:00:00. > :00:14.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:15. > :00:23.Who is to blame for Muslims -- Muslims being radicalised. There is
:00:24. > :00:29.something very sick in those communities. If that is part of a
:00:30. > :00:32.generation that is being produced. I think there's a disenfranchised part
:00:33. > :00:36.of our communities and who feel that they have to not accept it, being
:00:37. > :00:41.demonised. Alleged offensive texts from Malky
:00:42. > :00:43.Mackay were described as "banter". Now Cardiff City calls
:00:44. > :00:46.for the head of the League Managers Targetting anti-social behaviour -
:00:47. > :00:49.calls for Wales to learn from a scheme in England helping
:00:50. > :00:51.troubled families. The right to our rivers - why
:00:52. > :00:54.a row between anglers and canoeists And in sport, we take
:00:55. > :01:01.the helm with Olympic star Sir Ben Ainslie as the Extreme Sailing
:01:02. > :01:05.series comes to Wales this weekend. Plus a look ahead to the new season
:01:06. > :01:23.in football's Welsh Premier League. Not enough is being done to prevent
:01:24. > :01:28.Muslims from being radicalised here Former home office minister
:01:29. > :01:34.Kim Howells has told us successive UK governments
:01:35. > :01:37.and the muslim communities Meanwhile there are claims that
:01:38. > :01:43.a strategy set up to counter extremist views is failing
:01:44. > :01:59.in cities like Cardiff. This footage brought the issue of
:02:00. > :02:04.radicalisation firmly to Wales. The propaganda video, thought to have
:02:05. > :02:09.been filmed in Syria, apparently shows two Cardiff men is urging
:02:10. > :02:13.others to join the Isis fight in the country. Today, Kim Howells told us
:02:14. > :02:20.the problem needs to be tackled head-on. I don't any government,
:02:21. > :02:23.whether the Labour governments or the coalition, have really addressed
:02:24. > :02:28.the problem of why it is that so many people from young Muslim
:02:29. > :02:33.communities in Britain are prepared to go out to Syria and Iraq and to
:02:34. > :02:38.these appalling deeds. There is something sick in these communities
:02:39. > :02:43.if that is part of the generation that is being produced. Muslim
:02:44. > :02:47.leaders here in Cardiff have admitted they are struggling to
:02:48. > :02:52.combat what they see as a new phenomenon. This is one of the
:02:53. > :02:59.city's spiritual leaders, an imam at one of the mosques in Cardiff. There
:03:00. > :03:05.is room for improvement at Al communities. We have to ask when --
:03:06. > :03:10.why our communities feel more safe when they look inwards. Because the
:03:11. > :03:14.larger community are being portrayed as being a threat, a harm, a
:03:15. > :03:22.danger. It has produced this mentality. Mohammed is land, a
:03:23. > :03:30.former councillor, told people fit -- people do feel let down by
:03:31. > :03:34.government. In terms of the Mosque imams, they are not responsible and
:03:35. > :03:39.they cannot control it. Same as any church, people will listen, but it
:03:40. > :03:45.will depend on how many people are going to practice and follow his
:03:46. > :03:49.dialogue. In this city park, where they were enjoying a game of
:03:50. > :03:53.football after Friday prayers, they said the problem is not a failure to
:03:54. > :04:01.integrate but a failure to deal with individuals. Some religions are
:04:02. > :04:07.doing things bad and the lamb is just a religion. I think it is just
:04:08. > :04:10.a few people taking it over the top. They need to be identified and
:04:11. > :04:17.stopped because this is not what our religion is about. In London, this
:04:18. > :04:20.youth Centre is at the heart of government attempts to tackle
:04:21. > :04:26.radicalisation. Its strategy investor projects like the one here,
:04:27. > :04:29.aimed at stopping young Muslim men from becoming radicalised. But
:04:30. > :04:36.today, Lord Carlile said that when it came to parts of Wales, it was
:04:37. > :04:39.failing. In some cities, in some London boroughs, it has been
:04:40. > :04:45.implemented very well. In other places, and there is evidence that
:04:46. > :04:51.this was the -- this was the case in Cardiff until recently, it was Mr
:04:52. > :04:57.Gill, very little was being done in terms of project funding. -- it was
:04:58. > :05:04.vestigial. Some people say the programme is behind the times. We
:05:05. > :05:12.have seen high profile problems in Cardiff. I think there is a -- it is
:05:13. > :05:17.a good idea to take a moment to see whether the strategy is tailored to
:05:18. > :05:25.the problem we are facing now, not the problem we were facing a few
:05:26. > :05:27.years ago. The suggestion that the beheading of the American journalist
:05:28. > :05:35.James Foley was carried out by British man has caused leaders to
:05:36. > :05:38.think again about whether the fight against radicalisation is working.
:05:39. > :05:40.Cardiff City Football club has called for the boss of
:05:41. > :05:42.the organisation which represents football managers - to resign.
:05:43. > :05:44.The League Managers Association described offensive text messages
:05:45. > :05:47.allegedly sent by former manager Malky Mackay as 'banter'.
:05:48. > :05:50.The Association has apologised but the club says
:05:51. > :05:52.it's 'reprehensible' and say Richard Bevan's position is untenable.
:05:53. > :06:09.His apology has been wildly -- widely criticised. Offensive
:06:10. > :06:13.comments were let off -- were described as banter. He was letting
:06:14. > :06:17.off steam, according to the League Managers Association. Now the
:06:18. > :06:20.association has apologised, saying it was not trying to trivialise the
:06:21. > :06:35.issue. But Cardiff City Stadium the head of the LMA should now step
:06:36. > :06:46.down. A former Wales striker has known known him for several years.
:06:47. > :06:49.Is he a racist? There is no place for racism and sexism. I know that
:06:50. > :06:55.the texts that have come out in the last couple of days, and they don't
:06:56. > :07:01.look good, but hand on heart, he is not a racist. He has let himself and
:07:02. > :07:07.his family down. The text messages came to light during an
:07:08. > :07:12.investigation by the club. 10,000 messages were accessed. The League
:07:13. > :07:16.Managers Association says that Mackay sent just a couple of
:07:17. > :07:20.messages that were the rubber tree. But the club disputes this, saying
:07:21. > :07:32.there are many more. -- that were derogatory. On Twitter, a former
:07:33. > :07:36.city player accused his former manager of racist behaviour. He has
:07:37. > :07:42.since deleted those posts. We asked Malky Mackay about the comments. He
:07:43. > :07:48.has yet to respond. It all shows there is in unsavoury quality --
:07:49. > :07:53.attitude in football, according to some people. It shows that senior
:07:54. > :07:57.figures can get away with using banter as an excuse while we are
:07:58. > :08:00.trying to educate young players to say that banter is not an excuse,
:08:01. > :08:13.there is a line that you have to take. The charity says there were
:08:14. > :08:18.284 incidents of abuse, up 269%. 66% whether racism, 20% for religious
:08:19. > :08:23.abuse. 8% were homophobic. These incidents were of abuse and grounds.
:08:24. > :08:29.This is not the first time that the Premier League has encountered these
:08:30. > :08:34.problems. Richard Skidmore sends sexist e-mails but the football
:08:35. > :08:43.Association decided against taking action. -- Richard Scudamore. There
:08:44. > :08:47.is support for Malky Mackay. Malky Mackay has made a big mistake. What
:08:48. > :08:53.he and the other lads have done is not right. But he is a fantastic
:08:54. > :09:01.lad, a great, great fellow. A family man, a real football man. He has
:09:02. > :09:05.made a big mistake. So it is another unwanted story surrounding Cardiff
:09:06. > :09:10.city. Questions are also being asked about the wider culture in the game
:09:11. > :09:18.and whether those involved can tackle prejudice and abuse behind
:09:19. > :09:23.the scenes. Within the last few minutes, Malky Mackay has given his
:09:24. > :09:29.first television interview since the row erupted. He said that the texts
:09:30. > :09:33.sent were unacceptable and inappropriate. He went on to say
:09:34. > :09:38.that there was no excuse for them and he said he was sincerely
:09:39. > :09:43.apologetic. That within the last hour. And speaking of those
:09:44. > :09:47.offensive messages, the BBC understands that officials here at
:09:48. > :09:50.Cardiff city say they have more material of a similar nature. So it
:09:51. > :09:56.is certain that this affair is far from finished.
:09:57. > :09:58.Two men have been charged with child cruelty offences as a part
:09:59. > :10:00.of the investigation into allegations of historical abuse
:10:01. > :10:04.Keith Evans from Wrexham and Kelvin Horriban from Nottinghamshire
:10:05. > :10:07.are accused of the offences involving a boy aged between 9 and
:10:08. > :10:13.They're due to appear in court in October.
:10:14. > :10:16.A woman from Cardiff who was quarantined with a suspected case of
:10:17. > :10:22.Public Health Wales says the woman is not at risk from
:10:23. > :10:26.the virus, which has killed more than 1,300 people in West Africa.
:10:27. > :10:28.The woman voluntarily isolated herself after fears she may have
:10:29. > :10:33.been exposed to Ebola, while visiting the continent.
:10:34. > :10:36.Cardiff Airport's chief executive will stand down next month.
:10:37. > :10:40.John Horne took up the role a week after the airport was bought
:10:41. > :10:43.by the Welsh Government last year for ?52 million.
:10:44. > :10:45.In a statement, he says a new perspective will be beneficial
:10:46. > :10:53.It claims to have turned around the lives of more than 50
:10:54. > :10:56.thousand families in England and save billions of pounds by reducing
:10:57. > :11:03.Now there's a call for Wales to learn from
:11:04. > :11:05.the so-called 'troubled families' initiative, to see if it could help
:11:06. > :11:24.A year ago, Jackie Ryan's daughter was causing problems in their
:11:25. > :11:31.Monmouth neighbourhood, causing fires and fighting. In trouble with
:11:32. > :11:34.the police, being abusive. I went to a stage of drugs, anti-social
:11:35. > :11:41.behaviour, taking overdoses, drinking leaf -- drinking bleach.
:11:42. > :11:50.What about the effect it had on your mum and dad? I feel bad about that.
:11:51. > :11:55.Social services were already working with the family, but things were not
:11:56. > :11:59.improving. Emily is now much better. The anti-social behaviour
:12:00. > :12:04.has stopped and she is back in education. Without help, Jackie says
:12:05. > :12:10.it would be very different. She would be imprisoned. I am -- I would
:12:11. > :12:18.have dropped out of school so I would not have had GCSEs. This
:12:19. > :12:23.family got help It gives families a dedicated worker
:12:24. > :12:29.to fight their corner, but also Only four councils
:12:30. > :12:33.in Wales have paid for it so far, to help 20 families at a cost
:12:34. > :12:36.of ?10,000 per family. It claims to save up to ?130,000
:12:37. > :12:59.in reduced costs in other areas, from it is a way of breaking their
:13:00. > :13:05.behaviour. Some argue we could learn lessons from across the border.
:13:06. > :13:07.The "troubled families" initiative in England gives similar dedicated
:13:08. > :13:17.support - it claims to have helped turn around 53,000 families so far.
:13:18. > :13:24.It is a good single worker that the family can trust. There is no
:13:25. > :13:28.problem at all from learning from England. If there is something next
:13:29. > :13:33.door that is a good initiative, let's look at it and see if it will
:13:34. > :13:41.work around here. When you look at individual projects, are similar...
:13:42. > :13:47.Others suggest that the scheme in England has its own problems. It
:13:48. > :13:50.ignores some of the bigger structural factors like poverty
:13:51. > :14:00.which have an impact on the families' lives. Jackie and her
:14:01. > :14:01.family want help and want others to benefit regardless of where it comes
:14:02. > :14:05.from. That call to address crime
:14:06. > :14:07.and antisocial behaviour comes as a scheme to reduce knife crime
:14:08. > :14:10.is backed by the mother of a Wrexham man who was stabbed to
:14:11. > :14:13.death last year. The family
:14:14. > :14:14.of Craig Maddocks is supporting a knife amnesty which was launched
:14:15. > :14:17.in Birmingham today and is heading Edna Maddocks has a very personal
:14:18. > :14:23.reason to support efforts to reduce Her son, amateur boxer Craig, was
:14:24. > :14:28.stabbed 52 times at a pub in Wrexham last year in what the judge called
:14:29. > :14:31.a "brutal and ferocious attack". His killer Francesco Prevete was
:14:32. > :14:34.jailed for a minimum of 23 years. Craig Maddocks' family say
:14:35. > :14:47.the project is helping them deal We have come to back this up, to get
:14:48. > :14:51.knives off the street. We felt we needed to do something. The lesson
:14:52. > :14:56.eyes on the street, they're less chance there is of any family going
:14:57. > :15:02.through this. It affected our lives a lot. We have not got over it
:15:03. > :15:07.completely. It was horrendous, what happened to him. There is no need.
:15:08. > :15:11.We need to stop it. We do need to stop it.
:15:12. > :15:14.Knife bins like this one launched in Birmingham today will be put
:15:15. > :15:17.in Wrexham, Cardiff and Swansea to encourage weapons to be handed in.
:15:18. > :15:20.The blades will then be melted down and turned into a sculpture to
:15:21. > :15:26.pay tribute to those who have died as a result of knife crime.
:15:27. > :15:34.This statue will require maybe as many as 100,000 knives. So it is a
:15:35. > :15:39.huge project. If we get every city on board, we will be successful and
:15:40. > :15:45.we will create the statue that we want to create.
:15:46. > :15:46.In Wales, the number of incidents involving
:15:47. > :15:49.knives or sharp blades fell slightly last year in all police force areas,
:15:50. > :15:53.But there were still more than 500 cases.
:15:54. > :15:55.Across England and Wales there were 200
:15:56. > :15:57.stabbing-related deaths - slightly more than the previous year.
:15:58. > :15:59.But Craig Maddocks was more than just a statistic.
:16:00. > :16:02.His family say he loved life and to make people smile.
:16:03. > :16:04.They are determined that his death here will prompt those who
:16:05. > :16:14.carry knives to hand them over to save more lives being lost.
:16:15. > :16:21.You are watching Wales Today. Still to come, the qualification race for
:16:22. > :16:26.European qualification starts as the Welsh Premier League kicks off. And
:16:27. > :16:29.Olympic legend Sir Ben Ainslie comes to Wales to compete in the extreme
:16:30. > :16:34.sailing series this weekend. A long-running dispute
:16:35. > :16:36.about the right to use our rivers Anglers have issued
:16:37. > :16:39.a legal challenge in a bid to curtail what they call
:16:40. > :16:42."unlawful canoeing" in Wales. The Angling Trust says it wants
:16:43. > :16:45.the law clarified and claims canoeists have been misled into
:16:46. > :16:48.thinking they have a public right We've had the right to roam -
:16:49. > :16:55.now we have On tidal waters like this stretch
:16:56. > :17:02.of the Teifi near Cardigan there is a public right of navigation -
:17:03. > :17:06.but once you get further upstream, it's a battleground where
:17:07. > :17:11.the waters are far murkier. To an angler - who pays for
:17:12. > :17:25.a licence and a permit to fish - a If you have paid a lot of money to
:17:26. > :17:29.go fishing there, travelled across the country to go fishing, and you
:17:30. > :17:33.have a group of canoeists coming through, it can completely wipe out
:17:34. > :17:37.your sport for the evening and make the whole thing pointless.
:17:38. > :17:39.Anglers argue you need to get a landowner's permission to use
:17:40. > :17:42.stretches of river running through private property and they say
:17:43. > :17:55.Canoe Wales said they put out a statement support -- supporting the
:17:56. > :17:59.right of their members to Qunu wherever they want to. But that is
:18:00. > :18:01.misleading because people do not have that right. -- two can you down
:18:02. > :18:04.the river. The Angling Trust say there's been
:18:05. > :18:07.an upsurge in unlawful canoeing as they call it - and have sent canoe
:18:08. > :18:10.bodies a legal letter demanding they stop publishing information
:18:11. > :18:23.on a general right of navigation. The land is privately owned and the
:18:24. > :18:25.riverbed to halfway across. As far as the water flows across -- flowing
:18:26. > :18:32.over that, it belongs to everyone. For many years there has been talk
:18:33. > :18:34.of voluntary access agreements - but both sides have accused the
:18:35. > :18:45.other of being unwilling to engage. It should be the government sorting
:18:46. > :18:48.it out. It has got close to that but there was a green paper meant to be
:18:49. > :18:52.released in March. But it was stopped.
:18:53. > :18:54.If the case does come to court it could
:18:55. > :18:56.prove an interesting test case, but unless an agreement is negotiated,
:18:57. > :19:09.The bank holiday weather forecast is coming up
:19:10. > :19:15.The Premier League and the Football League have a huge following here,
:19:16. > :19:17.but strictly speaking, the official top division in Wales
:19:18. > :19:20.And the new season gets under way this evening.
:19:21. > :19:24.Despite a rebrand, the old League of Wales still finds it hard to compete
:19:25. > :19:26.for coverage and sponsorship, with so much attention focused on clubs
:19:27. > :19:31.But league bosses says it is on the up as clubs innovate to
:19:32. > :19:47.The rivalry will be will sent it but this pitch is artificial. The Latham
:19:48. > :19:51.Park turf was ripped up and replaced with a 3G service which is being put
:19:52. > :19:56.to good use by club and community. 25 youth teams as well as the first
:19:57. > :20:05.and women's squad will be training on it. It costs just about ?400,000
:20:06. > :20:11.to put the new pigeon. Most of it came from a grant. -- to put the new
:20:12. > :20:15.pitch in. They think this model is a good one for many Welsh clubs
:20:16. > :20:22.providing new income streams and a better service to play on. We have
:20:23. > :20:26.already had lots of offers -- lots of responses to our offers to play
:20:27. > :20:31.on it and play matches. We should be able to make a profit and keep the
:20:32. > :20:38.club on an even keel. Money is still tight, the only full-time
:20:39. > :20:43.professionals are the champions. But the other size and think the gap is
:20:44. > :20:47.closing with a wide-open race for the European places which can earn a
:20:48. > :20:54.club more than ?100,000. Being full-time, that is what every really
:20:55. > :21:01.needs to do to improve Wales football. That will attract
:21:02. > :21:06.sponsors. And being more organised and having time with their players
:21:07. > :21:09.will attract people. The proponents of the Welsh league say that their
:21:10. > :21:17.product is better than it has been given credit for. The capture of one
:21:18. > :21:23.Welsh striker by Dagenham and Redbridge is proof of improving
:21:24. > :21:27.standards. The average crowd last season was 300 people. And teams are
:21:28. > :21:32.increasingly concentrated in north, west and mid Wales. The cost of
:21:33. > :21:38.travelling around the country is just too much for many clubs who
:21:39. > :21:44.might want to join. You can guarantee every Saturday is ?1000
:21:45. > :21:50.for a coach and maybe ?500 for a hotel. A club has to find ?1500 even
:21:51. > :21:57.before any playing budget. So a big amount of money spent. The chance to
:21:58. > :22:02.compete in Europe remains a bigger sensor for all clubs but as
:22:03. > :22:06.Aberystwyth town found to their cost this summer, they are still behind
:22:07. > :22:08.other leagues in other countries. But that will not prevent other
:22:09. > :22:19.people trying to get there. Another Welsh athlete has won
:22:20. > :22:22.a medal for Great Britain at the IPC European Athletics
:22:23. > :22:24.Championships in Swansea. Josie Pearson from Hay-on-Wye -
:22:25. > :22:26.who's the reigning Paralaympic discus champion -
:22:27. > :22:28.won silver in the club throw, missing out on gold to fellow
:22:29. > :22:30.British athlete Joanna Butterfield. It was the tenth medal won by Welsh
:22:31. > :22:43.competitors at the Championships. In the last ten minutes, Jemma Lowe
:22:44. > :22:44.has missed out on a medal in the swimming.
:22:45. > :22:48.She was racing in the final of the 100 metres butterly, and had been
:22:49. > :22:50.hoping to emulate her team-mates Jazz Carlin and Georgia Davies who
:22:51. > :22:54.Davies took bronze in the 100 metrres backstroke, while Carlin won
:22:55. > :23:00.gold, as she did in the Commonwealth Games, in the 800 metres freestyle.
:23:01. > :23:09.I knew it would be quite tough. But to do a PD like that, it was a great
:23:10. > :23:13.race. To come out on top, I am so happy, I can't believe it. When you
:23:14. > :23:16.come here, when you have overcome the lows and the hard times, and you
:23:17. > :23:20.get a medal. The world's top sailors are
:23:21. > :23:22.in the Welsh capital this weekend for the British leg of the
:23:23. > :23:24.Extreme Sailing Series. Olympic and America's Cup legend,
:23:25. > :23:26.Sir Ben Ainslie, The competition sees elite teams
:23:27. > :23:30.from around the world battle it out The organisers promise adrenalin
:23:31. > :23:37.fuelled race action - as these 40-foot vessels compete
:23:38. > :23:42.around a tight marine circuit. The carbon-hulled catamarans reach
:23:43. > :23:45.speeds normally only seen Skippering the British team
:23:46. > :23:49.the most successful sailor in Olympic history,
:23:50. > :23:52.Sir Ben Ainslie - who believes the sport is a real spectacle
:23:53. > :24:07.for those watching on dry land. It is a great venue for this type of
:24:08. > :24:12.venue. It's very tight for the spectators. When the sun is out,
:24:13. > :24:18.come down and watch. They are very fast, extreme physical boats. So the
:24:19. > :24:26.spectators get a chance to see that close the action, a lot of crashes.
:24:27. > :24:28.Hopefully involving arson! -- not involving our boats.
:24:29. > :24:31.With up to eight races a day - the organisers promise plenty
:24:32. > :24:34.of action during the four-day event - which is the centrepiece
:24:35. > :24:45.There are several boats taking part in this which began in Singapore and
:24:46. > :24:47.will end in Sydney. On the British crew is a young Welsh
:24:48. > :25:00.sailor who's delighted to be I started off saying on my local
:25:01. > :25:04.beach. 40 foot catamarans are a lot more extreme. It is a great series
:25:05. > :25:06.for people to come down and watch. It is always special to be in front
:25:07. > :25:12.of a home crowd. The British team start this
:25:13. > :25:14.series in sixth position. When the event's over here
:25:15. > :25:17.in Cardiff they hope to have climbed the rankings for the start
:25:18. > :25:28.of the next leg in Istanbul. The weather looks great for sailing.
:25:29. > :25:35.Most of us were looking forward to the bank holiday weekend.
:25:36. > :25:39.It is looking good, no heatwaves but fine conditions especially in the
:25:40. > :25:43.first half of the weekend. Fine and dry but Chile by night. Wet and
:25:44. > :25:52.windy conditions heading our way on Monday. Plenty of dry weather, just
:25:53. > :25:57.a few showers coming in the Irish Sea to parts of the north and west.
:25:58. > :26:03.It will be a cold night. High pressure is building bringing a
:26:04. > :26:06.settled day and a fine start to the weekend. Then low-pressure takes
:26:07. > :26:12.charge as we go into Sunday night and Monday as well. For the start of
:26:13. > :26:18.the weekend tomorrow morning, quite chilly, but we can look forward to
:26:19. > :26:23.some sunshine. By the afternoon, just the odd isolated shower across
:26:24. > :26:31.parts of the north and east. For the majority of us, a fine day. Feeling
:26:32. > :26:36.cool. If you are going to this event, it is looking fine and dry.
:26:37. > :26:46.Sunny spells in the afternoon. A fine evening which will become very
:26:47. > :26:55.chilly indeed. We could see a touch of frost in some spots in the early
:26:56. > :26:58.hours of Sunday morning. Then it will start a cloud over in the
:26:59. > :27:02.evening and Weatherford approaches and with that comes a little bit of
:27:03. > :27:10.range. -- a weather front approaches. That band of rain will
:27:11. > :27:15.go eastwards on Monday. There will be some dry interludes. At least it
:27:16. > :27:21.is looking good for Saturday and Sunday. So make the most of it.
:27:22. > :27:29.Sunday night, a little bit of rain. Monday, sunshine and showers by the
:27:30. > :27:33.time we get to Tuesday. As well. The main news, not enough is being
:27:34. > :27:39.done to prevent Muslims being radicalised here and in the UK --
:27:40. > :27:42.and across the UK. Kim Howells has said successive UK governments and
:27:43. > :27:46.the communities themselves are partly to blame.
:27:47. > :27:48.That is Wales Today. Have a great bank holiday weekend.