11/03/2014 BBC Wales Today

Swansea-born MP and former Deputy Speaker of the Commons, Nigel Evans,

has been hearing from some of his alleged victims. The jury at Preston

Crown Court was told Mr Evans put his hands down the trousers of two

men and tried to kiss another. Mr Evans, who was Shadow Secretary of

State for Wales at the time, is charged with sexual assaulting seven

men and denies indecent assault, sexual assault and rape.

A number of the allegations against the former Deputy Speaker of the

Commons are believed to have happened when he was Shadow

Secretary of State for Wales over ten years ago.

Today, the court heard about some of those incidents.

The first witness who can't be named for legal reasons, a Westminster

worker. He described a night out he had with Mr Evans and others at a

bar in Soho in London in 2002. During that night, he claimed Mr

Evans put his hand down the back of his trousers on two separate

occasions. The witness told the jury "he was

annoyed but he put it down to Mr Evans being drunk". He told the

court "it was just one of those things". The second witness, a party

worker at the time, alleged Mr Evans put his hand around the top of his

trousers and moved it to the front twice. The court heard it happened

at a bar when evening at the Conservative Party Conference in

Blackpool during the same year. He said he was angry and embarrassed

and that Mr Evants was heavily intoxicated and he'd gone too far

but didn't want to make a fuss -- Mr Evans. No formal complaint was made.

The first witness told the court he didn't believe he was a victim of

crime. The second said he didn't consider what happened to him to be

a criminal sexual assault. Today, both said that view hadn't changed.

At the end of the day two, the court started hearing from a third witness

who also worked in Westminster. The jury heard Mr Evans tried to kiss

him at a drinks event at the Strangers Bar in the Houses of

Parliament. Over the next few weeks, the trial is expected to hear from a

number of high profile politicians. The prosecution witnesses include

the speaker of the Commons, John Bercow and former MP bell lit Opik.

Mr Evans, who grew up in Swansea, denies all the charges against him

and the case continues -- Lembit Opik. The funeral's taken place of

the six day old baby who died at home in Pontyberem in

Carmarthenshire where two dogs were seized and destroyed.

Eliza-Mae Mullane's parents gathered with friends at the Holy Cross

Catholic Church for the service. The baby died last month after an

incident at her home. The cause of her death is not yet known.

The WJC has launched an investigation after dozens of heads

complained about unexpectedly low grades for the new GCSE English

language exams. They are also planning to provide additional

support sessions for head teachers. A racing circuit attracting

international motor spot to the South Wales Valleys is bringing much

needed jobs. That is the vision. BBC Wales discovered the new Circuit of

Wales racetrack may receive ?30 million from the Welsh Government.

Questions are being asked whether the track near Ebbw value can be

built in time to win a contract for an international motor racing vent

seen as vital to the development. Will the proposed circuit ever goat

the starting gritted? Week In Week Out investigates after this

bulletin. -- get -- ever get the starting --

ever get to the starting grid. The football results:

And rugby: Robin McBryde says there'll be one change for

Saturday's final Six Nations match against Scotland after Lee Halfpenny

dues located his shoulder. Rees Webb and others could be available

despite recent injuries. That expectancy surely will have grown

for the last home match against Scotland and we can't shy away from

it. We've got to answer a few questions and we can only do that on

the field. We are going to focus on some of the opportunities we missed

out on and the areas we need toe work on. After all that stormy

weather that dominated, a leg bone has been found buried in the cliff.

The latest discovery caused by cliff erosion has revealed two human leg

bones. Recent storms revealing the past.

These remains are believed to be thighbones possibly dating back 400

years. The lower leg showed a lot of muscular wear... Rowena and Paul are

archaeologists. When the waves and the weather battered this coastline

in the New Year, it unearthed more bones and more questions into who

they could belong to. The scientific analysis that we have

had done so far suggests that these people are all male. So is it

possibly a shipwreck this coastline is a treacherous area of the sea.

Also, they could be aassociationiated with St Mary's

church in the village and when the graveyard became full, they were

looking for somewhere else to bury the local people and this could be

the spot they chose. It was the surfers making the most of the coast

today but there could be at least ten graves along this cliff edge and

possibly many more buried further back. These were shallow graves

about a metre deep, not just for one, but there could have been three

bodies buried inside with their heads facing the coast. The rest of

the bones have been lost to the sea and it's only the leg bones

remaining. When a walker discovered skull

fragments and teeth after the storms in January, it was a rare find.

Those bones are now being studied in detail by archaeologists in Swansea.

The most interesting bits we have is this. Fur able to see, we have these

lines which are Harris lines, they are lines of where the individual

may have been ill or suffered malnutrition, especially at a young

age. That gives us a better idea of what the individual went through.

Once the remains have been analysed, they'll be give tonne the local

parish church of St Mary's for reburial in the church yard. The

same will apply to these bones which will be removed by archaeologists in

the next month. The weather forecast for Wales now:

Thank you very much. Good evening. Certainly no sign of any storms

heading our way in the near future. The rest of this week is going to

stay dry and settled thanks to high pressure. Some more lovely sunshine

for you, but watch out for some mist and fog patches. So staying dry

tonight then. There Beale some low cluend mist forming. But where the

sky does he remain clear, for example in parts of the north and

west, it will be cold enough for a frost. High pressure over Denmark

and the UK, keeping the country generally dry. Mixed fortunes

tomorrow morning. It will be dry with sunshine in parts of the north

and west. Elsewhere, low cloud and mist that will tend to brighten up

gradually. The rest of the UK, most places dry, mist and fog patches in

the north lifting. Some lovely sunshine in Newcastle. Low cloud in

the south will tend to shrink during the day, turning out brighter in the

south. Sunshine in London with a high of 14, perhaps few spots of

light rain in the very far North West. Should be a nice afternoon and

for most of Wales, lovely sunshine. Perhaps a few watches of cloud

lingering along the border. Tomorrow night, the dry weather continues.

Some mist and fog patches forming and a chance of a touch of frost

again where the sky remains clear. A foggy start for some on Thursday.

That will slowly lift and many areas will brighten up with some sunshine.

A few patches of cloud. A high of. -- a high of 13. It's looking dry

and the odd spot of drizzle and no significant rain. Enjoy the dry

weather. Thank you very much. It's 30 years

since the miners' strike. In tomorrow's programme, we'll be

finding out how the year-long industrial dispute affected

communities right across Wales. We'll talk about how it still

resonates with form erminers and their families three decades on.

I think a lot of us realised it was something that we couldn't win. It

was never envisaged that we could win it. At the same time, there was

nothing else we could do. If we sat down and did nothing, we were going

to go anyway so we had to fight, for the jobs, not for wages or better

conditions, it was just about the jobs. More on the miners' strike 30

years on tomorrow. That is Wales Today today. Thank you for watching.

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speck of cancer that needs to be