:52. > :11:59.cost councils has so far reached �75 million. Just three authorities

:11:59. > :12:02.have completed the process. This is public money. It may appear simple

:12:02. > :12:06.when a claim comes in, pay it, but if it were to be found later on

:12:06. > :12:11.that it could have been defended, they would be a big question over

:12:11. > :12:15.that. Back in Pembrokeshire, Jenifer finally got her pay out

:12:15. > :12:22.seven years after she put in a claim. For councils, the process of

:12:22. > :12:26.settling cases will go on for some time yet. Still to come, why are

:12:26. > :12:32.rolling out the lawn could soon become a thing of the past. I will

:12:32. > :12:37.be finding out why they are soon considering replacing the green

:12:37. > :12:45.grass at the home of rugby with an artificial pitch. And the brain

:12:45. > :12:48.behind British Cycling honoured as the coach of the year.

:12:48. > :12:52.The investigation into abuse at children's homes in North Wales has

:12:52. > :12:57.received information from more than 100 alleged victims. The National

:12:57. > :13:04.crime agency is looking at the new allegations as well as the way

:13:04. > :13:07.police handled the it original investigation. What exactly is the

:13:08. > :13:16.National crime into Zulu king into here? They have been asked to look

:13:16. > :13:23.at a number of things. -- the National crime agency. These

:13:23. > :13:26.allegations were prompted by a man who was a former resident at a

:13:26. > :13:30.children's home in Wrexham in the late 70s. He gave an interview to

:13:30. > :13:33.the BBC's Newsnight programme at the beginning of last month saying

:13:33. > :13:40.that abuse there was much more widespread than had previously been

:13:40. > :13:44.realised. It wasn't just members of staff. Subsequently, and inaccurate

:13:44. > :13:48.naming was done of Lord McAlpine, the Tory peer. He was forced to

:13:48. > :13:52.link with these allegations. Subsequently, there has been an

:13:52. > :13:57.apology, and those who have publicly named Lord McAlpine are

:13:57. > :14:02.being pursued through the courts. But this has all prompted 105

:14:03. > :14:06.people in total to contact either the quite agency or be referred to

:14:06. > :14:09.them with their own different stories of abuse dating back to

:14:09. > :14:17.children's homes in the 70s in North Wales. They are now living

:14:17. > :14:23.across the UK, up to 22 fours -- police force areas across Britain.

:14:23. > :14:27.What happens next? The initial findings will be put to the Chief

:14:27. > :14:31.Constable of North Wales in April next year. They also look at how

:14:31. > :14:35.the police handled the him -- the original investigation, and we

:14:35. > :14:42.should also find out publicly what those recommendations are, if any,

:14:42. > :14:45.Hundreds of union members at Caerphilly council staged a walkout

:14:45. > :14:48.this afternoon in protest at pay rises for senior staff. Around 600

:14:48. > :14:51.showed their anger at the 20% pay increase for the Chief Executive

:14:51. > :15:00.and other Executive officers. The council says the rise brings

:15:01. > :15:06.salaries in line with the market rate. They mist either say, we have

:15:06. > :15:11.made a mistake, we withdraw, we are going to take it back and not have

:15:11. > :15:14.a rise. Or they resign. It's a story we've been reporting on for

:15:14. > :15:19.five years here on Wales Today - campaigners in Cardiff fighting to

:15:19. > :15:22.save their historic park. The council had wanted to build a

:15:22. > :15:25.school on the site of the Rumney Recreation Ground - a move which

:15:25. > :15:28.led to a local referendum and a public enquiry. Well, today that

:15:28. > :15:38.story reached its conclusion as a special ceremony celebrated the

:15:38. > :15:39.

:15:39. > :15:42.park's new status as a protected site which can never be built on.

:15:42. > :15:46.It's been a hard-fought battle, but today campaigners young and old

:15:46. > :15:51.could finally claim victory. This simple plaque means the Rumney

:15:51. > :15:56.Recreation ground can never be developed. It's been given special

:15:56. > :15:59.protection as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The

:15:59. > :16:07.monument it sits upon recognises the tireless efforts of local

:16:07. > :16:12.people who fought to keep their fields. You shouldn't build on

:16:12. > :16:17.parkland and that's what we all wanted is our park. This is our

:16:17. > :16:23.village greefpblt this is the centre of the community. -- village

:16:23. > :16:26.green. And it's ours. The campaign to save the Rumney Rec goes all the

:16:26. > :16:29.way back to 2007, when Cardiff council - which owned the land -

:16:29. > :16:32.announced it was going to build a �22 million secondary school on the

:16:32. > :16:35.site. That triggered an angry response from supporters of the

:16:35. > :16:38.park, who argued it had been used by the community since Victorian

:16:38. > :16:44.times. The years that followed saw a local referendum, an 8,000-name

:16:44. > :16:48.petition and a public enquiry. In the end, the council dropped its

:16:48. > :16:58.plans and its new status as a Queen Elizabeth II Field in Trust means

:16:58. > :16:58.

:16:58. > :17:03.those plans can never resurface. The dedication places a covenant on

:17:03. > :17:08.the land which ensures it can only be used for play, sport and

:17:09. > :17:13.recreation. So they can't develop the land and use it for other

:17:13. > :17:22.purposes. This stone is a symbol of people power. And it marks the end

:17:22. > :17:24.of a five-year campaign to save a piece of local history. The winner

:17:24. > :17:28.of what's thought to have been Wales' biggest unclaimed lottery

:17:28. > :17:33.prize has finally come forward. The anonymous claimant won almost �6.4

:17:33. > :17:38.million with the ticket bought in either Anglesey or Gwynedd. They

:17:38. > :17:42.matched all six numbers in a draw in September. Lottery operators

:17:42. > :17:51.Camelot had appealed for the winner to claim the prize before the six-

:17:51. > :17:53.month deadline. All the day's sport now with Claire. Thank you. Welsh

:17:53. > :17:56.rugby bosses are considering the radical step of installing a

:17:56. > :17:59.plastic pitch at the Millennium Stadium. The quality of the grass

:17:59. > :18:03.there has been a constant problem and they've had to relay the turf

:18:03. > :18:06.at least once a year. But now the WRU is thinking about buying a

:18:06. > :18:14.completely artificial surface which is being trialled by a top club in

:18:15. > :18:19.England. Ashleigh Crowter has the story. It's the perfect place for

:18:19. > :18:24.sports fans, but not great for grass. Look at the ground under the

:18:24. > :18:28.England pack. It is giving way. There have been problems with the

:18:28. > :18:34.pitch since the stadium was built, prompting complaints from some

:18:34. > :18:39.teams. At times it's been hard for players to keep their feet. The

:18:39. > :18:46.stands are not conducive to healthy turf. If you have not got a lot of

:18:46. > :18:52.sun, the grass won't grow and if you haven't got air movement, the

:18:52. > :18:56.soil will get damp and that leads to disease. Until now, the Welsh

:18:56. > :19:04.rugby union tried to resolve the problem by replacing the pitch at a

:19:04. > :19:12.cost of a quarter a million pounds each time. It is expensive to

:19:13. > :19:18.maintain the pitch, these lighting rigs cost �500,000 to buy. A fully

:19:18. > :19:22.artificial pitch wouldn't need this, saving the Welsh rugby union

:19:22. > :19:30.hundreds of thousands each year. The union considered inStahling a

:19:30. > :19:37.hybrid pitch like the one at the Liberty Stadium. Now, they're

:19:37. > :19:40.waiting to judge the success of a synthetic pitch at Saracens in

:19:40. > :19:46.England. They will play their first match on it next month. The design

:19:46. > :19:56.has been approved by the world governing body of football and

:19:56. > :20:00.rugby. The surface is filled in with tiny crumbs of rubber. Welsh

:20:00. > :20:07.rugby wosss - ebosses are see waiting to see how United copes.

:20:07. > :20:14.will give us a sense of how it copes with scrums and impact and

:20:14. > :20:19.burn. We only do it if it is right. If we can achieve it, it will save

:20:19. > :20:22.us millions of pounds. In football the Welsh Premier League is

:20:22. > :20:28.encouraging clubs to inStahl artificial pitches. The New Saints

:20:28. > :20:32.were the first to do it. It is now used by the first team and the

:20:32. > :20:37.community. You gate perfect roll and a perfect pitch and that

:20:37. > :20:41.promotes good football, good passing and good skills. Especially

:20:41. > :20:47.from the the younger agement the last thing you want them to do is

:20:47. > :20:52.run through a bog. It has never been that bad at the millennium

:20:52. > :20:54.Stadium, but grass could be a thing of the past there too. Dave

:20:54. > :20:57.Brailsford - the Welshman credited with masterminding the

:20:57. > :21:00.transformation of British Cycling - was named coach of the year at the

:21:00. > :21:02.BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The 48-year-old, from

:21:02. > :21:10.Deiniolen in Gwynedd coached the British Olympic Team and worked

:21:10. > :21:15.with Tour De France and sports personality winner Bradley Wiggins.

:21:15. > :21:20.Behind me is a fantastic team. My job is to look after other people,

:21:20. > :21:24.get them to be better and of course we're only going to be as good as

:21:24. > :21:29.our riders. There has been talk about coaching, but it is about the

:21:29. > :21:39.riders and we have a brilliant team in British sighling and Team Sky

:21:39. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :21:51.and they deliver when they need to. Dafydd is joining us live. Thanks

:21:51. > :21:54.Claire. This is Marsh Tracks, a �1.5 million cycling centre. And,

:21:54. > :22:02.yes, Dave Brailsford was here last year for the official opening, keen

:22:02. > :22:08.to see safe, first class cycling facilities in his home region. It

:22:08. > :22:11.has road cycling and BMX facilities and draws national events. Tonight,

:22:11. > :22:14.some of the best of young Welsh cyclists are training here and the

:22:14. > :22:19.hope is that some of these will represent Wales in the Commonwealth

:22:19. > :22:29.Games in 2018. I'm joined by two of them and their coach, Alan Overson.

:22:29. > :22:30.

:22:30. > :22:37.These are hopefuls for the 2018 games. I'm joined by two of the

:22:37. > :22:41.hopefuls. And their coach. How inspires is Dave brace fords for

:22:41. > :22:45.you? It has been amazing. We would like to get a world class athlete

:22:45. > :22:49.in the next ten years. The inspiration he has given us, well

:22:49. > :22:53.you can can see the junior and how inspired they are. You must have

:22:53. > :23:00.been thrilled that he opened the centre? Last year he came and he

:23:00. > :23:08.was fan it is a tib. He opened the tracks and we got loads of juniors

:23:08. > :23:13.using it. The BMX track, we started a club and it is 60 clock riv

:23:13. > :23:18.Monday and we love the juniors to have a go. You have just started

:23:18. > :23:23.cycling since the Olympics. How does the recognition the sport got

:23:23. > :23:28.last night do for your enthusiasm? I was pleased with the result and

:23:28. > :23:34.it has made me more determined to do well. It has given people to

:23:34. > :23:40.look up to like Bradley Wiggins. Alex, what does it do for your

:23:40. > :23:44.personal ambition? Well it is good inspiration for me on cold damp

:23:44. > :23:49.night like this to come and train and it has inspired me for next

:23:49. > :23:54.year. Thank you all for you time. All the best with the training. Who

:23:54. > :23:59.know also the next Bradley Wiggins or Dave Brailsford, whether they're

:23:59. > :24:02.already pushing the pace here in Rhyl. Thank you. Swansea City face

:24:02. > :24:04.league leaders Manchester United next in the Premier League. The

:24:04. > :24:07.Swans are 10th after losing to Spurs yesterday. Manager Michael

:24:07. > :24:12.Laudrup has criticised the referee after striker Michu collided with

:24:12. > :24:15.the Spurs keeper. The game continued though for a further 11

:24:15. > :24:22.seconds. The Swansea boss says the match should've been stopped

:24:22. > :24:27.straight away. When things happen, possible head injuries like this,

:24:27. > :24:31.there is no doubts. When it happens and he is going down to the ground,

:24:31. > :24:36.the referee is watching him, the linesman is watching and still they

:24:36. > :24:40.let the game go on. I think it was so poor, the decision. And very

:24:40. > :24:43.dangerous as well. After beating Toulouse at the weekend, the

:24:43. > :24:46.Ospreys are the only Welsh region will any chance of qualifying for

:24:46. > :24:50.the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup. Eli Walker's try and 12 points

:24:50. > :24:53.from the boot of fly half Dan Biggar secured a 17-9 victory over

:24:53. > :25:02.the French side. Leicester's last- gasp win at Treviso saw them top

:25:02. > :25:08.Pool 2, the Ospreys in third play them in the new year. A milder

:25:08. > :25:11.weekend. But the rain man is here. It is not my fault. There is more

:25:11. > :25:17.It is not my fault. There is more rain on the way. But I have some

:25:17. > :25:21.good news. Tomorrow will be one of the better days of the week, dry

:25:21. > :25:27.with some sunshine and light winds. Tonight still some rain. But these

:25:27. > :25:32.will ease and clear away. Much of the country ending dry after

:25:32. > :25:38.midnight. Some misand fog patches and temperatures down to three

:25:38. > :25:43.Celsius. Icy patches possible. Here is the picture for 8am tomorrow. A

:25:43. > :25:47.chilly start with some mist and fog patches. Some roads could be

:25:47. > :25:55.slippery as well. Otherwise, it is dry with some cloud. But some

:25:55. > :26:00.places are clear. Temperatures around five. A better day tomorrow,

:26:01. > :26:06.mist and fog patches will lift. Leaving a dry day with a mixture of

:26:06. > :26:14.cloud and sunshine. Highest temperatures around eight Celsius,

:26:14. > :26:24.46 Fahrenheit and it should feel pleasant in the afternoon. Some

:26:24. > :26:25.

:26:25. > :26:30.cloud and sunshine in Denbigh. In the Swansea valley a dry day,

:26:30. > :26:35.looking like there will be lots of sunshine. Tomorrow, dry and chilly

:26:35. > :26:40.in the evening with some mist and fog patches. But the south-easterly

:26:40. > :26:45.wipd will pick up with rain moving N Wednesday, wet and windy with

:26:45. > :26:51.with rain fall amounts five to 10 millimetres. The rain clearing from

:26:51. > :26:56.the south-west. So make the most of the dry weather if you can tomorrow.

:26:56. > :27:01.There is more wind and rain on the way on Wednesday. Thursday, more

:27:01. > :27:06.rain and showers. Some sunshine as well. At the moment, well a white

:27:06. > :27:14.Christmas looks unlikely in Wales. If you want snow, make your own, or

:27:14. > :27:16.head to Lapland! Thank you. The headlines: There are calls for

:27:16. > :27:22.Pembrokeshire council to be placed in special measures after being

:27:22. > :27:27.accused of failing to keep children safe. The first funerals are taking

:27:27. > :27:32.place for the 26 victims of Friday's school shooting in America.