:00:11. > :00:17.Keith Hughes is jailed for life; he strangled his fiance and left her
:00:18. > :00:21.And an expert on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder says
:00:22. > :00:32.patients here are suffering because of "woefully inadequate" services.
:00:33. > :00:36.A man from Swansea has been jailed for life, after strangling his
:00:37. > :00:42.Keith Hughes attacked Stacey Gwilym as they walked on the
:00:43. > :00:46.He then tried to hide her body in undergrowth.
:00:47. > :00:59.On the surface they were the happy couple, but this was a deeply
:01:00. > :01:02.troubled relationship. Keith Hughes and Stacy Gwylim had been together
:01:03. > :01:06.before, but in 2013 he was jailed for more than three years after
:01:07. > :01:09.attacking her. When he was released, they got engaged, but the
:01:10. > :01:14.relationship broke down again. Hughes begged for her to go for a
:01:15. > :01:20.walk on the Gower to persuade her to get back with him. It was in July
:01:21. > :01:26.earlier this year when Keith and Stacy walked along this coastal
:01:27. > :01:30.path. They started arguing and, when things became heated, Hughes
:01:31. > :01:34.strangled Stacy. When she became unconscious, he tried to hide her
:01:35. > :01:38.body off the path, using leaves and branches to cover it. He then took
:01:39. > :01:44.her car keys and bank card and left her for dead. When she came to, she
:01:45. > :01:48.crawled out of the undergrowth. She was taken to hospital where she was
:01:49. > :01:52.put in a medically induced coma for 14 days. She still walks with a
:01:53. > :01:55.stick and doesn't know if she'll ever recover.
:01:56. > :02:00.In court today, a victim impact statement was read out on her
:02:01. > :02:06.behalf. Her words are read by a BBC journalist. I think a part of me did
:02:07. > :02:10.die out on that coastal path. When I woke, I couldn't speak or eat and
:02:11. > :02:13.was very weak. I have constant flashbacks and panic attacks and
:02:14. > :02:20.have become extremely withdrawn and quiet. I will never fully trust a
:02:21. > :02:23.man again. Stacy wasn't in court but her family left after hearing the
:02:24. > :02:30.judge describe the person who beat their loved one as a man with a
:02:31. > :02:34.volcanic temper. On sentencing, the judge said he considered this such a
:02:35. > :02:37.serious offence that life imprisonment was appropriate. Keith
:02:38. > :02:41.Hughes will serve eight-and-a-half years in jail before he's even
:02:42. > :02:45.considered for release. The judge said, that will only happen if he
:02:46. > :02:47.proves himself to no longer be a danger to the public or any future
:02:48. > :02:50.partners. Cardiff Council is planning to
:02:51. > :02:52.increase the cost of school meals by 10p, cut arts funding,
:02:53. > :02:57.and put up council tax by 4.5% The local authority, the largest
:02:58. > :03:04.in Wales, says it needs to plug The plans will now go
:03:05. > :03:09.out to consultation. The Vice-Chancellor of
:03:10. > :03:12.Aberystwyth University has announced she'll step down next July
:03:13. > :03:15.after five years at the helm. During her tenure,
:03:16. > :03:19.April McMahon refuted allegations that the university was being run
:03:20. > :03:23."like a dictatorship" following She says she's immensely proud
:03:24. > :03:29.of the work she has done there. The relative of a woman who was
:03:30. > :03:33.imprisoned by her own father, Aravindan Balakrishnan, has said
:03:34. > :03:37.she feels hatred towards him. Eleri Morgan was a cousin
:03:38. > :03:40.of the victim's mother, Sian Davies from Tregaron who was a follower
:03:41. > :03:45.of his cult for two decades. Ms Morgan has told BBC Wales that
:03:46. > :03:50.she believes Balakrishnan forbade any contact between Sian,
:03:51. > :03:54.and her family in Ceredigion, Bal-krishnan was convicted today
:03:55. > :04:13.of a string of sexual assaults. Out of the blue in July of 96, she
:04:14. > :04:20.rang me and I was not sure to begin with, I was shocked. She said it was
:04:21. > :04:25.Sian and I happen to know a few and she told me it was her cousin. We
:04:26. > :04:31.spoke for a while and I thought, keep her talking, she wanted to find
:04:32. > :04:37.out about the family. I did ask where are you and she wouldn't say.
:04:38. > :04:41.I said can we meet somewhere neutral for a cup of tea or something and
:04:42. > :04:49.she said she'd ring me back and she never did. I think it was the
:04:50. > :04:52.beginning of her wanting to come back to the family really.
:04:53. > :04:54.It's a condition which affects around 1 in 50 people.
:04:55. > :04:57.But a mental health expert in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
:04:58. > :05:01.says patients in Wales are suffering unnecessarily,
:05:02. > :05:07.Professor Paul Salkofskis, who leads a specialist unit
:05:08. > :05:09.in Bristol, has described provision here as "woefully inadequate".
:05:10. > :05:12.The Welsh Government says it expects all Welsh health boards to be able
:05:13. > :05:16.to offer appropriate care, as Caroline Evans reports.
:05:17. > :05:23.It's an anxiety related condition sometimes aserviated with compulsive
:05:24. > :05:28.cleaning. A mental health problem regarded as relatively common, but
:05:29. > :05:37.it can be extreme. John Lewis's daughter is 26. She's a prisoner to
:05:38. > :05:46.the illness in terms of her whole day more or less is spent either
:05:47. > :05:53.preparing, cleaning, in readiness for eating or cleaning herself. The
:05:54. > :05:57.BBC recently won an award from the mental health charity MIND for its
:05:58. > :06:02.portrayal of the condition. With around 2% of the population said to
:06:03. > :06:07.be affected by it, one expert from England is warning patients in Wales
:06:08. > :06:12.are being let down. It concerns me we are seeing patients who, with
:06:13. > :06:15.much more rudimentary type of treatment than we are offering,
:06:16. > :06:20.would have resolved the problems before they got to us are being
:06:21. > :06:25.missed. I'm seeing that more with Welsh patients than with patients
:06:26. > :06:29.from Scotland, Ireland and England. The Welsh Government says ?600
:06:30. > :06:32.million a year is being spent on mental health and expects all Welsh
:06:33. > :06:36.health boards and mental Health Service providers to be able to
:06:37. > :06:41.offer appropriate interventions. Four of the seven Welsh health
:06:42. > :06:44.boards who commented to the BBC told us they do employ experts to deal
:06:45. > :06:57.with a number of conditions, including OCD. In the drama, the
:06:58. > :07:06.patient does learn to live with the condition. Manon's father is
:07:07. > :07:08.considering paying for his daughter's treatment privately.
:07:09. > :07:11.Wales' players and the FA of Wales are in talks to resolve
:07:12. > :07:14.a dispute over bonuses for qualifying for Euro 2016.
:07:15. > :07:16.It's understood that before the campaign, the FAW offered the squad
:07:17. > :07:20.a seven-figure bonus but, after qualification, the offer was lower.
:07:21. > :07:23.BBC Wales Sport has learned a group of senior players, including Gareth
:07:24. > :07:28.The FAW insists there's no dispute and such talks are commonplace.
:07:29. > :07:34.Rugby; Cardiff Blues have beaten Pro 12 leaders Connacht 20-16 to claim
:07:35. > :07:38.only their second league win of the season at the Arms Park, with
:07:39. > :07:54.A Flintshire man has taken part in the first wheelchair match. He lost
:07:55. > :07:56.his fight against Paul Robinson by three points.
:07:57. > :07:59.Now, Scottish Power says they're working to restore supplies to
:08:00. > :08:03.around three hundred customers who are without power in North Wales
:08:04. > :08:07.tonight, mainly in the Conwy and Corwen areas, after suspected
:08:08. > :08:17.And this wind and rain doesn't seem to be going anywhere, does it Benny?
:08:18. > :08:23.We have had gusts of up to 84mph in some areas and those winds continue
:08:24. > :08:32.into tomorrow. Through tonight, the rain is heavy
:08:33. > :08:36.at times across North Wales, the potential for flooding is there. We
:08:37. > :08:44.have strong to gale force winds to go with it which could bring down
:08:45. > :08:49.some trees or power lines with it. A mild night, temperatures ranging
:08:50. > :08:53.between nine to 12, associated with a storm bringing much of the wet and
:08:54. > :08:57.windy weather to the northern parts of the British Isles. We have a bit
:08:58. > :09:03.sneaking into North Wales. First thing tomorrow, it's a wet start,
:09:04. > :09:07.the rain will ease, the strong winds continuing, gales or severe gales
:09:08. > :09:10.possible. There is a warning for the wind and rain. Further south and
:09:11. > :09:15.east, drier with limited amounts of brightness. Much of the wet weather
:09:16. > :09:19.across Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern parts of England, further
:09:20. > :09:23.south and east drier but cloudy, temperatures ranging from seven to
:09:24. > :09:26.12. Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon, rain continuing across
:09:27. > :09:29.Anglesey and the north coast. Further south and east drier,
:09:30. > :09:34.temperatures on the mild side for the time of year between 11 to 12.
:09:35. > :09:37.Strong winds continuing into tomorrow night with a band of
:09:38. > :09:42.persistent rain spreading south and east. It's another mild night into
:09:43. > :09:46.the early hours of Sunday. Good news, the winds ease a bit on
:09:47. > :09:49.Sunday, the rain bands clear. Some brightness, then by the evening more
:09:50. > :09:50.rain spreading up from the south. That's the forecast.
:09:51. > :09:52.Our next update will be at 6.30 tomorrow evening.
:09:53. > :09:57.But that's Wales Today, from all of us here good night.