:00:00. > :00:20.soon. That is all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye from me. On
:00:21. > :00:23.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:24. > :00:26.The body of Karen Price was found wrapped in a carpet 25 years ago.
:00:27. > :00:29.Now her murderer's conviction has been referred to the Court of
:00:30. > :00:35.Appeal. Karen's body was found by workmen here in 1989.
:00:36. > :00:37.The parents of a severely premature baby have told Wales Today they'll
:00:38. > :00:42.consider legal action against the NHS trust in Bristol where their son
:00:43. > :00:47.died. He went through a lot there.
:00:48. > :00:50.Also tonight. More questions over cardiac surgery
:00:51. > :00:53.as it's revealed some patients will be treated at hospitals in England
:00:54. > :00:57.to relieve waiting lists. Dead sea birds washed up on the
:00:58. > :00:59.coastline. Fears the recent storms could have had a major impact on
:01:00. > :01:02.Welsh birdlife. And the legacy of Dylan Thomas
:01:03. > :01:04.brings tourists here. Could the history of other writers also be
:01:05. > :01:23.used to entice visitors to Wales? Good evening. Alan Charlton was
:01:24. > :01:26.jailed for murder 23 years ago. Now it's emerged that his conviction has
:01:27. > :01:29.been referred to the Court of Appeal over concerns about techniques used
:01:30. > :01:34.by South Wales Police to investigate the case. He's serving a life
:01:35. > :01:38.sentence for killing teenager Karen Price in Cardiff. Live now to our
:01:39. > :01:42.reporter Nick Palit who's outside the house that was the centre of the
:01:43. > :01:48.murder inquiry almost a quarter of a century ago.
:01:49. > :01:51.Thanks, Lucy. Well, back in the 1980s, this street, which now faces
:01:52. > :01:55.the Millennium Stadium, was a very different place. Fitzhamon
:01:56. > :01:58.Embankment was the centre of the city's red light district and this
:01:59. > :02:02.terrace had a very transient population living in low-rent
:02:03. > :02:05.bedsits. While this particular house was being renovated, workmen
:02:06. > :02:33.uncovered a shallow grave and a body wrapped in a carpet.
:02:34. > :02:38.The body was so decomposed that identification was impossible. The
:02:39. > :02:42.pathologist was able to tell the police the victim had been a teenage
:02:43. > :02:46.girl but nothing more. That is when he enlisted the help of this
:02:47. > :02:55.professor from Manchester University who was able to create a clay facial
:02:56. > :03:00.reconstruction of her skull. You may not have known this main -- killed
:03:01. > :03:07.by name but do you recall her from the early 1980s? Someone did
:03:08. > :03:14.recognise her. It was Karen Price who disappeared from a children's
:03:15. > :03:22.home in July 1981. Other techniques used words DNA, for the first time
:03:23. > :03:27.DNA was used on bone marrow. This was matched with Karen's parents.
:03:28. > :03:32.The police investigation centred on who had been living in the bedsit at
:03:33. > :03:36.the time of the murder. Just a year after Karen Price's body was
:03:37. > :03:43.discovered, Alan Charlton was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court. I
:03:44. > :03:47.think it is a message to people who are evil, because this was an eagle
:03:48. > :03:51.murder, that we are here to catch you and no matter how long it takes
:03:52. > :04:02.we will eventually come to people like that. A subsequent appeal by
:04:03. > :04:09.Alan Charlton failed but now, 23 years on, there are question over
:04:10. > :04:13.the safety of his conviction here at Cardiff Crown Court. Following a
:04:14. > :04:21.lengthy investigation with the commission reviewed the case to the
:04:22. > :04:25.Court of Appeal. They say there are concerns about the alleged
:04:26. > :04:28.oppressive handling of key witnesses and alleged breaches of police
:04:29. > :04:34.regulations. While no individuals have been named, they say a number
:04:35. > :04:38.of the same officers also investigated to notorious cases that
:04:39. > :04:44.resulted in miscarriages of justice. They were the murders of Lynette
:04:45. > :04:48.White and Philip Saunders. Of all these people writing to this review
:04:49. > :04:56.body, only one case in 25 is referred to the Court of Appeal. Of
:04:57. > :05:00.the cases that are referred, around three quarters are actually
:05:01. > :05:03.overturned by the Court of Appeal. In other words, the review
:05:04. > :05:08.commission would not send this case to the judges in London if they did
:05:09. > :05:13.not think there was a significant possibility that Alan Charlton will
:05:14. > :05:17.be cleared. The independent Police Complaints Commission say it raises
:05:18. > :05:23.important questions about the conduct of South Wales Police during
:05:24. > :05:26.the 1980s and 1990s and publicly confidence in the integrity of the
:05:27. > :05:32.force at that time. Alan Charlton was sent to life, the judge
:05:33. > :05:36.recommending he serve a minimum of 15 years. 23 years on, he remains
:05:37. > :05:38.behind bars awaiting this new appeal.
:05:39. > :05:41.Tonight, following news of the appeal, the Chief Constable of South
:05:42. > :05:45.Wales Police, Peter Vaughan, said we must now allow the judicial process
:05:46. > :05:51.to take its course and cannot comment further at this stage.
:05:52. > :05:54.The family of a severely premature baby from Pembrokeshire say they're
:05:55. > :05:59.taking legal action against the NHS trust in Bristol where their son
:06:00. > :06:02.died in 2012. Rohan Rhodes was born 15 weeks early and transferred to St
:06:03. > :06:08.Michael's Hospital for specialist heart surgery but died less than two
:06:09. > :06:13.days later. A coroner has ruled there were missed opportunities to
:06:14. > :06:22.monitor his condition more closely. Paul Heaney was at the inquest.
:06:23. > :06:27.The parents have waited nearly 70 months to find out how their
:06:28. > :06:32.five-week old son died. Rohan Rhodes was born 15 weeks early at Singleton
:06:33. > :06:38.Hospital in Swansea and then transferred to St Michael's Hospital
:06:39. > :06:43.in Bristol and soon after arriving he was taken off his ventilator but
:06:44. > :06:45.his vital signs dropped. When he went into his cardiac arrest and
:06:46. > :06:54.they were starting chest impressions, after a few minutes, I
:06:55. > :06:59.asked them to stop because he was not making any response. But
:07:00. > :07:05.unfortunately they could not take all of his lines out of his body
:07:06. > :07:13.before he passed away so I did not get to hold him as he left his body.
:07:14. > :07:16.The coroner said there were three occasions where staff at the
:07:17. > :07:21.hospital failed to monitor the gases in his blood. These were lost
:07:22. > :07:26.opportunities and could have resulted in him being given earlier
:07:27. > :07:32.medical care. She concluded that he died from a stomach infection and
:07:33. > :07:35.other conditions because he was so severely premature. His parents say
:07:36. > :07:40.they are now taking legal action against the NHS trust in Bristol to
:07:41. > :07:46.make sure lessons are learned. They gave this response to the verdict
:07:47. > :07:53.today. We were pleased with the coroner recognising this but feel
:07:54. > :08:00.she could have gone a bit further. I think they were definitely lost
:08:01. > :08:03.opportunities. The foundation trust says it sends its sincere
:08:04. > :08:08.condolences to his family and is very sorry checks were missed. It
:08:09. > :08:12.says it has now implemented a system of safety checking shared by medical
:08:13. > :08:17.and nursing staff looking after individual babies. Rohan Rhodes's
:08:18. > :08:21.family say they hope speaking out today mean what happened to their
:08:22. > :08:24.son never happens again. A boat building company which opened
:08:25. > :08:28.a new ?1.5 million building last November says it's in danger of
:08:29. > :08:31.going into administration. Mustang Marine, based at Pembroke Port,
:08:32. > :08:37.avoided closure before Christmas after losses on key contracts. The
:08:38. > :08:39.firm, which employs over 100 people, was hailed as the first major
:08:40. > :08:44.investment in Milford Haven Waterway Enterprise Zone. The company says
:08:45. > :08:49.it's expected to find out more in the next few days.
:08:50. > :08:52.A man has been jailed for 22 months for vandalising a South Wales mosque
:08:53. > :08:58.last year and attacking a couple who challenged him. Steven Davies, who's
:08:59. > :09:05.22 and from Neath, smashed four windows at the St Anne's Islamic
:09:06. > :09:11.Centre. He also kicked and stamped on the woman and punched her
:09:12. > :09:17.husband. Davies admitted religiously aggravated criminal damage and
:09:18. > :09:21.assault at Swansea Crown Court. It's emerged that the Welsh NHS is
:09:22. > :09:23.paying for some cardiac patients to be treated at four English
:09:24. > :09:27.hospitals, including a private clinic in Bristol, to help reduce
:09:28. > :09:30.the waiting list for heart surgery here. It comes as surgeons in Wales
:09:31. > :09:33.say they're still waiting for answers over what's being done about
:09:34. > :09:39.heart patients dying while they wait for operations. Steffan Messenger
:09:40. > :09:43.reports. Wales today first spoke to Brian
:09:44. > :09:48.from Gorseinon in September last year. Despite being told he was an
:09:49. > :09:51.urgent case, he had been waiting for an operation on his heart for six
:09:52. > :09:59.months. He has since been referred for further tests in London. I have
:10:00. > :10:05.seen my GP, my GP put me on sleeping tablets, I have been up this morning
:10:06. > :10:10.since 1:30am because it is just constantly occupying my mind. The
:10:11. > :10:14.condition is worsening, my legs are swelling and the breathlessness is
:10:15. > :10:21.getting worse and I am just waiting for hospitals to contact me. Brian
:10:22. > :10:25.is one of the patients the Royal College of Surgeons is concerned
:10:26. > :10:28.about. Last July, the college wrote to the organisation that is
:10:29. > :10:34.responsible for regulating hospitals here. It said that 152 patients had
:10:35. > :10:37.died in the last five years while waiting for heart surgery in south
:10:38. > :10:43.Wales. This represented a serious patient safety issue and long
:10:44. > :10:46.waiting lists wearing plausible explanation for the figures. Two
:10:47. > :10:51.reviews were launched but the reports are yet to be published and
:10:52. > :10:55.now the college has written again to the health Inspectorate to demand an
:10:56. > :10:58.update. Patients needing heart surgery in Wales are treated either
:10:59. > :11:04.at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff or Morriston Hospital in
:11:05. > :11:08.Swansea. But the Welsh government admitted today there is not enough
:11:09. > :11:12.capacity to meet the current demand. In a statement it said a number of
:11:13. > :11:17.steps had been put in place to speed up treatment for patients. These
:11:18. > :11:20.include offering patients treatment at four hospitals in England
:11:21. > :11:26.including a Private Centre in Bristol. This is about the capacity
:11:27. > :11:31.to meet the level of need that some people have for cardiac surgery in
:11:32. > :11:38.south Wales. What we have done is increased short-term capacity both
:11:39. > :11:43.within Wales but also we are securing operations outside Wales in
:11:44. > :11:46.England. At the same time, we are also looking at what we need to do
:11:47. > :11:52.to the medium term to build a greater capacity generally. Once
:11:53. > :11:58.again, it proved to be a hot topic in Parliament. There are people on
:11:59. > :12:02.NHS waiting lists who are dying in Wales because the waiting lists are
:12:03. > :12:05.too long because the health service is not being properly managed in
:12:06. > :12:11.Wales. That is a matter for the Labour Welsh Assembly Government.
:12:12. > :12:15.The Welsh government is insisting the quality of cardiac surgery in
:12:16. > :12:17.south Wales is very good and work is underway to improve waiting times
:12:18. > :12:22.for patients. Our political editor Nick Servini
:12:23. > :12:27.joins us now. The Conservatives have against seized on this as what they
:12:28. > :12:32.describe as further evidence of a lack of capacity. And even hypocrisy
:12:33. > :12:36.because a number of these patients will be dealt with at a private
:12:37. > :12:40.clinic in Bristol and there has been long-standing opposition to that
:12:41. > :12:44.from the Welsh government. There is no evidence of this being a
:12:45. > :12:48.sustained policy U-turn but the Tories will say it is evidence of a
:12:49. > :12:51.problem with capacity and that was fully admitted by the Welsh
:12:52. > :12:55.government this afternoon when it said there was not enough capacity
:12:56. > :13:01.to meet current demand and that is white immediate steps are being
:13:02. > :13:05.taken to meet the demands. At 280 cases by the end of March possibly
:13:06. > :13:10.more to follow. If you are waiting for heart surgery you are not going
:13:11. > :13:14.to be that bothered about where it happens. The real issue is the
:13:15. > :13:20.questions it brings upon the resilience and strength of the Welsh
:13:21. > :13:26.NHS. And the context is important. Yes, and on two levels. The Royal
:13:27. > :13:30.College of Surgeons have said there are more that needs to be done and
:13:31. > :13:35.the wider context of the pressure on the Welsh NHS. Comments from David
:13:36. > :13:43.Cameron, also almost on a weekly basis. It has led to a furious
:13:44. > :13:45.response from the Welsh government. There is a degree of relentlessness
:13:46. > :13:49.to this which patients will not be happy with.
:13:50. > :13:53.Still to come in the programme. As experts monitor dead sea birds
:13:54. > :13:56.washed up on the coast, fears Welsh bird colonies have been hit by
:13:57. > :14:00.recent storms. And Dylan Thomas has helped put
:14:01. > :14:07.Wales on the tourism map. Could other writers do the same?
:14:08. > :14:12.Campaigners fighting to save a Wrexham leisure centre have been
:14:13. > :14:16.told the council will look again at the decision to close it. The Plas
:14:17. > :14:21.Madoc Leisure Centre is earmarked for closure as part of a major
:14:22. > :14:24.cost-cutting programme. People who use the facility say it's at the
:14:25. > :14:28.heart of the community but the council say it's too expensive to
:14:29. > :14:35.maintain. Matthew Richards is at the Guildhall in Wrexham.
:14:36. > :14:39.The council is discussing its entire budget for the forthcoming year in
:14:40. > :14:42.the room behind me. Like authorities across Wales, it's facing tough
:14:43. > :14:46.decisions to save tens of millions of pounds. But the most
:14:47. > :14:52.controversial decision it's made is to close Plas Madoc Leisure Centre.
:14:53. > :14:57.Another pool in the centre of town will also close and be replaced by a
:14:58. > :15:02.new one. Unless the community is able to run the place themselves.
:15:03. > :15:07.Neil and Dave are regulars at the disabled football sessions in Plas
:15:08. > :15:10.Madoc. They love the chance to let off steam with a lively kick-about,
:15:11. > :15:21.but could find themselves without a venue. We would not have any to go
:15:22. > :15:25.at all. We would have to find somewhere else, we might find
:15:26. > :15:29.somewhere. Whether we will or not is another thing. There's no doubt that
:15:30. > :15:33.the supporters of the centre have made a big noise, but until today it
:15:34. > :15:36.seemed their message had fallen on deaf ears. Consultants say that
:15:37. > :15:38.reorganising leisure services would avoid more than ?2 million in
:15:39. > :15:46.essential maintenance costs over five years. The campaigners say that
:15:47. > :15:49.the maths don't add up and that closing the leisure centre will not
:15:50. > :15:54.save that much money but Wrexham Council has got to make ?45 million
:15:55. > :16:00.worth of cuts over the next five years and every saving adds up. The
:16:01. > :16:04.position we are in means we have to make difficult decisions.
:16:05. > :16:08.Unfortunately, things like leisure centres and libraries fall into the
:16:09. > :16:13.range where they are not statutory for us. We are taking them by a
:16:14. > :16:19.case-by-case basis. I would like to keep everywhere (financially it is
:16:20. > :16:22.not practical. The writing is on the wall at the centre for staff and
:16:23. > :16:27.visitors unless the community can take it over themselves. This
:16:28. > :16:31.afternoon, a council committee gave local people more time to come up
:16:32. > :16:35.with a rescue plan for what they say is a crucial part of day to day
:16:36. > :16:38.life. As well as leisure centres, libraries and bus services are also
:16:39. > :16:41.being axed as Wrexham Council adjusts to a smaller budget. This is
:16:42. > :16:45.a deprived area. We have lost big industries, those have gone. This is
:16:46. > :16:50.the only thing that we have left. It acts as a central part of the
:16:51. > :16:54.community. I was here last Sunday and there was a working group at
:16:55. > :16:59.states to try and take things forward. They were looking at social
:17:00. > :17:02.enterprise. The swimming pool is absolutely packed and it made you
:17:03. > :17:10.feel sad looking around and seeing how well used it is. Those who rely
:17:11. > :17:19.on this service will be hoping to snatch victory from the jaws of
:17:20. > :17:23.defeat. The message the council is giving in
:17:24. > :17:28.this meeting behind me is that there is no money left to keep the centre
:17:29. > :17:33.open, even after April this year, and so if there is to be any ray of
:17:34. > :17:37.light, there is another council committee meeting next month where
:17:38. > :17:41.they can decide to give these local community groups until October to
:17:42. > :17:45.come up with a workable plan. We know they have got the will to do
:17:46. > :17:47.that, whether or not they have got the time and money remains to be
:17:48. > :17:50.seen. We've seen the damage the recent
:17:51. > :17:54.storms have inflicted on homes and businesses across Wales but now
:17:55. > :17:58.dozens of dead sea birds have been found along some of Pembrokeshire's
:17:59. > :18:01.beaches. Experts say rough seas have meant the birds, such as puffins and
:18:02. > :18:10.guillemots, have been unable to feed properly. More from our environment
:18:11. > :18:16.correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd. Birds washed up by the sea after
:18:17. > :18:20.last night's high tide. Razorbills and guillemots mostly, they have
:18:21. > :18:25.been unable to feed and are malnourished after weeks of storms.
:18:26. > :18:30.Wildlife trust staff, who during the summer months are wardens on the
:18:31. > :18:37.nearby island, are trying to establish how many have perished.
:18:38. > :18:41.That is an old one. What species? Even if these deaths do not number
:18:42. > :18:48.in the hundreds, there are concerns that Welsh sea bird colonies along
:18:49. > :18:53.the coasts are being badly hit. This winter has been unusual and has been
:18:54. > :19:00.one of the worst winters for storms anybody can remember, probably. The
:19:01. > :19:04.birds struggled to cope and that kind of weather out at sea means
:19:05. > :19:09.they struggle to feed. They lose condition and then they die out to
:19:10. > :19:15.sea and washing on the beaches. In just 20 minutes, I have found ten
:19:16. > :19:19.dead birds along the coast. They are guillemots and these two are
:19:20. > :19:23.razorbills. There have been far more casualties after the storms along
:19:24. > :19:28.the coast of France and Spain were many sea birds spend their winter,
:19:29. > :19:33.but as we see now, more and more are being washed up along the coast of
:19:34. > :19:36.Pembrokeshire. After two months of Atlantic storms, there are real
:19:37. > :19:44.fears that this winter is killing even more birds than after the Sea
:19:45. > :19:50.Empress tanker crashed 18 years ago. Tens of thousands of gallons of
:19:51. > :19:56.crude oil spilling in one of Europe's most Spencer did --
:19:57. > :20:04.sensitive wildlife and marine area is still considered a disaster. In
:20:05. > :20:09.France, 11,000 dead sea birds have been counted. 8000 of them put
:20:10. > :20:13.things. The French ecology minister saw the birds for himself earlier
:20:14. > :20:18.this month. Some have been found with rings around their legs,
:20:19. > :20:25.confirming the usury nest and breed of the coast of Wales. The numbers
:20:26. > :20:29.we have seen in the Bay of Biscay has been extreme. The majority might
:20:30. > :20:33.be adults and so we might see a direct impact on the breeding
:20:34. > :20:37.numbers and operations further down the line but that is to be
:20:38. > :20:44.confirmed. We just need to monitor them quite closely in future and
:20:45. > :20:50.have a look at what is going on. The islands are home to over 20,000 per
:20:51. > :20:54.things as well as 28,000 guillemots and 9000 razorbills. One of the most
:20:55. > :20:59.important colony of cliff nesting sea birds in southern Britain. When
:21:00. > :21:02.birds return in May and June, the likelihood is they may well be fewer
:21:03. > :21:05.of them. They're some of Wales' greatest
:21:06. > :21:08.writers, but should we be doing more to encourage tourists to visit the
:21:09. > :21:12.places most closely associated with them? In New York this week, the
:21:13. > :21:16.First Minister is telling Americans about the plans to mark the
:21:17. > :21:19.centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth. But as our arts and media
:21:20. > :21:22.correspondent Huw Thomas has been finding out, it's not just Dylan's
:21:23. > :21:29.legacy that could entice more visitors to Wales.
:21:30. > :21:34.Dylan Thomas, a Welsh icon and perhaps our most popular writer. 100
:21:35. > :21:39.years since his birth, can the great poet prompt greater interest in the
:21:40. > :21:43.corner of Wales he called home? The Welsh government is spending more
:21:44. > :21:47.than ?1 million on events to mark Dylan Thomas's centenary and hopes
:21:48. > :21:52.it will have a much bigger economic benefit but for some of the focus on
:21:53. > :21:57.Thomas has become relentless. We have been a one trick pony for as
:21:58. > :22:02.long as I can remember. Literary icon, that comes that image of Dylan
:22:03. > :22:07.Thomas. That is about the only thing we seem capable or willing to market
:22:08. > :22:12.over our borders and inside our borders. We have so much more to
:22:13. > :22:18.offer. Is it time to shout a little bit louder about all of our authors?
:22:19. > :22:24.I am in a leafy part of Cardiff but it is also the birthplace of one of
:22:25. > :22:28.the world's best place authors. What was his favourite sweet shop, now a
:22:29. > :22:33.Chinese takeaway, carries a blue plaque in his honour and he remains
:22:34. > :22:38.one of the most popular authors for children and adults alike. Cardiff,
:22:39. > :22:42.which was his childhood home, is relatively understated when it comes
:22:43. > :22:46.to celebrating this connection but Buckinghamshire, where he settled in
:22:47. > :22:51.later life, is home to the Roald Dahl Museum. So how do you entice
:22:52. > :22:55.foreign visitors who may be distracted by Britain's more obvious
:22:56. > :23:00.attractions? Some have resorted to collecting tourists in London and
:23:01. > :23:04.bringing them to Wales. Market research shows is that people come
:23:05. > :23:09.in to London after -- for ten days and after four or five days they are
:23:10. > :23:13.a bit bored and want to get out of London. We are hoping to tap into
:23:14. > :23:20.that market, bring people into Wales. It is only two hours by train
:23:21. > :23:25.into South Wales. As Dylan Thomas takes centre stage in 2014, one of
:23:26. > :23:28.his biggest advocates says it is also a chance to find new
:23:29. > :23:35.connections between Wales and its writers. I heard the other day that
:23:36. > :23:38.the television film of a child's Christmas in Wales was filmed in
:23:39. > :23:43.Montgomery and if you watch that film, some locals are still in it. I
:23:44. > :23:47.did not know there was a Dylan Thomas connection to Montgomery and
:23:48. > :23:53.so one is for ever learning about new links around the country. So it
:23:54. > :23:58.is a big year for Dylan Thomas and the places he called home. But there
:23:59. > :24:00.is a hope that the rest of Wales can benefit from its connections with
:24:01. > :24:03.some of our greatest writers. Sport, and the Welsh Rugby Union has
:24:04. > :24:07.launched its first touch rugby leagues in an attempt to get more
:24:08. > :24:10.people involved in the game. There'll be teams in Cardiff,
:24:11. > :24:12.Swansea, Ammanford, Colwyn Bay and Newport with the regional winners
:24:13. > :24:17.meeting for finals at the Millennium Stadium. It's hoped, because it's a
:24:18. > :24:27.non contact sport, more women and girls will take up it up and the WRU
:24:28. > :24:31.can develop more top players. The unions, which are the boldest
:24:32. > :24:35.and put a concerted effort into introducing different formats of the
:24:36. > :24:41.game will be those which have the broadest playing bass in a furious
:24:42. > :24:44.time and I think you only have to look at Australia and New Zealand to
:24:45. > :24:47.realise that. Snooker, and Mark Williams has
:24:48. > :24:51.beaten the current world number one Neil Robertson in the third round of
:24:52. > :24:55.the Welsh Open. Williams came from behind to win 4-3 and go into the
:24:56. > :24:58.fourth round. But Dominic Dale lost 4-0 to Mark Selby and Matthew
:24:59. > :25:01.Stevens is also out after losing 4-3 to Joe Perry.
:25:02. > :25:05.Let's get a full weather forecast with Derek.
:25:06. > :25:08.This winter has been very wet and mild but it looks like March will
:25:09. > :25:12.start chilly with some frost and there is a risk that some of us may
:25:13. > :25:14.see a little sleet and snow on Friday.
:25:15. > :25:18.This winter has been very wet and mild but In the meantime, there is
:25:19. > :25:22.more rain on the way. Turning wet and windy tonight. A dry start this
:25:23. > :25:25.evening but rain will reach Pembrokeshire in the next hour or
:25:26. > :25:29.so, spreading across the whole country before midnight. A spell of
:25:30. > :25:33.heavy rain and stronger winds lasting three to four hours followed
:25:34. > :25:43.by a dry end to the night. Here's the picture for 8.00am in the
:25:44. > :25:47.morning. A decent start to the day. Nice and dry. Bright in places too
:25:48. > :25:51.with some sunshine. Breezy on the coast with a temperature of six
:25:52. > :25:56.Celsius in Caernarfon. Later in the morning and during the afternoon,
:25:57. > :25:59.some showers will turn out. Heavy in places with hail and falling as snow
:26:00. > :26:03.on the mountains. The showers easing later with a dry start to the
:26:04. > :26:07.evening. Top temperatures eight or nine Celsius with a west to
:26:08. > :26:10.south-westerly breeze. The wind gusty amongst the showers. In
:26:11. > :26:16.Pembrokeshire tomorrow, a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. Windy on
:26:17. > :26:19.the coast with a high of eight Celsius in St David's. In
:26:20. > :26:25.Flintshire, the morning dry but expect showers in the afternoon. A
:26:26. > :26:29.high of eight in Holywell. Tomorrow evening, overnight into Friday there
:26:30. > :26:33.is some uncertainty but it looks like low pressure will bring more
:26:34. > :26:36.rain. On Friday, rain, sleet and snow will gradually clear, followed
:26:37. > :26:39.by drier and brighter weather and one or two showers. Hopefully some
:26:40. > :26:44.sunshine on St David's Day on Saturday. A few showers as well,
:26:45. > :26:47.otherwise a lot of dry weather. More dry weather on Sunday but rain may
:26:48. > :26:51.arrive by the evening if not before. Temperatures on the chilly side over
:26:52. > :26:54.the weekend. Cold at night with frost and icy patches. The first
:26:55. > :26:56.widespread frosts for quite some time.
:26:57. > :27:06.The top stories from the BBC. Two men have been sentenced to life
:27:07. > :27:12.in prison for the murder of a soldier last year. Michael Adebolajo
:27:13. > :27:17.has been given a whole life term. Buckle added a while it was jailed
:27:18. > :27:21.for a minimum of 45 years. The men drove a car into the soldier in
:27:22. > :27:24.south-east London before attacking him with knives.
:27:25. > :27:28.Alan Charlton was jailed for murder 23 years ago but now it's emerged
:27:29. > :27:31.that his conviction has been referred to the Court of Appeal over
:27:32. > :27:34.concerns about techniques used by South Wales Police to investigate
:27:35. > :27:39.the case. He's serving a life sentence for killing teenager Karen
:27:40. > :27:43.Price in Cardiff. And that is Wales Today. We'll have
:27:44. > :27:46.a quick update at 8.00pm and more after the BBC News at 10.00pm. For
:27:47. > :27:47.now though, have a good evening. Goodbye.