05/01/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Face to face with flood victims - the First Minister in Talybont

in Gwynedd where residents were left waiting for him a week ago.

And Connor Marshall murdered in an unprovoked attack.

His mother tells us his killer was already being supervised

by probation workers for previous offences.

Across Wales, people affected by flooding over the Christmas

holidays are continuing to assess the damage.

Today the First Minister announced an extra ?2.3 million

It's the Welsh share of a similar announcement made in England.

Carwyn Jones was at Talybont near Bangor in Gwynedd

where he finally met flood victims there.

They were expecting him last week, but he failed to arrive

They are drying out in Talybont now, the First Minister could see that.

He could also probably detect the strength of feeling here.

Through the front doors, through the back doors,

meeting in the middle, try and save what you can by rushing

Unless something is done, it will happen again.

Villagers thought they would be meeting the First Minister last week

but there was a mix-up and he did not arrive.

This is a community which believes it has been let down.

A scheme to help remains on the drawing board and that has

Plaid Cymru politicians blaming a Labour Welsh Government,

the Welsh Government dishing it back by return.

Over the last week, what happened here in Talybont has turned

into a political row, but then this is an election year

and political parties are keen to score points off each other

but for the people of Talybont, what is more important

is that the problems which caused the flooding gets sorted out.

Last week we spoke to Eirlys Evans, as she attempted to deal

with the latest flood to sweep into her home.

Pictures recorded by visitors show the force of the water as it ripped

Today, Eirlys Evans was among those to tackle Carwyn Jones

We need a flood defence now because if it rains,

we are going to be petrified here again.

It only takes about 35-40 minutes for the water to come

You would have thought they would have learnt

How long is it going to take them to learn?

Talybont's problems are bound up with a wider issue,

flooding on the nearby A55, North Wales' main road artery.

This picture shows what it was like on Boxing Day,

A planned flood scheme would stop this and the flooding in nearby

Today the First Minister said there was no reason

The issue was getting the easements overland that were required to take

a pipe through the land, as I understand it,

That has been resolved, so there is no reason now widely

Everybody in this village wants to see it.

The money is there, Gwynedd are keen to move forward with it.

He seems to think there was no problem with the money.

If that is the case, and he is true to his word,

there is no reason why we cannot go out to tender within a month

and complete the work before next winter.

In Talybont, they said they wanted to make the most

They wanted him to see first-hand what had happened and that seems

A baby born by emergency caesarean section after his mother

was involved in a car crash has died.

The boy's father, Simon Lewis, died in the crash in Cardiff,

His wife and their three-year-old daughter were passengers.

The baby was born three months prematurely on Sunday,

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the fire

which gutted a primary school in Cwmbran.

The men, aged 18 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion

of arson after the blaze at Coed Eva Primary in the early

Four teenage boys have also been arrested and released on bail.

The school is closed until next week at the earliest.

An inquest has heard of a father's desperate attempts

to save his six-year-old daughter after she choked on a grape.

Jasmine Lapsley died in August 2014 whilst on holiday in Gwynedd.

Her parents say the 25-minute wait for an ambulance was far too long.

The mother of a teenager who died after an unprovoked attack,

says her son would still be alive if his killer had been properly

Connor Marshall was murdered in Porthcawl last year by a man

who was already being monitored after previous offences.

But officials say nothing could have been done to predict

Connor Marshall was a lively, likeable teenager, just

But last year on a trip to Porthcawl's Trecco Bay,

he was murdered in an unprovoked attack.

His family was to learn later it was a case of mistaken identity.

Connor was attacked in Porthcawl on March the 8th,

We then spent four horrible days in hospital with the two children,

having to look at somebody that did not resemble Connor at all.

In June last year, Connor's killer, David Braddon, was sentenced to life

The court heard that Braddon was subject to a supervision order

for two previous drug offences and assaulting a police officer.

A review of the way he had been supervised was ordered,

and the family has seen a summary of that report,

which says they could have adopted a more targeted and proactive

approach in trying to engage him, reassess and manage his risk.

It is just a gutting feeling to know already that the mistakes

prevented what happened to Connor,

would mean my family is as it should be.

Do you really feel that the mistakes were so serious that this murder

But the Ministry of Justice say nothing could have been done

to predict or prevent Connor's killing.

And no one could have foreseen that Braddon would go on to commit

They go on to say serious further offences are rare,

is taken extremely seriously and investigated fully.

They add that "public protection is our priority and we continue

"to consider the findings in this case."

But Connor's mother is not satisfied.

She has started an online petition, demanding access to the full report.

He had escalated in the violence, he had escalated in the number

of offences, he had escalated in his ability to abscond.

We should have had tighter controls, better management.

David Braddon was a time bomb waiting to explode.

Memories of happier times cover the wall of the Marshall home.

And for mum Nadine, Connor will always be close by,

A woman from Cardiff who's been blind for 16 years has recovered

Rhian Lewis has been fitted with what's called a bionic eye -

a tiny electronic chip - that's helping her to see again.

The pioneering operation by doctors in Oxford could transform the way

Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's got the forecast.

Thanks, good evening. As you may know, December was the wettest on

record here in Wales. And across the UK. Also the warmest on record. The

average temperature almost double the long-term average. It looked

more like a ball. There is a change underway next week. Looks like

turning drier and colder at least for a while. So one showers tonight,

heavy in places. A lot of places drive. With the cloud clears, mist

and fog patches. Chilly. A slight frost in places. Could drop just

below freezing. This time fog patches will slowly left tomorrow. A

few showers in parts of the West, otherwise dry. Across the rest of

the UK, watch out for a fog patches if you are travelling. They will be

slow to left. Otherwise some rain for parts of north-east England into

Scotland. Elsewhere in a lot of dry weather, the best of sunshine in the

West. More rain and freshening winds will reach: one litre in the

afternoon. Highs of six Celsius with it chilly wind in Newcastle. Some

cloud and also some bright spells and sunshine. More rain will reach

Pembrokeshire towards dusk on Wednesday with a freshening

south-easterly wind. But rain will spread across Wales. Dry weather

behind by the rain may linger in the north-east on Thursday. Bright and

breezy on Thursday, sunshine and scattered showers. A little snow on

the hilltops and mountains. Friday and the weekend, more rain and heavy

showers on the way. Dry and Richard spells as well and then a cold snap

next big. Thank you. More stories on our website. Thank you for watching.

From all us on the programme, good night.