0:00:00 > 0:00:01Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Good evening.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19An investigation is continuing tonight into a fire at a primary
0:00:19 > 0:00:20school in Cwmbran.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Ten fire crews worked through the night to bring
0:00:22 > 0:00:23it under control.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Infant and nursery classrooms at Coed Eva Primary school
0:00:26 > 0:00:29were destroyed, but firefighters prevented it spreading
0:00:29 > 0:00:31to the main building.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Caroline Evans reports.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It started in the early hours and quickly took hold.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42The flames ripped through the classroom used by the infant
0:00:42 > 0:00:44and nursery children.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47In the daylight, the destruction was met with disbelief and heartache.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53By children and parents who had gathered outside the gates.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55She is absolutely devastated, absolutely devastated, aren't you?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59We loved that school.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00What year are you in in school?
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Year two.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Year two?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08You can see her classroom from here, can't you?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I don't think they have realised how many lives they have devastated
0:01:11 > 0:01:12at the moment.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Because it is a big school?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It is, and it's a fantastic school.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Absolutely fantastic and now we have to worry about the children
0:01:21 > 0:01:27being relocated and split up. Happy New Year(!)
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I run the Messy Fingers, so everything
0:01:29 > 0:01:31of mine is gone.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Gone.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33All that work?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Yes, yes...
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Sorry.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39It's awful.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It's devastating.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44It's taken us a long time to get him settled into reception and this
0:01:44 > 0:01:46is going to be starting all over again.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51And this is such a wonderful school, it is heartbreaking.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54As the fire crews continued to dampen down, the fire
0:01:54 > 0:01:56investigation got underway.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The man leading the team told how the building was destroyed
0:01:59 > 0:02:01in just 20 minutes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03It is a primary school, it has got kids working.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07A school is more than just a building.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It represents everything of the children, all their efforts
0:02:10 > 0:02:12and their work.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14By the nature of its content, it is combustible.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Of course it is.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17And it's unoccupied and it's the small hours of the morning.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20You are going to get quite a well-developed fire before
0:02:20 > 0:02:22the call goes into the Fire and Rescue Service.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Coed Eva is a school of more than 500 pupils.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28The challenge now will be to open it as soon as possible.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I think the main priority for all of us, is that we have
0:02:31 > 0:02:34always done everything together and my key aim is that we keep
0:02:34 > 0:02:37everybody on site so we can accommodate everybody in our junior
0:02:37 > 0:02:40building, that is what we'll try to do.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Meanwhile, a criminal investigation is underway.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47The family of a man, killed in a four-car crash
0:02:47 > 0:02:52in Cardiff, have been paying tribute to a "wonderful husband and father".
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Simon Lewis, who was 33 and from the Trowbridge area
0:02:55 > 0:02:58of the city, died after the collision yesterday.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01A 32-year-old woman and a three-year-old child were also
0:03:01 > 0:03:03treated in hospital but later released.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Police are appealing for information.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The police helicopter service covering the Dyfed Powys force area
0:03:10 > 0:03:13has officially come to an end.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Its operations, which cover all of mid and south west Wales,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19were taken over by the National Police Air Service at midnight.
0:03:19 > 0:03:26The force's commissioner says it'll still mean 24-hour air cover.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Rugby and the first Pro 12 Welsh derby of the day saw the Ospreys
0:03:29 > 0:03:31beat the Dragons 12 - 7.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Dan Evans scored the first try at the Liberty Stadium as the home
0:03:34 > 0:03:37side enjoyed almost total control.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The victory lifts them to 6th in the table,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44and it's their eighth win in a row over the visitors.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47And there was a thrilling match at the Arms Park where the Blues
0:03:47 > 0:03:48faced the Scarlets.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Tries from Ken Owens and DTH van der Mewer put the Scarlets in control.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55But a late try from Alex Cuthbert sealed the Cardiff Blues' second Pro
0:03:55 > 0:03:5812 derby win of the festive period.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04Final score: Blues 29, Scarlets 27.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Football, and Swansea caretaker manager Alan Curtis is expected
0:04:07 > 0:04:09to take charge of his fifth game when Swansea visit
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Manchester United tomorrow.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15The former Wales forward could stay in the post until the end
0:04:15 > 0:04:17of the season.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Chairman Huw Jenkins is continuing to look for a permanent replacement
0:04:20 > 0:04:24for Gary Monk, who was sacked last month.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26The important thing is to get the right one.
0:04:26 > 0:04:34Obviously, the fact that we have got a couple of results has probably
0:04:34 > 0:04:37eased the pressure to get somebody in straightaway.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42It is important that when it comes and he buys into the philosophy
0:04:42 > 0:04:43of the club.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Tomorrow's weather: an unsettled day with spells of rain,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47heavy and persistent in places.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The wind will make it feel chilly.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Maximum Temperature: 11 degrees celsius.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55That's Wales Today, thank you for watching,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59from all of us on the programme good night.