:00:00. > :00:15.the smallest margins. That is all from us. Now
:00:16. > :00:20.Good evening. Controversial plans to centralise some specialist hospital
:00:21. > :00:24.services at five sites in South Wales will go ahead. It comes after
:00:25. > :00:28.a patients' watchdog decided it would not ask the Health Minister to
:00:29. > :00:37.review the proposals. Our health correspondent Owain Clarke has more.
:00:38. > :00:40.How do you deliver better care for over a million people living in
:00:41. > :00:45.south Wales is a question that has been up for debate for almost three
:00:46. > :00:48.years. It is here at a fairly anonymous building in the middle of
:00:49. > :00:55.a business park that the final go-ahead was given to redraw the map
:00:56. > :00:59.of specialist hospital services. Members of the Cwm Taf watchdog met
:01:00. > :01:05.to decide whether to ask the health minister to change plans to move
:01:06. > :01:10.care my consultant led ANC -- A from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
:01:11. > :01:16.In the event, by nine votes to three they decided not to. It was a very
:01:17. > :01:21.difficult decision. The decision of the council was not unanimous. A lot
:01:22. > :01:26.of turf and frank arguments. What he recognised above all else was these
:01:27. > :01:30.are South Wales issues, South Wales problems and they deserve a South
:01:31. > :01:34.Wales solution. It all started in January 20 12th when managers and
:01:35. > :01:38.medical professionals from five health board started working
:01:39. > :01:43.together to draw up plans. Wind forward to May of last year and six
:01:44. > :01:48.options were slimmed down to four. In eight-week public officials
:01:49. > :01:51.launched with an overwhelming response. By February this year,
:01:52. > :01:56.bosses decided to stick with their preferred model meaning the Royal
:01:57. > :01:59.Glamorgan Hospital would lose out. But amidst much local opposition the
:02:00. > :02:03.health board responsible for that hospital decided to veto elements of
:02:04. > :02:07.the plan. But in March, the health board fell in line after being given
:02:08. > :02:13.assurances that is much babycare would remain local. It would be a
:02:14. > :02:17.centre of excellence for bike gnostic services. The only have hope
:02:18. > :02:22.left for campaigners want the local patients that what that local
:02:23. > :02:29.patient watchdog would appeal to the health minister. Now, that will not
:02:30. > :02:31.happen. If they remove the full A service from Royal Glamorgan
:02:32. > :02:35.Hospital that'll mean many people will not choose to go as the board
:02:36. > :02:39.want them to go either to Bridgend or Merthyr, they will go down to
:02:40. > :02:43.Cardiff. I don't think Cardiff will be able to cope. The Welsh
:02:44. > :02:48.Government says it is pleased the changes will be delivered. It argues
:02:49. > :02:52.it will need -- lead to better care across South Wales. The map of some
:02:53. > :02:56.specialist health care in South Wales can now be redrawn. But not
:02:57. > :02:58.everybody is convinced patients will benefit.
:02:59. > :03:01.Parents campaigning against cuts to nursery provision in Rhondda Cynon
:03:02. > :03:04.Taf have won the latest stage of their battle at the High Court in
:03:05. > :03:07.London. They'd sought a judicial review into the council's decision
:03:08. > :03:13.to withdraw full-time nursery places for three year olds. You're going to
:03:14. > :03:16.cut the corners off are you? Elena Powell has a full-time place in
:03:17. > :03:21.nursery at Trallwng Infants School in Pontypridd. But she would have
:03:22. > :03:26.lost it last September under plans by Rhondda Cynon Taf. For her
:03:27. > :03:31.father, a councillor, relief that those plans have been stopped in the
:03:32. > :03:35.High Court. My wife, like a lot of other women
:03:36. > :03:39.in Rhondda Cynon Taf would not have been able to continue back into work
:03:40. > :03:42.because they wouldn't have had the opportunity to go part-time for the
:03:43. > :03:45.small amount of time which the child is in school. Massive impact on
:03:46. > :03:49.families and single parents in Rhondda Cynon Taf because it's going
:03:50. > :03:53.to be removing a wage coming into the house. Back home from the High
:03:54. > :03:56.Court and campaigners say it's an important victory. It's understood
:03:57. > :03:59.the council acted unlawfully, it breached its statutory duties in the
:04:00. > :04:07.way it reached its decision failing to consider key issues. We're just
:04:08. > :04:10.normal parents really that felt that the council had done something
:04:11. > :04:16.unlawful and were trying to rush through something that they
:04:17. > :04:20.shouldn't be doing. Really, this isn't just a victory for us but a
:04:21. > :04:24.victory in other things in RCT as well and to say to other people,
:04:25. > :04:31.yes, you can change things, you can challenge the council because we've
:04:32. > :04:35.done it and we've succeeded. And she's not the only one unhappy
:04:36. > :04:39.with the council's plans. Many took to the streets in protest last
:04:40. > :04:45.November. Cuts to nursery services would have saved the council here
:04:46. > :04:51.?4.5 million. They're part of plans to save ?56 million over the next
:04:52. > :04:54.four years. The council says it has no alternative other than make
:04:55. > :04:59.significant reductions to services. It says officers will now consider
:05:00. > :05:02.the detail of this judgement. Today's news has been welcomed by
:05:03. > :05:06.parents but the council could appeal the judgement so their long fight
:05:07. > :05:11.over nursery places may not be over yet.
:05:12. > :05:14.140 jobs have been saved at a factory in Flintshire which makes
:05:15. > :05:19.ready meals. Last month, Creative Foods announced its site in Flint
:05:20. > :05:22.might not be viable any more. But an agreement has been reached to sell
:05:23. > :05:25.the business to another company. David Wood Baking is due to take
:05:26. > :05:28.over in June. Elsewhere, 40 staff have been made
:05:29. > :05:31.redundant at a residential home for the elderly in Ceredigion that was
:05:32. > :05:37.closed in February over concerns about care standards. Awel Deg in
:05:38. > :05:41.Llandysul is due to reopen next year as a dementia care centre. The
:05:42. > :05:45.council has denied union claims that it had a "hidden agenda" to close
:05:46. > :05:47.the home and sell it off to the private sector. It says it's doing
:05:48. > :05:52."everything possible" to find alternative employment for staff.
:05:53. > :05:56.One in five patients in Welsh hospitals are diabetic and their
:05:57. > :06:00.care must be improved urgently. That's according to the family of a
:06:01. > :06:04.man who died as a result of failures in 2008. David Joseph's family have
:06:05. > :06:07.told BBC Wales that pledges made by Health Care Inspectorate Wales
:06:08. > :06:15.haven't been kept. The inspectorate says it's making changes to its
:06:16. > :06:19.inspection regime. It is an illness that affects
:06:20. > :06:24.hundreds and 70,000 people in Wales. Without proper care, diabetes
:06:25. > :06:29.can lead to serious side effects. Such as seizures, and consciousness
:06:30. > :06:34.and strokes. Amelia Bertram knows that all too well. She lost her
:06:35. > :06:38.father five years ago after staff at wrong place hospital in Aberystwyth
:06:39. > :06:47.failed to treat his diabetes prop -- properly . He suffered a
:06:48. > :06:52.catastrophic attack. He had a heart attack. This happened in an acute
:06:53. > :06:57.medical starting and he died three months later. That according to a
:06:58. > :07:01.new audit of diabetic care in hospitals this case isn't an
:07:02. > :07:05.exception. Over a five-day period last September more than a third of
:07:06. > :07:10.diabetic patients in Welsh hospitals experienced an error with their
:07:11. > :07:15.medication. There are solutions that hospitals can adopt such as glucose
:07:16. > :07:21.which can have a good impact. If we know that is a problem and we have a
:07:22. > :07:29.good potential solution for that why aren't we seeing that implemented?
:07:30. > :07:32.In 2012, BBC Wales's week in week out programme told the Joseph family
:07:33. > :07:39.story and the body that keeps an eye on wheels's hospital made promises
:07:40. > :07:42.things would change her stop but two years on it is said not enough is
:07:43. > :07:48.being done. When you go into hospital unit of -- you should feel
:07:49. > :07:52.you are safe or if you are the relative you should feel your
:07:53. > :07:56.relatives say. That is not the case. In Wales, it is appalling. Health
:07:57. > :08:02.Care Inspectorate Wales told that it is currently making changes to its
:08:03. > :08:09.inspection regime for diabetic care. It will be sharing these with baby
:08:10. > :08:11.Joseph's family. -- David Joseph's family.
:08:12. > :08:14.Regional Rugby Wales has confirmed its received a further proposal from
:08:15. > :08:17.the Welsh Rugby Union over funding and the release of players for
:08:18. > :08:20.international duty. They say the latest service agreement will be
:08:21. > :08:22.evaluated as a matter of urgency. The current agreement ends in just
:08:23. > :08:25.38 days' time. Swansea City have reached a
:08:26. > :08:29.settlement with their former manager Michael Laudrup after sacking him in
:08:30. > :08:33.February. The club say they won't to be releasing details of the deal but
:08:34. > :08:35.they've thanked him for the work he did during his time in charge.
:08:36. > :08:39.Northampton Saints have ended their lengthy wait for a trophy beating
:08:40. > :08:42.Bath 16-30 to win the Amlin Challenge Cup in Cardiff tonight.
:08:43. > :08:45.The final at the Arms Park saw Wales wing George North start for
:08:46. > :08:48.Northampton. Paul James was in the Bath side with Gavin Henson on the
:08:49. > :08:50.bench. In tonight's Twenty20 cricket match
:08:51. > :08:53.at Chelmsford, Glamorgan have lost to Essex by four wickets. The Welsh
:08:54. > :08:59.side scored 189-6 with Essex reaching a total of 195.
:09:00. > :09:03.It has travelled across 70 nations and tomorrow the Queen's Baton Relay
:09:04. > :09:06.comes to Wales. It arrives at Cardiff airport and will spend the
:09:07. > :09:12.next seven days travelling around the country. 177 baton bearers will
:09:13. > :09:15.carry it through Wales. 74-year-old Norman Richards carried the baton at
:09:16. > :09:26.the Empire Games when Cardiff hosted them in 1958. On Sunday he will
:09:27. > :09:32.carry it again. I am just very privileged to be
:09:33. > :09:40.involved again. It seems almost a full circle to carry the baton, to
:09:41. > :09:43.go on to represent Wales and now to carry the baton again. Quite unique
:09:44. > :09:45.maybe. We will be following the
:09:46. > :09:49.Commonwealth Baton every step of the way on Wales Today, starting with
:09:50. > :09:53.our update tomorrow at 6:50pm. A section of the A55 in North Wales
:09:54. > :09:56.is closed because of flooding. It caused large tailbacks earlier for
:09:57. > :09:59.travellers ahead of the bank holiday weekend. The road between junction
:10:00. > :10:02.11 and junction 18 has been affected following heavy rain during the
:10:03. > :10:06.afternoon. The westbound Conwy tunnels remain closed tonight for
:10:07. > :10:10.safety reasons. Diversions are in place.
:10:11. > :10:11.That doesn't bode well for the bank holiday weekend weather. How is it
:10:12. > :10:21.looking? It is not looking so good for the
:10:22. > :10:26.first part of the bank holiday. I am hopeful things will improve by
:10:27. > :10:31.Sunday and Monday. There is a risk of thunder through tomorrow. Not
:10:32. > :10:34.surprisingly, that is a yellow warning for the brain where
:10:35. > :10:38.potentially be cut season flash flooding through tomorrow. The good
:10:39. > :10:42.news is that night at the showers will clear away. We will get a brief
:10:43. > :10:46.break from the weather. Temperatures getting down to about eight
:10:47. > :10:55.Celsius. Low pressure is in Taj tomorrow and Sunday. -- is in
:10:56. > :10:58.charge. Across part of Ebbw Vale, Tredegar and Merthyr Tydfil there is
:10:59. > :11:03.a risk of rain so if you are going to see the baton Teikyo waterproofs
:11:04. > :11:07.with you. It is going to be soggy. There is a dry start to the
:11:08. > :11:13.morning. A dry start to Gwyneth and Anglesey. For the rest of the UK,
:11:14. > :11:18.you can see that rain band swirling around that area, quite windy along
:11:19. > :11:23.the south coast. Dryer for Northern Ireland and Scotland. There is an
:11:24. > :11:26.offshore breeze taking the edge of the temperatures. In Wales tomorrow
:11:27. > :11:31.afternoon, was that rain band clears, we have got heavy, thundery
:11:32. > :11:36.showers. There is a risk of localised flooding. You take care
:11:37. > :11:40.out there if you are travelling or camping. Sunday, more showers in the
:11:41. > :11:44.forecast but not as intense as Saturday. The best day of the
:11:45. > :11:51.weekend by far is Monday when we will look forward to something drier
:11:52. > :11:55.and brighter. That is Wales today from all of us on the programme. Do
:11:56. > :11:56.have a very good bank holiday weekend.