27/03/2014

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:00:15. > :00:21.Good evening. A jury has heard how four miners

:00:22. > :00:24.died when the Gleision Colliery in the Swansea Valley flooded three

:00:25. > :00:27.years ago. Their manager, Malcolm Fyfield, who escaped from the mine,

:00:28. > :00:32.is accused of causing their deaths through gross negligence. Swansea

:00:33. > :00:37.Crown Court heard evidence he tried to revive two of the men before

:00:38. > :00:39.finding a way to the surface. The 58-year-old denies all charges and

:00:40. > :00:51.the mine owners deny corporate manslaughter. Cemlyn Davies reports.

:00:52. > :00:57.The 15th of September 2011, and rescuers work frantically at

:00:58. > :01:02.company-macro hoping to save the lives of four men trapped inside.

:01:03. > :01:08.Their efforts were in vain, Charles resident, Gary Hill, all died after

:01:09. > :01:17.water filled the area where they were working 275 metres into the

:01:18. > :01:20.mountain. The pit manager was mining alongside the men that morning, but

:01:21. > :01:27.he managed to escape. He arrived at court today accompanied by his wife.

:01:28. > :01:35.The two sat together as a jury was told that he suffers with severe

:01:36. > :01:40.post-traumatic stress disorder. Most of the families filled the public

:01:41. > :01:45.gallery in the hope of finding out why their loved ones left for work

:01:46. > :01:49.one morning but never came home. They sat and listened as the

:01:50. > :01:54.prosecution explain how one minor, who managed to escape by crawling

:01:55. > :01:59.along a conveyor belt heard an explosion which sounded like a jet

:02:00. > :02:06.engine. He was told to run and then he said he had a deafening sound of

:02:07. > :02:09.rushing water. When Gleision Colliery emerged, he was shaking and

:02:10. > :02:18.cold and told rescuers they were gone. He told police he tried to

:02:19. > :02:23.resuscitate two of the men in the mind, but there was no response, no

:02:24. > :02:30.sign of life. The postmortem heard the postmortem examinations found

:02:31. > :02:36.the four men drowned as a result of drowning. Sat a short distance away

:02:37. > :02:43.with this lady and her brother, the direct is of the mine company. The

:02:44. > :02:46.company faces four counts of corporate manslaughter by failing to

:02:47. > :02:50.ensure there was a safe system of work in place. How did this happen?

:02:51. > :02:56.How could such a tragedy have occurred? Those are the questions

:02:57. > :03:05.the families will want and said over the coming weeks and months. Malcolm

:03:06. > :03:10.Fyfield and the company denied all the charges under trial is expected

:03:11. > :03:14.to last until end of June. The family of missing Newport

:03:15. > :03:17.teenager Nida Naseer have been told about the discovery of a body in

:03:18. > :03:21.Newport. Gwent Police were called to the wetlands site in the city this

:03:22. > :03:23.morning. The body has yet to be identified. Paul Heaney reports.

:03:24. > :03:28.A tranquil, picturesque part of Newport, disturbed today by police

:03:29. > :03:38.vans. A small part of the scenic walk here cordoned off. Police

:03:39. > :03:42.arrived here at 10.00am after a report that a body had been found

:03:43. > :03:46.here. It's three months, almost to the day that Nida Naseer left her

:03:47. > :03:49.family home just a few miles from here. The body today hasn't yet been

:03:50. > :03:53.identified but Nida's family have been told. 19-year-old Nida Naseer

:03:54. > :03:57.left her family home here in Pill, Newport three days after Christmas

:03:58. > :04:04.to put rubbish out and she hasn't been seen since. Her sister says she

:04:05. > :04:07.was depressed because the family's asylum claim had been turned down,

:04:08. > :04:14.meaning Nida couldn't apply to university here. Just two days ago,

:04:15. > :04:17.Nida father told Wales Today he felt there was something stopping his

:04:18. > :04:20.daughter getting in touch with him. Police say they are treating the

:04:21. > :04:26.discovery of a body at the Westlands as unexplained and a postmortem will

:04:27. > :04:32.be carried out. The beauty of this part of Newport tarnished a little

:04:33. > :04:35.this evening by a tragic discovery. Police forces across Wales and

:04:36. > :04:41.England are facing criticism for the way they handle domestic violence

:04:42. > :04:43.cases. Her Majesty's Inspectorate Constabulary, the police watchdog,

:04:44. > :04:47.says the overall response to domestic abuse is not good enough

:04:48. > :04:50.and raises specific concerns with two Welsh forces. Gwent Police says

:04:51. > :04:53.it's working hard to make necessary changes, while North Wales Police

:04:54. > :05:02.says it will improve the awareness and response of officers.

:05:03. > :05:04.Campaigners trying to stop the building of a waste incinerator in

:05:05. > :05:08.Cardiff have lost their High Court challenge. The City Council was

:05:09. > :05:11.found to have acted lawfully in approving plans for the site near

:05:12. > :05:16.Splott, where the company Viridor has already started work on the

:05:17. > :05:20.project. The Cardiff Against the Incinerator group says it will

:05:21. > :05:24.appeal the decision. A ?300 million deal to buy one of

:05:25. > :05:27.Pembrokeshire's oil refineries looks set to be completed in the next few

:05:28. > :05:33.weeks. The owners of the Mucro Refinery have been looking to sell

:05:34. > :05:38.the site for more than three years. The new owners will be a private

:05:39. > :05:42.equity firm as Abigail Neal reports. They process 135,000 barrels of oil

:05:43. > :05:45.here every day but with falling profits, the last few years have

:05:46. > :05:52.been an anxious time for workers at the Murco refinery in Milford Haven.

:05:53. > :05:56.Now the comapny's American owners are reported to be close to signing

:05:57. > :06:00.a deal with a London-based private equity fund called Greybull Capital.

:06:01. > :06:03.It's thought to be worth ?300 million and includes the sale of the

:06:04. > :06:09.plant along with Murco's 400 petrol stations. Murco have been looking to

:06:10. > :06:14.find a buyer for the refinery in Milford Haven for more than three

:06:15. > :06:17.years now. This proposed sale to a private equity fund will secure the

:06:18. > :06:20.450 jobs here at least in the short-term but there are concerns

:06:21. > :06:27.tonight about what the longer-term ambitions of a new buyer could be.

:06:28. > :06:31.It is the nature of a private equity fund which has made some business

:06:32. > :06:34.leaders nervous about today's news. What we want guarantees that the

:06:35. > :06:38.plant will remain open and the future for the employees and all the

:06:39. > :06:46.contractors and supply chain. It is very important Pembrokeshire and

:06:47. > :06:49.Milford Haven itself. There is a refinery that's opened in the

:06:50. > :06:53.southern part of India which produces more than all of ours put

:06:54. > :06:55.together in the UK and that is an export refinery. These super

:06:56. > :07:01.refineries are starting to take over. In Europe, we are going to

:07:02. > :07:10.find it increasingly challenging to justify keeping the ones we have.

:07:11. > :07:14.Although small, the Murco site has been upgraded in recent years which

:07:15. > :07:21.could count in its favour in terms of assets. The deal with the new

:07:22. > :07:23.owners is expected to be signed next month.

:07:24. > :07:26.The boss of the Football Association of Wales has welcomed a new

:07:27. > :07:31.competition designed to replace most international friendlies. UEFA has

:07:32. > :07:36.given the go-ahead for the League of Nations competition to begin in four

:07:37. > :07:40.years' time. Final details of the format have not been decided, but

:07:41. > :07:45.Jonathan Ford has said the FAW wants discussions to continue.

:07:46. > :08:02.Now the weather. Hello again. It has been chilly

:08:03. > :08:07.today with a mixture of sunshine and showers but good news for the

:08:08. > :08:10.weekend, it will be warmer. Tonight, a few showers and rain for a time in

:08:11. > :08:17.the North, otherwise plenty of dry weather and a few more showers late

:08:18. > :08:24.in the night. A touch of frost in places. Tomorrow will ring bright

:08:25. > :08:28.intervals and showers. The North is dry in the morning but showers

:08:29. > :08:34.likely in parts of the South and West. These could be happy in

:08:35. > :08:38.places. Across the rest of the UK, rain for Northern England. A few

:08:39. > :08:42.showers in Northern Ireland. Brighter further south but heavy

:08:43. > :08:46.showers for the West Country and south Wales. Sunshine for western

:08:47. > :08:51.Scotland. The north-east, cloudy with spots of light rain and

:08:52. > :08:55.drizzle. A cool breeze tomorrow with a top temperature in London of 15

:08:56. > :09:03.Celsius. A real mix in Wales tomorrow afternoon. Showers, heavy

:09:04. > :09:10.in places with dry and London -- hail and thunder. Up till 11 Celsius

:09:11. > :09:12.with a cool, easterly breeze. Rain and showers spreading northwards

:09:13. > :09:17.tomorrow night but most of the country should end on a dry note and

:09:18. > :09:22.not as cold as recent nights. Into Saturday, a change on the way. Rain

:09:23. > :09:27.in the West for a time but the whole country becoming dry and brighter

:09:28. > :09:33.with hazy sunshine. Warmer on Saturday, up to 16 Celsius. There is

:09:34. > :09:38.more dry and brighter weather to come on Sunday. There's cold snap is

:09:39. > :09:40.on its last legs and it will feel more like spring again over the

:09:41. > :09:47.weekend. That's for Wales Today, we're back

:09:48. > :09:57.at 6.25am tomorrow. Have a good evening.