:00:00. > :00:07.moment. That has got to be a good thing.
:00:08. > :00:11.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:12. > :00:16.The manager of the Gleision Colliery goes on trial. The court is told the
:00:17. > :00:20.explosion that led to the death of four miners sounded like a jet
:00:21. > :00:22.engine. Malcolm Fyfield is accused of
:00:23. > :00:26.manslaughter through gross negligence. The jury hears he
:00:27. > :00:27.managed to escape and then told paramedics, "There's no hope for the
:00:28. > :00:45.others." Also tonight. The parents of Nida Naseer are told
:00:46. > :00:56.by police a body has been found on Newport's wetlands.
:00:57. > :00:59.The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Swansea born MP
:01:00. > :01:04.Nigel Evans, begins giving evidence at his trial.
:01:05. > :01:07.Up for sale for three years - has a buyer been found for the Murco Oil
:01:08. > :01:11.Refinery in Milford Haven? And Melanie Stephenson has type one
:01:12. > :01:12.diabetes. Services for patients with incurable conditions must improve,
:01:13. > :01:22.says a new report. The jury in the trial of a mine
:01:23. > :01:25.manager who is accused of causing the death of four colleagues through
:01:26. > :01:31.gross negligence has heard he tried to revive two of the men who died
:01:32. > :01:35.before finding a way to the surface. The court was told miners working at
:01:36. > :01:38.the Gleision site in the Swansea Valley in September 2011 heard an
:01:39. > :01:41.explosion like a jet engine, moments before the mine flooded. 58-year-old
:01:42. > :01:46.Malcolm Fyfield denies all charges, and the mine owners deny corporate
:01:47. > :01:50.manslaughter. Cemlyn Davies is at Swansea Crown Court.
:01:51. > :01:55.Lucy, two and a half years have gone by since the tragic events at
:01:56. > :01:58.Gleision Colliery. During that time the miners' families have had little
:01:59. > :02:11.information about what happened that morning. Well, today they came to
:02:12. > :02:17.court hoping for answers. September 13 2011 and rescuers work
:02:18. > :02:21.frantically at the Gleision Colliery hoping to save the lives of the men
:02:22. > :02:28.trapped inside but their efforts were in vain. They all died after
:02:29. > :02:36.water filled the area where they were working. The pit manager,
:02:37. > :02:41.Malcolm Fyfield, was mining alongside the men that morning but
:02:42. > :02:45.he managed to escape. He arrived at court today accompanied by his
:02:46. > :02:50.wife. They sat together as the jury was told Malcolm Fyfield suffers
:02:51. > :02:54.from severe post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of what
:02:55. > :02:58.happened. Members of the miners families filled the public gallery
:02:59. > :03:02.in the hope of finding out exactly why they loved ones left for work
:03:03. > :03:07.one morning but never came home. They sat and listened intently as
:03:08. > :03:12.the prosecution explained how one miner who managed to escape by
:03:13. > :03:16.crawling along a conveyor belt heard an explosion which sounded like a
:03:17. > :03:20.jet engine. He was told to run and he then heard what was described as
:03:21. > :03:27.the deafening sound of rushing water. When Malcolm Fyfield emerged
:03:28. > :03:35.from the mine, he was shaking and cold, and told rescuers "they are
:03:36. > :03:38.gone" . Afterwards, he told police he tried to resuscitate David Powell
:03:39. > :03:43.and Philip Hill while he was still in the mind but there was no
:03:44. > :03:47.response, no sign of life. The court heard the postmortem examinations
:03:48. > :03:56.showed the four men died as a result of drowning. Sat a short distance
:03:57. > :04:02.from Malcolm Fyfield worthy directors of MNS Mining, which faces
:04:03. > :04:05.four counts of corporate manslaughter by failing to ensure
:04:06. > :04:13.there was a safe system of work in place. How did this happen? How
:04:14. > :04:16.could such a tragedy have occurred? Those are the questions the miners
:04:17. > :04:21.families will want answered over the coming weeks and months.
:04:22. > :04:24.Malcolm Fyfield and MNS Mining deny all the charges against them and the
:04:25. > :04:31.trial is expected to last until the end of June.
:04:32. > :04:35.The family of missing Newport teenager Nida Naseer have been told
:04:36. > :04:39.about the discovery of a body in Newport. Gwent Police were called to
:04:40. > :04:43.the wetlands site in the city this morning. The body has yet to be
:04:44. > :04:54.identified. Our reporter Paul Heaney is there for us. What is the latest?
:04:55. > :04:59.Police were called here to Newport wetlands at 10am this morning after
:05:00. > :05:03.a report that a body had been found in this area. Part of the wetlands
:05:04. > :05:10.pathway just behind me remains closed this evening. A number of
:05:11. > :05:13.vehicles have been leaving this area throughout the afternoon. We
:05:14. > :05:19.understand the body has now been taken for a postmortem and it has
:05:20. > :05:24.yet to be identified. But it is three months almost to the day since
:05:25. > :05:28.Nida Naseer left her family home to put the bins out just a few miles
:05:29. > :05:35.away from here. Although the body has yet to be identified, her
:05:36. > :05:37.parents have been informed. Just reminders about the circumstances
:05:38. > :05:44.surrounding Nida Naseer's disappearance. 19-year-old Nida
:05:45. > :05:50.Naseer left her home three days after Christmas. It was a PM in the
:05:51. > :05:55.evening, she did not have any shoes on, she did not take her coat or any
:05:56. > :05:59.many and simply disappeared. Gwent Police have chased a number of
:06:00. > :06:03.different leagues but have failed to explain exactly what happened to
:06:04. > :06:06.her. Just two days ago, the father told BBC way is that he felt
:06:07. > :06:10.something was stopping his daughter from getting in touch. We know from
:06:11. > :06:13.this is the father told BBC way is that he felt something was stopping
:06:14. > :06:15.his daughter from getting in touch. We know from her sister Archie felt
:06:16. > :06:19.depressed about which meant she could not apply to study at
:06:20. > :06:23.university year. There is one question that still remains, the
:06:24. > :06:29.same question everyone was asking themselves in December, why did a
:06:30. > :06:50.19-year-old girl take the bins out just after Christmas and is yet to
:06:51. > :06:53.return home? The police watchdog says it has
:06:54. > :06:56.significant concerns about how some Welsh forces deal with domestic
:06:57. > :06:59.violence. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary says Gwent and North
:07:00. > :07:01.Wales Police aren't recognising the danger some victims are in. Jordan
:07:02. > :07:04.Davies has more. Rachel Williams was shot by her
:07:05. > :07:09.husband at a salon she worked in. Christie Robinson, attacked by her
:07:10. > :07:15.boyfriend but then wrongly arrested by Gwent Police. She received
:07:16. > :07:19.compensation. And Joanna Michael from Cardiff, stabbed to death by
:07:20. > :07:23.her ex-boyfriend while waiting for officers to arrive. The desperate
:07:24. > :07:27.909 calls were misdirected. One former victim who wants to remain
:07:28. > :07:32.anonymous says Caro in situations like this could be avoided if more
:07:33. > :07:40.officers were trained to spot the danger signs. If they don't see any
:07:41. > :07:47.bruises and you seem to appear to look all right, they will just say,
:07:48. > :07:59.it is a domestic. They will walk away. This is when the victim needs
:08:00. > :08:07.help. The police have gone and then they would be beaten. There are over
:08:08. > :08:11.250,000 domestic abuse cases in Wales and England every year. A
:08:12. > :08:19.third of the games in Wales are men. Today the police watchdog criticised
:08:20. > :08:24.to Welsh forces, Gwent and North Wales Police, saying it had
:08:25. > :08:29.significant concerns about how Gwent handled some victims. It criticised
:08:30. > :08:34.officers for failing to see how serious some crimes were. In North
:08:35. > :08:42.Wales, it said the force's treatment of victims was inconsistent. This
:08:43. > :08:45.has got to be every officer's business and the disappointing thing
:08:46. > :08:49.is that not all our offices have the right training, support or expertise
:08:50. > :08:58.to deal with every victim effectively.
:08:59. > :09:03.Are you OK? This hard-hitting film, funded by
:09:04. > :09:07.Gwent Police, is one of the ways the former chief and is the tried to
:09:08. > :09:12.improve the way her force handled domestic violence. It also piloted
:09:13. > :09:16.clears law, which gives people the right to investigate their
:09:17. > :09:21.partner's violent past. And it said that a new domestic violence unit.
:09:22. > :09:26.It has now been disbanded in favour of training all front line staff.
:09:27. > :09:30.Unfortunately there are still cultural attitudes not only in the
:09:31. > :09:34.police but in other aspects of society that victims are somehow
:09:35. > :09:38.responsible for the violence they suffer and this trickles down into
:09:39. > :09:44.the police response as well. South Wales Police and Dyfed-Powys Police
:09:45. > :09:47.welcomed the praise they received in the report. Gwent says it is working
:09:48. > :09:51.hard to change things and North Wales Police say they worked
:09:52. > :10:01.tirelessly to protect victims. The hope now is that things do change
:10:02. > :10:04.before more lives are lost. The former Deputy Speaker of the
:10:05. > :10:07.House of Commons, Swansea-born MP Nigel Evans, has begun giving
:10:08. > :10:10.evidence at his trial, where he's accused of rape and indecent
:10:11. > :10:13.assault. Mr Evans denied ever behaving indecently with a series of
:10:14. > :10:16.men who claim he sexually assaulted them. Matthew Richards is outside
:10:17. > :10:22.Preston crown court. What did Mr Evans say about the allegations? He
:10:23. > :10:25.was asked almost as soon he took the witness stand whether he had ever
:10:26. > :10:32.sexually assaulted anyone, he said no. Whether he had ever raped
:10:33. > :10:36.anyone, he said no. He was asked if he ever had intercourse with the man
:10:37. > :10:42.who accused him of rape and he said yes. He said it was absolutely with
:10:43. > :10:45.consent. He was also asked about another occasion where he is alleged
:10:46. > :10:50.to have sexually assaulted a man who was staying on his sofa at his
:10:51. > :10:54.home. He said he had run his hand down the man's body but that it was
:10:55. > :10:58.brushed away and he did not pursue anything after that. He denies one
:10:59. > :11:06.charge of rape, two of indecent assault. And he spoke about his
:11:07. > :11:11.personal life as well. He spoke about growing up in Swansea, he said
:11:12. > :11:16.from the age of 12 he would help out in the shop, the grocery shop, that
:11:17. > :11:20.his parents ran and it was there he used to read the newspapers and
:11:21. > :11:24.developed a love of politics. When he was 17 he joined the Young
:11:25. > :11:29.Conservatives. You also spoke about coming out as gay in a newspaper
:11:30. > :11:34.article in 2010 but the had been an open secret in and around
:11:35. > :11:40.Westminster. And he has been found not guilty on one charge. The judge
:11:41. > :11:44.directed the jury to find Mr Evans not guilty of one charge of sexual
:11:45. > :11:49.assault, saying there was no case to answer, but that was replaced by a
:11:50. > :11:52.lesser charge of attempted sexual assault. There will be no hearing
:11:53. > :11:55.tomorrow but he will be back in the witness box on Monday.
:11:56. > :11:58.Campaigners trying to stop the building of a waste incinerator in
:11:59. > :12:02.Cardiff have lost their High Court challenge. The City Council was
:12:03. > :12:05.found to have acted lawfully in approving plans for the site near
:12:06. > :12:10.Splott, where the company Viridor has already started work on the
:12:11. > :12:16.project. The Cardiff Against the Incinerator group says it will
:12:17. > :12:21.appeal the decision. We won the battle of public opinion
:12:22. > :12:25.here a long time ago and public opinion is still very clear. We are
:12:26. > :12:30.sure that when people see the consequences of this incinerator,
:12:31. > :12:34.that the opinion will grow even stronger, and we will continue to
:12:35. > :12:41.oppose the incinerator, the impact it has. There are over 400 plants
:12:42. > :12:45.like this operating safely and efficiently across Europe. The
:12:46. > :12:49.standard by which we have two of -- operate and the conditions that come
:12:50. > :12:52.with that and the standards to which our guys and the people who will be
:12:53. > :13:01.employed in the management team are second to none.
:13:02. > :13:03.Still to come tonight. We are going to talk about
:13:04. > :13:08.homophobic bullying in schools today. And how more and more people
:13:09. > :13:11.feel victimised because of their sexuality.
:13:12. > :13:14.As part of the BBC's School Report, our budding journalists find out
:13:15. > :13:20.what can be done to tackle the problem and put politicians on the
:13:21. > :13:23.spot. A ?300 million deal to buy one of
:13:24. > :13:28.Pembrokeshire's oil refineries looks set to be completed in the next few
:13:29. > :13:31.weeks. The owners of the Murco Refinery have been looking to sell
:13:32. > :13:38.the site for more than three years. The new owners will be a private
:13:39. > :13:43.equity firm as Abigail Neal reports. They processed 135,000 barrels of
:13:44. > :13:50.oil here every day but with falling profits, the last few years have
:13:51. > :13:55.been an anxious time for workers at the Murco refinery. The American
:13:56. > :13:58.owners are reported to be close to signing 18 with a London based
:13:59. > :14:05.private equity fund. It is thought to be worth ?300 million and
:14:06. > :14:09.includes the sale of the plant along with Murco's 400 petrol stations.
:14:10. > :14:13.They have been looking to find a buyer for the refinery for more than
:14:14. > :14:18.three years now. This proposed sale to a private equity fund will secure
:14:19. > :14:22.the 450 jobs here at least in the short-term but there are concerns
:14:23. > :14:28.about what the longer-term ambitions of a new could be. It is lovely to
:14:29. > :14:34.see that it is going to get going. I am really glad for the people
:14:35. > :14:38.working there and the town. For the boys and the girls over there, if
:14:39. > :14:44.someone is going to buy it, they stay. It is the nature of a private
:14:45. > :14:49.equity fund which has made some business leaders nervous about
:14:50. > :14:54.today's news. We want guarantees that the plant will remain open and
:14:55. > :15:02.the future for the employees and all the contractors and supply chain. It
:15:03. > :15:06.is very important Pembrokeshire. There is a refinery which has opened
:15:07. > :15:10.in the southern part of India which produces more than all of ours put
:15:11. > :15:14.together in the UK and that is an export refinery. These super
:15:15. > :15:20.refineries are starting to take over. In Europe, we are going to
:15:21. > :15:27.find it increasingly challenging to justify keeping the ones we have.
:15:28. > :15:31.Although small, the Murco site has been upgraded in recent years which
:15:32. > :15:35.could count in its favour in terms of assets. The deal with the new
:15:36. > :15:37.owners is expected to be signed next month.
:15:38. > :15:40.Services for patients with chronic conditions in Wales like diabetes
:15:41. > :15:44.and heart disease must improve. That's according to a new report by
:15:45. > :15:47.the Auditor General for Wales. It says health boards have made
:15:48. > :15:50.progress since 2008, when the Auditor warned services across Wales
:15:51. > :15:53.were poorly coordinated but, six years on, several health boards
:15:54. > :16:05.still don't have a detailed plan for change. Steffan Messenger reports.
:16:06. > :16:09.Derek and Melanie, just two of the 800,000 or so adults in Wales with
:16:10. > :16:13.chronic illnesses. Long-term conditions that can mean years of
:16:14. > :16:17.treatment in care. With an ageing population, it is a growing
:16:18. > :16:22.problem, so how well is the health service dealing with it? 25-year-old
:16:23. > :16:27.Melanie has always loved athletics but at 15 she was diagnosed with
:16:28. > :16:34.type one diabetes, learning -- leaving her dependent on insulin. It
:16:35. > :16:39.is really not looked at, the psychological side of having a
:16:40. > :16:45.condition, is completely ignored. Thankfully, I have been part of some
:16:46. > :16:48.groups with the charity diabetes UK so we work with people our own age
:16:49. > :16:54.to talk about the condition. Otherwise, there would be nothing.
:16:55. > :16:58.Derek moved to Wales 14 years ago and he has a rest between illness
:16:59. > :17:06.that means he needs an oxygen to survive. In England I felt I had no
:17:07. > :17:10.support whatsoever. Credit to the Welsh National Health Service, it is
:17:11. > :17:14.only since I have been in Wales I have had good support. I have
:17:15. > :17:19.telephone numbers to two nurses, and oxygen nurse and a rest between us,
:17:20. > :17:24.so if I get a problem I can make a telephone call. Two different
:17:25. > :17:30.experiences that tally with the Wales Audit Office's findings. It
:17:31. > :17:34.reports it has seen some progress since its last report. Increased
:17:35. > :17:40.investment in community-based services, more specialist nurses and
:17:41. > :17:43.more patients able to get access to education programmes. That has led
:17:44. > :17:46.to a reduction in hospital admissions to some chronic
:17:47. > :17:49.conditions. But several health boards still lack a detailed plan
:17:50. > :17:54.for delivering community-based care. Over half the services already
:17:55. > :17:59.available are only open on weekdays and waiting times are generally too
:18:00. > :18:03.long. As our operation has grown older, the demand is increasing, so
:18:04. > :18:07.it is important that the shift in services we are seeing continues.
:18:08. > :18:12.Clearly, hospitals and health boards have well costed and clear workforce
:18:13. > :18:20.plans that indicate how those changes are going to be made. The
:18:21. > :18:23.Welsh government says it is pleased this report recognises the
:18:24. > :18:26.improvements that have been made. It will now consider the
:18:27. > :18:29.recommendations. The boss of the Football Association
:18:30. > :18:32.of Wales has welcomed a new competition, designed to replace
:18:33. > :18:35.most international friendlies. UEFA has given the go-ahead for the
:18:36. > :18:39.League of Nations competition to begin in four years' time. Final
:18:40. > :18:42.details of the format have not been decided, but Jonathan Ford has said
:18:43. > :18:48.the FAW wants discussions to continue.
:18:49. > :18:52.Now, all day, we've had school pupils visiting BBC Wales as part of
:18:53. > :18:56.our School Report project. In all, teenagers from 55 schools across
:18:57. > :18:59.Wales have been given the chance to report on issues that matter to
:19:00. > :19:02.them. Lauren and Ellis from Ysgol Plasmawr in Cardiff have been
:19:03. > :19:05.working with our journalists, putting together a special report on
:19:06. > :19:16.how young people in our schools are being bullied because they're gay or
:19:17. > :19:20.bisexual. We are going to talk about
:19:21. > :19:23.homophobic bullying in schools today and how more and more people feel
:19:24. > :19:29.victimised because of their sexuality. More than 50 pupils in
:19:30. > :19:33.our school are part of a group campaigning against homophobia. The
:19:34. > :19:38.figures show that in 99% of our schools, homophobic language is
:19:39. > :19:44.still being used. And children are being bullied on a day basis in
:19:45. > :19:48.classrooms across Wales. Whether you are in a Conran saved, a secondary
:19:49. > :19:53.school, at some point a pupil going to all those schools will experience
:19:54. > :19:55.either homophobic language or someone they know who is being
:19:56. > :20:01.bullied because they are suspected of being gay. Recent figures show
:20:02. > :20:07.that homophobic bullying is still widespread in Welsh schools. More
:20:08. > :20:10.than half of pupils have experienced are bullying. 41% have try to take
:20:11. > :20:16.their own life because they have been bullied. And 60% of gay people
:20:17. > :20:19.say teachers who see them being bullied never intervene. So what can
:20:20. > :20:25.we do in Wales to tackle homophobic bullying in our schools? And should
:20:26. > :20:28.the Welsh government be doing more? The Deputy Minister for schools said
:20:29. > :20:31.there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to turn the
:20:32. > :20:37.situation around but something that can only be changed if politicians
:20:38. > :20:41.teachers and schools work together. Schools need to have a better policy
:20:42. > :20:44.in place and at the core of that is making sure young people are able to
:20:45. > :20:48.learn without a fear of being bullied. But I think young people
:20:49. > :20:49.have a crucial role in making sure homophobic bullying is considered to
:20:50. > :21:01.be utterly unacceptable. Celebrities who are openly gay have
:21:02. > :21:06.raised awareness of this discrimination and stereotyping but
:21:07. > :21:09.it still goes on in society. Someone who has campaigned against
:21:10. > :21:15.homophobia is Gareth Thomas. He came out five years ago. I have had
:21:16. > :21:18.negative comments while walking down the street but the best thing to do
:21:19. > :21:25.is outweigh them with the positive ones. You can be picked on because
:21:26. > :21:33.of your race, gender or disability. Homophobic bullying is no different.
:21:34. > :21:38.Two budding reporters of the future there. And if you want to see more
:21:39. > :21:44.news stories by pupils from Wales and across the UK, just log on to
:21:45. > :21:45.www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport. So, pretty nippy today, but there's
:21:46. > :21:56.change on the way, Derek. Chilly today. Sunny spells but not
:21:57. > :22:00.dry everywhere. A few showers turned up this afternoon. Hail in places
:22:01. > :22:06.and snow on the mountains. Mind you, on this day last year, it was
:22:07. > :22:09.bitterly cold with huge snow drifts. In Carrog today, the temperature
:22:10. > :22:14.reached seven Celsius, but on Saturday, more than double that with
:22:15. > :22:17.a high of 15 Celsius. So, a change to warmer weather over the weekend
:22:18. > :22:23.thanks to a change in wind direction. This evening, scattered
:22:24. > :22:27.heavy showers. Overnight most of the country will become dry, although
:22:28. > :22:32.the north may see some rain for a time. Showers in the south late in
:22:33. > :22:38.the night. Some patchy mist and cloud. A slight frost in places.
:22:39. > :22:43.Here's the picture for 8.00am in the morning. The north will be dry.
:22:44. > :22:48.Further south and west, a few showers. Heavy in places.
:22:49. > :22:54.Aberystwyth and Dolgellau dry and bright. Some sunshine on the Lleyn
:22:55. > :22:59.Peninsula. A real mix tomorrow. Showers in places with a risk of
:23:00. > :23:04.hail and thunder. Some dry and bright weather as well. Some
:23:05. > :23:07.sunshine in Gwynedd and Anglesey. Temperatures a little higher than
:23:08. > :23:12.today with a cool east to southeasterly breeze. Showery in
:23:13. > :23:15.Blaenau Gwent tomorrow. Some heavy showers with a chilly breeze. Only
:23:16. > :23:19.seven Celsius in Brynmawr. In Flintshire, a dry morning. But a few
:23:20. > :23:22.showers are possible in the afternoon. Tomorrow night, rain and
:23:23. > :23:28.showers will spread north but most of the country ending the night dry
:23:29. > :23:32.and not as cold as recent nights. As we head into the weekend, a change
:23:33. > :23:37.on the way. The cold pool of air will move away with warmer air over
:23:38. > :23:45.France heading our way. On Saturday, it's an improving story. Rain in
:23:46. > :23:47.parts of the west will clear. The whole country then dry and
:23:48. > :23:51.brightening-up with hazy sunshine. On Sunday, more dry and bright
:23:52. > :23:56.weather but it may cloud over during the afternoon with a few spots of
:23:57. > :24:00.rain by evening. So the cold snap this week is on its last legs.
:24:01. > :24:04.Feeling more like spring again over the weekend. I can't promise a
:24:05. > :24:08.clear, blue sky but plenty of dry weather. Hazy sunshine and higher
:24:09. > :24:12.temperatures. Good news for the daffodils and the rest of us.
:24:13. > :24:18.The top stories from the BBC. The big six energy companies are to
:24:19. > :24:22.be investigated to see if they're charging customers too much. After
:24:23. > :24:25.scathing criticism by the energy watchdog, the companies are accused
:24:26. > :24:33.of raising prices more quickly than they cut them.
:24:34. > :24:39.A court has been told how 4-20 Gleision Colliery flooded in three
:24:40. > :24:44.years ago. Malcolm Fyfield, who escaped from the mine, is accused of
:24:45. > :24:47.causing the deaths through gross negligence. He denies all charges
:24:48. > :24:50.and the mine owners deny corporate manslaughter.
:24:51. > :24:54.And that's Wales Today. We'll have a quick update at 8.00pm more at
:24:55. > :24:56.10.25pm. For now though, from all of us on the programme, have a good
:24:57. > :25:18.evening. We won't be kept down.
:25:19. > :25:22.Wales deserves better. Wales once pioneered in education,
:25:23. > :25:27.industry and healthcare.