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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

A second South Wales Police officer will be investigated

over how the allegations were handled.

It's been revealed deputy headteacher Gareth Williams

And more than a cattle by following an outbreak of botulism.

It's been revealed deputy headteacher Gareth Williams

continued to be paid after he pleaded guilty to voyeurism

People don't want to be teaching a best paying teachers wages who has

been found doing a despicable act. The Gleision trial has heard the

mine manager offered to take rescuers underground moments after

he escaped. And taking to the skies to track the

spread of a disease affecting The work to try to contain the

disease is intensifying. An aerial view shows today how many thousands

of trees will be felt. A second officer from South Wales

Police is under investigation by the Independent Police

Complaints Commission following the conviction of Lost Prophets

singer Ian Watkins last year. Watkins was jailed for 29 years

for a string of child sex offences. The IPCC investigation is looking

at whether police could have acted sooner to stop his offending and

whether his celebrity status delayed his being brought to justice.

Caroline Evans reports. His offences were so shocking

prosecutors said they were amongst the worst ever dealt with by our

courts. He was the front man of what was once labelled the UK's biggest

rock band. Customers are being asked over whether his celebrity status

affected the way he was investigated by police. When allegations were

brought to them. The former head of the Child exploitation Centre says

is almost certainly dead. There is almost a tendency to believe I am

told by this person by this person 's team that he receives lots of

kind of allegations by people who are upset with him, people who are

fixated with them, people who feel they have been selected by him. The

key here is for professional police officers to CB on that. Watkins was

back home when he was finally arrested by police. But that was in

December 2012. Concerns had been raised before then. This woman who

describes herself as his former lover went public claiming

information she gave the police in 2008 could have prevented children

being abused. But she was ignored. She has since been charged with

possessing and distributing indecent images of children. The IPCC said

today the decision to charge her has no bearing on their investigation at

this stage. A detective sergeant who was based here at Pontypridd has

been under investigation since February last year. Today, the IPCC

said it has widened its enquiry and has issued notices of gross mix-up

that misconduct to six other officers. -- gross misconduct to six

other officers. They say they identified there were issues of

concern and referred the matter to the IPCC themselves. Officers from

two other forces are already under investigation, one sergeant and two

constables from South Yorkshire and a sergeant and a constable from

Bedfordshire. The man who protection in the UK says it isn't just

individuals should be held to account, there are not enough

officers with sufficient experience in dealing with child protection.

You have had experiences recently when a deputy headmaster was at

large and able to inflict harm on children by putting cameras and

toilets to capture abusive images. He was known to police because his

details were sitting on a shelf for over two years. Ian Watkins is

seeking leave to appeal against the length of his sentence. An

international investigation into his crime spanning Europe and the US

continues. An investigation's underway at a

dairy farm in Carmarthenshire after Testing on

the carcasses suggest they died from botulism, a disease found in birds

that can contaminate animal feed. The investigation announced today

follows a report in the farmers Guardian that botulism could be

behind the sudden death of 160 cattle at this large dairy farm near

Carmarthen. Botulism is caused by a type of bacteria usually found in

birds including poultry. We are told that most often cases of botulism

outbreaks on farms is caused by animals coming as a contact with

chickens. We did speak to the farmer here early and he told us he thinks

in this case it was as a result of the carcass of a badger or another

type of carrier that had got into the silage. He told me what it has

been like to go through this experience. When we found out what

the cause was at least you knew what had to be done. We vaccinated for

botulism. We have stopped feeding the food that we felt the

contaminant was in. It is basically a period of from the first outbreak

and when you stop feeding to the last outbreaks, is a period of three

weeks. It has been very unpleasant for all the staff. But we had over

it now, we have replaced the cows that were lost and we are moving on

again. How is it that so many cattle on one farm could get this? You have

to remember this is a large dairy farm, it is a super dairy, there are

2000 cattle here. 160 cows may sound like a large number they are

relatively small proportion of the total amount of livestock. If it had

got into the silage which the animals are fed, battered and meant

the disease spread very quickly to a large number of animals. Apparently,

the investigation is still yet to determine what caused this. The

suspected silage has been removed now and hopefully that'll be the end

of this outbreak. The farmer has three stocked and as far as he is

concerned the issue is behind them. Thank you.

The Education Minister has criticised a Cardiff school

for continuing to pay the disgraced deputy headteacher, Gareth Williams,

after he pleaded guilty to voyeurism against children.

Williams was jailed for five years earlier this week

after admitting taking pictures of pupils going to the toilet.

But he is still being paid as deputy headteacher of Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf.

Gareth Williams was jailed on Monday after police found more than 16,000

indecent images of children and nearly 700 videos in his possession.

He'd installed cameras in two private homes and in

the changing room toilets at Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf where he worked.

It's now emerged that he's still being paid a salary thought to be

around ?65,000, even though he's not been doing his

The Education Minister says that's monstrous.

The Conservative leader agrees but says the Welsh Government

Most people would be totally bewlidered that someone,

after being found guilty, because we all have the right of innocence

until proven guilty, is continuing to be paid from the public purse.

There's need for radical action to address this situation

because I'm sure this isn't a one-off.

When so much money is being wasted out of the system and not being

spent on text books and classrooms, we need to make sure

Mike Charles is a lawyer who specialises in education law.

He says the council should have acted sooner against Gareth

Williams, but that the law and the guidelines can be interpreted

That's what the law is all about, isn't it?

About conflicts of opinion in the law.

One person taking a certain view and the court ultimately deciding

which argument is the one to be preferred.

I think we get to a point sometimes in these types of cases

when the public bodies and schools are frightened

No-one from Cardiff Council was available for interview,

but in a statement the council said "the sentencing concluded the

"Cardiff Council and the governing body are now able to take the

Though Gareth Williams is expected to be

dismissed at the end of that process, it's still not clear

whether it'll take weeks or even months for that to happen.

And in Flintshire, a deputy head teacher who was convicted of fraud

last year, has been struck off by the General Teaching Council for

The hearing was told that 50-year-old Gwawr Ceiriog kept more

than ?1,000 given by children for uniforms and fundraising

She was described as someone who happy to

"take advantage of her pupils, colleagues, friends and family".

A consultation period on compulsory redundancies at a Milford Haven oil

The 45 day consultation was started by the United States owner of Murco,

Murphy Oil, after a potential sale of the plant fell through.

The current head of Murphy's UK operations, Tom McKinlay,

is on leave of absence to put together a management buyout bid.

The Gleision trial has heard how the mine manager offered to take

rescuers underground moments after escaping from the flooded colliery.

The jury was read a transcript of a police interview where

Malcolm Fyfield also said there was a question over the validity

Four men died at the Swansea Valley pit nearly three year ago.

Rescuers at the Gleision mine hoping to find survivors after a

devastating flood underground. Malcolm Fifield did it having

escaped through old workings. Today Swansea Crown Court heard how he

described reaching the surface in a police interview after was arrested.

Four of his colleagues died in the mind that day. They all drowned

after 650,000 gallons of water filled the area where they were

working. The men were trying to make contact with old workings. The

prosecution says the manager failed to take adequate steps to check for

the presence of water and he should have notified the minds and spectre

of his intention to mind through the green hatched area. The prosecution

claims it is a cautionary zone and so was subject to additional

regulations. But in a police interview, he said he didn't inform

the inspector his intentions because in his view the old workings would

examine a bowl. He said he had expected them on three separate

occasions in cruising -- including the day before the accident. He said

he didn't consider the green hatched area to be a cautionary zone because

it wasn't labelled so on the mine plan. He also said Cole had been

extracted from the hatched area and he questioned the validity of the

mine plan. When the police asked him where he thought the rest water came

from he suggested it came from the roof. He denies four counts of

manslaughter through gross negligence and the mine operators

deny four counts of corporate manslaughter. The trial continues.

Helicopters tracking the spread of a disease affecting larch trees.

Tens of thousands across Wales may have to be felled.

And the bilingual detective series Hinterland goes global.

Today has been the final day of campaigning for the European

elections. The polls opening tomorrow morning. In Wales, we be

voting for four MEPs. Therefore each for Labour, Conservative 's UKIP and

Plaid Cymru. Our political editor joins me now. What could change. A

lot of it be done to what happens to the Labour vote, five years ago they

had a disastrous set of results. They were in government in

Westminster at the time at the height of the expenses scandal that

fed through into the results. They have one MEP. If they get more than

double their nearest rival they could get two of those MEPC is. What

is likely to happen then is the Conservatives or Plaid Cymru will

lose their position. Very disappointing for both parties

particularly for Plaid Cymru because this is their only opportunity to

get a member of the European Parliament. You have been following

the campaign Trail is closely. How have the parties campaigned? For

Labour, they've used it as a platform to look at general election

issues. Ed Miliband has been down to south Wales twice. He talked about

the cost of living crisis. The Conservatives have reform -- have

had one eye on reform. Plaid Cymru have made a virtue of the fact that

Jill Evans would be the only MEP if she was re-elected. As a result she

is the only true voice for Wales. That is their claim. For UKIP, it is

a big focus on immigration. Even though immigration levels in Wales

are lower than they are in other parts of the UK, they say it has

been a huge issue at the doorstep. Finally, for the Lib Dems, who have

never had an MEP in Wales, he portrayed themselves as the most

pro-European of the pro-European parties. How engaged has people

been? If you speak to all the parties they say compared to five

years ago is much more of a sense of public engagement, primarily because

of the impact of UKIP and all the headlines they generate. The polls

open tomorrow morning. You can see a full list

of candidates for the election A new independent body should be set

up to sort out disputes between head That's the call from one former

director of education in Blaenau Gwent and opposition

politicians, who say arguments can "paralyse" and "distract" schools

from raising standards. The conflict in the drama studio

here at this school in Newport is for show. But what happens when the

conflict is real and it is between a headteacher and the governing body

which by law has to hold the school to account? This man is chair of

governors at a primary school in Ebbw Vale. Last year he tried to set

higher targets for the school and his relationship with a headteacher

broke down. Nearly a on, he is suspended and the disagreement still

has been sorted out. We have got to get around the table and sort these

issues and get on with the job. It hasn't happened. I believe we need

some form of an ombudsman who can come in to resolve these issues.

Let's move forward. That is what is required that it has been blocked.

Unlike Nigel, the council say they are not concerned about leadership

year at this school. Some say it doesn't matter who is right or on in

these kind of conflict, it is the length of time they take to tap --

sought out and that provides a distraction for schools when they

should be getting on with the job of improving standards or teaching

pupils. There are calls for an independent body to sort this beats

out quickly. There is a need for an independent body. What we find that

is apparently station of the governing body, factions may

develop. It doesn't seem to be any way of resolving matters.

Unfortunately, I think it is on the increase, it seems to me in terms of

the delays. Especially between things being recorded unresolved. In

Gwynedd, headteacher was off work for months were a dispute settled

there. The cherub governors resigned. Back in Newport,

headteacher says a good relationship with governors takes work that it is

crucial for teachers. We need to move the school forward. As long as

that is the only agenda they should be little need for anybody else to

be involved. The Education Minister has acknowledged there are issues

when disputes try, but he says it is up to local authorities to do with

that. It has left some conservatory alive drama could affect improving

standards in schools across Wales in future.

Helicopters are being used to track a disease gripping our Larch trees.

The spread of the fungus has alarmed officials

and has affected Wales more than any other country in Europe.

Two million trees have been felled and a further 160,000 are

Our environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd has flown over affected

areas of South Wales with forestry officials.

It is the biggest single challenge facing forestry in Wales. Woodland

has seen a disease ripped through them. The full impact can be seen

from aerial service like this one, ten new sites have been identified

new weir and 40,000 trees will have to be felt. -- felled. This is the

core disease zone. Natural Resources Wales in charge of some 12,000

hectares of large woodland have had to cut some 2 million trees already

because of this disease. In areas cleared of large new trees have been

planted. In 12 months, seven and 50,000 trees including oak, beech

and conifers have restocked parts of the country. Since the disease was

first identified. Registry where the dead and dying trees are is

important to slow the infection to healthy trees. Over the last four

years to spread incredibly quickly increasing year on year. So far this

year, the flights have shown a decrease that he not counting our

chickens yet. Well the fungus isn't harmful to humans or animals, in a

warm and wet climate especially with the type of weather seen in Wales,

the spread of this is expected to last for a while. South Wales has

been badly hit. The fungus is affecting other areas of Wales.

She's had to be cut down near Aberystwyth, you pot and the next

target area is Cwm Carn. The disease will have come in on the needles and

it has moved back down the branch and killed it all the way down to

this point. Four years ago Chris Jones was amongst the first to spot

the disease in Wales. Containing rather than eradicating is the best

that can be hoped for. It can affect quite a number of species. It is

part of the story, part of the reason why we are trying to reduce

the spread as much as possible and reduce the ability. Felling so many

trees has a commercial affect us all. Builders and businesses are

using more work. The word was resplendent in the warm sunshine

today but will look different when the machines moving in November.

The bilingual detective series, Hinterland,

has already introduced the Welsh language and the rugged Ceredigion

Over the past seven months, the series,

which was filmed in Welsh and English, has been shown on S4C, here

Today it was announced that the drama has been sold to seven

European countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

The spectacular landscape of Ceredigion and the brooding

nature of the lead character, DCI Tom Mathias, have proved

The series was filmed in Welsh for S4C, as Y Gwyll, and

predominantly in English but with some Welsh scenes, as Hinterland

Audiences in Brittany and Belgium will now see the Welsh version

and the series will be shown, predominantly in English,

in Australia, New Zealand and five other European countries.

I'd like to think that is a real curiosity about the Welsh and which,

about Wales itself. It is an area where a massive drama has been set

before. All those ingredients and also the police shows, the detective

genre, is the most popular in the world.

The producers say they owe a great deal to the success

of the Nordic Noir genre, gritty Scandinavian dramas like

Viewers in Scandinavia, as well as America and Canada, will

now be able to see Hinterland on the subscription service, Netflix.

Hinterland's creators wanted the stories to feel like they'd

It does fit in with the killing. The landscape is the main character, if

you like. It has that feel to it. There is a slightly darker, slightly

moody feel. A very complex leading character as well.

Hinterland's creators wanted the stories to feel like they'd

People in Aberystwyth say the drama has made more people aware

One of the stars of the programme is Ceredigion and understood itself.

People like it. -- Aberystwyth. People want to come and visit what

they saw on telly. Hinterland has been shortlisted

for two awards in Monte Carlo next month and the second series starts

filming in September. It has been a beautiful sunny day

for most that, you guessed it, it is not going to last.

We're going to say goodbye to these and broken blue skies. To night,

heavy rain pushing up from the South East and the Met office has issued a

yellow bee aware warning. It affects the whole of Wales and could cause

localised flooding as well. If you look at the raider, it looks quite

far. You can see the cloud cover on the satellite. It is a dry and

fairly bright beginning of the night for most diverse and it'll cloud

over and then the rain pushing in from the South East. Bright colours

across parts of Powys and the south-east. Temperatures between

9-12d. Let's take a closer look at things eight o'clock tomorrow

morning. It could be tricky along the eight -- M4 during rush hour. At

this time, the heaviest of the rain in the north east. Pushing across

the west, Anglesey and Gwynedd will see heavy, thundery rain as well.

It'll be liked across parts Pembrokeshire tomorrow morning.

Temperatures, 11 degrees at eight o'clock. Let's look at the bigger

picture. The rain will come and go throughout the day but hopefully we

will see some hints of brightness as well. Cardiff and Newport seems a

blue skies by mid-to late afternoon. Tomorrow's temperatures, lower than

today. Today's top temperature was 20 degrees in Cardiff. The wind

light to moderate. The ring of chisel out tomorrow night, a mainly

dry night across much of Wales. Temperatures tomorrow night again

lower than what we have seen over the last few days has topped 9

degrees in Wrexham. Low-pressure, that'll be in charge. It creeps up

over Wales on Saturday. Feeling unsettled on Saturday. Sunday is the

best day. A second officer from south Wales

Police is under investigation by the Independent police complaints

commission following the conviction of Ian Watkins last year. The

investigation is looking at whether police could have acted sooner to

stop his offending. An investigation is underway today the farm in

Carmarthenshire after the sudden death of 160 cattle. Testing on the

carcasses suggests they died from botulism, a disease found in birds

that can contaminate animal feed. That is Wales today. We will have a

quick update for you at eight o'clock and more News at 10:25pm.

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