10/12/2015 BBC Wales Today

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The call for more support for the thousands

of people over 60 in Wales who are in abusive relationships.

And the building's been described as "uninhabitable",

but migrant workers were crammed in.

The landlord pleads guilty to twelve offences.

Good evening.

Much more needs to be done to support older people

who are the victims of domestic abuse in Wales.

That's according to the Older People's Commissioner,

who says the usual support services are not always appropriate for those

over 60 in abusive relationships.

More than 30,000 people in Wales are affected.

This report from India Pollock.

It's seldom talked about, but domestic abuse affects at least

30,000 people over 60 in Wales every year.

Janine is one of those.

She says she suffered emotional and physical abuse for years.

We have changed her name to protect her identity.

And her words are spoken by a member of our production team.

The bad times have sort of outweighed the good times now.

Because that is all you tend to think about and it goes over

and over in your head.

And I have been so scared to go out and find somewhere,

because I just didn't know where to look.

While Janine has praised the support that she's received,

the Older People's Commissioner says there are unique issues for older

people in abusive relationships

and the services are not always appropriate.

If you have been married for 30 or 40 years and the option

you are given is going to a refuge or perhaps to a care home,

I'm not sure there are many people who would see that

as being an acceptable alternative.

Particularly if they have learnt, they shouldn't have had to,

but they have learnt to live with the abuse.

We need to find better ways of providing that alternative

support and response to older people.

Some charities are calling for designated refuges for older

people, or specific rooms within existing refuges.

Back in the day, older women, they tended to put up

with the abuse.

It was a taboo subject, people didn't talk about it.

And there were not places for older people to go

and sometimes their grown-up children would not support them,

they would even blame them

for the breakdown of the relationship.

And blame them for the abuse.

Women in the Vale of Glamorgan believe that the abuse of older

people is hidden.

You always think of it as being with younger people.

Teenagers, it's not something you hear much about in older

people, is it?

I think it is very sad that they sort of...

Obviously love the other person and don't want to leave them.

People are aware of it, but I think they are ashamed of it

if it is happening to them.

And they hide their bruises. And they hide their hurt.

The Welsh Government says they have already developed guidance

in partnership with the Older People's Commissioner

and a national training framework as part of

the Domestic Abuse Act.

Janine has left the home she lived in for 30 years and is now

rebuilding her life.

The hope is that others like her get the support they need

as soon as possible.

A row has broken out over plans for a social care provider in

North Wales to sack its 300 staff and make

them reapply for their jobs.

Anheddau Cyf says the current employees will be offered

new contracts but on reduced terms and conditions.

It blames underfunding, but the public sector union,

Unison, has criticised the move and called for further talks.

Two men from Wiltshire have been charged following a tipper truck

crash in which four people died,

including three men from South Wales.

Robert Parker from Cwmbran, Phil Allen from Loughor

and Stephen Vaughan from Swansea died when their car was hit

by a truck in Bath in February.

Four-year-old Mitzy Steady was also killed.

19-year-old Phillip Potter has been charged with causing death

by dangerous driving and 29-year-old Matthew Gordon with aiding

and abetting dangerous driving.

This afternoon over 1,000 people attended the funeral of one

of two steelworkers killed in an explosion at the Celsa Steel

Works in Cardiff last month.

Father-of-six Peter O'Brien, who was 51 and from Llanishen,

has been described by his family as "kind, gentle and funny".

The funeral of his colleague, Mark Sim, will be held next week.

It was described as "uninhabitable", but more than 100 migrant

farm workers from Eastern Europe were crowded into a former warehouse

that was "at imminent risk of fire".

The landlord of the building in Flintshire has admitted

12 housing offences at Wrexham Magistrates Court.

Roger Pinney reports.

These pictures capture the moments shortly

after the property was raided.

The migrants can be seen milling around the place they were supposed

to have thought of as their home.

The Ambulance Service was there, in case anywhere suffering injuries.

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-- any

-- any were

-- any were suffering

-- any were suffering injuries.

Luggage sitting on the pavement,

the raid came after an anonymous tip-off.

The authorities found living conditions so poor the occupants

were considered at risk.

They were evacuated, some were rehoused, others simply

returned to Eastern Europe.

In court at Wrexham, the landlord, John Russell Brown admitted

12 housing charges.

He was said to have been taking ?23,000 a month in rent.

When we revisited the warehouse site today, mattresses could still be

seen through a window.

In here, officers found a 107 people,

including an eight-year-old child, crammed in small rooms.

All those people shared just six toilets and six showers.

There was no heating and hardly any light.

This place was "uninhabitable", the court was told.

At Wrexham Magistrates' Court, the prosecution said they had been

looking to recoup all their legal costs, as well as the cost

of the investigation - a total of around ?53,000.

Russell Brown will be sentenced next month.

A report following the wrongful conviction of three men from Cardiff

for the murder of newsagent Phillip Saunders

has failed to uncover any instances of perjury or false evidence.

Michael O'Brien, Ellis Sherwood and Darren Hall

spent more han a decade in jail for a murder they didn't commit.

28 years on, the real killer still hasn't been

brought to justice.

I'm disappointed with the report, because, I mean, there's been plenty

of programmes made about the situation.

The evidence is good enough to get us out of the Court of Appeal

and prove our innocence, but not strong enough

to prove charges.

And I find that very absurd.

You know, in the least.

Garry Monk has spoken for the first time since being sacked as manager

of Swansea City, saying he's sad to leave the club he's been part

of for the last 12 years.

There's nothing concrete from the club yet

about his successor.

But there were more departures from the Liberty Stadium today.

Garry Monk's assistant Pep Clotet and coaches

James Beattie and Kris O'Leary followed their former colleague.

Wales' players and the Football Association of Wales have resolved

the dispute about their bonus payment for qualifying

for Euro 2016.

There had been a disagreement after the FAW

offered a seven-figure bonus, shared among the players,

which was lower than the offer it made before the side qualified.

Let's take a look at the weather forecast now.

Here's Sue Charles.

Good evening.

Some heavy downpours over the last 24 hours.

This cold front, which brought the rain, moving southwards.

Colder air following behind, but it doesn't clear completely.

In fact, this waving weather system will dominate our weather

for the next few days.

Overnight, a few showers pushing through.

A brisk westerly wind.

Some clear spells developing behind the cold front.

Chillier in the North, 2 or 3 Celsius.

Less cold in the south, where the cloud lingers.

Tomorrow, the odd shower possible, but chilly, bright and breezy

for most of Wales.

Across the UK, that front brings cloud and patchy

weather further south.

Drier and brighter through Wales and most of England.

Some showers further north, where it is much chillier.

Wintry in the Highlands.

Highs of just 4 Celsius in North East Scotland.

11 in the milder air in South East England.

A bright afternoon for most of Wales, the odd isolated shower.

Brisk westerly winds behind that cold front.

Feeling chillier at 8 Celsius On Anglesey.

10 in Swansea.

Tomorrow night starts clear and dry, but it will turn cloudy

from the southwest again, with that band of rain

pushing back in.

Again, colder where it is clearer in the North, with a risk of frost.

Less cold under the cloud in the south-west.

Then, after hanging around for a couple of days,

the same weather system meanders northwards through Saturday

and into Sunday.

Further wet and windy weather at times on Saturday.

Some transient snow on high ground as it hits the colder air.

But quickly turning to rain again,

as stronger southerly winds push milder air behind it.

But, because of the ongoing flood risk, the Met Office has issued

a weather warning for the rain on Saturday for North West Wales.

That trailing front could bring some patchy rain on Sunday,

but by then it is a weakening feature.

Rather cloudy, maybe some brightness in South.

So chillier and brighter tomorrow.

Colder overnight into Saturday, with rain moving northwards

through Saturday. Easing on Sunday.

Mild, windy and unsettled into next week.

We'll have updates from around 6:25 in the morning.

But that is Wales Today.

From all of us here, good night.

Goodbye.