30/12/2013 BBC Wales Today

industry. We are back with

Good evening. Rain and strong winds have again been causing problems

across Wales, with emergency services dealing with a number of

incidents of flooding and fallen trees. And there's a warning of more

bad weather to come. Nick Palit reports.

The heavy rain has once again resulted in swollen rivers and

flooding to areas alongside. There's currently a flood warning on the

River Lougher and 20 further flood alerts. Here in Treharris near

Merthyr Tydfil, the Taff was dangerously high. Householders

nearby getting the sandbags ready. In neighbouring Trelewis, rain water

running off fields turned roads into streams. Council workmen battling to

clear blocked drains. The roads were very bad. In Aberdare, flooding on

the towns bypass affected traffic on the roads. It was coming out of the

fields. Rail services were also affected by flooding on the

railways. Arriva trains have been running replacement bus services on

some parts of the Valley Lines. These passengers at Abercynon had to

be brought here by road from Pontypridd. It has been a nightmare.

Freezing cold. It has been a similar story in communities right across

Wales. In the village of Llanberis in Gwynedd, fire crews were called

in to pump out drains and cellars. Elizabeth Jones was particularly

worried. She'd only just moved back into her house after a serious flood

last year. And today, for the third time in as many days, water came

within an inch of breaching her sandbag defences. Deep down, I was

afraid of the water coming in. I phoned the water board first. And of

course, seeing that nothing was being done, I panicked and I phoned

the fire brigade and they came. I was lucky in a way that they came

because it was half an inch from coming into the kitchen. The Met

Office is warning of further bad weather especially on New Year's Day

and with much of the ground already saturated, further localised

flooding seems inevitable. A private family funeral has been held in

Colwyn Bay for the former Wales Office minister Lord Roberts of

Conwy. Wyn Roberts served as Conservative MP for Conwy for 27

years before joining the House of Lords. He died earlier this month at

the age of 83. David Cameron called him a tireless ambassador for Wales.

A woman whose body was found in a stream during heavy rain in Gwynedd

two days before Christmas has been named. It's thought Susan Hewitt

left her house in Nant Ffrancon in Bethesda to check a water supply.

Police aren't treating her death as suspicious. The North Wales Police

Commissioner has welcomed a change to the way crime is recorded. Police

forces in Wales will start using a new system in the new year. It's

designed to give people more of an idea about why some crimes are not

solved. At the moment around 70% of crimes are recorded as undetected

with no indication as to why. It is vague and ambiguous and in

fact, misleading because it describes all sorts of situations,

including cases where the crime has been detected. And so change is

necessary so that people will know and have a clearer idea of why it is

that a case has not proceeded to court or prosecution. The parents of

a missing man from Newbridge, who's believed to have been murdered, say

they're desperate to find out what's happened to him. 24-year-old Kyle

Vaughan was last seen a year ago today. Paul Heaney reports.

Reminding people they are still looking for their friend, Curzon and

son, who disappeared last year, apparently without trace. It is

exactly one year since Kyle Vaughan was last seen alive. His father says

he has two accept that he has been killed but wants to be able to say

goodbye properly. When you have not had your son around for a year and

then you get him home, it is like all your Christmas is coming at

once. It will be a very sad day but it will be a happy day. A happy day

in the respect that we can put it to bed. We have a grave, a marker, we

can cry and talk to him. We need help from the public to find our

son. Kyle was last seen on 30th of December 2012. His light blue car

had crashed. Two men aged 27 and 25 from Blackwood are still on police

bail after being arrested on suspicion of murder. A 15-year-old

boy has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Police say just one piece of evidence from someone who knows

something about why he went missing could help their investigation. What

has happened to him, we do not know why, we do not understand why he was

murdered. All his friends are gutted. Everyone is devastated. The

bull think it will go to sleep. We will not let it go to sleep. It is

our son. It is our family. Everyone wants him home. The family has not

celebrated Christmas this year. They just want a year of torment to end

and lay their son to rest. The number of people who died at work

has fallen by more than half in a year, according to figures from the

Health and Safety Executive. Eight people lost their lives and just

over 1,000 suffered a major injury, compared to 19 deaths and almost

1,200 injuries in the previous year. Despite the drop, the HSE said

businesses needed to make employees' safety their top priority. Newport

County may be forced to play a defender in goal against Oxford

United because of an injury to their only fit goalkeeper. Lenny Pidgeley

hurt his thumb in Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Burton Albion and could

miss Wednesday's League Two match against promotion rivals Oxford

United. Defender Andy Sandell could find himself putting the goalkeeping

gloves on for that match. Time now for the full weather

forecast. Good evening. There is no sign of

the weather settling down. The Jetstream remains very active and

there is more heavy rain heading our way. For New Year's Eve, some rain

and showers but I can promise you some sunshine as well. This is the

satellite which are, in -- satellite picture, this swirl of cloud is

heading our way. This evening, relatively calm and dry but

overnight, the southerly wind will gradually freshen and blow a few

showers are way after opening night. Temperatures staying above freezing.

For New Year's Eve, there will be some rain around in the morning,

heavy in places. That will clear. It will brighten up for a time. Some

sunshine but more rain and showers are expected in the afternoon. If

you are celebrating, I think an umbrella will come in handy. Very

windy. Temperatures around five Celsius in Wrexham. Looking ahead to

New Year's Day, another deep area of low pressure will move in from the

Atlantic. That means another dose of heavy rain, strong winds and gales.

They could be some more flooding in places. Thursday and Friday will be

colder with a mixture of sunshine and showers. Temperatures dropping a

couple of degrees. That is all for me. There's more on our website.

I'll be back at 10:20pm. From all of us here, have a good evening.

Another day off strong winds, heavy rain and flooding. At least things

are