:00:00. > :00:00.from BBC News. It is goodbye from me.
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: How safe are hospitals here?
:00:08. > :00:12.One NHS boss in England calls for high death rates in Wales to be
:00:13. > :00:16.investigated. The Welsh Government says any suggestion it's covering-up
:00:17. > :00:18.the figures is utterly ridiculous. We'll be speaking to the Health
:00:19. > :00:37.Minister live. The deputy head who admitted
:00:38. > :00:40.voyeurism offences last month is facing more charges - some allegedly
:00:41. > :00:43.committed at the school where he taught.
:00:44. > :00:47.Concerns around a hundred bus services have been scrapped due to
:00:48. > :00:51.council cuts - but are enough people using them?
:00:52. > :00:56.I have a motorbike to go to work on but the older people need the buses.
:00:57. > :00:59.If there were more frequent buses it would make everything a whole lot
:01:00. > :01:03.simpler. Also tonight: Swansea City face the
:01:04. > :01:05.most important European night in their history - they take on Italian
:01:06. > :01:10.giants Napoli. We'll be there live. And they
:01:11. > :01:12.volunteer their time to keep us safe - the major investment in RNLI
:01:13. > :01:22.teams. The number of people dying in our
:01:23. > :01:25.hospitals is under the spotlight again tonight. It's emerged the
:01:26. > :01:28.medical director of the NHS in England has suggested death rates
:01:29. > :01:33.here are worrying and should be investigated. The Welsh Government
:01:34. > :01:37.says it acts on legitimate concerns at individual hospitals. But one
:01:38. > :01:41.academic has told us he's concerned health boards are not telling us the
:01:42. > :01:49.full story. Here's our Political Editor Nick Servini.
:01:50. > :01:51.In the past few years, the families of some of those who died in Welsh
:01:52. > :01:56.hospitals have told us of of some of those who died in Welsh
:01:57. > :02:01.concerns about care in the NHS. Today the row over death rate has
:02:02. > :02:06.raised its head again, this time in an e-mail from the medical director
:02:07. > :02:12.of the NHS in England, Sir Bruce Keogh, to his equivalent here. In it
:02:13. > :02:16.he describes the high death rate as worrying and says there is real
:02:17. > :02:19.concern about what is happening. He says there are six hospitals with a
:02:20. > :02:25.persistently high mortality that warrant further investigation. He
:02:26. > :02:30.does and he doesn't have adequate data to form a view. The figures
:02:31. > :02:34.published last March by the Welsh government showed 11 out of 17
:02:35. > :02:38.district general hospitals in Wales had higher death rates than should
:02:39. > :02:42.be expected. That has now dropped to eight. The figures were published in
:02:43. > :02:48.a bid to improve transparency. One eight. The figures were published in
:02:49. > :02:51.of the leading experts in mortality rates in England says he is
:02:52. > :02:55.concerned we are not getting the full picture.
:02:56. > :03:02.In England, we adjusted hospital just rates -- death rates and it
:03:03. > :03:08.drew attention to the problem in mid Staffordshire NHS trust. If there
:03:09. > :03:11.are questions about the quality of service in Wales, I think they
:03:12. > :03:16.probably should be looking at things in a similar way. If you go to the
:03:17. > :03:21.website of one of the hospitals, you find that the measures that we use
:03:22. > :03:28.have changed and it looks as though in some of the analysis they do,
:03:29. > :03:31.they are missing data. The Welsh government said any
:03:32. > :03:33.suggestion high death rates are being covered up is utterly
:03:34. > :03:37.ridiculous and completely without foundation. The Conservatives have
:03:38. > :03:40.been calling foundation. The Conservatives have
:03:41. > :03:46.enquiry into the NHS since last year but Assembly Members voted against
:03:47. > :03:50.the idea in November. It is one thing to investigate
:03:51. > :03:54.individual cases where a patient may have passed away and those
:03:55. > :04:02.circumstances may have to be investigated. What we have here is a
:04:03. > :04:08.systemwide investigation to take appropriate action.
:04:09. > :04:15.Gareth Williams is campaigning for a full public enquiry into the NHS in
:04:16. > :04:19.Wales. His 82-year-old mother died at the Princess of Wales Hospital in
:04:20. > :04:23.Bridgend two years ago. The police were called in after he claimed she
:04:24. > :04:27.was repeatedly neglected by staff. It is sold destroying to see a loved
:04:28. > :04:32.one going through that. Lillian was It is sold destroying to see a loved
:04:33. > :04:38.abused and neglected. With the evidence coming forward, there needs
:04:39. > :04:44.to be a full public enquiry. The Welsh meant has ruled out a
:04:45. > :04:48.nationwide enquiry and said the majority of people who use the NHS
:04:49. > :04:54.are happy with the care they receive. Let's get more from our
:04:55. > :04:56.political editor. Let's go through some of the issues
:04:57. > :05:03.with the health minister, Mark Drakeford, who joins me now. Anyone
:05:04. > :05:07.looking at this tonight, the concerning thing is this has not
:05:08. > :05:11.come from any of your political opponents but the most senior doctor
:05:12. > :05:13.in the NHS in England, who has carried out enquiries into this kind
:05:14. > :05:21.of thing already. I think you are entirely wrong in
:05:22. > :05:27.that analysis. I have no qualm with what Sir Bruce Keogh said but the
:05:28. > :05:32.use that has been made of that e-mail today makes me furious at the
:05:33. > :05:38.concerted and politically motivated attempt to drag the rapid Jason of
:05:39. > :05:43.the -- the reputation of the NHS through the gutter. He said he was
:05:44. > :05:47.presented with figures but he could not verify them and he didn't have
:05:48. > :05:54.sufficient to draw conclusion of his own but he was passing it on to the
:05:55. > :05:59.chief investigator. I have no quarrel with that. Mortality data in
:06:00. > :06:04.Wales is published absolutely routinely and openly and it shows an
:06:05. > :06:09.improving picture quarter after quarter. It is the political
:06:10. > :06:16.attempt, a concerted political attempt by the Conservative party in
:06:17. > :06:19.London to drag the reputation of the NHS in Wales through the mud which
:06:20. > :06:23.is unacceptable. The latest figures we have got,
:06:24. > :06:27.eight out of 17 district general hospitals are above where they
:06:28. > :06:32.should be. Are you happy on the mortality rates when clearly, there
:06:33. > :06:39.could be room for improvement. I fully accept that. For me the
:06:40. > :06:44.trend is the important thing. The figures demonstrate that quarter on
:06:45. > :06:49.quarter, they are. In any statistical series, you are bound to
:06:50. > :06:54.have some organisations that are above the average and some that are
:06:55. > :06:58.below. In Wales we have more above and below but there is more we can
:06:59. > :07:02.do. Why did you put this to bed with
:07:03. > :07:05.your political opponents and hold an enquiry into this issue?
:07:06. > :07:10.Because they are not interested in that sort of enquiry at all. All
:07:11. > :07:14.they are interested in doing is diverting attention from the utter
:07:15. > :07:19.shambles which is the English NHS by trying to pretend things in Wales
:07:20. > :07:25.are worse but they are not and we will not fall into that trap.
:07:26. > :07:28.An enquiry could reassure people. If you are as confident as you say you
:07:29. > :07:32.are, and enquiry could lay it all out there.
:07:33. > :07:38.Where there is genuine cause for concern, we do have enquiries in the
:07:39. > :07:42.Welsh NHS. We have independent enquiry is led by people from
:07:43. > :07:52.outside Wales. But a general global, "let's have an enquiry" would
:07:53. > :07:54.distract from compassionate care and would lead to a detriment of
:07:55. > :08:03.patient's best interests, would lead to a detriment of
:08:04. > :08:07.We have to leave it there. Thank you very much indeed.
:08:08. > :08:10.The deputy head teacher from Cardiff who's pleaded guilty to three
:08:11. > :08:13.charges of voyeurism involving children has today been charged with
:08:14. > :08:16.a number of other similar offences. Some of Gareth Williams' latest
:08:17. > :08:20.offences allegedly took place at the Welsh-medium school where he worked.
:08:21. > :08:25.Over now live to Ysgol Glantaf in Cardiff and our reporter Nick Palit.
:08:26. > :08:28.Nick, what's the latest. Well, today the Crown Prosecution
:08:29. > :08:30.Service issued a statement saying that following further police
:08:31. > :08:33.investigations, the 47-year-old deputy head has been charged with a
:08:34. > :08:40.further 12 counts of voyeurism and 34 counts of making indecent images.
:08:41. > :08:43.The statement goes on to say that six of the counts of voyeurism
:08:44. > :08:49.relate to offences that allegedly took place at this school on two
:08:50. > :08:52.days last December. The other six were allegedly at other locations on
:08:53. > :08:57.a number of dates between 2011 and 2013. He'll appear before Cardiff
:08:58. > :09:05.Magistrates to have the charges formally put to him next Wednesday.
:09:06. > :09:08.Tell us more about the background to this story?
:09:09. > :09:11.Acting on information last month Police recovered a miniature camera
:09:12. > :09:18.hidden in a toilet and memory sticks containing files of five children.
:09:19. > :09:20.On the 31st of January Gareth Williams appeared at Cardiff
:09:21. > :09:23.Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty three charges of recording another
:09:24. > :09:31.person without their consent for the purpose of sexual gratification. But
:09:32. > :09:34.those charges did not relate to any alleged offences here at the school.
:09:35. > :09:37.Since then police have widened their investigation to include Ysgol
:09:38. > :09:43.Glantaf - hence today's further charges. A letter has been sent out
:09:44. > :09:47.to parents today informing them of the latest situation. Some have
:09:48. > :09:52.already been seeking legal advice on behalf of their children.
:09:53. > :09:56.Thank you very much. Four men have been jailed for a
:09:57. > :10:00.total of 11 years for their part in a mobile phone insurance scam worth
:10:01. > :10:03.?300,000. Christopher Surman, Andrew Patterson and Wayne Ghosh from
:10:04. > :10:06.Swansea and Omar Mapara from Bristol had all admitted conspiring to
:10:07. > :10:12.defraud customers by selling false insurance policies to thousands of
:10:13. > :10:15.people. Three others were given suspended prison sentences for
:10:16. > :10:25.selling insurance without being authorised to do so. They have been
:10:26. > :10:32.sentenced on the basis that there was no intention of ever paying out
:10:33. > :10:36.any of the warranties or what were purported to be
:10:37. > :10:39.any of the warranties or what were phones. It was a complete con in
:10:40. > :10:42.terms of the ?300,000 worth of business.
:10:43. > :10:44.Police are appealing for help to find a 15-year-old boy who
:10:45. > :10:47.disappeared early this afternoon. Sean Levi was last seen in
:10:48. > :10:54.Llandrillo, near Corwen. He's described as being of mixed race.
:10:55. > :10:57.He's five foot five with short, curly hair and brown eyes. He's
:10:58. > :11:00.thought to be wearing a grey hoody and a blue jacket.
:11:01. > :11:03.If you live in south Wales, you may have felt an earthquake this
:11:04. > :11:06.lunchtime. The tremor was recorded under the Bristol Channel at 1:20pm
:11:07. > :11:09.by the British Geological Survey, and measured 4.1 magnitude. The
:11:10. > :11:13.epicentre was south of the Gower and was felt in Swansea and Llanelli, as
:11:14. > :11:15.well as on the other side of the channel. Some people reported their
:11:16. > :11:19.houses shaking. Almost 100 bus routes have been
:11:20. > :11:23.scrapped across Wales in the past few years, with many more under
:11:24. > :11:25.threat. Rural villages have been worst hit by the cuts as councils
:11:26. > :11:29.struggle to make money on services. worst hit by the cuts as councils
:11:30. > :11:33.Matthew Richards has been finding out more.
:11:34. > :11:36.Wherever cuts are made, it's in rural areas where the lack of
:11:37. > :11:41.subsidised public transport will be felt most harshly. Larger distances
:11:42. > :11:42.and fewer alternative ways to travel means that some could be stranded if
:11:43. > :11:51.their service is stopped. I'm hitching a ride on one of the
:11:52. > :11:58.threatened routes in the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk to speak to
:11:59. > :12:04.passengers. It is a pity, like I said before,
:12:05. > :12:08.because a lot of elderly people are out in rural areas and in my line of
:12:09. > :12:13.work, getting at here to look after them is a lot harder.
:12:14. > :12:19.Most people have cars and I have a motorbike to get to work on but the
:12:20. > :12:22.older people need the best service. -- the best service. This hour long
:12:23. > :12:29.journey from Chirk to Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog only carried three
:12:30. > :12:37.passengers. On services like this, you can understand why whenever
:12:38. > :12:40.Council are looking at cutting back. Some people find it a lifeline. It's
:12:41. > :12:43.a familiar picture across Wales where one in seven council
:12:44. > :12:46.subsidised bus routes have been cut over the last three years. The
:12:47. > :12:49.biggest reduction was in Pembrokeshire where 19 routes were
:12:50. > :12:52.scrapped. 16 went in Wrexham. While Gwynedd cut ten and both Powys and
:12:53. > :12:55.Blaenau Gwent saw six routes disappear. In Mid and West Wales a
:12:56. > :12:58.taxi-type service called Bwcabus has filled the gap left when traditional
:12:59. > :13:05.services have been removed from remote communities.
:13:06. > :13:09.We developed a new network which was responsive to what the public
:13:10. > :13:14.wanted. That means that many villages, for example a village like
:13:15. > :13:19.one in north Carmarthenshire used to have one bus a week. People there
:13:20. > :13:22.now have 12 options every day, in each direction.
:13:23. > :13:24.The Welsh Government says it's looking at innovative solutions to
:13:25. > :13:27.fund and deliver sustainable bus services but the responsibility for
:13:28. > :13:30.particular routes lies with councils. Age Cymru says it's
:13:31. > :13:35.essential for older people to have access to public transport.
:13:36. > :13:40.Isolation is a big problem in Wales. All the people who find themselves
:13:41. > :13:46.cut off, not able to get out and about into local communities, not
:13:47. > :13:51.able to the services that they need. We know that a lot of people rely on
:13:52. > :13:54.buses to get out and about. It gives them independence and freedom.
:13:55. > :13:57.Wrexham Council will be discussing the issue of bus services next week
:13:58. > :14:00.and Pembrokeshire have warned that further cuts are unavoidable there
:14:01. > :14:02.too. Passengers in some areas face an anxious wait to see whether the
:14:03. > :14:05.bus they use will arrive in an anxious wait to see whether the
:14:06. > :14:10.You're watching Wales Today. Stay with us as there's plenty still
:14:11. > :14:14.ahead: They've just had one of their busiest years - the major investment
:14:15. > :14:17.in RNLI teams. And paintings of Welsh landscapes
:14:18. > :14:18.bought for a million pounds - ensuring these significant works
:14:19. > :14:31.about Wales stay in Wales. It's a big night for Swansea City
:14:32. > :14:37.and their new manager - here's Claire with tonight's sport.
:14:38. > :14:40.Good evening. Yes, he's only been in the job two weeks, but Swansea
:14:41. > :14:43.City's interim manager Garry Monk faces a huge test tonight. The Swans
:14:44. > :14:47.welcome Italian side Napoli to the Liberty Stadium in the first leg of
:14:48. > :14:51.their Europa League tie. Napoli's manager is a man who knows all about
:14:52. > :14:58.success - he won the tournament last year with Chelsea.
:14:59. > :15:03.He may only be getting his feet under the desk but tonight Garry
:15:04. > :15:07.Monk is facing one of the biggest nights of European football in
:15:08. > :15:12.Swansea city history. It has been a whirlwind few weeks but it is a
:15:13. > :15:16.challenge he is relishing. Nights like this don't come around
:15:17. > :15:22.often so great is a case of going out there and enjoy it and put in a
:15:23. > :15:26.performance we can be proud of. It is a game we can win and it has to
:15:27. > :15:29.be the way, that has to be the attitude of the players and that is
:15:30. > :15:33.what we've had in the Games I've had with them and we will take that into
:15:34. > :15:37.this game. Swansea are fully aware of the
:15:38. > :15:46.challenge ahead of them tonight. Napoli Have a rich heritage. Today
:15:47. > :15:52.they are coached by a man who has won most of football's top prizes,
:15:53. > :15:57.including the Europa league last year with Chelsea.
:15:58. > :16:01.It will be good to speak to him afterwards, to pick his brain
:16:02. > :16:05.because of his experience. For somebody like myself, who has been
:16:06. > :16:10.doing it to ten days, it would be lovely to speak to him afterwards
:16:11. > :16:13.and it will be nice if I can have the right result to speak to him
:16:14. > :16:18.about! Comedy with that stature in the game, it is something to aspire
:16:19. > :16:23.to. It is a challenge for us to use play
:16:24. > :16:29.against a team like this and the advantage is because they know how
:16:30. > :16:33.we play but it is up to the players on the pitch.
:16:34. > :16:39.Both teams are missing crucial goal-scorers. Swansea know there
:16:40. > :16:40.priority is staying in the Premier League but nights like this are
:16:41. > :16:45.priority is staying in the Premier special and a good result is needed
:16:46. > :16:47.to night ahead of the return leg in Italy next week.
:16:48. > :16:50.Let's head to the Liberty Stadium now and speak to our football
:16:51. > :16:54.correspondent Rob Phillips. Well, there's nothing like getting stuck
:16:55. > :17:00.in - just two weeks in the job and a massive test for Garry Monk.
:17:01. > :17:05.It doesn't come much more difficult than this but as you heard, Garry
:17:06. > :17:12.Monk is excited and relishing pitting his wits against Rafa
:17:13. > :17:19.Benitez, who won this competition with Chelsea last year and won the
:17:20. > :17:22.champions league with Liverpool. It is a really tough test for the Swans
:17:23. > :17:32.but it is a special night and this is why they went to Malmo, to play
:17:33. > :17:34.Games like this, against a side with great pedigree.
:17:35. > :17:39.How vital is it to get something from the game tonight - with that
:17:40. > :17:45.return leg next Thursday? I think it is absolutely crucial.
:17:46. > :17:49.That said, a draw would be terrific because they would only have to
:17:50. > :17:59.score a goal and keep a clean sheet in Napoli. They would rather be take
:18:00. > :18:02.a 1-0 defeat. They had an earthquake in Swansea earlier today. If this
:18:03. > :18:06.once went to night, I think you will be able to hear it on the Richter
:18:07. > :18:11.scale. And Rob will be in his commentary
:18:12. > :18:18.seat in the next few minutes. All the action live on Radio Wales Sport
:18:19. > :18:22.- coverage starts at 7:00pm. Rugby. Wales AND France have had a
:18:23. > :18:24.run out at the Millennium Stadium today ahead of their Six Nations
:18:25. > :18:27.clash tomorrow night. France today ahead of their Six Nations
:18:28. > :18:33.into the match unbeaten having won against England and Italy. Wales are
:18:34. > :18:35.looking to bounce back from that dismal defeat in Dublin. Defence
:18:36. > :18:39.coach, Shaun Edwards is backing George North, whose 37 Wales caps
:18:40. > :18:47.have all been on the wing, to make an impact in the centre.
:18:48. > :18:55.Watching George North in training so far, he has trained exceptionally
:18:56. > :18:57.well. The brief period he played at centre was probably against
:18:58. > :19:03.Australia, when he was sensational in the last 20 minutes. If I was a
:19:04. > :19:08.centre, I would be worried about my opposition if I saw George North in
:19:09. > :19:09.my jersey. We will have the build-up tomorrow
:19:10. > :19:13.night. And there's Pro 12 action tonight.
:19:14. > :19:15.The Blues welcome Leinster to the Arms Park. You can see it on Scrum V
:19:16. > :19:18.Live, over on BBC Arms Park. You can see it on Scrum V
:19:19. > :19:21.That's it from me. Details of Swansea's game in our
:19:22. > :19:26.late bulletin at 10:25pm tonight. Tomos?
:19:27. > :19:30.It should be a special night at the Liberty Stadium.
:19:31. > :19:34.Over the past two years, the RNLI has invested over ?50 million along
:19:35. > :19:37.the Welsh coastline. The level of investment, revealed to BBC Wales,
:19:38. > :19:40.comes at a time when the service, provided by volunteers, is busier
:19:41. > :19:43.than ever. Last year, the boats were launched a thousand times, over a
:19:44. > :19:49.hundred times more than the year before. Aled Hughes reports.
:19:50. > :20:05.Welcome aboard a ?3 million lifeboat, the Kiwi. This life saving
:20:06. > :20:13.machine is currently homeless. The last boat house was built in
:20:14. > :20:18.1909 two has told sailing and rowing -- to house sailing and rowing
:20:19. > :20:24.boats. As you can see, this is 21st century science and the boat is a
:20:25. > :20:29.lot bigger. We need more facilities to house these boats. We didn't have
:20:30. > :20:34.any changing rooms in the old lifeboat station and we would be
:20:35. > :20:46.changing next to the boat. Mumbles moved into its boat house
:20:47. > :20:51.last week. Others are a year away. ?53.9 million if the total
:20:52. > :20:54.investment. For the crew here, a village that prides itself on its
:20:55. > :20:58.rich RNLI history, nobody underestimates what the new station
:20:59. > :21:02.will mean. The bird has has been here for as
:21:03. > :21:08.long as anybody can remember. It keeps the village alive.
:21:09. > :21:12.Because of the location of these lifeboat houses, most if not all of
:21:13. > :21:17.the building material has to come in from the sea and that makes them
:21:18. > :21:21.work more difficult. The simple aim is to have a proper facility to
:21:22. > :21:29.house the new boats which the RNLI hopes will save more lives. And this
:21:30. > :21:32.is how it will look. Down the road, they are much closer to completion
:21:33. > :21:35.and it will be much more than just a boathouse.
:21:36. > :21:42.This one will have a much bigger crew room. We didn't have a changing
:21:43. > :21:46.room. The crew didn't have their own kit. We will have our own kit now
:21:47. > :21:52.and we have extra toilets and showers, we have a proper workshop
:21:53. > :21:55.and a proper place to keep the boat. The investment is no drop in the
:21:56. > :22:07.ocean and the amount each local volunteer group has to raise is no
:22:08. > :22:10.small amount either. A major collection of works by the
:22:11. > :22:14.artist John Piper being unveiled tonight have been described as one
:22:15. > :22:17.of the best in the world. The paintings - on show at the National
:22:18. > :22:20.Museum of Wales - are mostly landscapes of Snowdonia and were
:22:21. > :22:25.bought from a private collector for nearly a million pounds. Our arts
:22:26. > :22:34.and media correspondent Huw Thomas got a sneak preview.
:22:35. > :22:40.The Welsh landscape -dark, rough and beautiful. These are some of the
:22:41. > :22:43.paintings by John Piper board for ?1 million, a price that keeps these
:22:44. > :22:47.mythic and works about Wales in Wales. John Piper wasn't Welsh and
:22:48. > :22:54.it was buildings rather than mountains that first made his name.
:22:55. > :22:57.The government asked him to capture the bomb damaged after World War II
:22:58. > :23:04.and his subject included Coventry Cathedral. In the decades that
:23:05. > :23:11.followed, he returned to Wales, making it a second home.
:23:12. > :23:14.He worked for a period of several years in North Wales, just after the
:23:15. > :23:19.Second World War. He produced an extraordinary series of landscape
:23:20. > :23:25.pictures and the collection is very much about the landscape of Wales.
:23:26. > :23:31.This is a splendid 20th-century addition.
:23:32. > :23:34.The ?1 million needed to buy this location was raised with donations
:23:35. > :23:40.from the Art fund, charity and the Heritage Lottery Fund. But it is the
:23:41. > :23:45.legacy of Derek Williams which contributed ?350,000 towards the
:23:46. > :23:48.cost. He was a huge collector of art and when he died 30 years ago, his
:23:49. > :23:52.collection went to the National Museum. His estate has been
:23:53. > :23:59.supporting the visual arts ever since. It is not just some of the
:24:00. > :24:03.paintings that are the legacy of his passion for art. The galleries were
:24:04. > :24:11.paid for by the trust and renamed in his honour. It is the largest modern
:24:12. > :24:16.benefactor to the National Museum. The contributions to the centenary
:24:17. > :24:21.of the Museum, the major acquisitions of Picasso, Kandinsky
:24:22. > :24:27.and others, that is evidence of the formidable legacy that Derek
:24:28. > :24:30.Williams has made. During his life, Derek Williams
:24:31. > :24:36.collect it John During his life, Derek Williams
:24:37. > :24:41.years after Derek Williams died, it is the gallery bearing his name that
:24:42. > :24:45.will house the best collection of Pipers in the world.
:24:46. > :24:48.Time for the weather not and it's turned a bit colder today, Derek.
:24:49. > :24:54.This winter is the wettest in Wales on record. According to the Met
:24:55. > :25:03.Office over 690mm of rain has fallen in the last three months. Over two
:25:04. > :25:07.feet of rain! The previous wettest was in 1995. Rainfall records go
:25:08. > :25:10.back to 1910. The next 24 hours will bring more showers. Hail in places
:25:11. > :25:13.and cold enough for a little snow on high ground. This evening and
:25:14. > :25:17.tonight plenty of dry weather. Some clear spells. A few showers as well.
:25:18. > :25:20.Heavy and wintry on high ground. Colder than last night. Temperatures
:25:21. > :25:26.inland falling low enough for a touch of frost in places where the
:25:27. > :25:29.wind falls light. Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure near Iceland.
:25:30. > :25:33.Brisk winds for the UK, unstable air and showers. Here's the picture for
:25:34. > :25:36.eight in the morning. Some places dry and bright but not everywhere.
:25:37. > :25:40.There will be showers around. If caught in one it could be heavy with
:25:41. > :25:42.hail. Feeling cold. Strong winds in the northwest. During the day into
:25:43. > :25:46.the afternoon, further showers. Heavy in places with hail and
:25:47. > :25:49.thunder. A little snow on some of the hills and mountains but I can
:25:50. > :25:53.promise some dry weather and sunshine as well. Temps lower than
:25:54. > :25:56.today six to eight Celsius with a brisk and gusty wind. Strong winds
:25:57. > :25:59.on the coast. In Ceredigion tomorrow a mixture of sunshine and heavy
:26:00. > :26:03.showers. Windy on the coast and feeling cold. And chilly in
:26:04. > :26:08.Caerphilly tomorrow. Sharp showers and sunshine. Hail possible with a
:26:09. > :26:12.high of 6C in Bargoed. If you're in Cardiff for the rugby tomorrow. It's
:26:13. > :26:22.going to chilly with a few passing showers. Saturday is breezy. Try and
:26:23. > :26:28.bright for a while but it may turn cloudy and damp before evening. Send
:26:29. > :26:32.a windy with gales. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle as well. The rain
:26:33. > :26:36.heaviest in the west and northwest. 20 to 50mm on high ground. Drier in
:26:37. > :26:39.the south-east and the Marches. And turning milder - up to 12C on the
:26:40. > :26:43.north coast. So its the wettest winter on record in Wales. Next
:26:44. > :26:45.week, more rain and showers. Windy at times but a few sunny spells as
:26:46. > :26:48.well. A reminder of our top story: For
:26:49. > :26:51.health minister has told this programme Conservative politicians
:26:52. > :26:55.are trying to drag the reputation of the Welsh NHS through the mud. It
:26:56. > :27:00.comes after the medical director of the NHS in England suggested death
:27:01. > :27:06.rates in hospitals here are worrying and should be investigated.
:27:07. > :27:14.Where there is genuine concern, we do have enquiries in the
:27:15. > :27:19.Welsh NHS. We have independent enquiries led by people from outside
:27:20. > :27:23.Wales. But a general local "let's have an enquiry" would be
:27:24. > :27:27.distracting from the main purpose, which is to provide careful and
:27:28. > :27:31.compassionate patient care and would actually lead to a detriment of
:27:32. > :27:37.patient's best interests, not an improvement.
:27:38. > :27:39.The missing 15-year-old boy who disappeared has been found safe and
:27:40. > :27:44.well. I'll have an update for you later
:27:45. > :27:45.than usual at 8:30pm. More, too, at 10:25pm. From all of us here, have a