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Was Jon Styler, a former head master from Newport, one of the most

Tonight questions for the local council and Gwent police.

Christopher May is charged with killing a women he met in a pub

No police came and asked me anything about the situation.

Christopher May is charged with killing a women he met in a pub

A court hears she was brutally and viciously murdered.

The number of cosmetic laser clinics being investigated by regulators for

Building an M4 relief road - the Tories say - they'll be more

supportive if the First Minister was more transparent on what it'll cost.

And the army rejected Frederick Barter at first

A new honour for the first Cardiff man to be awarded the

A former head teacher from Newport accused

of historical sexual abuse may have been one of Wales' most prolific

paedophiles, according to solicitors representing his alleged victims.

Lawyers say Jon Styler, who killed himself while being

investigated by police, could have abused more than a hundred boys.

Jon Styler - as some would've known him.

A talented musician and charismatic young head teacher.

But others claim he was a predatory paedophile who abused young boys.

Solicitors now believe there may be more than 100 victims -

making him one of Wales' most prolific paedophiles.

This man, a former police officer, who doesn't want to be identified,

and who's speaking for the first time, says he and his brother were

abused by Jon Styler, and that his brother told police about the abuse

in 2005, but the details weren't recorded properly.

It's such a shame to hear that this type of incident, along with a lot

Little things, details matter in policing.

Jon Styler killed himself in 2007 following another allegation

BBC Wales has learned Gwent Police didn't connect these two

The force has launched a review following our investigation.

We also understand a formal complaint has been made to

the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

But John Styler's alleged behaviour at the Malpas Church in

Wales Primary School was questioned as far back at the '70s.

Concerns were raised by this man, the deputy head, Lyndon Millinship.

Speaking publicly for the first time, he questions

The police came to the school, questioned the head and deputy head

and some of the teachers, but none of them had ever talked with Styler.

No police came at all and ask me anything about the situation.

Newport Council says it has no record of Gwent Police contacting

them about the allegations, nor does it have Jon Styler's

The council says it can't comment further as the matter is

The Children's Commissioner for Wales says the way the case was

handled should be looked at again, potentially by a high-profile,

This case fits for me in the Goddard inquiry - that's the general inquiry

into historic sexual abuse claims, for the whole of England and Wales.

Jon Styler denied all the allegations against him.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent says lessons have now been

learned, and urges any victims of historical abuse to come forward.

You can see more on this story in Week In Week Out,

Best friends, 20-year-old Ryan Gibbons and his friend both by diet.

A fourth man is on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of

causing death by dangerous driving. A firm has been fined

after making more than two million unsolicited calls in the space

of two months - falsely claiming to be part of a Government campaign to

write-off debt. Oxygen Limited,

based in Port Talbot, has been ordered to pay ?120,000

by the information commissioner. The number of cosmetic laser clinics

being investigated by regulators for dodging registration has quadrupled

in the past three years, a BBC Wales Healthcare Inspectorate Wales says

it will take action to crack down on unregistered clinics, and is

calling on the Welsh Government to consider the risks associated with

other cosmetic procedures. The growing popularity

of nonsurgical treatments like this means more clinics are

springing up to offer them. Three years ago, this woman,

who asked not to be identified, had She was badly burned

and left with unsightly scarring. Absolutely terribly stressful

and depressing. To think, well,

did I really need that treatment? I went in there to make

my life easier because I have a busy schedule, I'm always running

around, so the whole idea was not to make myself more beautiful,

but just to ease my routine. Concerns are growing about how

they some cosmetic procedures are regulated, and what safeguards

exist to protect the public. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has

seen the number of investigations of unregistered clinics quadruple

in the last few years. It's risen from nine in 2013-14,

to 36 so far in 2015-16. We have certainly seen a growth in

the number of services we are aware of that aren't registered or which

the public have raised with us or It is a growing sector,

but we are following through on It is believed new Welsh Government

legislation could lead to more procedures being regulated

in the future. There are also concerns private

companies are stepping in with an alternative

of voluntary registers, offering I think there must be

issues that arise. Who is making sure

the standards are met? I am concerned about the effect

on patient's confusion as to where Is it medical practitioners or

is it those on the registers? Would I go back

and have it done again? Because of the area of

my body it is, I have to keep that I don't go swimming and I used to

love going swimming but I don't For this woman, the emotional

scars of this run deep. We discovered the clinic that

treated her is not registered with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales,

who are now investigating. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has told the Assembly she doesn't have

enough funding for her organisation Dr Kate Chamberlain was appearing

before the Public Accounts Committee and was questioned over funding

by its Chair, Darren Millar. Are you adequately resourced to do

what you are doing at the moment? I think the big challenge we have

at the moment is resilience. Because we are

a small organisation... Are you sufficiently resourced to do

what you are required to do There isn't a yes or no

answer to that because... I don't want to make you

uncomfortable, but I am just asking if you might be able to give us

a yes or no answer because it would I think the answer to that

would have to be no. A court has heard that

a woman was brutally murdered at a flat in Pontypridd after

meeting a man in a nearby pub. The jury was warned that that

the details of the case are Tracey Woodford's body was found

dismembered in a flat in the town, days after being reported missing

in April. 50-year-old Christopher May,

seen here at a previous hearing. He was accused in court of

strangling and killing 47-year-old Tracey Woodford in a deliberate,

brutal and vicious murder. The two had met in the Jolly Cow pub

in Pontypridd on Tuesday 21st April. -- Skinny Dog Pub. Tracey Woodford,

who was single and unemployed, was Police called at Christopher May's

flat on Friday 24th April where they found what was described

as a truly gruesome sight. The jury was told that

when officers went to Christopher May's flat, they were immediately

struck by the foul smell, He allowed

the officers to search the flat and in the bathroom, one officer pulled

back the shower curtain he was confronted with a sight he had he

had never seen before and certainly Christopher May was immediately

arrested on suspicion of murder, and told officers they would find

further remains in a storm drain This sparked

a detailed forensic search in The jury has been told that

Christopher May admits that his actions were responsible

for Tracey Woodford's death, The trial is expected

to last two weeks. Limbering up in training,

but no Gareth Bale or Aaron Ramsey. Wales footballers' chance to prove

they're not a one or two-man team ahead of Friday's friendly

against the Netherlands. And last night was the warmest

November night on record. There's more mild,

damp and windy weather The Conservatives say they would

consider supporting the Welsh government's proposal

for a new motorway around Newport - if the First Minister can prove it

will cost less than the official Let's talk to

our political editor Nick Servini. During First Minister's Questions

was directly asked by the Conservatives on what basis he came

out and said last week that the overall cost of this project would

come under way below that ?1 billion figure. The subtext here was clear,

which was there was an opportunity to build consensus. In response to

that, Carwyn Jones said he always said the figure would come in below

?1 billion and, rather like a game of cards come he didn't want to show

his and the contractors who would be bidding for the contract.

It would be the biggest single infrastructure project carried

The six lane motorway 15 miles long to the south of Newport,

avoiding the notorious tunnels, with a price tag of ?1 billion.

Now the First Minister says it would be nowhere near that,

although he has refused to say how much it would cost, for fear

We're not going to release the figure publicly.

That's the equivalent of showing your card in a poker game.

We will have a process of tendering for

the contracts to build the M4, if it gets to that stage, as is our plan.

Revealing beforehand what your target figure is is not a wise

Without an overall majority, the Labour Welsh Government need support

And none have been prepared to give it.

Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats support

a cheaper alternative, to upgrade the existing Southern

The Conservatives say there is an opportunity for the

First Minister to build support for the new motorway if he is more

He should come out with the parameters that he believes

his Government and any future Welsh Government will be operating on.

If he can do that, then I think he will gain a lot more

support and there will be traction in delivering this project.

What lorry drivers, van drivers, car drivers sitting on the M4,

week in, week out, want is a remedy to the situation they find

themselves in, and the blight on the community that run along the M4.

A final political decision on a new motorway will happen after

In the meantime, the Welsh Government is spending ?20

million on preparatory work and the Economy Minister says 160

Under the current plans, a public enquiry will begin

in 2016 and construction would get underway in 2018.

The idea of a new motorway is to improve

journey times, but this road's Janet do being built, if it ever happens,

A context here is important. There is a long way to go on the final

political decision won't be made until after the Assembly elections.

The Conservatives are not happy the First Minister is not giving them

the basis for the confidence in which he is saying that cost will

come down below ?1 billion. I think it is important to say we did learn

one thing today and it is, at a time when there are many people who

simply don't think this project is going to get the go-ahead because of

the level of political opposition, at least, I think we learned that if

a lead that can be kept on the cost of the project, there is a potential

deal to be done between Labour and the Conservatives. For those who

support it, it is a glimmer of hope and we have not had many days like

that. The Welsh Government has announced

a deal with a pharmaceutical company to give

patients access to a cancer drug Everolimus is used to treat certain

renal, As part of the agreement - the first

of its kind here - Novartis will invest ?1.3 million in breastcancer

research at Welsh oncology centres. A century on -

the first man from Cardiff to be awarded the Victoria Cross has been

honoured at a ceremony in the city. As this year's remembrance

commemoration continues, we look back now to 1915 - as Wales prepared

for its second Christmas at war. A hundred years ago

the conflict was spreading. A new regiment,

the Welsh Guards had been formed and soldiers from Wales were among the

first victims of chemical warfare. In the wind and rain they gathered

in Cardiff this morning to remember and honour one man in particular.

The city's first Victoria Cross winner. The plaque now marks his

achievement in 1915. Frederick Barter live eight men on an attack

in German trenches and captured more than 100 of the enemy. Today, his

Victoria Cross is held by the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum. In the same

cabinet, another Welsh Victoria Cross for 1915. He died fighting at

Gallipoli. It was the year war really did go global. 1914 was the

time they said it would all be over by Christmas. That was when the

professional army without a fight. In 1915, they simply prayed the war

would end in 1915. It was the time of the Territorial Army, the

part-timers. They are the ones who went to the front and died in their

thousands. It was also the year a new horror came to the battlefield -

mustard gas, a weapon of mass destruction, in today's language. He

suffered for the rest of his life. He was the early victim of gas. His

granddaughter has researched his life. I feel as if I knew him

personally. A minor before the war he was captured, but escaped. His

experiences never let them, nor the effects of the gas that permanently

scarred his lungs. But having a cough and having to suck a copper

piece before each meal to get his saliva going. A certain amount of

mucous membranes to the lungs must have been damaged. He suffered

terribly. Along with so many others, by 1915 war was being waged

on an industrial scale and on many fronts. Welsh battalions were there

on numerous battlefields across Europe. The newly formed Welsh guard

also saw action for the first time. If they died before the dead man's

penny. Veterans of the daily experience artefacts from a century

ago. This is the UK blind veteran centre. It was first founded in

1915. Bill signed up before the Second World War. Now we remarked on

the enormous loss of life. They you then? Very much. My father was

involved in the First World War so it was important to me. The old

contemptible is, as the Germans called them, without the 1914 but a

lot of them were wiped out. Then the Territorial Army came in, butchers,

bakers, farmers and everything. Nobody had seen anything like that

the force. Nobody had seen anything like this before either. The funeral

of the tenant William Gladstone MP, grandson of a prime minister, he was

killed in April 1915. Among the thousands lined the streets must

have been many red lost their own husbands, brothers, sons, fathers.

The centenary history interest in the First World War and many have

rekindled the owner family stories. Memories may fade, but remembrance

in the First World War and many have rekindled the owner family stories.

Memories may fade, but remembrance endurance.

Many of our school buildings date back to Victorian times,

and finding the money and land to build replacements is a challenge

In Gorseinon near Swansea, controversial plans

for a new primary school on park land has divided opinion.

Some residents argue the council should preserve green spaces,

but parents say their children desperately need a new school.

And that his seventh goal for his country. What might he is Welsh

sporting greats have in common? They both grew up in Gorseinon and would

at some point kicked the ball around this part. Often an grandad duties

these days, he often brings a grandson here. But it plans to build

a school year, he is concerned that would be the case in the future.

Many residents feel the same way and they are also worried the roads

would cope with the extra school traffic. We have handed petitions

into the and the council with well over 3000 signatures. By my

mathematics, that is a substantial opposition to the school being

built. Swansea Council want to amalgamate three primary schools in

Gorseinon and build a brand-new one here. Despite local concerns about

the loss of playing fields, the council says the school will only

take up 6% of the park and they were also enhance the current playing

facilities. One of the school is hoping to move out of their

Victorian building is the Gorseinon infants. You don't have to look far

to see the structural issues here and the children are aware of the

uncomfortable and potentially hazardous environments. The piles on

the roof falling off and there is a massive hole underneath one of the

classrooms. Loud buzzing noises and open sewage in the toilet is just

another example of how desperate the situation has become. The park

offers so much for our children and for the community. To be able to

nurture the children's social and physical development, they don't

stand a chance here. Views on a new developments continue to be

reviewed. A decision on its future is expected in the coming weeks.

Tonight's top sports stories now - here's Iwan Griffiths.

Wales face the Netherlands on Friday evening.

It's a friendly, but marks the beginning

of the journey towards the European Championships in France next June.

The squad have been training in Cardiff, without Gareth Bale

and Aaron Ramsey, preparing for a game in which the younger

Two young and promising members of the Welsh Football squad.

Both aiming to steal the lime light in the absence

of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey for this week's friendly.

It's always in the back of your mind when you're playing for your club.

You've got to perform as well as you can and hopefully you will be in

contention for France. It will be a massive moment and hopefully I can

It's time another striker stepped up - those are the words of Wales'

Well, the Burnley striker missed training

this morning but is expected to be fit for the Netherland's visit.

While Hal Robson Kanu is out injured.

Well, he has been left out of Chris Coleman's squad.

The Real Madrid player scored seven of the 11 goals

So can the squad shine without the star?

I think we have needed their quality to get us through some games, but

the chances now for the other players and we've got a chance as a

team to sure we aren't all but one or two players.

Under the leadership of captain Ashley Williams

Wales conceding just four goals whilst securing qualification

But will there be a chance to experiment this week?

And take full advantage of the coming friendly?

There's no point preaching at the beginning of a campaign that it's a

great effort and then when the opportunity comes we don't use

them. We've got an opportunity for someone to stake a claim, in many

ways because I think it is going to be competitive in getting into the

Fans may have had a glimpse today of the new Welsh kit

No official confirmation from the FAW, but with thousands

preparing to flock to France, it may well be the best selling

The journey to Euro 2016 starts with a fixture against the Netherlands

It may be a friendly, but the players, experienced, and new will

Welsh shooter Elena Allen has been named in the Great Britain team

The Russian-born 43-year-old is the third Welsh competitor to be

selected for the Games, following triathlete Non Stanford

Elena Allen, who lives in Blackwood, won silver at the Glasgow

Commonwealth Games after qualifying for Wales through residency.

This will be her third Olympic Games.

I think all experiences help in life.

Negative, positive, as long as you take lessons it's a great thing.

We're human beings and we learn from making mistakes.

Very rarely do we learn from getting things right.

I hope to medal, I hope to win, like anyone else, like most people

Let's get a full check on what the weather has in store.

No need for the winter duvet at the moment.

At Hawarden in Flintshire the temperature didn't

The reason it's so mild is down to the wind direction.

Southwesterly winds bringing air to us from the Tropics.

Mind you, as the air crosses the sea it picks-up moisture.

Most of the rain recently has fallen on the Snowdonia mountains

At the moment, there are seven flood alerts in force, but it

Sunshine in Wrexham and exceptionally warm.

Our weather watcher Paul in Erddig recorded a high of 18 Celsius.

Most of the rain on the mountains in the northwest.

Places to the north and east of high ground drier and another mild night.

Here's the picture for 8 in the morning.

A little rain and drizzle, especially on high ground.

Drier in the east, the Marches and the northeast corner.

Further west, more rain and poor conditions

During the day a band of rain over the Irish Sea will spread southeast.

The heaviest rainfall on the hills and mountains

Another inch or two of rain in Capel Curig, but it should dry-up

Top temperatures 13 to 16 Celsius with southwesterly winds.

Tomorrow night becoming dry and clearer everywhere.

The wind easing and a much cooler night although by no means cold.

Thursday's chart shows a deep low over the Atlantic

which has become the first named storm of the season called Abigail.

Severe gales in north and northwest Scotland on Thursday

Thursday morning dry with some sunshine.

The wind will increase again with some rain arriving

On Thursday night the rain will clear.

Friday brighter and colder with sunshine and blustery showers.

Hail and thunder in places and little snow on Snowdon.

But over the weekend it's back to square one.

Turning milder and windy again with more rain and drizzle.

I'll have an update for you here at 8 o'clock and again

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good evening.