:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight's headlines: A world first for Wales, work starts to transform
:00:08. > :00:11.an empty factory on Anglesey into a green energy plant that
:00:12. > :00:17.And it was the biggest "crash for cash" insurance fraud scam ever
:00:18. > :00:35.seen in Wales, a further five people are sentenced.
:00:36. > :00:39.Work is starting on a billion pound combined food and power plant
:00:40. > :00:42.at the former Anglesey Aluminium site on Anglesey.
:00:43. > :00:45.It could create more than seventeen hundred jobs.
:00:46. > :00:48.And as our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins explains,
:00:49. > :00:54.the technology is being described as a world first.
:00:55. > :00:56.It dominated the area and the economy for decades.
:00:57. > :01:00.More than 1,000 people worked at Anglesey Aluminium at its peak.
:01:01. > :01:04.Derelict for three years, it's about to be transformed so this
:01:05. > :01:11.It's the result of an engineer and architect developing
:01:12. > :01:16.We need to put mechanisms in the world that are going to get
:01:17. > :01:19.us out of the quagmire we are in and this is the solution.
:01:20. > :01:22.Use the heat, use the power, combine it with the food,
:01:23. > :01:29.Waste wood would be burnt to generate electricity for homes.
:01:30. > :01:31.Rather than lose excess heat up the chimneys,
:01:32. > :01:35.Orthios would use it to warm water to farm prawns.
:01:36. > :01:38.Their waste in the water will act as a fertiliser for
:01:39. > :01:41.growing vegetables as will spare CO2.
:01:42. > :01:44.Steve Mallon worked for many years at Anglesey Aluminium.
:01:45. > :01:48.It was a hot, heavy and dirty industry.
:01:49. > :01:55.But now we are onto this completely new venture.
:01:56. > :01:58.The is mind boggling, some of what they are telling us.
:01:59. > :02:02.Plans offer 1200 construction workers to transform the site
:02:03. > :02:06.while 500 people will have permanent jobs producing power and food.
:02:07. > :02:09.Communities right across the island were shaken when
:02:10. > :02:15.But if these plans come to be there will be a new industry
:02:16. > :02:18.here, not just power but food as well and people from around
:02:19. > :02:21.the world will come here to understand
:02:22. > :02:25.But at a moment the challenge to develop the energy sector
:02:26. > :02:31.Energy Island may seem like a remote concept but for people living
:02:32. > :02:34.here it could be the difference between work and no work.
:02:35. > :02:38.Part-time employment and a long-term career.
:02:39. > :02:40.What's important about this development is it's the first
:02:41. > :02:44.significant renewal project that looks like it's going ahead.
:02:45. > :02:48.There's a drive to make sure as much work as possible goes to local
:02:49. > :02:53.We have to try and make sure that the right kind of training
:02:54. > :02:56.provision is available to young people in particular and equip them
:02:57. > :02:59.with the appropriate skills so that they do take advantage
:03:00. > :03:04.As the site takes on a new life many will be watching its progress.
:03:05. > :03:06.The family of Sian Davies from Tregaron who died
:03:07. > :03:09.while being the member of a cult in London,
:03:10. > :03:13.have said they'd like a new inquest into her death.
:03:14. > :03:15.She died after falling out of a house window.
:03:16. > :03:18.The call by her cousin, Eleri Morgan, is on the day cult
:03:19. > :03:21.leader Aravindan Balakrishnan was sentenced to 23 years
:03:22. > :03:24.for a string of six assaults, and for keeping his and Sian's
:03:25. > :03:29.daughter, Katy Morgan Davies, captive for three decades.
:03:30. > :03:34.I want to get on and get to know Katy a lot better.
:03:35. > :03:38.To take her to Wales and to see where her mother
:03:39. > :03:46.So, perhaps, Comrade Bala will find how it feels to be locked behind
:03:47. > :03:52.The father of an 18-year-old army recruit from Llangollen,
:03:53. > :03:55.who was found dead at Deepcut Barracks in Surrey more
:03:56. > :03:58.than 20 years ago, hopes a second inquest will uncover
:03:59. > :04:02.Cheryl James was one of four soldiers found dead at the barracks
:04:03. > :04:06.between 1995 and 2002 amid claims of widespread abuse.
:04:07. > :04:11.The new inquest will start on Monday.
:04:12. > :04:17.I'm sure most fathers, if not all fathers, of kids,
:04:18. > :04:19.girls of that age anyway, there is a protective
:04:20. > :04:22.instinct that you feel, that is my job, that is
:04:23. > :04:26.I shouldn't have left her there alone.
:04:27. > :04:29.More people are surviving strokes in Wales compared with a decade ago
:04:30. > :04:32.A temporary housing centre where asylum seekers had to wear
:04:33. > :04:34.coloured wristbands in order to receive their meals is to be
:04:35. > :04:38.The council say the Fire Service has raised concerns about overcrowding
:04:39. > :04:42.The Home Office says it takes every effort to inspect all asylum
:04:43. > :04:44.accommodation on a regular basis to ensure that it meets
:04:45. > :04:49.The company that runs Lynx House on behalf of the Home Office
:04:50. > :04:55.scrapped the red wristbands last week.
:04:56. > :04:58.More people are surviving strokes in Wales compared with a decade ago
:04:59. > :05:01.It found, around a thousand fewer people die every year,
:05:02. > :05:04.due to better services which prevent and treat strokes.
:05:05. > :05:06.But it highlights areas for improvement such as the support
:05:07. > :05:11.for patients after they've been discharged.
:05:12. > :05:14.It was the largest "crash for cash" insurance fraud case ever
:05:15. > :05:18.Today it ended with five people being sentenced to nearly four years
:05:19. > :05:21.in prison for their part in the scam, bringing the total
:05:22. > :05:23.number of people brought to justice to 81.
:05:24. > :05:26.The two men and three women from Newport, Cardiff
:05:27. > :05:29.and Caerphilly County Borough fraudulently claimed around
:05:30. > :05:37.The more police delved into this giant conspiracy,
:05:38. > :05:41.the wider the web of fraudsters became.
:05:42. > :05:45.And today the remaining five were brought to justice.
:05:46. > :05:47.One of them, Stephen Pegram, already serving a five year
:05:48. > :05:51.sentence in prison, claimed thousands.
:05:52. > :05:54.In total, 81 people from Caerphilly County Borough,
:05:55. > :05:58.Cardiff and Newport were convicted for defrauding insurance companies
:05:59. > :06:01.out of three quarters of a million pounds.
:06:02. > :06:04.At the start we had no idea this fraud was on going.
:06:05. > :06:09.We were looking for stolen vehicles and it turned into one
:06:10. > :06:12.of the biggest insurers frauds, if not the biggest, the UK police
:06:13. > :06:19.The police descended on the conspiracy's HQ,
:06:20. > :06:22.a small lock-up garage in Pengam near Blackwood.
:06:23. > :06:26.Only then did they discover the extent of the fraud.
:06:27. > :06:29.Cars were being deliberately damaged, like this one,
:06:30. > :06:34.And then the owners were coached into what to say to insurers
:06:35. > :06:41.Gwent Police are calling on insurers to do more to make sure the damage
:06:42. > :06:45.on one car matches the damage on another.
:06:46. > :06:51.This draws to an end one of the largest fraud trial
:06:52. > :06:55.Such was the scale of the investigation that Gwent Police
:06:56. > :06:58.has built up a body of expertise in this area.
:06:59. > :07:01.They now hope others will be deterred from
:07:02. > :07:11.Swansea City have completed the signing of Chievo striker
:07:12. > :07:14.Alberto Paloschi for an undisclosed fee, subject to
:07:15. > :07:18.The 26-year-old, who will wear the number nine shirt,
:07:19. > :07:26.has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Liberty Stadium.
:07:27. > :07:29.The Dragons have won their first game in the Pro12 since December,
:07:30. > :07:31.after they beat Leinster 23-13 at Rodney Parade.
:07:32. > :07:33.It was a great start for the Dragons, as wing
:07:34. > :07:36.Ashton Hewitt crossed over for the first try in the third
:07:37. > :07:40.Leinster fought back but it wasn't enough to beat the home team.
:07:41. > :07:42.Strong winds are causing problems of the M4 tonight.
:07:43. > :07:45.The westbound carriageway is closed after an overhead sign,
:07:46. > :07:50.between junction 24 Coldra and junction 28 Tredegar,
:07:51. > :07:55.Traffic is very slow on the approach.
:07:56. > :08:01.Drivers are advised to use the A48 to rejoin the motorway.
:08:02. > :08:08.Well, Derek's here, are these winds likely to ease at all?
:08:09. > :08:19.Yes, they will. Storm Gertrude is moving away but a sting in her tail
:08:20. > :08:24.to night with heavy rain and winds. We do have a Met Office warning in
:08:25. > :08:29.force for heavy rain, that covers much of mid and south Wales. A risk
:08:30. > :08:35.of localised flooding. The rain will continue for the next hour or so
:08:36. > :08:40.before clearing. Then we've got showers overnight. Turning cold at
:08:41. > :08:43.night, temperatures in Wrexham dropping down to three Celsius. That
:08:44. > :08:48.is the risk of icy patches in the north tomorrow morning. Otherwise, a
:08:49. > :08:54.much better morning compared to today. Dreyer, writer, some
:08:55. > :08:58.sunshine. Across the rest of the UK, warnings are reinforced across the
:08:59. > :09:03.north for ice, gales, snow and blizzards in Scotland. Further
:09:04. > :09:07.south, fewer showers. Sunny spells. Breezy in the south, stronger winds
:09:08. > :09:13.in the north. Everywhere colder than today. This too long, mixture of
:09:14. > :09:20.sunny spells and scattered showers tomorrow afternoon. Wintry showers
:09:21. > :09:25.inland. Temperatures in single figures with a brisk westerly wind.
:09:26. > :09:29.Tomorrow evening, one or two showers but otherwise dry for a time. Rain
:09:30. > :09:33.will spread from the south-west after midnight falling as snow on
:09:34. > :09:38.high ground. A cold snap this weekend but short lived because
:09:39. > :09:42.milder air will follow from the south-west during Sunday. On Sunday,
:09:43. > :09:49.it is all change. Rain, drizzle, hill fog. The wind came up again.
:09:50. > :09:50.Saturday the best day of the weekend. More rain and strong winds
:09:51. > :09:51.on Monday. We're back with our next update
:09:52. > :09:55.at 5.50pm tomorrow evening. From all of us here,
:09:56. > :09:58.have a good weekend.