04/01/2016 BBC Wales Today


04/01/2016

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 04/01/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Welcome to Wales Today - our top story: Empty stations -

:00:00.:00:00.

up to 100,000 passengers left in the lurch.

:00:00.:00:10.

Arriva train drivers strike brings the network across the country

:00:11.:00:13.

I left the house at 7:30am to hopefully start work at 10am but we

:00:14.:00:25.

still might be late. With services not returning

:00:26.:00:30.

to normal until midnight, there could still be disruption

:00:31.:00:32.

for passengers tomorrow. The fire that burnt out this school

:00:33.:00:48.

in Cwmbran - the four teenage boys Dorina's performance

:00:49.:00:53.

hits all the high notes but so too does Monmouthshire's

:00:54.:01:00.

groundbreaking care of older people Disney's version of Roald Dahl's

:01:01.:01:02.

Big Friendly Giant. Does Wales need to do more

:01:03.:01:08.

to reclaim the author in this December was the warmest and wettest

:01:09.:01:23.

on record. I will be finding out of farmers and businesses across Wales

:01:24.:01:27.

have been coping with the extreme weather and what is causing it.

:01:28.:01:32.

Staff at Arriva Trains Wales are staging a 24 hour walk out,

:01:33.:01:36.

causing travel chaos on the first day back to work after

:01:37.:01:39.

Up to 100,000 passengers have been affected -

:01:40.:01:46.

as more than a thousand services across the country are cancelled.

:01:47.:01:48.

Live to Cardiff Central Station and our reporter Nick Palit.

:01:49.:01:55.

This station is probably the busiest in Wales

:01:56.:02:04.

at rush hour but this morning like now it was all but deserted -

:02:05.:02:07.

all the services running on the Valley Lines down

:02:08.:02:12.

to the capital cancelled causing widespread disruption

:02:13.:02:14.

for tens of thousands of commuters right across Wales.

:02:15.:02:19.

Monday morning rush hour and Wrexham real station was deserted. It is a

:02:20.:02:29.

similar station up and down the country where Arriva usually run

:02:30.:02:36.

trains. With services affected across Wales at 247 stations,

:02:37.:02:42.

passengers had to find other ways of getting to work. On this rainy first

:02:43.:02:50.

day back after the festive break, the rotor appointed me busy anyway.

:02:51.:02:56.

The traffic swelled by many who would normally let the train take

:02:57.:03:02.

the strain. Both unions voted to strike. The dispute is over

:03:03.:03:10.

reductions of working hours and structures of shifts.

:03:11.:03:20.

We don't see why things should be different in Wales.

:03:21.:03:26.

Arriva say they have been in contact with unions on a daily basis to try

:03:27.:03:29.

and avert this strike. We have got more talks on tomorrow

:03:30.:03:36.

and we are happy to discuss conditions cause we value their

:03:37.:03:46.

welfare. Buses were left to fill the gap but

:03:47.:03:50.

many find it was a slower method of transport.

:03:51.:03:55.

I left the house at 7:30am to hopefully start work at 10am. But we

:03:56.:04:00.

still make the late. Two and a half hours.

:04:01.:04:07.

The bus was packed out. We could have done with another bus.

:04:08.:04:12.

I'm going to be late for work and when I got on the bus they did not

:04:13.:04:16.

take change so I had to get change. Finally getting on the bus.

:04:17.:04:27.

With trains not running, many companies so staff members depleted.

:04:28.:04:35.

It took me an extra 45 minutes to get in and a number of my colleagues

:04:36.:04:42.

have been delayed. One left at 6:15am to make sure she could get

:04:43.:04:48.

into the office. The impact is if people are not available for

:04:49.:04:52.

client's business then we lose money.

:04:53.:04:56.

So it is quite serious. The piece I'd of this dispute has been settled

:04:57.:05:01.

but the unions in management of trying to push through changes to

:05:02.:05:05.

terms and conditions. Arriva say they are disappointed and put a

:05:06.:05:09.

renewed proposal to the unions just before Christmas.

:05:10.:05:13.

This dispute is due to end at midnight tonight but Arriva

:05:14.:05:15.

is advising passengers that some very early morning trains tomorrow

:05:16.:05:18.

could also be affected as they try to get services

:05:19.:05:21.

You can get up to date information about any further disruption

:05:22.:05:25.

to services tomorrow on BBC Radio Wales,

:05:26.:05:27.

The families of two teenage friends who were killed in a car crash

:05:28.:05:40.

in Hengoed last night say they'll be sorely missed.

:05:41.:05:43.

his smile would light up any room -- while 17 year old Connor Williams'

:05:44.:05:49.

Another 18 year old, Cameron Nicholas, is in hospital

:05:50.:05:53.

Their former teacher says they were both popular students.

:05:54.:05:57.

They were both very decent, pleasant, friendly, happy boys. We

:05:58.:06:11.

were very proud of them. They were all there is very happy and had a

:06:12.:06:15.

great sense of humour. They will be a terrible loss.

:06:16.:06:21.

Gwent police say the four people arrested

:06:22.:06:24.

following a fire at Coed Eva Primary school in Cwmbran

:06:25.:06:26.

are teenage boys from the local area.

:06:27.:06:28.

A fifteen year old and three fourteen year olds have been

:06:29.:06:31.

arrested on suspicion of arson and released on police bail.

:06:32.:06:33.

Demolition contractors inspected the site today

:06:34.:06:35.

and although the school is aiming to reopen next week,

:06:36.:06:37.

it could take two years for the site to be fully restored.

:06:38.:06:40.

Coed Eva should have been welcoming pupils back through its gates today.

:06:41.:06:50.

Instead the school is empty the infant classes gutted

:06:51.:06:53.

by a blaze that happened in the early hours of new years day.

:06:54.:06:57.

The steel frame - a cruel reminder of a building that was ready

:06:58.:07:01.

to welcome back two hundred children.

:07:02.:07:03.

The only people in the playground today - demolition contractors.

:07:04.:07:08.

Police say four teenagers from Cwmbran not much older

:07:09.:07:11.

than those due to return to the school have been arrested

:07:12.:07:14.

on suspicion of arson and released on bail.

:07:15.:07:21.

We have made the decision to close the school this week. I understand

:07:22.:07:28.

forensics have completed their inspection. We are looking to work

:07:29.:07:32.

towards opening on Monday. We will do the best we can.

:07:33.:07:35.

This is the fire - filmed by eyewitnesses -

:07:36.:07:39.

crews fought for three hours to save the junior school next door.

:07:40.:07:44.

The infants' school burned down in less than twenty minutes.

:07:45.:07:47.

Today the school's senior teachers met here

:07:48.:07:49.

a council official said the preferred option is to keep

:07:50.:07:52.

all the children together in the existing buildings.

:07:53.:07:54.

But there is the option of sending the children elsewhere.

:07:55.:07:56.

How soon pupils return to Coed Eva partially depends on the weather,

:07:57.:08:02.

as contractors need dry weather to install temporary classrooms.

:08:03.:08:05.

Parents will have to find alternative child-care.

:08:06.:08:07.

It's hoped the classrooms will be installed within two weeks.

:08:08.:08:09.

And the power supply returned to the junior school.

:08:10.:08:15.

Until then, pupils at Coed Eva, will have to continue their 2016

:08:16.:08:18.

Patients are being asked to avoid the emergency departments

:08:19.:08:22.

at Morriston Hospital in Swansea and the Princess of Wales Hospital

:08:23.:08:24.

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board says

:08:25.:08:30.

both sites are extremely busy and experiencing

:08:31.:08:32.

They're asking people consult their GPs before

:08:33.:08:38.

Councillors in Carmarthenshire have agreed to withdraw some community

:08:39.:08:41.

education courses for adults because of budget cuts.

:08:42.:08:45.

The executive board has agreed to focus on courses such as adult

:08:46.:08:49.

basic education and English classes for speakers of other languages.

:08:50.:08:54.

Classes for art and crafts are among those which will be withdrawn.

:08:55.:08:58.

The new Aberavon Leisure and Fitness Centre has opened

:08:59.:09:01.

The new facility - which cost 13 million pounds -

:09:02.:09:04.

includes a swimming pool, gym and sports hall.

:09:05.:09:07.

The Afan Lido was destroyed in a fire seven years ago

:09:08.:09:13.

They help vulnerable people with the most basic of daily tasks -

:09:14.:09:20.

getting dressed, having a shower, or something to eat.

:09:21.:09:23.

But too often there have been examples of home

:09:24.:09:25.

Now an innovative scheme in Monmouthshire has won the praise

:09:26.:09:29.

of the Older People's Commissioner - for improving the working lives

:09:30.:09:32.

of staff and transforming the service they provide.

:09:33.:09:34.

Paul Heaney has this exclusive report.

:09:35.:09:47.

Brightening the mood at daycare centre in Abergavenny. 94-year-old

:09:48.:09:56.

arena gives up her time as part of a council run scheme linking

:09:57.:09:59.

volunteers with those at risk of becoming isolated and unwell.

:10:00.:10:03.

We need this sort of thing for the elderly population. To keep them in

:10:04.:10:10.

view and make them feel that they are still wanted.

:10:11.:10:16.

The council increasingly looks for people to support their neighbours

:10:17.:10:19.

instead of relying solely on its Keir Starmer. -- care staff.

:10:20.:10:32.

Before a new way of working was brought in, a manager with the site

:10:33.:10:41.

how much time people would be a route -- allowed to spend. Less help

:10:42.:10:51.

means fewer hours and that means less he because they are paid by the

:10:52.:10:57.

hour. That means there is little incentive to support people to live

:10:58.:11:03.

independently. Rules were rules and you just

:11:04.:11:07.

couldn't. If it was not on the care plan, we couldn't do anything extra.

:11:08.:11:14.

Now they are in charge of their own hours. He salary instead of hourly

:11:15.:11:22.

pay. They've told me about the remarkable difference that has made.

:11:23.:11:29.

I used to feel like a nobody. Since working on the project, I feel like

:11:30.:11:34.

a somebody. I feel like I have been promoted.

:11:35.:11:37.

Because we have the continuity now, I think it stops people going into

:11:38.:11:40.

hospital, because we stop things like water infections. We can get

:11:41.:11:49.

touch with the doctors. In the past, clients of different

:11:50.:11:53.

caterers. Now it is a dedicated team rather than strangers coming into

:11:54.:11:56.

the home. I had the lady is nice and chatty?

:11:57.:12:07.

Yes, they are very familiar. We know everybody on the team.

:12:08.:12:10.

And it is the same people you have seen?

:12:11.:12:21.

Yes, thank goodness. Local authorities are under

:12:22.:12:25.

financial measure but if they can make it work then so should other

:12:26.:12:35.

communities in Wales. Not everywhere follows the same

:12:36.:12:44.

tune. Good care prevails elsewhere despite the system. Success here is

:12:45.:12:53.

only possible as part of volunteers supporting people's

:12:54.:17:40.

And he survived because as uncle drove her to safety and for -- feel

:17:41.:17:51.

of Glamorgan. They wouldn't allow us on to

:17:52.:17:58.

Glamorgan Street. When we got to the cross, they would not allow us to go

:17:59.:18:11.

any further. We got up the back way and then it was just like daylight

:18:12.:18:19.

looking down. Everybody was looking down on Cardiff.

:18:20.:18:30.

Joyce Lloyd's grandmother survived. She remembers her shock when she saw

:18:31.:18:34.

what had happened. When you walked down somewhere and

:18:35.:18:39.

see if there every day and the next year ago and there is nothing there.

:18:40.:18:44.

Just everywhere is damaged. Just rubble was left. It was very

:18:45.:18:51.

strange. The damage to the cathedral was

:18:52.:18:56.

extensive. The blast was so amazing that it

:18:57.:19:00.

literally lifted the roof off and it dropped into the building and blew

:19:01.:19:04.

the windows out. The level of destruction was quite colossal.

:19:05.:19:09.

The building was carefully restored and a garden of remembrance now

:19:10.:19:14.

stands with a bomb fell. A memorial to the night they changed so many

:19:15.:19:15.

lives for ever. Wales is being urged

:19:16.:19:21.

to reclaim Roald Dahl He was born in Cardiff in 1916,

:19:22.:19:23.

and went on to become one of the world's best-selling

:19:24.:19:27.

children's writers. Celebrations described as 'epic'

:19:28.:19:29.

are planned throughout the year to celebrate his life as our Arts

:19:30.:19:31.

and Media Correspondent, Roald Dahl wrote some of the best

:19:32.:19:47.

loved books for children. He had been turned into musicals and there

:19:48.:19:54.

will be a film of the BFG later this year. In 2016, some of Wales' Beck

:19:55.:20:04.

arts companies are coming together for a huge celebration.

:20:05.:20:09.

How could we not celebrate the centenary of one of Cardiff's Themis

:20:10.:20:14.

sons? He is probably quite under rebel edged -- it is almost a chance

:20:15.:20:30.

to reclaim him as one of our own. The celebrations for his centenary

:20:31.:20:34.

will spread across the city. There will be events at the church that he

:20:35.:20:46.

and his family used to visit. And the streets he knew would be

:20:47.:20:51.

transformed by an Australian theatre director whose previous work

:20:52.:20:55.

includes the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. It will be full of

:20:56.:20:58.

surprises. Nothing is as you expected.

:20:59.:21:07.

Characters chasing through the city, huge pieces of fruit roll down.

:21:08.:21:14.

I think she felt a fair she never felt before.

:21:15.:21:19.

Matilda is under discussion at this book club and Robbie at the heart of

:21:20.:21:26.

the celebrations. I think he is creative and his

:21:27.:21:31.

characters, their personalities are different.

:21:32.:21:35.

It is good to be an exciting year for Roald Dahl fans. For some it may

:21:36.:21:40.

be the chance to find a quiet corner and read a good book.

:21:41.:21:48.

Let's get tonight's Sport now, here's Iwan.

:21:49.:21:50.

The opening weekend of 2016 brought mixed fortunes for

:21:51.:21:53.

And after losing to Manchester United, Swansea City's search

:21:54.:21:57.

for a new manager goes on with little sign of an imminent

:21:58.:22:00.

Since taking over as caretaker manager,

:22:01.:22:09.

Alan Curtis has guided his side to 5 points in 5 games.

:22:10.:22:12.

Reports suggest he could stay in the job until the end

:22:13.:22:14.

The New Year but no sign of a new manager just yet. Swansea City are

:22:15.:22:25.

entering a fourth week without a permanent boss. Some fans want

:22:26.:22:34.

clarity over the position. I think they need some clarity as to

:22:35.:22:37.

who is going to continue to the end of the season then hopefully push on

:22:38.:22:41.

from there. I think they would have more

:22:42.:22:49.

confidence with a permanent manager. I think they have got respect for

:22:50.:22:54.

Alan Curtis because he has been there 40 years.

:22:55.:22:58.

Swansea are seemingly in no rush to appoint a manager and the directors

:22:59.:23:01.

could wait until the summer when a big pool of potential applicants

:23:02.:23:12.

could take over. Alan Curtis so his side lose at Manchester United over

:23:13.:23:16.

the weekend. He has taken five points from five games in charge,

:23:17.:23:20.

leaving Swansea two points above the relegation zone.

:23:21.:23:25.

Elsewhere, Cardiff started the New Year without their striker Ken Wynne

:23:26.:23:36.

Jones. He is expected to move on. Joe Mason overtook Jones as the top

:23:37.:23:44.

scorer at the club with the school. Kids John Sheridan believing

:23:45.:23:52.

already? Some bookmakers have suspended betting on him becoming

:23:53.:23:56.

Notts County manager. Newport say they have not been approached and

:23:57.:24:03.

are mystified by speculation. The Lakeside Country Club

:24:04.:24:09.

in Frimley Green is once again the venue for the BDO

:24:10.:24:15.

World Darts Championships. Cardiff's Dean Reynolds was knocked

:24:16.:24:19.

out of the tournament by Number One seed Glen Durrant over the weekend,

:24:20.:24:22.

losing 3 sets to nil. Tonight, 10th seed Martin Phillips

:24:23.:24:25.

from Dolgellau is up against two time champion Ted Hankey

:24:26.:24:27.

in the last 32. The former Wrexham,

:24:28.:24:35.

Swansea and Wales defender John Roberts has died

:24:36.:24:37.

at the age of 69. He was part of arguably Wrexham's

:24:38.:24:39.

greatest ever team that won Tributes have also been paid

:24:40.:24:42.

to a four times Welsh Winter Olympian who died yesterday

:24:43.:24:48.

at the age of 68. Malcolm Lloyd from Penllergaer

:24:49.:24:56.

in Swansea - known as 'Gomer' - represented Great Britain at four

:24:57.:24:59.

Olympics in the 1970s and '80s. Derek has already been

:25:00.:25:02.

reporting on the wet weather. We could really do with several

:25:03.:25:19.

days, if not several weeks of dry weather. Wednesday is the driest day

:25:20.:25:27.

this week but otherwise there is more rain. Rain in the form of heavy

:25:28.:25:34.

showers. Five or ten millimetres in places. Tonight, the North is try

:25:35.:25:42.

for a while but showers in the South tomorrow's chart shows more rain and

:25:43.:26:02.

showers. 20 of cloud, more showers, heavy in places, especially in parts

:26:03.:26:09.

of the middle, the North and west and Wales. A few brighter spells

:26:10.:26:16.

mixed in. Temperatures are around average with a late to moderate

:26:17.:26:27.

breeze. Tomorrow, if you mist and fog patches. Wednesday promises to

:26:28.:26:33.

be a better day. Mostly dry bar the odd shower. The wind will pick up

:26:34.:26:40.

with more rain reaching temperature around dusk. We will see another

:26:41.:26:46.

spell of wet weather on Wednesday night. That will clear to sunshine

:26:47.:26:53.

and showers on Thursday, some of the showers heavy. It remains unsettled

:26:54.:27:06.

into the weekend. Temperatures are around average or a little above in

:27:07.:27:08.

the South. It's coming up to seven o'clock,

:27:09.:27:10.

the headlines again. Staff at Arriva Trains Wales

:27:11.:27:12.

are staging a 24 hour walk out. Up to 100,000 passengers

:27:13.:27:18.

have been affected - as more than a thousand services

:27:19.:27:20.

are cancelled across the country. Early morning trains tomorrow

:27:21.:27:23.

could also be disrupted. You can get the latest travel

:27:24.:27:25.

information on BBC Radio Wales, I'll have an update for you here

:27:26.:27:28.

at 8 o'clock and again after the That's Wales Today,

:27:29.:27:37.

thank you for watching, from all of us

:27:38.:27:44.

on the programme good evening. You'd better come in

:27:45.:27:54.

with a brilliant product.

:27:55.:27:58.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS