14/07/2014 BBC Wales Today

David Jones has been sacked as Secretary of State for Wales.

It is part of a Cabinet reshuffle by the Prime Minister.

He'd been in the job less than two years.

Some MPs expect Stephen Crabb to take over.

If a it was all smiles on his promotion to the capitalist than two

years ago, but this afternoon, David Jones paid a different sort of visit

to Downing Street, sack and a Cabinet reshuffle by a prime

minister keen to freshen his team ahead of the general election next

year. He said he was not unhappy to be leaving the government. He said

he understood the position of David Cameron and that the Prime Minister

would get his total support. Why was he sacked? There were tensions with

the Welsh government. You would expect that between politicians of

different parties. More significant word attentions on his own side,

with conservatives in the National Assembly. There were differences

over devolution, even over who got top billing at party conferences.

Those pensions did not go unnoticed in Downing Street. Political

opponents found Mr Jones hostile to devolution. He had very definite

views which were public, which were against any further devolution. As

witnessed by four or five references to cases between This Place and the

Welsh government, to the Supreme Court and the last few months, all

of which, incidentally, have been won by the Welsh government. It has

not been easy in terms of discussing further devolution. MPs expect Mr

Jones to be replaced by his deputy, Stephen Crabb.

From my point of view it is a Pembrokeshire Colleague.

It will put an important spotlight on our

part of south-west Wales. And in all the years that I have known Stephen,

he has got a very shrewd brain. He understands business, he understands

politics, he understands Wales and he will bring a nice, refreshing and

different approach to the way in which politics is seen in Wales.

Most importantly, the way that the Rest of the World sees Wales, and

they will see him as somebody they can do business with. Stephen

Crabb's or job to go to the Vale of Glamorgan MP or amid concern that

the North might be underrepresented by the MP for Aberconwy. Stephen

Crabb is likely to strike a different tone at the Wales office,

which might include ditching the ministerial Jaguar and walking the

Cabinet meetings. -- walking too. A woman from Carmarthenshire who

stole ?8,500 from a friend's memorial fund has been given

a two year suspended jail sentence. Natalie Thomas admitted taking

the money from the Bandi Appeal, set up to raise money for

a new childrens unit at Glangwili The 22-year-old died

in a car crash two years ago. She was on her way to be fitted

for a bridesmaids' dress. Up to 40 jobs could go

at a bakery in Swansea Swansea Bakeries Limited said it was

consulting with staff and unions, after Hovis decided it would use

its own factory in Bristol. The firm says it'll do everything it

could to mitigate the contract loss. There's criticism tonight that

expectant mums in Wales are not getting the most

effective screening available Improved tests to detect

the chances of a child being born with Down's Syndrome are now

available to parents in north Wales, but despite guidance being issued

in 2008, that's still not available across Wales, unless you're prepared

to pay for it. And laying the foundations

for their future family, Tests and scans are available,

to test for the baby being born with But that test depends

on where you live. The current testing for Down's

syndrome involves a blood test There is a better more effective

test that has been done in England But nowhere else

in Wales offers that at the moment. The fact that improved testing is

patchy, six years after guidance was issued saying all woman should have

it, has prompted criticism. You know much earlier

in your pregnancy. So, obviously,

there are some women who decide not to proceed with that pregnancy, and

that decision is much easier if it And it gives much greater certainty

the woman because You're trying to measure a small

amount of fluid at the back of the baby's neck, so ultrasound equipment

has had to be upgraded and the imaging system of the pictures for

quality control purposes and there is a major training being

undertaken to train sonographers. But one of the issues is, there is

no funding that comes with this. Just because the test is available

doesn't mean everyone will want one. I didn't feel it was necessary, the

screening. It would not have changed

my decision to do anything at all. And I feel that the money could be

spent in other ways in the NHS. The Welsh Government says that the

screening is being phased in across the rest of Wales but it has been

been a complex process with the additional impact on midwifery and

radiology capacity and the logistics of upgrading software has taken

some time to work through. It is hoped that

the new screening will be available More public land could be freed up

to allow people to grow their own food under

Welsh Government proposals. Across Wales, local authorities are

struggling to meet demand The Government says it wants more

gardeners to enjoy the health and social benefits

a vegetable patch can provide. We know that there was public land

available which is not always best used wells in the ownership of the

local authority, Welsh government, or others. Land is available and it

could be better used. We want to make sure that we assess demand more

accurately and make provisions so that the land is there to be used.

Scientists are looking into what is causing a spate of attacks by

bottlenose dolphins of the West Wales coast. It is not rare for

dolphins to attack poor boys is, but the frequency of recent attacks is

unusual. -- the attack poor poisoners. One of the meat reasons

might be food, is there enough food in the area which we have seen a

number of big fish being caught in the day, NUT. Hunting skills could

be that they are teaching each other hunting skills. With the Marine

environment, it is ethical to tell why things are actually happening.

There could be some sunshine on the way, couldn't bear, Sue? Yes, and

definitely turning warmer. It has been a cloudy start. Becoming

brighter and warmer with the chance of a thundery breakdown later in the

week. Patchy rain clearing East, the leader mostly dry but crabby like.

And it will be mild with overnight though temperatures between 12-15

Celsius. Tomorrow, a cloudy start, and a similar story across the UK.

Showers pulling the south-west Coast, then those listening to leave

a dry day with sunny spells. And temperatures creeping up into the

high teens across most of Scotland, and 25 Celsius possible in the

South-East of England. It is a fine enter the day across Wales, and with

light winds it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine. Through

tomorrow night, more cloud making its way in from the west. Some

coastal showers possible. But the dry and mild might foremost. Then

from midnight we see high pressure building from the South, and these

weather fronts are not too far away. Some sunny spells further east,

warming up with temperatures beginning to rise into the low 20s,

but also, some rain pushing in from the west later on. By Thursday, we

start to drag up this humid air from Spain and France, with some hot,

sunny spells, so this will bring greater chances of thunder and

torrential downpours, Thursday and Friday. The end of the week looking

much warmer with temperatures into the mid-20s or the high 20s. Sunny

at times with the risk of heavy showers, and a bit less humid, but

still warm as we head into next weekend. Keep up with the latest on

the website. We will have more news for you in BBC Breakfast starting

from 6:25am tomorrow. Thank you for your company and a very good night

to you.