:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight, reaction from Westminster as Welsh MPs play their part
:00:07. > :00:10.in the vote on whether to begin air strikes in Syria.
:00:11. > :00:13.And police look into allegations of fraud at this private college
:00:14. > :00:39.in Cardiff, following a BBC Wales investigation.
:00:40. > :00:42.MPs have voted for the UK to launch air strikes on so-called
:00:43. > :00:47.Among Welsh MPs, the vote was close, with around half intending to vote
:00:48. > :00:49.In a moment, we'll get the latest from
:00:50. > :00:51.our Parliamentary Correspondent, David Cornock, in Westminster.
:00:52. > :00:54.But first, a look at some of the arguments heard in the House
:00:55. > :01:09.Britain should not be standing by while our strongest ally, United
:01:10. > :01:12.States, and France, which has itself suffered so grievously and
:01:13. > :01:17.recently, bed and way too slow to rid the world of this pernicious and
:01:18. > :01:20.evil organisation. We are presented this afternoon, we have been
:01:21. > :01:24.presented many times with a false choice, false dichotomy. We have
:01:25. > :01:29.been told we should bomb or do nothing, while we can bomb or we can
:01:30. > :01:35.do something, things which are in my view reasonable, proportionate and
:01:36. > :01:40.effective. I believe that it is flawed on the grounds that we do not
:01:41. > :01:45.have sufficient ground forces. I do not come to that decision lightly. I
:01:46. > :01:48.listened to the debate when we were debating Iraq and I supported action
:01:49. > :01:52.them because the Prime Minister convinced us that the very reason we
:01:53. > :01:56.were taking that action was because there was solid troops on the
:01:57. > :02:02.ground, and a solid government. We do not have that in Syria. I have my
:02:03. > :02:06.doubts, I have my doubts on the ground troops, I have my doubts
:02:07. > :02:09.around the hopes being placed on the political process, in the failure of
:02:10. > :02:14.this government follow through on reconstruction in the past, but we
:02:15. > :02:18.cannot let perfection be the enemy and I have two consider the reasons
:02:19. > :02:21.I have outlined at the beginning my answer is no and that is why I will
:02:22. > :02:22.support the government in the tonight.
:02:23. > :02:25.David Cornock is in Westminster. David, do we know how Welsh MPs
:02:26. > :02:35.We are still waiting for the full breakdown of how individual MPs
:02:36. > :02:40.voted but it does look as if 21 of the 40 Welsh MPs voted against
:02:41. > :02:46.military action. I do know that a handful of Labour MPs from Wales did
:02:47. > :02:52.vote with the government tonight, in favour of extending air strikes over
:02:53. > :02:56.Syria. They included Susan Elan Jones and Stephen Doughty, who we
:02:57. > :03:00.heard from there. I had a conversation with him and he said
:03:01. > :03:05.that the result was the right one and that air strikes are just part
:03:06. > :03:08.of a wider package to deliver a more stable solution for Syria.
:03:09. > :03:16.Interesting to note that Wales's only Liberal Democrat MP actually
:03:17. > :03:21.voted against his party leadership, and against air strikes. We will
:03:22. > :03:23.have the full breakdown overnight. Thank you for that.
:03:24. > :03:26.The rest of the day's news now and it's been confirmed that police
:03:27. > :03:28.are looking into an alleged scam exposed by
:03:29. > :03:32.In last night's Week In Week Out programme, an undercover reporter,
:03:33. > :03:35.posing as a student, was offered a loan, based on
:03:36. > :03:38.a false qualification, to study at the Cardiff campus of
:03:39. > :03:43.West London Vocational and Training College.
:03:44. > :03:50.Our political editor, Nick Servini, has the latest.
:03:51. > :03:52.The West London Vocational and Training College.
:03:53. > :03:55.This year it opened a branch in Cardiff and now its Welsh
:03:56. > :03:57.government funding has been stopped, the police have called in,
:03:58. > :04:01.Last night BBC Wales's Week In Week Out programme revealed how
:04:02. > :04:05.this man was advising a man from its undercover team to fake
:04:06. > :04:08.a certificate to get onto an HND in business and, in the process, tap
:04:09. > :04:28.The principal also falsely claimed to have a PhD from Cambridge.
:04:29. > :04:32.He has now been removed from his position by the college.
:04:33. > :04:36.This afternoon the Education Minister confirmed
:04:37. > :04:41.I have just learned in the last hour or so that
:04:42. > :04:45.South Wales Police economic crime unit and the Welsh government's
:04:46. > :04:49.counter-fraud branch are now working together in investigating
:04:50. > :04:54.the allegations of fraud made in the BBC programme Week In Week Out.
:04:55. > :04:57.There are only a handful of private colleges in Wales, but the Welsh
:04:58. > :05:02.government funds hundreds of Welsh students who attend some of these
:05:03. > :05:06.colleges in England, where there has been a huge rise in recent years,
:05:07. > :05:10.and a big rise in the problems associated with them.
:05:11. > :05:14.Concern in Wales about them is not new either.
:05:15. > :05:18.Over a year ago a committee here at the Assembly warned
:05:19. > :05:25.The response from the Welsh government is to
:05:26. > :05:28.force private colleges from next year to have them register
:05:29. > :05:32.One member of the Assembly committee that first raised concerns says
:05:33. > :05:37.The reality of the situation in Wales is that we have incidences
:05:38. > :05:41.where we have ha issues with regard to proper governance
:05:42. > :05:44.of charities here in the same way that we have issues
:05:45. > :05:51.The allegations that have been made about this particular college.
:05:52. > :05:52.Police will now continue the investigation
:05:53. > :05:56.The college owner denies knowing of any wrongdoing in the recruitment
:05:57. > :06:05.The Newport headquarters of the Office for National Statistics
:06:06. > :06:08.should be turned into a hub of data expertise, according to an
:06:09. > :06:15.statistics are produced. But the report also suggested the quality of
:06:16. > :06:18.economic figures had been affected, when the ONS moved from London to
:06:19. > :06:24.Police are warning the number of people
:06:25. > :06:26.in Wales being blackmailed over the internet is growing rapidly.
:06:27. > :06:29.In the past month, nine people in North Wales have been threatened,
:06:30. > :06:32.that intimate pictures or videos of them would be posted online, unless
:06:33. > :06:41.One victim spoke to BBC Wales anonymously.
:06:42. > :06:49.Then I saw myself, and she said, "I'm going to put this on Facebook
:06:50. > :06:52."If I don't get ?6,000 from you, I'm going to go ahead
:06:53. > :06:56.In the last month, we've seen a growth now of nine instances
:06:57. > :07:04.The age range is between 14 and 65, so the age range is concerning.
:07:05. > :07:07.The Chief Executive of S4C has told BBC Wales that the Welsh language
:07:08. > :07:10.channel remains fully committed to plans for a new headquarters in
:07:11. > :07:13.Carmarthen, despite a ?1.7 million cut in its budget.
:07:14. > :07:16.These are the first images of what it could look like.
:07:17. > :07:20.It's hoped around 55 posts will move from Cardiff to Carmarthen,
:07:21. > :07:25.and Ian Jones says it'll be cheaper to run the channel from West Wales.
:07:26. > :07:27.The Welsh Rugby union has announced Wales will face England at
:07:28. > :07:31.Twickenham in May next year, a day after both the Pro 12
:07:32. > :07:35.Wales will then tour New Zealand the following month,
:07:36. > :07:39.Warren Gatland's side will also face Australia,
:07:40. > :07:44.Argentina and South Africa in Cardiff in the autumn.
:07:45. > :07:46.It's been pretty wet and miserable across the country.
:07:47. > :07:49.Tonight, there's two flood warnings and flood alerts in place here.
:07:50. > :07:58.Sue's here with the latest weather forecast.
:07:59. > :08:05.Very wet and windy across Wales in the next 24-hour is. The Met office
:08:06. > :08:08.has an ongoing warning in place for any further rain that falls on
:08:09. > :08:13.saturated ground and into swollen rivers and those flood warnings
:08:14. > :08:20.tonight in the lower Dee Valley and on the why. Overnight rain will
:08:21. > :08:25.spread north and eastwards across Wales and it is still heavy in
:08:26. > :08:29.places. Wind will be light it into the colder air across North Wales
:08:30. > :08:32.buts Ferry milder in the South. Tomorrow the waving weather front
:08:33. > :08:36.moves back and forth extra detail of the road in a bit tricky, before it
:08:37. > :08:40.eventually clears away later. Tomorrow might start dry in the
:08:41. > :08:44.south and east and the band of slow-moving rain is heaviest in
:08:45. > :08:57.north-west Wales and heavy in north-west England and southern
:08:58. > :09:00.Scotland as well. Cloudy and mild to the south of Scotland is in the
:09:01. > :09:02.clear but colder air. Later tomorrow the rain moves to the south-east and
:09:03. > :09:06.the brisk winds bring relatively more -- my warm air, relatively mild
:09:07. > :09:10.for December. The rain tomorrow night clears to the south-east and
:09:11. > :09:17.turns dry and clear overnight. Because it cold front the air behind
:09:18. > :09:21.it is turning chillier. It will be colder in the countryside with
:09:22. > :09:25.Frost. We keep the fresh appeal on Friday. Crisp and cold day with
:09:26. > :09:30.sunny spells. Cloudy and windy later and the winds ten south-westerly so
:09:31. > :09:35.Chile. Those south-westerly winds bring this next weather system in
:09:36. > :09:38.from the Atlantic overnight on Friday and into Saturday. Saturday
:09:39. > :09:43.might start right in the East but further rain and gales may move to
:09:44. > :09:47.the east. Very unsettled. Some very mixed weather over the next few days
:09:48. > :09:49.and heavy rain at times over the next 24 hours.
:09:50. > :09:53.We're back with updates in Breakfast from around 6.25pm tomorrow morning.
:09:54. > :09:59.From everyone on the team, goodnight.