:00:03. > :00:06.Welcome to Wales Today our top story, the police operation to
:00:06. > :00:16.investigate child abuse in north Wales uncovers new claims involving
:00:16. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:22.children in care going back half a century.
:00:22. > :00:27.76 people come forward for the first time. 18 homers were involved
:00:27. > :00:37.and 140 allegations in all. To feel that we are being believe this time,
:00:37. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:49.Our other headlines tonight, all change for our ambulances. The far
:00:49. > :00:53.reaching review into the way the service is run.
:00:53. > :00:58.The man accused of murdering April Jones. The trial of Mark Bridger
:00:58. > :01:00.could last seven weeks. They've constructed some of our
:01:00. > :01:07.most iconic buildings, but the administrators tell us 430 jobs
:01:07. > :01:11.will go at Rowecord Engineering in Newport.
:01:11. > :01:15.And in tonight's sport - it's an all Welsh Wembley final. Wrexham
:01:15. > :01:19.and Newport County will face each other. It's hugs all round and a
:01:19. > :01:27.party in the changing room. The winner will be back in the football
:01:27. > :01:30.Good evening. The police operation to investigate historic allegations
:01:30. > :01:33.of child abuse in north Wales has uncovered claims of systemic and
:01:33. > :01:38.serious sexual and physical abuse of children in care, going back
:01:38. > :01:41.half a century. Operation Pallial, which was set up by the Home
:01:41. > :01:48.Secretary last year, has received allegations from 76 men and women
:01:48. > :01:54.who have never come forward before. Between them there are 140
:01:54. > :02:00.allegations of abuse naming 84 individuals. 16 of those have been
:02:00. > :02:09.named by more than one person. 10 of them are now believed to have
:02:09. > :02:13.died. Roger Pinney has the story. There will be those that have never
:02:13. > :02:17.spoken about what happened to them. Others will have confided in family
:02:18. > :02:22.and friends. For up to half a century, all have carried the
:02:22. > :02:26.corrosive burden of abuse. Then there is the abusers. Some of whom
:02:26. > :02:29.will have thought they have got away with it. Opening old wounds is
:02:29. > :02:39.a painful process but sometimes won't have to be opened to be
:02:39. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:45.healed. Keith Gregory now a Wrexham councillor says he was abused when
:02:45. > :02:49.he was in care. He now campaigns on behalf of other alleged victims.
:02:49. > :02:56.is a lot better this time round. Last time, it was terrible. This
:02:56. > :03:00.time, it still hurts. It is not easy to do. It is very hard.
:03:00. > :03:05.despite the difficulties, new people have come forward with
:03:05. > :03:09.allegations. There is intense media interest in what is emerging as a
:03:09. > :03:15.fresh scandal in North Wales children's homes. 18 care homes
:03:15. > :03:19.across North Wales have been implicated. There is a large volume
:03:19. > :03:29.of material to assess and analyse. We will deal with on an individual
:03:29. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:33.basis. The big question has always been, was very paedophile ring?
:03:33. > :03:38.do not know if there was a paedophile ring. But I am looking
:03:38. > :03:42.at individual allegations. As far as victims are concerned, we do not
:03:42. > :03:46.forget, any new information and allegations that are made will be
:03:46. > :03:50.investigated thoroughly at we will pursue them. If there is any sense
:03:50. > :03:53.among them that they need look -- not look over their shoulder, they
:03:53. > :03:57.are wrong because they certainly need to. We now know the
:03:57. > :04:02.allegations date back to 1963. Earlier police investigations came
:04:02. > :04:08.in a series of waves, starting in the 1970s. By 1985, men were
:04:08. > :04:12.convicted of sex offences against children. Through the 1980s,
:04:12. > :04:17.another inquiry brought six men and a woman to justice. 1991 brought
:04:17. > :04:24.the start of another police investigation and seven men were
:04:24. > :04:29.convicted of either physical or sexual abuse of children. In 1994,
:04:29. > :04:33.Clwyd Commission des report, a document that has never been
:04:33. > :04:39.published. It was against this background in 1996 that William
:04:39. > :04:45.Hague set up the Waterhouse Tribunal. It's report was published
:04:45. > :04:50.in 2000. 16 men and one woman were convicted but despite that, the
:04:50. > :04:57.allegations did not go away. There were claims that he full truth that
:04:57. > :05:01.it not come out. Last year, a victim of abuse in North Wales made
:05:01. > :05:06.new claims on a BBC Newsnight programme. The allegations were
:05:06. > :05:12.made against a former senior Conservative, claims that were
:05:12. > :05:18.false and wholly withdrawn by the programme. But his assertion that
:05:18. > :05:21.the abuse was not confined to the children's homes still stands.
:05:21. > :05:27.After he met the Secretary of State for Wales, the Home Secretary
:05:27. > :05:37.announced two inquiries, one into the Waterhouse report, one in two
:05:37. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:44.historic abuse and all those previous police inquiries. This man
:05:44. > :05:48.now feel strong enough to come forward. These people need to be
:05:49. > :05:54.brought to justice. Why I feel lucky, I feel lucky because I am
:05:54. > :05:58.still here. Some of those victims are no longer with us. I am not
:05:58. > :06:02.trying to be a martyr. I am not trying to be a saint, I am only
:06:02. > :06:07.giving my vision of what happened to me. Justice needs to be served.
:06:07. > :06:13.The government needs to give serious consideration, if it is
:06:13. > :06:17.serious about getting to do all it can to stop abuse going on, I think
:06:17. > :06:21.they need to set up a Royal Commission and look at all the
:06:21. > :06:24.issues around it. For alleged victims of abuse and those who
:06:24. > :06:28.campaigned on their behalf, the quest for justice has been long and
:06:28. > :06:31.at times rocky. It is a road they are still travelling. Roger joins
:06:31. > :06:37.me now from North Wales Police headquarters. Roger, you've
:06:37. > :06:43.reported on this story for more than two decades. How do you judge
:06:43. > :06:48.the significance of what has happened today? It is the scale of
:06:48. > :06:52.it. We have had all those previous police investigations. We have had
:06:52. > :06:57.trials and prosecutions, a judicial inquiry which lasted more than 200
:06:57. > :07:02.days. Report after report. Despite all of that, 76 people have come
:07:02. > :07:09.forward who have never spoken out before. And it -- in itself is
:07:09. > :07:13.astonishing. Over the years, I have sat the wife in six or seven trials
:07:13. > :07:17.and the Waterhouse Tribunal and what sticks with me is the long
:07:17. > :07:20.lasting effect of abuse on those who suffered it. These were small
:07:20. > :07:23.children when they were abused. They are now middle-aged and they
:07:23. > :07:27.have had to live with what has happened to them every single day
:07:27. > :07:33.of their adult lives. We have had the details of the scale of what
:07:33. > :07:41.went on and also the details of theseAllegations. Where does 10
:07:41. > :07:44.macro go from here? -- Operation Pallial. This was looking at the
:07:44. > :07:51.background and taking new evidence and now they are moving on to face
:07:51. > :07:55.two that is looking if they can pursue them and there has already
:07:55. > :08:00.been one arrest. A man was brought to North Wales for rest --
:08:00. > :08:08.questioning. I am struck by what is not industry support us what -- in
:08:08. > :08:12.this report as what is in it. I have asked about several things. We
:08:12. > :08:16.do not know, there is no mention in this report, whether a paedophile
:08:16. > :08:20.ring was operating in North Wales. There have been certain allegations
:08:20. > :08:25.of that. This is a work-in-progress for the Operation Pallial team. I
:08:25. > :08:29.am also struck that we know that Operation Pallial is offering help
:08:29. > :08:35.and support and counselling to those who have come forward. We can
:08:35. > :08:38.only hope that those who need help will accept it. Big changes are
:08:38. > :08:41.needed to the way the ambulance service in is run. That's one of
:08:41. > :08:44.the key recommendations of a wide ranging review commissioned by the
:08:44. > :08:47.Welsh Government. The review also says paramedics to be given more
:08:47. > :08:50.training to make decisions about patient care and calls for a revamp
:08:50. > :08:54.performance targets amid concerns about staff morale. Our health
:08:55. > :09:04.correspondent Owain Clarke joins us now. So the review calls for big
:09:05. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:12.changes. What are they? This is the report. It talks about fundamental
:09:12. > :09:15.flaws in the way that the services currently run. It proposes three
:09:15. > :09:20.models for example for the Welsh government to consider for the
:09:20. > :09:26.future but more specifically, it says the service should released --
:09:26. > :09:30.concentrate on images he paced it - - patients. -- emergency patients.
:09:30. > :09:35.It also talks about training paramedics are so that they can
:09:35. > :09:40.make more decisions on the ground. If somebody dares really need to go
:09:40. > :09:44.to accident and emergency and it talks about a move away from the
:09:44. > :09:48.stringent response to a time target and quiet -- concentrating more on
:09:48. > :09:52.the quality of care that patients have. The review notes some
:09:52. > :09:56.concerns and complaints from staff at have been congratulated when
:09:56. > :09:58.they have hit a target but the patients have died but they have
:09:58. > :10:04.been criticised when they have not reached a target but saved
:10:04. > :10:08.someone's life. How likely is it that the Welsh government will
:10:08. > :10:12.accept these recommendations? will not really know that until
:10:12. > :10:16.next week. The Welsh government have declined to comment until this
:10:16. > :10:22.matter has been debated by the Assembly next week. The service has
:10:22. > :10:27.not won two, before then either. That has not stopped the opposition
:10:27. > :10:30.parties from having their say. cannot get patients into the busy
:10:30. > :10:34.departments unless there are beds in the department. And
:10:34. > :10:37.fundamentally, if we are going to see any improvement in the
:10:37. > :10:41.emergency care in the response times, we will have to see more in-
:10:41. > :10:46.patient beds in hospitals in the short term. Other opposition
:10:46. > :10:54.parties are also saying now is the time for action. This has been the
:10:54. > :10:57.13th audit or a view of the service since 2006. -- review. The jury in
:10:57. > :11:00.the trial of a woman accused of killing five members of the same
:11:00. > :11:03.family has been sent home again. Lee-Anna Shiers and her partner
:11:03. > :11:05.Liam Timbrell died along with three young children in a fire at their
:11:05. > :11:11.home in Prestatyn. Melanie Smith denies starting the blaze last
:11:11. > :11:14.October. The jury will continue its deliberations in the morning. A
:11:14. > :11:19.copyright tribunal has been held in London, over the level of royalties
:11:19. > :11:21.paid by the BBC to Welsh language musicians. The BBC told the
:11:21. > :11:24.tribunal it was currently paying musicians group AOS an interim
:11:24. > :11:30.licence of �120,000 per year to broadcast songs controlled by the
:11:30. > :11:37.collection agency. EOS wants interim payments to almost triple
:11:38. > :11:40.and a final settlement of �1.5 million.
:11:40. > :11:45.The National Library has released pictures of the damage caused by
:11:45. > :11:48.the fire, which destroyed part of the roof on Friday. A small part of
:11:48. > :11:52.the collection will be dried by a salvage company in Oxford, after
:11:52. > :11:57.suffering water damage. An investigation is under way into the
:11:57. > :12:01.cause of the fire. The library will reopen tomorrow.
:12:01. > :12:04.The process of selecting a jury for the trial of the man accused of
:12:04. > :12:07.murdering April Jones has begun at Mold Crown Court. Mark Bridger also
:12:07. > :12:12.faces counts of child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of
:12:12. > :12:16.justice. He denies the accusations. Five-year-old April went missing
:12:16. > :12:24.from near her home in Machynlleth last October. Our reporter Cemlyn
:12:24. > :12:31.Davies is outside the court. What happened in court today? Well, as
:12:31. > :12:35.you say, the process has begun of selecting a jury for this trial. We
:12:35. > :12:38.started with a pool of around 50 potential jurors. That was then
:12:38. > :12:43.eventually whittled down to a panel of 26 and the final 12 will be
:12:43. > :12:49.chosen in the morning. April Jones' parents, Paul and Coral, were in
:12:49. > :12:53.court today. They sat in the public gallery as events unfolded. Below
:12:53. > :13:00.them, the man accused of murdering their daughter stood in the dock.
:13:00. > :13:08.Mark Bridger wore a blue short sleeved shirt and a tie. There's
:13:08. > :13:11.been a strong media presence here throughout the day of course. The
:13:11. > :13:15.press bench was full as it will be no doubt for the seven weeks the
:13:15. > :13:19.judge said this trial could last. Remind us of the background. April
:13:20. > :13:23.went missing on the 1st of October. She'd been playing with friends
:13:24. > :13:27.near her home on the Bryn y Gog estate in Machynlleth. A few days
:13:27. > :13:30.later Mark Bridger was charged with April's murder and abduction. He's
:13:30. > :13:34.also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by
:13:34. > :13:42.hiding her body. Mark Bridger has pleaded not guilty to all three
:13:42. > :13:44.counts. The prosecution is expected to open its case here tomorrow.
:13:44. > :13:49.Administrators at Wales' largest steel contractor have confirmed
:13:49. > :13:52.around 430 jobs will be lost. Rowecord Engineering in Newport was
:13:52. > :13:57.behind some high profile projects around the UK such as the roof of
:13:57. > :14:00.the aquatic centre at the Olympic Park. The general economic climate
:14:00. > :14:10.and losses on some recent contracts have been blamed for its collapse.
:14:10. > :14:15.Here's our business correspondent Nick Servini.
:14:15. > :14:18.An uncertain future. This group of welders and fabricators left the
:14:18. > :14:22.Rowecord Engineering headquarters in Newport this morning not knowing
:14:22. > :14:27.whether they will have a job to come back to. Never really saw it
:14:27. > :14:32.coming. We knew they were in trouble weeks ago, maybe a couple
:14:32. > :14:37.of months back, but we always thought they would get out of it.
:14:37. > :14:44.It has just got worse and worse. Could anything have been done?
:14:44. > :14:49.without somebody injecting a lot of capital, probably. I have been here
:14:49. > :14:54.17 years with the company. It will affect all the families. I asked
:14:54. > :15:00.one of the workers what his chances are not getting another job. Slim,
:15:00. > :15:03.at the moment. Saying that, a lot of work we used to do in the steel
:15:03. > :15:08.works now will be shared out amongst the existing companies
:15:08. > :15:12.within the steelworks. Maybe there is a chance of some employment with
:15:12. > :15:16.them. The administrators are now exploring which part of the
:15:16. > :15:19.business can be salvaged and whether any jobs can be saved. You
:15:19. > :15:23.have probably never heard of Rowecord Engineering, you're more
:15:23. > :15:27.likely to have seen the things it has built. This striking footbridge
:15:27. > :15:33.in the centre of new board is a typical example of the kind of big
:15:33. > :15:43.ticket Engineering project it has built its reputation on -- Newport.
:15:43. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:49.On that list includes some of the UK's biggest sporting venues. It
:15:49. > :15:53.also covers industry with a new blast furnace at the Port Talbot
:15:53. > :15:58.steelworks and more recently, the British Museum. What went wrong
:15:58. > :16:02.with such a successful company? The administrators say new orders had
:16:02. > :16:06.dried up and also that a number of recent contracts had cost the
:16:06. > :16:11.company millions. The most costly was building the new blast furnace
:16:11. > :16:15.which had overrun by more than three months and led to a dispute
:16:15. > :16:19.with the steel company. They insist it met all its commercial
:16:19. > :16:24.obligations and it offered Rowecord Engineering future work. Beef --
:16:24. > :16:29.the problem is there will not be much of a future left for this 43-
:16:29. > :16:34.year-old family run firm. Still to come before seven. Two clubs with
:16:34. > :16:37.the same dream. They're both in the Wembley final but will it be
:16:38. > :16:43.Newport County or Wrexham that get back into football league? Join me
:16:43. > :16:45.in a few minutes. Figures obtained by BBC Wales show
:16:46. > :16:50.that more than two-thirds of disabled employees who were made
:16:50. > :16:53.redundant from Remploy factories here are not in work. The UK
:16:53. > :16:56.Government is standing by its decision to stop subsidising non-
:16:56. > :17:06.viable Remploy factories, seven of which have closed in Wales. More
:17:06. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:12.from our political reporter, James Williams. It is the daily rituals
:17:12. > :17:15.which occupy most of this man's time these days. The partially
:17:15. > :17:21.sighted 51-year-old work for Remploy his whole working life
:17:21. > :17:27.until being made redundant last autumn. He has not found works is.
:17:27. > :17:36.You were slightly get disheartened. I am stuck in every day. I have
:17:36. > :17:41.gone to work every day for years. I did a day's work. To me, it is a
:17:41. > :17:45.reality that I cannot get used to. It will be hard for disabled people
:17:45. > :17:49.to get a job when they are fit people still looking for work.
:17:49. > :17:55.there are a few rays of hope. Henry is one of 75 former Remploy workers
:17:55. > :18:00.to benefit from a support scheme. Despite finding work almost
:18:00. > :18:05.immediately, leaving Remploy was a worrying prospect after 12 years of
:18:05. > :18:11.service. The main fear for everybody that worked in Remploy
:18:11. > :18:14.was that it was supposed to be a job for life. And obviously, with
:18:14. > :18:21.different disabilities that people have got, you have the uncertainty
:18:21. > :18:27.of, or will you ever work again? I was fortunate. This factory near
:18:27. > :18:31.Blackwood shut last autumn. One of seven across Wales to close,
:18:31. > :18:38.leaving 280 disabled people without work. Figures obtained by a BBC
:18:38. > :18:42.Wales show that 88 of those have found employment, 31 %. 192 people
:18:42. > :18:45.I yet to find work. Remploy says those figures do not reflect those
:18:45. > :18:48.people that have found employment but are yet to be given work but
:18:48. > :18:55.even so, for the majority of former employees, it has been difficult
:18:55. > :18:59.moving on from what was the end of any rough. They opened their doors
:18:59. > :19:03.in 1946 to help disabled servicemen and miners into work. That was then
:19:03. > :19:07.but last year the UK government decided it was time to stop
:19:07. > :19:11.subsidising loss-making factories. It is a decision ministers are
:19:11. > :19:18.sticking by. What we are doing actually is looking at how we
:19:18. > :19:22.support all disabled people so that in factories in Wales, however
:19:22. > :19:26.there are 400,000 people in Wales with disabilities and we have to
:19:26. > :19:30.support all of those. But the Welsh government disagrees, having
:19:30. > :19:35.opposed the factory closures from the outset. This recession and
:19:35. > :19:41.these austerity measures of the UK government have meant many things,
:19:41. > :19:44.but I have never seen a multi- millionaire banker reduced to tears
:19:44. > :19:47.about the prospect for the future but I have seen disabled workers
:19:47. > :19:55.having to go through that experience. A working for Remploy
:19:55. > :19:59.is a thing of the past 40 and and Henry. But the future for 140
:19:59. > :20:05.employees remained uncertain. Commercial bids to run the Baglan
:20:05. > :20:08.and Porth sites are currently being reviewed. A decision is expected
:20:08. > :20:10.imminently. Unused churches across Wales could be knocked down or
:20:11. > :20:13.converted into houses and flats for homeless people. Church leaders
:20:13. > :20:15.have begun the process of identifying land and buildings
:20:15. > :20:24.which could be used to provide affordable homes. Caroline Evans
:20:24. > :20:27.has been to visit one church that's leading the way. It is modern,
:20:28. > :20:32.light and this church in Cardiff could now become a Template for
:20:32. > :20:38.similar projects across Wales. is a picture of the original church
:20:38. > :20:43.of St Michael's which was built in 1922 and it was only supposed to be
:20:43. > :20:47.a temporary construction. It lasted 80 years. In the end, they got
:20:47. > :20:52.their new church by selling part of the grounds. Today, 21 people live
:20:52. > :21:01.here. People like John Morgan, the first tenant to move in and
:21:01. > :21:07.obviously a big fan of the idea. You turn round and say, we can
:21:07. > :21:12.afford to build a new church, we can have more up-to-date church to
:21:12. > :21:17.go to, not that I go there mind. There is no obligation to go. But
:21:17. > :21:22.the idea that the Church could step in to solve what many regard as a
:21:22. > :21:26.crisis in housing is now firmly on the agenda. We estimate there are
:21:26. > :21:32.20,000 homeless people in Wales at the moment and 73,000 people
:21:32. > :21:39.waiting on waiting lists with housing associations. This people
:21:39. > :21:43.are helping people to make a difference in their society. Just
:21:43. > :21:48.as here in Cardiff, in some cases, the proposals could mean knocking
:21:48. > :21:54.down so much treasured churches. But church leaders still believe it
:21:54. > :22:00.is the right thing to do. If people begin to understand that the Church
:22:00. > :22:05.is there actually to try and improve people's way of life, man
:22:05. > :22:09.of life, standard of life, then people perhaps start to see the
:22:09. > :22:13.potential of the building in a different way. It is estimated that
:22:13. > :22:17.Wales need to around 4,000 new affordable homes each year just to
:22:17. > :22:22.meet current demand. Congregations will now be asked to come forward
:22:22. > :22:27.with any spare space or surplus buildings they might have that
:22:27. > :22:30.could make a home for someone. All roads lead to Wembley for two of
:22:30. > :22:35.our Welsh sides. Here's Claire with tonight's sport.
:22:35. > :22:38.Good evening. It's been a familiar trip for Welsh fans of late but for
:22:38. > :22:41.the first time ever on Sunday, two Welsh teams will battle it out at
:22:41. > :22:45.Wembley Stadium. Newport County and Wrexham will go head to head for a
:22:45. > :22:48.place in the football league. There were amazing scenes yesterday as
:22:48. > :22:50.both sets of fans celebrated getting to the final but
:22:50. > :23:00.unfortunately only one side will have a fairy-tale end to their
:23:00. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:12.season. The pictures and my eyes and said
:23:12. > :23:16.it all. Pitch invasions, kisses all round and utter jubilation. Newport
:23:16. > :23:20.and Wrexham celebrated winning their respective semi-finals and
:23:20. > :23:30.securing a place at Wembley. Both clubs are aware that there is still
:23:30. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:34.a job to do. Newport's changing room was bouncing as the party got
:23:34. > :23:39.into full swing. The Welsh connection is not the only common
:23:39. > :23:42.denominator. These are two clubs who have known hard times over the
:23:42. > :23:46.years and now with the return to the Football League at stake for
:23:46. > :23:52.one of them, they are both set for the big as 90 minutes of their
:23:52. > :24:02.lives. We have to have the belief. It will be a fantastic encounter, a
:24:02. > :24:07.tough game. Nothing different to any game this season. But we have
:24:07. > :24:11.to go their positive. And hopefully a positive outcome. One step closer
:24:11. > :24:15.to promotion but we are not there. It is great to see the fans coming
:24:15. > :24:19.out in their droves. They have been fantastic war season. Hopefully
:24:19. > :24:25.they will have another good day. There is no point going there and
:24:25. > :24:29.losing. We have another big game to go. Wrexham's place in the final
:24:29. > :24:35.had been booked with a win over Kidderminster. Three goals on the
:24:35. > :24:41.day put the FA Trophy winners on the road to Wembley again. A second
:24:41. > :24:45.trip to Wembley for them in five weeks. Grimsby started brightly
:24:45. > :24:50.against Newport but a first-half goal was enough to complete the win
:24:50. > :24:58.and book their place. Whatever the outcome on Sunday, it promises to
:24:58. > :25:01.be a very proud day. Wembley will be all Welsh, north versus south.
:25:01. > :25:05.It's also been a big weekend for Cardiff City. The players finally
:25:05. > :25:08.got their hands on the Championship trophy in front of more than 26,000
:25:08. > :25:11.fans. They'll be joining Swansea City in the Premier League next
:25:11. > :25:15.season. Michael Laudrup's team are currently ninth, with four games to
:25:15. > :25:21.play, after losing 2-0 away at Chelsea. Goals from Oscar and a
:25:21. > :25:24.Frank Lampard penalty guaranteed all three points for the home side.
:25:24. > :25:29.Newly-crowned PFA Player of the Year Gareth Bale has dismissed talk
:25:29. > :25:31.of a summer transfer from Spurs to Real Madrid as speculation. The
:25:32. > :25:35.Wales and Tottenham midfielder was voted the Player of the Year and
:25:35. > :25:38.Young Player of the Year by his fellow professionals. The 23-year-
:25:38. > :25:45.old becomes only the third player to win both of the PFA's main
:25:45. > :25:48.awards, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Andy Gray have done it before.
:25:48. > :25:52.Tomorrow we find out who's been picked to be part of the Lions tour
:25:52. > :25:57.to Australia this summer. Warren Gatland will announce his selection
:25:57. > :26:00.tomorrow morning. Welsh players are expected to make up a big portion
:26:00. > :26:06.of the squad with flanker Sam Warburton the bookies' favourite to
:26:06. > :26:09.be named as captain. News of who's in, tomorrow on Wales Today. It's
:26:09. > :26:12.an exciting week ahead. We'll have the announcement first in our
:26:12. > :26:15.lunchtime programme, tomorrow at 1:30. Enjoy your evening. Jamie,
:26:16. > :26:21.back to you. Earlier this month we told you
:26:21. > :26:24.about a 1,200-year-old oak tree which was toppled by strong winds.
:26:24. > :26:26.Today it's emerged it could be cloned. Twig and bud samples from
:26:27. > :26:29.the Pontfadog Oak, near Chirk, have been sent to organisations,
:26:30. > :26:33.including the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, which will try to extract
:26:33. > :26:43.its DNA. If it works, the cloned tree could return to its original
:26:43. > :26:51.
:26:51. > :26:58.Time now for the weather forecast. There is only one Derek!
:26:58. > :27:01.Thank goodness! Good news. Plenty more dry weather to come this week
:27:01. > :27:05.thanks to high pressure. More sunshine too but some chilly nights
:27:05. > :27:09.so if you're gardener watch out for ground frost. This evening the odd
:27:09. > :27:16.shower in the north for a time otherwise a dry night. The cloud
:27:16. > :27:19.disappearing and with a clear sky turning cold. Temperatures falling
:27:19. > :27:23.close to freezing inland with a widespread ground frost. A slight
:27:23. > :27:25.frost air in rural spots. Tomorrow's chart shows a ridge of
:27:25. > :27:29.high pressure extending from the Atlantic across Britain which means
:27:29. > :27:33.good weather. Here's the picture then for 8:00am. A lovely start to
:27:33. > :27:37.the day. A bit cool and fresh but clear and sunny. The wind lighter
:27:37. > :27:41.than today as well. During the day a few cumulus cloud will build up
:27:41. > :27:45.as temperatures rise. Small chance of a light shower but most places
:27:45. > :27:48.dry. The north and west coast, Pembrokeshire and most of
:27:48. > :27:53.Ceredigion clear and sunny in the afternoon. Top temperatures 10 to
:27:53. > :28:00.14 Celsius. The wind lighter than today so feel a little warmer and
:28:00. > :28:04.very pleasant in the sunshine. On Anglesey, a lovely day tomorrow.
:28:04. > :28:10.Dry and fairy sunny. Temperatures not that high. Nine in Amlwch but
:28:10. > :28:13.the wind light. Dry in Torfaen as well tomorrow. Sunshine and a few
:28:13. > :28:16.clouds. Temperatures in Cwmbran rising to 13 Celsius. Tomorrow
:28:16. > :28:20.night dry and fairly clear so turning cold again. Another
:28:20. > :28:23.widespread ground frost. A touch of air frost in rural mid Wales. On
:28:24. > :28:26.Wednesday more dry weather and sunshine. Cloudier in the north
:28:26. > :28:31.with perhaps a little rain by evening. Thursday generally
:28:31. > :28:34.cloudier. The odd light shower otherwise dry. Bright in places
:28:34. > :28:38.with a little sunshine and light winds. Beyond that, signs of a
:28:38. > :28:41.change on Friday. Pressure will fall with some rain on the way. As
:28:41. > :28:51.for the bank holiday weekend, not a great start but the signs are it
:28:51. > :28:55.will get better. Tonight's headlines from the BBC, police
:28:55. > :29:01.leading an inquiry into historic allegations of sexual abuse in
:29:01. > :29:04.children's homes in North Wales, say they have fresh allegations and
:29:04. > :29:07.evidence they it was more widespread than previously thought.
:29:07. > :29:11.We do not forget. Any new information and allegations that
:29:11. > :29:14.are made will be investigated thoroughly and we will pursue them.
:29:14. > :29:18.If there is any sense among them that they need not look over their
:29:18. > :29:22.shoulder, they are wrong. They certainly need to. We'll have an