:00:00. > :00:17.tablets as well. That is all from us. A first
:00:18. > :00:21.Good evening. A second officer from South Wales police is under
:00:22. > :00:23.investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission
:00:24. > :00:27.following the conviction of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins last
:00:28. > :00:32.year. Watkins was jailed for 29 years for a string of child sex
:00:33. > :00:35.offences. The IPCC investigation is looking at whether police could have
:00:36. > :00:38.acted sooner to stop his offending and whether his celebrity status
:00:39. > :00:48.delayed his being brought to justice. Caroline Evans reports.
:00:49. > :00:53.His offences were so shocking, prosecutors said they were among the
:00:54. > :00:59.worst ever dealt with by our courts. Ian Watkins was the front man of
:01:00. > :01:02.once labelled the biggest rock band in the UK. Now questions are being
:01:03. > :01:06.asked over whether his celebrity status affected the way he was
:01:07. > :01:10.investigated by police. When allegations were brought to them.
:01:11. > :01:15.The former head of the child exportation and online protection
:01:16. > :01:19.Centre says it almost certainly did. -- child exploitation. There is
:01:20. > :01:24.almost a tendency, human nature being what it is, to believe, I am
:01:25. > :01:30.told by this person or his team that he receives lots of, kind of,
:01:31. > :01:37.allegations by people who are upset with him, fixated with him, who feel
:01:38. > :01:43.they have somehow been slighted by him. The key is for professional
:01:44. > :01:46.police officers to see beyond that. Ian Watkins was back home in
:01:47. > :01:50.Pontypridd when he was arrested by police, but that was in December
:01:51. > :01:57.2012 and concerns had been raised before then. This woman, who
:01:58. > :02:01.describes herself as his former lover, went public claiming
:02:02. > :02:11.information he gave to -- she gave to police in 2008 would have helped
:02:12. > :02:20.but it was ignored. She has since been arrested with spreading
:02:21. > :02:24.indecent images of children but the police says the decision to charge
:02:25. > :02:28.her is not related. A detective sergeant has been under
:02:29. > :02:33.investigation since last year. The IPCC said it has now widened its
:02:34. > :02:36.enquiry and has issued notices of gross misconduct are six more
:02:37. > :02:42.offices, one of a detective constable from South Wales police.
:02:43. > :02:45.In response, the force has issued a statement saying they have
:02:46. > :02:50.undertaken a full review of the sequence of events which led to the
:02:51. > :02:52.arrest of Ian Watkins. They say they were identifying issues of concern
:02:53. > :02:57.and referring them to the IPCC themselves. Officers from two other
:02:58. > :03:02.forces are also under investigation, one sergeant and two
:03:03. > :03:05.constables from South Yorkshire, and eight sergeant and constable from
:03:06. > :03:10.Bedfordshire. Ian Watkins is currently seeking leave to appeal
:03:11. > :03:12.against the length of sentence. Meanwhile, an international
:03:13. > :03:16.investigation into crimes spanning Europe and the US continues.
:03:17. > :03:19.Up to 120 jobs are under threat at an electrical components company at
:03:20. > :03:21.its site in Swansea. Morgan Advanced Materials currently employs around
:03:22. > :03:26.220 people there, supplying products for motors and generators and the
:03:27. > :03:32.renewable energy sector. A period of consultation has begun.
:03:33. > :03:35.In Pembroke Dock half of the staff facing redundancy at a boat building
:03:36. > :03:39.company have been told their jobs have been saved. 66 workers were
:03:40. > :03:43.facing the cut, but a buyer has now been found for part of Mustang
:03:44. > :03:46.Marine which will save 30 jobs. And a consultation period on
:03:47. > :03:51.compulsory redundancies at a Milford Haven oil refinery has officially
:03:52. > :03:54.ended. The 45-day consultation was started by the United States owner
:03:55. > :03:59.of Murco, Murphy Oil, after a potential sale of the plant fell
:04:00. > :04:02.through. The current head of Murphy's UK operations, Tom
:04:03. > :04:07.McKinlay, is on leave of absence to put together a management buyout
:04:08. > :04:09.bid. The Education Minister has
:04:10. > :04:12.criticised a Cardiff school for continuing to pay deputy headteacher
:04:13. > :04:17.Gareth Williams after he pleaded guilty to voyeurism against
:04:18. > :04:21.children. Williams was jailed for five years earlier this week, but he
:04:22. > :04:24.is still being paid as Deputy Headteacher of Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf.
:04:25. > :04:33.Cardiff Council say appropriate action can be taken, now that
:04:34. > :04:38.sentencing has concluded. Absolutely shocked by it. I mean, most people
:04:39. > :04:43.would be totally bewildered that someone, after being found guilty,
:04:44. > :04:47.because we are all innocent until proven guilty, it continued to being
:04:48. > :04:50.paid by the public purse. It needs radical action to address the
:04:51. > :04:54.situation because I am sure this is not a one-off, and when so much
:04:55. > :04:57.money has been wasted out of the system not being spent on textbooks
:04:58. > :05:00.and classrooms, we need to make sure we cancel this out.
:05:01. > :05:03.And in Flintshire, a deputy head teacher who was convicted of fraud
:05:04. > :05:06.last year, has been struck off by the General Teaching Council for
:05:07. > :05:08.Wales for unprofessional conduct. The hearing was told that
:05:09. > :05:11.50-year-old Gwawr Ceiriog kept more than ?1,000 given by children for
:05:12. > :05:15.uniforms and fundraising at Denbigh High School. She was described as
:05:16. > :05:19.someone who happy to take advantage of her pupils, colleagues, friends
:05:20. > :05:22.and family. An investigation is underway at a
:05:23. > :05:26.dairy farm in Carmarthenshire after the sudden death of around 70
:05:27. > :05:29.cattle. Testing on the carcasses suggest they died from botulism, a
:05:30. > :05:38.disease found in birds that can contaminate animal feed. Abigal Neal
:05:39. > :05:44.reports. Botulism, the disease is caused by a
:05:45. > :05:53.bacterium, most often found in birds. Topics are usually because
:05:54. > :05:57.the livestock is come into contact with chicken, but the farmer does
:05:58. > :06:02.not believe it is the case. We have thought that the botulism was from a
:06:03. > :06:08.decayed animal which was picked up in some silage we made. We are not
:06:09. > :06:13.sure what kind of animal it was, but probably, it could have been a dying
:06:14. > :06:18.badger with TB, or a fox or it is quite common again in some areas
:06:19. > :06:25.with botulin outbreaks of poultry. The head of cattle numbers 2000 --
:06:26. > :06:29.herd of cattle numbers 2000 and it would have been a hard economic
:06:30. > :06:36.blow. They are worth up to ?2000 each, and then it is the replacement
:06:37. > :06:39.of milk, and the replacement of the cattle, they are not easy to find,
:06:40. > :06:44.you could have to import them. And some cattle might have been treated
:06:45. > :06:48.with medication and if that is the case, possibly, the milk from those
:06:49. > :06:53.cattle will have been withdrawn. I'm not sold on for human consumption.
:06:54. > :06:58.-- and not sold on. It is a tremendous lost. The investigation
:06:59. > :07:02.is yet to reveal what has happened at this farm in Carmarthen but
:07:03. > :07:05.suspected silage has been removed and the affected cattle restocked.
:07:06. > :07:10.A disease affecting larch trees has spread to ten new sites in Wales.
:07:11. > :07:14.40,000 new trees will have to be felled with helicopters being used
:07:15. > :07:17.to track the spread of the fungus. Two million trees have already been
:07:18. > :07:20.felled and officials say they're alarmed at its spread. Wales has
:07:21. > :07:30.been affected more than any other country in Europe. This quite often
:07:31. > :07:35.is able to effect a number of species and then can have a big
:07:36. > :07:38.impact over time, and that is part of the story. Part of the reason why
:07:39. > :07:43.we are trying to reduce the spread as much as possible. Over the last
:07:44. > :07:48.four years, it has spread increasingly quickly. Increasing
:07:49. > :07:52.year on year. So far, it has showed a decrease this year but we are not
:07:53. > :07:56.check -- counting our chickens yet, it is very early in the season.
:07:57. > :08:02.After unbroken sunshine for many tonight, it is ahead for showers?
:08:03. > :08:13.Yes, and heavy rain tonight, a Met Office warning, be aware of heavy
:08:14. > :08:16.rain which is coming from across the country. Reaching us from the
:08:17. > :08:19.south-east and making its way to the north-west. You can see the brighter
:08:20. > :08:23.colours, where we are expecting to see the heaviest of the rain first
:08:24. > :08:27.thing in the morning. Overnight lows tonight between nine degrees and 12
:08:28. > :08:30.degrees. The breeze is strengthening across the west coast. Tomorrow,
:08:31. > :08:34.that will make its way to the norm throughout the morning, heavy
:08:35. > :08:38.downpours at times throughout the day. -- it will make its way to the
:08:39. > :08:42.north. There will be some brightness in the afternoon in the south-east.
:08:43. > :08:46.There are two areas of low pressure in charge, this one and one to the
:08:47. > :08:51.East of Scotland. Wherever you are in the UK tomorrow, you will see
:08:52. > :08:54.some showers. The best of the dry weather is southern part of England
:08:55. > :08:59.and the south-east, that is where we are expecting the highest
:09:00. > :09:02.temperatures tomorrow. Back here in Wales, heavy showers will continue
:09:03. > :09:05.to come and go throughout the day but some brightness further south
:09:06. > :09:10.and across parts of North Wales as well either end of the day. Top
:09:11. > :09:13.temperatures 16 degrees in Cardiff. Strengthening winds, on higher
:09:14. > :09:19.ground, the usual places, and along the coast. Tomorrow night, things
:09:20. > :09:23.will fizzle out, the rain will clear and it will become dry for a time
:09:24. > :09:30.before more showers make their way into south-west Wales. Overnight
:09:31. > :09:32.lows, nine or ten. Friday will see spells of dry and bright weather as
:09:33. > :09:40.well, but showers will come and go throughout the day, especially
:09:41. > :09:43.across mid Wales and South Wales. Temperatures are bit disappointing
:09:44. > :09:46.on Friday. Low pressure in charge of our weather. I is looking forward to
:09:47. > :09:48.Sunday, that is when we see the driest weather. -- we are looking
:09:49. > :09:55.forward to Sunday. We will be back at 6:25am. Good
:09:56. > :09:58.night.