:00:00. > :00:11.you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.
:00:12. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales Today - our top story.
:00:14. > :00:16.The hundreds of patients taken to hospital in police cars - because
:00:17. > :00:32.Local Police officers are not trained as paramedics so we're not
:00:33. > :00:47.able to give the same service that members of the public would expect.
:00:48. > :00:49.Should the electrification of the railway line between the south Wales
:00:50. > :01:00.Valleys and Cardiff be scrapped in favour of a tram system like this?
:01:01. > :01:04.A flawless performance on stage - but 'crisis' behind the scenes - now
:01:05. > :01:10.the Auditor General will investigate National Dance Company Wales.
:01:11. > :01:14.A hundred years ago - how the pride of Pembroke Dock was the first Royal
:01:15. > :01:17.Navy casualty of the First World War and - one and a quarter million
:01:18. > :01:25.pounds for new Welsh centres - will it stop the decline of the language?
:01:26. > :01:32.We will have reaction from the Eisteddfod.
:01:33. > :01:36.Hundreds of patients have been taken to hospital by the police because
:01:37. > :01:40.More than 600 sick and injured people were taken to
:01:41. > :01:42.hospital by three forces over a three-year period.
:01:43. > :01:44.The organisation which represents police officers says it's been
:01:45. > :01:46.raising the matter with Welsh government ministers for years.
:01:47. > :01:54.Our political correspondent Daniel Davies has the story.
:01:55. > :02:02.Stabbing victims, people who have attempted suicide, even someone with
:02:03. > :02:07.hypothermia. They have gone to hospital in police cars. Three of
:02:08. > :02:21.the four police forces provided figures. Gwent police took 109
:02:22. > :02:28.patients to hospital. South Wales also saw a big rise in the number of
:02:29. > :02:32.cases, the more than doubled last year. The police Federation says it
:02:33. > :02:38.has been raising the problem with the Welsh Government ministers for
:02:39. > :02:43.years. As a police officer and now, you can expect to put someone in a
:02:44. > :02:47.police vehicle because ambulances not available. Even if one is
:02:48. > :02:52.available, it may to be coming from 50 miles away when someone is
:02:53. > :02:59.bleeding out in your arms. You have to make a decision as to whether you
:03:00. > :03:02.take them to hospital or wait for the Adam Jones. These figures
:03:03. > :03:08.represent a tiny fraction of the demand faced by the Angeles service.
:03:09. > :03:13.It received 35,000 calls in June alone. Every time the police are
:03:14. > :03:20.forced to step in and help, it puts more pressure on the service they
:03:21. > :03:24.provide. 600 people transported to hospital in a police car rather than
:03:25. > :03:31.an ambulance over the next -- over the last three years. It is very one
:03:32. > :03:35.being for the individuals and an inappropriate use of the police
:03:36. > :03:41.services. The Angela and service is creaking at the seams and is under
:03:42. > :03:48.severe strain. -- the ambulance service. The Angela service says
:03:49. > :03:53.that works with police to reduce incidences where the wait for the
:03:54. > :03:59.ambulance to turn up. It is not the work of the police. I'm sure it is
:04:00. > :04:04.inappropriate in situations for police officers to decide whether to
:04:05. > :04:11.waste time or wait for an Angela and is well someone is injured. Without
:04:12. > :04:16.the facts, it is difficult to make a judgement. More people than ever
:04:17. > :04:20.call 999 financial Alonso. The service is frequently missed
:04:21. > :04:28.targets. More of the burden falls on the police and it will be a headache
:04:29. > :04:31.for the Welsh Government. How big a problem is this? The numbers may be
:04:32. > :04:36.small but it does not mean it is not a serious problem. The Welsh
:04:37. > :04:42.Government says these cases represent a very small proportion of
:04:43. > :04:46.calls to the Angela and service. In South Wales, for example, every
:04:47. > :04:52.other day a police car was on its way to hospital. It is not ideal for
:04:53. > :04:56.police or patients. The root cause is the pressure on the ambulance
:04:57. > :05:01.service, the number of calls from the public has trebled in the last
:05:02. > :05:06.20 years. That puts a strain on the health service and puts a lot of
:05:07. > :05:09.pressure on police as well. Thank you very much.
:05:10. > :05:12.Should the electrification of the railway line between the south Wales
:05:13. > :05:15.Valleys and Cardiff be scrapped in favour of a tram system?
:05:16. > :05:17.One rail industry expert has told this programme trams would
:05:18. > :05:26.Electrification is a key part of the metro project, which it's
:05:27. > :05:29.hoped will improve transport links into the capital city by 2030.
:05:30. > :05:35.Our business correspondent Brian Meechan reports.
:05:36. > :05:45.It is an ambitious plan but with a big price tag. It is hoped it will
:05:46. > :05:50.get rid of congestion like this, a daily headache for the thousands who
:05:51. > :05:55.travel into Cardiff for work. Trains, buses and trams will be
:05:56. > :05:59.brought together. The electrification of the Valleys's
:06:00. > :06:06.lines would make that network faster. It will cost ?463 million.
:06:07. > :06:12.Better solutions are available according to one expert. With
:06:13. > :06:16.electrification, you will get standard trains 35 years old and
:06:17. > :06:24.they will run much the same timetable. If we use different
:06:25. > :06:28.stalk, like trams, we could save time and offer a better service and
:06:29. > :06:36.more trains, all within the same budget. They have been successful
:06:37. > :06:40.elsewhere, Manchester moved to trams decades ago. But things have also
:06:41. > :06:45.gone wrong, the Edinburgh tram system was hit with a series of
:06:46. > :06:50.problems and came in over budget. The point of the Metro is to provide
:06:51. > :06:55.a cheap, reliable and regular reader to get from their communities like
:06:56. > :07:01.here to where businesses want to create jobs, often in Cardiff. They
:07:02. > :07:05.take the money they earn their and bring it back here to spend and
:07:06. > :07:12.services here and this is the local economy. People here want to see
:07:13. > :07:19.improvements in transport links. Trains are once an hour at the
:07:20. > :07:28.moment. Buses are great. It is always quicker to go by bus at the
:07:29. > :07:35.moment. The trainers and Aaron 20 minutes at the moment. Trams could
:07:36. > :07:39.be a plan B, if the ongoing dispute between the UK and Welsh Government
:07:40. > :07:46.over how electrification can be funded can't be resolved. Both won
:07:47. > :07:50.the other to pay for it. Business leaders want electrification and the
:07:51. > :07:55.Metro system delivered. The metal scheme is an integrated transport
:07:56. > :08:02.system. It looks that bringing in the bus network as well. There is an
:08:03. > :08:07.element of tram, like down in Cardiff Bay. The balance may shift
:08:08. > :08:11.in the future, but that is a plan there and let us work contract to
:08:12. > :08:17.deliver that. The Welsh Government will deliver a report soon. People
:08:18. > :08:20.in the Valleys will want to make sure the Metro stays on track.
:08:21. > :08:23.It's been confirmed that a body found on the Greek island
:08:24. > :08:25.of Crete is that of Arthur Jones from Denbighshire.
:08:26. > :08:27.The 73 year old went missing in June shortly after arriving
:08:28. > :08:32.An extensive search was launched involving North Wales Police.
:08:33. > :08:35.Mr Jones' family says he was found in a remote part of the island,
:08:36. > :08:40.A man has been jailed for life for murdering
:08:41. > :08:42.his sister's ex-boyfriend during a house party near Caerphilly.
:08:43. > :08:45.Ian Davies was stabbed by his former friend, Paul Mapps
:08:46. > :08:49.The judge said the 26 year old had shown no remorse, and must serve
:08:50. > :08:58.Cannabis plants have been discovered at a house where
:08:59. > :09:02.The house in Rhos near Wrexham was unoccupied
:09:03. > :09:05.when the fire broke out in the roof space - neighbours raised the alarm
:09:06. > :09:08.and had to evacuate their home while crews spent more than 3 hours
:09:09. > :09:15.The Welsh Government is investing more than ?1 million in new Welsh
:09:16. > :09:17.language learning centres across Wales.
:09:18. > :09:19.Making the announcement at the Eisteddfod, the
:09:20. > :09:21.First Minister said the facilities would give people an opportunity to
:09:22. > :09:33.Our reporter Cemlyn Davies is at the Eisteddfod in Llanelli.
:09:34. > :09:35.Jamie, here at the Eisteddfod everything is
:09:36. > :09:38.in Welsh and it's easy to forget the challenges facing the language
:09:39. > :09:44.And of course here in Carmarthenshire those challenges are
:09:45. > :09:48.as great as they are anywhere else following the last census figures.
:09:49. > :09:51.Today the Welsh Government revealed its plans to address the decline
:09:52. > :10:00.in Welsh speakers, but do they go far enough?
:10:01. > :10:07.The Welsh language is everywhere on the maes but it is a different story
:10:08. > :10:13.away from the Eisteddfod. This is the first time the estate ford has
:10:14. > :10:21.been held income come our adventure since census figures showed that
:10:22. > :10:26.those able to speak Welsh in the county is less than 50% for the
:10:27. > :10:33.first time. Today the first minister said his government is investing one
:10:34. > :10:40.and a quarter million pounds in new Welsh language centres across the
:10:41. > :10:42.country. We have not got the money we would like because of the
:10:43. > :10:48.financial situation we find ourselves then. We have targeted the
:10:49. > :10:54.money in this way, especially to ensure that young people with young
:10:55. > :10:58.families when they move into wheels, they have the opportunity to
:10:59. > :11:04.play a part in the community. These centres will help that. Carwyn Jones
:11:05. > :11:10.also launched a new campaign to encourage people to take small steps
:11:11. > :11:15.to use the language is part of their everyday life. For example using the
:11:16. > :11:20.Welsh option to withdraw cash and pay in supermarkets. Carwyn Jones
:11:21. > :11:24.needs to concentrate on the big things, the big policy changes we
:11:25. > :11:28.need so that we can all live in Welsh. The council has already
:11:29. > :11:33.published a report looking at ways to revive the language here. The
:11:34. > :11:38.Eisteddfod chief executive told Wales today the local authority
:11:39. > :11:45.could be doing more to engage with local businesses. Within this
:11:46. > :11:54.county, the Iraqi people who are very experienced business people. I
:11:55. > :11:59.cannot see why the county council does not try to engage these people
:12:00. > :12:04.and get them on board to use the expertise to help make sure the
:12:05. > :12:08.language flourishes. We take anything on board. The aim of the
:12:09. > :12:13.council is to improve the amount of people who speak Welsh by the next
:12:14. > :12:18.census. We have worked with local businesses running up to the
:12:19. > :12:23.Eisteddfod to give more of an understanding of the culture we have
:12:24. > :12:26.God regarding Welsh. It is clear that is a concerted effort to try
:12:27. > :12:30.and turn the tide here in Carmarthenshire and beyond by the
:12:31. > :12:40.way that should be done continues to divide opinion. That's it for now.
:12:41. > :12:42.Join me later when I will be backstage in the pavilion. Thank you
:12:43. > :12:46.very much. How the warship built
:12:47. > :12:50.in Pembrokeshire - became the first Royal Navy loss of the First World
:12:51. > :13:03.war - a hundred years ago today. It is a lovely evening here tonight
:13:04. > :13:08.but will it stay bright tomorrow? Find out later.
:13:09. > :13:10.Wales's financial watchdog is to investigate the public money given
:13:11. > :13:14.It follows criticism in a confidential report - obtained by
:13:15. > :13:17.BBC Wales earlier this year - which found the dance company's management
:13:18. > :13:24.The company receives the majority of its funding from the Arts Council.
:13:25. > :13:28.More from our Arts and Media Correspondent, Huw Thomas.
:13:29. > :13:30.Serenity on stage - National Dance Company Wales often
:13:31. > :13:36.But it's been chaotic behind the scenes,
:13:37. > :13:41.with disagreements, resignations and a crisis at the top of the company.
:13:42. > :13:44.A confidential report commissioned last summer - and seen by BBC Wales
:13:45. > :13:47.earlier this year - found the board of directors was "unable to function
:13:48. > :13:53.And was facing a "crisis in its governance and management."
:13:54. > :13:55.Its two artistic directors left the company last year,
:13:56. > :14:02.while five directors quit the board when the report was complete.
:14:03. > :14:05.National Dance Company Wales is based at the back of
:14:06. > :14:08.Wales Millennium Centre - it's a tenant, with its own offices
:14:09. > :14:12.It relies almost entirely on a significant grant
:14:13. > :14:16.from the Arts Council to do its work - ?850,000 this year -
:14:17. > :14:19.but it has already been given an additional ?40,000 to help with the
:14:20. > :14:27.Since last autumn it's been working with a diminished management team
:14:28. > :14:29.and board - those who resigned, yet to be replaced.
:14:30. > :14:33.And the public money involved - coupled with the problems it's faced
:14:34. > :14:49.He will be carrying out initial investigations into how the arts
:14:50. > :14:54.Council monitored the money given to them and how they can hold them to
:14:55. > :15:02.account. It is important that the public understand where their money
:15:03. > :15:04.is going. It is a large amount of money so we're trying to bring those
:15:05. > :15:10.issues to light. The dance company says it'll have
:15:11. > :15:13.a new management team in place later this year, and in the meantime
:15:14. > :15:16.- along with the Arts Council - it says it'll help the Auditor
:15:17. > :15:18.General with his investigation. He'll report his initial findings
:15:19. > :15:20.in the autumn. Campaigners fighting to save
:15:21. > :15:22.their leisure centre say they're confident of success despite Wrexham
:15:23. > :15:24.council rejecting The council will decide next month
:15:25. > :15:31.whether to hand Plas Madoc Leisure centre to
:15:32. > :15:33.a community trust or demolish it. Earlier this year under
:15:34. > :15:37.the management of Wrexham Council Plas Madoc Leisure
:15:38. > :15:39.centre played an important role But following proposed cuts
:15:40. > :15:45.of ?13 million this year it was closed while that same community
:15:46. > :15:59.tried to come up with The council will decide on the 9th
:16:00. > :16:03.of September whether to hand the lease over to the community but if
:16:04. > :16:06.the local trust is not in a position to take over its running, it will be
:16:07. > :16:07.demolished. Campaigners have long argued it's
:16:08. > :16:10.a crucial resource for a large And they say it can be
:16:11. > :16:22.run cost effectively. If the council wanted paid -- wanted
:16:23. > :16:27.to be done, that business plan will stack up. The result was a way to
:16:28. > :16:28.rubbish anything. I hope they wanted to succeed and take it forward as
:16:29. > :16:30.much as we do. Yesterday the council rejected
:16:31. > :16:31.a request to extend the demolition deadline to allow
:16:32. > :16:34.the trust more time to prepare But said they would be given
:16:35. > :16:45.as much help as possible. If we were to grant them a lease, we
:16:46. > :16:49.would allow the necessary time for it to be implemented. We need to
:16:50. > :16:54.agree the lease and give them sufficient time to implement. Every
:16:55. > :16:56.month we delay cost us ?10,000 and we don't have that money in our
:16:57. > :16:57.budget. The shutters are down at the
:16:58. > :17:00.Leisure Centre building now, but in just over a month campaigners
:17:01. > :17:02.should know whether they'll be She was the pride of Pembroke Dock -
:17:03. > :17:07.but her crew became the first Royal 100 years ago today,
:17:08. > :17:11.HMS Amphion hit a German mine and Sailors from Pembrokeshire
:17:12. > :17:15.were among those who died. She was the first British warship
:17:16. > :17:20.destroyed in the conflict, and as Carwyn Jones reports, her loss sent
:17:21. > :17:34.shockwaves through the country. In 1914 Pembroke dock was at the
:17:35. > :17:40.cutting edge of shipbuilding, producing huge vessels in large
:17:41. > :17:44.numbers. HMS Amphion was at the forefront of technology. When war
:17:45. > :17:54.was declared she set sail for the North Sea. Hello -- role was to lead
:17:55. > :18:03.flotillas of destroyers from East Anglia. The Germans had decided to
:18:04. > :18:12.mind the coast from the Thames estuary northwards. On the 5th of
:18:13. > :18:19.August 1914, HMS Amphion and two other ships attacked a German mine
:18:20. > :18:28.layer. She then hit one of those minds. She struck another and caused
:18:29. > :18:32.a major explosion. Deadly flu everywhere and the ship began to
:18:33. > :18:40.disintegrate. Within minutes it was gone. The war was rarely 30 hours
:18:41. > :18:47.old but already 141 men were dead. The crew were the first Royal Navy
:18:48. > :18:52.casualties of World War I. The music Pembrokeshire hard. Two local men
:18:53. > :18:58.lost their lives. In the dockyards, there was disbelief. Every ship that
:18:59. > :19:04.was built here, the dockyard workers had tremendous pride in the
:19:05. > :19:07.construction. When news came that HMS Amphion had been lost, there was
:19:08. > :19:15.tremendous shock and mourning in the town. During the First World War
:19:16. > :19:20.Pembroke dock lost six of its warships due to enemy action with a
:19:21. > :19:26.total loss of 1200 lives but HMS and be still cast a long shadow. She was
:19:27. > :19:32.the first of its vessels destroyed in action. Today she lies on the bed
:19:33. > :19:35.of the North Sea, a protected war grave. The first Royal Navy vessel
:19:36. > :19:40.lost in World War I. A Roman fort in Caernarfon has been
:19:41. > :19:43.reimagined thanks to CGI technology. But experts from Cadw have created
:19:44. > :19:47.this film showing what they think it The team used floor plans,
:19:48. > :19:51.aerial footage and artist impressions to digitally rebuild the
:19:52. > :19:54.fort, which at one time may have The success of Welsh athletes
:19:55. > :20:00.at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be celebrated at a special
:20:01. > :20:03.event in Cardiff Bay next month. Team Wales won its most medals ever,
:20:04. > :20:07.with 36 - The First Minister Carwyn Jones says
:20:08. > :20:11.the Welsh Government will host the homecoming at the Senedd
:20:12. > :20:26.on the 10th September. Let us head back to the Eisteddfod
:20:27. > :20:32.and the prizes. We're back stage in the pavilion
:20:33. > :20:35.now because competitions are Now the performers here will have
:20:36. > :20:43.been brought up in the Eisteddfod But what kind of experience does
:20:44. > :20:46.this festival offer people who've I met up with two students visiting
:20:47. > :20:53.the maes for the first time and I began by asking them why they've
:20:54. > :21:09.never been to an Eisteddfod before. It is obviously very elitist, you
:21:10. > :21:12.only come here if you speak Welsh. But at the same time the second
:21:13. > :21:20.language Welsh course in my school was not great. For me, it was a lack
:21:21. > :21:28.of knowledge of the language and the culture. If you can go away and
:21:29. > :21:40.record your experiences on this camera, I will catch up with you
:21:41. > :21:52.later on. This is called the maes. What does that mean? We do not know.
:21:53. > :22:03.What does maes mean? It literally means feel. We just did not know. We
:22:04. > :22:10.are going in here. We will find out what it means. Have you had a lot of
:22:11. > :22:19.people looking for learners books? Yes, we have two book for learners.
:22:20. > :22:25.Yesterday we sold a lot of them. Now we do not have many left for the
:22:26. > :22:40.rest of the week. I know the word for food. Now, that is the word for
:22:41. > :22:49.chips. How did you get on? Quite well. It was enjoyable. Everybody
:22:50. > :22:52.was very welcoming. It was nice to see so many people crammed into
:22:53. > :22:57.these coffee shops celebrating Welsh culture. It was fine. It was
:22:58. > :23:05.fantastic. Well very shortly we'll be finding
:23:06. > :23:08.out if anyone's won Earlier the prose medal was awarded
:23:09. > :23:12.to Lleucu Roberts from Rhostryfan near Caernarfon for her book,
:23:13. > :23:16.Saith Oes Efa. And you may remember she also won
:23:17. > :23:18.the Daniel Owen memorial prize And remember you can keep up to date
:23:19. > :23:28.with all the news from the maes, There's live coverage
:23:29. > :23:37.of all the action from the pavilion, with English commentary,
:23:38. > :23:56.as well as results, video highlights Just over 19,000 people have come
:23:57. > :24:00.here today. That is down on the previous five years but they have
:24:01. > :24:13.had a lovely day to enjoy. Let's find out what the weather will be
:24:14. > :24:16.like for visitors tomorrow. Tywydd braf yfory!
:24:17. > :24:18.Beautiful evening here on the Carmarthenshire coast overlooking
:24:19. > :24:22.the Loughor estuary and north Gower. A bit breezy but dry and sunny.
:24:23. > :24:25.Completely different to this time yesterday when dark rain clouds were
:24:26. > :24:27.on the way. Thankfully most of the puddles on
:24:28. > :24:32.the Maes have disappeared and there's more dry weather to come.
:24:33. > :24:38.If you're visiting to the Eisteddfod tomorrow, the sun cream will come in
:24:39. > :24:43.handy. It's going to be dry and sunny. The wind lighter than today
:24:44. > :24:52.so feeling warmer with a top temperature of 19 Celsius.
:24:53. > :25:06.Now it has been dry everywhere today, they have a been a few
:25:07. > :25:10.showers around. These will die away this evening to leave us all with a
:25:11. > :25:13.dry night. A few shallow mist and fog patches forming by dawn. Cooler
:25:14. > :25:18.than last night. Lowest temperatures around 9 Celsius in Snowdonia. 13 in
:25:19. > :25:22.Ammanford. Tomorrow's chart shows a ridge of
:25:23. > :25:27.high pressure over southern Britain and that means more settled weather.
:25:28. > :25:29.Tomorrow promises to be a nice day. Probably the best day of the week.
:25:30. > :25:32.Fine and dry with a good deal of sunshine. A few cumulus clouds
:25:33. > :25:37.developing. And it will turn out pleasantly warm. Top temperatures 18
:25:38. > :25:46.to 21 Celsius with light winds and sea breezes.
:25:47. > :25:50.Tomorrow night fairly straightforward. Fine and dry. Light
:25:51. > :25:54.winds and a comfortable night for sleeping. Lowest temperatures
:25:55. > :25:57.between 10 and 14 Celsius. Cool inland. Warmer on the coast.
:25:58. > :26:06.On Friday will bring more dry weather. Some sunshine. A few
:26:07. > :26:15.showers breaking but hopefully it will stay dry in Llanelli.
:26:16. > :26:19.The outlook. Saturday breezy with a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:26:20. > :26:28.Sunday now looks less threatening. The latest thinking is that the
:26:29. > :26:32.remains of storm Bertha will miss us and go further south. There's still
:26:33. > :26:39.a lot of uncertainty but at the moment it looks as if it will be
:26:40. > :26:49.fairly unsettled on Sunday but nothing too unusual for the time of
:26:50. > :26:51.year. So bright and breezy on the Maes
:26:52. > :26:57.today and we're in for a fine day tomorrow.
:26:58. > :27:11.Tywydd braf yfory! Thank you very much. The headlines. Boris Johnson
:27:12. > :27:17.has confirmed he wants to stand for a Parliamentary seat in next year's
:27:18. > :27:21.general election. He said it is unlikely he will stand for
:27:22. > :27:22.Conservative leader. Hundreds of patients had
:27:23. > :27:25.Conservative leader. Hundreds of patients been taken to hospital
:27:26. > :27:30.because an Angeles was not available. The police Federation has
:27:31. > :27:36.been raising the issue with the government for several years, it
:27:37. > :27:40.said. I will be back at ten o'clock. Do not forget our e-mail address if
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