:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story. Flowers for the family - the
:00:08. > :00:11.six-day-old baby who died at a house in Carmarthenshire where a dog was
:00:12. > :00:23.later seized has been named as Eliza-Mae Mullane. It is a really
:00:24. > :00:27.tragic incident that we are the early stages of investigating. Our
:00:28. > :00:30.hearts go out to the family and the wider community. The Alaskan
:00:31. > :00:34.Malamute - not a banned breed - originally bred as sled dogs for
:00:35. > :00:45.work in the Arctic but now popular as family pets.
:00:46. > :00:47.Our other headlines. Two bosses at Caerphilly Council are charged
:00:48. > :00:53.following a police investigation into pay rises given to senior
:00:54. > :00:55.officers. A growing number of ambulance staff off sick due to
:00:56. > :00:58.stress. Faulty private breast implants - why
:00:59. > :01:04.the Welsh Government will not reclaim the ?1 million bill. And
:01:05. > :01:09.teaching children the PISA method. Will it improve our performance in
:01:10. > :01:12.the international school rankings? Good evening.
:01:13. > :01:17.A six-day-old baby has died suddenly at a house in Carmarthenshire.
:01:18. > :01:21.Police have seized the family's pet dog. Eliza-Mae Mullane was flown by
:01:22. > :01:24.air ambulance from her home in Pontyberem, near Cross Hands, to the
:01:25. > :01:31.University of Hospital in Cardiff this morning. The dog, an Alaskan
:01:32. > :01:42.Malamute, is not a banned breed. Our reporter Cemlyn Davies is in
:01:43. > :01:46.Pontyberem. As you can see, the police are still
:01:47. > :01:52.here this evening. They have been here since the alarm was raised by
:01:53. > :01:56.the mother early this morning. We understand Eliza-Mae 's brother and
:01:57. > :02:03.sister were also in the house when the emergency service arrived. And
:02:04. > :02:06.this evening, they are being cared for and supported by family liaison
:02:07. > :02:11.officers. Police investigations have been
:02:12. > :02:17.continuing all day following the tragic death of a baby girl who was
:02:18. > :02:22.less than a week old. Her name was Eliza-Mae. She was the daughter of
:02:23. > :02:28.Sharon John and Patrick Mullane. The emergency services were called
:02:29. > :02:31.shortly before 8:30am and Eliza-Mae was taken by helicopter to the
:02:32. > :02:37.University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff but sadly doctors there were
:02:38. > :02:40.not able to save her. We are the early stages of investigating. Our
:02:41. > :02:45.hearts as individuals and as a police service go out to the parents
:02:46. > :02:50.and the wider community. As you can imagine, they are hugely distressed.
:02:51. > :02:55.We have specially trained liaison officers helping the family through
:02:56. > :03:00.this time. The first response car was going down the street. A whole
:03:01. > :03:07.pile of police and other vans and vehicles. And then there was the dog
:03:08. > :03:13.vehicle. It was just crawling with police and then they cordoned it
:03:14. > :03:19.off. There was some so much going on. When there is a baby involved
:03:20. > :03:26.with that, it is terrible. It isn't the newcomer greedy take in. This
:03:27. > :03:32.lady came to leave flowers. Gemma Prosser knew the family and the
:03:33. > :03:36.dog. It was a normal dog, very friendly.
:03:37. > :03:41.I do not think they will get over it. I don't think anyone could get
:03:42. > :03:44.over anything like this. The family dog has been seized by police as
:03:45. > :03:52.part of their enquiries. It is an Alaskan Malamute, a popular breed of
:03:53. > :03:55.domestic dog which is not on the banned list. But it can be
:03:56. > :04:01.dangerous. It is a sled dog, one of the old Arctic sled dogs and it is a
:04:02. > :04:08.fairly powerful dog. It is heavy boned, heavy body. It can grow to a
:04:09. > :04:20.weight of between 85 and ?125. Renowned to be an affectionate dog,
:04:21. > :04:25.very loyal. This child was attacked in 2011. He suffered severe bite
:04:26. > :04:29.marks to his face and will bear the psychological scars for the rest of
:04:30. > :04:35.his life. Since then, his parents have been campaigning for new laws
:04:36. > :04:40.to control Dangerous Dogs Act he also believes dog owners need better
:04:41. > :04:45.education and training. It was a horrifying attack to my son. It is
:04:46. > :04:51.coming back to the memory always. This can be prevented. We should
:04:52. > :04:57.take responsibility. Changing the law will help prevent dog attacks.
:04:58. > :05:01.Back in the village of Pontyberem, the community are still coming to
:05:02. > :05:09.terms with what has happened. And everyone's thoughts are with the
:05:10. > :05:12.family of six-day-old Eliza-Mae. This has obviously been an awful
:05:13. > :05:18.shock for the whole community. Absolutely. This is an awfully close
:05:19. > :05:23.knit community where everybody knows everybody and I have spent the day
:05:24. > :05:25.here speaking to everybody and everyone has said they cannot
:05:26. > :05:33.believe what has happened to such a young baby girl. She was just six
:05:34. > :05:38.days old, of course. The night, the community is pledging its support to
:05:39. > :05:40.the family and we have had a fresh statement from the police as saying
:05:41. > :05:45.the parents are obviously distraught. The police say they are
:05:46. > :05:50.not in a business in yet to confirm the exact cause of death -- a
:05:51. > :05:53.position. Thank you very much.
:05:54. > :05:56.Avon and Somerset Police have charged the chief executive and
:05:57. > :06:00.deputy chief executive of Caerphilly Council with misconduct in a public
:06:01. > :06:05.office. It follows payments and pay rises made back in 2012. The head of
:06:06. > :06:09.legal services at the authority, Daniel Perkins, has also been
:06:10. > :06:16.summoned to appear in court. Our Gwent Valleys reporter Paul Heaney
:06:17. > :06:22.joins me now. These charges relate to events from
:06:23. > :06:26.some time ago. Yes, they relate to what is alleged to have happened
:06:27. > :06:32.between July and October in 2012, more than a year ago now. During
:06:33. > :06:35.that time, the chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan and other chief
:06:36. > :06:40.executives were awarded pay increases of up to ?27,000. A
:06:41. > :06:45.stunning report, -- based on a report, it was given the go-ahead.
:06:46. > :06:52.When that decision became public knowledge, some months later, staff
:06:53. > :06:55.protested and that led to the council reversing the original
:06:56. > :07:00.decision and awarding lower pay rises. But that was not the end of
:07:01. > :07:04.the matter. The Wales Audit Office looked into the matter and published
:07:05. > :07:08.a report of their own. At that one, the police were brought in to
:07:09. > :07:12.investigate and Anthony O'Sullivan and his deputy were arrested. They
:07:13. > :07:16.have been suspended from their jobs since March of last year on full
:07:17. > :07:21.pay. And now they will end up in court facing charges. There is a
:07:22. > :07:27.vision David Dunn sounded is in the public interest to charge the two
:07:28. > :07:32.men with misconduct -- there is sufficient evidence.
:07:33. > :07:35.Another man has been summoned to appear in court for the same
:07:36. > :07:38.offences. The council in the meantime is said to be making
:07:39. > :07:42.improvements anyway it is run, that is according to the Wales Audit
:07:43. > :07:46.Office. But they point out there is some way to go before they can
:07:47. > :07:49.restore the councils reputation. Thank you very much.
:07:50. > :07:52.A coroner has ruled that a nine-year-old girl who drowned while
:07:53. > :07:55.white-water rafting on holiday in Turkey was unlawfully killed. Cerys
:07:56. > :07:58.Potter, from Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan was flung from an
:07:59. > :08:02.inflatable raft in 2010. Last year, four men involved in running the
:08:03. > :08:13.white water rafting trip were jailed in Turkey for reckless killing.
:08:14. > :08:18.We have had three and a half years fighting this in Turkey and now
:08:19. > :08:25.here. We will never stop campaigning to try and make it safer for kids
:08:26. > :08:32.going on holiday in Turkey. But now, it is time for us to grieve. We have
:08:33. > :08:35.not had time to do that. Wales Today has learnt that growing
:08:36. > :08:42.numbers of ambulance staff are being signed off on long-term sick leave
:08:43. > :08:45.because of stress. Unions say the problem is so bad, they're now
:08:46. > :08:51.seeing cases of personal injury claims for compensation. Abigail
:08:52. > :08:56.Neal has this special report. Ambulances delayed outside accident
:08:57. > :09:00.and emergency, unable to deliver patients, unable to respond to other
:09:01. > :09:04.calls coming in. It is stressful all round. A Freedom of information
:09:05. > :09:08.request reveals the amount of time and then screws are waiting outside
:09:09. > :09:13.hospitals is on the rise. So to the number of staff of sick because of
:09:14. > :09:17.stress. Tina is one of them. A paramedic from the Central and West
:09:18. > :09:20.region who wanted to remain anonymous. I think it was constant
:09:21. > :09:23.pressure of trying to hit targets and trying to be somewhere else when
:09:24. > :09:27.you are already dealing with one patient. You are not getting time to
:09:28. > :09:33.clear your head between one patient and another. You have not got the
:09:34. > :09:37.time to think. And it was getting home and just being useless to man
:09:38. > :09:41.nor beast. You just could not function as a human being. Just a
:09:42. > :09:47.shell. The service has the highest sickness level within the NHS in
:09:48. > :09:51.Wales. A rate of 7.53%. Compare that to another front-line service, the
:09:52. > :09:55.police force, and their average works out at almost half that. The
:09:56. > :10:00.figures are cultivated as the number of hours lost and when you look
:10:01. > :10:07.closely, stress is a second most common reason given for absence. In
:10:08. > :10:20.2011-12, there were 9667 hours lost because of stress. In 2013, that
:10:21. > :10:23.figure had risen. Workers claim managers are not
:10:24. > :10:27.recruiting enough staff to plug the gaps and are relying on people to
:10:28. > :10:30.work overtime. Unions say the problem is so bad, some are now
:10:31. > :10:37.putting in personal injury claims for combination -- compensation.
:10:38. > :10:41.Certainly there is an increase in the number of paramedics and
:10:42. > :10:45.technicians coming to us and asking what medical recourse they can have
:10:46. > :10:50.for how they feel. Plans to reduce in a broth hospitals means that
:10:51. > :10:56.ambulances will have to travel further.
:10:57. > :11:00.The calls come in and you just hope it is not your own family. I know
:11:01. > :11:10.that sounds callous but you know what is happening behind the scenes.
:11:11. > :11:16.500 909 calls coming to this control room every day. With changes ahead,
:11:17. > :11:23.managers accept they do need more resources. We will need to provide
:11:24. > :11:26.more training and improve skills of staff so they can provide the care
:11:27. > :11:33.to patients that they are moving over a long period of time. I am not
:11:34. > :11:35.saying there will not be more cruise or paramedics. We have identified
:11:36. > :11:40.that if those services are moving, we will need more staff. Coping
:11:41. > :11:45.under pressure has always been part of the job. But the growing cost of
:11:46. > :11:49.a stressed and sick workforces growing harder to manage.
:11:50. > :11:52.Much more to come before 7pm. He was sacked by e-mail. Former Swansea
:11:53. > :11:58.manager Michael Laudrup speaks to us for the first time since his
:11:59. > :12:03.departure. While I am talking on the phone, I
:12:04. > :12:10.receive an e-mail, it says that due to breach of contract it is
:12:11. > :12:15.immediately with immediate effect, terminated. South Wales Police say
:12:16. > :12:17.they've strengthened the way they handle complaints of child abuse,
:12:18. > :12:20.following the conviction of paedophile Ian Watkins. Following an
:12:21. > :12:24.investigation by BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme, there are now
:12:25. > :12:26.calls for an inquiry into claims the rock star could have been stopped
:12:27. > :12:30.earlier. Watkins, from Pontypridd, was jailed for 29 years in December,
:12:31. > :12:41.after admitting a catalogue of serious sex offences involving
:12:42. > :12:44.children. Tim Rogers reports. Ian Watkins and two women were
:12:45. > :12:49.jailed for the most horrific crimes against children last December. We
:12:50. > :12:54.have new evidence that as well as the police, social services were
:12:55. > :13:02.also told of serious allegations about Ian Watkins as long ago as
:13:03. > :13:09.2008. This woman says she repeatedly told social services about her fears
:13:10. > :13:12.concerning his behaviour. It was repeated calls about the same
:13:13. > :13:16.little girl overtime. Every time I knew that my complaints were not
:13:17. > :13:21.going anywhere with the police, I would back it up by calling social
:13:22. > :13:31.services and saying, can't you do anything to do -- about this? She
:13:32. > :13:35.also says she sent a copy of this photograph, it shows a young girl of
:13:36. > :13:39.about four years of age who is holding a photo frame with the
:13:40. > :13:47.picture of a scantily clad woman. On top of the frame is a razor blade
:13:48. > :13:54.and a thin line of white powder. In her other hand, the girl is holding
:13:55. > :13:57.a rolled up ?20 note. She says Watkins told her the white powder
:13:58. > :14:02.was cocaine. We have spoken to the girl 's father who says he also went
:14:03. > :14:05.to social services and the police and says when he reported his
:14:06. > :14:10.concerns to police he was told not to pursue it any more because it
:14:11. > :14:16.could ruin Ian Watkins' career. Rhondda: South -- Rhondda Cynon Taff
:14:17. > :14:22.social services says they did act within procedures following a report
:14:23. > :14:30.in 2008 but they refuse to comment on claims he did not act and refused
:14:31. > :14:34.to say if a review is being undertaken. Because of the number of
:14:35. > :14:37.professional people involved in the whole decision-making and
:14:38. > :14:48.information sharing network, if you like, some kind of large enquiry
:14:49. > :14:52.really needs to happen. South Wales Police say they have improved and
:14:53. > :14:55.strengthen their responses in their public protection unit which
:14:56. > :15:03.includes child protection following their own internal review. The IPCC
:15:04. > :15:06.is investigating South Wales Police and Ian Watkins is seeking leave to
:15:07. > :15:08.appeal against the length of his sentence.
:15:09. > :15:12.And today the leader of the Welsh Conservatives added his voice to
:15:13. > :15:16.calls for an inquiry. And you can see more on that story on Week In
:15:17. > :15:18.Week Out, here on BBC One Wales at 10:35pm.
:15:19. > :15:21.The cost of NHS treatment for Welsh women who received faulty PIP
:15:22. > :15:24.implants from private cosmetic surgery companies will not be
:15:25. > :15:28.reclaimed by the Welsh Government, BBC Wales has learnt. It says it is
:15:29. > :15:31.not viable to recover the estimated ?1.2 million that has been spent
:15:32. > :15:40.removing the faulty implants and replacing them. India Pollock
:15:41. > :15:43.reports. A luxury villa Rhumney green
:15:44. > :15:49.coastline of the French Riviera. Former home to VIP founder and paid
:15:50. > :15:56.for why the victims of the faulty breast implants he made in his
:15:57. > :16:01.factory. I noticed in both breasts I had lumps, also it had gone through
:16:02. > :16:07.my lymph node and any time I exercise, it would swell right up
:16:08. > :16:10.like a ball. The Welsh Government has picked up the bill for the
:16:11. > :16:14.removal and replacement of the implants. 600 women have been
:16:15. > :16:17.referred for removal and replacement, half of those have been
:16:18. > :16:23.treated at a cost of ?1.2 million to the Welsh NHS. The former health
:16:24. > :16:30.minister announced in 3012 that the government would pay for the
:16:31. > :16:36.operations -- in 2012. It now says that is not possible. A number of
:16:37. > :16:39.those businesses folded. They have now started up new firms under new
:16:40. > :16:46.names doing very similar things. Some say more needs to be done. At
:16:47. > :16:53.the moment, nothing has changed so this could all happen again
:16:54. > :16:55.tomorrow. Surgeons and clinics can still practice without insurance.
:16:56. > :17:01.They can still fold themselves at the moment they see a plane coming
:17:02. > :17:05.their way. -- a claim coming their way. But is why the need to block
:17:06. > :17:10.these loopholes as soon as. Yuki Gutmann says it is now bringing in
:17:11. > :17:14.new laws and new safeguards to protect people like Rebecca -- the
:17:15. > :17:18.UK Government. A review will see if Welsh ministers
:17:19. > :17:22.can afford to keep helping the poorest households pay their council
:17:23. > :17:25.tax. The Welsh Government has met the ?22 million annual shortfall so
:17:26. > :17:29.far, and will do so again in the next financial year. But a team of
:17:30. > :17:32.experts will advise on whether or not the policy is affordable in
:17:33. > :17:35.future. Charges against six people accused of a multi million pound
:17:36. > :17:38.conspiracy to defraud three councils in Wales and the Coal Authority has
:17:39. > :17:40.been dismissed at Cardiff Crown Court.
:17:41. > :17:43.The six, which included former Cardiff City chief executive Alan
:17:44. > :17:45.Whiteley, were charged in connection with Celtic Energy transferring
:17:46. > :17:49.their leases for four opencast mine sites to a company in the British
:17:50. > :17:58.Virgin Islands. The judge said that nothing unlawful had taken place. I
:17:59. > :18:01.think if you do a commercial reorganisation or a commercial
:18:02. > :18:04.scheme or a scheme which is inevitably quite difficult and
:18:05. > :18:13.quite, gated, inevitably the first thing you do is check its
:18:14. > :18:16.lawfulness. Last year we reported how Wales had
:18:17. > :18:19.slipped further down the international education league
:18:20. > :18:21.tables, known as PISA. Today, the Education Minister says improving
:18:22. > :18:25.our performance in those tests is "integral to driving the Welsh
:18:26. > :18:28.economy". PISA isn't just a league table, it's also a way of teaching
:18:29. > :18:31.which concentrates on applying what children are taught to everyday
:18:32. > :18:39.situations. So how could that work in Wales? Our Education
:18:40. > :18:43.correspondent, Arwyn Jones reports. In December when the latest sets of
:18:44. > :18:47.PISA results came out, it was disappointing news for Wales. Each
:18:48. > :18:52.area is given a score, Wales stayed pretty much the same but other parts
:18:53. > :18:58.of the world race to health. -- raced ahead. We were the three
:18:59. > :19:03.subjects covered by the tests. But one is about a lot more than league
:19:04. > :19:08.tables. One of the things the PISA results revealed is there is a
:19:09. > :19:11.worldwide shift away from just knowledge-based education to how
:19:12. > :19:14.children can use that knowledge and apply it to real-world scenarios and
:19:15. > :19:24.in Wales, the results revealed we do not do that so well.
:19:25. > :19:28.High-end microchipped IE produced here in Cardiff. They imply maths
:19:29. > :19:33.and physics graduates but need staff to apply their knowledge to suit
:19:34. > :19:36.their unique work. And that is what PISA tests demonstrate. The
:19:37. > :19:39.Education Minister now wants that to be weaved into the curriculum in
:19:40. > :19:44.Wales. The ambition is that we will tie
:19:45. > :19:49.ourselves much more cleanly with what companies like this one are
:19:50. > :19:55.really looking for. So that I young people can compete.
:19:56. > :19:59.That kind of teaching would be a step away from how pupils learn at
:20:00. > :20:06.the moment. Most concentrate on Di jesting information. We do have PISA
:20:07. > :20:09.style methods because we have literacy and numeracy lessons. But
:20:10. > :20:14.should not be the only method in which we teach the children. And it
:20:15. > :20:20.is important they have the extensive curriculum given to them. As more
:20:21. > :20:25.and more companies rely on technical skills rather than just knowledge,
:20:26. > :20:27.making sure our schools can react to that could be key to our future
:20:28. > :20:30.economic success. The former Swansea manager Michael
:20:31. > :20:33.Laudrup has described the club's reasons for sacking him as silly.
:20:34. > :20:36.The Dane spoke out at a press conference in London today, exactly
:20:37. > :20:40.two weeks after being dismissed for breach of contract. He said chairman
:20:41. > :20:43.Huw Jenkins sacked him by email, two hours after they had shaken hands
:20:44. > :20:57.after agreeing to keep working together. From London, here's
:20:58. > :21:00.Ashleigh Crowter. His style was diplomatic but
:21:01. > :21:04.underneath it all, it was clear that Michael Laudrup was angry about how
:21:05. > :21:12.he had been treated. He said he was limited because of an ongoing legal
:21:13. > :21:21.process. I do not know what word to use that I do not know if I have to
:21:22. > :21:28.use silly or other words because... Incredible... Again, I cannot go
:21:29. > :21:33.into details. Michael Laudrup says Huw Jenkins asked him to change his
:21:34. > :21:38.backroom staff that he had refused. Despite that, they had decided to
:21:39. > :21:41.continue working together. I was talking on the phone, I received an
:21:42. > :21:49.e-mail, it says that into breach of contract, with immediate effect,
:21:50. > :21:57.terminated. Just a few hours after we just shake hands. This was a
:21:58. > :22:01.stout defence of Michael Laudrup 's work but poignant too. He said he
:22:02. > :22:06.had sent messages to all of his players and he had not been able to
:22:07. > :22:10.say goodbye in person. He also said he had received messages of support
:22:11. > :22:16.from Sir Alex Ferguson and Gary Lineker. He will now be taking the
:22:17. > :22:18.legal process forward through the league managers Association.
:22:19. > :22:22.Rugby and Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland has extended his contract
:22:23. > :22:25.with the Llanelli Scarlets. The 26-year-old had been offered a
:22:26. > :22:27.central contract by the Welsh Rugby Union.
:22:28. > :22:30.The Welsh Rugby Union has agreed to loan the four regional sides
:22:31. > :22:33.?660,000 to cover cash flow problems, after their money for
:22:34. > :22:35.playing in the European Cup was withheld earlier this month.
:22:36. > :22:38.Tournament organisers took the decision on legal advice because of
:22:39. > :22:40.uncertainty over the competition's future.
:22:41. > :22:43.Another European Cup board meeting takes place tomorrow in Dublin where
:22:44. > :22:52.a decision will be made on whether or not to release the European cash.
:22:53. > :23:01.Spring was in the air today. Derek, how long will it last?
:23:02. > :23:07.Not for long. Better weather today and it felt like spring. Ten Celsius
:23:08. > :23:13.in Wrexham. 11 in Milford Haven. A few degrees above average. Mind you,
:23:14. > :23:17.it was a different story on this day 36 years ago. Wales beat Scotland at
:23:18. > :23:22.the Arms Park followed by a blizzard with huge drifts. This picture from
:23:23. > :23:31.Michael Stokes was taken in Bridgend. Looking ahead, there's no
:23:32. > :23:35.sign of any heavy snow heading our way but more rain and showers.
:23:36. > :23:39.Having said that, I can promise plenty of dry weather tomorrow. This
:23:40. > :23:44.evening, dry for most for most but some showery rain will spread across
:23:45. > :23:49.the country after midnight. The rain mostly light. Temperature wise,
:23:50. > :23:58.turning a bit chilly inland down to three or four Celsius. Milder on the
:23:59. > :24:13.coast. Here's the picture for 8am. A grey, cloudy start. Some mist and
:24:14. > :24:19.hill fog. The odd shower here and there otherwise dry and not cold.
:24:20. > :24:24.During the day more dry weather and brightening up. Some sunshine in
:24:25. > :24:27.Powys, the north and east. I wouldn't rule out a light shower in
:24:28. > :24:30.the south and increasing cloud will bring rain to Pembrokeshire by
:24:31. > :24:33.evening. Temperatures above average again, eight to 11 Celsius, with a
:24:34. > :24:36.light to moderate breeze backing southerly during the afternoon. In
:24:37. > :24:46.Conwy tomorrow some pleasant weather. Most of the day dry. The
:24:47. > :24:49.temperature in Betws y Coed rising to ten Celsius with a light breeze.
:24:50. > :24:52.Tomorrow evening, a warm front will cross Wales bringing outbreaks of
:24:53. > :25:08.rain and drizzle. Mist and fog patches. The wind picking up as
:25:09. > :25:20.well. Thursday a wet and windy start. The rain clearing to brighter
:25:21. > :25:28.weather and scattered showers. It will turn colder once the rain
:25:29. > :25:37.clears. Friday chilly and blustery with a mixture of sunshine and
:25:38. > :25:50.squally showers. The showers heavy in places. Hail and thunder and
:25:51. > :25:53.wintry on high ground with snow. Into the weekend, hail and thunder
:25:54. > :25:57.and wintry on high ground with snow. Into the weekend, Saturday breezy
:25:58. > :26:01.with sunshine and scattered showers. Sunday more unsettled and windier.
:26:02. > :26:08.Strong to gale force winds. Damp at times too with a wet evening.
:26:09. > :26:16.You can keep up with the forecast on the website. Enjoy the dry and mild
:26:17. > :26:19.weather tomorrow, if you can. Tonight headlines from the BBC.
:26:20. > :26:22.Police are investigating the sudden death of a six-day-old baby girl in
:26:23. > :26:27.Pontyberem in Carmarthenshire. Eliza-Mae Mullane died this morning.
:26:28. > :26:32.The family dog has been taken away by police. We can return to our
:26:33. > :26:41.reporter who is there. Cemlyn, what more can you tell us this evening?
:26:42. > :26:46.Yes, the police are still here this evening as the investigation
:26:47. > :26:51.continues into that tragic incident this morning. Let's recap. The
:26:52. > :26:58.emergency services were called shortly before 8:30am. Eliza-Mae,
:26:59. > :27:02.six days old, was then transported to the University Hospital of Wales
:27:03. > :27:08.in Cardiff where doctors could not do anything to save her. As you say,
:27:09. > :27:13.the police have seized the family dog, and Alaskan Malamute, that is
:27:14. > :27:16.not a banned breed in the UK but throughout the day, people have been
:27:17. > :27:22.expressing their shock and this evening, the family have said -- the
:27:23. > :27:24.police have said the family are obviously distraught that they are
:27:25. > :27:28.not in a position yet to confirm the exact cause of death or to give is
:27:29. > :27:34.the nature of the injuries that the baby suffered. But the family are
:27:35. > :27:37.being suffered by -- supported by family liaison officers tonight.
:27:38. > :27:41.I'll have an update for you here at 8pm and after the BBC News at Ten.
:27:42. > :27:43.That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching. From all of us on the
:27:44. > :27:46.programme, good evening.