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19/05/2014

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Good evening. He installed secret cameras in school toilets and

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showers to film more than 30 pupils. Today Gareth Williams, the deputy

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headteacher of Ysgol Glantaf in Cardiff, was sentenced to five years

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in prison after pleading guilty to charges of voyeurism and possessing

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thousands of indecent images of children. Caroline Evans was in

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court. For seven years he collected and

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made indecent images of children, some he downloaded, others he

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secretly filmed himself, placing tiny cameras in toilets. Today the

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once respected deputy headteacher at Ysgol Glantaf was sent to jail for

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five years. Sentencing him, the judge told Gareth Williams his

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crimes were both sophisticated and persistent. As a result of his

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depraved behaviour, he said, he had lost his career, reputation, but

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that was as nothing compare to the horror felt by many parents who

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entrusted their children to his care. A former TV presenter who

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remained a popular figure, Gareth Williams was caught after a global

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investigation headed by Canadian police in 2012. Today police in

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Toronto said they've broken up a large-scale international child

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pornography ring. They're the investigation hit the headlines but

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here, authorities took another 12 months to assess the information

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they had been given. They've admitted more could have been done

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sooner. Professor Rob Snowden, a forensic psychologist, says it

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possible Williams wished to be caught. As soon as you move into a

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public space and commit voyeurism, then there is a very strong chance

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of being caught. Therefore as a psychologist, I begin to question

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why somebody might do that and this may point to the person actually

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wanting to be caught. That what they are doing they know is wrong and

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they want to stop it and therefore this escalation may have been to put

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themselves in a situation where they were stopped. It was the nature of

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his offending, too, which has shocked those involved in the

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teaching profession. Some of the images had been catalogued with the

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children's names, dates of birth and dates of recording. I think part of

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the shock of this particular case is that this gentleman was a teacher

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and he quite clearly abused the position of trust and authority that

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he had. The reassuring thing is that he's been caught and will be taken

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out of the system. The offences, said the judge, showed a significant

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level of planning and deception. Tonight the man, who had never been

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in trouble with the police before, begins five years behind bars.

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Hundreds of people have lined the streets of Cowbridge in the Vale of

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Glamorgan to pay tribute to a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

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Captain Thomas Clarke was on board a helicopter which crashed in Kandahar

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Province last month, killing four other people.

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A town at a standstill to remember one of its fall. Normally a lively

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high street at lunchtime, today people and businesses stopped as

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Captain Thomas Clarke made his final journey through Cowbridge. Captain

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Thomas Clarke was one of five people killed when their helicopter came

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down in Afghanistan last month. His popularity at home and within the

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Armed Forces was clear by the turnout today. Popular,

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entertaining, a very good sportsman and widely respected as a talented

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pilot and a good officer. It's a great loss that we've lost him now.

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As the funeral cortege reached the war memorial in Cowbridge,

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standard-bearers from the Royal British Legion lowered their flags.

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Family, friends and colleagues packed into the church. Dozens took

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their place outside to join the ceremony. They heard tales of a

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30-year-old described by friends as a popular rugby player and a very

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proud Welshman. He was somebody who always lit up the room, always had a

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great smile, a great story of the work he carried out. Somebody who

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you could sit and listen to four hours. He could hold a room. After

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the ceremony, a Lynx helicopter flew past the church. It was similar to

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the one Captain Thomas Clarke, as well as Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas

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from Brecon, were travelling in when they died. As the cortege left the

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church, applause broke out. On an emotional day, a final spontaneous

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tribute from a town united in grief for a young man whose life was

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tragically cut short. A second man has been charged with

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indecent assault as part of an investigation into historical child

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abuse in the care system in North Wales. The man, who is 62 and from

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Wrexham, has been charged as part of an ongoing operation with two

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offences against a boy aged 13 and 16 in the 1980s. He is due in court

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next month. Dureau is at the Clash on my trial have been shown images

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of the mine after the disaster. Images were shown including those

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showing pit props in the Chamber where thousands of gallons of water

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rushed through. The former pit manager and the owners deny

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manslaughter charges in the case, which continues.

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It has emerged that the managing director of Murco in the UK, Thomas

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McKinlay, has taken a leave of absence from the company in order to

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work on a deal to continue operating the refinery at Milford Haven. The

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refinery faces closure with the threat of 400 job losses unless a

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buyer can be found. Thomas MacKinlay and a number of companies are

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believed to be interested in buying the site.

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Teaching unions have tonight welcomed a report that recommends a

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ten year vision for one of the Welsh Government's flagship education

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policies. An independent assessment of the Foundation Phase, which

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focuses on teaching three-year-olds to seven-year-olds through play

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recommends more teacher training and the need to share best practice

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between schools. More now on Ryan Giggs who has

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announced his retirement from the game. He's won 13 league titles,

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four FA Cup and named named assistant manager. We didn't expect

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him to ring from his holiday because we knew it was in the pipeline that

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he might have the job. He was going away to think about it and then he

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rang this morning to say it was going to be announced and he had

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taken the job. Wales' hopes of qualifying for the

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European under 21 championship have suffered a blow tonight eight --

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despite a goal. They lost to England re-won at the Liberty Stadium.

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Moving is a stressful business at the best of times so imagine trying

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to shift aid to shift a 2-term glass lens from an island lighthouse. With

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the help of a helicopter, that was the challenge this morning as this

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old Optic was dismantled and taken back to the mainland to be placed in

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a visitors centre. Time for the weather now.

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It has been a strange day as far as the weather is concerned. We have

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seen some brightness and sunny spells but plenty of heavy showers.

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Some of those are continuing and there is the odd rumble of thunder

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in Cardiff. Showers moving to the north tonight. Again, heavy and

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thundery potentially, but drying up across much of the country before

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another band of showers comes in from the south-east. It will be

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quite muddy with temperatures at 11 in Fishguard, 12 in rail and 14 in

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Cardiff and Newport tonight. Another band of showers makes its way to the

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North tomorrow morning and if we take a look that the rest of the

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UK, a mixed bag. Low pressure to the north means strong winds across

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parts of western Scotland and the Western Isles but some brightness.

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Southeastern parts of England and the Midlands are seeing the best of

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any brightness and the highest temperatures. The South West of

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England is fairly similar to Wales. Sunshine and heavy showers.

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Temperatures reaching 20 or 21. Strong winds on the coast tomorrow.

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In particular Pembrokeshire and the Flint Peninsula. Wednesday is

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probably a better day. -- the Llyn peninsular. Low pressure very much

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in charge of the weather at the moment so it will be fairly

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unsettled. Thank you. John Humphrys makes a

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poignant journey to his hometown of Cardiff in search of his Welsh

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ancestry next tonight. Thanks for watching. Good night.

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