:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today our top story.
:00:08. > :00:10.Terry is hard of hearing. Why hospitals are still struggling to
:00:11. > :00:22.get the basics right when it come to communicating with patients like
:00:23. > :00:25.him. I was told to leave my glasses and chilling out in the locker.
:00:26. > :00:30.Everything was a blur. I could not understand what people were saying.
:00:31. > :00:33.Tonight, the health board accused of treating another patient as if he
:00:34. > :00:45.had dementia when he was actually deaf.
:00:46. > :00:50.Also tonight. Have we been left behind? Cardiff will not form part
:00:51. > :00:54.of the plan to ease London's airport crowding.
:00:55. > :00:57.Councils are having a tough ride. But questions are raised about the
:00:58. > :01:03.way Carmarthenshire funds Llanelli Scarlets with over?20 million of
:01:04. > :01:06.taxpayers' money. The split at Cardiff City Football
:01:07. > :01:09.Club widens tonight. Manager Malkay McKay stands firm against public
:01:10. > :01:17.criticism from the club's billionaire owner Vincent Tan.
:01:18. > :01:19.They're hitting the high notes. Can these school children get to number
:01:20. > :01:29.one this Christmas? Good evening. The NHS in Wales is
:01:30. > :01:33.still struggling to get the basics right when communicating with
:01:34. > :01:36.patients who are deaf or hard of hearing. That's the warning tonight
:01:37. > :01:39.from a leading charity. It comes as a complaint was upheld against the
:01:40. > :01:43.Aneurin Bevan Health Board after it allegedly treated a patient as if he
:01:44. > :01:47.had dementia when he was actually deaf. Action on Hearing Loss Cymru
:01:48. > :02:00.Cymru is warning this was not an isolated case. Paul Heaney reports.
:02:01. > :02:07.Scott Griffiths has started a new traineeship for subpoenas cleaning
:02:08. > :02:11.up streets and gardens. Terry is retired and today as part of his
:02:12. > :02:15.volunteering work was that they have both received treatment at NHS
:02:16. > :02:24.hospitals and both have encountered problems there because they are
:02:25. > :02:33.deaf. I could not hear a word they said. They should have been telling
:02:34. > :02:38.me what happened. I just did not understand a word they said.
:02:39. > :02:44.Speaking through an interpreter, Scott says simple things that is not
:02:45. > :02:51.getting an interpreter causes real problems. It has been a bad
:02:52. > :02:56.experience. A lot of people are not aware and it is very difficult. It
:02:57. > :03:00.is hard for me. I have always had to ask my mother and she is responsible
:03:01. > :03:09.for making phone calls to do with me. I do not want my mother to be
:03:10. > :03:18.responsible. What am I supposed to do when she is old? Teddy and Scott
:03:19. > :03:22.are not the only ones. A complaint has been upheld against the no Bevan
:03:23. > :03:33.health board about the treatment of a man here. The family wished to
:03:34. > :03:43.remain anonymous. -- the Nigel Evans has board. -- nine Bevan health
:03:44. > :03:52.the man was treated as if he had dementia because he was deaf. The
:03:53. > :04:01.health board has apologised to the family and say specific staff
:04:02. > :04:07.training has been taken here. The patient could become isolated and
:04:08. > :04:12.distrust the goods they do not know what is happening to them. Being in
:04:13. > :04:20.hospital in itself is a distressing or potentially distressing
:04:21. > :04:27.experience. BBC is found in the Welsh Government was breaking its
:04:28. > :04:32.own equality of -- laws by not looking after those with sensory
:04:33. > :04:36.loss. It brought in these new rules to tell has bought what they should
:04:37. > :04:43.be doing. The Bush government says it is very disappointing to hear
:04:44. > :04:49.this. Half a million people in Wales have hearing loss. Many of those do
:04:50. > :05:06.not have access to an interpreter in hospital. There are security
:05:07. > :05:09.implications. -- the biggest concern is that we do not have the basics in
:05:10. > :05:16.place so that people are treated safely. Teddy and Scott say the NHS
:05:17. > :05:32.in Wales now needs to raise its game. Cardiff Airport will not be
:05:33. > :05:39.used to alleviate flights in the London area. Our business
:05:40. > :05:48.correspondence is that Cardiff Airport tonight. For those of us who
:05:49. > :05:54.have travelled regularly from this airport, this is a familiar sight.
:05:55. > :05:57.One year ago, Carwyn Jones went public with his frustrations about
:05:58. > :06:01.the dwindling of passenger numbers flying from this in what. A lot has
:06:02. > :06:10.changed since then including the Welsh Government buying it for ?52
:06:11. > :06:12.million. The airport is reporting an increase in passenger numbers since
:06:13. > :06:17.taxpayers took over earlier this year. The man charged with turning
:06:18. > :06:22.around its fortunes says it is moving in the right direction. We
:06:23. > :06:29.have been talking to a large knob of a loan. We want to increase the
:06:30. > :06:32.capacity of our increasing -- existing destinations but we also
:06:33. > :06:41.want to extend the range of destinations. This man was one of
:06:42. > :06:46.the anti-is putting together with transport expert to suggest an
:06:47. > :06:53.expanded role for Cardiff. We are talking about it being linked and
:06:54. > :07:01.that is a question of having to make it happen. It is up to us to make
:07:02. > :07:15.the case and make it strongly. We need to work with Bristol. It was
:07:16. > :07:23.going to be called the Western Gateway and that idea is not part of
:07:24. > :07:43.the short list drawn up by the commission. What do you think of the
:07:44. > :07:46.idea? , the commission is saying, West we have the operational
:07:47. > :07:51.capability and the opportunity to do it here, it was always going to be
:07:52. > :07:58.based on whether there would be policy decisions made to direct
:07:59. > :08:02.traffic here. Cardiff still has the advantages it has always got. It has
:08:03. > :08:08.a runway to handle and Atlantic flights full stop that is a market
:08:09. > :08:16.there in this building to America and the far east. Carwyn Jones also
:08:17. > :08:26.talked about the future of the airport. The Welsh Government wanted
:08:27. > :08:34.the power to set a duty but others have said this should not happen. It
:08:35. > :08:42.is very convenient. Otherwise we have to go to Bristol for Liverpool.
:08:43. > :08:48.It is very nice but we do not have flights to destinations. They need
:08:49. > :08:53.something done to attract more people. Otherwise I do not think it
:08:54. > :08:57.will survive. The Welsh Government says it will consider the
:08:58. > :09:19.recommendations and what they mean for Wales but it is only an interim
:09:20. > :09:22.report. A union representing workers at the
:09:23. > :09:25.Sharp plant in Wrexham says it wasn't consulted on hundreds of job
:09:26. > :09:28.losses at the solar panel factory. The Unite union says the
:09:29. > :09:31.announcement that Sharp was cutting 250 permanent jobs and not renewing
:09:32. > :09:34.365 agency contracts was a big shock. The company says the decision
:09:35. > :09:36.was unavoidable. Representatives are due to meet with management on
:09:37. > :09:40.Thursday. Also in the Wrexham area, more than
:09:41. > :09:43.230 workers at a cheese packing plant have been told the factory
:09:44. > :09:46.will close. First Milk says formal consultation with staff and unions
:09:47. > :09:50.over job losses at its creamery in Marchwiel is now over and the site
:09:51. > :09:53.is expected to close next year. It's still hoped some workers may be
:09:54. > :10:08.taken on by another cheese-packing company in Oswestry.
:10:09. > :10:11.Seven men from Cardiff who risked their lives to steal ?150,000-worth
:10:12. > :10:14.of live cable have been jailed. They stole the cables by scaling 30-foot
:10:15. > :10:17.pylons in a field in Gloucestershire and cutting through live copper
:10:18. > :10:20.conductors. Two of the men were convicted of conspiring to steal the
:10:21. > :10:24.cable at Gloucester Crown Court last month. Five other men pleaded guilty
:10:25. > :10:26.to the same charge at an earlier hearing.
:10:27. > :10:28.We've been reporting the financial difficulties that many councils
:10:29. > :10:31.faces. But tonight Carmarthenshire County Council could have broken
:10:32. > :10:34.rules in the way it's given over ?20 million of taxpayers' money to the
:10:35. > :10:37.Llanelli Scarlets. A European funding expert has told BBC Wales
:10:38. > :10:43.that proper regulations may not have been followed. Difficult times for
:10:44. > :10:48.the Llanelli Scarlets recently. It does not end on the pitch. The last
:10:49. > :10:54.set of accounts show deaths of over ?1 million. The move to a custom
:10:55. > :11:00.built new stadium and it was supposed to be the start of a bright
:11:01. > :11:03.new future. Carmarthenshire county council has given the region
:11:04. > :11:09.significant financial support totalling at least ?20 million. I
:11:10. > :11:16.don't ?80 million was spent by the Council on building a new stadium.
:11:17. > :11:19.It is owned by the council but it is least to the Llanelli Scarlets was
:11:20. > :11:34.that they have not paid any rent so far. ?2.4 million was paid and
:11:35. > :11:39.released was made cheaper this year. A European funding expert has now
:11:40. > :11:49.told BBC where is the use -- this could breach regulations. The
:11:50. > :11:57.commission needs to be notified so that it is subject to the
:11:58. > :12:03.conditions. If that is an auditor then they add in a position of
:12:04. > :12:05.noncompliance. The European commission has told BBC with it has
:12:06. > :12:09.not been notified of any of the payments made by Carmarthenshire
:12:10. > :12:14.Council. Local councillors have raised concerns that with
:12:15. > :12:19.Carmarthenshire council trying to cut money from the budget of the
:12:20. > :12:24.next three years, many given to the Llanelli Scarlets could've been
:12:25. > :12:33.given to local sports clubs. I think it is about ?13 per game and ?5 the
:12:34. > :12:38.training session. We were told it would be escalating year on year for
:12:39. > :12:46.topical finish up in 2016 where we will have to pay ?140 per game.
:12:47. > :12:50.Carmarthenshire county council did not to be interviewed about
:12:51. > :12:54.situation. They said it had independently Delyth Price bit sad
:12:55. > :13:02.because of the way the original agreement was set out, the usual
:13:03. > :13:18.regulations did not apply in this case.
:13:19. > :13:21.How we get rid of our rubbish is controversial at the best of times.
:13:22. > :13:24.But in Cardiff, it's got the council into hot water. Residents who don't
:13:25. > :13:27.want a new incinerator have taken the council to the high court. It's
:13:28. > :13:30.all about whether the authority broke planning conditions when
:13:31. > :13:33.allowing the building to go ahead. Work on building this incinerator
:13:34. > :13:36.started last year, and the ?223-million development by Viridor
:13:37. > :13:39.aims to be fully operational by 2015. The two day High Court hearing
:13:40. > :13:42.in Cardiff, is to hear allegations on alleged violations of planning
:13:43. > :13:47.conditions, and a technical argument whether Viridor started work here,
:13:48. > :13:49.before it was legally allowed to. That's certainly the belief of these
:13:50. > :13:53.protestors who've formed the Cardiff Against the Incinerator group. Many
:13:54. > :13:57.live near the incinerator site, and are worried about impacts on the
:13:58. > :14:13.environment as well as complaints the public weren't fully
:14:14. > :14:16.consultated. Judge Wyn Williams questioned whether the council got
:14:17. > :14:19.the process wrong, or did officials have all the relevant information
:14:20. > :14:21.from all relevant sources and acted deliberately. Another argument is
:14:22. > :14:24.why Cardiff Council didn't take enforcement action after officials
:14:25. > :14:27.realised building work had started on the site too early, and then
:14:28. > :14:30.failed to take steps to stop construction until the planning
:14:31. > :14:33.conditions had been honoured. Lawyers for Cardiff council says it
:14:34. > :14:36.acted lawfully, and that it has an unarguable case. This hearing is
:14:37. > :14:39.about a technical aspect of planning regulation, but it's also about
:14:40. > :14:42.environmental impact and concerns about public health. The judge will
:14:43. > :14:44.have to determine what are the consequences of Cardiff Council not
:14:45. > :14:48.stopping work on this incinerator, even after it realised an error with
:14:49. > :14:51.planning conditions had been made. Could it mean stopping construction,
:14:52. > :15:05.or even returning this site to how it was in July last year?
:15:06. > :15:07.Much more to come before seven o'clock.
:15:08. > :15:11.We thought we knew how they built the pyramids but a Welsh engineer
:15:12. > :15:16.tells us we might have got it wrong. They want to reach number one. Will
:15:17. > :15:20.they get there this Christmas? The split at the top of Cardiff City
:15:21. > :15:22.Football Club appears to have worsened tonight. The position of
:15:23. > :15:25.manager Malky Mackay looks increasingly vulnerable after he was
:15:26. > :15:31.publicly criticised by owner Vincent Tan for expressing an interest in
:15:32. > :15:35.signing new players. Our sports reporter Ashleigh Crowter is outside
:15:36. > :15:39.the club's ground. What future for Malky Mackay tonight?
:15:40. > :15:41.That's exactly the question that Cardiff City fans are asking after
:15:42. > :15:46.this extraordinary statement by Vincent Tan's representative at the
:15:47. > :15:49.club. He accuses Mackay of overspending in the summer,
:15:50. > :15:52.something the billionaire found so upsetting that he's refusing to hand
:15:53. > :15:59.over a single penny to buy new players in January. Even in these
:16:00. > :16:03.turbulent times at the club, the statement certainly caught Mackay by
:16:04. > :16:11.surprise. But tonight, he's told BBC Wales that he has no intention of
:16:12. > :16:17.resigning. It is that relationship that appears to be falling apart.
:16:18. > :16:23.Malky Mackay as loved by fans but not it seems the owner. The comment
:16:24. > :16:29.about his hopes of signing the new players seems to have engaged the
:16:30. > :16:34.owner. His right-hand man in Cardiff issued a statement last night
:16:35. > :16:53.claiming he was upset at the comment.
:16:54. > :17:00.It is not the first time he has been undermined and the owner pulled up
:17:01. > :17:10.the Scotsman said he had no plans to quit. I have got too much passion
:17:11. > :17:18.and pride in the job but I have got here at this football club. It is a
:17:19. > :17:27.job that is three quarters done as far as I am concerned. He has always
:17:28. > :17:33.insisted that they work within budget. The owner has a different
:17:34. > :17:40.view saying the real figure was more like ?50 million. It is a difficult
:17:41. > :17:44.one to work out. The owner has no previous experience in the boat and
:17:45. > :17:52.maybe he was not aware of what else is happening when players are
:17:53. > :17:58.signed. The only thing I would ask and what fans are asking, who signed
:17:59. > :18:07.off the checks? The manager does not sign the cheque. That is no doubt
:18:08. > :18:13.about where fans loyalties lie. They question the motives of the owner
:18:14. > :18:19.for speaking out. He wants to get rid of the manager. He wants him to
:18:20. > :18:28.walk and that is what this statement was designed to do. The supporters
:18:29. > :18:34.trust say they are supporting the manager. There are only two possible
:18:35. > :18:40.ways Malky Mackay could leave the that is if he is sacked or if
:18:41. > :18:47.another club make an approach to have him as their manager. He is
:18:48. > :19:07.focusing on the job in hand and preparing to face Liverpool at
:19:08. > :19:10.Anfield on Saturday. Rugby, the chief executive of
:19:11. > :19:13.regional rugby in Wales has resigned from the boards of the Pro 12 and
:19:14. > :19:16.the European Cup. It's understood Stuart Gallacher submitted a
:19:17. > :19:19.resignation letter last week. It comes amid a row between the Welsh
:19:20. > :19:23.Rugby Union and the unions about the future of the game in Wales.
:19:24. > :19:26.Seven men from Cardiff who risked their lives to steal ?150,000-worth
:19:27. > :19:29.of live cable have been jailed. An engineer from Newport has made a
:19:30. > :19:32.discovery that could shake the world of archaeology. Peter James's team
:19:33. > :19:35.of engineers have been restoring the pyramids and he argues they were not
:19:36. > :19:47.built as had been previously thought. I used to read a lot of the
:19:48. > :19:53.books by archaeologists. They could not have built the pyramids in the
:19:54. > :19:58.timescale. Without all the modern equipment, it was impossible. He
:19:59. > :20:14.says the traditional version of stone blocks being laid by moving
:20:15. > :20:23.them up ramps is impossible. He displays national treasures which he
:20:24. > :20:33.and his staff have restored in his office. This is about 4500 years
:20:34. > :20:37.old. Reinforcing the ancient Egypt has been challenging. But his
:20:38. > :20:47.company has invented and patent did a way of putting steel into the
:20:48. > :20:51.structures. When he was working inside the Egypt he began to
:20:52. > :21:00.question how they were built. They were built from the inside out. That
:21:01. > :21:11.is our I would do it. Did Ariel Chambers would be built properly
:21:12. > :21:20.from granite. The work was supported by airbags made in Wales. This is at
:21:21. > :21:23.the heart of the story. This inflated with a will take the weight
:21:24. > :21:29.of the terms and these are being used in the pyramids to help them be
:21:30. > :21:34.repaired. The bags are very strong but apply support gently. The more
:21:35. > :21:42.Peter James Wickes and the pyramids, the more he questions the deceived
:21:43. > :21:49.with them about their construction. If you see a problem you need to
:21:50. > :21:58.address that problem. It is impossible to have filled these with
:21:59. > :22:14.large blocks. He is now preparing to tell archaeologists about his
:22:15. > :22:18.discovery. It's that time of year and the
:22:19. > :22:21.charity single season is well and truly in full swing, with dozens
:22:22. > :22:24.aiming to reach that Christmas number one spot. A handful of Welsh
:22:25. > :22:27.acts are throwing their hats into the ring, including a group of
:22:28. > :22:31.children from special schools in the Vale of Glamorgan. Matt Murray has
:22:32. > :22:34.been along to see them perform. At the moment these pupils are at three
:22:35. > :22:38.different special schools in the Vale of Glamorgan but next year
:22:39. > :22:44.they'll be based on a new campus in Penarth and all money raised will go
:22:45. > :23:04.to support music at that new school. And the single, It's Christmas, is
:23:05. > :23:14.already proving popular. When we sang the song it got an to the
:23:15. > :23:24.Internet. All sorts. Hundreds and hundreds of people are buying it.
:23:25. > :23:28.Hopefully, it'll get to the charts and we can become famous. There
:23:29. > :23:31.hasn't been a Welsh act at that sought-after Christmas number one
:23:32. > :23:35.spot since Shakin Stevens in 1985. So nearly a thirty-year absence. But
:23:36. > :23:37.plenty are following in Shakey's 1980s' footsteps including the
:23:38. > :23:42.official supporters band of the Welsh football team, the Barry
:23:43. > :23:48.Horns. They've covered the classic, Only You. Originally a Christmas hit
:23:49. > :23:52.for the Flying Pickets, they've released it in memory of lead singer
:23:53. > :23:54.Brian Hibbard and all money raised will be going to Wales national
:23:55. > :24:00.prostate cancer charity Prostate Cymru. While the stars of the BBC
:24:01. > :24:04.Three hit television series The Call Centre are also hoping to sell more
:24:05. > :24:07.than just cavity wall insulation this Christmas. They're looking for
:24:08. > :24:18.a festive hit with this, a cover of The Killers' song Mr Brightside for
:24:19. > :24:25.the children's charity Ty Hafan. It is not the best of songs. It is so
:24:26. > :24:30.bad it is quite funny. It is catchy. It is a charity song. So their cold
:24:31. > :24:35.calling will continue this Christmas but for a good cause as they join a
:24:36. > :24:54.list of groups hoping to raise money for charity this festive season.
:24:55. > :24:56.Not much to sing about on the weather front tonight. It's all
:24:57. > :25:00.going downhill isn't it, Derek? Yes, there is more rough weather on
:25:01. > :25:03.the way tomorrow. Wales in the firing line for more heavy rain,
:25:04. > :25:07.strong winds and gales. I think the worst of the rain and gales will hit
:25:08. > :25:11.us tomorrow evening. South and West Wales will bear the brunt of the
:25:12. > :25:15.gales with a Met Office warning in force. Gusts 50 to 70 mph likely.
:25:16. > :25:18.There could also be some flooding in places with rainfall totals between
:25:19. > :25:20.20 and 40 mm in the south and west. 60 mm, over two inches on high
:25:21. > :25:26.ground. So more severe weather on the way
:25:27. > :25:30.but this evening most places dry. A touch of ground frost inland, one or
:25:31. > :25:33.two mist and fog patches as well. Overnight though, the wind will
:25:34. > :25:36.increase with a little rain. The chart for tomorrow shows a front
:25:37. > :25:38.moving east across Britain. This deepening area of low pressure will
:25:39. > :25:42.move towards northwest Scotland bringing a spell of heavy rain with
:25:43. > :25:46.strong to severe gale force winds. This is how Wales will look at eight
:25:47. > :25:49.in the morning. Cloudy and breezy. Raining in most places too. The
:25:50. > :25:52.strongest winds in the south and west. Up to gale force on some
:25:53. > :25:56.coasts and hills. During the day, further rain at times and windy. The
:25:57. > :25:59.wind strengthening later in the afternoon. Temperatures higher than
:26:00. > :26:02.today ten to 12 Celsius but it won't feel that mild in the rain and
:26:03. > :26:06.strong winds. In Pembrokeshire tomorrow. Not as nice as today. Wet
:26:07. > :26:09.at times and windy. Gales on the coast and on the Preseli Mountains
:26:10. > :26:12.with a high of 12 Celsius in Maenchlochog. Now the worst of the
:26:13. > :26:23.rain and gales will reach us tomorrow evening. Torrential rain
:26:24. > :26:28.lasting a couple of hours. Gusts 50 to 70 mph likely. The heavy rain
:26:29. > :26:36.will clear to scattered showers overnight. The wind easing as well.
:26:37. > :26:39.Thursday brighter, colder. Some sunshine and showers. Heavy in
:26:40. > :26:46.places with hail and wintry on high ground. A little snow on some hills
:26:47. > :26:52.and mountains. Friday will start dry but it won't last. There is more wet
:26:53. > :26:55.and windy weather on the way. Warnings of heavy rain in force from
:26:56. > :27:00.Friday afternoon and most of Saturday. Our picture tonight is
:27:01. > :27:05.from Neil Richard Davies. Sunshine, fog and frost on Pen y Fan today.
:27:06. > :27:14.Rain and gales tomorrow! The headlines again. The NHS in
:27:15. > :27:17.Wales is struggling to get the basics right when communicating with
:27:18. > :27:20.deaf patients. That's the warning from a charity tonight. It comes as
:27:21. > :27:24.a health watchdog found an 80-year-old patient was treated as
:27:25. > :27:36.if he had dementia when he was actually deaf.
:27:37. > :27:40.I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and after the BBC News
:27:41. > :27:43.at Ten. That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching. From all of us on
:27:44. > :27:44.the programme, good evening.