13/04/2014 BBC Wales Today

Hello, good evening. The former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik has

accused the CPS of being desperate to cobble together a set of charges

against the Swansea born MP Nigel Evans. Mr Opik was called as a

prosecution witness in the trial of Nigel Evans, who was cleared of rape

and sexual assault last week. The former Deputy Speaker of the

House of Commons Nigel Evans has come out fighting after his

five-week trial. In a newspaper interview today, he says the 130,000

legal bill to clear his name has cost him his life savings. He says

if someone is dragged through the courts through no fault of their own

and is acquitted, they should get their legal fees back from the CPS

budget. He also says he feels cheated by the fact that is his

seven accusers walks down the street, none of them would be

recognised but he would be, as the only one who was named. That call

for the same kind of anonymity during a trial for those accused of

carrying out sexual attacks has -- was the anonymity given to victims

was supported by his friends, Lembit Opik. He told Sunday Politics Wales

he was amazed the case went to court. People like Nigel Evans are

not on the playing field. -- level playing field. The right thing here

to do is to not reveal the identity of a defendant in just the same way

that the plaintiffs have secured anonymity. The CPS has defended its

decision, saying it applies the same rules no matter who the defendant

is. At the Welsh Conservatives conference this weekend Nigel Evans

received support from the Welsh secretary. He is a good

parliamentarian. He understands Parliament. Parliament will be

richer for him continuing to work there. Mr Evans says he is planning

to stay on as an MP in Lancashire and fight the Ribble Valley seat at

the next general election. A 17-year-old girl has been arrested

on suspicion of making a grossly offensive comment on Facebook. After

the death of a boy in Swansea. The 15-year-old has been named locally

as Olchfa School pupil James Lock. His body was found in woods on

Thursday. The girl was questioned yesterday before being released on

police bail. The body representing councils in Wales is calling for

clarity from the First Minister on proposals to merge local

authorities. A commission set up by the Welsh Government published a

report in January, which recommended cutting the number of councils.

Despite a recommendation for action by Easter there has been no

agreement amongst political parties. The government says it will

set out its position by the summer. We need a clear timescale for how

the report is going to be lamented. We have 150,000 employees. We can't

just have the sort of Damocles -- we can't have a sort of Damocles

hanging over them for five or six years.

Part of a beach in Penarth has been cordoned off after 150 tonnes of

rock came away from a cliff face. No one was injured. The fire service

say the landslide was caused by recent rain, which had made a cliff

unstable. Penarth seafront. It's peer and

beach were packed with families enjoying Easter sunshine, when a

loud rumbling made people turn and face the cliffs. Angela Gywn was

with her children on the beach and filmed the first few moments of the

rock fall. I grabbed the kids and ran, I did not know what was going

on. The emergency services sealed off the beach. No one was injured

but around 150 tonnes of rock had come crashing down onto the beach

below. We have had a lot of wet weather and that is beginning to dry

out, which is making the rock face unstable. We are asking people to

stay a cliff fighting distance away from the cliffs and then when

walking along the top, to stay inside to that distance as well --

Aycliffe height distance away. Two lots came down in one go, Sahel of

noise. I feel sorry for the people on top of it. I hope there was no

one gardening. You would find yourself in the drink! You can see

bits coming down now. South Wales Fire and use a part of the coastal

path and some clifftop gardens had eroded. They have been liaising with

local residents and local authority to ensure there is no further

danger. Football, Swansea City remained

three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone after defeat

at home to Chelsea. After appearing to delay his decision, the referee

sent off Swans defender Chico Flores for two early yellow cards. Demba Ba

scored the only goal of the game. A full check on the weather now with

Rhian Haf. Hello, we had the best day of the

weekend today, dry, bright, lovely sunshine. Cloudier further north but

it is a dry, bright evening on the whole. The sun does not set until

after 8pm. Make the most of it. Chilly overnight. Ground frost

possible in rural areas as temperatures dipped to or two

degrees Celsius. A chilly start, tomorrow, then fine, dry date. Lots

of blue sky and sunshine for all of us. As the winds ease it will feel

warmer. Temperatures reasoning -- reaching 13 or 14 Celsius in

Newport. A return to more settled conditions in the next few days.

Staying dry, bright, lots of sunshine. Chilly by night but warm

by day. That is the latest in Wales Today. I

will be back with a late update at 10:15pm. Goodbye.