:00:00. > :00:00.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: 82-year-old Malcolm Green
:00:08. > :00:13.died after surgery at Withybushy Hospital. The health board accepts
:00:14. > :00:22.liability for his death. Tonight, his family describe their battle for
:00:23. > :00:27.the truth. I think it is institutional complacency. My mother
:00:28. > :00:33.was sent a letter and an apology was offered to her by senior members of
:00:34. > :00:34.the health board but the chief executive could not be bothered to
:00:35. > :00:47.sign it. Also tonight: Robert Riley is jailed
:00:48. > :00:51.for eight weeks after tweeting abusive messages about murdered
:00:52. > :00:54.teacher Ann Maguire. A rise in the number of foreign
:00:55. > :00:57.tourists coming to stay in Wales, but why are we lagging behind
:00:58. > :01:01.Scotland and England? Does being in the EU help create
:01:02. > :01:05.jobs? Two weeks before the European elections, we're looking at what
:01:06. > :01:09.it's done for Wales. And in tonight's sport: Wales' women
:01:10. > :01:18.look to take another step towards qualification for the World Cup.
:01:19. > :01:20.They play Montenegro tonight. Good evening. Hospital chiefs in
:01:21. > :01:23.Pembrokeshire have admitted liability for the death of a patient
:01:24. > :01:27.who waited hours for a life-saving operation. 82-year-old Malcolm Green
:01:28. > :01:30.suffered internal bleeding after surgery for bowel cancer, but
:01:31. > :01:41.doctors initially failed to pick up on it. Abigail Neal is at Withybush
:01:42. > :01:44.for us tonight. Yes, a coroner ruled today that Mr
:01:45. > :01:47.Green did not receive an optimum level of care from staff here at
:01:48. > :01:51.Withybush Hospital when he was admitted two years ago. The health
:01:52. > :01:55.board tonight have accepted those findings of a failing in care and
:01:56. > :01:58.say they have taken steps now to ensure the kind of delays
:01:59. > :02:03.experienced in this case do not happen again.
:02:04. > :02:08.82-year-old Malcolm Green was a well-known and well liked local
:02:09. > :02:12.businessman who was awarded the MBE for services to the community a year
:02:13. > :02:16.before his death. Mr Green had gone into hospital for a routine
:02:17. > :02:22.operation to remove a bowel tumour on the 26th of June 2012. Early the
:02:23. > :02:26.next morning they were indications of something was wrong. His blood
:02:27. > :02:29.pressure had dropped significantly but it was some hours later that
:02:30. > :02:35.medical staff realised he was bleeding internally. At 10am he was
:02:36. > :02:41.prepped for emergency surgery but it didn't take place until three hours
:02:42. > :02:45.later. His family have fought hard to uncover evidence of the delays he
:02:46. > :02:48.severed. It is nearly two years ago that dad passed away and it's been a
:02:49. > :02:55.difficult process for us to get to this stage but from my mother 's
:02:56. > :02:58.point of view, I hope this is the end of the matter. Although the
:02:59. > :03:01.coroner did not conclude that Malcolm Green 's treatment amounted
:03:02. > :03:07.to neglect, you did say that Mr Green did not receive optimum care.
:03:08. > :03:11.The health board have accepted form of liability and say they have made
:03:12. > :03:15.changes to working patterns at the hospital to avoid this happening
:03:16. > :03:17.again. Hospital bosses say this should mean more doctors are
:03:18. > :03:23.available for emergency cases when needed. It is a change in working
:03:24. > :03:28.patterns so that they are not having to deal with as many urgent calls on
:03:29. > :03:32.an individual basis as they were having to previously. Malcolm
:03:33. > :03:37.Green's family say they will take on a civil case damages against the
:03:38. > :03:40.health board. Well, one of the harrowing aspects
:03:41. > :03:43.of this case was the length of time Mr Green waited for that second
:03:44. > :03:46.emergency operation to stem his internal bleeding and an expert
:03:47. > :03:52.witness who concluded he probably would have survived if this had been
:03:53. > :03:56.carried out much earlier. Earlier I spoke to one of his sons, John
:03:57. > :04:00.Green, who told me how he had to fight right from the very beginning
:04:01. > :04:07.to find out what had gone wrong with his father's treatment. My mother
:04:08. > :04:11.and I went to the hospital to be told that dad had taken a turn for
:04:12. > :04:17.the worst and was being cared for in theatre. The theatre staff then said
:04:18. > :04:23.he would need an operation and then I spoke to the surgeon at one
:04:24. > :04:31.o'clock. I took my mother back home and returned to the hospital and I
:04:32. > :04:36.asked him why we had to be at the hospital for urgent surgery at half
:04:37. > :04:39.past nine and we had to wait until one o'clock. I was devastated to be
:04:40. > :04:47.told my father was probably going to die. I had to go and tell me mother
:04:48. > :04:54.that dad was probably not going to survive. When we received the
:04:55. > :04:59.postmortem report it indicated that they were no problems with the
:05:00. > :05:04.surgery. It did not have any mention of what had happened and several
:05:05. > :05:10.weeks and months later I kept writing to the and telling the
:05:11. > :05:14.coroner that something was wrong and Mr Leighton allowed me the time to
:05:15. > :05:17.come up with the necessary evidence. I found that evidence by going to
:05:18. > :05:23.Withybush Hospital and going through theatre records and to my amazement
:05:24. > :05:27.none of this was contained within dad 's original records. Records
:05:28. > :05:33.that the hospital supplied to the coroner and to an expert showed that
:05:34. > :05:36.the operation took they sat 10am. I spoke to the surgeon at one o'clock
:05:37. > :05:42.and it's quite sad that somebody has to go to hospital and uncover that
:05:43. > :05:45.themselves. It is quite disturbing. I think it is institutional
:05:46. > :05:49.complacency. My mother was sent a letter by the Chief Executive and an
:05:50. > :05:53.apology that was offered to her by senior members of the health board
:05:54. > :05:56.but he could not be bothered to sign it.
:05:57. > :05:59.John Green, Malcolm Green's son. A man from Port Talbot has been
:06:00. > :06:02.jailed for eight weeks for publishing offensive messages online
:06:03. > :06:05.about the death of Leeds school teacher Ann Maguire. Robert Riley
:06:06. > :06:08.was sentenced at Swansea Magistrates Court where he was told his comments
:06:09. > :06:15.had been hurtful, especially for Mrs Maguire's family and friends. Cemlyn
:06:16. > :06:19.Davies reports. Ann Maguire's tragic death shocked
:06:20. > :06:25.the nation and led to another boring of grief in her local community but
:06:26. > :06:28.just two days after the schoolteacher was stabbed in her
:06:29. > :06:34.classroom a series of offensive messages relating to her death were
:06:35. > :06:38.published online from the computer in Port Talbot. Having already
:06:39. > :06:44.admitted writing the messages Robert Riley arrived at Swansea Magistrates
:06:45. > :06:48.Court today to be sentenced. The court heard he sent a tweet claiming
:06:49. > :06:52.he would have attacked all the teachers at the school. The
:06:53. > :06:56.magistrates were also told about highly offensive remarks the
:06:57. > :07:02.42-year-old had posted in the past, amongst them were comments about the
:07:03. > :07:06.Jewish and Muslim communities, about 911 and about the Korean ferry
:07:07. > :07:11.disaster. His solicitor said his client led an insular life and is
:07:12. > :07:16.aware his acts were unacceptable. Robert Riley was sentenced to eight
:07:17. > :07:19.weeks in prison. His 16-year-old boy from Cardiff has been arrested over
:07:20. > :07:24.alleged offensive social media comments following what happened at
:07:25. > :07:27.this school ten days ago and a Leeds man has been charged with the same
:07:28. > :07:30.offence. An inquest has heard how a
:07:31. > :07:34.two-year-old boy with autism drowned in a neighbour's pond after
:07:35. > :07:36.wandering away from home. Harvey Lee Williams was found face down in
:07:37. > :07:40.water at Froncysyllte near Llangollen last December. His family
:07:41. > :07:47.had been in the process of moving house when he disappeared.
:07:48. > :07:51.A bus company from Gwynedd is investigating the cause of a fire
:07:52. > :07:54.which gutted this vehicle. Around seven passengers and the driver were
:07:55. > :08:05.onboard when it caught fire near Caernarfon yesterday afternoon. All
:08:06. > :08:13.escaped unharmed. The headteacher and members of staff
:08:14. > :08:17.have been suspended at a skull that in Bryn Tower. The deputy head will
:08:18. > :08:23.manage the school for the time being. A film was posted on social
:08:24. > :08:26.media site by pupils. There were more visits here by
:08:27. > :08:30.foreign tourists last year than in 2012, but it seems Wales doesn't
:08:31. > :08:34.have the same pull as other parts of the UK. Scotland saw a 10% rise in
:08:35. > :08:37.visits and England a 6% jump, compared to only a 3.5% increase
:08:38. > :08:43.here. Our economics correspondent, Sarah Dickins, joins me now. Sarah,
:08:44. > :08:46.what other details have emerged? What matters for the economy is how
:08:47. > :08:52.much they spend so let's have a look. They spent ?353 million in
:08:53. > :08:59.Wales last year. That is ?7 million more than the year before. There
:09:00. > :09:02.was" in the number of North America and a decline in the pub people from
:09:03. > :09:07.Europe so let's see who came and where they went. Cardiff was the
:09:08. > :09:13.winner with almost 300,000 visitors. They spent ?111 million in
:09:14. > :09:23.the city. You might expect that for a capital. But let's have a look at
:09:24. > :09:30.this one. Torfaen. It is a world Heritage Centre and has got big pit
:09:31. > :09:34.and the ironworks. It fits the stereotypes of Wales. Only 3000
:09:35. > :09:38.visitors from abroad. What will the industry make of these figures? They
:09:39. > :09:43.will be disappointed. There has been an increase in England and Scotland
:09:44. > :09:50.and they have got to be disappointed. Visit Wales spends one
:09:51. > :09:54.half million pounds selling Wales abroad and I am surprised it is not
:09:55. > :09:59.more than that. If we come back to the branding, getting tourists from
:10:00. > :10:08.abroad is not about getting them as Holly -- holiday-makers, it is about
:10:09. > :10:13.rounding Wales as a place to go. We go to the polls in a fortnight to
:10:14. > :10:19.vote for our members of the European parliament. The main parties have
:10:20. > :10:24.all set out how they would like to get more out of Europe. But what has
:10:25. > :10:27.being a member of the EU done for us? Our political editor, Nick
:10:28. > :10:29.Servini, has been finding out what impact it's had on jobs and
:10:30. > :10:33.immigration. This being a member of the EU put
:10:34. > :10:36.this on the economic fast track or do we even need to be a member in
:10:37. > :10:41.order to trade successfully? This company which packages bills is one
:10:42. > :10:44.of the biggest employers in mid Wales and has just taken on 100
:10:45. > :10:50.workers thanks to American investment. So would that investment
:10:51. > :10:56.have happened if the UK was not a member of the EU? I can't
:10:57. > :10:59.categorically say it wouldn't but certainly when our North American
:11:00. > :11:04.owners were looking for investment opportunities they were keen to find
:11:05. > :11:09.a business that would give them that gateway into the European market.
:11:10. > :11:12.Being a member of the EU gives us access to the biggest trading bloc
:11:13. > :11:15.in the world and it also gives freedom to those within the member
:11:16. > :11:21.states to travel wherever they want to to find a job. That of course can
:11:22. > :11:25.be controversial because of the accusation that some of those jobs
:11:26. > :11:30.could otherwise be available to local people. One of the industries
:11:31. > :11:36.to benefit the most from this in recent years is hospitality and
:11:37. > :11:41.tourism. Places like this as well. The Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod
:11:42. > :11:45.Wells has a mix of local and foreign staff. The managing director says
:11:46. > :11:50.migrant workers don't give him staff on the cheap. He says local people
:11:51. > :11:57.don't want many of the jobs on offer. You are in the most sparsely
:11:58. > :12:03.public at county in Wales and it is very difficult to find the workforce
:12:04. > :12:07.with the skills we require in order for us to do the expansion we have
:12:08. > :12:12.done. I think that is quite typical throughout the principality that
:12:13. > :12:18.people have had to look to the overseas market for the workforce.
:12:19. > :12:22.Overall rural Powys has not experienced a lot of immigration but
:12:23. > :12:29.in Merthyr Tydfil it's been a different story. Recent figures show
:12:30. > :12:32.a big rise and there is some unease. The NHS is underfunded and overrun
:12:33. > :12:38.at the moment as it is. With extra pressure added to it, people can't
:12:39. > :12:45.begin this, you have to get interpreters. I do object when they
:12:46. > :12:48.come here and get housing, social security payments and things like
:12:49. > :12:53.that. But what about the new generation of migrant workers
:12:54. > :12:57.themselves in places like Merthyr? This man watches the news from his
:12:58. > :13:01.Portuguese homeland. He and his wife worked at a local chocolate factory,
:13:02. > :13:08.run a market stall and have two small children. People think we are
:13:09. > :13:12.coming and taking their jobs but we are not coming here to take anything
:13:13. > :13:17.from the people. We just come to work and have a life. His story is
:13:18. > :13:22.one of thousands of consequences of being in the EU but immigration is
:13:23. > :13:26.often the main talking point and it is likely to stay that way for some
:13:27. > :13:30.time to come. The leader of the Welsh Green Party
:13:31. > :13:33.says the party isn't in the game for power, but "to influence other
:13:34. > :13:36.parties". Launching their campaign for the European elections, Pippa
:13:37. > :13:39.Bartolotti said "it's a tragedy that there has to be a Green Party" in
:13:40. > :13:43.order to counter parties' "interest in money and the wealthiest amongst
:13:44. > :13:51.us". Their campaign calls for EU reform and promises action to tackle
:13:52. > :13:58.climate change. There are two main issues. There is democracy at the EU
:13:59. > :14:05.level and that is climate change. Here in Wales where we have got 50
:14:06. > :14:07.communities already earmarked by the Welsh Assembly Government for
:14:08. > :14:12.abandonment to the sea, climate change is real and it's happening.
:14:13. > :14:17.Still to come tonight: Brewing coffee as well as beer has led to a
:14:18. > :14:24.big rise in profits for Brains. So have we become a nation of coffee
:14:25. > :14:28.lovers? Should you bend down to talk to a
:14:29. > :14:32.wheelchair user? Just one of the questions a series of adverts by the
:14:33. > :14:35.charity Scope is asking to help many people overcome what the charity
:14:36. > :14:37.says is an awkwardness they feel when talking to people with
:14:38. > :14:40.disabilities. Their research found more than 60% in Wales admit to
:14:41. > :14:43.feeling uncomfortable talking to disabled people, 45% don't
:14:44. > :14:48.personally know anyone with a disability and 8% have avoided
:14:49. > :14:51.talking to a disabled person. We'll hear from Scope in a moment, but
:14:52. > :14:55.first, Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds from Cardiff, who was born without legs
:14:56. > :15:08.and arms, has been telling us about her experiences. On a day-to-day
:15:09. > :15:13.basis for me as a disabled person with the general public, it is quite
:15:14. > :15:18.an interesting experience because you get different reactions from
:15:19. > :15:24.members of the public on a daily basis. I find it restricting when
:15:25. > :15:29.children passed by and say, look, that lady has not got any arms and
:15:30. > :15:34.then they are told off for it. I would rather than appearance turn
:15:35. > :15:39.around and say, that's right and it was caused by so-and-so or that they
:15:40. > :15:44.come back and say much child is curious and would like to ask you a
:15:45. > :15:48.question. It never bothers me. The best strategy when people stared at
:15:49. > :15:52.me is to smile. That makes them smile. It is a good strategy to
:15:53. > :15:55.have. The thoughts of Rosie
:15:56. > :15:59.Moriarty-Simmonds. Well, earlier I spoke to Rosemary Frazer from Scope,
:16:00. > :16:02.the charity behind this research, and began by asking her why so many
:16:03. > :16:07.seem to feel awkward talking to people with disabilities. They are
:16:08. > :16:13.worried about saying the wrong thing, they are worried about being
:16:14. > :16:19.patronising so people have tended to avoid engaging at all. That is what
:16:20. > :16:24.our campaign is trying to address. We're trying to get the ball to get
:16:25. > :16:30.past those awkward moments that many of us feel from time to time in
:16:31. > :16:36.life. If people can go onto our website, that is a quiz people can
:16:37. > :16:41.do and find out how awkward they are. There is some advice they on
:16:42. > :16:51.what people can do in certain situations. Do you think that
:16:52. > :16:55.awkwardness has an impact on whether people with disabilities succeed in
:16:56. > :17:02.their jobs or in other areas of their lives? Absolutely. If there is
:17:03. > :17:05.a disabled person in the workplace and people don't communicate with
:17:06. > :17:09.them in the same way they do other people that is going to lead to that
:17:10. > :17:16.person feeling very isolated. Maybe they will lose confidence and not
:17:17. > :17:24.progress in their career. It adds to the sense of isolation that many
:17:25. > :17:31.people can feel, especially if they are living in Aurora lady -- rural
:17:32. > :17:38.area. We want people to communicate better together and get past those
:17:39. > :17:44.awkward moments. It's OK to make mistake at times but unless we get
:17:45. > :17:49.those conversations going, and get people talking together, we're never
:17:50. > :17:53.going to get past that. Wales' largest brewer, SA Brain, has
:17:54. > :17:57.reported a 55% increase in sales for its coffee chain - Coffee Number
:17:58. > :18:01.One. Brains are one a number of companies in Wales tapping into a
:18:02. > :18:04.change in tastes, which has seen us ditching the traditional cup of tea
:18:05. > :18:10.to, in many people's eyes, become a nation of coffee drinkers. Sachin
:18:11. > :18:14.Krishnan has more. The coffee shop culture here dates
:18:15. > :18:16.back 100 years or so. Italian families started setting up in
:18:17. > :18:20.mining and docks communities, but the way they have taken over our
:18:21. > :18:25.high streets reflects an increasing demand for quality coffee. It's a
:18:26. > :18:29.trend which helped Brains Brewery make the decision to buy the chain
:18:30. > :18:32.Coffee Number One. Three years on, they've just reported annual sales
:18:33. > :18:38.up 55%, with nine new stores opening. Their chief executive told
:18:39. > :18:45.me that in a crowded market place, they need to be able to stand out
:18:46. > :18:50.from the crowd. I think we present ourselves as more of an Artisan
:18:51. > :18:56.quite sharp. We try to be part of the community. It is seen as a
:18:57. > :19:00.meeting place than somewhere to go on your own and do business. We work
:19:01. > :19:03.very hard and we have great copy. Coffee sales on UK high streets
:19:04. > :19:07.topped the ?1 billion mark last year, more than double the sales of
:19:08. > :19:12.tea. That's music to ears of Huw Williams, who runs his own roasting
:19:13. > :19:16.company. They take coffee from across the world, roast it and then
:19:17. > :19:23.pack it to order at a plant in Caerphilly. Among his customers is
:19:24. > :19:26.the Wales Millennium Centre. In the last three years, we have seen huge
:19:27. > :19:34.increase in the demand for locally roasted product. We're doubling our
:19:35. > :19:37.production every year. We roasted five tonnes last year and we're
:19:38. > :19:41.looking to double that this year. One man who definitely knows his
:19:42. > :19:43.beans is Will Corby. A career as a mechanical engineer beckoned before
:19:44. > :19:47.he was bitten by the coffee bug. During the week, he works in London
:19:48. > :19:50.hunting for the best product for a leading specialty coffee company. At
:19:51. > :19:54.weekends, he's back home in Cardiff running his own market stall. He
:19:55. > :19:57.says cafes and roasters need to stay on their toes as consumers will
:19:58. > :20:05.increasingly demand more from their cuppa. I think we'll get to a stage
:20:06. > :20:12.where consumers understand what Coffey from various regions tastes
:20:13. > :20:17.like and they can go into a shop and say, I want to have an Ethiopian
:20:18. > :20:20.Coffey of Colombian coffee or a Brazilian Coffey and understand what
:20:21. > :20:24.that means. Brains hope to have 50 outlets of Coffee Number One open by
:20:25. > :20:27.the middle of next year. They are not quite swapping their focus
:20:28. > :20:30.totally from bitters to baristas but it appears that that morning
:20:31. > :20:33.caffeine fix or a catch-up over a cuppa will continue to play a part
:20:34. > :20:39.in the fortunes of businesses here for some time to come.
:20:40. > :20:42.An important night of football ahead for Wales' women. Here's Claire with
:20:43. > :20:46.the details. Good evening. Yes, not long until
:20:47. > :20:50.kick-off. Wales play Montenegro in their latest World Cup qualifying
:20:51. > :20:54.match. As things stand, Wales are second in the group behind leaders
:20:55. > :20:58.England who also play tonight. The second spot would be good enough for
:20:59. > :21:01.a play-off place at the end of the qualifiers. Wales beat their
:21:02. > :21:05.opponents 3-0 in the away fixture and will be hoping for a similar
:21:06. > :21:08.result tonight. The game is being played at the home of Bangor City.
:21:09. > :21:12.Former Wales captain, Jayne Ludlow, is part of Radio Wales' commentary
:21:13. > :21:15.team tonight and we can speak to her now. Montenegro may be bottom of the
:21:16. > :21:28.group, but Wales won't be taking anything for granted tonight, will
:21:29. > :21:32.they? No, they want. Any international match is tough and
:21:33. > :21:37.night will be no exception. Montenegrin were strong against
:21:38. > :21:40.Wales last time out that the girls beat them and hopefully they can
:21:41. > :21:53.build on that and get more goals this evening. Wales have changed
:21:54. > :21:59.since they played them last time? The fact you can put the same team
:22:00. > :22:03.out week in week out is great. The more the girls play together the
:22:04. > :22:09.better they are going to become the team. I am hoping for great things
:22:10. > :22:14.this evening. England are the only team that Wales have lost to. Are
:22:15. > :22:21.you confident they can challenging than for the top spot? That's going
:22:22. > :22:24.to be tough. England will be out and out favourites to top the group but
:22:25. > :22:27.there is no reason why Wales can't come second and get through to the
:22:28. > :22:31.World Cup finals through a play-off place. Having watched them play in
:22:32. > :22:40.the campaign so far, how confident are you that they can get to Canada?
:22:41. > :22:43.I have enjoyed watching them play the last few months. They have
:22:44. > :22:46.developed as individuals and as a team. They are a match for any
:22:47. > :22:50.international outfit these days so hopefully they can get a result and
:22:51. > :22:56.carry on building through this campaign. Thank you very much.
:22:57. > :22:59.Rugby and a probables versus possibles encounter will be held at
:23:00. > :23:03.the end of the month as Warren Gatland looks to pick a 31 man squad
:23:04. > :23:06.to tour South Africa this summer. The two sides will be coached
:23:07. > :23:10.separately by Wales assistant coaches Rob Howley and Robin
:23:11. > :23:13.McBryde. The game will take place on Friday the 30th of May at the
:23:14. > :23:20.Liberty Stadium. Warren Gatland will reveal his squad after the match
:23:21. > :23:23.that night. No prizes for the weather of
:23:24. > :23:25.late..Any improvement in the forecast, Derek?
:23:26. > :23:27.It's better now that it was earlier today and I can promise some
:23:28. > :23:33.sunshine tomorrow. forecast, Derek?
:23:34. > :23:37.It's We've all seen some wet weather today. Some heavy rain too with
:23:38. > :23:40.brisk winds in the south and west. The rain clearing, leaving a much
:23:41. > :23:44.drier end to the afternoon. Tomorrow will be blustery but brighter and
:23:45. > :23:47.drier than today with just a few showers. This evening, dry and
:23:48. > :23:50.brighter. Some late sunshine. One or two showers and then later in the
:23:51. > :23:56.night a trough will bring more showers. Some of these heavy with a
:23:57. > :23:59.risk of thunder and gusty winds. Here's the picture for 8:00am in the
:24:00. > :24:03.morning. Breezy. Strong winds on the coast but much drier and clearer
:24:04. > :24:06.than today. Not dry everywhere, though. One or two showers are
:24:07. > :24:10.likely. Strong winds on the Lleyn Peninsula. So you may catch a heavy
:24:11. > :24:14.shower tomorrow but they will move through quickly on the wind. A lot
:24:15. > :24:17.of places will get away with a dry afternoon with some sunshine at
:24:18. > :24:21.times. Breezy tomorrow with a brisk and gusty wind making it feel on the
:24:22. > :24:26.cool side. Top temperatures, 12C to 15C. In Neath Port Talbot, much more
:24:27. > :24:30.cheerful than today. I wouldn't rule out a shower but most of the day
:24:31. > :24:34.dry. Breezy with a high of 13C in Briton Ferry. Tomorrow evening, dry
:24:35. > :24:37.and calmer for a time but rain will spread across the country after
:24:38. > :24:41.midnight. The wind picking-up again as well. Saturday's chart has a look
:24:42. > :24:45.of autumn about it with low pressure over Ireland. Rain first thing on
:24:46. > :24:51.Saturday will clear. Dry and bright for a time but showers will follow.
:24:52. > :24:56.Some of these heavy. Strong winds on the south and west coast. Sunday,
:24:57. > :24:59.breezy and cool with more rain and heavy showers. Some drier interludes
:25:00. > :25:04.as well with few sunny intervals, especially on the Pembrokeshire
:25:05. > :25:08.coast. Not the best of weather this weekend if you've got any outdoor
:25:09. > :25:11.plans, but not a total wash-out. Monday will be less windy with
:25:12. > :25:15.sunshine and showers. So an umbrella will come in handy this weekend.
:25:16. > :25:17.More rain and showers on the way. Fresh to strong winds as well, but a
:25:18. > :25:21.little sunshine in the mix as well. Fresh to
:25:22. > :25:25.Our top stories tonight. Women soldiers could be allowed to fight
:25:26. > :25:28.on the front line for the time by next year. A planned review has been
:25:29. > :25:33.brought forward to send a message to the Armed Forces are fully open to
:25:34. > :25:35.women. Malcolm Green died after bowel
:25:36. > :25:40.cancer surgery. Today a coroner ruled he received less than optimum
:25:41. > :25:44.care but it did not amount to neglect. The health board has
:25:45. > :25:49.admitted liability for his death. That is it for now. We will have
:25:50. > :25:51.more news at eight o'clock and after the ten o'clock news. Until then,
:25:52. > :25:53.goodbye.