30/05/2014 BBC Wales Today

than 40,000 have made the journey so far this year.

It was a damning report into cardiac services at a Cardiff hospital.

Surgeons said heart patients were dying waiting for operations.

A yacht club is fined ?40,000 after an 11-year-old girl suffered

brain damage in a boat crash in Cardiff Bay.

The high court's decision for the family of a severely

disabled teenager who took action over the so-called bedroom tax.

And it's 14 years since a Wales Trial match -

tonight's game will decide who's on the plane to South Africa.

Good evening. After a week travelling across the country, the

batons journey in Wales ends here in the

The man in charge of a Welsh hospital where people were said to

be regularly dying while waiting for heart surgery says cardiac

Last year, the Royal College of Surgeons told BBC Wales heart

patients at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were waiting too

Now it says there's still some way to go, but services have improved.

forests Anthony is recovering from a triple bypass operation at the

University Hospital of Wales. He waited eight months. Within the

nine-month target. He is happy with his treatment. That was worried.

Last year, senior surgeons said people were regularly dying while

waiting for is heart surgery at the hospital. It did play on my mind,

yes. It does play on your mind. You are waiting for a bypass. It does

play on your mind. Last year, the Royal College of surgeons told BBC

Wales it was concerned that in five years, 152 patients died while

waiting for heart surgery in South Wales. The figure was later revised

down to around 100. It also said cardiac waiting times at the

University Hospital of Wales were a serious patient safety issue.

Welcome to Wales today. Our top story, services are dangerous,

according to surgeons. The story was headline news across the country.

And a hot topic in Parliament. There are people on NHS waiting lists who

are dying in Wales because the waiting lists are too long. But now

the Royal College of surgeons says while there is still substantial

work to do, there have been improvements. We have also reduced

the number of people waiting much longer than they should. The 36

weight lists have dropped by a half. Our plan is to secure a pathway for

patients so that they have surgery much more quickly. The Royal Oak

says there still are concerns about delays in cardiac patient care, with

some operations being made more competent to do two patients'

conditions getting worse. I am concerned that I think everyone is

concerned about the length of the waiting lists. But we are waiting

with -- working hard to reduce waiting lists. Cardiac surgery is

now being carried out on the weekend. Old surgery equipment has

been replaced. The Royal College of surgeons says it will continue to

take an interest in the health board surgical services. The board accepts

it has a long way to go but says it is moving forward.

it has a long way to go but says it is moving forward.

A yacht club has been fined ?40,000 after an 11-year-old girl

suffered brain damage when two boats crashed in Cardiff Bay.

Two teenage instructors who weren't qualified

for night driving were carrying 13 girls when they collided, throwing

Cardiff Bay Yacht Club admitted two offences, and their chief

instructor has been ordered to carry out community service.

Matthew Murray is in the Bay for us tonight.

This accident happened nearly four years ago.

A sailing instructor has narrowly avoided going to prison

after breaching health and safety regulations

which led to two high-powered motor boats crashing in Cardiff Bay,

Nicholas Sawyer must now undertake 180 hours of community work.

While the owners of the boats, Cardiff Bay Yacht Club,

Cardiff Bay yacht club had an unblemished record until this

accident. Today, the judge said the club should have prohibited the use

of the boats that were involved in the collision. The club were fined

?40,000. This was an isolated lapse at a club with an excellent health

and safety record. We have made a number of improvements to ensure

that such an incident could not happen again. The club was pleased

that the judge accepted the incident had been taken very seriously by the

club, that we had commended all the recommendations of the various

enquiries that were made. The boats were being used to return a group of

children home after attending a course. It was here at Cardiff Bay

yacht club where the boat set off on a relatively short journey but it

was night-time and the boats did not have navigation lights. Two of the

vessels were also being operated by 17-year-old girls who did not have

the correct modifications. Those boats collided and an 11-year-old

girl was thrown into the water. She suffered brain damage and two other

children were also injured. The two girls were cleared of any wrongdoing

in a previous hearing. Today, a judge ruled it was a responsibility

of the chief instructor of the group, Nicholas Sawyer. He had

arranged for the boats to be used and allow the girls to operate the

vessels. He was ordered to undertake 180 hours of community service.

Nicholas Sawyer is relieved that this matter is now concluded. He

accepts the sentence arising from a regrettable accident which he has

always accepted responsibility for and will always regret. It was

Nicholas Sawyer 's reputation and record is in a structure which saw

him narrowly avoid prison. The court heard today that Nicholas Sawyer 's

career has seen him teach thousands of children