12/01/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Jasmine Lapsley died choking on a grape.

The coroner says there need to be more ambulances on duty

in the summer, when there are more tourists.

And Margaret Foster worked for 26 years.

Are Job Centres doing enough for people with disabilities?

The parents of a six-year-old girl, who died on holiday in Gwynedd

after she choked on a grape, have accused

the Welsh Ambulance Service of letting their daughter down.

Following an inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner concluded

Jasmine Lapsley from Liverpool died accidentally.

But she called for a major overhaul of the way the ambulance service

operates in rural holiday areas by increasing resources

during the summer. Roger Pinney reports.

Jasmine Lapsley's parents, Robert and Kathleen,

still looking to the central question - how well people

in rural areas are served by the Welsh Ambulance Service?

They believe they and their daughter were let down.

Jasmine was failed by the Welsh Ambulance Service.

Jasmine was denied the opportunity for life-saving care

The coroner has identified that that is still a risk to life

-- The coroner has identified that there is still a risk to life

and she recommended changes need to be made.

Jasmine Lapsley, just six years old when she died,

she'd been on holiday with her family, she was

cards, she choked on a grape she was eating.

That was at 2032, 32 minutes past eight.

Community first responders arrived 22 minutes later, at 2054.

The ambulance and paramedics came at 2057.

An RAF helicopter arrived shortly afterwards, and she was in

intensive care in Bangor at 2133, a full hour after the first 999.

The family's holiday was at Morfa Nefyn on the Gwynedd coast.

They travelled there from their home in Liverpool.

The inquest heard of frantic efforts to help Jasmine while they waited

So may Jasmine have lived if paramedic help

One expert witness said that was just a three

to five minute window in which she could've been saved.

After that, her chances were virtually zero.

The coroner, though, said she accepted evidence

which suggested oxygen was getting through to her lungs

The inquest heard of persistent failure to meet Welsh Government

ambulances should arrive within eight minutes.

The coroner was told that, in Gwynedd opt in August last year,

-- The coroner was told that, in Gwynedd up to August last year,

response times fell well below the target.

We've learnt a lot through their tragedy and we've made some

improvements already since that day, and we have learnt more

through the inquest over the last week

about more improvements that we can make.

There are significant changes we've made, but I think there's always

more to learn, and we certainly will be very seriously

considering the conclusions that come out from the inquest today,

at the highest level in the Welsh Ambulance Service,

to make sure, if there's anything further we can do,

Had she lived, Jasmine Lapsley would now be approaching

her eighth birthday. It's due at the end of this month.

they want lessons to be learned from her death.

A committee of MPs has questioned the Prime Minister over

the drone strike that killed a man from Cardiff.

Parliament's Intelligence Committee is investigating the decision

to authorise the attack on 21-year-old Reyaad Khan

from Cardiff and his cousin Ruhul Amin.

Mr Cameron told the Committee he was unlikely to allow

all the information that led to the strike

These decisions are in no way made lightly.

It's one of the most difficult decisions

that any Pime Minister has to make.

And you have, you know, important legal advice,

and that legal advice, and the legality of the act,

the actions that we take, has to be confirmed the whole way

It's not just a bit of legal advice that's given and,

No date's been set for a vote on whether we should leave or remain

in the EU, but there's already disagreement among the pro-European

parties here about their approach to the referendum.

The First Minister took part in a debate with the UKIP leader

Plaid Cymru says Carwyn Jones damaged efforts to stay in the EU,

Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

It was the most high-profile events so far in Wales as we edge closer

to the referendum on whether to leave or remain in the EU.

The debate was dominated by jobs than the economy.

The First Minister based his arguments on what companies

have been telling him about their wish to remain in.

Companies that I speak to say it's really important we have access

to the single market and that you're members of the EU,

because we see Wales as our base for the EU.

And what you're saying is those people's views are not important.

Nigel Farage accused him of scaremongering over a predicted

loss of jobs which would not make any economic sense,

pointing to the example of Airbus' giant wing making plant.

You are quite right to talk about Airbus in Flintshire.

It's very important. Not just important...

Not just important for jobs in Flintshire, but actually rather

important for Airbus, cos they make the wings.

If they didn't make the wings, there wouldn't be any aeroplanes!

LAUGHTER. They are interdependent.

The central argument from the First Minister throughout

was that a withdrawal is too much of a risk for the economy.

Today, in First Minister's Questions, Leanne Wood accused him

A new Europe is possible, I believe, just as a new Wales

is possible, but you failed to put that positive vision

We got an insight last night, I think, as to how you intend

to approach the period leading up to the referendum,

and I hope that you will reflect on last night's debate.

The leader of Plaid Cymru and I have had discussions,

sensible discussions, where you talked about how it might

be possible to put in place a cross-party campaign in order

to put the case for Wales' membership of the European union.

to put the case for Wales' membership of the European Union.

Now, she feels to outline how she would have done anything different.

But Leanne Wood's attack sparked this response

from the Liberal Democrat Assembly member Eluned Parrott

What this is all about is how politicians persuade people

to support a particular cause, in this case to remain in the year.

-- to support a particular cause, in this case to remain in the EU.

Now, Plaid members here want there to be a positive vision

But senior Labour figures I've been speaking to today are pretty relaxed

about the accusation that's been thrown at them.

They say it's entirely unrealistic to expect an EU referendum campaign

to be carried out without them warning about the serious economic

would kick-start a debate about EU membership.

Drivers on Arriva Trains Wales are to stage another 24-hour strike

in a long-running row over conditions.

Their union, Aslef, said its members will walk out on Monday

They staged a 24-hour strike last week as people returned to work

-- They staged a 24-hour strike last week.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man

The body of Kevin Barry Mahoney was discovered in a lane behind

A postmortem has so far failed to identify the cause of his death.

The police are trying to find the clothes Mr Mahoney was wearing

the evening before his body was found.

Unions and Tata steel bosses met today, to discuss the position

It comes as the company is undergoing major re-organisation,

with growing fears about the future of Tata's Port Talbot plant,

The case of a disabled woman from Wrexham, who's struggled

to find work after the closure of her local Remploy factory,

Margaret Foster, who has cerebral palsy, worked at the factory

which provided jobs for disabled people for 26 years.

Her MP, Ian Lucas, says the Job Centre system isn't working

for people like Margaret. David Cornock reports.

Margaret Foster didn't let cerebral palsy stop her holding down a job

at her local Remploy factory for 26 years.

But since it closed in 2012, she's struggled to find work.

I don't feel I'm getting enough support.

I've been on two Work Choice programmes and they don't seem

to have, um, fulfilled their criteria, really, for me.

She thinks Job Centres could do more to help her.

I think they should ring round employers and,

and say that I'm very willing to try.

Remploy was set up in the 1940s to create jobs

for people with disabilities, including war veterans.

But the UK Government closed factories, such as the one

in Wrexham, because it thought maintaining disabled workers

in what it called segregated factories was the wrong approach.

When the factories closed, ministers here promised to help

those who lost their jobs to find work in what they called mainstream

employment, but Margaret Foster says the system hasn't worked for her

and that was a point raised by her own MP

Ian Lucas said that, although Margaret received

some disability benefits, she doesn't get the

Employment and Support Allowance that could help her find work.

..a case like Margaret, a woman who once helped to work,

-- ..a case like Margaret, a woman who wants help to work,

and is disabled and has been from birth, but does not qualify

for the benefit put in place by the government.

But the government defended its policy.

The 54 Remploy factories operated a loss of 49.5 million,

amounting to around ?22,500 per year to support each disabled person.

The government says many of those who lost their jobs

when the factories closed have found work,

but that may be of little consolation to Margaret.

Football and Newcastle United have agreed a ?12 million fee

with Swansea City to sign England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.

The 23-year-old was presented to the crowd at Newcastle's match

closing the gap between Swansea and Newcastle.

It leaves the Swans just one point above the relegation zone.

He started the season on fire, to be fair to him.

He's probably the best midfield player in the Premier League

But since playing for England, he's not been the same player,

Has his head been turned? Only he can answer that question.

But his performances haven't reached the level

Snow for some of us in tonight's forecast.

is a -- and a warning of eyes. Rain in the North East at the moment will

soon clear, many places dry overnight, the wind easing,

temperatures inland link those to freezing or below with frost and icy

patches. Dry start tomorrow, warning of eyes for North and west with --

north and west Wales. -- ice.. Some rain falling as snow on higher

ground. The risk of some icy patches in the north and west of the UK. A

bright start on Wednesday, Sher is spreading from the west, heavy in

places -- showers. Snow on the hills and mountains. Tomorrow afternoon in

Wales, cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain, heavy in places,

risk of thunder, also some snow on higher ground, accumulations of snow

likely, the wind later than today, and chilly, only five Celsius.

Tomorrow evening, further showers, longer spells of rain, sleet or

snow, even to lower levels and icy patches. Rain, sleet and snow

spreading southwards then clearing on Thursday, then break the skies,

cold north-westerly wind, someone to showers, -- brighter skies. Some

showers in the north and west for Friday, the weekend looks more

promising, much drier, high pressure on the way with some sunshine and

frost. That's Wales Today.

Thank you for watching. From all of us on the

programme, goodnight.