23/10/2013 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: One year after the

devastating Cardiff hit and run attack one of the victims, who

suffered life-changing injuries, describes her ordeal. He knocked me

straight out and came straight at me. I went backwards. I smacked the

back of my head will stop he went over me and if it wasn't for my

daughter I would not be here to tell the story today.

This nurse blew the whistle on poor care. But concern a new policy is

deterring others from doing the same.

Crucial talks over the future of the rugby regions in Europe. We're live

in Dublin with the latest. Celebrating and selling global

music. 2,500 of the industry's great and good come to Cardiff.

And how did it all begin? The telescope developed by scientists in

Cardiff, helping to unlock the secrets of the universe.

Good evening. A year on from the hit and run frenzy which killed a mother

of three, and injured 17 other people in Cardiff, one of the

victims has been speaking about the incident which, she says, changed

her life forever. Jill White and her daughter Becky were just leaving a

supermarket when they became Matthew Trvdon's last victims. He's now been

detained indefinitely. Our reporter Nick Palit has been speaking to Jill

White. In a deadly 30-minute spree around

the Welsh capital, Matthew Tvrdon turned his three tonne van into a

weapon. He targeted woman and children, and in the Ely district of

Cardiff mowed down 31-year-old Karina Menzies, a mother of three.

She died and 17 others were injured. His final victims were near this

supermarket in the Leckwith area. 50-year-old Jill White and her

daughter Becky. One year on, Jill is in a wheelchair still recovering

from the trauma of that horrendous October afternoon. He knocked me

straight out. He came straight at me and I went backwards. I smacked the

back of my head. He went over me. If it wasn't for my daughter would not

be here to tell this story today. She saved my life. She chased after

the van and that is why a feel guilty because that is why she

sustained her injuries. My body had dropped twice and three times he

went over me. The third time he took my daughter. He remembered -- she

remembers talking to me and the van, screaming and asking if I could

speak to her. She thought I was dead. What is the extent of your

injuries? I had swelling of the brain. I lost my eyelid year. I lost

digits on my right hand. My back is all skewing draft when I was dragged

under the van. -- skin graft. I have got burns on my arms and so has my

daughter. She has got scars everywhere. She is coping remarkably

well. She is a single parent. It is very difficult for her. For the both

of us, it is emotionally difficult. It has changed our lives. I believe

you went along to the trial, that Mr Finn vary emotional. I wanted to see

justice done. To me, it hasn't... I can't get my head around the fact he

only targeted women and children. The added trauma was your grand

daughter was only three at the time and with Miss this happening to her

mother and grandmother. She still mentions the naughty white van. She

looks at me as if to say, what has happened to you? It will never be

the same. Never. Jill White, speaking to our reporter

Nick Palit. It's meant to encourage health

service staff to speak out when they see poor care, but there's a warning

tonight that the whistle-blowing policy of the Welsh NHS is actually

putting people off raising concerns. Doctors leaders and a

whistle-blowing charity have told BBC Wales the policy is confusing

and could make staff feel threatened. Paul Martin reports.

The damning report into the dreadful care given to patients in the mid

Staffordshire NHS trust led politicians across the UK to promise

action to stop a similar scandal happening again. One thing the

report recommended was new protection for whistle-blowers, NHS

staff will want to raise concerns about poor care. In 2008, this woman

told her managers about patients being denied access to oxygen and

medication being given incorrectly. Her complaints were upheld but

Alison was dismissed two years later after failing to agree to

redeployment. It made me feel I was a troublemaker, I was causing

problems. I had no self-worth. It would not let me return to my

substantial role. I was the problem, I was the person who has

set out to find the solution to the problems that are going on in the

area I worked. But I was now the problem. In July, the last

government published a new policy covering whistle-blowing in the

NHS. It is meant to help people find themselves in this situation. But

some medical professionals say it is having the opposite effect partly

because it is too long and confusing. Instructors as the

overcomplicated. -- struck as. It seemed to be focusing on following

process. That is a problem for us because it seems to threaten

disciplinary action if the process is not followed. This is a model

whistle-blowing policy drawn up by the charity, public concern at work.

It is the pages long. You want to make it very, very clear that it is

encouraged for people to speak up. There are so many different messages

that I don't think that comes through loud and clear. The Welsh

Government says harassment of victimisation of any one raising a

concern will not be tolerated. It says it is committed to an open and

transparent culture in the NHS. It will review the policy before the

end of March top sinews Justin, Russia has dropped piracy charges

against the Welsh Greenpeace activist. He was arrested at

gunpoint along with 30 others campaigners as they protest near an

Arctic oil rig. The new charge of hooliganism has a maximum sentence

of seven years. A group of French travellers has

left a hospital car park that they have occupied since Saturday. The

travellers had been blocking spaces reserved for medical staff and were

warned to move from the Royal Gwent in Newport or face legal action from

the health board. I want to say to the people at the hospital, for the

community, it is a city. Thank you very so much.

A church minister has been arrested by Dyfed Powys Police over an

allegation of historical child abuse. 81-year-old Gwyn Ieuan Morgan

has served at both Bryn Iwan Chapel, near Cynwyl Elfed, and Moreia Chapel

in Blaenwaun, north of St Clears, since the early 1970s. He has been

suspended by the Union of Welsh Independents and bailed pending

further inquiries. The jury in the case of a former

mayor of Denbigh, who's accused of causing a series of explosions in

the town, has been sent home for the night. John Larsen denies the

charges against him. 30 tonnes of debris are blocking a

main road in Snowdonia after a landslip caused by heavy rain. The

A498 between Beddgelert and Penygwryd will remain shut until

later tonight while officers try to clear the road.

Wales' four rugby regions have backed the Anglo-French plan for a

revamped European competition from next season. It's a serious blow to

the organisers of the Heineken Cup who are meeting in Dublin tonight to

discuss the future of the tournament. We'll have the latest

from there in a moment but first here's Ashleigh Crowter. Power. It

is essential on the rugby pitch and in rugby politics. The forward as

regions have put themselves at the heart of the power struggle to

control unit's main club tournament. Last night, regional Rugby Wales who

speak for the Cardiff Blues, Scarlett, Dragons and the Ospreys

support the competition backed by England and France. They feel this

new plan is most likely to succeed. Without the guarantee of European

rugby the financial crisis and Wales rugby with the pen. -- will deepen.

This is do or die. We're talking about regions existing. It is hard

to see how the current Heineken Cup can continue beyond this season

without teams from England, France and probably Wales. The new

tournament still has not been ratified in the national unions.

They include the WR you. There is a consensus between the regions like

the Ospreys and the WRU about the best shape for European club

competition. You both agree that more qualifications system is

better. It is likely to be a sticking point about who governs the

competition, at the moment the unions hold most of the

decision-making power. Under the Anglo-French plan, that of past the

clubs. At the moment the language is consensual, the regions talk about

working with the WRU and positive engagement. There may be

difficulties ahead, the regions will not sign a new participations

agreements with the union until they know which tournaments they will be

playing in. WRU Chief Executive Roger Lewis as if they can't come to

a new deal he may have no choice but to pull the plug on the regions

central funding. It is a complicated picture of the future of Welsh

regional Rugby seems dependent on finding a compromise.

Roger Pinney is in Dublin for us now where the organisers of the Heineken

Cup have gathered for crucial talks about the tournament. Roger, what's

been happening there? This has been a day of confusion in

Dublin. The governing body of the Heineken Cup web at pains to tell as

this was not their meeting it was some kind of private affair. It

would not tell us where the meeting was being held. This afternoon they

relented on that at least and steered us to the Hotel behind me.

As Phil Cooley is here, we know Roger Lewis is here. We also

understand the representative from all four Welsh rugby regions are

here. We don't believe there are representatives of the English and

French clubs. That is important because they are the prime movers

behind this new competition and without them it is difficult to see

if anything concrete can be achieved. Is it likely than this is

going to be resolved any time soon? We have been told that the meeting

does not have any firm timetable and we expect it to rent well into

tomorrow. They are told to come up with some kind of compromise deal

which can take away and put to the English and French clubs behind the

scenes. I have to say, all the indications we are getting from

England at the moment is they believe now is the time to move on

from the Heineken Cup to this new competition and they want to take

the Welsh regions with them. Still to come tonight: Paralympic

stars like Ellie Symonds trained at the National Pool in Swansea. Now

it's announced, it won't be used for competition preparation anymore.

A leading economist has told BBC Wales that the UK Government will

need to invest heavily in Wales if proposed changes to housing benefits

are to be viable. Under Universal Credit, the scheme to overhaul the

benefits system, benefits will be paid to tenants rather than

landlords. But figures from a pilot project in Torfaen show tenants

there are going into arrears. Helen Callaghan reports.

This area is one of the pilot areas for the government 's new Universal

Credit scheme. The results show it is not working. This man lives in

Cwmbran and until last year his housing benefits as paid directly to

his landlord. Now under the Universal Credit scheme, it is given

to him. The aim is to get people to take responsibility for their own

mini but for Colin it was a daunting prospect. I would have thought there

was extra mini there and forgot it was due to that. I would've spent

it. Colin is lucky, you volunteers at a credit union survey have been

helping him. He says he would not be able to do it on his own. He is not

the only one having difficulties. People have struggled, a fifth of

the tenants who started the pilot projects have ended up going back to

the old system where rent is paid directly to their landlords. They

could not cope with doing a warm themselves. A leading economist says

substantial government investments will be needed to make this scheme

work. There must be a lot of monitoring and they must be a lot of

support for tenants to move back onto the right payments. You are

going to need a lot of support for that. I would imagine in terms of

budgets, it is difficult for the million pound figure on it, you

would need to put about 5% of the budget. The government is defending

the scheme. This is a demonstration projects should -- we should not see

the results and that challenges you highlight as the final outcome. It

is going into the mix of things are going to look clearly acts to make

sure we get the right outcome. Universal Credit pilot projects are

being rolled out even more locations next week. It is claim is like Colin

who will be living with the consequences of that decision.

You can see more on this story on The Wales Report, here on BBC One

Wales, that's at 10.35pm tonight with Huw Edwards.

The Welsh Government wants the power to put a tax on bags for life as

well as single use carrier bags. There's already a 5p levy on the

single use bags in Wales. Ministers say there may be a need to charge

between 5p and 10p for bags for life because there's a risk shoppers are

treating them as throw aways. Waiting times for cancer treatment

have improved, but all our health boards are still failing to meet the

Welsh Government's target for treating the most urgent cases.

Figures for August show 89% of these patients started treatment within 62

days of being diagnosed, short of the target of 95%, which hasn't been

met on an all-Wales basis for several years.

It's one of the biggest events in world music circles. The Womex

Showcase and Trade Fair opens this evening with a concert produced by

the singer Cerys Mathews. More than 2,000 performers and industry

figures will be in Cardiff over the next four days. Our arts

correspondent Huw Thomas is at the Wales Millennium Centre for us. The

edit expecting a near sell-out crowd for this gala opening concert for

Womex at the Wales millennium Centre. A few speeches to be done on

the stage behind me to get things under way. Of course, as all these

delegates travelled to Wales to celebrate world music it is Wales

itself which is on stage tonight showing off what it can offer to the

world music industry. Preparing to welcome the world. Womex is bringing

some of the music industry 's biggest players to perform in Wales.

Cerys Mathews has one chance to show the Womex delegates what Wales has

to offer. She has curated tonight 's opening concert which will showcase

songs and stories from Welsh studies. We have this huge

opportunity to enjoy sharing this great scene of culture we have from

England or China or career. Womex is a conference for work music. To have

2500 artists will the in Cardiff for the next week. But music is at the

heart of Womex and the children here have been rehearsing regularly ahead

of their big moment. Tonight they will perform as the land of Song

concert aims to present 30,000 years of Welsh culture on one stage. This

is the ever stayed of Womex, the trade fair. There are big deals to

be in at Womex and it is not just be music industry that will feel the

benefits. Hosting Womex is worth ?3 million to the Welsh economy as

delegates from around the world make Wales their home for this week. Even

if you're not thinking I am going to sign somebody, it is the sense of

finding somebody. All others in music industry are very excited

about the music so that is a lot of wanting to talk about it. Who did

you see? Who did you love? Is a short time to go until Womex is

welcomed to Wales. One of those who is going to be performing here in

the next few days is Catrin Finch. We have applied for a showcase. So

musicians from all over the world, bands, DJs, musicians, they apply

for showcases. There are about 30 of them. We were lucky enough to be

chosen to go on the horizon stage which is shared between Ireland,

England, Scotland and Wales. I am doing a project with a player from

Senegal. Interesting adventure. What is the attraction for you? To expand

your horizons? Yes, absolutely. You have 2500 delegates from around the

world and they ranged from user shouldn't but promoters, concert

promoters, artist, management and so all these people come together and

stop it is like a big trade fair. You are selling the artist or a

promoter is selling a festival. I have things I am aiming for, some

people I know are here. I will welcome them to my showcase and see

Viking get something out of it. Good luck and enjoy the opening concert

tonight and your performance here on Friday. Plenty happening over the

next few days. Womex will be on until Sunday night.

It's where Paralympic star Ellie Simmonds trained to win Olympic gold

but elite disabled athletes will no longer be using Wales' National Pool

in Swansea to prepare for competitions. British Para-Swimming

has announced training will be centralised in Manchester instead,

as Cemlyn Davies reports. In recent years Paralympic swimmers

training at Wales' National Pool have enjoyed great success on the

international stage. But all that may now be coming to an end after

British Para-Swimming announced training will be centralised in

Manchester. The news has come as a blow to a coaching team that's

helped deliver so much Olympic glory. When you work your debts out

every day of the year, you do feel let down. It does hurt for want of a

better word. 18-year-old Jack Thomas is targeting a place at next year's

Commonwealth Games. He's also disappointed with the decision. It

is really bad news because I love this performance and it will create

the opportunity. It has a lot to offer. It is not great news.

British Para-Swimming said it had carried out a review and a decision

was made to have one National Performance Centre in Manchester

which would offer the very best support and services that athletes

require. That decision won't just have a financial knock on effect on

the pool in Swansea. It will hurt as is well from the point of view of

our athletes. They will have to travel. Some will not want to

travel. It is an ?11 investment as a Wales national poll on something we

want to maintain. Swim Wales will be meeting with

British Swimming next month to discuss how they can continue to

support athletes based here in the run up to next year's Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow. It's unlocked the secrets of the

stars, mapping the universe from the moment just after the big bang 14

billion years ago. The Planck space telescope has been exploring the

fringes of our galaxy with a special camera designed and built by Cardiff

University. As its four year mission comes to an end today, Carwyn Jones

has been finding out how Welsh scientists have been helping to

answer the age old question - how did the universe begin? 1 million

males of the Earth -- 1 million miles above Earth. The Planck

telescope has been travelling back in time. Because like takes a fixed

time to travel, the Planck has been seeing things from the distant

past. This is a quarter sized model of the Planck telescope and that is

heart is this tiny camera. That can peer through the furthest reaches of

space where it is extremely cold. This camera can operate at -270

Celsius. It was built like scientists at Cardiff University who

have been involved in the project from the beginning. For the last 20

years we have been working on Planck. We were defining the

instrument you see here and then building it, testing it and

eventually launching it in May 2009. Now, we can have the reward of the

data it has produced. The camera is so sensitive it can see light way

beyond the human eye. It is look back as far as possible. It has been

beaming images like this act Earth. It is after the light from the stars

at the beginning of the universe. This speckled stuff. We can see the

light that left universe 14 billion years ago. We can look back at the

first tiny fraction of a second after the big bang when the universe

expanded incredibly quickly by a factor of millions and millions in

seconds. Today marks the end of Planck's four-year mission. It was

disconnected. It will now drift into an orbit around the sun. The images

gathered by Planck have helped scientists to unlock the secrets of

space. The origins of our universe. Well, let's stay looking skywards.

Behnaz, there's more rain on the way?

We get a brief break tonight and tomorrow but that is more rain

tomorrow night. This evening is fairly quiet, quite chilly end of

those clear skies. We will see isolated showers in Carmarthenshire

and Pembrokeshire bets for the majority of us it is dry.

Temperatures dipping down to single figures. High pressure taking charge

tomorrow, keeping things quiet but low pressure will take charge from

tomorrow night. Once the mist and fog lifts we can look forward to a

right start tomorrow. It will be sunny. The wind will pick up a

little cloud over. Top temperatures 14-16. Tomorrow night we will see

the wind and rain gradually pushing from the south. That will help to

hold that the temperature so it'll be a mild night. It is a warning in

place for areas from Pembrokeshire right across the Newport, we will

see torrential downpours in the early hours of Friday morning. There

is a potential for localised flooding. The rain will clear by

Friday afternoon. Behind it, a few blustery showers. There is a dry to

Saturday but who will see more rain coming in through the afternoon and

blustery showers on Sunday. Tonight headlines from the BBC. 800

jobs are lost as one of Scotland's biggest industrial sites.

Grangemouth is to close and the future of the refinery at the site

is also hanging in the balance. And that is Wales Today. There's a

quick update at 8.00pm and more news at 10.25pm. For now though from all

of us on the programme, have a good evening.