14/12/2015

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:00:00. > :00:00.Our top stories: They failed to show compassion and humanity.

:00:07. > :00:09.A judge jails two nurses for wilfully neglecting

:00:10. > :00:15.A third nurse is given community service.

:00:16. > :00:17.And Labour's heavyweights launch the party's campaign to keep Wales

:00:18. > :00:40.Two nurses have been jailed for wilful neglect after

:00:41. > :00:43.they admitted failing to carry out blood tests on patients,

:00:44. > :00:48.Rebecca Jones and Lauro Bertalano worked on a specialist stroke ward

:00:49. > :00:51.at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.

:00:52. > :00:54.A third nurse was given a community sentence.

:00:55. > :00:59.It was here on Ward 2 at Bridgend's Princess

:01:00. > :01:02.of Wales Hospital that three nurses carried out what the judge called

:01:03. > :01:05.a clear-eyed and calculated deception, resulting

:01:06. > :01:11.Most of the patients had suffered strokes and as a result needed

:01:12. > :01:13.regular monitoring of their blood glucose.

:01:14. > :01:19.For a year, starting in February 2012, three nurses made

:01:20. > :01:24.Uncontrolled, the stroke patient's diabetes could have led to brain,

:01:25. > :01:35.Rebecca Jones, 31, was the most senior nurse involved.

:01:36. > :01:38.She arrived at court today knowing she faced a jail sentence

:01:39. > :01:40.for the wilful neglect of nine patients in her care.

:01:41. > :01:42.Her colleague, 46-year-old Bertulano admitted the wilful neglect

:01:43. > :01:47.I would like to apologise for what I have done.

:01:48. > :01:50.Natalie Jones had falsified the records of two patients.

:01:51. > :01:53.Lillian Williams was one of the patients affected.

:01:54. > :01:58.She was 82 when she died in November 2012.

:01:59. > :02:01.Seen here in happier times on a family holiday,

:02:02. > :02:03.she had been admitted to Bridgend in September of that year

:02:04. > :02:06.and her family were immediately critical of the care

:02:07. > :02:12.In total the three nurses based at this hospital made 81 false

:02:13. > :02:16.readings involving nine patients, which included Lillian Williams.

:02:17. > :02:19.On one day three consecutive tests of her blood glucose were false

:02:20. > :02:24.entries, meaning she went 26 hours between legitimate testing.

:02:25. > :02:27.Her family say their claims were met with incredulous silence.

:02:28. > :02:34.Her son said the nurses were too arrogant to care.

:02:35. > :02:41.Her daughter said she had suffered a travesty of neglect.

:02:42. > :02:44.To hear all of the witness statements today, from the relatives

:02:45. > :02:51.talking about the way that their loved ones suffered

:02:52. > :02:53.at the hands of these nurses, that's been devastating for us.

:02:54. > :02:56.The health board say a review they carried out once these issues

:02:57. > :03:00.came to light found no evidence that any patient had received actual harm

:03:01. > :03:02.but acknowledged some short-term discomfort.

:03:03. > :03:04.They apologised to the families for any distressed caused

:03:05. > :03:08.and confirmed that internal proceedings are going ahead with 12

:03:09. > :03:17.Now that the judicial process is over, we want to look into this

:03:18. > :03:19.in more detail and I am sure the police will cooperate with us

:03:20. > :03:23.in looking at the evidence they have gathered and we will do a much more

:03:24. > :03:26.in-depth review to make sure that we understand fully and in much

:03:27. > :03:31.If there are any lessons, we will make sure we learn them.

:03:32. > :03:34.In sentencing the nurses, the judge said this was a failure

:03:35. > :03:43.Speaking to Rebecca Jones, he said she may have been unhappy

:03:44. > :03:48.at work but to put patients at risk, that was not a rational response.

:03:49. > :03:50.He jailed her for eight months, with Lauro Bertulano receiving

:03:51. > :03:54.Natalie Jones received a community order.

:03:55. > :03:57.As the sentence was handed down there was a round of applause

:03:58. > :04:05.from families and the public gallery.

:04:06. > :04:07.Labour's been accused of making outlandish and ludicrous claims

:04:08. > :04:12.about the threat to Wales if Britain leaves the European Union.

:04:13. > :04:13.Senior party figures launched their campaign to remain

:04:14. > :04:17.in the EU, warning that Wales had most to lose from a withdrawal

:04:18. > :04:22.because of its reliance on European aid.

:04:23. > :04:28.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

:04:29. > :04:33.There could be plenty of turbulence ahead in the EU referendum campaign.

:04:34. > :04:36.If the UK votes to leave, Labour warned today there would be

:04:37. > :04:44.Senior figures were at an aerospace college near Cardiff Airport

:04:45. > :04:47.to hammer home their claims that up to 200,000 jobs and hundreds

:04:48. > :04:55.This is a wake-up call to every citizen in Wales

:04:56. > :04:59.that we could sleepwalk out of Europe, and that would be more

:05:00. > :05:06.damaging to Wales than any other part of Britain.

:05:07. > :05:09.We are the ones who benefit the most from the European Union.

:05:10. > :05:12.This was a series of warnings that was designed to generate

:05:13. > :05:16.full-on fear among the public about the withdrawal from the EU.

:05:17. > :05:22.At one stage, the First Minister even suggested that something

:05:23. > :05:26.as fundamental as our system of farming could come to an end.

:05:27. > :05:30.If there is concern among people, it could work.

:05:31. > :05:36.But opponents are hoping it will just be seen as scaremongering.

:05:37. > :05:39.I think this is an opening salvo on behalf of the Ministry

:05:40. > :05:47.These are quite ludicrous statements.

:05:48. > :05:50.It is a crucial time as we edge closer to the referendum.

:05:51. > :05:57.David Cameron will be in Brussels this week,

:05:58. > :05:59.trying to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU.

:06:00. > :06:01.The central issue is reform of the benefits available

:06:02. > :06:04.Europe is a potential minefield for the Conservatives.

:06:05. > :06:07.Their official position will only become apparent once

:06:08. > :06:13.The Welsh Secretary claimed he would be pragmatic

:06:14. > :06:17.in the campaign, before giving this response to Labour.

:06:18. > :06:20.We have heard all of the wild claims made before, 15 years ago,

:06:21. > :06:23.when Labour was trying to bounce Britain into joining

:06:24. > :06:30.15 years on, we are glad we have not because that would

:06:31. > :06:34.Soon, it will not just be the politicians having

:06:35. > :06:38.Expect the debate to intensify as speculation grows

:06:39. > :06:41.that the referendum will be held in the summer or autumn,

:06:42. > :06:47.The father of a soldier from Llangollen who died

:06:48. > :06:51.at the Deepcut army barracks in 1995 has attacked the Ministry of Defence

:06:52. > :06:53.for failing to disclose information ahead of a fresh

:06:54. > :06:57.18-year-old Private Cheryl James was one of four soldiers to die

:06:58. > :07:00.at the base, amid claims of bullying.

:07:01. > :07:04.Lawyers for the MOD say it's dealing with thousands of files

:07:05. > :07:09.and will hand over the documents next month.

:07:10. > :07:12.A proposal to build more than 360 homes near Bangor has been rejected

:07:13. > :07:16.by the local authority despite being recommended by planners.

:07:17. > :07:18.The land at Penrhosgarnedd is considered suitable for housing,

:07:19. > :07:21.but Gwynedd councillors say the schools nearby couldn't cope

:07:22. > :07:24.with such a large development, and that it could harm the Welsh

:07:25. > :07:32.After 13 years in development Wales's first tidal turbine

:07:33. > :07:37.The Giant Daffodil, as it's been dubbed, was lowered 30

:07:38. > :07:42.metres onto the seabed near Ramsey Sound,

:07:43. > :07:47.It will now undergo tests before it can begin generating power

:07:48. > :07:57.Benhaz has tonight's weather forecast.

:07:58. > :08:03.Yes, but not as much as last week. We have more wet and windy weather

:08:04. > :08:07.to come tomorrow but it will be much milder as we go through the weekend

:08:08. > :08:12.we will start to drag in a much milder air from the South as is

:08:13. > :08:16.demonstrated on this graphic. The air across Scotland is still pretty

:08:17. > :08:19.cold tomorrow but the warmer air is pushing to the north and

:08:20. > :08:23.temperatures well above the average for the time of year. We still have

:08:24. > :08:26.a few shower was will fizzle away and overnight should be dry. We see

:08:27. > :08:40.low-level cloud and mist and fog and it is

:08:41. > :08:43.still a bit chilly but well above the average for the time of year. We

:08:44. > :08:45.have a very unsettled day tomorrow thanks to the area of low pressure

:08:46. > :08:48.bringing wet and windy weather with it from the word go. There is mist

:08:49. > :08:55.and fog around and the wind pick up from the south-east by hints of

:08:56. > :09:02.brightness. Gradually be the rain band coming up from the south-west.

:09:03. > :09:07.This band of rain is spreading to the north-east and bringing much

:09:08. > :09:11.wilder -- milder weather with it. Tomorrow afternoon in Wales it will

:09:12. > :09:16.be a soggy afternoon of that rain band pushes its way through. Gale

:09:17. > :09:20.force winds along the coast and behind the rain band we have more

:09:21. > :09:25.rain coming in. Temperatures in double figures for most of us. Where

:09:26. > :09:30.and windy to come tomorrow night but very mild. The rain will ease by the

:09:31. > :09:33.early hours of Wednesday morning. We hang on to come tomorrow night but

:09:34. > :09:36.very mild. The rain will ease by the early hours of Wednesday morning. We

:09:37. > :09:40.hang onto to cloud and mist and fog temperatures nine to 12. Wednesday

:09:41. > :09:43.is another unsettled day. Wet and windy and the rain will push through

:09:44. > :09:47.with hints of brightness before we see another band of rain coming in

:09:48. > :09:50.from the West. Keep your umbrella to hand.

:09:51. > :10:05.From all of us on the programme good night.

:10:06. > :10:11.What do we do with something like this?