:00:00. > :00:19.still questions about how the whole of the UK is governed.
:00:20. > :00:23.Good evening. A group of 18 tradesmen have won their equal pay
:00:24. > :00:27.claim against their employers after arguing female colleagues on the
:00:28. > :00:30.same grade were paid more. The University of Wales, Trinity Saint
:00:31. > :00:42.David, told an employment tribunal they would no longer contest the
:00:43. > :00:46.claim, as Jenny Rees reports. Months and years of frustration
:00:47. > :00:52.finally at an end. These are three of the 18 tradesmen, plumbers,
:00:53. > :00:57.carpenters and caretakers, who were told today they had won their case
:00:58. > :01:02.against their employers. It is relief, I'll be honest, and we are
:01:03. > :01:05.ecstatic that they have conceded and we have won the case. It has been
:01:06. > :01:10.recognised that we have been discriminated against. They were
:01:11. > :01:14.originally employed by Swansea Metropolitan University, which
:01:15. > :01:18.merged with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in August last
:01:19. > :01:22.year. The claim focused on a change in their contracts. Initially they
:01:23. > :01:27.were on a 45 hour working week which was changed to a 37 hour week, with
:01:28. > :01:31.the agreement that the additional eight hours would be paid in
:01:32. > :01:35.overtime. It was only when they came to sign the contracts that they
:01:36. > :01:40.realise they were on a lower hourly rate than women on the same grade.
:01:41. > :01:43.The University of Wales to me to Saint David said they had no
:01:44. > :01:47.involvement in decisions made in 2007. They said they are
:01:48. > :01:52.disappointed the new university has to deal with the consequences of
:01:53. > :02:01.historical decisions. We are simple folk, really. We did hope it would
:02:02. > :02:06.not come to a tribunal. I think we were quite shocked when we got this
:02:07. > :02:09.far. This is not in the most pleasant of experiences, I'll be
:02:10. > :02:15.honest, but the outcome has been wonderful. Roughly ?4000 is being
:02:16. > :02:19.sought per worker for every year they have worked there. For some,
:02:20. > :02:22.that dates back six years. Those compensation discussions continue
:02:23. > :02:25.tomorrow. The number of people injured in
:02:26. > :02:28.violent crime across Wales and England, has fallen by 12% according
:02:29. > :02:31.to researchers at Cardiff University. Academics say one of the
:02:32. > :02:34.reasons is a change in drinking habits. The study showed there were
:02:35. > :02:46.still more than 200,000 people needing treatment following violence
:02:47. > :02:50.last year. Here's Matt Murray. Now 34 years old, Paul has spent the
:02:51. > :02:55.past seven years learning to walk, talk and eat again. He was attacked
:02:56. > :02:57.during a night out, and it left him in a coma for nearly two months.
:02:58. > :03:33.They came from behind me. A study from Cardiff University has
:03:34. > :03:39.shown that violent crime like this has fallen by 12%. Professor
:03:40. > :03:42.Jonathan Shepherd is a lead author of the study. He has seen horrific
:03:43. > :03:50.facial damage from drunken violent crime. A change in alcohol habit is
:03:51. > :03:56.something to do with this. Alcohol has become less affordable since
:03:57. > :04:02.about 2008, and it has become less affordable, particularly for people
:04:03. > :04:07.aged 18-30 because they have less disposable income than they had
:04:08. > :04:11.before. So it is believed that it is the rising cost of alcohol which is
:04:12. > :04:15.a major fact before this the crease. They found that 235,000
:04:16. > :04:20.people were treated in the UK last year following a violent attack.
:04:21. > :04:25.That is Millie 33,000 fewer than the previous year. It is a drop of 12%.
:04:26. > :04:30.But it is feared that number could rise as the economic situation
:04:31. > :04:34.improves. Staff at this bar in Cardiff say
:04:35. > :04:39.they have seen a change in people's drinking habits. Now, customers
:04:40. > :04:43.would rather spend their money on quality drinks rather than quantity.
:04:44. > :04:47.People want to guard once a week and have a proper night and have an
:04:48. > :04:50.experience they will remember and enjoy. So they are not getting drunk
:04:51. > :04:54.to the point where they can't remember what they did. Paul and his
:04:55. > :04:59.mother welcomed the news that violent crime has fallen if it means
:05:00. > :05:03.fewer people will have to go through what Paul has and has to totally
:05:04. > :05:05.rebuild his life after a drunken attack.
:05:06. > :05:07.Griff Rhys Jones has withdrawn from becoming Cardiff University's new
:05:08. > :05:10.Chancellor just two weeks after an embarrassing debacle which saw his
:05:11. > :05:12.appointment halted at the last minute. The university's court
:05:13. > :05:15.blocked the appointment when it emerged current Chancellor Sir
:05:16. > :05:18.Martin Evans was not offered the chance to be reappointed. It led to
:05:19. > :05:26.calls for resignations and the university has apologised.
:05:27. > :05:29.House sales are on the up in Wales with thousands more properties
:05:30. > :05:33.changing hands at the start of this year compared to the same period
:05:34. > :05:36.last year. Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show a rise of
:05:37. > :05:39.21% here between January and March. That's slightly below the UK average
:05:40. > :06:00.of 24%. Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:06:01. > :06:04.The sounds of a market bouncing back. The figures today show the
:06:05. > :06:07.trend of people having more confidence to buy and sell
:06:08. > :06:11.properties. As the economic crisis hit, buyers dried up and house
:06:12. > :06:15.prices dropped. In recent months, I'll implement has fallen faster
:06:16. > :06:20.than expected, and interest rates remain at an all-time low. Trevor is
:06:21. > :06:25.an estate agent with 21 offices across Wales. Have got a bit more
:06:26. > :06:30.spare money and it has given them confidence. They see house prices
:06:31. > :06:35.rejected to rise a little in the next few years, and it has given
:06:36. > :06:38.them confidence to buy. The Welsh government introduced help to buy
:06:39. > :06:43.Wales on 2nd of January. It was supposed to boost the market and
:06:44. > :06:47.increase house-building. Borrowers need a 5% deposit. They can have an
:06:48. > :06:52.interest-free loan from the Welsh government of 20% of the property's
:06:53. > :06:57.value, but it can only be used for new builds up to ?300,000. Help to
:06:58. > :07:01.buy has probably added to the confidence around which has got
:07:02. > :07:05.people buying and businesses building, but there are worries this
:07:06. > :07:11.new demand is not being met by enough added supply of houses. We
:07:12. > :07:15.would like to see smaller builders building more of our houses, and
:07:16. > :07:18.that is mainly through the planning system. We would like to see land
:07:19. > :07:24.being released in smaller parts, rather than in pig areas where only
:07:25. > :07:28.the house-builders can compete for that. By empowering the smaller
:07:29. > :07:33.builder, we believe we can eventually meet that demand for
:07:34. > :07:37.houses. Many will welcome the emergence of the housing market from
:07:38. > :07:40.what has been a desperate period. The challenge will be to continue to
:07:41. > :07:42.see improvements without prices being pushed up young sensible
:07:43. > :07:46.levels. Snooker, and Welshman Dominic Dale
:07:47. > :07:51.is leading in his first round match at the World championships. He's
:07:52. > :07:54.currently ahead 5-1 against Mark Davis at the Crucible, hoping to
:07:55. > :07:56.make it through to the final 16. Let's take a look at the weather
:07:57. > :08:09.now. The weather will be in better shape
:08:10. > :08:12.tomorrow. More in the way of dry weather, some sunshine to look
:08:13. > :08:17.forward to as well. A few showers in parts of the South and West tonight,
:08:18. > :08:23.otherwise it is a dry story. Breaks in the cloud, if you missed in fog
:08:24. > :08:29.patches forming, and Chile inland. A great start for some of us tomorrow
:08:30. > :08:35.morning. Fog patches generally lifting. Dry in the morning with a
:08:36. > :08:42.mixture of cloud and sunshine. Across the west of the UK, some rain
:08:43. > :08:45.in the north-east of Scotland. Fog patches in the Midlands and southern
:08:46. > :08:50.England will lift. Then there will be some sunshine and a few showers
:08:51. > :09:02.raking out which could be heavy. A lot of places will remain drive. --
:09:03. > :09:08.try. Many places will be dry with a mixture of cloud and sunny spells
:09:09. > :09:12.and a high of 14 with light winds and sea breezes. Any showers will
:09:13. > :09:16.fade away tomorrow evening to leave a clear night, but there will be
:09:17. > :09:22.some mist and fog patches forming, and once again quite cold in mid
:09:23. > :09:25.Wales. Friday sees more dry weather and some sunshine, but they could be
:09:26. > :09:30.some scattered showers breaking out in the afternoon, which could turn
:09:31. > :09:34.heavy in places. For the weekend, there is no chance of a heatwave. A
:09:35. > :09:40.deep area of low pressure on our doorstep means breezy conditions,
:09:41. > :09:43.showers and longer spells of rain, but some brighter spells as well.
:09:44. > :09:49.Temperatures around the seasonal average.
:09:50. > :09:52.We're back with the latest news and sport in Breakfast from 6am
:09:53. > :09:59.tomorrow. That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching. Good night.