26/06/2014 BBC Wales Today


26/06/2014

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Cardiff Council have approved the biggest building project

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The local development plan spells out where in the capital 41,000

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Around half have either already been built or been approved by planners

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but the remaining 18,000 are proving controversial with objectors raising

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concerns over transport links and building on the green belt.

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Some critics have said it will ruin Cardiff's reputation

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The result was not unexpected. The new local development plan for

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Cardiff approved. The decision came after two hours of debate. I don't

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want to see a Cardiff that is growing, and with good quality

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locally -based housing for its workers. In the last two years this

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Labour administration has started to fix the problem in the city and we

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will fix the housing shortage we face. What you are going to adopt

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this evening is a chart of the landowners and building companies to

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make massive profit in the city and it's us, the citizens, who are going

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to pay the price. So what will it mean? In 2006 it was proposed that

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the 41,000 new homes should be built in the city by 2026. 23,000 of these

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have already been built or have planning approval. But more than

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13,000 are now planned for five greenfield sites across the city.

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The council says the local development plan will shape the city

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for the future in a way which is sustainable and forward-thinking.

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But others believe development on the scale proposed in the areas

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earmarked under this plan will bring traffic chaos. Down the road, we

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know there is going to be a bus lane but in opposite the BBC studios but

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that will only go so far. When it gets to hear, it is going to be

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gridlock. Cardiff will get a reputation as a gridlock city.

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You'll get 20,000 commuters from 20,000 homes coming down that road

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and they are going to be at a standstill. Those backing the plan

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believe it it will deliver 40,000 new jobs. It will now be examined by

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the Welsh Government. Serious concerns

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about NHS finances in Wales have It comes after the announcement that

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three Welsh health boards failed to balance their books by the end

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of the financial year. Cardiff and Vale University Health

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Board, Hywel Dda University Health Board and Powys Teaching Board each

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overspent by almost ?20 million. The Health Minister says

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the problems must be addressed A jury at Newport Crown Court has

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heard how a man who shot his wife Gary Bidmore, who was the partner

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of Caroline Parry when she died, said Christopher Parry became

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"aggressive" after she walked out on He said

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the 49-year-old verbally abused her, Mr Parry denies murdering

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Caroline Parry in Newport in August, The audit office is looking into the

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regeneration investment fund for Wales but Chris Holley says it

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delivered value for money. The regeneration investment fund for

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Wales carried out one of the biggest sales of publicly owned land in

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Wales for many years and included this, 120 acres of farmland on the

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northern edge of Cardiff. It was sold to the private sector for

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around ?15,000 an acre. Four months later it was included in the

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council's planning blueprint for new housing. It means all of this could

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become some of the most valuable residential land in Wales. It has a

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potential increase in value of tens of millions of pounds. So why didn't

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they wait longer before selling? It is a question I put Chris Holley,

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the first senior member of the fund to speak openly about the deal. It

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is a very long trawler process with enormous amounts of illegal

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activity. Did you think, the value of this land is about to increase

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traumatically, did you ever ask the question, are we doing the right

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thing? The one thing I know about planning is that it is the most

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unpredictable thing you can imagine. It is very difficult to second-guess

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planning officers. In all 16 sites were sold by the regeneration

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investment fund for Wales. The sites were sold to the private sector for

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?21 million. The Welsh Government has said there are serious questions

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and has brought it under the direct control of ministers. The latest

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development from South Wales polices confirmation they will be no

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criminal investigation. I am relieved because I know we did

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nothing wrong. We followed the guidelines and did everything

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according to what the governance of any board should do. Staff here at

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the audit office will be putting the finishing touches on the report this

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summer and will be focusing on wide at a time when even relatively

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modest deals done by the public sector go through an open tendering

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process, here we had one of the biggest sales of publicly owned land

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in recent years in Wales and it was done privately rather than through

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some form of public auction. An inquest concluded the officers did

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not take appropriate action including administering first aid

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for how well he was. He was injured in a struggle with two bouncers at

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abandon the club. -- at a bank got a nightclub.

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A search is underway to find a man from Denbigh who failed to

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73-year-old Arthur Jones had been staying in Chania on Crete.

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He told his family he was going walking in the hills last week

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He was due to fly back to the UK on Tuesday.

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People might have returned from holiday last week and may have

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bumped into him in the hills. They might not be aware he is missing. If

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they see any thing that rings a bell, he is the sort of person you

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will remember so I just hope somebody knows.

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Cycling, and Sir Bradley Wiggins has won the time trial event

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at the British National Road Championships in Monmouthshire.

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He finished more than a minute ahead of second place

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Geraint Thomas, who was hoping for a victory on home soil.

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Fellow welsh cyclist Luke Rowe finished fourth.

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Tonight, a band of rain will continue to move

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northeastwards, turning more showery through the early hours.

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Light winds and remaining cloudy, so a mild night with overnight lows

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Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over the south of the UK and that

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There is a Met Office warning in force for mid and south Wales

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Tomorrow's a cloudier day with some scattered showers.

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Potentially thundery downpours at times and that yellow warning

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extends across the Midlands and south of England.

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Unstable humid air and a band of heavy rain moving northwards.

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Thundery showers for some, but other places could miss the downpours.

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Across Northern Ireland, cloudier with some showers.

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Scotland getting the best of the sunshine tomorrow.

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Temperatures in the mid to high teens.

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Hit and miss showers to end the day across Wales with some

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And again feeling fresher with temperatures around 15C to 18C.

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Saturday, some early mist then showers will break out especially

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The north drier and brighter with some sunshine.

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One or two showers but more dry weather and sunny spells.

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So we lose the recent warm weather over the next few days.

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Temperatures nearer the seasonal average.

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Next week, sunny spells and scattered showers.

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We're back with updates from around 6:25am

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For now, from all of us here, good night.

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