:00:19. > :00:23.Hello, good evening. There is confusion tonight about the future
:00:24. > :00:28.of health care in South Wales. After one of the health boards involved
:00:29. > :00:32.refused to sign of plans for change. The proposals would see
:00:33. > :00:36.services, including specialist maternity care, removed from the
:00:37. > :00:40.Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant. Health boards have been
:00:41. > :00:44.considering focusing services at five hospitals in the region, but
:00:45. > :00:49.tonight, all of that is on hold. Here is our health correspondent,
:00:50. > :00:53.Owain Clarke. Today was meant to be decision day,
:00:54. > :00:57.a day when the map of hospital services in South Wales should have
:00:58. > :01:01.been redrawn. A final plan was on the table, agreed by the senior
:01:02. > :01:05.bosses of Fife health boards. Specialist care for mothers, babies
:01:06. > :01:08.and children would be concentrated at five main hospitals between
:01:09. > :01:12.Newport and Swansea, instead of eight, which meant those services
:01:13. > :01:16.would be moved from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.
:01:17. > :01:20.At separate meetings today, four health boards backed the plans in
:01:21. > :01:23.their entirety but not the health board that stood to lose the most.
:01:24. > :01:27.We will be going back into the collaborative mode with our health
:01:28. > :01:34.board colleagues, not in a position. We are not disagreeing
:01:35. > :01:38.with colleague health boards here. We're all in agreement that the
:01:39. > :01:42.direction of travel has to be about delivering services for the sickest
:01:43. > :01:46.and most seriously injured in a better way. Members of Cwm Taf
:01:47. > :01:51.Health Board did back the principle of centralising health services,
:01:52. > :01:55.along with Royal Glamorgan being a Beacon Centre for the care of the
:01:56. > :01:59.elderly. But instead of stripping services from the Royal Glamorgan
:02:00. > :02:02.alone, they suggested an alternative plan, the Royal Glamorgan and
:02:03. > :02:07.Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend should share services as a
:02:08. > :02:11.starting point to delivering services on fewer hospital sites.
:02:12. > :02:15.That option was not originally on the table. It is the latest setback
:02:16. > :02:20.in a process that has already proved to be incredibly fraught. It started
:02:21. > :02:23.in January 2012, when managers and medical professionals from five
:02:24. > :02:28.health board started working together to draw up plans. There
:02:29. > :02:32.were six preferred options for reorganisation which would see sites
:02:33. > :02:34.become specialist centres and some care transferred from other
:02:35. > :02:39.hospitals. Last year the six options were slimmed down to four and an
:02:40. > :02:42.eight week public consultation was launched. A decision on the changes
:02:43. > :02:46.was due in August but was delayed after more than 60,000 people gave
:02:47. > :02:51.their views. In December, the decision was delayed again while
:02:52. > :02:56.final details were ironed out. Tonight, there is confusion as to
:02:57. > :02:59.what happens next. But why do services need to be centralised in
:03:00. > :03:04.the first place? The argument as it leads to better care cost of the
:03:05. > :03:08.children's intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Wales in
:03:09. > :03:12.Cardiff serves all of Wales and by seeing a lot of patients doctors
:03:13. > :03:15.argue their skills are kept up to scratch. If you're going to be a
:03:16. > :03:20.doctor specialising in looking after a particular group of patients, you
:03:21. > :03:23.need to do it lots and lots to get good at it and once you get good at
:03:24. > :03:28.it you've got to continue doing it lots and lots. Their decision -- the
:03:29. > :03:32.decision by Cwm Taf Health Board is likely to please many in the local
:03:33. > :03:36.community who have argued the hospital is too important to be
:03:37. > :03:42.downgraded. I had twins and they services. I lost one but one would
:03:43. > :03:47.not be here today, but every second counts with special care babies. We
:03:48. > :03:51.already have and balances waiting outside. I don't think they are
:03:52. > :03:56.equipped as things stand to improve the situation -- we have ambulances
:03:57. > :03:59.waiting outside. There will be more emergency cases coming in.
:04:00. > :04:04.Discussions between the health boards are likely to have to
:04:05. > :04:08.continue and the day the health map for South Wales was supposed to be
:04:09. > :04:15.redrawn, patients arguably the seedling -- evening on the wiser. --
:04:16. > :04:19.the patients are none the wiser. The health minister says he expects the
:04:20. > :04:21.health boards to meet as soon as possible and Cwm Taf will not hold
:04:22. > :04:26.up changes. More than 20,000 homes in Wales
:04:27. > :04:29.remain without power tonight following yesterday's storm. There
:04:30. > :04:33.has been something of a let up in the bad weather today and many of us
:04:34. > :04:36.have started counting the cost, although the Met Office has warned
:04:37. > :04:43.that more severe weather is on the way. Here is Roger Pinney.
:04:44. > :04:49.What a difference a day makes after the storm, today, the relative calm
:04:50. > :04:55.and a breathing space in all the bad weather to take stock. At Porthmadog
:04:56. > :04:59.station, part of the roof was ripped off. It was carried high into the
:05:00. > :05:05.air and dropped into a pub beer garden. It was just horrendous, just
:05:06. > :05:07.like a tornado. The wind was getting worse all day and then about four
:05:08. > :05:44.o'clock, tea-time, out between 3pm and 4pm yesterday
:05:45. > :05:47.afternoon, but not for everyone. Since then, the power has been
:05:48. > :05:52.returning, but slowly. Zoe Williams and her family spent a cold, dark
:05:53. > :05:56.night. Now she is checking to see if the power is back. There is enough
:05:57. > :06:02.for low voltage bulbs, but nothing else. When the power went off it
:06:03. > :06:06.went extremely cold quite quickly, so the kids were complaining, Mum, I
:06:07. > :06:15.am cold, I want socks on and extra blankets. But we coped. It was a
:06:16. > :06:20.storm the like of which few of us can remember. In Aberdovey the winds
:06:21. > :06:26.bought a sandstone -- a sandstorm. Caravans were bounced around like
:06:27. > :06:31.toys. On Anglesey, a wind turbine burst into flames. As we stop to
:06:32. > :06:38.count the cost, this is a chaplain corroded year and, so to the
:06:39. > :06:42.politicians. In England, the Prime Minister has promised that money
:06:43. > :06:45.will be no object. We have had bids for local councils in Wales for
:06:46. > :06:51.funding from ourselves and we are examining it. The images of
:06:52. > :06:58.yesterday's storm are unforgettable. Today, a respite, but there is more
:06:59. > :07:01.bad weather on the way. The Welsh Conservative leader Andrew
:07:02. > :07:04.RT Davies has said he hopes his Assembly Members will not be divided
:07:05. > :07:08.after sacking four of his front bench for rebelling a vote on
:07:09. > :07:12.devolving income tax. Mohammad Asghar, Nick Ramsay, Antoinette
:07:13. > :07:17.Sandbach and Janet Finch-Saunders lost their positions after failing
:07:18. > :07:21.to vote with the party. The group he took a view of this
:07:22. > :07:26.after discussing it and voting on it. The line was clear. I bitterly
:07:27. > :07:31.regret the four members were unable to support the line. They did not
:07:32. > :07:36.vote again -- against, they just did not vote. Football, Cardiff City's
:07:37. > :07:41.Chief Executive Simon Lim has blamed the previous manager Malky Mackay
:07:42. > :07:47.and his team for an ?8.5 million loss on the purchase and sale of the
:07:48. > :07:52.Danish player Andreas Cornelius. In response, issued by the League
:07:53. > :07:57.Managers' Association, McCabe all transfer matters were reported to Mr
:07:58. > :08:02.Lim first -- Malky Mackay said all transfer matters were reported to
:08:03. > :08:05.list in first. A World War I letter from a soldier from Llanelli has
:08:06. > :08:09.finally been read by his family, nearly 100 years after David John
:08:10. > :08:14.Phillips pended from his Navy base in Scotland researchers have tracked
:08:15. > :08:19.down his granddaughter. Signed, sealed, stamped, but never
:08:20. > :08:24.posted. The letter written by a young sailor from Llanelli when he
:08:25. > :08:27.was stationed in Orkney in 1916. It was found behind a fireplace and
:08:28. > :08:33.handed into the local library last year, but as it was only signed,
:08:34. > :08:37.your blue jacket boy, researchers needed help to find out more about
:08:38. > :08:41.the author. We knew we would not have the resources to find the
:08:42. > :08:46.information out so we put it on our blog and asked our followers to look
:08:47. > :08:48.the information up for us. The answer was sailor David John
:08:49. > :08:56.Phillips, known as Dai Phillips. He was posted in Kirkwall, serving on
:08:57. > :09:02.HMS Daring clocks, before returning home to Llanelli after the war. A
:09:03. > :09:07.distant relative in Canada spotted the appeal online and got in touch
:09:08. > :09:10.with his family. Mary Hodge is his granddaughter. The library has sent
:09:11. > :09:13.her e-mails with copies of the letter in and even though it is
:09:14. > :09:18.nearly 100 years late, she is touched to finally read it. I was
:09:19. > :09:23.extremely emotional because I was really close to them and you know,
:09:24. > :09:32.even since they passed away in the 70s, there is not a day goes by when
:09:33. > :09:37.I don't think of them. The letter still has one final journey to make,
:09:38. > :09:41.but it is now too precious to be put in the post. Mary plans to collect
:09:42. > :09:46.the letter from Orkney instead. So, heavy rain and snow or heading
:09:47. > :09:49.our way. Let's get the full forecast from Benaz. The weather is not
:09:50. > :09:57.looking to present for Valentine's Day. We have rain and snow in the
:09:58. > :10:01.forecast. There is a yellow be aware warning for parts of the mid and
:10:02. > :10:05.South Wales for rain. We could see flooding. Tonight, it is fairly
:10:06. > :10:09.quiet, some showers and frosty patches, then by the early hours of
:10:10. > :10:13.tomorrow the rain bands reaching parts of the stars. It is cold, so
:10:14. > :10:20.we might see snow. Low pressure in charge of the weather. Heavy pulses
:10:21. > :10:22.of rain and also a bit of snow. For the Heads of the Valleys first thing
:10:23. > :10:29.tomorrow morning there could be problems with snow. There could be
:10:30. > :10:33.five centimetres of snow possible. Elsewhere, more likely to be rain.
:10:34. > :10:37.As we go through the rest of the UK, very strong winds across the
:10:38. > :10:41.south coast. There is an amber warning, gusts of 80 miles an hour
:10:42. > :10:45.as we go into tomorrow afternoon and night. Elsewhere, problems with
:10:46. > :10:49.rain, the risk of flooding and warnings for the snow across parts
:10:50. > :10:52.of Northern Ireland and for Scotland as well. Here in Wales tomorrow
:10:53. > :10:57.afternoon the main rain band Will Claye behind it must showers and
:10:58. > :11:02.they could be heavy. It will become milder through the day with highs of
:11:03. > :11:06.7-11dC. The winds pick up tomorrow night, gale force winds possible but
:11:07. > :11:11.nothing like we had yesterday, bringing some showers and then we
:11:12. > :11:16.can look forward to another blustery day on Saturday. More showers but
:11:17. > :11:21.becoming drier in time for Sunday. Thank you very much. Stay with us
:11:22. > :11:26.throughout tomorrow for the latest on the snow, on TV, radio and
:11:27. > :11:28.online. That is Wales Today. Thank you for watching. From all of us on
:11:29. > :11:30.the programme, good evening.