05/08/2014 BBC Wales Today


05/08/2014

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A fifty stone man from the Vale of Glamorgan - who lost more than

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half his body weight after paying for surgery in India - says, the NHS

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in Wales needs to rethink how they treat morbidly obese patients.

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Thousands of people are waiting for gastric operations -

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because the criteria for carrying out the surgery here is stricter

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But, with almost a quarter of adults classed as obese - funding treatment

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At 50 stone, Zac Smith was eating himself into an early grave and in

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his 30s, he realised he needed help. It was at the funeral of my

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stepfather, I was down to carry the coffin and I could not walk down the

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aisle of the Church to my seat. All I kept thinking was, what next? He

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thought he would qualify for an operation, but he was turned down

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under NHS rules in Wales. His only option was to go to India for a

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?9,000 private operation, surgery to have a gastric sleeve that it helped

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him lose weight. After losing so much weight, he was left with three

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stone of loose skin. He asked the NHS for another operation to remove

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it, but he was turned down. At 6-foot five, he was told he would

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effectively have to reduce his weight to 12.5 stone. I do not know

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how someone of my size, my height, how I can get the weight down to

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that. So, it was back to India where he kept a video diary as he had

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another operation. Fingers crossed. In Wales, there are 15,000 super

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obese people who would like to have operations, but the NHS committee

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which decides how money for surgical procedure should be spent says the

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answer is likely to be known. The plastic surgery service cannot

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commit, does not have the resources and we cannot... It is about making

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choices. But a senior surgeon is warning that soaring rates of morbid

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obesity are threatening the future of the NHS in Wales. If we do not

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care about this, we are going to find our NHS falling apart within

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the next 15 or 20 years. The government says it is planning to

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increase these operations to catch up with the rates in England. With a

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backlog and increasing demand, however, the pressure, like the

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problem is growing. A deputy leader of Powys council

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has resigned after using a racial Myfanwy Alexander used the n-word

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in a debate about cross-border After initially refusing to step

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down, Public Health Wales has confirmed

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that one person is voluntarily staying off work

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and limiting their contact with other people after possible exposure

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to the Ebola virus. The individual DOES NOT have

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symptoms, and there are no cases of ebola in Wales, but the precaution

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has been taken after the person Campaigners hoping to reverse a

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decision to close inpatient beds at Cardigan Hospital have been given

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permission for a judicial review. The group argued the health board

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should have consulted on the plan. Hywel Dda University health board

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says - it feels it complied with its legal obligations, but will

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continue to work with the court. Illegal off-roading - using

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motorbikes and 4x4s - in forests Natural Resources Wales says it's

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joined forces with North Wales Police and landowners to

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restrict access to protected areas. It's claimed that vehicles are

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damaging property Illegal off-roading means taking

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a vehicle anywhere it's not meant This is one

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of the more extreme cases - the driver of this 4x4 was jailed

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last year for dangerous driving The forests and fields of

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North Wales were a major draw for organisers of the Wales Rally GB

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- but while this has been carefully managed to allow vehicles legal

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access to the countryside that doesn't mean

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the same rule applies elsewhere. We are in a special area of

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conservation and this is an internationally important

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landscape, where these sorts of activities are not allowed and just

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because we have these organised events, it does not really mean

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anyone else can come in and carry on as they choose.

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Haf Morris owns a farm in the Ceiriog Valley near Wrexham.

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As well as facing abuse from illegal off roaders who use her land, she's

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We had to put locks on the gates and literally the last lot came up and

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drove through the gates, broke both of them in half and went up onto our

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private land, onto the grassland and made a mess, because it was the end

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of March and we know how wet the winter was. It is not just property

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and the environment that they're the scars of illegal off-roading, those

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who participate in this are putting themselves at risk of long-lasting

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damage. Sergeant Wesley Williams is

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on patrol in parkland in Wrexham. It's a hotspot for youngsters

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on motorbikes. We have had a couple of accidents

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where youths have come off the bikes and have had significant

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life-changing injuries as a result. In an attempt to reduce the problem,

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police and Natural Resources Wales have joined forces to build barriers

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and increase signs across rural Legal routes are available usually

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run by clubs and offer all the thrills without

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harming the environment. Police are investigating

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the death of a man in his 20s - thought to have been found

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at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, His body was discovered on Monday

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night and is being treated as unexplained -

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the man's family has been told. A group -- trying to reopen a

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leisure centre in Wrexham -- has had its bid for a 50 thousand pounds

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grant rejected by councillors. Plas Madoc centre was closed earlier

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this year as part of budget cuts. The Splash Community Trust are

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working to get it reopened. The building is due to be demolished

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by the end of September. Wales and Cardiff Blues centre

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Owen Williams is making progress following a significant spinal cord

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injury six weeks ago. The 22 year old -- who posted this

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photo on social media while recovering at Rookwood Hospital --

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has seen improvements in his arms. He'll also be progressing to

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sitting up in the next few weeks. A statement, released by the Blues,

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says, while its still early days - At the Eisteddfod in Llanelli,

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the Daniel Owen memorial prize was awarded for the best novel,

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in the pavilion. The winner was Lleucu Roberts

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from Rhostryfan near Caernarfon. She takes away the five-thousand

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prize for her book. The judges said she showed she has a

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sound understanding of human nature. You can keep up to date with all

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the events at the Eisteddfod There's live coverage

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of all the action from the pavilion, with English commentary,

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as well as results, video highlights Let's get the weather -

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Sue Charles has tonight's forecast. Some heavy rain across Wales, we got

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this photograph of flash flooding earlier and the heavy rain will move

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into the north across Wales tonight. Some heavy bursts are likely at

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times and the Met Office is warning that up to 40 millimetres could fall

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overnight and it will be a mild night with overnight lows of between

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14 and 17 degrees. A great start, but the rain should ease, some cloud

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around, but drier, brighter and breezy conditions and that front

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moves north eastwards, bringing rain across the east of the UK. Turning

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drier and brighter, just the odd isolated shower, but for most,

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decent sized bells, highs between 17 degrees in Glasgow and 22 in London.

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Showers and sunny spells in Wales. Thursday is one of the best days of

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the way, largely dry with sunny spells, a small shower will risk,

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lighter winds, Friday starts try and bright, the risk of rain later, a

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better chance of staying dry further north -- drive. -- dry. This is the

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remnants Which? Remnants of a hurricane crossing late Saturday

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into Sunday -- remnants. A mixed picture, generally dry and brighter

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on Saturday, but it could be wet and windy on Sunday.

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Week in Week Out is next tonight -- investigating obesity surgery

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That's Wales Today thank you for watching - from all of us

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