:00:00. > :00:00.degrees. Thursday, more of the same. Is that is all from us. Now on
:00:07. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today - our top story:
:00:08. > :00:10.Joshua fell from a bridge after being chased by bullies who targeted
:00:11. > :00:28.Doctors say he'll never walk again - tonight we talk to his parents.
:00:29. > :00:34.He is a young boy and doesn't deserve what has happened to him. I
:00:35. > :00:42.wish I could take it away for him. The helicopters and warships are
:00:43. > :00:44.in place for the summit - Welsh defence companies set out
:00:45. > :00:52.their shop window to showcase to world leaders what they make
:00:53. > :00:57.in Wales. Those winter storms smashing
:00:58. > :00:59.our coast - why we should think twice about
:01:00. > :01:07.restoring our disappearing beaches. And the movie of the unlikely bond
:01:08. > :01:24.between striking miners and Gay The place was packed and there was a
:01:25. > :01:27.lot of curiosity. We were overprotective to start with but
:01:28. > :01:28.they fitted in and it was a brilliant evening.
:01:29. > :01:32.A teenager has been told he will never walk again after falling
:01:33. > :01:35.from a bridge while he was being chased by bullies.
:01:36. > :01:37.Joshua Davies from Pontypridd has Asperger's
:01:38. > :01:40.Syndrome, and was fleeing from boys who were throwing stones at him.
:01:41. > :01:44.He fell 50 feet into the River Taff, breaking his spine in four places.
:01:45. > :01:46.His mother believes he was bullied because of his disability.
:01:47. > :01:54.Described by his mother as a boy with a positive attitude,
:01:55. > :01:57.Joshua Davies is now facing months of intensive treatment
:01:58. > :02:00.after the accident which almost cost him his life.
:02:01. > :02:04.Joshua was crossing this bridge in Pontypridd when a group
:02:05. > :02:10.He climbed onto the outside of the railings to escape under the bridge
:02:11. > :02:22.Today his stepfather and mother were back at the scene.
:02:23. > :02:27.They say he'd been bullied several times by the same gang
:02:28. > :02:35.of boys because he has a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome.
:02:36. > :02:45.I feel terrible. I don't want him to be there. I want to take it all away
:02:46. > :02:52.for him. He is a young boy and doesn't deserve what he has been
:02:53. > :02:57.left with. I Jewish -- I just wish I could take it all away. I know he
:02:58. > :03:01.has been bullied and there are other boys that have been ballroom --
:03:02. > :03:08.bullet. As much as he pretends everything is OK, if you are being
:03:09. > :03:22.bullied, you need to tell someone, so someone can help you. His brother
:03:23. > :03:26.and sister are very upset. My daughter broke down in tears because
:03:27. > :03:35.she didn't like to see her brother in that situation.
:03:36. > :03:37.Autism, and the charity which supports people with autism
:03:38. > :03:51.So many people are affected by this situation. In relation to Strasbourg
:03:52. > :03:53.syndrome, 90% of parents reported there would be a problem or has been
:03:54. > :04:00.a problem bullying. Police say they've investigated
:04:01. > :04:02.three allegations of assault against They're say there's no obvious
:04:03. > :04:06.link with this latest incident. Three boys have been arrested
:04:07. > :04:09.and released on police bail. Delegates have started arriving,
:04:10. > :04:10.the navy has docked, There are warnings
:04:11. > :04:14.of traffic disruption, roads between the Celtic Manor resort in Newport
:04:15. > :04:17.and Cardiff - most likely affected. Our political correspondent
:04:18. > :04:32.Daniel Davies has been If you needed a reminder that Wales
:04:33. > :04:37.was going to be hosting some important guests, look behind me.
:04:38. > :04:52.British warship HMS Duncan arriving in Cardiff Bay this afternoon.
:04:53. > :05:04.It is here to provide protection and it will -- I have been finding out
:05:05. > :05:07.what the Wales summit means for the region.
:05:08. > :05:09.Months of preparations - now Nato is here.
:05:10. > :05:12.British warship HMS Duncan arriving in Cardiff Bay this afternoon.
:05:13. > :05:15.On shore and in the skies there's a huge police and military presence.
:05:16. > :05:27.It is a big ship. There is .7 of a meter either side. Here she is and
:05:28. > :05:32.many preparations are going on for a busy programme. From Thursday
:05:33. > :05:38.evening, when the defence ministers have dinner on board in the hangar
:05:39. > :05:48.where we are already starting to make preparations.
:05:49. > :05:52.After the Second World War, and at the start of the cold war, 12
:05:53. > :05:55.European and north American allies banded together for mutual defence.
:05:56. > :05:58.By the time of its last summit in Chicago two years ago,
:05:59. > :06:08.So with no cold war to fight, what is NATO's role?
:06:09. > :06:10.Under its founding Washington Treaty NATO members agreed that an armed
:06:11. > :06:15.attack on one of them is considered an attack against them all.
:06:16. > :06:19.65 years later, NATO now has 28 members.
:06:20. > :06:25.It's expanded eastwards into former communist territory - Albania and
:06:26. > :06:29.Croatia are the newest members, with more nations knocking on the door.
:06:30. > :06:36.60 heads of state and governments will be at the Celtic Manor.
:06:37. > :06:37.Behind the ring of steel they'll discuss
:06:38. > :06:41.the future of Afghanistan, where NATO troops are preparing to pull
:06:42. > :06:48.One man whose been on the inside in the past, is the UK's former
:06:49. > :07:08.It is not for show, it is very serious. They have been working on
:07:09. > :07:13.big issues but the key questions on what is going to happen in
:07:14. > :07:18.Afghanistan after the withdrawal, NATO forces, what will happen to the
:07:19. > :07:22.Ukraine, they are big issues and it will require heads to offer clear
:07:23. > :07:23.opinions. The last time the UK hosted a NATO
:07:24. > :07:26.summit was in 1990. The Berlin Wall had come down, and
:07:27. > :07:29.reaching out to Russia was the goal. Thanks to the Ukraine crisis,
:07:30. > :07:45.NATO is once again figuring out how Russia has acted very aggressively
:07:46. > :07:53.and it has become a big concern to many of the Allies. That is not the
:07:54. > :07:57.only concern. It is stability in North Africa and in the Middle East
:07:58. > :08:00.which is a big concern for allies and they need to grapple with those
:08:01. > :08:04.challenges as well. NATO's mission used to be so simple,
:08:05. > :08:07.in the old days - Now, with complicated conflicts
:08:08. > :08:10.smouldering on its borders, today's alliance is coming to Wales
:08:11. > :08:20.to decide its modern mission. Some
:08:21. > :08:22.of the biggest defence companies operating in Wales, including
:08:23. > :08:25.General Dynamics and Airbus, will be showcasing their products for world
:08:26. > :08:30.leaders at the NATO summit. The industry here employs thousands
:08:31. > :08:33.of people here and it's hoping to use the event to
:08:34. > :08:37.generate more business. Here's our business correspondent,
:08:38. > :08:52.Brian Meechan. Defence is a significant industry
:08:53. > :08:56.providing highly paid jobs. 5000 people are employed here in Wales
:08:57. > :09:06.and the businesses involved generate ?1 billion in income according to a
:09:07. > :09:10.trade group. Here, they are working on the British Army's next
:09:11. > :09:17.generation of armoured vehicle. A prototype will be on display at the
:09:18. > :09:23.summit. We supplied to the UK but also other NATO members. Having the
:09:24. > :09:32.opportunity to showcase our technologies and expertise to that
:09:33. > :09:36.group is fantastic for us. For production will begin in the next
:09:37. > :09:40.three years and the company believes once it is in use by the British
:09:41. > :09:47.Army, it will lead to demand from other countries boosting jobs in
:09:48. > :09:51.South Wales. Kevin Connell says it is about ensuring maximum support
:09:52. > :10:00.the troops in the field. When you think about the battlefield, it is
:10:01. > :10:04.about information superiority. Trips like the 1st Battalion The Royal
:10:05. > :10:08.Welsh, Britain's rapid reaction force which is likely to form part
:10:09. > :10:11.of the discussion at the summit. The industry faces tough times as
:10:12. > :10:18.countries around the world have cut their defence budgets. This is one
:10:19. > :10:35.company operating in the country. Thousands of jobs are in South
:10:36. > :10:41.Wales. The reason a military testing centre also in Wales. The summit has
:10:42. > :10:45.already seen protests against the military is of NATO. We live in a
:10:46. > :10:53.democracy and we have to look at the debate. What the facilities enable
:10:54. > :11:05.us to do is to defend their freedom and democracy. This summit will hear
:11:06. > :11:08.the increase in defence spending. Higher defence budgets means
:11:09. > :11:23.potentially more contracts and jobs here in Wales if the Newport summit
:11:24. > :11:27.can be capitalised on. Elsewhere in Cardiff and Newport, we know the
:11:28. > :11:31.NATO summit is causing some disruption for travellers. There are
:11:32. > :11:36.no plans to close the M4 between here and Cardiff and the Celtic
:11:37. > :11:42.Manor isn't out in the summit. The authorities are hoping the worst of
:11:43. > :11:45.the disruption will be concentrated to a fuel pinch points but the
:11:46. > :11:50.message they are giving out to everyone driving in the region is
:11:51. > :11:52.allow extra time and be ready for delays.
:11:53. > :11:56.A soldier from Wrexham was killed during an attack by insurgents on
:11:57. > :11:59.an army check point in Afghanistan in 2012 an inquest has heard.
:12:00. > :12:02.Grenadier Guardsman Jamie Shadrake who was 20,
:12:03. > :12:07.The coroner said, he was satisfied that the army had since
:12:08. > :12:22.We believed in Jamie and what he was doing in Afghanistan. His selfless
:12:23. > :12:27.sacrifice has helped the people of Afghanistan and I am so proud of my
:12:28. > :12:32.son and what he has achieved in his short life. As a family, we are
:12:33. > :12:35.grateful to the help and support that we have received from the
:12:36. > :12:37.Grenadier Guards through this difficult time.
:12:38. > :12:40.A Welsh country and western singer, who hosts a programme on
:12:41. > :12:42.BBC Radio Cymru, has apologised for posting a comment
:12:43. > :12:44.on Twitter, which was offensive about the Pakistani community.
:12:45. > :12:47.John Jones later deleted the comment, which said there were
:12:48. > :12:50."too many of THEM in this country" and apologised.
:12:51. > :12:54.BBC Wales said the original tweet was totally unacceptable.
:12:55. > :12:57.It has written to him formally, outlining the high standards it
:12:58. > :13:04.The mother of 12-year-old Isaac Nash, who was swept out to sea
:13:05. > :13:07.off Anglesey on Friday, has thanked rescue teams
:13:08. > :13:11.Isaac, from Huddersfield in Yorkshire, was on holiday with his
:13:12. > :13:16.family when he got into difficulty in the water near Aberffraw.
:13:17. > :13:19.The number of estranged couples having to represent themselves
:13:20. > :13:21.in family courts because they have no solicitor has
:13:22. > :13:32.Tonight it's claimed, it could result in a generation
:13:33. > :13:36.A former family court judge, has told this programme -
:13:37. > :13:37.the emotional, mental and psychological wellbeing of children
:13:38. > :13:57.This mother is fighting to see her children. Her ex-husband denies her
:13:58. > :14:02.access. It is devastating and a shocked that someone can do this to
:14:03. > :14:07.your kids. One minute the perfect relationship and then nothing at
:14:08. > :14:13.all. I feel emotionally drained. No self-esteem, no-confidence, how such
:14:14. > :14:19.a person can do this. There is nothing on paper to say why I can't
:14:20. > :14:25.see my kids. Her ex-husband has breached a court order which says
:14:26. > :14:30.she can have access to them. She has two represent herself but her
:14:31. > :14:36.husband can afford one. Before you go to court, you can't sleep, I have
:14:37. > :14:40.panic attacks and can't eat. You walk in there and I have no
:14:41. > :14:45.confidence at all. I don't know much about the legal side of things, all
:14:46. > :14:49.the words that they use and it is difficult to stand there and it is
:14:50. > :15:00.difficult to stand there knowing his corner and I stood there on my own.
:15:01. > :15:12.In April,, legal cover was halted unless prove you are a domestic
:15:13. > :15:16.violence victim. 58% didn't have solicitors when fighting for a
:15:17. > :15:20.residence orders or access to their children. Some say there could be
:15:21. > :15:27.extremely damaging for the children involved. The welfare of the child
:15:28. > :15:34.is paramount in these cases and that is a given. It also says that delay
:15:35. > :15:42.is the enemy of a child's best interests. The resolution takes
:15:43. > :15:49.longer and it must therefore be damaging to the child. Legal aid
:15:50. > :15:54.costs taxpayers ?2 billion every year but Crispin insists money
:15:55. > :16:01.should not have been cut from cases that involve children. A number of
:16:02. > :16:06.ink -- organisations agree. It can't be in the child's best interests and
:16:07. > :16:10.only time they tell that we have a generation of children who, through
:16:11. > :16:16.no fault of their own, have not been well served by the system and their
:16:17. > :16:23.best interests haven't been taken account of. The Ministry of Justice
:16:24. > :16:25.says it has introduced major reforms to reduce delays and keep family
:16:26. > :16:35.dispute out of court. Mediation doesn't work for everyone
:16:36. > :16:37.as this mother knows. She says she will do all she came to see her
:16:38. > :16:39.children again. Much more to come
:16:40. > :16:41.before 7 o'clock Founded in the 1920s, to help improve the lives
:16:42. > :16:44.of ex-servicemen, now the Royal British Legion is undergoing its
:16:45. > :16:47.biggest transformation in 93 years. And the movie of the unlikely bond
:16:48. > :16:51.between striking miners and gay Many of our beaches suffered
:16:52. > :17:08.a decade's erosion in just a few weeks in the battering
:17:09. > :17:11.of the storms last winter. The National Trust says up to 60% of
:17:12. > :17:16.its beaches lost significant amounts of sand, but the organisation is
:17:17. > :17:19.warning against what it calls hard We should let nature repair
:17:20. > :17:35.the damage it says. Some of the damage was apparent that
:17:36. > :17:40.there was a temptation to dwell on those things we had put them in the
:17:41. > :17:45.first place. Here, a wrecked promenade and coastal defence. In
:17:46. > :18:09.Aberystwyth, a public shelter that has been rebuilt. What about the
:18:10. > :18:18.beaches? I lost 40 tonnes of sand. I have been coming here 37 years. I
:18:19. > :18:24.have never known it this bad. Here, there is plenty of sand left on the
:18:25. > :18:28.beach even if the steps have got a bit steep at this year. What about
:18:29. > :18:33.the temptation to do something about this emotion? There should be
:18:34. > :18:37.resisted according to some. The cliffs here have eroded and
:18:38. > :18:43.according to The National Trust, there has been damaged to the beach.
:18:44. > :18:49.It wasn't the waves going up the beach that was the problem, it was
:18:50. > :18:54.the backwash. They were so big they were scouring away their sand and
:18:55. > :18:59.taking it far out to sea. What about the temptation to intervene and
:19:00. > :19:08.putting an engine niche in -- engineering solutions? We are
:19:09. > :19:11.developing policies which are future proofing our coast using soft
:19:12. > :19:15.approaches which are more easy to recover so we allow nature to do its
:19:16. > :19:20.thing but to recover quickly after the storms have happened, then let
:19:21. > :19:29.those natural processes bring back the sand as time goes by. In places
:19:30. > :19:33.where property and infrastructure like roads and railway lines need
:19:34. > :19:35.protecting, they met -- that may not be possible but nature will do its
:19:36. > :19:37.work. Who looks after our soldiers
:19:38. > :19:40.when they return from active duty? The Royal British Legion is
:19:41. > :19:41.undergoing its biggest A new hub, or drop-in centre is
:19:42. > :19:47.being opened in the capital to make it more accessible for veterans to
:19:48. > :20:03.get the help they need. This is a charity eager to appeal to
:20:04. > :20:07.a newer, younger audience. In sharp contrast to the faded pool halls of
:20:08. > :20:13.the past, the new shop front is a drop-in centre in Cardiff on the
:20:14. > :20:17.first in Wales. There has always been information available but it
:20:18. > :20:22.has not been so easy to access and that is the biggest problem. People
:20:23. > :20:29.here it is out there but where do you go to find it? Who do you speak
:20:30. > :20:35.to? Who will answer your enquiry. That is what we haven't had before.
:20:36. > :20:39.Founded in 1921 to improve the lives of ex-service personnel, the British
:20:40. > :20:42.Legion is best known for its annual Poppy Appeal but it has struggled to
:20:43. > :20:50.get its message of advice and financial support across to the
:20:51. > :20:53.Germans from recent conflicts. Its membership of 16,000 is ageing and
:20:54. > :20:59.declining. Local branches are in danger of folding. Normandy veteran
:21:00. > :21:06.Gordon prime who we've featured on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day
:21:07. > :21:12.linings -- landings, is President of one branch. There is no new members
:21:13. > :21:19.can forward and we try to get hold of ex-service people but they don't
:21:20. > :21:25.seem interested. We are losing our secretary and we may fold if we
:21:26. > :21:32.don't get one. New centres are due to open soon in Swansea and Wrexham.
:21:33. > :21:36.It is practical support that many men and women need. Neal Adams was
:21:37. > :21:42.given a grant to set up his personal fitness business. I wasn't sure
:21:43. > :21:50.which avenue to go down. I needed funding as well. The British Legion
:21:51. > :21:55.put me on track and May Day few phone calls and waved a magic wand.
:21:56. > :21:58.There are now several charities hope to help ex-service men and women.
:21:59. > :22:04.They hope to fill the gap. Cricket and at the close on day 3 of
:22:05. > :22:08.Glamorgan's Championship match with Kent in Canterbury, Glamorgan were
:22:09. > :22:10.150 for 3 in the second innings. Earlier the home side made 387
:22:11. > :22:18.in their first innings It was a clash of cultures that
:22:19. > :22:23.led to an unlikely friendship. In 1984 a group of gay
:22:24. > :22:26.and lesbian activists from London arrived in the South Wales valleys
:22:27. > :22:28.to support striking miners. It's a largely forgotten moment
:22:29. > :22:31.in Welsh history that's inspired Pride, starring Bill Nighy
:22:32. > :22:34.and Imelda Staunton, has its UK premiere tonight and is being tipped
:22:35. > :22:53.as the feel good hit of the year. When you are in a battle against the
:22:54. > :23:00.enemy, find out you have a friend that you never knew existed, that is
:23:01. > :23:04.the best feeling in the world. Set in Wales chewing the miners strike,
:23:05. > :23:09.it tells the story of two different communities that form an unexpected
:23:10. > :23:14.bond. The story of how gay and lesbian activists joined forces with
:23:15. > :23:20.minors sounds like pure fiction but it actually happened, faxback took
:23:21. > :23:24.the cast members by surprise. I was amazed that I hadn't known the story
:23:25. > :23:31.because it is such an amazing story and something that I think every
:23:32. > :23:40.Welsh person should know about. Much of the film was shot on location and
:23:41. > :23:44.it was here in the autumn of 84, that the two different cultures met
:23:45. > :23:48.for the first time. The gay and lesbian movement had been raising
:23:49. > :23:52.money for the striking miners and they saw them as another group who
:23:53. > :23:56.were being ostracised by society at the time. They decided to present
:23:57. > :24:00.their donations in person to the miners of the Dulais Valley but they
:24:01. > :24:15.were not sure what reception they would get as they told the BBC. 27
:24:16. > :24:20.years -- we went down and we were nervous and we didn't know what to
:24:21. > :24:25.expect. Christine Powell was there that night. The place was packed
:24:26. > :24:31.because there was a lot of curiosity. We were overly protective
:24:32. > :24:35.but they fitted in and it was a brilliant evening. Real friendships
:24:36. > :24:40.were formed. Miners put the campaigners are up during this time.
:24:41. > :24:48.Philip and Marilyn were one couple who did that. They thought we were
:24:49. > :24:54.victimised like they were. They came to help us and we were helping their
:24:55. > :24:59.cause as well. In 1985, 70 miners from South Wales forbid their way to
:25:00. > :25:05.London to take pride in the annual Gay pride march. It was a display of
:25:06. > :25:13.solidarity fought two unlikely groups that had found common ground.
:25:14. > :25:22.It is one part that has been recreated in the film, Pride. From
:25:23. > :25:46.feel-good news to feel good weather. Cloud is increasing overnight and it
:25:47. > :25:51.could be thick enough to produce the odd spot of drizzle. Temperatures
:25:52. > :26:01.around 15 Celsius. A cloudy start tomorrow. Fog patches will lift to
:26:02. > :26:04.leave a dry day. With sunny spells developing, feeling quite warm in
:26:05. > :26:10.the sunshine with temperatures creeping up into the low 20s. 22
:26:11. > :26:15.Celsius is possible in Cardiff. Tomorrow evening is clearer for a
:26:16. > :26:29.time. We have variable cloud over night and not to Chile. A similar
:26:30. > :26:41.story for Thursday. West should be rest. I pressure is keeping things
:26:42. > :26:46.settled. These low pressure systems to the south and west try to push in
:26:47. > :26:51.but the high pressure could hold out and keep them at bay. We have a
:26:52. > :26:58.greater chance of rain pushing in on Sunday. It could still change. A lot
:26:59. > :27:00.of dry and unsettled weather to come.
:27:01. > :27:02.It's coming up to seven o'clock, the main news again.
:27:03. > :27:05.Joshua Davies has been told he will never walk again after falling
:27:06. > :27:09.He says he was being chased by bullies who were throwing stones
:27:10. > :27:21.His mother believes he was bullied because of his disability.
:27:22. > :27:28.HMS Duncan has arrived in Cardiff Bay ahead of the NATO summit in
:27:29. > :27:32.Newport and stop delegates will be discussing the crisis in the Ukraine
:27:33. > :27:38.and Afghanistan's future. Motorists are being warned to expect
:27:39. > :27:44.disruption while the summit is in Newport. I will have an update at
:27:45. > :27:47.eight o'clock and at 10:25pm. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.