01/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.More on that and all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:00:00. > :00:12.That's Labour party members in the Cynon

:00:13. > :00:17.Valley have cancelled a meeting to select a replacement parliamentary

:00:18. > :00:19.candidate, after being told it Labour are looking

:00:20. > :00:25.for a new candidate to replace the MP Ann Clwyd, who's retiring

:00:26. > :00:32.at next year's general election. Ann Clwyd was elected as Labour MP

:00:33. > :00:37.for the Cynon Valley in 1984. At the time she was only the fourth

:00:38. > :00:41.woman ever to hold a Welsh seat. As she prepares to stand down

:00:42. > :00:44.Labour Party bosses want to replace But some members of the party

:00:45. > :00:49.in the Cynon Valley constituency don't agree

:00:50. > :01:04.and argue they want to find the best We getting knows the need to extend

:01:05. > :01:08.representation of women in parliament and elsewhere. What we

:01:09. > :01:12.are unhappy about is the members have considered the alternatives, we

:01:13. > :01:13.were told we would be consulted about the matter, and then our views

:01:14. > :01:16.have been ignored. Women shortlists have already

:01:17. > :01:18.selected candidates in Aberconwy, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North,

:01:19. > :01:20.Carmarthen West and South Swansea East have still to select

:01:21. > :01:25.a candidate but they're also expected to be asked to choose

:01:26. > :01:28.from a woman-only list. That has caused issues for Labour

:01:29. > :01:32.in the past. There was a bitter dispute over

:01:33. > :01:35.all-women shortlists within the party in Blaenau Gwent

:01:36. > :01:44.at the 2005 general election. The Labour AM Peter Law stood

:01:45. > :01:47.as an independent and overturned But one

:01:48. > :01:52.of the party's biggest supporters of the policy says having more women

:01:53. > :02:06.in politics is a good thing. If we leave it to chance or two open

:02:07. > :02:10.list it never happens. If we bring in a system which most of us would

:02:11. > :02:12.believe that is a quality, for women and men, because men have had a huge

:02:13. > :02:15.share of all the seats in Wales. In a statement,

:02:16. > :02:18.the Welsh Labour Party said it leads the way on female representation

:02:19. > :02:21.in Wales with more women MPs, AMs and councillors than any other

:02:22. > :02:24.party and will continue to do so. Two motorcyclists have died

:02:25. > :02:27.and five other people have been injured, in a crash between a car

:02:28. > :02:31.and six motorbikes in Flintshire. It happened on the A5104

:02:32. > :02:33.at Pontblyddyn, Five casualties were taken to

:02:34. > :02:38.hospital by ambulance Two Liverpool University students

:02:39. > :02:45.who went missing while diving off the Anglesey coast,

:02:46. > :02:47.have been rescued, after a major search involving two Sea

:02:48. > :02:54.King helicopters from RAF Valley. The students, a man and woman

:02:55. > :02:57.in their 20s, were found They were very cold,

:02:58. > :03:03.but otherwise well. More stop checks on drivers will be

:03:04. > :03:07.made over the next month by police forces across Wales, as part of a

:03:08. > :03:10.summer anti-drink driving campaign. The family of 20-year-old

:03:11. > :03:13.Josh Williams from Merthyr Tydfil, who was killed by a drunk driver

:03:14. > :03:29.in March last year, A lot of people are of the mindset

:03:30. > :03:35.of, it is only done the road, it is only one drink, that little moment

:03:36. > :03:39.relapse of concentration can make you hit a curb, your car spins out

:03:40. > :03:41.of control, that is when you realise, I wish I didn't have a

:03:42. > :03:47.drink. You have killed somebody. The veteran 200 metres runner

:03:48. > :03:50.Christian Malcolm has failed to make the selection criteria for

:03:51. > :03:53.the Commonwealth Games at the Welsh The former Olympic finalist finished

:03:54. > :03:57.third in the heats at Leckwith, but could still be selected

:03:58. > :04:00.on past merit. Glamorgan have been batting

:04:01. > :04:03.on day one of their championship At the close they were all out

:04:04. > :04:12.for 244. The weather forecast now,

:04:13. > :04:23.with Sue Charles. It is the 1st of June, the start of

:04:24. > :04:32.a major article summer. It felt like it at times. Some rain, colder than

:04:33. > :04:36.average. Rain spreading from the west, so messed and tell fog, and

:04:37. > :04:42.mild night, temperatures staying in double figures. Cloudy with

:04:43. > :04:44.outbreaks of gristly rain, clearing eastwards, the cloud will gradually

:04:45. > :04:54.break through the afternoon, brighter spells developing from the

:04:55. > :05:00.West. Tuesday is often cloudy, mix of sunny spells and shaymus will

:05:01. > :05:08.stop more settled. Good night.

:05:09. > :05:15.Hope you had a nice weekend, it was a warm and sunny one across central

:05:16. > :05:18.and eastern areas. A different story out west with signs of change. It

:05:19. > :05:22.will be a different week this week with some rain around. Some sunshine

:05:23. > :05:24.too. For