:00:00. > :00:21.pressure for change. That's all from us. Now
:00:22. > :00:39.Good evening. There are calls for a nursing home in Powys to be
:00:40. > :00:42.investigated after an elderly resident was verbally abused and
:00:43. > :00:48.neglected. The poor treatment of Veronica Teal came to light after
:00:49. > :00:51.her family put a camera in her room. They've told this programme that
:00:52. > :00:54.they're horrified at their mother's treatment at the home owned by the
:00:55. > :00:57.Pentecostal Hope Church. India Pollock has this exclusive report.
:00:58. > :01:01.This is 72-year-old Veronica Teal, her picture taken last week in a new
:01:02. > :01:04.nursing home. Compare it to a few months ago, lying in her bed
:01:05. > :01:08.sobbing. She was living in Newtown, her family installed a camera in her
:01:09. > :01:26.room because they were worried. What they found shocked them.
:01:27. > :01:39.It is horrible. I tried to block it. I did not watch as much. It broke my
:01:40. > :01:43.heart. It is my mum. I wouldn't treat anyone like that and my mum
:01:44. > :01:50.has never been treated like that, which adds to my naivete. Veronica
:01:51. > :01:53.Teal had a stroke 20 years ago, she cannot use her legs and can only use
:01:54. > :02:02.one arm. She also has difficulty with her speech. In November last
:02:03. > :02:05.year, Mrs Teal and her family decided she needed full-time care.
:02:06. > :02:12.Her daughter chose this nursing home because it was church-run,
:02:13. > :02:15.independent and purpose-built. While she can understand everything, she
:02:16. > :02:19.cannot always respond the way she would like. Her care plan says she
:02:20. > :02:23.will only use one word. Using yes and no answers but not always
:02:24. > :02:26.appropriately. The plan says everyone working with her needs to
:02:27. > :02:34.give her time and assistance to respond. Mrs Teal's son gave me the
:02:35. > :02:37.footage and I have watched 168 hours of it. What I have seen is
:02:38. > :02:40.distressing and far from the dignified care you would expect for
:02:41. > :02:42.your loved ones. On one occasion she was left for 26 hours without her
:02:43. > :02:52.catheter bag being emptied. Her care plan also says she needs
:02:53. > :03:31.encouragement to eat. I spoke to the manager of the home
:03:32. > :03:35.and Reverend Alan Hewitt, the chair of Trustees and pastor of the
:03:36. > :03:43.church. They declined my request for an interview but gave me a
:03:44. > :03:46.statement. The trustees regret an isolated incident of verbal abuse
:03:47. > :03:49.was brought to their attention. The member of staff involved has been
:03:50. > :03:52.disciplined and is undergoing further training. The trustees are
:03:53. > :04:00.confident the residents continue to receive excellent care. Social
:04:01. > :04:03.services says it has been investigating and will share the
:04:04. > :04:06.outcome of the investigation tomorrow. I saw Veronica Teal last
:04:07. > :04:12.week, she is much happier and has settled into her new home.
:04:13. > :04:16.It is his number one priority and a real game changer, that's how a new
:04:17. > :04:28.flagship policy has been described by the education minister, Huw
:04:29. > :04:31.Lewis. Schools Challenge Cymru will cost ?20 million a year and aims to
:04:32. > :04:34.raise standards in under performing schools. Similar schemes have been
:04:35. > :04:36.running successfully in London and Manchester for nearly a decade.
:04:37. > :04:40.Here's our Education Correspondent, Arwyn Jones. Too many schools in
:04:41. > :04:50.Wales don't measure up. Many in our poorer areas are set to get a boost.
:04:51. > :04:54.Here at Willows in Cardiff they have seen an improvement in their results
:04:55. > :04:57.over the past two years and as part as Schools Challenge Cymru, they
:04:58. > :05:01.will get extra help. They will draw up a plan looking at the school's
:05:02. > :05:11.weaknesses and needs. All the support they need will be paid for
:05:12. > :05:15.out of the ?20 million fund. I would expect for the challenge adviser to
:05:16. > :05:19.be aware of the fact that as a headteacher, we know the school and
:05:20. > :05:22.we know where the gaps are with our pupils. We know what to do to make
:05:23. > :05:26.those gaps appropriate and ensure we are held to account for putting
:05:27. > :05:29.those gaps right. In February I visited schools in London who have
:05:30. > :05:32.been part of a similar scheme launched ten years ago. It was a
:05:33. > :05:43.huge success and enabled schools to build on what they had. They did
:05:44. > :05:46.bring in consultants and experts who worked alongside my teachers to get
:05:47. > :05:49.them to focus on the things that were critical, to develop the
:05:50. > :05:52.teaching so the learning of the children improved. The scheme in
:05:53. > :05:55.London was funded for nine years, which is less than what has been
:05:56. > :05:59.promised by the education minister here. I can guarantee that this
:06:00. > :06:05.programme will be here for the next two years. We will have to evaluate
:06:06. > :06:10.it, and I would like us to move on to a second phase of Schools
:06:11. > :06:13.Challenge Cymru. But those involved say it is not about money, but
:06:14. > :06:17.making sure the schools work together. After criticisms of the
:06:18. > :06:21.Welsh government for lacking strategy, the hope now is that this
:06:22. > :06:27.policy will stay the course. I really sense there is a hunger for
:06:28. > :06:32.this, most importantly in the schools themselves. Teachers and
:06:33. > :06:36.head teachers want to know there is a policy to get behind. I'm hoping
:06:37. > :06:39.this will signal that that is what is in place now. The Welsh
:06:40. > :06:43.government has been criticised for its handling of education. The idea
:06:44. > :06:46.here is, by raising the standards of our most challenging schools, they
:06:47. > :06:51.will raise the standards for everyone.
:06:52. > :06:56.Three people have been stabbed at a house in Caerphilly. It's thought
:06:57. > :07:00.three men forced their way in to the home in Lansbury Park last night and
:07:01. > :07:03.attacked a woman and two men, who are all in their twenties. They were
:07:04. > :07:06.treated in hospital for stab wounds. One of the men is in a serious but
:07:07. > :07:09.stable condition. There's been a significant increase
:07:10. > :07:13.in cases of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis in north Wales. In
:07:14. > :07:16.the last year, 39 cases were reported to Public Health Wales.
:07:17. > :07:27.Normally there are around seven. The rise was first seen on Anglesey but
:07:28. > :07:30.has now spread across the region. Labour has launched its campaign for
:07:31. > :07:34.the European elections with a set of key pledges. The party urged voters
:07:35. > :07:37.to send a message to the UK government about the cost of living,
:07:38. > :07:43.and to reject the UK Independence Party. Rugby, and it was last-minute
:07:44. > :07:56.heartache for the ospreys this evening, ending their hopes of
:07:57. > :08:05.making the play-offs. Let's get the weather forecast now. How is it
:08:06. > :08:11.looking? Not bad at all, mostly fine and subtle but that is not the full
:08:12. > :08:15.story. The heavy showers will Peter out, with mist patches, cooler than
:08:16. > :08:22.last night with temperatures dropping to six Celsius. There will
:08:23. > :08:28.be hill fog in the Brecon Beacons, some showers in places, but an
:08:29. > :08:32.improving story. Largely dry and bright in Northern Ireland and much
:08:33. > :08:36.of England, cloud breaking, sunny spells and some showers in the
:08:37. > :08:44.south-east but not the downpours of today. It will be cooler along the
:08:45. > :08:49.north sea coasts with those breezes coming from the sea. Some cloud
:08:50. > :08:54.around but plenty of sunny spells, with light winds and top
:08:55. > :09:00.temperatures of 14 Celsius. Tomorrow night, most of Wales stays dry, but
:09:01. > :09:05.under those clear skies of risk of ground frost in rural Wales.
:09:06. > :09:11.Cloudier in the west so less cold here. On Saturday, high pressure
:09:12. > :09:17.over the UK, but a warm front pushing in from the west. Saturday
:09:18. > :09:26.itself, generally dry and bright. More cloud in the west, still some
:09:27. > :09:31.uncertainty. On Sunday, some spots of drizzle in the west, more cloud
:09:32. > :09:37.here with the best of the sunshine in the south-east. At the moment
:09:38. > :09:42.bank holiday Monday looks dry and probably the warmest day of the bank
:09:43. > :09:47.holiday weekend. Not wall-to-wall sunshine but lots of dry, an settled
:09:48. > :09:54.weather. Next week there could be some rain on the way. That is Wales
:09:55. > :09:56.Today. We will have updates from around 6:25am in the morning. Good
:09:57. > :10:00.night.