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I Good evening. It's emerged the Welsh Government | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
gave assurances to teachers 16 months ago that pupils would not be | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
disadvantaged by the introduction of new English language GCSE exams. | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
Teachers from a hundred schools have expressed anger at unexpectedly low | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
grades received by pupils who sat the exams in January. They say it's | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
left pupils, parents and teachers distraught. Here's our Education | :00:39. | :00:47. | |
Correspondent, Arwyn Jones. When we first revealed concerns | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
about January's disappointing exam results, teachers at this school | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
were among the first to share their concerns. One week on, and they are | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
still none the wiser about what went wrong. Teachers are any good | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
position to judge the standards of English the classroom. We will | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
compare students over a period of years, we will track their | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
performance and the professional judgement of teachers is what we | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
will rely on Amir getting pupils ready for exams. He is one of over | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
100 heads who have given evidence to their union. It was taken to a | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
meeting between unions and Government officials here. Among the | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
hundred, not a single one of them has said that they are concerned | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
about the bar, the challenge being raised, for their students. Every | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
single one of them, almost has said that we do not know where the bar | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
has been set. These exams were marked differently with more | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
emphasis on spelling and grammar. Teachers had sought and got | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
assurances from the Welsh Government about the changes well over a year | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
ago. BBC Wales has seen a copy of a letter sent in October 20 12th AV | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
then director of the schools departments. He was addressing | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
concerns by teachers about the introduction of the new guidelines. | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
He acknowledged that... Isn't it awful for the second year | :02:16. | :02:41. | |
running we have a cohort of pupils who are having the results that they | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
did not expect and that will impact on their chances going forward. We | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
ask the Education Minister for an interview, but were told that | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
interviews will only begin once the Welsh Government's review reports | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
back to him. In a statement, a spokesman said... | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
January's English-language exams were unique to Wales for the first | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
time. It was meant to be a way of regrading veal -- avoiding the | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
regrading fiasco we had. Earlier this week, he criticised his | :03:20. | :03:29. | |
party's leader, now he's been sacked. Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
been fired as Plaid Cymru's transport spokesman and as chair of | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
the Assembly's Environment Committee. It comes after he | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
criticised the leadership for its attack on the UK Independence Party. | :03:38. | :03:50. | |
The leader Leanne would make an attack on the UKIP the centre of her | :03:51. | :03:57. | |
speech in the Spring Conference. A vote for UKIP was, she said, a vote | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
against Wales and the Welsh national interest. It came after a press | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
release had described support for UKIP as an Welsh. It was that | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
rhetoric that prompted the former leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas to | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
describe the mode of criticism as facile. I don't know what the word | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
on the Welsh means. We emphasise equality, we emphasise that it | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
applies to all up of the people of Wales, so don't call your fellow | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
citizens or your colleagues names. Even if they are a party that you | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
disagree with. Today he was sacked. Leanne Wood said the people of | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
Wales... Sources have told BBC Wales the | :04:44. | :04:57. | |
action was taken after a number of complaints from party members | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
regarding Dafydd Elis-Thomas's behaviour. He says he is considering | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
whether to challenge the decision to strip him of the committee chair. | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
This sacking is obviously the result of critical comments by Dafydd | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
Elis-Thomas to his political leader. But it is a reflection of the | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
importance of unity for the party at critical time while they try to | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
retain their seat at the European Parliament in the actions in May. | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
The trial of the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
Nigel Evans, has been hearing from one man who says he woke up to find | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
the MP's hands all over him. He claims he was assaulted by the | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
Swansea-born MP while he slept on a sofa. The man said he wasn't keen to | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
report the incident at the time. Mr Evans denies all the charges against | :05:46. | :05:47. | |
him. A church minister from | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
Carmarthenshire has been charged over an allegation of historical | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
child abuse. 82-year-old Gwyn Ieuan Morgan will appear in court next | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
month accused of indecently assaulting a boy aged under 14. He's | :05:55. | :06:04. | |
been suspended from his two chapels. There's concern over 400 jobs at the | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
Land Registry in Swansea. Unions say they won't rule out going on strike | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
over UK Government proposals to privatise some of the service. The | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
Government says no decision has been made yet. If it isn't broke, why are | :06:17. | :06:28. | |
we fixing it? It is profitable, it is highly respected. Even the legal | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
profession is saying that this is a step too | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
The community of Machynlleth has been recognised for the support | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
given to the family of murdered five-year-old April Jones at the | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
first St David Awards. First Minister Carwyn Jones' special award | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
was presented by April's parents Paul and Coral at an event in | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
Cardiff. Singer Bryn Terfel, Olympian Jade Jones, and scientist | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
Dr Lyn Evans were also among those honoured. | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
Rugby, and Warren Gatland has made six changes from the side that lost | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
to England. Front row Lions Richard Hibbard and Adam Jones are dropped | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
to the bench and replaced by Ken Owens and Rhodri Jones. Adam Jones | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
is on the bench for the first time under Gatland, but prop Gethin | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
Jenkins keeps his place for a record 105th cap. Dan Biggar is at | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
fly-half, Mike Phillips at scrum-half and Liam Williams at | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
fullback. Despite not having any silverwear to play for, Wales are | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
determined to end their campaign on a high. The bus journey back on | :07:28. | :07:37. | |
Sunday was pretty bad, but I think we have dusted ourselves off and we | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
are excited to play in Cardiff. It is the best place to play in the | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
world. We want to play rugby and show what we are capable of. We are | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
obviously disappointed about Sunday, but we have a gain now to put it | :07:54. | :07:55. | |
right, hopefully. Hello. Most of Wales enjoyed some | :07:56. | :08:05. | |
sunshine today, but not everywhere. Parts of the coast stayed cold and | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
foggy and there is more folk to come with a Met Office warning in force. | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
Tonight, it will be dry with mist and fog patches that will become | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
more widespread, dense and places, too. Where the sky does remain | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
clear, it will be remain cold enough for a frost. Here is tomorrow's | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
chart. High pressure is keeping things settled. More isobars in the | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
North, more windy conditions there. Tomorrow morning, in Wales, mist and | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
fog will be a hazard, dense and places. Some poor visibility. But it | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
won't be foggy everywhere. Some places will be bright with sunshine. | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
Across the West of the UK, take care if you are travelling, mist and fog | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
patches will slowly lift. The best of the sunshine around the Midlands | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
and Eastern England. Further North, it will be windy with rain for parts | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
of Scotland. 10 Celsius in Glasgow, 16 Celsius in London. Dry in Wales | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
tomorrow afternoon, the best of the sunshine will be in parts of Powys. | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
Cloudy in the South and West. A high of 14 Celsius. Much cooler on the | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
coast with a westerly breeze. The breeze will keep most of the fog | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
away tomorrow night, temperatures staying above freezing. Saturday, a | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
decent day, the cloud breaking with some sunshine. Generally dry with | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
highs of 12 Celsius. A nice day for the rugby. More dry weather to come | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
on Sunday and into the start of next week. In the meantime, watch out for | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
those fog patches tonight and tomorrow morning. | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
More on our website. We will have the latest for you at 6:25am. Good | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
night. | :09:54. | :09:56. |