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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story... | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
Cricketer Tom Maynard - his inquest hears he had taken cocaine and | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
ecstacy and was four times over the drink drive limit when he died. | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
Changing the NHS in Mid and West wales is not in the best interests | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
of patients - the verdict of the patient watchdog. | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
We're on the trail of the gang selling fake brides and grooms to | :00:36. | :00:45. | |
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Good evening live from Swansea, where there has been a parade for | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
champions. Thousands of fans have lined the streets to celebrate the | :01:04. | :01:12. | |
football club's League Cup triumph. Where on the bus with the players | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
and the trophy as Swansea's heroes in thank the supporters. | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
When they arrived they were greeted by this - thousands here at the | :01:20. | :01:30. | |
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Branwgyn Hall to celebrate the Good evening. | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
He had taken ecstasy and cocaine and was four times over the drink | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
drive limit when he died. Today an inquest decided former Glamorgan | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
cricketer Tom Maynard's death was accidental. He was struck by a tube | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
train while running away from police last year. The coroner | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
called for analysis of hair samples to be considered for future drugs | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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testing by cricket clubs. Tomos He was secretly taking drugs. Tom | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
Maynard's friend, England cricketers and his former team-mate | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
and housemaid Rory Hamilton Brown were among the last people to see | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
him alive. Neither knew their friend was a habitual drug-takers. | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
Today's inquest sheds new light on Tom Maynard's lifestyle. Samples | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
taken of his hair suggested he used cocaine and Ecstasy regularly. A | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
toxicology expert told the inquest it is likely he used cocaine daily | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
in the month before his death. We will be introducing new, | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
improved tests, and I am confident we will get an agreement that we | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
will extend those tests to recreational drugs outside of | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
competition and almost certainly here sampling, which gives a much | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
better picture of somebody's behaviour than a urine test, which | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
will just look at what has happened in the last 48-hour was. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
Me Mike's girlfriend, the model Carly Baker and sobbed as the | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
inquest was told he was four times the drink-drive done it. -- Tom | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
Maynard's girlfriend. He had been drinking heavily with his team- | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
mates for several hours. Driving erratically at speed, his car was | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
stopped by an unmarked police car near Wimbledon Park station. | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
Agitated and nervous, he fled, leaving his keys in the ignition of | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
his black Mercedes. Within minutes, he had been electrocuted after | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
stepping on a live track and had been hit by a train. The inquest | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
was told he died from multiple injuries. Tom Maynard was | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
considered a rising star in cricket, spending his early years at | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
Glamorgan, the club where his father Matthew crafted his playing | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
career. He is Father Matthew was a fine player in his own right, and | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
Tom took after him in that sense, not only in being a match winner, | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
but he was also a terrific fielder. We must not forget that part of the | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
game. That is how he will be remembered, I think, as a potential | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
England all-rounder. Today, Tom Maynard was described as | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
a natural leader, a talented cricketer who had it all, but his | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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life was cut short at just 23 years A man who drove his dead wife to a | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
North Wales police station in the boot of his car has been found | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
guilty of her murder. John Yates, from Warrington, beat his estranged | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
wife, Barbara, to death last July before driving her body to the | :04:40. | :04:50. | |
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station in St Asaph. He'll be sentenced next month. | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
Swansea is partying, celebrating the city's footballing conquering | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
heroes with an open top bus tour through the streets. Claire Summers | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
is there. Good evening. | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
Were welcome to Swansea, it is a little quiet here now. But a short | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
time ago there were incredible scenes as Swansea City fans came | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
out to tube home the players and the manager after the incredible | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
final at Wembley on Sunday. Look at these pictures. This was a little | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
while ago at the Brangwyn Hall. 33,000 fans were at Wembley on | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
Sunday to what is the victory, many more here today. Michael Laudrup | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
and the players came out onto the stage to thank their fans for the | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
tremendous support. If they had an incredibly warm reception on this | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
cold Tuesday. Things got under way a little earlier. The players took | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
part in an open-top bus parade, a victory parade, and considering how | :05:48. | :05:57. | |
Swansea transport could be the bus was only 15 minutes late. On board | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
was our correspondent who caught up with the manager. | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
Winning a first major trophy in 100 years is a fantastic reason to | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
celebrate, and that is what everyone is doing this evening. | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
They are 10 deep either side of the bus as it makes its way down the | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
King's Way. A fantastic party to celebrate the Capital One Cup | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
victory. I am delighted that I am joined by the man who orchestrated | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
it all, at Swansea manager of Michael Laudrup. Congratulations, | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
how do you feel? We're very proud to see so many happy people around | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
the streets here, it is fantastic. As you said, the first major trophy | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
ever in the history of this club, a huge achievement. Given all that | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
you have done in your playing and managerial career, people were it | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
surprised it was your greatest achievement. Well, it is always | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
nice to win trophies, but when you are playing in big clubs it is | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
demanded, you have to win trophies every year. It is not every year at | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
you win but it is what people ask for. In a smaller club you were not | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
playing for trophies, sometimes you're playing to survive or mid- | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
table or whatever. When you get it like this, it is fantastic. Then I | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
think it is even bigger when you are a manager than when you are a | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
player. Given that the celebration comes in the middle of the season, | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
is it hard for you to keep the players on the level? They have | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
flocked to do still. Yes, they have, but you have to enjoy it when you | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
achieve something. -- they have work to do. | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
It could be a good game on Saturday against Newcastle, it is a | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
possibility. They've really love you here now, | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
you will always be remembered in Swansea City and they would love | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
you to stay. You probably cannot make any promises in the long term, | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
but how did you feel about the future? | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
Well, if the time a club and a team has success there is always rumours | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
about the manager, or the players, or both, going to bigger clubs. | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
There are a lot of rumours write melodies about players, but lists | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
just enjoy it and after all back and play the last 11 games in the | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
Premier League. He many congratulations on your achievement | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
and thank you for joining us on Wales Today. | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
Perhaps some hope for fans that hope Michael Laudrup will stay | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
around for a little bit, but they will not be thinking too far ahead. | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
As he said, tonight is a night for celebration and that is what | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
everyone on the bus and on the streets is doing. | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
Great scenes on the incapacity. Swansea City fans have been smiling | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
so much some of them have told me their jaws are aching today. The | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
club has very young fans and old fans. I caught up with their | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
youngest fan, Tyler, who was the club's mascot at Wembley on Sunday, | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
at one of the oldest fans, and here is what he told me this afternoon. | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
I had the best time ever, you know. The have been good times and bad | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
times, as well. What was it like watching them on Sunday? | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
I cannot express it. Exhibition stuff. They were mesmerising. Here | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
you are very proud fan, ardent you? And most definitely. The problem is, | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
can you keep hold of Michael -- Michael Laudrup now go mad I hope | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
so. A pleasure to see you, enjoy it today. From one of the oldest to | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
the youngest fan. Tyler was the mass court at Wembley on Sunday. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
What was that like? Well, I was shocked, because at first I was | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
really nervous. But when I was out there it was a really lovely. All | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
the players were lovely, it was just a brilliant feeling. What did | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
you say to the players before you left the tunnel? Yes, one of the | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
players asked me, what to do you think the score will be? As said 4- | :09:59. | :10:08. | |
2. You were not far out, where you? He said, sounds good to me! | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
And we will be back with clear stammerers in Swansea a little | :10:12. | :10:22. | |
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Merthyr Council's responsibility for education is to be removed by | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
the Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, following a highly | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
critical report by the schools watchdog, Estyn. He said the | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
authority had failed to respond to Estyn recommendations going back | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
eight years. Our education correspondent, Arwyn Jones, is at | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
the Senedd. How unusual is this move by the Welsh Government? | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
It is an unusual situation, but it is not unique. We have seen a | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
similar situation in Gwent, where they have had Education | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
Commissioners go in to sort out problems and they are still there. | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
Other chemicals, such as my amateur, who were criticised by Estyn last | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
week, a penal notice of out their own problems under an external body. | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
-- Monmouth shire. Essentially they are sane, if we do not think we can | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
will cancer out their own problems, we will get in an outside body. | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
Do we know what will happen on the ground in schools in Merthyr next? | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
It is not absolutely clear at the moment. What the education minister | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
wants to see is essentially a takeover of education in Merthyr by | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
the neighbouring council, or what they call a merger. However, there | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
are discussions and other options on the table. Merthyr council have | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
responded saying they think there are green shoots demerging in terms | :11:40. | :11:46. | |
of education. They know they are -- they know what needs to be done to | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
improve the situation but will co- operate with the Welsh Government. | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
But for parents, teachers and pupils, the only change they should | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
see is a marked improvement in education standards. | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
At you were watching Wales Today from the BBC. More to come before | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
7pm... The man who sells fake brides and | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
grooms into sham marriages to build people stay in the country. | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
And after winning two gold medals, we catch up with cyclist Becky | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
James. I will be chatting about my record-breaking world championship | :12:18. | :12:28. | |
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Plans to change the NHS in Mid and West Wales are not in the best | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
interests of patients - that is the verdict of the area's patient | :12:31. | :12:35. | |
watchdog. Hywel Dda Community Health Council has written to the | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
Health Minister with their concerns. The minister in Cardiff Bay will | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
now decide on the propoals. Cemlyn Davies reports. | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
Reorganising the health service in West Wales has been a long and | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
winding road, and the journey is far from over. Last month, Hywel | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
Dda Health Board announced plans of how it wants to change the way it | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
provides NHS services to patients living in Carmarthenshire, | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. The plans include controversial changes | :13:04. | :13:10. | |
to the Accident and Emergency department at Prince Philip | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
Hospital. Now, there will -- watchdog has asked the Government | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
to look at the proposals. It means they Health Minister will | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
have the final say on what happens to hospitals like this one, and | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
that has given hope to campaigners. While hoping she will change, that | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
we can keep the area. We're very worried, it is a rural area, we | :13:31. | :13:38. | |
need both hospitals. I hope that if anything does happen, we need to | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
keep his open. As well as Prince Philip Hospital, the community | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
council is concerned over plans to close the specialist baby-care unit. | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
Another hospital and a major at -- many rate at -- minor injury units | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
also. They say the board has not | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
considered the geography of the area. K gritters important for the | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
Government to recognise how it rural the region is and how it | :14:09. | :14:17. | |
In a statement, the health board said it was disappointed by the | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
Community Health Council's decision and fell back after a series of | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
meetings they had not got to the end of that process. -- and felt | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
that. It previous weeks, health reforms were high on the agenda for | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
First Minister's questions today, and there were questions about how | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
crucial decisions will be made. Be in your mind that what we all | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
want to see is a safe and sustainable health service. -- bear | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
in mind. A scrutiny panel set up will -- | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
will be set up from outside of Wales. It will examine all | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
available documents and consult with the local health board. They | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
will then advise the Health Minister will make a final decision, | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
but that could lead to further consultation. The further delay, I | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
think will be a difficult -- difficult issue. The problems have | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
been going on for years and have to be resolved, the current situation | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
is untenable. It is unfortunate that the health board and the sea h | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
e have not found common ground and the minister has to exercise their | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
Let's talk to our health Let's talk to our health | :15:28. | :15:36. | |
What did the community health councils say on their main | :15:36. | :15:38. | |
concerns? What happened to be is not simply a | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
case of people meeting around a table saying we do not like the | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
look of those planned we will refer them to the health minister. The | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
Community Health Council had to provide very detailed reasons for | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
each decision. It has done so in this document, 27 pages long. This | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
document talks about a lack of business case and financial plans. | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
It says the views of GPs were not taken into account. The main | :16:05. | :16:10. | |
accusation here, essentially, is that the health board was flawed in | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
its consultation process, that it did not listen and did not take | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
account of the views of the local community. On the other hand, you | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
have the health board saying that is not the case, we did listen, we | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
even amended some proposals. The task facing the health minister now | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
it is -- decide which views she agrees with. | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
The decision of a day's rest with their health minister, but there | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
could still be another consultation, so this could go on? | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
The s, she could tell the health board could go back to the drawing | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
board and cons of again. There has also pressured tonight on the | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
health minister in light of this decision to look again at proposals | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
in North Wales, for example, Ford neonatal intensive care, even | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
though the Community Health Council there has decided not to refer them | :17:01. | :17:09. | |
formally to the minister. What I am hearing tonight is that those | :17:09. | :17:18. | |
proposals are not inconceivable, so An undercover investigation by BBC | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
Wales into sham marriages has exposed a gang willing to sell fake | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
brides and grooms to help people stay in the country. The UK Border | :17:25. | :17:27. | |
Agency says it is being called in to investigate suspicious weddings | :17:27. | :17:35. | |
in Wales every month. Tim Rogers An undercover journalist hands over | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
a down payment for the services of a fake husband who is willing to | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
help and India woman cheat her way to a visa. This is the man she | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
could be walking down the aisle with for cash. -- and Indian woman. | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
The fixer says this is not the first time he has arranged a sham | :17:52. | :17:58. | |
marriage but has no idea the whole thing is being filmed for tonight's | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
Week In, Week Out programme. The bride is in fact a BBC journalist. | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
She was pretending to be on the lookout for a groom who has the | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
right to live in this country and who, if she marries him, will help | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
our chances of staying here, too. As part of the legal package, the | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
fixture, organises a photo-shoot to make it look as if the couple have | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
been dating for more than a year, when in fact they have only known | :18:26. | :18:32. | |
each other for a few hours. She is driven around the city to pause in | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
various locations with the look, who is Czech and living in Cardiff. | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
The fixer gives her a list of facts to learn about her fiance in case | :18:42. | :18:52. | |
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she is quizzed at the registry Every month across Wales, UK Border | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
Agency officers are called in by suspicious registrars to | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
investigate couples about to marry. Latest figures show that in 2011 | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
there were 1,700 such calls from worried registrars across Britain, | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
twice the previous year's portal. At the moment it seems to be an | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
avenue that criminals and immigration or exploring to try and | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
exploit the immigration system. can I speak to you? | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
I am from the BBC... Into night's Week In, Week Out, | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
we're on the trail of the wedding fixers, confronting the people | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
trying to get away with it and bringing a sham marriage gang up to | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
account. We have more run this story tonight | :19:37. | :19:46. | |
It is not every night that we can say that we have a double gold | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
medal track cycling champion on the programme. Becky James is fresh | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
from her record breaking four medal haul at the World Championships in | :19:54. | :19:56. | |
Belarus. She's been talking to our reporter Jordan Davies at the | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
Veladrome in Newport. Move over Queen Victoria, James the | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
first has succeeded the throne. That is how some are describing of | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
the ascendancy of this Abergavenny born cycling superstar. Back on | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
home turf after her four old pedal all, her success is finally sinking | :20:14. | :20:22. | |
in. J I am just taking it in. home last night. I saw my dad and | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
we could not stop talking about it. I got home and had lots of cards | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
and flowers, and my sister has made me a big photo frame. It is slowly | :20:32. | :20:35. | |
sinking in, but it is a good feeling. | :20:35. | :20:44. | |
Today she was joined by feral world champion and Cardiff born teenager | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
Eleanor Barker. As Great Britain, we have not lost | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
that race... We have lost it once since it was introduced. I just | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
thought I could not lose that Jersey, Britain has never lost it. | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
James has won bronze and silver, but missed out on the London Games | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
because of injury. What then? So much could happen in the next | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
few years and I am hoping to keep developing and get faster at each | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
ear, so that is what I am aiming to do and hopefully be the fastest | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
woman in 2016. Becky James is now one of the | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
biggest names in a sport becoming ever more popular, so, watch this | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
Let's get the inside track on the weather forecast. Nice in Swansea | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
today, thank goodness. today, thank goodness. | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
And yes, great news for the people of Swansea, celebrating the victory | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
parade. And good news for the rest of Wales it is looking brighter or | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
what the next few days. There is no sign of any significant rain until | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
the middle of next week. If you're fed up with the grey, cloudy sky, | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
there is sunshine and frost in the forecast. Anglesey was the sunniest | :21:58. | :22:08. | |
today, with a high of seven Celsius. Denied, cloudy and dry for most of | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
us, some is in the south-east, temperatures above freezing, frost | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
on the high ground. High pressure of the UK, meaning mostly dry and | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
unsettled weather forced -- dry and settled weather. For the morning, | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
grey and cloudy, some mist, some drizzle and feeling quite cold. | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
Otherwise dry, it should be brighter in the West, in Cardigan. | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
Plenty of cloud tomorrow, but most places day in bright, brighter in | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
the West and with a bit of luck we should brighten up in the north in | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
the afternoon. Cloud breaking their with some sunshine. He leaned | :22:47. | :22:55. | |
chilly, my elder on the coast and in the sunshine up to eight Celsius. | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
Tomorrow night, dry, cloud tending to break and clear, meaning cold | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
with a widespread frost and fog patches in the north. On Thursday | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
any fog will lift, dry and bright, sunshine spreading across the | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
country. More frost on Thursday night, some fog patches and for | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
Friday and St David's Day it is looking quite eyes. In fact, it | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
looks like we're in for a decent weekend. -- looking quite nice. A | :23:23. | :23:30. | |
risk of frost and fog patches. The signs are it will turn more | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
unsettled by the middle of next week, rain expected by Wednesday. | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
Our picture tonight is from Cliff Benson, this son said. Thank you, | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
enjoyed a dry weather if you can over the next few days. | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
He thank you very much, the last word tonight goes to clear in | :23:47. | :23:49. | |
word tonight goes to clear in Swansea in the middle of that party | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
that started with an open-top bus caught -- open-top bus tours. | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
Thank you very much, we had just come inside the Brangwyn Hall, | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
where the civic reception was earlier. Some dignitaries still | :24:03. | :24:11. | |
arriving here, just finishing of the cucumber sandwiches. The | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
players have literally just left because they actually have training | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
tomorrow morning to for that game against Newcastle at the Liberty | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
Stadium on Saturday. Just before he jumped on the bus, I managed to | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
catch up with the captain. It was brilliant. As players we all | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
enjoyed it on the bus, looking at everyone's faces they enjoyed it, | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
too. Two open-top bus parade in to use - | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
you are going to have good buy your own bus soon! | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
So people never get that opportunity, and on forged -- | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
fortunately I have done it three times with Swansea now. We enjoy it | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
as much as the fans. He I have grabbed it -- drag him away from | :24:58. | :25:06. | |
the cake, vice-president of Swansea City, lifelong fan, I think he will | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
sleep in this tonight. What was that like tonight? You're | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
out there getting the crowd going. They say it 25,000 fans turned up? | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
We thought that because it was called maybe nobody would come. It | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
was more than the last time we went up to the Premiership. A great | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
sense of unity in the city. The football club has given the city | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
and identity, something to be proud of. So often we put ourselves down | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
in Wales in general, the city has seen a hard times, and now we can | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
look forward to the future and be hopeful, be proud and look forward | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
to it with a real sense of, what does the future hold? | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
Lots of fans are just walking around shaking their heads, they | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
cannot believe what do club has achieved. From ten years ago until | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
now, it is dreamland, isn't it? This is sort of way it started, 12 | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
or 13 years ago, and some people are here today that put their hands | :26:02. | :26:09. | |
in their pockets to rescue the club. It has been... Just looking at | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
their faces, I think we're all thinking that we're going to wake | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
up, but it is a real! At what next? Where does the dream ended? That is | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
the thing, if we going to Europe next, we have earned the right to | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
be there, we won a proper trophy, and I think we will do well because | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
we are right European club now. Enjoy the rest of your evening, and | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
remember to take off the staff before you go to sleep tonight. Ten | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
years ago, Swansea City were fighting for survival. Tonight, | :26:39. | :26:43. |