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Welcome to the programme. Tonight's headlines: | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
Jay Liptrot is a firefighter but a blaze at a house he rented | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
out killed five people. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
As he's jailed, a warning to other landlords. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
And they claim it's making it difficult | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
for older people to recycle, hundreds protest after a council | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
changes their collection system. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:37 | |
A judge has urged landlords to take steps to keep their tenants safe | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
after she jailed a man who owned a property where five people died | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
in an arson attack. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
Part-time firefighter Jay Liptrot failed to make basic improvements | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
which may have saved Lee-Anna Shires, her partner, son, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
niece and nephew. Matthew Richards reports. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:59 | |
Jay Liptrot tried to save his tenants as one of the first | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
firefighters to arrive at the scene of the blaze in October 2012. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
20-year-old Lee-Anna Shiers, her partner Liam Timbrell, | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
their 15-month-old son Charlie and Miss Shiers' four-year-old nephew | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
Bailey and two-year-old niece Skye when the | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
downstairs neighbour Melanie Smith set light to Charlie's pushchair | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
following a lengthy dispute with Lee-Anna Shiers. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
The court heard how no fire door had been fitted which could have given | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
the victims an extra 30 minutes of protection from the flames. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
The windows were too small for people to escape through, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
trapping the five inside. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Liam Timbrell's hand prints were found of the glass he | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
tried in vain to smash. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:37 | |
Our overriding hope is that each and every landlord will learn from | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
this tragic event and if not already in place, they will take immediate | 0:01:41 | 0:01:46 | |
steps to ensure properties are safe for the occupiers and comply fully | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
with fire regulations to prevent any other totally avoidable deaths. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:57 | |
On the right, Steve Allen lost two children, his sister and nephew | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
in the fire, he read a statement in court acknowledging | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
his long friendship with Jay Liptrot, who remains his landlord. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
He said this was not a case of their family pushing for a prosecution but | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
they felt it was the right thing for the police and CPS to do. They said | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
they hoped Jay had learned his lesson, not just for himself | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
but for all landlords. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
"To them it's a business, but for us, it is a home. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
"They should ask themselves whether they want their family or children | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
"to live there. Is it safe?" | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
The Residential Landlords Association says | 0:02:26 | 0:02:27 | |
its members can often be overwhelmed by the amount of regulations they | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
must meet and need more support to help them comply. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
There are so many different areas for landlords to comply with these | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
days that it is very often the really important ones like fire | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
get missed and actually what happens is the bureaucratic pieces of | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
regulation actually come to the forefront and people are more | 0:02:46 | 0:02:52 | |
concerned about filling in pieces of paper as opposed to making sure that | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
their properties are up to standard. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
The Welsh Government says the Renting Homes Bill, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
passed this week, means greater clarity in relation to landlords' | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
responsibilities including requirements surrounding | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
Melanie Smith was jailed for a minimum of 30 years | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
for murder in 2013. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
The judge Mrs Justice McGowan said though Smith started the fire, | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
Jay Liptrot's failings meant it was able to spread undetected causing | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
incalculable harm. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
He was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
A former butcher from Pontypridd who killed and | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
dismembered a 47-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
Christopher May will serve a minimum of 28 years after being found guilty | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
of murdering Tracey Woodford. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Her mutilated body was found in his flat in April. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
A former South Wales Police officer has been charged | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
with two counts of rape. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
44-year-old Jeffrey Davies will appear before | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
Cardiff Magistrates' court on Monday. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
The alleged offences took place in 2002 and 2003 when Mr Davies | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
was a detective constable. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
Two inmates from Swansea Prison have been taken to Morriston Hospital | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
after two cell fires. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:01 | |
Emergency services were called at around six o'clock this evening. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
The Ministry of Justice says there was no wider disruption | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
to the prison regime. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
There are concerns that Swansea and the Valleys could miss out on | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
electrification of the rail lines. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
A committee of MPs has branded the increased cost of electrifying | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
the line from London to Cardiff, "staggering and unacceptable". | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
The Public Accounts Committee accuses Network Rail | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
of planning failures that could double the budget to ?2.8 billion. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
Network Rail says it has now made changes. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
There is also a very important review that's about to come out | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
by Sir Peter Hendy who is now the chair of Network Rail, which will | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
look in more depth than we have had time to do at the future of these | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
major infrastructure projects. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
I fear it may not be good news but I'm hoping, we hope as a | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
committee that will give some honest approach on delivery and cost. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
A coroner at the inquest of a man from Gower who died after | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
being hit by a coach on Swansea's Kingsway in 2013, has ruled that | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
the layout of the road and the speed limit were factors in his death. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
Following a narrative verdict, Daniel Foss's family said they're | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
relived the lay-out has now changed. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
Swansea Council will consider the findings to determine | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
whether more action is needed. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
Hundreds of Blaenau Gwent residents protested today | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
against a new system for collecting household recyclable waste. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
They claim elderly residents will struggle to carry boxes of rubbish | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
down steep steps to the roadside. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
The local authority has vowed to help residents. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
All: What do we want? Black back. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
When do we want them? Now. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
They're missing their old bin bags here in Blaenau Gwent. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
They were replaced last month by a system of trolley blocks, a | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
stack of three recycling boxes for paper, metals, plastic and glass. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
But the protesters are angry that big trucks picking them up want them | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
at the front of the house, and many elderly residents simply | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
can't manage to carry boxes weighing over 20kg. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
People want the bags, not the boxes. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
There's too many people that are struggling. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
A lot of collections used to be up the old alleys. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
They have now put it to the front of the property. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
They can't get these great big wagons up there. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
You have got people with steps at the front of their houses | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
and the back of their houses. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
It is not suitable. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:19 | |
They haven't thought of the people's needs. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
The old system used to work... | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
67-year-old retired factory worker Chris Meilleur from Cwm is one | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
of those affected. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
The new system means he is now forced to store much of his rubbish | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
in the most unusual of places. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
The reason I put my bins in the bath is because the night before, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
if it is raining, I don't want to drag wet bins through the house. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
Maybe even three times I have to do this, because you have | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
got three different bins. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
As we get older, obviously, as you have seen with the stairs and | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
all the rest of it, it is going to be a little bit of a problem for all | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
of us, but then again, it is not only just us as older people, the | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
youngsters as well have got to suffer with these things. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Blaenau Gwent is the joint third worst performing authority in Wales, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
recycling just 51% of its waste. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
They will be fined if they don't reach the Welsh | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
Government target of 58% next year. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
That is why this new system has been brought in. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
However, they have vowed to help any residents struggling to cope. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
For those that want a bag, we are offering a bag solution with | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
handles, which is easy to carry, or a box, or a combination. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
What we are saying is, tell us what works for you and | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
if you still don't think we've got a solution, our wardens will visit | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
you and try and make sure that we customise a solution. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
It isn't that we don't want to recycle, because recycling is so, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
so important. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:37 | |
We must recycle. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
But they are making it physically impossible to do | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
and that is why people are so upset and angry about it. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
The changes here in Blaenau Gwent also mean that black bag rubbish | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
will only be collected once every three weeks. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Protesters believe that's also not acceptable | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
and constitutes a health hazard. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
Well it's turning colder this weekend. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
Here's Derek now with the forecast. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Hello again. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
The winter woollies will definitely come in handy this weekend. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
Arctic winds are sweeping south across the UK bringing a big drop | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
in temperature. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:11 | |
And the wind a big feature tonight. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
Gale force winds could cause some disruption. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Gusts around 60mph in the north and west, some wintry showers | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
spreading southwards as well. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
A mix of rain, hail, sleet and snow in places. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
We could see a few centimetres of snow on some hills and mountains. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
Tomorrow morning, there will be some dry, bright whether an sunshine. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
But still a strong and cold wind, a few showers towards the west coast. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
Across the rest of the UK, there are yellow warnings | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
in force for both gales and snow. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Icy patches as well. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
Most of the wintry showers in the north, a few in the west | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
and towards the east coast. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
Otherwise, a lot of dry, bright weather tomorrow | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
but feeling cold everywhere, only three Celsius in Glasgow. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
In Wales tomorrow afternoon, some dry, bright weather | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
an sunshine but also some showers, some heavy showers in the west | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
spreading further inland and there could be some snow in places too, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:07 | |
for example on the Carmarthenshire hills. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
Feeling very cold tomorrow, the wind slowly easing | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
and temperatures below average. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Tomorrow night, there will be clear spells, less windy | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
and also further wintry showers. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
Again, some snow in places mainly on higher ground. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
Some frost and icy patches. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
On Sunday, a few more showers, some heavy showers in Pembrokeshire | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
but most of the showers will clear leaving many places dry, bright | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
and crisp with some sunshine. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
Temperatures still on the cold side but the wind lighter. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
We are in for a taste of winter over the weekend. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
Gales for a time, wintry showers, snow in places, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
some sunshine as well. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
The cold snap short lived, turning mild again next week | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
with some rain on Monday. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
And that's Wales Today. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:54 | |
We're back at 5.50pm tomorrow evening. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
For now from all of us here, have a good weekend. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:57 | |
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