:00:00. > :00:11.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:11. > :00:20.The rising number of people here in work but living in poverty. They now
:00:20. > :00:24.out-number those without a job. Very possibly in a few months I may lose
:00:24. > :00:35.some of my funding. I will not be able to live an what I earn.
:00:35. > :00:41.Also tonight. RAF serviceman Scott Hughes was hit by a speedboat at a
:00:41. > :00:52.military base in Cyprus. An inquest blames a failure of safety systems.
:00:52. > :00:56.We as the family have endured almost three long years of pure hell
:00:56. > :00:57.waiting for this inquest to take place.
:00:57. > :01:01.Tackling street prostitution in Cardiff, an action plan to move sex
:01:01. > :01:05.workers away from residential areas. We're in France at the Somme, where
:01:05. > :01:06.work is getting underway to renovate this memorial representing Welsh
:01:06. > :01:19.soldiers. The librarian saved from the sea is
:01:19. > :01:27.reunited with her mystery rescuer, thanks to Wales Today.
:01:27. > :01:34.Good evening. More families who work are living in poverty than those who
:01:34. > :01:37.don't. That's according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
:01:37. > :01:42.which also says Wales has the highest proportion of low income
:01:42. > :01:45.households in the whole of the UK. Almost a quarter of households here
:01:45. > :01:48.are living in poverty which the charity says is because of a lack of
:01:48. > :02:02.well-paid jobs. James Williams reports. Keeping the home fires
:02:02. > :02:06.burning as a delicate balancing act. The husband is employed and she has
:02:06. > :02:12.a 15-year-old daughter to care. Times are tough, despite a job. You
:02:12. > :02:17.think that you are working and everything will be fine. But you
:02:17. > :02:23.have mob bills to pay because the benefits are being reduced. Your
:02:23. > :02:28.bills are higher. Possibly, in a few months, I will lose some of my
:02:28. > :02:35.funding. I may be down to 14 hours a week and I cannot live under. I am
:02:35. > :02:39.not sure what will happen then. Kate is one of 285,000 adults in Wales
:02:39. > :02:46.who currently have work but are struggling to get by. As it stands,
:02:46. > :02:51.they currently outnumber those suffering from out of work poverty
:02:51. > :02:57.which is more of a problem in more urban communities. Pay has been
:02:57. > :03:00.pretty static for three or four years. At the bottom, it has been
:03:00. > :03:09.static for something like eight years. That is driving the poverty.
:03:09. > :03:17.After household costs have been detected, people earning less than
:03:17. > :03:21.£11,000 are considered to be living below the poverty line. Poverty
:03:21. > :03:27.£11,000 are considered to be living today is a well reported story. A
:03:27. > :03:34.third of our children live in poverty. Wales still has some of the
:03:34. > :03:40.worst areas of poverty in the UK. We need to make sure we simply do not
:03:40. > :03:44.accept that people live in certain communities will not have crept
:03:44. > :03:56.prospect of finding work now and in the future. Education is a key
:03:56. > :04:07.strand in the action plan. Cuts to the welfare budget are a concern to
:04:07. > :04:19.Labour in Cardiff Bay. It is perfectly possible to tackle
:04:19. > :04:29.poverty. The ascribed deadline of 2020 is not possible according to
:04:29. > :04:32.the latest actions. Well, the report shows that rural
:04:32. > :04:35.areas come out particularly badly with the north and west parts of the
:04:35. > :04:40.country struggling the most. Abigail Neal has spent the day in Llandysul
:04:40. > :04:42.in Ceredigion to find out more. Employment poverty is worst in the
:04:42. > :04:45.west. Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion have the highest
:04:45. > :04:52.proportion of people in work who receive tax credits to boost low
:04:52. > :04:56.wages. Household income is a measure of poverty so you get a picture of
:04:56. > :05:00.what the situation is like in West Wales when you look at what people
:05:00. > :05:03.earn. Across Wales as a whole, most people earn around £25,000, but here
:05:04. > :05:12.in Llandysul in Ceredigion the most common wage is much lower than that
:05:12. > :05:15.at £19,000. Families where one or both adults work part-time are more
:05:15. > :05:19.likely to have lower incomes. Philip Marchant has just come off sickness
:05:19. > :05:32.benefit and works 13 hours a week in a cafe. I would not say poverty but
:05:32. > :05:36.we are on the line. We have just enough money each month to pay the
:05:36. > :05:40.we are on the line. We have just bills and fees and so on. This sign
:05:40. > :05:43.has been up in the high street hairdressers for a year but the
:05:43. > :05:46.owner told me no-one qualified has enquired. Even if they did, lack of
:05:46. > :05:53.passing trade means it's more likely they would be offered a part-time
:05:53. > :05:59.position. That is another problem, we have busy days and quiet days.
:06:00. > :06:02.Having staff hanging around, you cannot afford to pay them. For an
:06:02. > :06:06.area where minimum wage and part-time has become the norm, it's
:06:06. > :06:09.not hard to see why work does not always equal wealth.
:06:09. > :06:13.Sean O'Neil is the policy director at Children in Wales. You work with
:06:13. > :06:24.families struggling with poverty every day. What are you hearing
:06:24. > :06:27.about how hard it is for people? First of all, this is an important
:06:27. > :06:35.report which has come out today. It lays to rest that work automatically
:06:35. > :06:40.is a route out of poverty. Lots of hard-working families try to hold
:06:40. > :06:45.down if you jobs with a family, with children, and earning wages that do
:06:45. > :06:52.not keep them up above the poverty line. Hopefully, the myth is over
:06:52. > :06:57.and we need to create a more sustainable jobs. The impact on
:06:57. > :07:02.children is important. We are finding that lots of children miss
:07:02. > :07:06.out on basic things which other children take for granted. That is
:07:06. > :07:11.often evidence of children going to school hungry and missing out on
:07:11. > :07:18.school trips and other social activities. As winter draws in, the
:07:18. > :07:24.temperatures drop and once again, parents will struggle to pay heating
:07:24. > :07:33.bills. Poverty levels have not changed for the last 15 years. We
:07:33. > :07:38.report on this regularly. Is this just a no win situation? A lot of
:07:38. > :07:41.work and resources have gone in two just a no win situation? A lot of
:07:41. > :07:53.different activities. We need to be doing more to join some of these
:07:54. > :07:57.things up. I think that is greater awareness now of poverty. People did
:07:57. > :08:02.not accept people were in poverty in Wales but up the report helps to
:08:02. > :08:04.dispel that myth. Thank you very much.
:08:04. > :08:06.The family of an RAF serviceman who died when he was hit by a speedboat
:08:06. > :08:10.in Cyprus say the Ministry of died when he was hit by a speedboat
:08:10. > :08:13.Defence catastrophically failed to ensure his safety. Scott Hughes from
:08:13. > :08:15.Y Felinheli in Gwynedd died whilst at a military base in 2010 just
:08:15. > :08:21.after returning from a six-month at a military base in 2010 just
:08:21. > :08:26.tour of Afghanistan. A coroner said there was a failure of safety
:08:26. > :08:29.systems. Matthew Richards has more. Less than 48 hours after leaving
:08:29. > :08:32.active service in Afghanistan completely unscathed, Scott Hughes
:08:32. > :08:37.was killed in a place designed for rest and relaxation. He had been
:08:37. > :08:41.riding on an inflatable being towed by a speedboat at the Tunnel Beach
:08:41. > :08:44.military base in Cyprus. Having fallen off unnoticed by the boat
:08:44. > :08:47.driver and spotter he began to swim to a pontoon when the boat hit him,
:08:47. > :08:50.driver and spotter he began to swim its propeller caused injuries from
:08:51. > :08:54.which he died two days later. His family are angry that safety
:08:54. > :09:03.failings at the base led to his death. His whole life and promising
:09:03. > :09:11.career within the RAF Regiment have been cut short by the failures of
:09:11. > :09:16.the Ministry of Defence. We as the family have endured almost three
:09:16. > :09:25.long years of pure hell waiting for this inquest to take place. Our
:09:25. > :09:29.quest to find out all of the truth about what happened to our precious
:09:30. > :09:33.son, Scott. The inquest was told by the spotter on the boat Daniel
:09:33. > :09:37.Drinkwater that he and the driver only became aware of Scott Hughes
:09:37. > :09:40.after he appeared at the back of the boat severely injured. Oh no, the
:09:40. > :09:46.driver said, what have I done, before driving away in shock without
:09:46. > :09:50.helping the dying aircraftman. The coroner said there had been a
:09:50. > :10:00.systemic failure of 60 systems at the airbase. -- safety systems at
:10:00. > :10:03.the airbase. The Ministry of Defence says it has made all the necessary
:10:03. > :10:06.changes to prevent, as far as possible any recurrence of similar
:10:06. > :10:10.tragedies. A man has been charged with the
:10:10. > :10:13.murder of six-week old baby. Alfie Sullock from Cardiff died at the
:10:13. > :10:18.University Hospital of Wales last month. 32-year-old Michael Pearce is
:10:18. > :10:21.due to appear in court tomorrow. A man from Newport charged with
:10:21. > :10:25.three counts of attempted murder after a shooting in the city earlier
:10:25. > :10:29.this month has been remanded in custody. Three people were taken to
:10:29. > :10:33.hospital after a car was shot at in the Chepstow Road area. Brogan
:10:33. > :10:47.Hooper, who's 20, appeared before magistrates and is due to appear at
:10:47. > :10:50.Newport Crown Court next week. Probation officers and Wales have
:10:50. > :10:59.been protesting against plans by the UK government. Chris Grayling said
:10:59. > :11:06.the move would help to cut reoffending. Unions say that as a
:11:06. > :11:09.disregard for public safety. There are 120 women working the
:11:09. > :11:11.streets of the Welsh capital as prostitutes with the majority from
:11:11. > :11:14.abusive backgrounds. That's according to council leaders in
:11:14. > :11:24.Cardiff, who will be discussing how to tackle the problem next week.
:11:24. > :11:27.Jenny Rees reports. A centuries-old profession but still a modern to
:11:27. > :11:33.boot. How to tackle the issue of prostitution? Cardiff council
:11:33. > :11:39.cabinet will discuss a plan to move workers on from two residential
:11:39. > :11:45.areas of the city. A study by the council found around 120 women were
:11:45. > :11:49.involved in street prostitution with 95% of them coming from abusive
:11:49. > :11:54.backgrounds. In many cases, they were addicted to class a drugs. One
:11:54. > :11:59.councillor told me residents in this area have often complained they have
:11:59. > :12:04.found condoms and needles in an area where children play. Introducing
:12:04. > :12:10.alley gates can help but it simply move the problem on. My daughter
:12:10. > :12:15.walks to work early in the morning and I get the fear someone will stop
:12:15. > :12:26.and try to approach her. It frightens me. I tend to take her to
:12:26. > :12:31.work. It is worrying. The idiots being focused on are a stones throw
:12:31. > :12:39.away from the city centre. There is no overarching strategy to tackle
:12:39. > :12:52.the problem. It project helps to protect street workers. Many of
:12:52. > :12:59.these street workers have trust in services. A lot of our work is about
:12:59. > :13:05.building up trust. We give out safety equipment, attack alarms and
:13:05. > :13:09.things like that. Cardiff council says much progress has been made but
:13:10. > :13:11.there is considerable work to be done.
:13:11. > :13:14.Still to come tonight. 50 years ago a bomb attack killed
:13:14. > :13:18.four children at this church in Alabama. How communities in Wales
:13:18. > :13:24.came together to build a of symbol of hope in the Deep South.
:13:24. > :13:26.Celebrations, gifts and thank yous as a mystery rescuer is reunited
:13:26. > :13:40.with the woman he saved. In France at the Somme, work is
:13:40. > :13:43.about to get underway to renovate a memorial to the soldiers of the
:13:43. > :13:47.Welsh division who fought in one of the bloodiest battles of the First
:13:47. > :13:50.World War. In 1916, nearly 4000 men from Welsh regiments were either
:13:50. > :14:01.killed or wounded in just five days at the Mametz Wood. From there,
:14:01. > :14:05.Roger Pinney has sent this report. It is a pretty place. That is the
:14:05. > :14:09.first impression. It belies the horror of what happened here almost
:14:09. > :14:18.100 years ago. You come across the Welshman module down a narrow track.
:14:18. > :14:23.The dragon looks across at the wood where so much slaughter took place.
:14:23. > :14:28.He would hear has long since regrown. Look more closely beneath
:14:28. > :14:33.the undergrowth and that is still evidence of the battle today. There
:14:33. > :14:44.are craters, shell holes, the ground is marked for good. The sum is a
:14:44. > :14:47.byword for the harder of war. Almost 4000 soldiers from the first
:14:47. > :14:52.division were killed in just five days of fighting. The monument put
:14:52. > :14:57.up in their memory was a place where old friends met. Welsh and French
:14:57. > :15:02.have worked together but it was paid for by public subscription in Wales.
:15:02. > :15:13.The Dragon was forged from Welsh steel. It is being renovated. We
:15:13. > :15:17.went to maintain an iconic Memorial. It is much photographed and loved.
:15:17. > :15:37.We want to make sure it is in tiptop condition. The local Maher told me
:15:37. > :15:46.this place is important for them. He was joined by the Welsh first
:15:46. > :15:56.Minister to remember the sacrifice. Yesterday evening in Belgium, Carwyn
:15:56. > :16:08.Jones take part in the last post ceremony. We will remember them.
:16:08. > :16:14.Before laying a wreath on behalf of the people of Wales, this is the
:16:14. > :16:19.start of a programme of events working at two and through the
:16:19. > :16:25.centenary years. If you look at the battles that took place, all these
:16:25. > :16:29.battles are important to those people who lived at that time and
:16:29. > :16:36.the years subsequent. We want to make sure the memory is not lost. In
:16:36. > :16:43.a nearby cemetery, many of the bodies of those who died in the
:16:43. > :16:47.battle are varied. In the wood itself, their attributes to the
:16:47. > :16:50.fallen. This is a place where Wales remembers.
:16:50. > :16:53.A homecoming parade has taken place in Haverfordwest for troops
:16:53. > :16:56.returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Members of the 2.2.6
:16:56. > :17:01.Signal Squadron, based at the Cawdor Barracks, were presented with
:17:01. > :17:07.medals. The barracks is due to close in 2018.
:17:07. > :17:10.Universities in Wales say they plan to put all their lectures and
:17:10. > :17:14.academic resources onto the internet so they can be accessed for free
:17:14. > :17:17.around the world. They say the move will put them at the front of a
:17:17. > :17:20.global revolution in education. It means students and teachers in
:17:21. > :17:31.poorer parts of the world will be able to access and use work carried
:17:31. > :17:35.out here. That is a thirst for knowledge right across the world
:17:36. > :17:40.particularly in the developing world. Getting access to resources
:17:40. > :17:47.so that individuals can learn is difficult. The responsibility on us
:17:47. > :17:50.in the developed world to provide that mattered for people who are not
:17:50. > :17:54.as not as fortunate as we are. This week in 1963, a bomb ripped
:17:54. > :17:56.through a church in Alabama in the United States, killing four young
:17:56. > :17:59.children. The world was outraged, and across Wales, communities came
:17:59. > :18:03.together in solidarity. They quickly raised the money needed to replace
:18:03. > :18:08.the stained glass windows of the church and 50 years on, those
:18:08. > :18:12.windows still stand in Alabama. Carwyn Jones has the story.
:18:12. > :18:17.Violence on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. In the early
:18:17. > :18:21.'60s, as the civil rights movement gathered pace, the city became a
:18:21. > :18:25.hotbed of racial tension. In september 1963, a splinter group of
:18:25. > :18:30.the Klu Klux Klan planted a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The
:18:30. > :18:40.explosion killed four young girls, who were attending Sunday School. It
:18:40. > :18:47.made headlines around the world. They were such horrific mammaries.
:18:47. > :18:50.People who are now in their 60s were children at the time and we all
:18:51. > :18:53.remember that time. You cannot forget. When news of the attack
:18:53. > :18:57.reached Carmarthenshire artist John Petts, he felt compelled to do help
:18:57. > :19:00.the black community of Alabama in any way he could. His response was
:19:01. > :19:04.to create a new stained glass window to replace the centre piece of the
:19:04. > :19:10.church that had been shattered by the bomb. After many drawings,
:19:10. > :19:15.selecting and rejecting, there came the moment of setting out the whole
:19:15. > :19:18.thing to large scale. To bring the design into being. This was John
:19:18. > :19:21.Petts' vision, a black Jesus, arms outstretched in forgiveness, beneath
:19:21. > :19:27.a rainbow of racial unity. At the base of the window, a simple message
:19:27. > :19:30."Given by the people of Wales." And Wales really did unite in
:19:30. > :19:34.solidarity. Thousands of people came together to raise the funds so the
:19:34. > :19:38.window could be finished and then shipped to Alabama. Much of the
:19:38. > :19:41.money came from the multi-racial community in Cardiff's docklands.
:19:41. > :19:54.David Shipper, was a volunteer at the Butetown community centre at the
:19:54. > :20:04.time. A collection was taken and I saw £5 notes going in. You are going
:20:04. > :20:07.back 50 years when £5 was considerably more then than it means
:20:07. > :20:10.now. In 1964, the window was installed at the Baptist church in
:20:10. > :20:13.Alabama and it's still there 50 years on. This week America has been
:20:13. > :20:17.remembering the attack and the four schoolchildren who lost their lives.
:20:17. > :20:20.The Wales window has become part of the fabric of the church, an
:20:20. > :20:26.enduring symbol of solidarity and the power of forgiveness.
:20:26. > :20:28.Tonight's sport starting with football and it's half-time in
:20:29. > :20:38.Valencia in Swansea City's opening group match of the Europa League.
:20:38. > :20:44.The home side were reduced to ten men earlier on after this challenge.
:20:44. > :20:49.On 14 minutes, the striker gave Swansea the lead. Swansea are
:20:49. > :20:53.currently leading by one goal. There's commentary of the second
:20:53. > :20:55.half over on BBC Radio Wales. And we'll bring you the result in our
:20:55. > :20:59.bulletin at 10.25pm. The Tour of Britain had ended its
:20:59. > :21:02.second and final stage in Wales. The riders covered more than 177
:21:02. > :21:05.kilometres from Machynlleth to Caerphilly. The stage was won by Sam
:21:05. > :21:11.Bennett. Team Sky's Sir Bradley Wiggins retains the race lead.
:21:11. > :21:14.Rain in Chelmsford held up play for much of the third day of Glamorgan's
:21:14. > :21:19.Championship match against Essex. The home side moved onto 240 for two
:21:19. > :21:25.before the heavens opened. Its Glamorgan's last match before their
:21:25. > :21:30.LV40 Final on Saturday. We'll be live at Lords on tomorrow evening's
:21:30. > :21:33.programme. On Tuesday's programme, we brought
:21:33. > :21:37.you the story of Fran Murphy who was looking for the man who saved her
:21:37. > :21:41.life. The Cardiff librarian was on holiday in the south of France when
:21:41. > :21:44.she was swept out to sea and a complete stranger scooped her from
:21:44. > :21:50.the water and lay her on the beach before disappearing. The only clue
:21:50. > :21:54.to his identity, he said he was from Swansea. Well thanks to Wales Today
:21:54. > :22:08.he's been found and we've brought the two of them together. Hello.
:22:08. > :22:13.Nice to meet you. She thought she would not be able to thank him.
:22:13. > :22:19.After Wales Today told her story, who Mr Lee K got in touch and we
:22:19. > :22:23.reunited them. You look better than last time. I do not think I could
:22:23. > :22:27.have looked worse than then. She was on the beach in the South of France
:22:27. > :22:32.when she got into trouble. The former Marine came to her rescue.
:22:32. > :22:41.She was in a bit of a pickle. Borderline unconscious. I took hold
:22:41. > :22:46.of her and slam her back. On the way back, her friend informed me there
:22:46. > :22:55.was another group of dead Sea. She was safe so I turned around and went
:22:55. > :22:58.to see if I could help out again. Nobody on the beach realised how
:22:58. > :23:05.close to death she was. Her lungs were full of water. Ian went back to
:23:05. > :23:09.sunbathe with his girlfriend. I noticed he had been gone for a
:23:09. > :23:15.while. He was athletic so I thought he had been swimming. He came back
:23:16. > :23:23.and casually said he had saved someone but he sat down. What
:23:23. > :23:32.happened? He said some women had got into trouble and he helped them. I
:23:32. > :23:41.left them to add. He casually got on with things. The women had no idea
:23:41. > :23:49.who had saved them. On the way in with the second group, I just
:23:49. > :23:53.brought up that I was from Swansea because they were from Cardiff. I
:23:53. > :23:56.said if I had known they were from Cardiff I would have left them. I
:23:57. > :24:02.did not realise how serious the condition was when I left. I would
:24:02. > :24:09.not have left if I had known. It was only when they got back home that
:24:09. > :24:18.they put two and two together. I am glad she is OK. Absolutely over the
:24:18. > :24:21.moon that we can thank you in person. You made a big difference to
:24:21. > :24:26.my life. Wonderful. I am really happy. They do not know where they
:24:26. > :24:33.will go on holiday next that they say they would like to go wherever
:24:33. > :24:37.Ian is going. They truly modest K. Let's see what the weather has in
:24:37. > :24:39.store. How's it looking, Derek? A big improvement in the weather
:24:39. > :24:44.today. Wind and rain followed by sunshine
:24:44. > :24:47.this afternoon. Tomorrow largely dry with lighter winds and there's more
:24:47. > :24:51.dry weather to come over the weekend but not completely dry everywhere.
:24:51. > :24:58.Fine this evening. The sky clear so look out for the full Harvest Moon.
:24:58. > :25:02.After midnight, though, cloud may bring spots of drizzle to Gwynedd
:25:02. > :25:07.and Ceredigion. The wind easing and a cool night. Lowest temperatures
:25:07. > :25:10.seven Celsius in Monmouthshire. 11 on the north Pembrokeshire coast.
:25:10. > :25:14.Here's the picture for eight in the morning. Most of the country dry.
:25:14. > :25:18.Bright in places. Some sunshine. But some cloud as well. Spots of drizzle
:25:18. > :25:21.in Deeside and Ceredigion at least for a time. Otherwise generally dry
:25:21. > :25:25.tomorrow. A fairly quiet day weather-wise. Some cloud with some
:25:25. > :25:31.bright spells and sunshine. The wind lighter than today with top
:25:31. > :25:40.temperatures 14 to 17 Celsius. Feeling quite pleasant in the
:25:40. > :25:45.sunshine. In Meirionydd, largely dry tomorrow. Some cloud and sunshine.
:25:45. > :25:52.The temperature in Corwen rising to 15 Celsius. Tomorrow evening dry.
:25:52. > :25:57.Clear spells but during the early hours a few spots of drizzle are
:25:57. > :26:07.likely in the south and west. Saturday's chart shows high pressure
:26:07. > :26:14.over France. This low over the Atlantic is the remains of tropical
:26:14. > :26:18.storm Humberto. He's not heading our way but this warm front is and that
:26:18. > :26:22.will bring us warmer, moist and humid air from the Tropics. So for
:26:22. > :26:25.the weekend, I can promise some dry, bright weather, especially in the
:26:25. > :26:29.north and east. But some low cloud, mist, drizzle and hill fog is likely
:26:29. > :26:35.as well, especially in parts of the west and south-west. And by Sunday
:26:35. > :26:41.it will feel warmer and humid. Next week, mostly dry and settled thanks
:26:41. > :26:47.to high pressure. Sunnier and warmer on Monday. Temperatures rising into
:26:47. > :26:54.the 20s. Shorts and T-shirt weather again! Our picture tonight is from
:26:54. > :27:04.Mike Davies. Sunset over the Bristol Channel. Thanks Mike and enjoy the
:27:04. > :27:09.dry weather tomorrow if you can. The top story again. A crack down is
:27:09. > :27:12.ordered on pension schemes that offer poor value to millions of
:27:12. > :27:16.savers. The Office of Fair Trading calls for a ban on some high charges
:27:16. > :27:26.which eat into people's savings. But campaigners say it isn't enough. In
:27:26. > :27:33.Wales. More families who work and living in poverty full stop the
:27:33. > :27:36.report also says Wales has the highest proportion of low income
:27:36. > :27:41.households in the whole of the UK. That is Wales Today. We'll have a
:27:41. > :27:42.quick update at eight and more news at 10.25pm. Have a good evening.