:00:11. > :00:15.The number of eye patients waiting more than nine months
:00:16. > :00:18.for their first appointment with a consultant, has more than doubled in
:00:19. > :00:23.Doctors say they're under increasing strain because of the new treatments
:00:24. > :00:28.that are now available - as Natasha Livingstone reports.
:00:29. > :00:31.Marilyn Campbell from Cardiff has been learning to cope with very
:00:32. > :00:47.She suffers with secondary glaucoma, which means she only has 1% vision.
:00:48. > :00:53.Someone asked me what is the worst thing about my bylaws, I said one to
:00:54. > :00:55.need to. I just can't decide when I get up
:00:56. > :01:05.in the morning I am going to do so and so,
:01:06. > :01:09.everything has got to be planned. Marilyn didn't have to wait to be
:01:10. > :01:12.seen when she was diagnosed, but understands the frustrations
:01:13. > :01:25.of needing treatment. She has to see
:01:26. > :01:28.a consultant every four months to keep her eye condition under
:01:29. > :01:46.control, but says her appointments Headaches is one of the things that
:01:47. > :01:51.means the pressure is rising. I have lost so much.
:01:52. > :01:55.I'm very frightened because I've lost so much
:01:56. > :01:59.Nearly 100,000 people in Wales have sight loss problems.
:02:00. > :02:02.In the past year alone, the number of eye patients waiting more than 36
:02:03. > :02:05.weeks for their first consultant appointment has more than doubled.
:02:06. > :02:07.Welsh Government figures show they increased from more than 4,500 to
:02:08. > :02:18.We are looking at how we use optometrists are a lot better.
:02:19. > :02:20.The Welsh Government say it's looking at changing
:02:21. > :02:23.the way eye care is delivered and launched its first eye health
:02:24. > :02:28.Marilyn says she hopes it could lead to less delays in the future.
:02:29. > :02:33.You can hear more on this story on BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales
:02:34. > :02:36.The Welsh Assembly's Presiding Officer and AM for Newport West,
:02:37. > :02:38.Dame Rosemary Butler, has announced she will stand down
:02:39. > :02:42.She spent 24 years as a councillor in Newport,
:02:43. > :02:45.before becoming an Assembly Member in 1999 - and was elected
:02:46. > :02:50.She was made a Dame in the New Years' Honours list, for
:02:51. > :03:05.Proud as a strange word but I have had the most amazing time. I have
:03:06. > :03:10.met the most amazing people and at the beginning for making history for
:03:11. > :03:19.the assembly for Wales was something I had never thought of.
:03:20. > :03:22.A bone marrow donor has been found for an 8 year old girl from Cardiff,
:03:23. > :03:25.who was diagnosed with a rare syndrome three months ago.
:03:26. > :03:27.Hollie Clark's family sparked a huge social media campaign, encouraging
:03:28. > :03:31.people to put pants on their heads in a bid to get more names on the
:03:32. > :03:33.donor register - and celebrities like Sam Warburton got involved.
:03:34. > :03:36.Her family say they're "thrilled" - but that the campaign will continue.
:03:37. > :03:39.Plans for a new Welsh Language centre in Cardiff have been
:03:40. > :03:41.announced, at the city's annual Welsh Language festival.
:03:42. > :03:43.The ambition is to create somewhere for people to learn -
:03:44. > :03:49.as well as a research centre for language and bilingualism.
:03:50. > :03:55.This is an exciting project that draws on the strong tradition in
:03:56. > :04:00.Cardiff and Wales for the Welsh language. It is a fantastic asset
:04:01. > :04:05.that we need to do more to sell to the world. A centre like this can
:04:06. > :04:06.help with tourism, in terms of education.
:04:07. > :04:15.The weather forecast now with Owain Wyn Evans.
:04:16. > :04:24.It was a mishmash as far as the weather was concerned. I want to
:04:25. > :04:27.show you the weather chart showing you these weather fronts making
:04:28. > :04:35.their way across the country. Making its way across the East, behind at
:04:36. > :04:40.things clearing up nicely behind it. Temperatures made to high teens.
:04:41. > :04:44.Onto tomorrow morning, there are some bright spells across the
:04:45. > :04:52.country, cloudy first thing and then goes clearing through the day.
:04:53. > :04:56.Temperatures around 20 or 21 Celsius. The outlook is not
:04:57. > :04:58.disappointing. We are hanging onto these relatively high temperatures,
:04:59. > :05:01.high temperatures. We'll have another update for
:05:02. > :05:04.you tomorrow evening at 5.50pm. But for now, from everyone here,
:05:05. > :05:18.have a lovely evening. We are seeing thunderstorms
:05:19. > :05:23.developing. Some of these will stay with us well on into the evening to
:05:24. > :05:24.be replaced with outbreaks of rain later in the