:00:13. > :00:17.The call for more support for the thousands of people over 60
:00:18. > :00:27.here who are victims of domestic abuse.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also on the programme: No heating and just six toilets -
:00:31. > :00:32.migrants workers were crammed into a building
:00:33. > :00:34.The landlord pleads guilty to 12 offences.
:00:35. > :00:37.A decade in jail wrongly convicted of a newsagent s murder.
:00:38. > :00:39.A police report says there is insufficient evidence
:00:40. > :00:41.to charge anyone over a miscarriage of justice.A warning there's been
:00:42. > :00:44.a big rise in the number of emergency calls to deal with
:00:45. > :00:58.His body was twisting and he was swallowing his tongue. Then we
:00:59. > :01:01.started to panic. The search has started
:01:02. > :01:04.for the new manager - David Moyes, Denis Bergkamp,
:01:05. > :01:07.Avram Grant and Gus Pouet - just some of the names linked
:01:08. > :01:26.with the job. Much more needs to be done
:01:27. > :01:30.to support older people who are the victims
:01:31. > :01:33.of domestic abuse in Wales. That's according to the Older
:01:34. > :01:35.People's Commissioner who says the usual support services are not
:01:36. > :01:39.always appropriate for those over 60 More than 30,000 people
:01:40. > :01:48.in Wales are affected. I'll be speaking to Sarah Rochira
:01:49. > :02:04.in just a moment, but first this Domestic abuse affects 30,000 people
:02:05. > :02:10.in Wales every year. Janine is one of them. We have changed her name to
:02:11. > :02:15.protect her identity and her words are spoken by someone else. The bad
:02:16. > :02:20.times have outweighed the good times because that's all you tend to think
:02:21. > :02:25.about and it goes over and over in your head. I've been scared to go
:02:26. > :02:27.out and find somewhere. Whilst she has praised the support she has
:02:28. > :02:33.received, the commissioner says there are unique issues for older
:02:34. > :02:39.people in abusive relationships and services are not always appropriate.
:02:40. > :02:45.If the option you are given is to a refuge or care home, I am not sure
:02:46. > :02:51.many people would think that is acceptable particularly as they have
:02:52. > :02:54.learnt to live with the abuse. We need to find better ways of
:02:55. > :03:00.providing alternative support and response to older people. Some
:03:01. > :03:05.charities are calling the designated refuges for older people or specific
:03:06. > :03:10.rooms within existing refuges. Back in the day, older women but up with
:03:11. > :03:16.the abuse. It was eight to be the subject and there were not places
:03:17. > :03:22.for older women to go. Sometimes their grown-up children wouldn't
:03:23. > :03:27.support them, they would even blame them for the breakdown of the
:03:28. > :03:33.relationship or the abuse. These women in the Vale of Glamorgan
:03:34. > :03:38.belief -- believe abuse amongst older people is hidden. You always
:03:39. > :03:47.think it's amongst younger people. It's not something you hear about
:03:48. > :03:50.with older people. It's sad they sort of obviously love the other
:03:51. > :03:56.person and don't want to leave them. I think people are ashamed if it is
:03:57. > :04:00.happening to them and they hide their bruises and their hurt. The
:04:01. > :04:07.Welsh government says they've bellowed guidance and a national
:04:08. > :04:12.training framework. Janine has left the home she lived in for 30 years
:04:13. > :04:15.and is rebuilding her life. I hope is that others like her get the
:04:16. > :04:17.support they need as soon as possible.
:04:18. > :04:18.Sarah Rochira, you're the Older People's Commissioner.
:04:19. > :04:26.Has the abuse of over-60s been largely ignored?
:04:27. > :04:32.I don't think we've ignored it but we've just not recognised it for a
:04:33. > :04:36.number of reasons. For many it something they don't want to speak
:04:37. > :04:40.about as they might feel ashamed or that there is an support. Older
:04:41. > :04:45.people might not recognise it as abuse because when it started it
:04:46. > :04:50.might not have been considered as abuse. Also, for many older people
:04:51. > :04:55.the physical signs may well have stopped because it has been going on
:04:56. > :05:02.for so very long. Perhaps then eight Lance will be enough. But we need to
:05:03. > :05:08.recognise and address it -- perhaps a glance will be enough. What is the
:05:09. > :05:12.nature of the abuse we are talking about? We use the phrase domestic
:05:13. > :05:19.abuse and it's different for everyone. But we should use other
:05:20. > :05:23.words that are hard to hear. Theft, battery, sexual assault, coercion
:05:24. > :05:27.and imprisonment. For too many older people who are the big tins of
:05:28. > :05:32.domestic homicide the word we would use is death was not what is more
:05:33. > :05:37.worrying is that for many older people it has gone on Ford decades
:05:38. > :05:44.and only a tiny fraction of older people find themselves to the
:05:45. > :05:47.protection services. Are those services adequate? You say that
:05:48. > :05:55.sometimes they may not be appropriate. In what way? I have
:05:56. > :06:02.seen really good practice here with agencies working together and good
:06:03. > :06:06.fit teams support. But it is not standard practice in Wales. We have
:06:07. > :06:10.new legislation and I am working with the Welsh government to
:06:11. > :06:14.implement that. Whilst there are common issues that run across
:06:15. > :06:19.domestic abuse across all ages, there are issues specific to older
:06:20. > :06:25.people. If you are an older person being abused by your grandchildren
:06:26. > :06:29.all child, for example, and hard as it is to say those words, that is
:06:30. > :06:34.what it is. You may not want that person to be removed as you may
:06:35. > :06:40.still love them. But you want the abuse to stop. So we need to focus
:06:41. > :06:44.on restorative and family support that enables the family to stay
:06:45. > :06:49.together and for the older person to be safe and not be abused. Another
:06:50. > :06:55.example touched on in your clip is an example like where would people
:06:56. > :06:59.live? We need to better understand the issues relating to older people
:07:00. > :07:00.if we are to rescue them from the horror they live in.
:07:01. > :07:05.Thank you very much. It was described as "uninhabitable",
:07:06. > :07:07.but migrant farm workers from eastern Europe were crowded
:07:08. > :07:09.into a former warehouse The landlord has admitted 12 housing
:07:10. > :07:12.offences More than 100 workers,
:07:13. > :07:16.including a child, were living in the property in Flintshire,
:07:17. > :07:29.sharing just six toilets. These pictures capture the moments
:07:30. > :07:35.shortly after the property was raided. Migrants can be seen milling
:07:36. > :07:39.around the place they were supposed to think of as their home. The
:07:40. > :07:45.Ambulance Service was there in case anyone suffering from injuries.
:07:46. > :07:52.Luggage on the pavement, the raid came after an anonymous tip-off.
:07:53. > :07:55.Things were so for -- Paul the inhabitants were thought of as at
:07:56. > :08:03.risk. Some returned to Eastern Europe. In court at Wrexham, the
:08:04. > :08:07.landlord, John Russell Brown, admitted 12 housing charges and was
:08:08. > :08:13.said to be taking ?23,000 a month in rent. When we revisited the
:08:14. > :08:19.warehouse site today, mattresses could still be seen through a
:08:20. > :08:23.window. Officers found 107 people, including an eight-year-old child,
:08:24. > :08:27.crammed into small rooms. They all shared just six toilets and six
:08:28. > :08:33.showers. There was no heating and hardly any light. This place was
:08:34. > :08:38.uninhabitable the court was told. At Wrexham Logistics caught the
:08:39. > :08:42.prosecution said they would look to recoup their legal costs as well as
:08:43. > :08:45.the cost of the investigation, a total of around ?53,000. Russell
:08:46. > :08:56.Brown will be sentenced next month. 19 people have been arrested
:08:57. > :08:58.by Wales' four police forces over the past nine months for downloading
:08:59. > :09:01.obscene images of children. Police have confirmed three of those
:09:02. > :09:03.arrested were in a position of trust, and four children have
:09:04. > :09:05.now been safeguarded. The National Crime Agency says more
:09:06. > :09:08.than 680 people were detained across the UK as part
:09:09. > :09:10.of Operation Notarise. Two men from Wiltshire have been
:09:11. > :09:13.charged following a tipper truck crash in which four people died,
:09:14. > :09:20.including three men 19-year-old Phillip Potter has been
:09:21. > :09:24.charged with causing death by dangerous driving
:09:25. > :09:26.and 29-year-old Matthew Gordon with aiding and abetting
:09:27. > :09:27.dangerous driving. Robert Parker from Cwmbran,
:09:28. > :09:29.Phil Allen from Loughor and Stephen Vaughan from Swansea
:09:30. > :09:32.died when their car was hit Four-year-old Mitzy
:09:33. > :09:38.Steady was also killed. An investigation into the murder
:09:39. > :09:41.of Phillip Saunders, which resulted in the wrongful
:09:42. > :09:43.conviction of three men from Cardiff, has failed to uncover
:09:44. > :09:45.any instances of perjury Michael O'Brien, Ellis Sherwood
:09:46. > :09:49.and Darren Hall spent more than a decade in jail for a murder
:09:50. > :09:51.they were innocent of. Twenty-eight years on,
:09:52. > :10:06.the real killer still hasn't been Michael O'Brien lives a quiet life
:10:07. > :10:11.now away from the city where he was handed a killer and jailed for over
:10:12. > :10:20.11 years for a murder he didn't commit. I am moving on with my life.
:10:21. > :10:23.Today's final report into his allegations surrounding the
:10:24. > :10:27.investigation that resulted in him and two others being wrongly jailed
:10:28. > :10:33.concluded there was no perjury, no false evidence and no threatening of
:10:34. > :10:38.witnesses. I'm disappointed because there have been plenty of programmes
:10:39. > :10:41.made. The evidence was good enough to get us out of the Court of Appeal
:10:42. > :10:47.and prove our innocence but not strong enough to bring charges. It
:10:48. > :10:57.is absurd in the least. The men were 19 when Philip Saunders was robbed
:10:58. > :11:03.and murdered. That killing was back in 1987. One year later the
:11:04. > :11:09.so-called Cardiff newsagent three were found guilty of murder. It was
:11:10. > :11:13.almost a decade before it was looked at by the criminal cases review
:11:14. > :11:17.commission and in 2000 their convictions were quashed. The case
:11:18. > :11:22.was reopened three years later that no new evidence was found. Three
:11:23. > :11:25.years ago, the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was insufficient
:11:26. > :11:33.evidence to charge anyone with perjury. This report has the same
:11:34. > :11:35.conclusion. What they say now is that there are safeguards in place
:11:36. > :11:41.so that it won't happen again, hopefully. But it doesn't take away
:11:42. > :11:47.a bitter pill that the three wrongly accused men have got to swallow and
:11:48. > :11:51.got to sustain them. After their arrest, Michael O'Brien and Ellis
:11:52. > :11:55.Sherwood were held here. The detective Inspector claimed he
:11:56. > :11:58.overheard a conversation which seemed to implicate them and he
:11:59. > :12:05.wrote it down on the back of an expenses borne full top Michael
:12:06. > :12:20.O'Brien says he can't hold out for much longer -- expenses form.
:12:21. > :12:30.I stand by the fact that that conversation did not happen. That
:12:31. > :12:36.conversation was allegedly overheard in these cells. But like the police
:12:37. > :12:41.station, the note is now gone. It mysteriously went missing with case
:12:42. > :12:45.papers after the original trial. Michael O'Brien said it was
:12:46. > :12:49.fabrication and this latest report concedes that cannot be an entirely
:12:50. > :12:56.accurate record but it concludes there is insufficient evidence to
:12:57. > :13:03.charge anyone with perjury or perverting the course of justice.
:13:04. > :13:09.This results in the culmination of several years of investigative work.
:13:10. > :13:14.They recognise that in spite of the passage of time it has had a lasting
:13:15. > :13:20.impact. They suffered a miscarriage of justice but the newsagent, Philip
:13:21. > :13:24.Saunders, has been denied justice. Who killed him 28 years ago? That
:13:25. > :13:37.still remains unsolved. Still to come: there's about 40
:13:38. > :13:45.boxes full of toiletries and nonperishable food.
:13:46. > :13:51.Some of the thousands of boxes for a Christmas appeal for homeless people
:13:52. > :13:53.in Swansea. It's the cold days more than anything. Especially if you are
:13:54. > :13:57.in it all day long. There's been a significant rise
:13:58. > :14:00.in the number of 999 calls related This year the Welsh Ambulance
:14:01. > :14:04.Service says it's dealt with 222 emergency calls involving these
:14:05. > :14:06.substances, compared to 31 in 2013. And one charity says it knows
:14:07. > :14:10.of children as young They're not illegal under current
:14:11. > :14:18.drugs laws but these so-called psychoactive or mind-altering
:14:19. > :14:22.substances are putting pressure Chloe John saw firsthand how
:14:23. > :14:28.paramedics struggled to deal with an adverse reaction
:14:29. > :14:31.to legal highs. She and friends smoked too much
:14:32. > :14:38.of a drug bought in a shop in His whole body started twisting
:14:39. > :14:46.and he was swallowing his tongue. We panicked thinking this
:14:47. > :14:50.isn't normal or right. When we called emergency services
:14:51. > :14:53.he had been having a panic attack Paramedics took the drug
:14:54. > :15:00.away for analysis. Her friend made a full recovery
:15:01. > :15:04.but Chloe says seeing him almost die has turned her against
:15:05. > :15:10.legal highs for good. We actually thought
:15:11. > :15:13.he was going to die. We panicked so much
:15:14. > :15:19.that we couldn't do anything. At the Welsh Ambulance Service call
:15:20. > :15:25.centre they are dealing with emergencies like that more
:15:26. > :15:29.than ever before. Even though they make up a small
:15:30. > :15:32.number of the total calls they receive, emergencies
:15:33. > :15:35.involving legal highs can be Those calls would come in generally
:15:36. > :15:43.during the night-time economy when we do tend to be busy so it may
:15:44. > :15:48.well have more of an impact on us than some other types
:15:49. > :15:53.of overdose calls. These calls can be more challenging
:15:54. > :15:57.because the substance is unknown. You don't know what the patient
:15:58. > :16:00.will be like, how they will present. They might not even be
:16:01. > :16:14.there when we get on scene or be complete the erratic and
:16:15. > :16:15.unmanageable. Most of these types of calls
:16:16. > :16:23.involving young person. The younger start around 11
:16:24. > :16:32.but those are extreme cases been normalised in a home
:16:33. > :16:36.environment or strong peer pressure. That's probably the youngest we'd
:16:37. > :16:37.see. I'm sure there are younger
:16:38. > :16:40.and that the mean average is towards the middle teens but 11
:16:41. > :16:43.would not be as common The government plans to have a total
:16:44. > :16:56.ban in place by February but some charities fear that could drive
:16:57. > :16:58.the trade in legal Over 6,000 homes will be built
:16:59. > :17:03.in Wales over the next five years as part of the Welsh
:17:04. > :17:06.Government's Help to Buy scheme. It's claimed the investment
:17:07. > :17:08.of around ?290 million will boost the building industry here and help
:17:09. > :17:10.thousands of families Since the scheme was launched last
:17:11. > :17:14.year, nearly 2,000 people have been given an interest free loan
:17:15. > :17:28.of up to 20% of the value Many people tell me they would not
:17:29. > :17:31.have been able to buy their house without this scheme. It's important
:17:32. > :17:40.for the economy and job creation also. The latest at Swansea city
:17:41. > :17:44.now. Garry Monk has spoken for the first
:17:45. > :17:51.time since being sacked saying he's sad to leave the club. As for a
:17:52. > :17:58.successor? It's been a day of rumour and speculation. There were more
:17:59. > :18:00.departures today though. His assistant and two coaches followed
:18:01. > :18:05.their former colleague out of the club.
:18:06. > :18:13.The search for a new manager has started. Tipped by bookmakers, the
:18:14. > :18:22.former Man United boss and David Bergkamp are favourites. Tonight,
:18:23. > :18:28.out of nowhere, Grant is second favourite. He has huge experience of
:18:29. > :18:36.English foot wall. Then there is Gus Poyet who used to be at Sunderland.
:18:37. > :18:39.But who do the fans want? I would like to see Brendan Rodgers
:18:40. > :18:51.comeback. He would fit back in and he knows what it's about. We
:18:52. > :18:55.shouldn't have got rid of Monk. This man is expected to be in charge for
:18:56. > :19:03.Saturday's game. The long-time coach has stepped in before 11 years ago.
:19:04. > :19:06.That was in the old third division. The longer it goes without somebody
:19:07. > :19:13.coming in it will be difficult. Results might get worse before then.
:19:14. > :19:19.Hopefully that's not the case but December will be massive force on
:19:20. > :19:27.the city. -- massive for Swansea city. Fresh from picking up his OBE,
:19:28. > :19:32.the chairman is heading the recruitment drive now and a final
:19:33. > :19:38.decision will be taken by the board. He will no doubt do a lot of talking
:19:39. > :19:47.to give candidates but it is the tours' decision. Roberto Martinez
:19:48. > :19:51.played with and managed Gary Monk and he says his sacking is part of
:19:52. > :19:55.the modern game. You want to see managers having a long-term project
:19:56. > :20:02.and have the opportunity to take them into place. Decisions like this
:20:03. > :20:06.happen. Since being promoted to the Premier League four years ago,
:20:07. > :20:12.Swansea city has seen its revenue what -- rocket and they another 29th
:20:13. > :20:17.and in club in the world with revenues of over ?98 million, more
:20:18. > :20:22.than Porto. It's remarkable when you consider the club was scrapping in
:20:23. > :20:28.the lower leagues 14 years ago and sold for just ?1. The reason for
:20:29. > :20:41.this? Television. Next year and new deal with sky and 80 starts with
:20:42. > :20:47.more than ?5 billion. -- and BT. It means the champions next season will
:20:48. > :20:52.earn ?150 million. Finish bottom and you'll pocket at least ?90 million
:20:53. > :20:57.and that is why the stakes could not be higher. Many next season means
:20:58. > :21:02.it's imperative they stay in the Premier League. The managerial
:21:03. > :21:04.appointment is therefore is crucial to save their season and for the
:21:05. > :21:10.longer term future of the club will Wales' players and the Football
:21:11. > :21:12.Association of Wales have resolved the dispute about their bonus
:21:13. > :21:14.payment for qualifying There had been a disagreement
:21:15. > :21:19.after the FAW offered a seven-figure bonus - shared among the players -
:21:20. > :21:24.which was lower than the offer Rugby and Defence coach
:21:25. > :21:31.Shaun Edwards has signed a new deal keeping him with Wales
:21:32. > :21:33.until after the next He had been linked with a role
:21:34. > :21:37.with England but will remain in the job he took-up under
:21:38. > :21:50.Warren Gatland seven years ago. Jamie Rogers got injured in the
:21:51. > :21:58.Varsity match. The 29-year-old Doctor saw his side lose 12-6 to
:21:59. > :22:01.Oxford. He has played 74 times for Wales and he is the current
:22:02. > :22:10.international to feature in the game for six years. We will bring you any
:22:11. > :22:13.development from Swansea city later. Homelessness is an issue in our
:22:14. > :22:19.towns and cities all year round but during the festive period effort are
:22:20. > :22:23.often stepped up. In Swansea, a Christmas shoe box appeal has been
:22:24. > :22:28.organised and the response is said to have been overwhelming. Ben Price
:22:29. > :22:37.has found out more. When I met 31-year-old team he had
:22:38. > :22:40.been offered a room at a hostel run by a homeless charity. He's
:22:41. > :22:46.experienced homelessness for years on and off having been eaten up one
:22:47. > :22:51.night recently in Swansea he told me he had been praying for this game to
:22:52. > :22:59.come. I started crying because it was overwhelming. I am safe and I'm
:23:00. > :23:06.out of the way. They couldn't do more for me. He says it's never easy
:23:07. > :23:11.sleeping rough but it's an even greater challenge this time of year.
:23:12. > :23:17.It's the cold more than anything especially if you are out in it all
:23:18. > :23:21.day long. It gets you down and gets your mental health down. You get
:23:22. > :23:29.depressed and you start thinking that nothing is worth it. You'd tend
:23:30. > :23:34.to mope around all day long. Homelessness can refer to anyone
:23:35. > :23:38.without a stable roof over their heads and then there are those on
:23:39. > :23:44.the streets. Around 250 people were sleeping rough in Wales according to
:23:45. > :23:48.a snapshot censors last winter, but it's believed it could be much
:23:49. > :23:52.higher than that. In an effort to reach out to people, three friends
:23:53. > :23:57.from the Swansea area have spent the past few weeks collect ten shoe
:23:58. > :24:05.rocks is full of various items. There are about 40 boxes here full
:24:06. > :24:10.of toiletries, nonperishable food, hats, scarves and anything to keep
:24:11. > :24:15.people warm and give them something nice to help them look after
:24:16. > :24:19.themselves. Through the power of social media, this has attracted an
:24:20. > :24:29.overwhelming response with around 2500 bags and ox is being donated.
:24:30. > :24:38.People have been amazingly generous. -- boxes. Many have been delivered
:24:39. > :24:42.to the hostel. But it is hoped that other charities will also be
:24:43. > :24:48.prepared to receive donations. A lot of the shoe boxes will be spread
:24:49. > :24:51.around different organisations around Swansea because there are
:24:52. > :24:57.probably about another seven or eight hostel is full. These boxes
:24:58. > :25:00.might just be a small gesture of kindness, but it appears to be an
:25:01. > :25:08.awful lot to those who might have gone without this Christmas. Oh!
:25:09. > :25:16.And now for the weather forecast. How is it looking?
:25:17. > :25:23.The rain is easing but after those heavy downpours there are flood
:25:24. > :25:31.warnings in place. Full details on those on the website below:
:25:32. > :25:39.this cold front will dominate the weather for the next few days.
:25:40. > :25:43.Turning increasingly windy this evening with showers pushing
:25:44. > :25:54.through. Clear spells overnight. Colder in the North. Thicker cloud
:25:55. > :25:58.is courtesy of that front hovering to the south of the UK and waving
:25:59. > :26:04.back and forth over the next few days. The odd shower possible
:26:05. > :26:12.tomorrow, but Chile and blustery for most with sunny spells. That front
:26:13. > :26:17.is never too far away. Risk, westerly winds behind that front.
:26:18. > :26:24.Tomorrow night starts clear and dry -- bright but turning cloudy from
:26:25. > :26:29.the South West with the band of rain pushing back in. Colder where it is
:26:30. > :26:37.clear in the north-east and the risk of frost. After hanging around for a
:26:38. > :26:41.couple of days, that same weather system meanders northwards through
:26:42. > :26:46.Saturday and Sunday bringing further rain at times. Transient snow on
:26:47. > :26:52.high ground but quickly turning to rain again and a strong southerly
:26:53. > :27:00.wind. Because of the ongoing flood risk, we Met Office has issued an
:27:01. > :27:05.early warning for rain on Saturday. Particularly in the North.
:27:06. > :27:11.Eventually, this feature will ease on Sunday. Chile and brighter
:27:12. > :27:14.tomorrow and colder overnight into Saturday with rain moving northwards
:27:15. > :27:25.and easing on Sunday. Much more needs to be done to
:27:26. > :27:29.support older people who are fit teams of domestic abuse In Wales,
:27:30. > :27:36.According To The older people's Commissioner. She says services are
:27:37. > :27:41.not always appropriate for those elderly people in services. We will
:27:42. > :27:46.be back with you with a quick update at eight o'clock. From all of us,
:27:47. > :27:49.thank you for your company and have a very good evening.