:00:00. > :00:00.weekend. That's all from us. Now the news
:00:00. > :00:07.where you are. Welcome to Wales Today. Our top
:00:08. > :00:11.story. Baffled by energy bills. Why many of
:00:12. > :00:14.us don't understand gas and electricity costs. The boss of one
:00:15. > :00:29.of Wales' biggest energy providers tells MPs price hikes are not his
:00:30. > :00:37.fault. 85% of the ingredients of that girl are outside our control.
:00:38. > :00:41.We've hit the streets to talk to you the customer to see how your coping
:00:42. > :00:43.with spiralling energy costs. One small country, two energy companies
:00:44. > :01:00.with a virtual monopoly. What's the solution to cutting bills?
:01:01. > :01:04.Our other headlines. Are you being filmed or followed?
:01:05. > :01:06.Employers using undercover surveillance to track your every
:01:07. > :01:11.move. Surviving a stroke. We're making
:01:12. > :01:15.progress but a long way to go to catch up with Europe's best.
:01:16. > :01:25.Road rage, why Welsh police forces aren't fining drivers like this. You
:01:26. > :01:27.talk to me like that again and I would up that at the nose. Is that
:01:28. > :01:37.clear? Good evening. Many of us just don't
:01:38. > :01:41.understand our gas and electricity bills and there needs to be more
:01:42. > :01:45.transparency. That's according the group Consumer Future in Wales. It
:01:46. > :01:48.comes as MPs have been quizzing energy bosses about their price
:01:49. > :01:56.increases. Four of the big six companies have put bills up by an
:01:57. > :02:03.average of 9.1%. Here's our Economics Correspondent Sarah
:02:04. > :02:07.Dickins. The energy market has changed in the last ten years
:02:08. > :02:11.without many others really knowing. This is one of the new smaller firms
:02:12. > :02:20.selling electricity to anyone who wants to sell -- sign up. It works
:02:21. > :02:27.and a different model. It is owned by the man who set it up. We use
:02:28. > :02:34.this model of hills into males. The use the money to build new windmills
:02:35. > :02:40.every year. This energy independence gives us an independent from the
:02:41. > :02:49.world price for fossil fuel. It has 80,000 customers across the UK. It
:02:50. > :02:58.is freezing bills until April for the pits as if it rises then, it'll
:02:59. > :03:04.be at half the rate of the big six. This is the heart of the call
:03:05. > :03:08.centre. They have been selling electricity to award in for ten
:03:09. > :03:12.years. I have noticed since they froze their prices last month, in a
:03:13. > :03:19.bar people signing up has doubled. The big six supply 98% of
:03:20. > :03:24.electricity in the can to put up for them are foreign-owned. S S E has
:03:25. > :03:32.around 1 million customer accounts in Wales. They have announced rises
:03:33. > :03:45.of 8.2% from mid November. Bosses have been justifying price rises
:03:46. > :03:50.before MPs today. I went the interpretation of whether you
:03:51. > :03:54.thought the premise that meant green levies or social justice as well
:03:55. > :04:01.because Mac it is inherently contradictory. We wish to have the
:04:02. > :04:04.security of supply at a time when revenues and supplies are decreasing
:04:05. > :04:11.full stop we want to make is lower for that you cannot deliver all of
:04:12. > :04:16.those. While customers do not have two stay with the company that
:04:17. > :04:23.traditionally provided the area, many do. I have been a loyal
:04:24. > :04:28.customer for a number of years and I thought it was time to look around
:04:29. > :04:31.for a cheaper deal. I went online and within 20 minutes I found an
:04:32. > :04:40.alternative supplier in ScottishPower. They verified they
:04:41. > :04:48.could save me ?600 a year. It is difficult to compare prices because
:04:49. > :04:56.that is such a range. It is a need for greater transparency. Consumers
:04:57. > :05:01.do not understand when they hear the wholesale price will affect their
:05:02. > :05:11.bills and they see that the prices increased by more than that. The
:05:12. > :05:15.proper regulation to force the big six to invest in new infrastructure
:05:16. > :05:20.at the expense of some profit and some dividend should be done because
:05:21. > :05:24.it is vital in the interest of our country that we have an energy
:05:25. > :05:30.industry that serves our purposes and not the purpose of foreign
:05:31. > :05:33.owners. The debate will continue long after the MPs have finished as
:05:34. > :05:37.we all try to keep bills down. How will we all cope with these
:05:38. > :05:40.bills? As we've heard, one of those questioning the big energy company
:05:41. > :05:43.bosses today was the MP for Anglesey, Albert Owen. Roger Pinney
:05:44. > :05:56.has been to Amlwch in his constituency to see how people there
:05:57. > :06:00.will manage. It is an energy rich place with wind farms and a nuclear
:06:01. > :06:07.power station. Not that that is reflected in people 's bills. On the
:06:08. > :06:11.Anglesey coast. Hardly a day goes by without another of those energy
:06:12. > :06:16.price shock stories. With them the message of doom and gloom.
:06:17. > :06:20.Businesses will go bust we are told. Some people have to choose between
:06:21. > :06:25.heat and food. But is that really the case? Whatever the rights and
:06:26. > :06:31.wrongs of electricity and gas price rises, I found plenty of people
:06:32. > :06:39.today willing to talk about them. Gareth Parry has been running a shop
:06:40. > :06:45.for the past seven years. What can you do to reduce costs? I have had
:06:46. > :06:52.to reduce the number of fridges and freezers in order to save. It is
:06:53. > :07:01.getting tough. Does threaten your existence as a business? It does.
:07:02. > :07:07.Anglesey lost its major employer a decade ago put up the boot to their
:07:08. > :07:14.best to get by. There are a significant and have retired the oil
:07:15. > :07:25.will stop they go to a special centre in the town. Thoughts are
:07:26. > :07:32.turning to the cost of keeping warm. I have to use my gas central heating
:07:33. > :07:44.full stop I will be more careful. Will you change the way you use
:07:45. > :07:47.energy? I will try. If you are not warm and well fed, you are asking
:07:48. > :07:53.for trouble especially as it get a little bit older. I heard from
:07:54. > :08:00.Tracey Cooper in a town centre Cathy. The cafe is struggling to
:08:01. > :08:09.make ends meet and so is she. I lost my husband last year. The
:08:10. > :08:15.electricity goes up and up. I you really facing the decision of heat
:08:16. > :08:21.or food? Yes, I think everybody who is trying to keep their houses warm
:08:22. > :08:29.in this economy is facing the same problem. The bills still have to be
:08:30. > :08:32.paid. Police are appealing for information
:08:33. > :08:34.about a Pembrokeshire man missing in London. 23-year-old Gianni Sonvico,
:08:35. > :08:40.who is originally from Goodwick, works as a barrister in the city. He
:08:41. > :08:44.was last seen at 11.00pm on Friday night in the Tower Hill area. Police
:08:45. > :08:49.say his disappearance is completely out of character.
:08:50. > :08:52.A jockey has been accused of indecently assaulting teenage girls
:08:53. > :08:56.who hero worshipped him at the stables. Stephen Cashmore, who is 49
:08:57. > :09:00.and from Swansea, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court accused of three
:09:01. > :09:03.counts of indecency with a child and four of indecent assault against
:09:04. > :09:11.three different victims between 1988 and 1991. He denies the charges.
:09:12. > :09:15.Around 26 Blockbuster stores in Wales are to stay open while a new
:09:16. > :09:19.buyer is found for the company. It's after it went into administration
:09:20. > :09:21.for the second time this year. The DVD and games rental chain
:09:22. > :09:24.originally collapsed in January after losing business to online
:09:25. > :09:34.firms streaming films over the internet. 264 stores around the UK
:09:35. > :09:38.are due to stay open for the period. How would you feel about your
:09:39. > :09:42.employer secretly following you? BBC Wales has found that at least five
:09:43. > :09:45.local authorities in Wales say they have used private investigators to
:09:46. > :10:00.track staff or would consider doing so in future. Our Gwent Valleys
:10:01. > :10:04.Reporter Paul Heaney has the story. Kim worked as a teacher for a number
:10:05. > :10:08.of years. She says when she was signed off work with stress she was
:10:09. > :10:16.secretly followed by a surveillance company commissioned by the council.
:10:17. > :10:24.The think of these agents note doing the way I walked, but I was saying,
:10:25. > :10:32.the expression on my face and way I was going. That is really
:10:33. > :10:35.threatening. It is almost violating. She only found out about it by
:10:36. > :10:47.asking for all the information the council held about her. The report
:10:48. > :10:51.claims you were housebound. Basic note says work-related stress. That
:10:52. > :11:00.is nothing about being housebound. I fear they have pounced on that as an
:11:01. > :11:05.excuse to watch me and baby to prove I was not housebound. We asked other
:11:06. > :11:14.local authorities in Wales to see if they used similar tactics. Another
:11:15. > :11:24.four councillors said it was used in exceptional circumstances. Other
:11:25. > :11:33.councils did not answer our request. I asked to speak to someone from cut
:11:34. > :11:38.Caerphilly Council. I was told nobody was available for interview
:11:39. > :11:41.but that the council no longer has this kind of thing. It is not
:11:42. > :11:46.illegal for councils to use these kind of tactics and some say it can
:11:47. > :11:51.be useful if that is evidence of serious fraud. But some Civil
:11:52. > :11:57.Liberties campaigners say allowing councils this power is a bad idea.
:11:58. > :12:02.It also highlights the dangers of how these powers can be misused and
:12:03. > :12:06.how we need to keep under review how councils are authorising and
:12:07. > :12:13.operating these powers which were intended for serious crimes. Kim and
:12:14. > :12:19.her husband say there experience should make councils think more
:12:20. > :12:22.carefully in future. Stroke care in Wales has made huge
:12:23. > :12:24.strides but could still be significantly improved. An annual
:12:25. > :12:28.Welsh Government report into the state of stroke services shows that
:12:29. > :12:33.death rates still lag behind other European nations. It comes on the
:12:34. > :12:44.day a new ?11-million rehabilitation centre for stroke patients was
:12:45. > :12:50.officially opened in Cardiff. Every year in Wales, about 11,000 people
:12:51. > :12:53.have strokes and in this centre they expect to see 400 people this year.
:12:54. > :12:58.That is people like Colin who is having physiotherapy here. If I can
:12:59. > :13:07.just interrupt you, you have been having physiotherapy, how has this
:13:08. > :13:18.centre benefited Eucharist Mac benefited you? -- benefited you? It
:13:19. > :13:29.has given me the confidence and I can carry on walking. I did have
:13:30. > :13:36.speech problems. Quite a lot. Most of the young ladies did not have a
:13:37. > :13:47.clue if I was Welsh, Scottish, English or African! Good luck. Over
:13:48. > :13:54.here is one of the consultants. Can I just ask you, I you disappointed
:13:55. > :14:03.with the fact the government says we still have a long wait to go? We
:14:04. > :14:12.have seen some considerable improvement in the/ service.
:14:13. > :14:26.Mortality has gone down or stop -- has gone down. There are/unit at
:14:27. > :14:36.every health board. What improvements would elect as he made?
:14:37. > :14:41.-- would you like to see made? This is a pioneering treatment. There are
:14:42. > :14:51.other things that can be developed such as early support. This is a
:14:52. > :14:55.service where a therapy team in the community can discharge a patient
:14:56. > :15:05.from the service and also research as well which is something we need
:15:06. > :15:11.to develop upon. They tell me the ultimate dream here is to have an
:15:12. > :15:14.Institute of medicine here. They are very happy they have this centre.
:15:15. > :15:17.Caroline Evans was there. Much more to come before seven
:15:18. > :15:24.o'clock. Many motorists resorting to road rage, why Welsh police forces
:15:25. > :15:30.aren't fining drivers like this. You talk to me like that again and I
:15:31. > :15:35.will run that pipe at the nose. Is that clear?
:15:36. > :15:40.They say it is a victory for people power. Campaigners fighting to save
:15:41. > :15:43.two Catholic secondary schools in Denbighshire have won a temporary
:15:44. > :15:49.reprieve after the council scrapped plans to merge them. St Brigid's in
:15:50. > :15:54.Denbigh and Blessed Edward Jones in Rhyl were due to become one school
:15:55. > :16:02.spread over two sites. But there are still plans to create a new faith
:16:03. > :16:05.school to replace them. Making themselves heard at a different kind
:16:06. > :16:08.of assembly, the pupils of St Brigid's Catholic school were
:16:09. > :16:15.determined to get their message to Denbighshire council.
:16:16. > :16:20.A video on YouTube showed what could be lost if the school closed and
:16:21. > :16:25.hundreds gathered for a prayer vigil. They wanted to avoid being
:16:26. > :16:29.merged with Rhyl's blessed Edward Jones Catholic school and sharing
:16:30. > :16:36.both sites. Those prayers have been answered. We are really pleased they
:16:37. > :16:41.have listened to the voice of the parents and not to go ahead with
:16:42. > :16:45.phase one. With phase two, we still believe we have a fantastic school
:16:46. > :16:50.which is successful and we also have another school which is growing and
:16:51. > :16:53.succeeding. We should invest in both schools rather than closing
:16:54. > :16:57.successful schools and building something new. That new school would
:16:58. > :17:00.be built at a new location by 2018. It would replace the existing faith
:17:01. > :17:07.schools and also serve Anglican and Catholic pupils who are currently
:17:08. > :17:11.without places. There are questions on whether to small schools are
:17:12. > :17:21.sustainable. The provision of one new faith one is one which will give
:17:22. > :17:26.quality education facilities. There are mixed feelings about the
:17:27. > :17:30.alternative proposal. There has to be change at some stage but we do
:17:31. > :17:37.not see that means we lose this school. It will be a big change and
:17:38. > :17:46.everyone is fearful of change. We know it will be at wonderful
:17:47. > :17:57.opportunity for our students. Parents had faith that the council
:17:58. > :18:00.would listen to their protests. There's concern that Welsh police
:18:01. > :18:03.forces are not implementing new fines aimed at tackling aggressive
:18:04. > :18:06.behaviour on the roads like tailgating and lane hogging, despite
:18:07. > :18:10.being given the power to do so three months ago. It comes as a poll for
:18:11. > :18:13.BBC Wales's Week in Week Out programme found 51% of people had
:18:14. > :18:23.been victims of road rage. Tim Rogers reports. This college student
:18:24. > :18:31.is so used to being intimidated by angry drivers he records most of his
:18:32. > :18:36.journeys on a head camera. He challenges a driver who has kept in
:18:37. > :18:43.front of him on a road. You are putting other people in danger. He
:18:44. > :18:52.carries on thinking no more about it. But the driver has other ideas.
:18:53. > :18:55.He comes after him. He overtook me and pulled quite sharply in front of
:18:56. > :18:58.me and then slammed on his brakes. When he got out of the car and
:18:59. > :19:07.approached me, I thought you would hit me. Talk to me like that again
:19:08. > :19:13.and I would love that pipe up your nose. Is it clear? I will drip that
:19:14. > :19:26.helmet off your head. -- I will drip that helmet of your head. Earlier in
:19:27. > :19:35.the year legislation was passed against tailgating and lane hogging.
:19:36. > :19:40.It is all very well having a good idea and it's about the idea behind
:19:41. > :19:43.this initiative. The government is right to create this possibility of
:19:44. > :19:51.early intervention to try to improve behaviour on the roads but this
:19:52. > :19:59.Government does not seem to be -- pay any regard to the cost of doing
:20:00. > :20:02.that work. The Home Office admits police budgets have been cut in
:20:03. > :20:12.difficult circumstances. He was police forces say the delay its just
:20:13. > :20:14.administrative. The driver was cautioned but refused to apologise
:20:15. > :20:19.for his behaviour. More on this story on Week in Week
:20:20. > :20:22.Out here on BBC One Wales at 10.35 tonight.
:20:23. > :20:26.Going to the movies isn't normally a part of life in school but for some
:20:27. > :20:30.pupils it will be, at least for the next two weeks. More than 7,000
:20:31. > :20:34.young people across Wales are taking part in the country's first ever
:20:35. > :20:37.National Youth Film Festival. The event, funded by the British Film
:20:38. > :20:40.Institute, hopes to inspire the next generation of movie makers, as well
:20:41. > :20:46.as teaching skills, like numeracy and literacy all through the medium
:20:47. > :20:50.of cinema. Carwyn Jones reports. These children could be the
:20:51. > :20:52.animators of the future. At this workshop in Caerphilly they're
:20:53. > :20:56.learning how to make short films using the using same frame by frame
:20:57. > :21:04.techniques that are used by the makers of Wallace and Gromit. We
:21:05. > :21:10.take lots of different pictures and then we take it that turn it into
:21:11. > :21:14.one big movie. When it is all finished, it looks as if it is just
:21:15. > :21:17.moving along. The workshop is all about having fun, but amid all the
:21:18. > :21:20.modelling clay and cut out characters there's some serious
:21:21. > :21:23.learning going on. These children have had to write and develop their
:21:24. > :21:30.own stories, get to grips with IT equipment, and even perform mental
:21:31. > :21:33.arithmetic. They have been learning mathematical skills because there
:21:34. > :21:40.are 25 frames in one second of animation. They learned that this
:21:41. > :21:44.morning by having to draw out up to 25 pictures just to make their name
:21:45. > :21:48.stay on-screen for one second. This animation class is just one of a
:21:49. > :21:51.host of events linked to the UK's first ever National Youth Film
:21:52. > :21:54.Festival. In Wales, more than seven thousand young people aged between
:21:55. > :21:58.five and 19 will take part in workshops and film screenings. There
:21:59. > :22:06.will be 59 of those spread across 20 venues up and down the country. A
:22:07. > :22:11.lot of the themes are linked to the curriculum. It is an opportunity for
:22:12. > :22:14.them to expand their knowledge. In Bridgend, school children were
:22:15. > :22:18.transported back to Victorian London with a screening of the classic
:22:19. > :22:25.musical Oliver. Fancy dress was the order of the day but as the lights
:22:26. > :22:33.came up there was work to be done. Oliver is a film about and you can
:22:34. > :22:37.put young home word into that. The children had to write a page long
:22:38. > :22:40.review of the film, exploring themes like history and language. It's all
:22:41. > :22:47.about using cinema as a subtle tool for learning. In a film, that is a
:22:48. > :22:51.lot of focus and you can translate that into the classroom. The
:22:52. > :22:55.National Youth Film Festival runs until the eighth of November. It's
:22:56. > :22:57.backed by the British Film Institute, which is investing
:22:58. > :23:08.?26-million into film education in Wales and the rest of the UK over
:23:09. > :23:11.the next four years. The aim is to put creativity at the heart of the
:23:12. > :23:13.curriculum and get children animated about learning.
:23:14. > :23:16.Rugby and Mike Phillips's former coach, Lyn Jones, said, the scrum
:23:17. > :23:19.half should retire if he can't improve his discipline. Phillips,
:23:20. > :23:22.who was training today with Wales, intends to take legal action against
:23:23. > :23:27.French club Bayonne after he was dismissed for allegedly turning up
:23:28. > :23:40.to a training session drunk. But Jones said, the Lions player still
:23:41. > :23:44.has a future. He needs to get his discipline and he has potentially
:23:45. > :23:56.three or four years left in the professional game at this standard.
:23:57. > :24:00.If his motivation matches up with his expectation then he has a
:24:01. > :24:03.beautiful sub if not, it is best that he retires.
:24:04. > :24:05.Despite the slow start to his Real Madrid career, the world's most
:24:06. > :24:09.expensive footballer Gareth Bale has been named on the short list for the
:24:10. > :24:12.prestigious FIFA World Player of the Year award. The Wales and Real
:24:13. > :24:15.Madrid star faces strong competition from the likes of team-mate
:24:16. > :24:19.Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who's won the award for the last
:24:20. > :24:22.four years. The Ballon D'or prize is awarded in January.
:24:23. > :24:26.Not sure the weather's going to win any awards, Derek?
:24:27. > :24:32.It's been a case of dodging the showers today. Some lovely sunshine
:24:33. > :24:35.as well with a few rainbows. Mind you, the weather remains in a
:24:36. > :24:39.changeable mood. I can promise some dry, bright weather tomorrow but it
:24:40. > :24:43.won't stay dry all day! This evening plenty of dry and clear weather with
:24:44. > :24:46.a few scattered showers. Some showers likely in parts of the south
:24:47. > :24:50.and west later in the night. The wind easing and a chilly night.
:24:51. > :24:56.Temperatures inland falling as low as three Celsius with a grass frost.
:24:57. > :24:59.Milder on windward coasts. Tomorrow's charts shows low pressure
:25:00. > :25:03.near Iceland. A cold front over Ireland and that's heading our way.
:25:04. > :25:08.So here's the picture for eight in the morning. A chilly start but most
:25:09. > :25:12.of the country dry and bright. Some sunshine but not everywhere. Parts
:25:13. > :25:18.of the south and west cloudy with one or two showers and breezy on the
:25:19. > :25:25.coast. Now the dry weather won't last. Rain will cross the Irish Sea
:25:26. > :25:30.and spread across the whole of Wales during the afternoon. Top
:25:31. > :25:34.temperatures 11 to 14 Celsius. The wind increasing as well. Strong to
:25:35. > :25:39.gale force on exposed coasts and hills in the south and west. Gusts
:25:40. > :25:44.45 to 50mph. In Rhonnda Cynon Taf tomorrow, make the most of the dry
:25:45. > :25:49.weather. Rain is expected in the afternoon. The wind picking-up as
:25:50. > :25:59.well with a high of 11 Celsius in Ferndale. Tomorrow evening rain will
:26:00. > :26:12.clear. The wind easing as well. Scattered showers later in the
:26:13. > :26:18.night. Thursday breezy. Some dry, bright weather but showers as well.
:26:19. > :26:29.Heavy in places. On Friday there is a risk of some rain, especially in
:26:30. > :26:33.the south. The north may stay dry. As for the weekend, disturbed. Windy
:26:34. > :26:37.with some blustery rain and heavy showers. Strong to gale force winds
:26:38. > :26:49.as well. Temperatures around average for October and feeling chilly in
:26:50. > :26:54.the wind. Our picture tonight shows or colours and Ammanford. -- in
:26:55. > :26:59.Ammanford. The headlines again.
:27:00. > :27:02.There's been criticism of a six-figure pay-out to the former
:27:03. > :27:06.head of children's services at the council where Baby Peter Connelly
:27:07. > :27:10.died after months of abuse. Sharon Shoesmith is thought to be in line
:27:11. > :27:15.to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds after her dismissal was ruled
:27:16. > :27:19.to be unfair. The maximum sentence for dog owners
:27:20. > :27:22.whose pet is involved in a fatal attack is to be increased from two
:27:23. > :27:25.to 14 years. Ministers in Westminster are also going to close
:27:26. > :27:28.a loophole which prevents prosecution where the attack takes
:27:29. > :27:33.place at home or on private property.
:27:34. > :27:42.We'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and I'll be abck after
:27:43. > :27:43.the BBC News at ten. That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.