:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story.
:00:08. > :00:10.Scrap your local police force - that's one of the recommendations of
:00:11. > :00:26.a former Metropolitan Police commissioner.
:00:27. > :00:31.Our other headlines tonight: A boost for building - help to buy offers
:00:32. > :00:34.interest free loans to home buyers. Will it lead to another
:00:35. > :00:36.unsustainable bubble? Jennifer's killer was a paranoid
:00:37. > :00:41.schizophrenic released from a Denbighshire hospital. Now there's
:00:42. > :00:44.to be an inquiry. Plans for a new opencast mine near
:00:45. > :00:51.Blaenavon close to a school have been turned down.
:00:52. > :00:54.Good evening in tonight's sport. A miracle recovery - wing Alex
:00:55. > :01:08.Cuthbert is in line for a shock return for Wales against Australia.
:01:09. > :01:11.Good evening. Scrap the four Welsh police forces and replace them with
:01:12. > :01:15.just one for the whole of Wales. That's one of a number of proposals
:01:16. > :01:18.from a former Metropolitan Police commissioner. In his report,
:01:19. > :01:20.commissioned by the Labour Party, Lord Stevens also suggests the
:01:21. > :01:26.recently-elected police and crime commissioners should go. Here's our
:01:27. > :01:36.parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock.
:01:37. > :01:41.Bobbies on the beat, the sort of neighbourhood policing Lord Stevens
:01:42. > :01:46.want to see. Here local officers are deployed at busy times to deter
:01:47. > :01:54.crimes such as anti-social behaviour and to reassure the public. We have
:01:55. > :01:58.seen fantastic results, overall 18% drops in calls for service but we
:01:59. > :02:05.had positive feedback from all the community, businesses and the high
:02:06. > :02:10.street. We were able to put some big problem-solving initiatives in
:02:11. > :02:15.place. North Wales police is one of four in Wales. There are 39 in
:02:16. > :02:20.England, too many sellers this report. What is the solution,
:02:21. > :02:29.mergers or possibly cutting them to turn. It's an idea be last Labour
:02:30. > :02:36.government tried and failed to introduce although Scotland does now
:02:37. > :02:42.have one force. Will people support a new police Wales? It is for the
:02:43. > :02:49.whole of Wales. If anything happens in the other part, they have to stop
:02:50. > :02:56.at the border. I do not think having one centralised police force will
:02:57. > :03:02.give confidence. What of those newly created police and crime
:03:03. > :03:08.commissioners? If Lord Stevens has his way they will be the first and
:03:09. > :03:14.last. The way the Gwent police PCC forced out the local constable,
:03:15. > :03:19.demonstrated a chilly effect on the leadership of the police. I am
:03:20. > :03:30.surprised at some of the language used. I would like to see the
:03:31. > :03:34.evidence of failure. Today's report was commissioned by Labour, which
:03:35. > :03:38.says it will consult on the proposals. Its commissioner in South
:03:39. > :03:44.Wales gave the report a guarded welcome. It will be another year
:03:45. > :03:51.before you see either commissioners have delivered, which I hope to be
:03:52. > :03:59.able to prove, or they have not, all there is a patchwork quilt of good
:04:00. > :04:03.and bad. Policing still decided in Westminster but the Police
:04:04. > :04:10.Federation which represents rank-and-file officers says that
:04:11. > :04:15.should change. There are rather larger... All the crossovers we see
:04:16. > :04:19.with policing and I would have thought a far reaching commission
:04:20. > :04:23.would have looked at the issues within Wales particularly when they
:04:24. > :04:28.talk about amalgamations. The UK government says crime has been
:04:29. > :04:32.falling. It rejects the criticism of police and crime commissioners and
:04:33. > :04:40.says it has cut red tape to allow more officers to spend more time on
:04:41. > :04:46.the beat. David, what are the chances of this? Lord Stevens is a
:04:47. > :04:50.respected void. He was Britain's top cop for several years but his report
:04:51. > :04:56.was commissioned by the Labour Party. Labour says it will consult
:04:57. > :05:01.with all 37 of his recommendations, some are more likely to happen than
:05:02. > :05:06.others. If you look at merging police forces, that idea of a single
:05:07. > :05:11.Wales and England force, that has been rolled out by Labour. The
:05:12. > :05:16.merger of the four Welsh forces could be put back on the agenda but
:05:17. > :05:20.Labour had to backtrack when he tried that in a few years ago. As
:05:21. > :05:27.for police and crime commissioners, lots of Labour MPs would like to get
:05:28. > :05:33.rid of them but they are due for re-election in 2016 and a new Labour
:05:34. > :05:38.government would have to win that election and move quickly if it
:05:39. > :05:41.wanted to get rid of them. Interest-free loans, a boost for
:05:42. > :05:44.first-time buyers, and a helping hand for the housing market. That's
:05:45. > :05:47.the idea behind a ?170 million scheme from the Welsh Government.
:05:48. > :05:50.From January, buyers of new build homes under ?300,000 will able to
:05:51. > :05:54.get a loan to help with the cost. But there are warnings it could lead
:05:55. > :05:59.to another bubble in the housing sector. Our business correspondent
:06:00. > :06:03.Brian Meechan explains. It's called Help to Buy Wales and it
:06:04. > :06:08.mirrors a scheme that's been running in England since April. How it works
:06:09. > :06:11.- buyers with a 5% deposit will get an initial interest-free loan, up to
:06:12. > :06:19.20% of the cost of the house they're looking to buy, that'll be funded by
:06:20. > :06:24.the Welsh Government. Now, this is purely for those buying new-build
:06:25. > :06:27.homes, up to a maximum of ?300,000. The theory is more people can get a
:06:28. > :06:38.mortgage, higher demand for new build properties, and more houses
:06:39. > :06:45.will be built. We have made sure the scheme is right for people, taken
:06:46. > :06:51.our time to ensure we have a strong financial model so people are not
:06:52. > :06:54.put at risk. Working with the industry we have to make sure we
:06:55. > :06:57.have a product that for the future. In England, in the first six months
:06:58. > :07:00.of a similar scheme, more than 5,000 houses were bought. The vast
:07:01. > :07:08.majority by first-time buyers, something that house builders here
:07:09. > :07:12.in Wales are happy about. In fairness, many people do save up but
:07:13. > :07:18.there is a whole sector of the market out there, particularly key
:07:19. > :07:23.workers that have the borrowing capability but cannot get the hands
:07:24. > :07:26.on the deposit and why deny them the right to a property? But there are
:07:27. > :07:33.warnings about the potential impact of intervening in the housing
:07:34. > :07:37.market. You have to be careful you increase supply because the risk is
:07:38. > :07:42.if you increase demand without increasing supply, you could end up
:07:43. > :07:46.with severe house price inflation and house price bubbles that have
:07:47. > :07:50.caused problems over the last few years. The scheme will start here in
:07:51. > :07:57.January - something the opposition parties and builders say should have
:07:58. > :07:59.happened much sooner. A BBC investigation into the online
:08:00. > :08:02.retailer Amazon has uncovered working conditions that an expert
:08:03. > :08:05.says could cause "mental and physical illness". An undercover
:08:06. > :08:07.reporter worked at an Amazon warehouse in Swansea for seven
:08:08. > :08:11.weeks. Professor Michael Marmot was shown secret filming of night shifts
:08:12. > :08:14.involving up to 11 miles of walking, where an undercover worker was
:08:15. > :08:20.expected to collect orders every 33 seconds. Amazon says the safety of
:08:21. > :08:23.its workers was its "number one priority." There's more on Panorama
:08:24. > :08:30.tonight at 8.30, here on BBC One Wales.
:08:31. > :08:33.A new law allowing women to check their partner's police record is
:08:34. > :08:36.being widened to include the whole of Wales and England. Clare's Law is
:08:37. > :08:40.currently being trialled by four forces including Gwent Police. The
:08:41. > :08:43.scheme is named after Clare Wood from Salford who was murdered in
:08:44. > :08:50.2009 by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton. Clare complained to police
:08:51. > :08:54.about him several times. Plans for a new opencast mine near
:08:55. > :09:00.Blaenavon have been rejected by the Welsh Government. Campaigners have
:09:01. > :09:03.welcomed the decision. But the company behind the project say
:09:04. > :09:09.they're disappointed and may take legal action. Natasha Llewellyn
:09:10. > :09:13.reports. Relief for these campaigners today
:09:14. > :09:18.after months of uncertainty, they have received a letter saying plans
:09:19. > :09:27.for a mine and not go ahead. My house is here and the opencast is
:09:28. > :09:35.right there were the fence is. You could not get any closer. It would
:09:36. > :09:41.have just made the whole environment a different place to live.
:09:42. > :09:47.Redevelopment was first suggested in 2011. The plan was for the mine to
:09:48. > :09:51.be built opposite these homes and near the local school. The council
:09:52. > :09:56.refused permission but the overall decision was left to the Welsh
:09:57. > :10:00.government. If plans for the opencast mine had been approved,
:10:01. > :10:09.they would have gone against the own Welsh government's guidelines. As
:10:10. > :10:14.you can see, guidelines would not be followed here. Earlier this year,
:10:15. > :10:18.the minister responsible for planning at the time said he was
:10:19. > :10:25.minded to approve the development, but ten months on, his successor has
:10:26. > :10:30.decided it will not happen. He said he was not satisfied that after work
:10:31. > :10:38.on the mine was finished, the land would not be restored. The council
:10:39. > :10:44.turned it down in January 2011 so it will be almost three years dealing
:10:45. > :10:49.with the planning enquiry and the ministerial consideration, so I need
:10:50. > :10:54.to look at that area. Glamorgan power who are behind the plans say
:10:55. > :10:58.they are disappointed and meeting with lawyers on Wednesday because
:10:59. > :11:07.some people in the area want the mind. If the work had been done, or
:11:08. > :11:14.will be done, the land will then be brought into some sort of use for
:11:15. > :11:18.the public to use, as is promised by Glamorgan power. That they were
:11:19. > :11:23.landscape it, make it suitable. Those against it know the fight is
:11:24. > :11:27.not over but they will continue with their campaign.
:11:28. > :11:30.Much more to come before seven o'clock. Helping local business
:11:31. > :11:36.create 600 new jobs - Pembrokeshire Lottery celebrates 20 years.
:11:37. > :11:39.And in 2012, it was taekwondo star Jade Jones. Who would you short list
:11:40. > :11:47.for this year's BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year?
:11:48. > :11:50.How a man with paranoid schizophrenia was released from a
:11:51. > :11:54.hospital in North Wales and went on to murder a British woman in
:11:55. > :11:57.Tenerife is to be the subject of an independent inquiry. Deyan Deyanov
:11:58. > :12:02.decapitated Jennifer Mills-Westley two and a half years ago. He'd
:12:03. > :12:05.previously been treated at a psychiatric unit at Ysbyty Glan
:12:06. > :12:17.Clwyd in Denbighshire. Chris Dearden reports.
:12:18. > :12:21.Happier times. This is Jennifer Mills-Westley at her granddaughter
:12:22. > :12:26.'s christening in south-west France. These were pictures taken five years
:12:27. > :12:29.before she was killed and this family celebration is how her
:12:30. > :12:43.daughters want to remember their mother. She was a shining light, she
:12:44. > :12:49.was just... She was my best friend. She was a confidant, a great mother.
:12:50. > :12:56.But now her family are looking for answers. They told us they want to
:12:57. > :13:04.know why she was killed. It has been devastating for our family.
:13:05. > :13:10.Devastating for the grandchildren who do not understand what has
:13:11. > :13:15.happened. How this has happened. In the last two and a half years, those
:13:16. > :13:20.grandchildren have begun to find out the full horror of what happened in
:13:21. > :13:23.Tenerife. Jennifer Mills-Westley had retired there but while out shopping
:13:24. > :13:26.she was stabbed to death and beheaded. This is the man who killed
:13:27. > :17:09.her. ?2.5 million has been paid back into
:17:10. > :17:16.the community in prizes but for Danny, it is also about creating
:17:17. > :17:22.jobs in Pembrokeshire. Money is owed to local businesses to set up or
:17:23. > :17:27.expand. Because it is loans, the money comes back from businesses and
:17:28. > :17:36.as those repayments come in, they go out again as a new loan to the next
:17:37. > :17:43.business. This company is one of 330 businesses helped to create 1600
:17:44. > :17:50.jobs and 20 years on, one man's idea has gained widespread respect.
:17:51. > :18:01.Rugby and football now, and Sports personality of the year, here's
:18:02. > :18:11.Ashleigh. The latest news from the Wales rugby camp. The Lions star had
:18:12. > :18:16.been ruled out of the autumn series but he is now back in training and
:18:17. > :18:20.could be considered for this Saturday 's match against Australia.
:18:21. > :18:28.He is a man who knows how to find the try line in big net games.
:18:29. > :18:33.Alex Cuthbert was not picked in the squad, such was the severity of his
:18:34. > :18:37.injury, a hairline fracture of his ankle. But he is now back in
:18:38. > :18:46.training and everything chance he could face the Wallabies. Alex is a
:18:47. > :18:51.player who has scored the winning try in the last six Nations and so
:18:52. > :18:57.we are very interested if he is fit and available for selection. It was
:18:58. > :19:02.a relief Wales did not pick up any more injuries in the win over Tonga.
:19:03. > :19:10.Tries were bright spots in a disappointing game. Scott Williams
:19:11. > :19:14.injured earlier is making good progress also. Wales have called up
:19:15. > :19:24.extra cover in the second row. James King has joined the squad. The
:19:25. > :19:28.Wallabies are now in Wales after seeing of Scotland 21-15 on
:19:29. > :19:35.Saturday. They have changed their coach and Wales think that will make
:19:36. > :19:41.them much tougher opposition. They had been outstanding and improved a
:19:42. > :19:46.great deal. They have world-class players so great strength and
:19:47. > :19:53.depth. Forwards that can play the ball and fill in anywhere. One of
:19:54. > :19:58.the best teams in the world and hopefully we can match them if we
:19:59. > :20:05.can. If they win on Saturday, Wales will feel it will be an existent
:20:06. > :20:09.autumn but lose, it will be a massive blow.
:20:10. > :20:12.A more than decent weekend for our two Premier League clubs. Cardiff
:20:13. > :20:15.say they were disappointed only to draw with Manchester United. The
:20:16. > :20:19.Bluebirds were trailing the Premier League Champions 2-1. But substitute
:20:20. > :20:23.Kim Bo-Kyung snatched a late equaliser. Swansea are up to 10th
:20:24. > :20:32.after their 2-1 victory at Fulham. Jonjo Shelvey came off the bench to
:20:33. > :20:36.net the winner for the Swans. One of Wales top judo players has
:20:37. > :20:42.given herself a massive confidence boost ahead of the Commonwealth
:20:43. > :20:47.games. Natalie Powell equalled her best career performance winning
:20:48. > :20:53.silver at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The list of previous winners reads
:20:54. > :20:59.like a Who's Who of Welsh sport. Here now are the five nominees who
:21:00. > :21:04.could be crowned BBC Wales sports personality of the year for 2013.
:21:05. > :21:10.The winner will be decided by public vote next week so the power is in
:21:11. > :21:16.your hands. Let's find out more about the famous five from which to
:21:17. > :21:20.choose. From Cardiff schoolboy to galactic
:21:21. > :21:26.all, the football world is in agreement that Gareth Bale is the
:21:27. > :21:31.real deal. Dominant performances for Spurs and Wales led to Real Madrid
:21:32. > :21:36.breaking the wild transformer accord to secure him. Gareth Bale, a
:21:37. > :21:41.Welshman on top of the football world. 20 13th saw another summer
:21:42. > :21:49.for Aled Sean Davis. At the World Championships he set a new world
:21:50. > :21:53.record for the shot put and too cold for the discus. Success at another
:21:54. > :21:58.major championships has proved he is one of the best Paralympic pro was
:21:59. > :22:01.in the wild. Leigh Halfpenny finished the six Nations is the
:22:02. > :22:07.highest points scorer and was player of the tournament. In Australia he
:22:08. > :22:12.repeated the feat by breaking the points record for the British Lions
:22:13. > :22:17.on a tour and was awarded player of the test series. At the track
:22:18. > :22:22.cycling world Championships, Becky James became the first Briton to win
:22:23. > :22:29.four medals at one event with two golds and two bronzes. Becky has
:22:30. > :22:39.established herself as one of the stars of cycling. In the past 12
:22:40. > :22:48.months, triathlete Nance Dunford has broken the mould. She became the
:22:49. > :22:52.first woman to achieve the double in successive seasons. You will be able
:22:53. > :22:58.to vote for your spurts personality of the year by telephone and text.
:22:59. > :23:03.We will give you the numbers when voting starts on Monday 2nd of
:23:04. > :23:13.December. We will give you all the details of how to vote next week.
:23:14. > :23:19.More than 10 million people chewed into CD special 50th anniversary of
:23:20. > :23:26.Doctor who. The day of the doctor was broadcast in 94 countries at the
:23:27. > :23:30.same time as it as on BBC One, earning it a wild record as the
:23:31. > :23:40.world 's largest ever simulcast of a TV programme. Another traveller of
:23:41. > :23:44.the intergalactic heavens, Derek. No need to leave planet Wales, the
:23:45. > :23:44.weather has been quite kind to us thanks to high
:23:45. > :23:53.weather has been quite kind to us pressure. Most of Wales enjoyed lots
:23:54. > :24:07.of sunshine today. It'll change expected. It will continue mostly
:24:08. > :24:10.dry and it should start to feel milder by the time we get to
:24:11. > :24:12.Wednesday. In the meantime, tonight, much of the country dry. Some frost
:24:13. > :24:17.and mist and fog patches forming. Lowest temperatures around minus two
:24:18. > :24:25.Celsius. Where it stays cloudy, temperatures will stay above
:24:26. > :24:30.freezing. Tomorrow's chart shows the high pressure I mention close to
:24:31. > :24:35.Southern Ireland. This front here will bring rain and milder air to
:24:36. > :24:41.Scotland. For Wales, here is the picture tomorrow morning. Much of
:24:42. > :24:48.the country dry, a fuse spots of drizzle. One or two mist and fog
:24:49. > :24:55.patches. A lot of cloud but pride in places. Less cold on the West Coast
:24:56. > :25:02.with the odd spot of drizzle. During the day, plenty of cloud but it will
:25:03. > :25:06.brighten up in places. Most pieces dry but again we could see a few
:25:07. > :25:15.spots of drizzle on the West Coast and on Pembrokeshire. Six Celsius at
:25:16. > :25:27.the top temperatures. Tomorrow, a dry day in prospect. Plenty of cloud
:25:28. > :25:34.but hopefully the cloud will breakthrough here and there.
:25:35. > :25:38.Tomorrow night, most places dry. Temperatures generally stay above
:25:39. > :25:45.freezing but where the cloud clears, a risk of a touch of Frost and one
:25:46. > :25:50.or two fog patches. In Brecon the temperature could fall to low
:25:51. > :25:59.Celsius. Plenty of cloud on Wednesday. Temperatures a little bit
:26:00. > :26:05.higher, eight Celsius in Monmouth, that is 50 Fahrenheit. Thursday, a
:26:06. > :26:12.similar day. Mostly dry, high-pressure steam close. Some mist
:26:13. > :26:16.and the risk of fog but a few places should see the sun and temperatures
:26:17. > :26:24.around the average for this time of year, nine Celsius in pristine.
:26:25. > :26:32.Looking ahead to the end of the week, a change on the way. Friday,
:26:33. > :26:38.breezy with rain and turning colder. December will start off fairly mild
:26:39. > :26:43.but there was a hint it may turn colder around the six. Still no sign
:26:44. > :26:51.of snow. Our picture tonight is from Amy. These clouds are very common
:26:52. > :27:01.and act like a blanket, stopping temperatures fall -- falling too
:27:02. > :27:09.low. The headlines, Wales for police forces could be merged to form one.
:27:10. > :27:14.That is one of the recommendations in a new report. It also suggests
:27:15. > :27:20.police and crime commissioners should go. It will be another year
:27:21. > :27:25.or so before you see either commissioners will have delivered,
:27:26. > :27:30.which I hope to prove in south Wales, or they have not, or there is
:27:31. > :27:37.a patchwork quilt of good and bad and it will be a year or so before
:27:38. > :27:41.we know that. Buyers of new-build homes under ?300,000 will be able to
:27:42. > :27:46.get interest-free loans to help with the cost under the Welsh government
:27:47. > :27:52.'s help to buy scheme. The daughters of a woman murdered in Tenerife have
:27:53. > :27:54.been speaking exclusively to us as it emerged an independent enquiry is
:27:55. > :28:07.to be held as