:00:00. > 3:59:59Don't forget a first look at the papers over on the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:16.Channel but now, The manager of the Gleision
:00:17. > :00:20.colliery in the Swansea Valley where four miners died, has been
:00:21. > :00:23.found not guilty of manslaughter. Malcolm Fyfield broke down
:00:24. > :00:26.in tears after the verdicts were The mine owners, MNS Mining,
:00:27. > :00:32.were cleared of corporate manslaughter charges.
:00:33. > :00:43.Abigail Neal reports. Relief that it is all over for the
:00:44. > :00:48.families of the former. The format. That realisation to that no one will
:00:49. > :00:55.be convicted for their loss. Today they remember 39-year-old Garry
:00:56. > :01:02.Jenkins, 44-year-old Philip Hill, David Powell who was 50, and
:01:03. > :01:06.62-year-old Charles Breslin, all drowned in Gleision mine. A police
:01:07. > :01:10.fears an office of the statement on behalf of the families outside
:01:11. > :01:15.court. Today has been a difficult day for us all. As has been the last
:01:16. > :01:22.two and a half years since we lost our love -- loved ones. We miss
:01:23. > :01:31.Gary, Philip, Charles and David dearly. Not a day has passed without
:01:32. > :01:35.wishing they were still with us. The events of September the 15th 2011
:01:36. > :01:39.will stay with us for the rest of our lives. After two hours of
:01:40. > :01:45.consideration the jury found the manager of the mine was not
:01:46. > :01:49.responsible for the men's deaths. Mr Fyfield wept as the verdicts were
:01:50. > :01:57.delivered. The pet owners were also cleared. It's a shortly after nine
:01:58. > :02:00.o'clock on the 15th of September 2011 that rescuers were called in to
:02:01. > :02:05.Gleision. The colliers had broken through to the old workings, the
:02:06. > :02:11.survivor compared the sound that followed to that of the jet engine.
:02:12. > :02:15.650,000 gallons of water then gushed through this hole into the area
:02:16. > :02:20.where the men were working. It engulfed them in seconds. The power
:02:21. > :02:26.and force of the flight showed by this jackknifed conveyor belt. The
:02:27. > :02:30.community rallied around providing food for the rescue workers and
:02:31. > :02:35.families as they face an anxious wait until the following day to
:02:36. > :02:38.enter the mind. They received the grim news that all four trapped men
:02:39. > :02:46.with that. We had to pump the water out and the teams had to go in
:02:47. > :02:49.through slurry and silt and dig their way through to get and
:02:50. > :02:53.retrieve the bodies. The colliers had been working towards an
:02:54. > :02:57.abandoned part of the mind to try to improve ventilation. The men were
:02:58. > :03:02.preparing to blast into the old workings here. The prosecution
:03:03. > :03:06.claimed Holcombe Fifield had not properly inspected the area to make
:03:07. > :03:10.sure there wasn't any water. He always maintained he had gone down
:03:11. > :03:14.this road with on three separate occasions including the day before
:03:15. > :03:19.and had found no evidence of the trapped body of water. Mr Fyfield
:03:20. > :03:23.was down the mine with the men when it happened. One of three survivors
:03:24. > :03:27.who managed to escape. He has never recovered from the event that they
:03:28. > :03:30.are still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now
:03:31. > :03:36.abandoned and overgrown, this is Gleision today. The mine's enters
:03:37. > :03:43.barely visible, Op skewered by a fallen tree. Miners helmets can be
:03:44. > :03:45.glimpsed between leaves. -- obscured. This trial has shed light
:03:46. > :03:49.on what happened here in 2011. Three nurses from the
:03:50. > :03:52.Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board have been charged with
:03:53. > :03:55.wilful neglect. They were arrested last summer
:03:56. > :03:57.following allegations that patient notes were faked at the Princess
:03:58. > :04:01.of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. The women, all from Bridgend, were
:04:02. > :04:03.suspended, along with ten others, including one from Morriston
:04:04. > :04:12.Hospital in Swansea last year. Girls as young as 11 can get
:04:13. > :04:15.e-cigarettes easily from shops, friends, and parents, public health
:04:16. > :04:17.officials have warned. Awareness and use of the devices
:04:18. > :04:21.by girls is common in some parts Most could name five vapour
:04:22. > :04:24.flavours, while some did not know e-cigarettes
:04:25. > :04:34.could contain nicotine. The leader of the body that
:04:35. > :04:37.represents council bosses has accused the Welsh Government
:04:38. > :04:39.of ignoring their concerns over proposals to halve the number
:04:40. > :04:42.of local authorities in Wales. Bob Wellington also told his annual
:04:43. > :04:46.conference that local government was The Welsh Government insists that
:04:47. > :04:50.a series of mergers is essential. Are there any prizes
:04:51. > :04:53.in local government reorganisation? The seaside towns of Rhyl is
:04:54. > :04:58.in Denbighshire which could merge with neighbouring Conwy if
:04:59. > :05:01.recommendations set out in a report Would people here be sad to see
:05:02. > :05:08.the back of Denbighshire? It will mean, perhaps, there would
:05:09. > :05:14.be more resources to go around, I think most of the money will go to
:05:15. > :05:20.Conwy and Llandudno. Down the road, the market town
:05:21. > :05:24.of Abergele is part of Conwy. How do the people here feel about
:05:25. > :05:28.merging with their neighbours? It's smaller and more personable
:05:29. > :05:32.but you would also get better I think Conwy Council does
:05:33. > :05:38.a better job than In another part of Conwy, Llandudno,
:05:39. > :05:42.council leaders were gathering The Local Government Minister Lesley
:05:43. > :05:48.Griffith set out a timetable for new elections
:05:49. > :05:54.and insisted change is on its way despite scepticism
:05:55. > :05:57.among some council leaders that What this is
:05:58. > :06:03.about is ensuring we have local governments fit for the 21st
:06:04. > :06:06.century, resilient local authorities The messages is,
:06:07. > :06:10.wake up and smell the coffee. The council leaders say now is not
:06:11. > :06:14.the time as they are being asked to deliver English style cuts with
:06:15. > :06:22.Welsh Government style ambition. Local government is being squeezed
:06:23. > :06:25.and have been squeezed for the last three years. There is worse coming
:06:26. > :06:27.down the track. We need to have
:06:28. > :06:29.a proper discussion and dialogue with the Welsh Government
:06:30. > :06:31.in order to put things in place, The holidaymakers have been out
:06:32. > :06:36.in balmy Llandudno this week but there is nothing to allow
:06:37. > :06:43.councils to relax. The Welsh Labour Party meets this
:06:44. > :06:46.weekend to try to decide The Assembly's Presiding Officer has
:06:47. > :06:51.said no further action will be taken after claims Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay
:06:52. > :06:55.was drunk in the Senedd chamber. A member of the public complained
:06:56. > :06:58.about his demeanour and delivery Wales' women strengthened
:06:59. > :07:04.their grip on second place in their World Cup qualifyingGroup with a 3-0
:07:05. > :07:08.win over Belarus this afternoon. Natasha Harding's late hat-trick
:07:09. > :07:11.secured the away victory, leaving them five points
:07:12. > :07:14.behind group leaders England. Four runners-ups from the seven
:07:15. > :07:18.pools will go into the play-offs. Wales play England next on August
:07:19. > :07:22.the 21st. Wales have made two changes for the
:07:23. > :07:26.second Test against South Africa with Samson Lee replacing Adam Jones
:07:27. > :07:30.in the front row and Josh Turnbull Scrum half Mike Phillips keeps
:07:31. > :07:35.his place despite pressure from Scarlets number nine Gareth
:07:36. > :07:39.Davies who remains on the bench. Coach Warren Gatland says the team
:07:40. > :07:44.want to finish the season off with a big performance on Saturday
:07:45. > :08:08.and show what they're capable of. in for a drive we are in for a dry
:08:09. > :08:13.weekend thanks to high pressure. A few clouds, one of two missed
:08:14. > :08:19.patches forming and a comfortable night. Then, lowers temperatures
:08:20. > :08:25.10-14 degrees. Tomorrow morning will be nice and dry with any early mist
:08:26. > :08:29.disappearing. Some lovely sunshine. The reason for this spell of fine
:08:30. > :08:32.weather is high pressure over the Atlantic and it is going to stay
:08:33. > :08:37.with us right through the weekend. Tomorrow across the UK, most of the
:08:38. > :08:40.country dry. There will be some clouds around the sunny spells as
:08:41. > :08:45.well and lovely sunshine on much of the coasts and stop the exception of
:08:46. > :08:54.the far north of Scotland. A few spots of rain on Shetland. 23
:08:55. > :08:56.Celsius in London. In Wales, it is looking drive with patchy cloud in
:08:57. > :09:00.the south. The south. Otherwise glorious sunshine with the highest
:09:01. > :09:04.temperatures in the south and south-east, after 22. A little bit
:09:05. > :09:08.cooler in the north and west especially on the coast with the
:09:09. > :09:12.breeze off the sea. As we look forward to the weekend, Saturday is
:09:13. > :09:16.the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. It is looking quite
:09:17. > :09:20.promising, tried with some clouds around with good sales of sunshine
:09:21. > :09:24.as well. Again it'll be one missed in the south that even of the north
:09:25. > :09:29.and west coasts where you will have a breeze, it will feel pleasant. The
:09:30. > :09:33.antiques road show is visiting to be a house on Sunday in Newport. Fine
:09:34. > :09:38.and warmth there. The viewer heading to the seaside on Sunday there will
:09:39. > :09:42.be some strong sunshine so don't forget the sun cream. The sea
:09:43. > :09:45.temperature around 16 Celsius. Some lovely weather this weekend and that
:09:46. > :09:49.is more to come next week. That's all for now. We'll be back
:09:50. > :09:55.tomorrow at Breakfast.