:00:12. > :00:14.The family of 73-year-old Sonia Powell, who died
:00:15. > :00:17.in the back of an ambulance outside a Swansea hospital, say they've been
:00:18. > :00:26.Today the Health Minster admitted the Welsh NHS is under pressure.
:00:27. > :00:29.These scenes are more common in mid winter than in mid-September
:00:30. > :00:35.This was Morrison Hospital yesterday afternoon, with ambulances queueing
:00:36. > :00:38.outside A in the back of one ambulance yesterday
:00:39. > :00:42.afternoon, Sonia Powell, mother of five, grandmother of 14 and
:00:43. > :00:52.She'd been transferred from nearby Neath Port Talbot
:00:53. > :00:56.Hospital after a heart attack that no bed could be found for her.
:00:57. > :00:59.The doctor was in there and he was facing my auntie
:01:00. > :01:04.and my auntie then said to him, "She's gone, she's died."
:01:05. > :01:11.And they turned then and then they checked and said,
:01:12. > :01:19.It's the worst feeling ever because she
:01:20. > :01:23.Nobody deserves to die outside hospital.
:01:24. > :01:25.Both Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board and
:01:26. > :01:27.the ambulance service launched an investigation and the health board
:01:28. > :01:30.insists Mrs Powell was assessed by a doctor in the ambulance three
:01:31. > :01:36.They said a doctor also stayed with her until
:01:37. > :01:44.The family said that wasn't the case.
:01:45. > :01:48.Nobody came to see my mum till four minutes after she passed away.
:01:49. > :01:59.Last winter, the senior A doctor at Morriston spoke of having to
:02:00. > :02:02.treat patients in the hospital car park and yesterday, the BMA in Wales
:02:03. > :02:09.warned that the whole of the Welsh NHS could soon be in meltdown.
:02:10. > :02:12.Our problem is that there is a danger in not listening to front
:02:13. > :02:18.All the reports have raised concerns about patient safety
:02:19. > :02:20.and highlighted not listening to doctors, not listening to nurses
:02:21. > :02:28.The BMA joins a growing list of organisations and individuals
:02:29. > :02:30.calling for an independent enquiry into the state of the Welsh NHS.
:02:31. > :02:33.The Welsh Government maintains that type of investigation isn't needed
:02:34. > :02:39.because it argues it has enough safeguards when things go wrong
:02:40. > :02:43.but the Health Minister does admit, there's a huge amount of strain
:02:44. > :02:51.The NHS in Wales is a system under pressure.
:02:52. > :02:56.The age of austerity is absolutely real.
:02:57. > :03:00.In it, demand goes up or ability to meet
:03:01. > :03:03.the dmeand through matching that demand with resources compromised
:03:04. > :03:12.Nevertheless, the big picture story is
:03:13. > :03:19.Before Mrs Powell died, this family was already grieving.
:03:20. > :03:23.Her sister died of cancer some hours earlier.
:03:24. > :03:26.Now they say they are devastated again and in this case,
:03:27. > :03:32.Things are being cut back in the hospitals all the time.
:03:33. > :03:37.And the ambulance drivers that were with my gran that day, they couldn't
:03:38. > :03:45.The impact plain to see of an emergency care system, yesterday
:03:46. > :03:55.The votes are being counted and tomorrow we will know if Scotland
:03:56. > :04:00.The outcome of the referendum is being closely watched here in Wales.
:04:01. > :04:02.Our political correspondent Daniel Davies is at the Senedd
:04:03. > :04:16.The polls closed about half an hour ago but it will be near a breakfast
:04:17. > :04:21.time on Friday before we know the result and 412 that's results mean
:04:22. > :04:25.in Wales, for the politics it's conducted in this building, that's
:04:26. > :04:28.the key question for Welsh politicians who are watching and
:04:29. > :04:34.waiting to hear what Scotland decide. The first minister says the
:04:35. > :04:38.old union is dead. The Welsh Secretary says there is an appetite
:04:39. > :04:44.for change and the nature of the debate in Scotland as a certainly
:04:45. > :04:48.shaped the debate here in Wales. More tax-raising powers potentially,
:04:49. > :04:52.some are already being devolved. There are further proposals on the
:04:53. > :04:58.table to give the assembly new powers over areas like policing. All
:04:59. > :05:02.the political parties are trying to decide to what extent and when that
:05:03. > :05:07.they'll devolved those powers and the influence this decision in
:05:08. > :05:12.Scotland will have on those decisions in Wales. We are all eager
:05:13. > :05:17.to find out. We'll be contributing to the BBC's results service
:05:18. > :05:22.overnight but like everyone in Britain, it's out of our hands.
:05:23. > :05:24.You can follow the very latest on the Scottish referendum
:05:25. > :05:27.Coverage begins here on BBC One Wales
:05:28. > :05:32.You can also follow events on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru.
:05:33. > :05:38.And the results will be on the BBC News websites in English and Welsh.
:05:39. > :05:41.Six women have been convicted of operating a pyramid scheme
:05:42. > :05:43.in which thousands of investors in South Wales and south
:05:44. > :05:48.Investigators say more than ?20 million was invested.
:05:49. > :05:55.Run mainly from people's homes at meetings like this, the scheme
:05:56. > :06:05.But it cost those same friends and family thousands.
:06:06. > :06:18.The lady was like asking all these questions to get your money back but
:06:19. > :06:21.I just gave this ?3000 in a little brown envelope and that went.
:06:22. > :06:25.Starting with one person at the top, they bring in two friends,
:06:26. > :06:28.they recruit two friends, and they in turn recruit two friends.
:06:29. > :06:31.Now the eight at the bottom each paid ?3,000 to the one at the top.
:06:32. > :06:34.That person gets more than ?20,000 but if the people
:06:35. > :06:41.at the top are to get the money, you need millions of new members or
:06:42. > :06:51.Members were told it was safe and legal.
:06:52. > :06:56.It became the first pyramid scheme prosecution and a new consumer laws.
:06:57. > :06:59.Today, the last of six women from the Bristol area were convicted for
:07:00. > :07:06.For so many, the lure of money for nothing seemed like a golden
:07:07. > :07:11.opportunity, but thousands across Caldicot, Chepstow, Caerphilly
:07:12. > :07:17.Conwy Council has voted to discuss a voluntary merger with Denbighshire.
:07:18. > :07:20.The Welsh Government wants to reduce the number of local authorities here
:07:21. > :07:23.from 22 to around 12 and is urging voluntary agreements
:07:24. > :07:31.But Wrexham Council says it is not keen on joining up with Flintshire.
:07:32. > :07:34.A difference in philosophy - that was the reason given for
:07:35. > :07:36.Cardiff City parting company with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer today.
:07:37. > :07:40.He resigned from the job, with the club 17th in the Championship.
:07:41. > :07:42.Tonight, former Cardiff City striker Craig Bellamy has ruled him
:07:43. > :07:54.There's one thing you can say about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
:07:55. > :08:02.The results in the performances show that things went well under his
:08:03. > :08:05.leadership but it's been a difficult time for him and the Premier league
:08:06. > :08:14.underfoot at the time he was the wrong appointment. Time for the
:08:15. > :08:19.weather now. I know some of you wouldn't mind a drop of rain for the
:08:20. > :08:24.garden. A few have recent storms and showers are expected in the next 24
:08:25. > :08:27.hours but very hit and miss. Tonight, showers will spread
:08:28. > :08:32.northwards across the country and some of them could be heavy with
:08:33. > :08:37.rumbles of thunder, some low cloud and mist and another warm, met the
:08:38. > :08:42.night. Tomorrow morning, very hit and miss. Some places will start
:08:43. > :08:49.strike with showers around, heavy and tenderly in places, brighter and
:08:50. > :08:53.part of the West. Across the rest of the UK, scattered, thundery showers
:08:54. > :08:57.moving northwards. Elsewhere, a grey, misty start, the best of the
:08:58. > :09:04.sunshine in the south and south-west with rain in the North of Scotland.
:09:05. > :09:09.Temperatures, 18 Celsius in Glasgow, 21 in London. Still a few showers
:09:10. > :09:14.tomorrow afternoon with the rumble of thunder but a lot of places will
:09:15. > :09:18.miss them and stay dry. Some hazy sunshine in parts of the south and
:09:19. > :09:24.West and once again, temperatures above average for this time of year,
:09:25. > :09:28.feeling humid. Tomorrow night, further scattered showers and low
:09:29. > :09:33.cloud and Mr swell, some health park and another most night. Saturday,
:09:34. > :09:38.further showers, heavy and tenderly in the South during the afternoon,
:09:39. > :09:43.however, the north, west and mid Wales should become dry and
:09:44. > :09:48.brighter. Sunday, high pressure back in charge, so Sunday, the best day
:09:49. > :09:51.of the weekend with sunny spells and cool and fresh with lower humidity.
:09:52. > :10:01.I wish you a good night.