:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:10.It's the largest 'cash for crash' insurance fraud ever seen in the UK.
:00:11. > :00:15.This is the family who orchestrated the scam.
:00:16. > :00:17.In total 81 people, mainly from the Caerphilly area,
:00:18. > :00:24.Here a four by four is driven into a forklift truck to make it
:00:25. > :00:30.look like it had been in an accident, to make a claim.
:00:31. > :00:36.They say it is a victimless client that might crime but it is not. It
:00:37. > :00:38.affects all of us. Tonight we'll be looking
:00:39. > :00:40.at the unprecedented police operation that brought
:00:41. > :00:55.fraudsters to justice. Also tonight: As the debate over
:00:56. > :00:58.merging local councils goes on, the public spending watchdog says
:00:59. > :01:12.it's distracted from how services In Swansea parents and grandparents
:01:13. > :01:20.have a peaceful protest as the council pushes on with cuts to
:01:21. > :01:26.We are in Brussels to look at what it could mean for Wales.
:01:27. > :01:37.It's the largest insurance fraud scam ever investigated in the UK.
:01:38. > :01:41.81 people, from the Caerphilly area and Cardiff convicted
:01:42. > :01:43.for a so-called "crash for cash" scam, claiming ?750,000 million
:01:44. > :01:49.Gwent Police say they've never seen anything like it.
:01:50. > :01:53.Insurers say scams like this costs motorists more than
:01:54. > :02:11.It was an insurance scam empire, based around this garage. This CCTV
:02:12. > :02:17.shows the garage owners driving inland Rover into a forklift truck
:02:18. > :02:25.to make it look like the car had been in an accident. It involved
:02:26. > :02:31.generations of the same family. You could see by their body language and
:02:32. > :02:37.the way they were laughing and joking whilst this act has taken
:02:38. > :02:42.place. It has cost the insurance industry thousands and thousands of
:02:43. > :02:46.pounds every year. They say it is a victimless crime but it is not
:02:47. > :02:55.because it affects every motorist who pays insurance. The total
:02:56. > :03:03.sentences to date, 60 years in prison. These were not random
:03:04. > :03:08.claims. The treated this as free money and time and they claims to
:03:09. > :03:15.pay for special occasions. They scanned insurance companies out of
:03:16. > :03:22.more than three quarters of ?1 million. This is the family at the
:03:23. > :03:26.centre of the conspiracy. The orchestrated the largest crash for
:03:27. > :03:32.cash network ever seen in the UK. They went to hospital, sometimes in
:03:33. > :03:37.the early hours of the morning to maintain this life. One went to the
:03:38. > :03:44.Prince Charles Hospital complaining about back pain. He was later
:03:45. > :03:50.diagnosed with whiplash. It was all part of a fake car crash. The
:03:51. > :04:02.numbers involved in this scheme are staggering. It involved 60s Morley
:04:03. > :04:07.Street 57 vehicles. The oldest defendant was 73 and the youngest
:04:08. > :04:12.claimant was a one-year-old. It costs motorist over ?3 million per
:04:13. > :04:19.year. It is a significant problem for the industry. You will be paying
:04:20. > :04:25.around ?50 extra for a premium. There is an economic impact and
:04:26. > :04:31.there is a safety impact on the public as well. This is one of the
:04:32. > :04:37.largest insurance fraud scams ever investigated by British police. Now
:04:38. > :04:40.81 people have been convicted for their part in a crime that affects
:04:41. > :04:46.every motorist in Britain. Jordan, you've been following this
:04:47. > :04:49.case for more than two years, why has it taken so long
:04:50. > :05:03.for it to come to an end? This is unprecedented. This is the
:05:04. > :05:07.largest crash for cash network. The numbers are surprisingly 87 people
:05:08. > :05:13.were charged. So many that the court had to deal with them in batches.
:05:14. > :05:18.There were several trials. It has taken two years to pass through the
:05:19. > :05:24.courts. People who were convicted earlier on have now served their
:05:25. > :05:32.sentence. This fraud costs every motorist on the road. It costs us
:05:33. > :05:43.all. It costs insurance companies around ?750,000. Extras are added to
:05:44. > :05:46.our insurance premiums. This costs motorists ?350 million annually,
:05:47. > :05:54.which means fraud adds an extra ?50 to everyone's union. Premium.
:05:55. > :05:57.A 56-year-old man who died after being hit on the M4
:05:58. > :05:59.near Newport on Monday, is believed to have been fixing
:06:00. > :06:01.a flat tyre on a horse trailer at the time.
:06:02. > :06:03.An inquest into the death of 56-year-old Andre Murphy,
:06:04. > :06:06.who was from Ireland, was opened earlier.
:06:07. > :06:10.The owner of a care home has been reprimanded for professional
:06:11. > :06:15.misconduct after a 96-year-old resident died and a member of staff
:06:16. > :06:16.suffered life-threatening injuries in 2012 after falling down
:06:17. > :06:22.Dr Nasik Al Mufti was the joint owner of Pontcanna House in Cardiff
:06:23. > :06:29.An inquest into the death of a man, whose body was found in the garden
:06:30. > :06:32.of his former Valleys home, has heard how he died of "blunt
:06:33. > :06:41.John Sabine's death is being treated as a murder investigation -
:06:42. > :06:42.but the main suspect, his former wife.
:06:43. > :07:00.The grim discovery was made three weeks ago in this garden. DNA
:07:01. > :07:07.testing confirmed it was John Sabines who was last seen here in
:07:08. > :07:14.1997. He had been the victim of assault it was initially thaw. The
:07:15. > :07:23.police told the koruna at an inquest that the postmortem investigation
:07:24. > :07:28.that he had died from a blunt force trauma to the head. He would have
:07:29. > :07:33.been 85 now but the koruna was told the police did not know when in the
:07:34. > :07:40.last 18 years you was killed. The officer confirmed he was carrying
:07:41. > :07:52.out a murder investigation and the wife was the main suspect. Mr
:07:53. > :08:00.Sabines was also deceased -- she was also deceased. Where the body is
:08:01. > :08:05.concealed as part of the ongoing investigation. They are also
:08:06. > :08:10.investigating the financial circumstances of the couple. Their
:08:11. > :08:15.estranged children have been informed. The inquest will resume on
:08:16. > :08:19.The inquest will resume on the 10th of March.
:08:20. > :08:21.Waiting times at emergency departments in hospitals
:08:22. > :08:24.81% of patients were seen within a four hour target
:08:25. > :08:26.in November, that's down from 83% the previous month.
:08:27. > :08:29.The Welsh Government's target is for 95% of patients to be
:08:30. > :08:34.admitted, transferred or discharged within that time.
:08:35. > :08:37.A man who repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend,
:08:38. > :08:40.following a row over footage he had of a woman in a bath,
:08:41. > :08:44.has been found guilty of attempted murder and voyeurism.
:08:45. > :08:46.Arnel Martinez Raymundo, was convicted after the attack
:08:47. > :08:48.in the Grangetown area of Cardiff in June.
:08:49. > :08:52.The court heard he stabbed Anna Caladiao 18 times,
:08:53. > :08:54.leaving her with life-threatening injuries after she found
:08:55. > :09:03.Debates about merging councils have been a distraction from deciding how
:09:04. > :09:10.That's according to the public spending watchdog, who says councils
:09:11. > :09:13.need to be more ambitious and take more risks to cope with cuts.
:09:14. > :09:16.Our political correspondent, Daniel Davies, is at the Senedd.
:09:17. > :09:24.The public sector in Wales has gone through the longest period
:09:25. > :09:26.of spending cuts since the welfare state was created
:09:27. > :09:34.Given that, you might think some radical change was in order.
:09:35. > :09:36.But the changes haven't been radical enough to satisfy
:09:37. > :09:39.the Auditor General, the man who keeps on eye on how
:09:40. > :09:44.He says unlike England, where coucils have been forced
:09:45. > :09:47.to make huge cuts and have redesigned themselves,
:09:48. > :09:50.local councils in Wales appear to want to make as little
:09:51. > :10:05.He thinks they have been distracted by the debate over their structure.
:10:06. > :10:12.He wants to cut the councils but 20 two to eight or nine. How to deliver
:10:13. > :10:18.social cure for the elderly and schools and young people and the
:10:19. > :10:24.growing demand for those services and less money to pay for them. It
:10:25. > :10:30.has been a distraction. It has affected the ability for some
:10:31. > :10:35.councils to think beyond the four or five year horizon. The need to think
:10:36. > :10:43.longer term. The councils in England have been doing that and the
:10:44. > :10:50.Government has produced a report showing that councils in England are
:10:51. > :10:59.redesigning themselves. We need to be doing the same in Wales. What has
:11:00. > :11:04.been the reaction? I have been speaking to local council leaders
:11:05. > :11:11.today and one of them said this is going to end in tears. One says he
:11:12. > :11:16.agrees with the Auditor General. If they are worried whether their
:11:17. > :11:19.employer is going to exist in a few years' time, are they really going
:11:20. > :11:26.to be focusing on reforming services? Not everyone agrees with
:11:27. > :11:33.the Government's policy here. The Government says they do not just
:11:34. > :11:37.want to merge councils, they want to improve democracy and services. None
:11:38. > :11:41.of that will happen before the election next May. Some say it is a
:11:42. > :11:45.distraction but it is going to get more intense.
:11:46. > :11:48.Parents in Swansea say they're concerned about a decision
:11:49. > :11:50.to withdraw a special education service for children with emotional,
:11:51. > :11:52.behavioural and mental health difficulties.
:11:53. > :11:56.At the moment, expert teachers work alongside health specialists
:11:57. > :11:59.at the Trehafod Child and Family Clinic.
:12:00. > :12:01.But, as of next month, this provision will be stopped.
:12:02. > :12:03.Swansea Council says children will continue
:12:04. > :12:22.They might sound full of festive cheer but this group of parents and
:12:23. > :12:27.grandparents are protesting against a decision to withdraw education and
:12:28. > :12:33.support for children with mental health difficulties. Many said they
:12:34. > :12:39.were concerned and were worried about what would happen next. She
:12:40. > :12:45.has benefited from the educational support that has been provided by
:12:46. > :12:51.the council. She says she is unhappy about the decision to withdraw it. I
:12:52. > :12:55.am outraged and many parents would be as well. It is a provision that
:12:56. > :13:02.offers a huge amount of support for families and their children. It is
:13:03. > :13:07.going to impact a lot of people that it has been removed. This is where a
:13:08. > :13:12.lot of honourable children come first support from health
:13:13. > :13:20.specialists. The council had provided an educational service for
:13:21. > :13:25.them. In a letter to the council 's education department, a child
:13:26. > :13:30.psychiatrist says the decision to withdraw the service is extremely
:13:31. > :13:34.short-sighted. In a statement Swansea council said it would like
:13:35. > :13:38.to reassure every child and parent that they will still receive
:13:39. > :13:45.education support from the Council that is appropriate to their needs.
:13:46. > :13:49.They will continue to be supported by a specialist placements and
:13:50. > :13:56.psychologist. It has been part of detailed discussions for more than a
:13:57. > :14:01.year. These young people need to have an integrated health service.
:14:02. > :14:06.The need to be able to fill their own potential. I think if you take
:14:07. > :14:11.the educational element out of that. They rely on mainstream schools to
:14:12. > :14:15.do that, schools which do not have the expertise, many of them will
:14:16. > :14:19.drop out of school, be excluded from school or they will not be able to
:14:20. > :14:25.fulfil their potential in the school. I think that is a tragedy
:14:26. > :14:31.for young people. As parents marched in protest, they hope thes there
:14:32. > :14:35.will be a brighter future for their children.
:14:36. > :14:37.Still to come in the programme: Private investigator Daniel Morgan
:14:38. > :14:41.Now hopes a series of podcasts could lead to his killer
:14:42. > :14:46.And we speak to the farmer who swam for four hours in freezing flood
:14:47. > :14:54.Events in Brussels tonight are being followed closely in Wales,
:14:55. > :15:00.as the Prime Minister attends a summit of EU leaders.
:15:01. > :15:02.Top of his agenda is renegotiating the UK's deal with Europe,
:15:03. > :15:05.which brings in hundreds of millions of pounds to Wales every year.
:15:06. > :15:08.It's all ahead of an in-out referendum which will be held before
:15:09. > :15:12.Live to Brussels now and our political reporter James
:15:13. > :15:30.This is crunch time, isn't it? Yes, absolutely. Tonight is the first
:15:31. > :15:38.formal opportunity for all leaders to discuss David Cameron's
:15:39. > :15:43.renegotiation plans. Some of the changes the Government wants to see
:15:44. > :15:48.our making good progress. His plan to prevent EU migrant workers to get
:15:49. > :15:56.benefits of their first four years' time it in the UK. Why does he want
:15:57. > :16:01.to change the rules? Immigration. Recently we have seen thousands of
:16:02. > :16:05.migrants moving to towns and cities right across Wales. David Cameron
:16:06. > :16:13.believes if we change the benefit rules, we stem the flow of migrants.
:16:14. > :16:17.Some people are opposed to the LAN, it not only hinges on the
:16:18. > :16:24.fundamental right of the EU citizen. It also says they are playing by the
:16:25. > :16:28.rules, paying taxes and wanting to get on in life. There is a real
:16:29. > :16:35.disagreement about that and the discussions are likely to go on for
:16:36. > :16:40.a long time. Any chance of an agreement tonight? Not tonight. It
:16:41. > :16:47.deal should be reached at the next EU summit in February. A referendum
:16:48. > :16:55.could be held in June next year. It would make it a big issue in the
:16:56. > :17:09.elections for the Assembly in May. These discussions could be pivotal
:17:10. > :17:10.in picking up people's minds. We don't yet know when we will be going
:17:11. > :17:18.polls to the polls
:17:19. > :17:20.to both stay and leave Europe are already mobilised and trying
:17:21. > :17:34.What we know is the vast amount of trade between companies
:17:35. > :17:38.Exports into the area were worth around five and three quarter
:17:39. > :17:48.One debate is whether we'd lose any of that.
:17:49. > :17:54.We would be able to negotiate our free trade agreements directly,
:17:55. > :18:02.rather than through the European Union. Switzerland, which is a
:18:03. > :18:07.country with a population of only about 8 million, New Zealand with a
:18:08. > :18:09.population of 4.5 million, already have a trade agreement with China.
:18:10. > :18:11.But its not just about jobs, its also about cash.
:18:12. > :18:15.In the seven years to 2020 Wales is getting more than ?4.5 billion
:18:16. > :18:17.pounds in aid to make the country more prosperous
:18:18. > :18:25.Those wanting to stay in claim the EU supports 200,000 jobs
:18:26. > :18:40.We can to be clear what relationship we would have with the European
:18:41. > :18:44.Union. Some people say we could maintain that relationship that we
:18:45. > :18:47.would have to accept there are rules and regulations. Why not stay at the
:18:48. > :18:48.table to get the best deal for Wales and Britain?
:18:49. > :18:56.like Sony, that have set up in Wales did so to be part of the European
:18:57. > :18:58.single market and not face trade barriers.
:18:59. > :19:00.The Welsh Government says 6,000 people in Wales work
:19:01. > :19:05.What's open to argument is whether firms like that
:19:06. > :19:09.would stay here, outside Europe, or move production to countries
:19:10. > :19:39.His brother is helping to make a new podcast which aims to explain what
:19:40. > :19:51.has happened with the hope that new information will come to light. It
:19:52. > :19:57.is a format that is having an impact. This is the world's most
:19:58. > :20:00.effective podcast. It raises questions about whether a man
:20:01. > :20:08.convicted of murdering his girlfriend, really did it. I never
:20:09. > :20:12.want to see... Now the story of Daniel Morgan is about to be told in
:20:13. > :20:17.weekly episodes. His brother is working with an investigative
:20:18. > :20:23.journalist to tell the complicated history of Daniel's death. It has
:20:24. > :20:31.involved a painful return to the car park outside a pub where his body
:20:32. > :20:38.was found. The story has not been told in a coherent logical way. It
:20:39. > :20:42.is a completely outrageous case and I want the public to have the chance
:20:43. > :20:52.to hear what happened there. The police will be up breaking the story
:20:53. > :21:02.down will help more information. We are hoping to job people's memories.
:21:03. > :21:09.People will put together story themselves and make connections. The
:21:10. > :21:15.five field police investigations followed the discovery of his body.
:21:16. > :21:19.Nearly 30 years since his murder, his family are determined to find
:21:20. > :21:23.out who is responsible for his death. Despite Field police
:21:24. > :21:26.investigations, they hope this new podcast can reignite interest in
:21:27. > :21:31.this case and solve this crime. A farmer from the Conwy Valley has
:21:32. > :21:35.been talking about how he swam for hours in freezing flood water
:21:36. > :21:37.to try to rescue his flock. Paul Williams says he couldn't just
:21:38. > :21:41.stand by and watch as a 170 sheep were swept away when the river
:21:42. > :21:43.Conwy burst its banks. The majority of the animals were
:21:44. > :21:46.although more than sixty were lost. And his report contains images some
:21:47. > :22:10.may find upsetting. By a quirk of fate, this farm is
:22:11. > :22:16.high up on a hill. No chance of a flood here. He also has grazing down
:22:17. > :22:22.on the ballet. This photograph shows what it was like there last week.
:22:23. > :22:28.His barge is towards the centre of the picture. It was taken at the
:22:29. > :22:33.time the sheep were swept away. He tried to find a boat but she
:22:34. > :22:41.couldn't and soul returned to where he last saw his flock. I went back
:22:42. > :22:47.to where they wear and an hour had passed. They were still swimming
:22:48. > :22:53.around and some had already drowned. I decided to jump in and try and
:22:54. > :22:58.salvage what I could. He did it still wearing his overalls and
:22:59. > :23:04.Wellington boots. The majority of the flock were saved. As the flood
:23:05. > :23:10.levels drop, this terrible scene are merged. It shows the animals that
:23:11. > :23:21.did not survive. We managed to save 104. This all happened because of
:23:22. > :23:27.the flood prevention scheme worked. We made changes following repeated
:23:28. > :23:37.flooding, so that water floods away from people's homes. It is easy to
:23:38. > :23:44.reflect now, isn't it? I think once I was in the water I just thaw,
:23:45. > :23:52.there is a job to do. All in a days work. Down in the valley the river
:23:53. > :23:57.is now back in its banks. Let's hope it stays there.
:23:58. > :23:59.The Olympic boxing silver medallist, Fred Evans, has turned professional,
:24:00. > :24:02.ruling himself out of competing of the Rio Games next year.
:24:03. > :24:04.The athlete from Cardiff became the first Welsh boxer to win
:24:05. > :24:06.an Olympic silver medal by reaching the welterweight final
:24:07. > :24:10.The 24-year-old said he's reached the top as an amateur and he's
:24:11. > :24:13.looking forward to doing the same as a pro.
:24:14. > :24:16.The captain of Wales' Women side, Sophie Ingle, has signed
:24:17. > :24:18.for Liverpool Ladies for the upcoming Super League season.
:24:19. > :24:21.The 24-year-old midfielder has spent the last two seasons
:24:22. > :24:24.with Bristol Academy, having previously played for Chelsea
:24:25. > :24:48.Time for the weather now. It has been a very mild day with some rain.
:24:49. > :24:58.The rain today cleared the way east words. A spell of drier weather to
:24:59. > :25:08.follow. Tonight it will be mostly dry. Possibly the isolated shower.
:25:09. > :25:13.Not as mild as recent nights. Tomorrow morning, some drizzle and
:25:14. > :25:21.brighter spells developing. Turning cloudy with lots of patchy rain in
:25:22. > :25:26.the north and west later. Mostly cloudy and overcast. The winds will
:25:27. > :25:36.strengthen and continue to be mild. 14 degrees in Newport. The warm air
:25:37. > :25:41.from the isobars and they are feeding in weather systems from the
:25:42. > :25:50.Atlantic. Misty and marquee tomorrow night. Cloudy with outbreaks of
:25:51. > :25:57.rain. 11-13dC. Typical temperatures for July. This weather front is
:25:58. > :26:03.hovering back and forth. Heavy rain at times. Clearing away by Sunday.
:26:04. > :26:13.Dry in the east but heavy rain moving in from the west and staying
:26:14. > :26:20.mild at 13-16dC. A warning in place for 40 millimetres of rain. It is
:26:21. > :26:25.likely on Saturday. After that a case of drier, brighter spells. On
:26:26. > :26:30.Sunday slightly cooler. It will be unusually mild through the weekend.
:26:31. > :26:36.Rain will spread east words on Monday. Coastal gales at times. Mild
:26:37. > :26:43.but unsettled weather towards Christmas. With no sign of
:26:44. > :26:51.temperatures dropping off next week. This picture of daffodils out. If
:26:52. > :26:56.you have any photos to help tell the weather story, send them to us by
:26:57. > :27:04.e-mail or Twitter. You can also be one of our weather watchers. Thank
:27:05. > :27:14.you very much. More than 80 people have been convicted of their part in
:27:15. > :27:18.the largest so-called cash for crash fraud in the UK. Police say they
:27:19. > :27:21.have never seen anything like it. You could see from their body
:27:22. > :27:30.language they were laughing and joking. It has been costing the
:27:31. > :27:35.insurance industry thousands and thousands, if not millions of pounds
:27:36. > :27:41.every year. They say it is a victimless crime but it is not. It
:27:42. > :27:45.affects every motorist. We will have an update later. Thank you for
:27:46. > :27:47.watching. Goodbye.