30/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:20.First look at the morning papers on the BBC News Channel in just is

:00:21. > :00:23.The family of Alfie Sullock, the six-week-old baby killed

:00:24. > :00:26.by his mother's boyfriend, say they don't believe they've had justice.

:00:27. > :00:28.Today 33-year-old Michael Pearce was jailed for nine years

:00:29. > :00:34.Alfie's grandfather says he's devastated.

:00:35. > :00:42.From Newport Crown Court, despite Nick Palit reports.

:00:43. > :00:49.The relief was etched on the faces of the whole family as they left

:00:50. > :00:57.court for the last time. The man responsible for killing Alfie was

:00:58. > :01:02.finally convicted, sentenced and behind bars, but there is

:01:03. > :01:03.frustration and anger that Michael Pearce was only found guilty of

:01:04. > :01:09.manslaughter and not murder. There is a lot of disappointment, we

:01:10. > :01:23.really do not feel justice has been done but it is not an acquittal, it

:01:24. > :01:24.is a result basically on behalf of the family. We were devastated at

:01:25. > :01:27.the spirits are high at the moment so we look forward to letting the

:01:28. > :01:34.baby rest in peace. Matthew -- Michael Pearce had suggested he

:01:35. > :01:38.looked after Alfie while his new girlfriend Donna Sullock went out

:01:39. > :01:53.for a first night since his birth but within a narrow and a half Alfie

:01:54. > :01:54.had suffered catastrophic injuries. Pearce had drunk five pints of peer

:01:55. > :01:56.in the pub earlier and suggested to Donna that they have a baby

:01:57. > :02:01.together. She had rejected the suggestion.

:02:02. > :02:16.Alfie died as a result of ten blows from an object, possibly a baseball

:02:17. > :02:21.shoe. The judge said, you inflicted multiple injuries on him and due to

:02:22. > :02:21.your denials we will never know whether you were motivated by

:02:22. > :02:29.jealousy. More than 300 fires have been

:02:30. > :02:31.started deliberately across Wales since the school holidays began 10

:02:32. > :02:32.days ago. That's despite warnings

:02:33. > :02:34.from the emergency services that the dry, hot weather can lead to

:02:35. > :02:46.them burning out of control. Grasslands blackened, the fire

:02:47. > :02:51.started deliberately. Young teenagers hanging around,

:02:52. > :02:59.light fires and disappear, not thinking about the consequences. A

:03:00. > :03:07.lot of these areas are areas of scientific interest. They take so

:03:08. > :03:08.long to regenerate, to grow back, it kills the wildlife. They are

:03:09. > :03:16.protected species in this area and it kills them as well. ISA -- I have

:03:17. > :03:24.seen maliciously started grass fires close up already this year. The

:03:25. > :03:36.smoke and smell hanging over the landscape for days but fires started

:03:37. > :03:47.deliberately take other forms, this primary school left scarred last

:03:48. > :04:05.night. Two teenagers have been arrested. Since the start of the

:04:06. > :04:07.holidays south Wales Fire and Rescue had to tackle 208 suspect fires. The

:04:08. > :04:08.total for Mid and West Wales was 103 and 22 for North Wales, 333

:04:09. > :04:09.deliberate fires in just ten days. 128 were grass fires and there were

:04:10. > :04:10.39 hoax calls across Wales. Laura Thomas tries to prevent youngsters

:04:11. > :04:15.from starting fires deliberately. Graphic videos are one of her tools.

:04:16. > :04:22.She works one-to-one with young people referred to her by the police

:04:23. > :04:29.and social services. It is about helping people to think about the

:04:30. > :04:33.consequences of what could happen. People who do not have a lot of

:04:34. > :04:39.sympathy for these young people, I can understand, but if we want to

:04:40. > :04:42.prevent it happening we need to engage positively with these young

:04:43. > :04:46.people and work with them rather than against them. Overall the

:04:47. > :04:51.number of deliberate fires is falling but emergency services say

:04:52. > :04:52.they still happen too often and still have the ability to put lives

:04:53. > :04:57.at risk. The wife and child

:04:58. > :04:59.of a man who killed them at their family home in Gwynedd were

:05:00. > :05:02.let down by mental health services, David Wyn Jones stabbed

:05:03. > :05:06.Suzanne Jones, who was 34, and their two-year-old son William, at their

:05:07. > :05:09.home in Tremadog two years ago. He later admitted manslaughter

:05:10. > :05:11.on the grounds The review said

:05:12. > :05:13.agencies should have shared information more quickly, but

:05:14. > :05:23.the outcome might not have changed. We need better care services

:05:24. > :05:25.for adults with autism in Wales. That's the view

:05:26. > :05:27.of an autism charity. It comes as the family

:05:28. > :05:29.of 20-year-old Claire Dyer, from Swansea,

:05:30. > :05:31.fight to stop her being moved to A court hearing will take place

:05:32. > :05:49.at the end of the week. As she updates a scrapbook of time

:05:50. > :05:52.spent with her daughter, Claire Dyer's mother knows it's soon will

:05:53. > :05:57.become more difficult to see her eldest child. We were not able to

:05:58. > :06:02.speak to Claire because she was not able to leave the Swansea unit where

:06:03. > :06:15.she is being cared for but her family have given us photographs to

:06:16. > :06:23.help tell the story. Claire has severe autism and for the last few

:06:24. > :06:29.years she has been looked after a few short -- a short distance from

:06:30. > :06:31.her home but now it has been recommended that she is moved to a

:06:32. > :06:35.specialist centre several hours away. She has told everybody she

:06:36. > :06:36.does not want to go that far. If she is five hours a way that is never

:06:37. > :06:42.going to work. Her parents acknowledge that her behaviour can

:06:43. > :06:47.be challenging and she has acute needs but moving her so far from

:06:48. > :06:53.home can only make the situation worse. Autism charities say they

:06:54. > :06:59.would like to see a better provision of care for autistic people in

:07:00. > :07:03.Wales. There are some units available but because the spectrum

:07:04. > :07:10.is so wide and the needs of individuals are some effort

:07:11. > :07:19.different it is difficult to pinpoint what services you can put

:07:20. > :07:24.in one place. -- are so different. Claire was due to move today but her

:07:25. > :07:27.family managed to get an injunction. A court hearing will take place on

:07:28. > :07:32.Friday to decide what happens next. At the Commonwealth Games,

:07:33. > :07:34.the boxers have guaranteed at least another four medals to

:07:35. > :07:36.Team Wales' tally of 27. Among those who won today was

:07:37. > :07:38.defending bantamweight champion He's through to the semi-finals

:07:39. > :07:41.after a split-decision win over But a disappointing day for

:07:42. > :07:45.Dai Greene. The defending 400 metre hurdles

:07:46. > :07:48.champion didn't make it through His pre-Games preparations had

:07:49. > :08:08.been badly affected by injury. Way off his best, and he is not the

:08:09. > :08:14.athlete he was a couple of seasons ago. That was Dai Greene's honest

:08:15. > :08:21.assessment after failing to reach the final. It was only his second

:08:22. > :08:25.race of the season. The former world and European champion has struggled

:08:26. > :08:29.with injuries, three hernia operations last year. A few months

:08:30. > :08:37.ago I did not think I would be here. I would love to be running better

:08:38. > :08:41.but I made some mistakes, it does show, and I think I was too

:08:42. > :08:46.aggressive. He fears his season has finished early and does not think he

:08:47. > :08:51.will compete at the European Championships next month. After a

:08:52. > :08:54.difficult year for Dai Greene, disappointment in Glasgow. He will

:08:55. > :09:04.not get the chance to defend his title. He has worked so hard but I

:09:05. > :09:11.would just knock the season on the head and Professor next season. Four

:09:12. > :09:24.years ago, different story, Wales' hurdle is 12 medals. Dai Greene's

:09:25. > :09:29.stature in world at the is a shadow of what it once was. -- world

:09:30. > :09:33.athletics. And another of Wales' defending

:09:34. > :09:35.champions has seen Lawn bowls singles champion Robert

:09:36. > :09:39.Weale was beaten by Australia's Aron Sheriff, failing to make the

:09:40. > :09:41.last eight of men's singles. Rugby, and the BBC

:09:42. > :09:44.and S4C have reached a new agreement to show Pro12 matches next season,

:09:45. > :09:47.as part of a four-year rights deal. The broadcasters will share

:09:48. > :09:49.fixtures across the season. Scrum Five Live will show games

:09:50. > :09:52.on the BBC on Fridays, and S4C will Cricket, and Glamorgan have lost to

:09:53. > :09:57.Nottinghamshire in the Royal London One Day Cup

:09:58. > :10:00.at the Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan finished

:10:01. > :10:05.their 50 overs on 227-8. But Nottinghamshire won by three

:10:06. > :10:22.wickets, with nine balls remaining. This month, like June, has been

:10:23. > :10:27.drier, warm and sunnier than average, but as we look ahead it

:10:28. > :10:27.will turn more unsettled over the next few days,

:10:28. > :10:33.will turn more unsettled over the next low pressure ringing rain and

:10:34. > :10:38.showers and a slight drop in temperature. Tonight, a few showers

:10:39. > :10:43.in the North, becoming more widespread later in the night.

:10:44. > :10:48.Southern counties should stay dry and fairly warm. Tomorrow morning

:10:49. > :10:55.some places will strike -- start of dry and bright. There will be

:10:56. > :11:00.showers about, however, some on the heavy showers. If you are caught in

:11:01. > :11:06.a shower tomorrow it could be heavy, the risk of thunder,

:11:07. > :11:11.especially in Scotland, but south-east England should stay

:11:12. > :11:16.largely dry. For the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow showers are

:11:17. > :11:23.expected, a little sunshine, the wind lighter than today. Some

:11:24. > :11:35.showers in Brecon share and Monmouthshire could be heavy but

:11:36. > :11:41.some places will miss them, especially in North Wales. This area

:11:42. > :11:45.of low pressure will move up across the UK over the weekend. More rain

:11:46. > :11:49.and heavy showers on Saturday but Sunday should be better, more in the

:11:50. > :11:58.way of dry weather and some sunshine.

:11:59. > :12:01.We're back in Breakfast from six tomorrow morning.

:12:02. > :12:08.Thank you for watching. From all of us on the programme, goodnight.