05/11/2015 BBC Wales Today


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A summit to save the steel industry and the thousands of jobs in Wales

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And Mason Jones died after eating E.Coli

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infected meat from a butcher, but there will no new inquest

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It's a cornerstone of our economy, supporting thousands of jobs,

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but ministers admit the steel industry in Wales is now in crisis.

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Industry leaders met in Cardiff earlier, with the Economy Minister

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saying that she will look at whether business rates could be cut to help.

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Here's our Economics Correspondent, Sarah Dickins.

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Welsh steel, a vital industry and a basic ingredient for so many others.

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Demand for steel around the world has not recovered

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And the market here at home is facing particular problems.

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In Wales, steelmakers have high electricity charges, much

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Business rates that the unions say work against investment.

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And a high pound makes Welsh steel expensive to sell to others

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and the money paid for Welsh steel is dropping.

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We have to look very carefully at our budget.

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We cannot spend more than we are bringing in in terms

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We have also got to ensure that we won't be told that we are unfairly

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helping an injury that is subject to such an stringent restraints

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Newport docks with its new crane costing ?1.6 million.

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The docks is handling 20% more cargo than a year ago,

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Weeks ought a lot of steel here from Newport, we also import to

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balance that UK market with a number of commodities and

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There is always a balance and it varies from month-to-month,

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The price of steel around the world is governed by how much is

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wanted, how much demand there is for it, and China has been buying a lot

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That growth is now slowing down and Chinese steel is coming into Europe.

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It is all part of global demand and that is one of the many factors that

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Sources in the industry say Tata Steel is losing

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There is no sign that the Chinese economy is about to pick up

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There is no sign that the pound is going to get weaker.

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But you need quick action, don't you?

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But is why we try to highlight within the four or five asks that we

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have supported with industry, there is stuff that needs to happen

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That message from the unions and companies that something needs to be

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done to help Welsh steel was clearly spelt out to the minister today.

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She said she is listening but many of steel's problems are

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The mother of five-year-old Mason Jones, who died from ecoli

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in his school dinner in 2005, has told BBC Wales that she is

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considering legal action against the Crown prosecution service.

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Sharon Jeffreys' attempt to have a new inquest into her son's death

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was turned down today and says the decision not to pursue a charge

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of manslaughter against the butcher who supplied the meat was wrong.

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She's been speaking to our reporter, Caroline Evans.

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It is ten years since five-year-old Mason Jones died

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after eating contaminated meat in his school dinner.

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We live with this every day and it is never going to go away

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and especially now because there is no justice for him.

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He was one of more than 150 people infected by the E.Coli

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bacteria as it spread on meat supplied to 40 schools

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Tests found the exact same strain which killed Mason was present

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Its manager, William John Tudor, admitted breaking food safety laws

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But a case of manslaughter against him was not pursued.

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The Crown Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence.

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In 2010, the coroner decided he could not conclude Mason

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We do not feel that Mason has received proper justice.

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They appealed but today they have been told by the High Court that

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decision will not be overturned and the inquest will not be reopened.

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Following the inquest, the coroner said he had considered

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a catalogue of horrific failures at the meat factory and that Mason

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had probably died as the result of eating meat repaired with this

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Today Sharon showed me a letter from the CPS admitting it had made

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a mistake in not pursuing a case for manslaughter

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and told me she is now considering legal action against them.

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I believe that this is a miscarriage of justice

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and my son has been cheated out of justice because of a mistake.

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We have fought all along, me and Nathan, Mason's dad, along with the

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family, to try and get some justice for Mason because we believed it was

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right, we believe we were right and he was unlawfully killed.

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We were treated appallingly and I believe they need to answer that.

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The scores on the doors rating system we now

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have at food outlets was a direct result of Mason's death.

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enquiry made tougher enforcement one of its key recommendations.

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Mason's mother says it is a fitting legacy but as the family

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see it, his death has not been recorded properly and they continue

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An inquest has heard that an army officer had ordered a young soldier

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to be brought to him "hot and sweaty" on the day the private died

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Gavin Williams, who was 22 and from Hengoed

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near Caerphilly, died of heatstroke in July 2006, after being ordered

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to carry out intensive exercise as punishment for drunken behaviour.

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After two days without water, households in north Pembrokeshire

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are slowly being reconnected to the mains supply.

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Around 500 properties are still cut off though, with the worst affected

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areas around Crymych, Boncath, St Dogmaels, Tegryn and Nevern.

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Welsh Water has been distributing bottled water

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at three different locations but say they hope all customers will

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Four people have been found guilty of conspiring to supply over ?5

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million worth of heroin, one of Wales' largest ever seizures.

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Police uncovered more than forty kilograms of the drug as part

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of an undercover operation between 2013 and 2014.

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Khalid Yassen from Cardiff was found not guilty.

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The jury was unable to return a verdict on Umar Butt,

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The travel chaos surrounding Rugby World Cup matches in Cardiff was

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That's what the organisers told an Assembly inquiry into the

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incidents, which left thousands of fans queuing for up to four hours.

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Rail bosses insist organisers underestimated the number

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I can tell you that the 22nd of September,

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we were actually told that we should tell our audience that they should

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I can tell you that my response that day was that will we would not do

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Let's see what the weekend weather has in store.

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Thank you very much. I am sure there were one or two damp sparklers this

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evening but thankfully the worst of the rain cleared away. Over the next

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few days there is more wet and windy weather to come. Staying on the mild

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side for November. For the rest of the night, a few spots of drizzle

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but no more than that. Some hill fog and later in the night, the next

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arch of rain will reach the far south and west of the country. A

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mild night. Tomorrow, this rain spreading across Wales. Some heavy

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bursts of rain, especially in the South. The wind picking up again as

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well. Across the rest of the UK, rain will move north-east were

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during the day. Some heavy bursts of rain accompanied I guess the winds.

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It should start to dry and brighten up in western areas during the

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afternoon. Some sunshine. Mild tomorrow. 18 degrees in London.

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Wales tomorrow afternoon a little rain and is all but it will improve

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as time goes on. A little sunshine before sunset. Temperatures above

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Sunset. 17 in Flintshire. Tomorrow evening and overnight, the odd

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shower in the North. More rain will spread into the South by the end of

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the night. We will all see some more rain on Saturday, accompanied by

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strong and gusty winds but it should cheer up in the afternoon. Some

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sunshine, turning dry around the wind easing. That will take this

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into a dry and Qamar evening on Saturday. Good news if you are

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heading to a firework display. More wind come on Remembrance Sunday. The

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heaviest of the rain on the Snowdonia Mountains. Unsettled into

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next week. From all of us on the programme,

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good night.

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