:00:14. > :00:16.The Chief Executive of Pembrokeshire Council is to step aside with
:00:17. > :00:18.immediate effect following a row over unlawful payments he received.
:00:19. > :00:21.The council has announced that Bryn Parry Jones is taking a period of
:00:22. > :00:26.He's currently under investigation by police over cash payments he
:00:27. > :00:43.received instead of pension contributions.
:00:44. > :00:50.Last Friday, these protesters wanted the Chief Executive of the council
:00:51. > :00:54.to go. Today, he stepped aside for a period of absence after months of
:00:55. > :00:58.pressure for someone who has become a highly controversial figure. In
:00:59. > :01:01.January, the Wales Audit Office decided that cash payments made to
:01:02. > :01:06.Bryn Parry Jones and another senior council official instead of pension
:01:07. > :01:10.contributions were unlawful. That led to a police investigation but no
:01:11. > :01:15.evidence of any criminal offences was found. In July, the council
:01:16. > :01:21.decided not to take any further action to reclaim the money worth
:01:22. > :01:23.more than ?45,000. But a week later, a new police investigation
:01:24. > :01:29.was launched with fresh information. Now it is claimed Bryn
:01:30. > :01:33.Parry Jones spoke to two members of the council 's ruling independent
:01:34. > :01:37.group asking why they voted for him to give the money back. One of them
:01:38. > :01:41.says the chief executive has done the right thing. The Chief Executive
:01:42. > :01:48.has taken a very honourable position this morning, with himself and the
:01:49. > :01:51.leader. I think it is probably the right decision. The focus has been
:01:52. > :01:58.on the Chief Executive for the last 18 months. It is a distraction for
:01:59. > :02:01.the council. Some feel Bryn Parry Jones has blurred the lines between
:02:02. > :02:08.politics and the job of a neutral official. They have put him on
:02:09. > :02:13.gardening leave. It is quite nice burning full pay for this gardening
:02:14. > :02:17.leave. It is not much of a sanction, if you ask me. We need to move
:02:18. > :02:22.quickly to make sure that there is a real change in Pembrokeshire. This
:02:23. > :02:30.former Council Chief Executive says they do a tough job managing big
:02:31. > :02:34.budgets and thousands of staff. They are unusual because they along with
:02:35. > :02:39.one or two other senior officers on the council are subject to statutory
:02:40. > :02:42.protection. They actually are very well protected and the council would
:02:43. > :02:48.have to be very clear of its ground if it want to take any formal
:02:49. > :02:50.discipline reaction. It cannot also without a totally independent
:02:51. > :02:54.inspection by somebody outside of the council. The leader of
:02:55. > :02:57.Pembrokeshire Council says Bryn Parry Jones 's departure is in the
:02:58. > :03:01.best interests of the authority at this present time. The Jeff
:03:02. > :03:07.executive 's critics are determined to make sure that his absence from
:03:08. > :03:09.the headquarters becomes a permanent one. -- Chief Executive.
:03:10. > :03:11.A rally co-driver from Carmarthenshire has been
:03:12. > :03:14.injured in a crash in Northern Ireland which killed his driver.
:03:15. > :03:16.Dai Roberts has been airlifted to hospital after the car left
:03:17. > :03:18.the road during the Ulster Rally earlier this afternoon.
:03:19. > :03:21.He is said to be in a stable condition.
:03:22. > :03:22.20-year-old Timothy Cathcart died in the crash.
:03:23. > :03:28.The rest of the rally has been cancelled.
:03:29. > :03:30.Babies who are normally too young to be vaccinated against measles have
:03:31. > :03:33.been given the MMR jab in a bid to contain an outbreak
:03:34. > :03:38.There have been two confirmed cases at the Miles of Smiles nursery
:03:39. > :03:41.in Baglan and five other children have been tested for the virus.
:03:42. > :03:42.But Public Health Wales are confident that
:03:43. > :04:00.This is the nursery at the centre of the latest measles out break in the
:04:01. > :04:06.Swansea Bay area. Two children attending the nursery in Baglan have
:04:07. > :04:11.been confirmed as having measles, five others are being tested for the
:04:12. > :04:14.virus. Public Health Wales said the vaccination take a bad business
:04:15. > :04:17.three was good but some children were at risk because under normal
:04:18. > :04:24.circumstances they were too young to have received one or both doses of
:04:25. > :04:28.the MMR vaccine. The first MMR jab is normally given at 12 months of
:04:29. > :04:32.age with a second administered when the child is three years and four
:04:33. > :04:35.months old. But today there was an opportunity for parents to get their
:04:36. > :04:42.children vaccinated earlier than usual. We have a responsibility to
:04:43. > :04:47.the children to make sure that the outbreak does not go any further. We
:04:48. > :04:52.have had a high volume of children who have already had a vaccination,
:04:53. > :04:56.it is just a small minority, that is why we have set up what we have set
:04:57. > :05:03.up today. Hopefully any -- everybody is now 100% protected. This comes a
:05:04. > :05:10.year after Wales 's worst measles epidemic was declared officially
:05:11. > :05:15.over. Most of the cases were in the Swansea area. One man died from
:05:16. > :05:22.pneumonia after contracting measles. The father of one was 25. Further
:05:23. > :05:25.cases of measles were later identified at this secondary school
:05:26. > :05:30.in the Swansea Valley. But health officials are confident the outbreak
:05:31. > :05:33.at the nursery is already under control, thanks in part to the
:05:34. > :05:39.prompt action taken by the nursery staff. This is not a case of
:05:40. > :05:44.panicking, this is not the case of an outbreak like we had in 2013, it
:05:45. > :05:49.is not as wide as that. But as ever, with all vaccinations, it is the
:05:50. > :05:53.best things to do, get your child vaccinated in line with the
:05:54. > :05:56.schedule. In the meantime, the nursery is open as normal and after
:05:57. > :05:58.this morning 's vaccination session, more of the children who
:05:59. > :06:02.come here are protected against measles.
:06:03. > :06:05.The NHS in Wales will be the first in the UK
:06:06. > :06:07.to fund a cannabis-based medicine for people with multiple sclerosis.
:06:08. > :06:10.Sativex, an oral spray, has been approved by the All Wales Medicines
:06:11. > :06:12.Strategy Group and will be available on prescription to treat muscle
:06:13. > :06:15.spasms for MS sufferers who have not responded to other treatments.
:06:16. > :06:21.It is the first of its kind to be licensed in the UK.
:06:22. > :06:22.Hundreds of people paid tribute to Arthur
:06:23. > :06:25.Jones, who died after going missing on a walking holiday on Crete,
:06:26. > :06:28.Motorcyclists rode alongside the procession in Denbigh
:06:29. > :06:31.and there was a guard of honour for the former soldier.
:06:32. > :06:44.The 73-year-old was described as a popular character in his hometown.
:06:45. > :06:52.He had many friends and his motorcycle club involvement and so
:06:53. > :06:56.on, he used to marshal the parade for the remembrance service. He was
:06:57. > :06:59.always very much publicly on display then and was involved in much
:07:00. > :07:04.charity work as well. And was also a very good laugh, a very good
:07:05. > :07:06.raconteur. He was a very popular gentleman.
:07:07. > :07:09.Cricket on Glamorgan bowled out Essex for 286 on the first day
:07:10. > :07:12.of their championship match at St Helens in Swansea.
:07:13. > :07:17.At the close, the Welsh county were 27 for 1 in reply, 259 runs behind.
:07:18. > :07:19.As events continue to commemorate the centenary of the start of
:07:20. > :07:22.World War I in Flanders, a new memorial to all those
:07:23. > :07:25.from Wales who took part in the conflict will be unveiled tomorrow.
:07:26. > :07:27.It is estimated that as many as 40,000 soldiers,
:07:28. > :07:29.sailors and airmen from Wales died between 1914 and 1918.
:07:30. > :07:34.We will be live in Flanders on tomorrow night 's programme.
:07:35. > :07:56.Time now for the weather forecast.
:07:57. > :08:05.fallen in Cardiff in the last four night. 126 ministers, that is five
:08:06. > :08:09.inches of rain. But I can promise plenty of dry weather over the
:08:10. > :08:13.weekend. Some sunshine. Watch out for strong winds, especially in the
:08:14. > :08:21.north on Sunday. Drive for most of us tonight. A little bit of mist
:08:22. > :08:24.forming in Powys by dawn. The lowest temperature eight Celsius in the
:08:25. > :08:29.Brecon Beacons. A fine start tomorrow morning with hazy sunshine.
:08:30. > :08:31.As time goes on, cloud will spread into North and mid Wales. Across the
:08:32. > :08:37.rest of the UK, many southern and eastern areas fine and bright.
:08:38. > :08:38.rest of the UK, many southern and friend will bring some rain to
:08:39. > :08:39.Northern Ireland and Scotland. friend will bring some rain to
:08:40. > :08:43.will spread into the Lake friend will bring some rain to
:08:44. > :08:49.in the afternoon. Toast of the rain light.
:08:50. > :08:57.in the afternoon. Toast of the rain London. Tomorrow, hazy sunshine in
:08:58. > :09:02.Wales, especially in the south London. Tomorrow, hazy sunshine in
:09:03. > :09:06.east. Some showers but dry for London. Tomorrow, hazy sunshine in
:09:07. > :09:08.of us. The breeze picking up. If you London. Tomorrow, hazy sunshine in
:09:09. > :09:13.are going to the Llanrwst show tomorrow, it is looking largely dry.
:09:14. > :09:14.are going to the Llanrwst show Tomorrow night, a cold front will
:09:15. > :09:21.move to the South, bringing rain. Tomorrow night, a cold front will
:09:22. > :09:24.Gusty winds as well. The rain all tied to this deep area of low
:09:25. > :09:28.pressure over the North Sea. On Sunday, rain first thing we'll
:09:29. > :09:35.clear. Brightening up with some sunshine. Windy on Sunday. Strong
:09:36. > :09:41.DeGale force winds in the North and North West. There is a Met Office
:09:42. > :09:44.warning in force. We are in for a taste of Autumn next week. Winds
:09:45. > :09:48.from the Arctic bringing a drop in temperature.
:09:49. > :09:52.Don't forget our bulletin tomorrow at 5:30pm,
:09:53. > :09:53.with that special report from Flanders.
:09:54. > :10:08.From all of us here, have a good weekend.