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:00:07. > :00:08.Jasmine Lapsley died choking on a grape.
:00:09. > :00:11.The coroner says there need to be more ambulances on duty
:00:12. > :00:15.in the summer, when there are more tourists.
:00:16. > :00:18.And Margaret Foster worked for 26 years.
:00:19. > :00:33.Are Job Centres doing enough for people with disabilities?
:00:34. > :00:41.The parents of a six-year-old girl, who died on holiday in Gwynedd
:00:42. > :00:43.after she choked on a grape, have accused
:00:44. > :00:45.the Welsh Ambulance Service of letting their daughter down.
:00:46. > :00:47.Following an inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner concluded
:00:48. > :00:50.Jasmine Lapsley from Liverpool died accidentally.
:00:51. > :00:53.But she called for a major overhaul of the way the ambulance service
:00:54. > :00:55.operates in rural holiday areas by increasing resources
:00:56. > :00:58.during the summer. Roger Pinney reports.
:00:59. > :01:01.Jasmine Lapsley's parents, Robert and Kathleen,
:01:02. > :01:03.still looking to the central question - how well people
:01:04. > :01:07.in rural areas are served by the Welsh Ambulance Service?
:01:08. > :01:11.They believe they and their daughter were let down.
:01:12. > :01:15.Jasmine was failed by the Welsh Ambulance Service.
:01:16. > :01:17.Jasmine was denied the opportunity for life-saving care
:01:18. > :01:25.The coroner has identified that that is still a risk to life
:01:26. > :01:28.-- The coroner has identified that there is still a risk to life
:01:29. > :01:33.and she recommended changes need to be made.
:01:34. > :01:38.Jasmine Lapsley, just six years old when she died,
:01:39. > :01:42.she'd been on holiday with her family, she was
:01:43. > :01:45.cards, she choked on a grape she was eating.
:01:46. > :01:49.That was at 2032, 32 minutes past eight.
:01:50. > :01:52.Community first responders arrived 22 minutes later, at 2054.
:01:53. > :01:58.The ambulance and paramedics came at 2057.
:01:59. > :02:01.An RAF helicopter arrived shortly afterwards, and she was in
:02:02. > :02:07.intensive care in Bangor at 2133, a full hour after the first 999.
:02:08. > :02:10.The family's holiday was at Morfa Nefyn on the Gwynedd coast.
:02:11. > :02:14.They travelled there from their home in Liverpool.
:02:15. > :02:17.The inquest heard of frantic efforts to help Jasmine while they waited
:02:18. > :02:21.So may Jasmine have lived if paramedic help
:02:22. > :02:33.One expert witness said that was just a three
:02:34. > :02:35.to five minute window in which she could've been saved.
:02:36. > :02:37.After that, her chances were virtually zero.
:02:38. > :02:39.The coroner, though, said she accepted evidence
:02:40. > :02:41.which suggested oxygen was getting through to her lungs
:02:42. > :02:44.The inquest heard of persistent failure to meet Welsh Government
:02:45. > :02:50.ambulances should arrive within eight minutes.
:02:51. > :02:56.The coroner was told that, in Gwynedd opt in August last year,
:02:57. > :02:59.-- The coroner was told that, in Gwynedd up to August last year,
:03:00. > :03:01.response times fell well below the target.
:03:02. > :03:04.We've learnt a lot through their tragedy and we've made some
:03:05. > :03:07.improvements already since that day, and we have learnt more
:03:08. > :03:13.through the inquest over the last week
:03:14. > :03:15.about more improvements that we can make.
:03:16. > :03:18.There are significant changes we've made, but I think there's always
:03:19. > :03:20.more to learn, and we certainly will be very seriously
:03:21. > :03:22.considering the conclusions that come out from the inquest today,
:03:23. > :03:25.at the highest level in the Welsh Ambulance Service,
:03:26. > :03:27.to make sure, if there's anything further we can do,
:03:28. > :03:31.Had she lived, Jasmine Lapsley would now be approaching
:03:32. > :03:34.her eighth birthday. It's due at the end of this month.
:03:35. > :03:40.they want lessons to be learned from her death.
:03:41. > :03:42.A committee of MPs has questioned the Prime Minister over
:03:43. > :03:48.the drone strike that killed a man from Cardiff.
:03:49. > :03:50.Parliament's Intelligence Committee is investigating the decision
:03:51. > :03:51.to authorise the attack on 21-year-old Reyaad Khan
:03:52. > :03:54.from Cardiff and his cousin Ruhul Amin.
:03:55. > :03:56.Mr Cameron told the Committee he was unlikely to allow
:03:57. > :03:58.all the information that led to the strike
:03:59. > :04:02.These decisions are in no way made lightly.
:04:03. > :04:04.It's one of the most difficult decisions
:04:05. > :04:08.that any Pime Minister has to make.
:04:09. > :04:11.And you have, you know, important legal advice,
:04:12. > :04:14.and that legal advice, and the legality of the act,
:04:15. > :04:29.the actions that we take, has to be confirmed the whole way
:04:30. > :04:33.It's not just a bit of legal advice that's given and,
:04:34. > :04:37.No date's been set for a vote on whether we should leave or remain
:04:38. > :04:40.in the EU, but there's already disagreement among the pro-European
:04:41. > :04:42.parties here about their approach to the referendum.
:04:43. > :04:45.The First Minister took part in a debate with the UKIP leader
:04:46. > :04:48.Plaid Cymru says Carwyn Jones damaged efforts to stay in the EU,
:04:49. > :04:53.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.
:04:54. > :04:57.It was the most high-profile events so far in Wales as we edge closer
:04:58. > :05:04.to the referendum on whether to leave or remain in the EU.
:05:05. > :05:06.The debate was dominated by jobs than the economy.
:05:07. > :05:08.The First Minister based his arguments on what companies
:05:09. > :05:11.have been telling him about their wish to remain in.
:05:12. > :05:14.Companies that I speak to say it's really important we have access
:05:15. > :05:16.to the single market and that you're members of the EU,
:05:17. > :05:19.because we see Wales as our base for the EU.
:05:20. > :05:21.And what you're saying is those people's views are not important.
:05:22. > :05:23.Nigel Farage accused him of scaremongering over a predicted
:05:24. > :05:27.loss of jobs which would not make any economic sense,
:05:28. > :05:31.pointing to the example of Airbus' giant wing making plant.
:05:32. > :05:34.You are quite right to talk about Airbus in Flintshire.
:05:35. > :05:37.It's very important. Not just important...
:05:38. > :05:40.Not just important for jobs in Flintshire, but actually rather
:05:41. > :05:43.important for Airbus, cos they make the wings.
:05:44. > :05:46.If they didn't make the wings, there wouldn't be any aeroplanes!
:05:47. > :05:49.LAUGHTER. They are interdependent.
:05:50. > :05:59.The central argument from the First Minister throughout
:06:00. > :06:02.was that a withdrawal is too much of a risk for the economy.
:06:03. > :06:04.Today, in First Minister's Questions, Leanne Wood accused him
:06:05. > :06:09.A new Europe is possible, I believe, just as a new Wales
:06:10. > :06:11.is possible, but you failed to put that positive vision
:06:12. > :06:15.We got an insight last night, I think, as to how you intend
:06:16. > :06:18.to approach the period leading up to the referendum,
:06:19. > :06:23.and I hope that you will reflect on last night's debate.
:06:24. > :06:25.The leader of Plaid Cymru and I have had discussions,
:06:26. > :06:36.sensible discussions, where you talked about how it might
:06:37. > :06:38.be possible to put in place a cross-party campaign in order
:06:39. > :06:41.to put the case for Wales' membership of the European union.
:06:42. > :06:43.to put the case for Wales' membership of the European Union.
:06:44. > :06:46.Now, she feels to outline how she would have done anything different.
:06:47. > :06:48.But Leanne Wood's attack sparked this response
:06:49. > :06:50.from the Liberal Democrat Assembly member Eluned Parrott
:06:51. > :06:58.What this is all about is how politicians persuade people
:06:59. > :07:03.to support a particular cause, in this case to remain in the year.
:07:04. > :07:06.-- to support a particular cause, in this case to remain in the EU.
:07:07. > :07:09.Now, Plaid members here want there to be a positive vision
:07:10. > :07:13.But senior Labour figures I've been speaking to today are pretty relaxed
:07:14. > :07:15.about the accusation that's been thrown at them.
:07:16. > :07:18.They say it's entirely unrealistic to expect an EU referendum campaign
:07:19. > :07:20.to be carried out without them warning about the serious economic
:07:21. > :07:29.would kick-start a debate about EU membership.
:07:30. > :07:36.Drivers on Arriva Trains Wales are to stage another 24-hour strike
:07:37. > :07:39.in a long-running row over conditions.
:07:40. > :07:43.Their union, Aslef, said its members will walk out on Monday
:07:44. > :07:50.They staged a 24-hour strike last week as people returned to work
:07:51. > :07:53.-- They staged a 24-hour strike last week.
:07:54. > :07:56.A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man
:07:57. > :08:00.The body of Kevin Barry Mahoney was discovered in a lane behind
:08:01. > :08:05.A postmortem has so far failed to identify the cause of his death.
:08:06. > :08:08.The police are trying to find the clothes Mr Mahoney was wearing
:08:09. > :08:10.the evening before his body was found.
:08:11. > :08:13.Unions and Tata steel bosses met today, to discuss the position
:08:14. > :08:17.It comes as the company is undergoing major re-organisation,
:08:18. > :08:19.with growing fears about the future of Tata's Port Talbot plant,
:08:20. > :08:31.The case of a disabled woman from Wrexham, who's struggled
:08:32. > :08:34.to find work after the closure of her local Remploy factory,
:08:35. > :08:38.Margaret Foster, who has cerebral palsy, worked at the factory
:08:39. > :08:42.which provided jobs for disabled people for 26 years.
:08:43. > :08:47.Her MP, Ian Lucas, says the Job Centre system isn't working
:08:48. > :08:55.for people like Margaret. David Cornock reports.
:08:56. > :08:58.Margaret Foster didn't let cerebral palsy stop her holding down a job
:08:59. > :09:00.at her local Remploy factory for 26 years.
:09:01. > :09:03.But since it closed in 2012, she's struggled to find work.
:09:04. > :09:09.I don't feel I'm getting enough support.
:09:10. > :09:15.I've been on two Work Choice programmes and they don't seem
:09:16. > :09:17.to have, um, fulfilled their criteria, really, for me.
:09:18. > :09:21.She thinks Job Centres could do more to help her.
:09:22. > :09:24.I think they should ring round employers and,
:09:25. > :09:33.and say that I'm very willing to try.
:09:34. > :09:35.Remploy was set up in the 1940s to create jobs
:09:36. > :09:37.for people with disabilities, including war veterans.
:09:38. > :09:39.But the UK Government closed factories, such as the one
:09:40. > :09:45.in Wrexham, because it thought maintaining disabled workers
:09:46. > :09:47.in what it called segregated factories was the wrong approach.
:09:48. > :09:50.When the factories closed, ministers here promised to help
:09:51. > :09:54.those who lost their jobs to find work in what they called mainstream
:09:55. > :09:57.employment, but Margaret Foster says the system hasn't worked for her
:09:58. > :09:59.and that was a point raised by her own MP
:10:00. > :10:07.Ian Lucas said that, although Margaret received
:10:08. > :10:09.some disability benefits, she doesn't get the
:10:10. > :10:15.Employment and Support Allowance that could help her find work.
:10:16. > :10:22...a case like Margaret, a woman who once helped to work,
:10:23. > :10:24.-- ..a case like Margaret, a woman who wants help to work,
:10:25. > :10:27.and is disabled and has been from birth, but does not qualify
:10:28. > :10:29.for the benefit put in place by the government.
:10:30. > :10:33.But the government defended its policy.
:10:34. > :10:36.The 54 Remploy factories operated a loss of 49.5 million,
:10:37. > :10:40.amounting to around ?22,500 per year to support each disabled person.
:10:41. > :10:46.The government says many of those who lost their jobs
:10:47. > :10:47.when the factories closed have found work,
:10:48. > :10:51.but that may be of little consolation to Margaret.
:10:52. > :10:53.Football and Newcastle United have agreed a ?12 million fee
:10:54. > :10:57.with Swansea City to sign England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.
:10:58. > :11:00.The 23-year-old was presented to the crowd at Newcastle's match
:11:01. > :11:06.closing the gap between Swansea and Newcastle.
:11:07. > :11:09.It leaves the Swans just one point above the relegation zone.
:11:10. > :11:18.He started the season on fire, to be fair to him.
:11:19. > :11:20.He's probably the best midfield player in the Premier League
:11:21. > :11:24.But since playing for England, he's not been the same player,
:11:25. > :11:31.Has his head been turned? Only he can answer that question.
:11:32. > :11:32.But his performances haven't reached the level
:11:33. > :11:42.Snow for some of us in tonight's forecast.
:11:43. > :11:55.is a -- and a warning of eyes. Rain in the North East at the moment will
:11:56. > :11:59.soon clear, many places dry overnight, the wind easing,
:12:00. > :12:03.temperatures inland link those to freezing or below with frost and icy
:12:04. > :12:13.patches. Dry start tomorrow, warning of eyes for North and west with --
:12:14. > :12:19.north and west Wales. -- ice.. Some rain falling as snow on higher
:12:20. > :12:24.ground. The risk of some icy patches in the north and west of the UK. A
:12:25. > :12:29.bright start on Wednesday, Sher is spreading from the west, heavy in
:12:30. > :12:36.places -- showers. Snow on the hills and mountains. Tomorrow afternoon in
:12:37. > :12:43.Wales, cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy in places,
:12:44. > :12:47.risk of thunder, also some snow on higher ground, accumulations of snow
:12:48. > :12:56.likely, the wind later than today, and chilly, only five Celsius.
:12:57. > :13:01.Tomorrow evening, further showers, longer spells of rain, sleet or
:13:02. > :13:05.snow, even to lower levels and icy patches. Rain, sleet and snow
:13:06. > :13:12.spreading southwards then clearing on Thursday, then break the skies,
:13:13. > :13:16.cold north-westerly wind, someone to showers, -- brighter skies. Some
:13:17. > :13:20.showers in the north and west for Friday, the weekend looks more
:13:21. > :13:22.promising, much drier, high pressure on the way with some sunshine and
:13:23. > :13:26.frost. That's Wales Today.
:13:27. > :13:28.Thank you for watching. From all of us on the
:13:29. > :13:31.programme, goodnight.