12/02/2016

:00:00. > :00:00.exclusive investigation. That's all from BBC News at Six PM.

:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight's headlines: After a bitter war of words,

:00:07. > :00:09.a major review finds the health service here is no better or worse

:00:10. > :00:24.Unlike what David Cameron has said the Welsh NHS is not worse than the

:00:25. > :00:28.NHS in England. After what he said last year about our doctors and

:00:29. > :00:37.nurses in Wales, I think it's time we had an apology.

:00:38. > :00:40.However, the report suggests the NHS here is far from perfect and needs

:00:41. > :00:50.Also tonight: Margaret Hiorns died from a blood clot

:00:51. > :00:56.A coroner says there were shortcomings in her care.

:00:57. > :00:58.And, a friend of Cheryl James, who died at Deepcut Barracks,

:00:59. > :01:01.tells an inquest senior staff were trying to keep them quiet

:01:02. > :01:11.Wales haven't lost to Scotland here for 14 years.

:01:12. > :01:15.The players had a final run-out this morning.

:01:16. > :01:17.Among them, Dan Biggar, back fit after injury.

:01:18. > :01:23.Fans are being urged to turn up to the game early tomorrow.

:01:24. > :01:25.Security's stepped up at the stadium, a response to last

:01:26. > :01:39.The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, says David Cameron

:01:40. > :01:41.should apologise for consistently attacking the NHS in Wales.

:01:42. > :01:43.It comes as a major new report says the care

:01:44. > :01:51.we get here is no better or worse than in the other nations of the UK.

:01:52. > :01:53.But international experts from the Organisation for Economic

:01:54. > :01:56.Co-operation and Development say the NHS in all four UK countries

:01:57. > :02:08.Our health correspondent Owain Clarke reports.

:02:09. > :02:14.What's a fair reflection of the state of the Welsh NHS? What's the

:02:15. > :02:18.true story behinded headlines? The only thing that's clear is it's a

:02:19. > :02:22.complicated picture. Without this, Kenneth Jones shattered leg bones

:02:23. > :02:27.wouldn't heal. He fell 15 tight from a wall last summer. His injuries

:02:28. > :02:30.were so severe he had to be transported by air ambulance

:02:31. > :02:34.straight to Morriston Hospital. Experts in trauma and plastic

:02:35. > :02:39.surgery worked together to get him on the mend. Years ago I would have

:02:40. > :02:43.probably lost my leg. But the Professor has been very good. He's

:02:44. > :02:46.taken me through all the procedures I have gone through, explained

:02:47. > :02:51.everything to me. Everything that's happened and what they intend doing.

:02:52. > :02:54.The NHS across Wales saves and rebuilds lives everyday but the

:02:55. > :02:59.spotlight often falls on days cases where care hasn't been up to

:03:00. > :03:03.scratch. But do they reflect a deeper problem? That question's been

:03:04. > :03:09.at the centre of a bitter political row. Rewind to a year last October.

:03:10. > :03:13.The Daily Mail published a series of front page splashes it claims

:03:14. > :03:16.exposed substandard care in Wales. At the same time, the Conservative

:03:17. > :03:20.Health Secretary at Westminster told MPs the patients in Wales were

:03:21. > :03:25.getting a second-class health service. The Welsh Labour health

:03:26. > :03:29.Minister hit back, accusing Jeremy Hunt of spreading a tissue of lies.

:03:30. > :03:34.Letters flew back and forth between Cardiff and London.

:03:35. > :03:38.The implication from the UK Government was that the Welsh

:03:39. > :03:42.Government didn't want international experts to compare the NHS here with

:03:43. > :03:48.England. An accusation strongly denied. This 300-page report is what

:03:49. > :03:54.the fuss was all about. Painstakingly put together by

:03:55. > :03:57.experts from the OECD in Paris. The most comprehensive analysis ever

:03:58. > :04:00.perhaps of quality of care in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern

:04:01. > :04:06.Ireland. And when the OECD has something to

:04:07. > :04:10.say, people tend to lips be. It suggests no one -- people tend to

:04:11. > :04:13.listen. It suggests no one outperforms the others but argues

:04:14. > :04:18.they all must improve and learn from each other. Given survival rates

:04:19. > :04:22.across the UK for certain types of cancer are average or disappointing.

:04:23. > :04:26.But there are concerns that health boards in Wales established seven

:04:27. > :04:30.years ago have failed to change and improve care locally. The centre has

:04:31. > :04:35.a very general view on what should be happening. But then leaves it to

:04:36. > :04:40.the health boards to decide in each little authority how you actually

:04:41. > :04:46.improve healthcare, how you structure healthcare. It should be

:04:47. > :04:50.let 1 thousand flowers bloom. When we look at the results we don't see

:04:51. > :04:54.much change. The review calls for the Government to take more direct

:04:55. > :04:58.control of the way the NHS is run. In contrast, the OECD argues the

:04:59. > :05:03.English health system is too complicated, too confusing with too

:05:04. > :05:06.much central control. I pity sometimes people working in the

:05:07. > :05:11.English health system. There's so many reforms. So many different

:05:12. > :05:15.institutions. You must spend hours just trying to understand who you

:05:16. > :05:21.should be talking to, who you should be reporting to in the system. But

:05:22. > :05:25.this review didn't look at waiting times and critics claim they're too

:05:26. > :05:29.long in Wales. Nevertheless, the Welsh Government feels vindicated.

:05:30. > :05:33.We have seen a report today that shows that unlike what David Cameron

:05:34. > :05:38.has said, the Welsh NHS is not worse than the NHS in England. After what

:05:39. > :05:42.he said last year about our doctors and nurses in Wales, I think it's

:05:43. > :05:46.time we had an apology. If you look at the UK, the whole of the UK at an

:05:47. > :05:51.international comparison, we are about in the middle. We must not

:05:52. > :05:54.come out of this celebrating mediocrity, that would be sad. At

:05:55. > :05:58.one point Kenneth Jones thought he would lose his leg but due to the

:05:59. > :06:05.care and expertise of the Welsh NHS he is on his way to recovery.

:06:06. > :06:10.Kenneth is doing well. But the OECD message is clear - the NHS could do

:06:11. > :06:13.better and not just in Wales, but across the UK.

:06:14. > :06:17.I'm joined now by our Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick.

:06:18. > :06:23.The First Minister was suggesting there that this is a victory for the

:06:24. > :06:27.Welsh Government but it's not that simple, is it? No. Although it may

:06:28. > :06:31.be significant that Downing Street hasn't responded to this report. I

:06:32. > :06:35.think it's fair for the Welsh Government to say that those words

:06:36. > :06:38.of David Cameron about the board between England and Wales lying

:06:39. > :06:42.between life and death were hyperbottlic when you look at what

:06:43. > :06:46.this report says. As it was pointed out it didn't look waiting times,

:06:47. > :06:50.where it's factually correct to say in a number of areas patients in

:06:51. > :06:55.Wales wait longer for treatment than they do in England. On top of that,

:06:56. > :07:01.Labour have been in charge of the health service in Wales since 1997,

:07:02. > :07:06.that's almost 20 years. Is it a great achievement to say we are no

:07:07. > :07:10.worse than England? After two reorganisations, two major

:07:11. > :07:13.reorganisations, to have a system that the OECD says isn't really

:07:14. > :07:18.delivering the system of local health boards, so, what it suggests

:07:19. > :07:22.is maybe the UK Government, maybe they were playing politics when he

:07:23. > :07:25.criticised the hasn't service but really this isn't something you

:07:26. > :07:29.should be proud of in terms of what it's achieved and how it compares to

:07:30. > :07:34.other health services in other parts of the developed world. Does this

:07:35. > :07:39.mean that health will be less of an issue in the Assembly elections? I

:07:40. > :07:43.don't think it will. I think what it does do is to give the Labour Party

:07:44. > :07:47.a defence, if you like, that every time they're attacked on health, I

:07:48. > :07:52.can see them going back to this OECD report. The way around that for the

:07:53. > :07:55.opposition parties, though, is to keep their attacks narrowly

:07:56. > :07:58.focussed. Not do what David Cameron did and do it's a second-class

:07:59. > :08:03.service, but to keep focussed on those areas that are of concern to

:08:04. > :08:06.people, we know the problems of one board in the north, waiting times

:08:07. > :08:13.and so on so it will still be a major issue. Thank you very much.

:08:14. > :08:17.The man in charge of investigating the death of a Welsh soldier has

:08:18. > :08:20.denied he and his colleagues did not look at the case thoroughly enough.

:08:21. > :08:22.Surrey Police re-investigated an original conclusion by the army

:08:23. > :08:24.that Private Cheryl James from Llangollen, killed herself

:08:25. > :08:27.at Deepcut Barracks in 2002 after claims of bullying.

:08:28. > :08:31.The former head of CID at the Surrey force was giving evidence

:08:32. > :08:42.Paul Heaney reports from Woking coroner's court.

:08:43. > :08:48.When private James Father gave evidence this week he suggested the

:08:49. > :08:51.police investigation into his daughter's death was cursary and not

:08:52. > :08:54.thorough enough. There was an emphatic denial that was the case

:08:55. > :08:58.from the man in charge of the investigation at the time here today

:08:59. > :09:09.who described the investigation as extremely well run and well led.

:09:10. > :09:13.Former detective chief superintendent DenHama was asked

:09:14. > :09:17.about the theory. It's feasible she shot herself the officer told. The

:09:18. > :09:22.suspect, who was someone who was close to Cheryl said yeah, but I

:09:23. > :09:27.can't think of a reason why she would do that. Denham said that

:09:28. > :09:30.exchange had to be seen in the wider context of a longer police

:09:31. > :09:33.interview. He admitted one of the officers chatted up witnesses at the

:09:34. > :09:37.time but resigned before the force could sack him.

:09:38. > :09:42.He took issue with the suggestion that he tried to move the spotlight

:09:43. > :09:46.away from the Army and away from murder theorys at the time, he said

:09:47. > :09:50.the way the media reported the deaths at Deepcut in 2002 was wrong.

:09:51. > :09:56.It was portrayed that there was a murderer on the loose and he was

:09:57. > :10:01.simply trying to get the media to look at many - high at the time. He

:10:02. > :10:05.was asked is there any credible proper evidence suggesting third

:10:06. > :10:06.party involvement in chaerl's death? He replied, there wasn't, sadly. --

:10:07. > :10:13.Cheryl. The inquest continues. Cardiff council says it will cut 138

:10:14. > :10:16.posts as part of plans to find ?32 million in savings

:10:17. > :10:18.from next year's budget. It says the decision follows

:10:19. > :10:21.a month of consultation. Their budget proposals will go

:10:22. > :10:25.before the Cabinet on Thursday, before they're considered

:10:26. > :10:28.by the full council at the end Two cousins were killed

:10:29. > :10:36.when they crashed a stolen car into a wall at 4.00am

:10:37. > :10:38.in the morning. The inquest into the death

:10:39. > :10:41.of Dean Casey, who was 17 and Patrick Casey, who was 27,

:10:42. > :10:46.heard that the pair had been driving at 90mph through a 30 zone

:10:47. > :10:50.in Briton Ferry when they died. An inquest into the death

:10:51. > :10:52.of a 12-year-old boy has heard he was having fun and doing

:10:53. > :10:55.what boys do when he fell Ethan Brady-Rainey from Trefor,

:10:56. > :11:02.near Llangollen, was collecting conkers with friends when he fell

:11:03. > :11:05.from the swing into the River Dee A verdict of accidental

:11:06. > :11:17.death was recorded. There were shortcomings in the care

:11:18. > :11:19.of an elderly patient who died from a blood clot

:11:20. > :11:22.after being treated at Glangwili The findings of a coroner

:11:23. > :11:25.at the inquest of 85-year-old She was originally admitted

:11:26. > :11:29.with a chest infection but suffered complications, after being treated

:11:30. > :11:31.with a blood-thinning drug. Margaret Hiorns went into hospital

:11:32. > :11:36.with just a chest infection but within weeks her condition

:11:37. > :11:43.was steadily deteriorating. Her son, Michael, told a coroner

:11:44. > :11:45.today that his mother had suffered Mr Hiorns explained to the inquest

:11:46. > :11:50.that when his mother was admitted to Glangwili Hospital she was put

:11:51. > :11:54.on an anti-coagulant drug He alleges she was given this drug

:11:55. > :12:00.for too long and she wasn't properly monitored in terms of

:12:01. > :12:03.potential complications A few weeks later Mrs Hiorns

:12:04. > :12:07.developed a haematoma, severe bruising all down her back

:12:08. > :12:10.from internal bleeding and had Her health worsened and she died

:12:11. > :12:16.the next month of a blood clot. Her son gave detailed evidence

:12:17. > :12:19.at the inquest today about her treatment

:12:20. > :12:22.at Glangwili Hospital, outlining what he said amounted

:12:23. > :12:27.to a catalogue of neglectful acts. No one else should have

:12:28. > :12:29.to suffer like this. There's guidance and there's

:12:30. > :12:38.documentation in place, people are aware how

:12:39. > :12:42.dangerous this drug is. Not dangerous, but how keenly

:12:43. > :12:49.it must be monitored. In a statement

:12:50. > :12:56.the health board said. And having reviewed the guidance,

:12:57. > :12:59.they are satisfied that the dose of Tinzarapin his mother

:13:00. > :13:06.received was appropriate. They went on to apologise

:13:07. > :13:08.for the shortcomings in her care once the internal bleeding had

:13:09. > :13:11.developed and said they had taken In reaching a narrative verdict,

:13:12. > :13:17.the coroner highlighted shortcomings in the management of Mrs Hiorns'

:13:18. > :13:20.care at Glangwili Hospital and said he would be writing to the chief

:13:21. > :13:23.executive to flag up the importance of monitoring patients and to ask

:13:24. > :13:26.them to look at the issue around the prescription of

:13:27. > :13:32.that drug Tinzarapin. Still to come tonight: Ahead

:13:33. > :13:34.of tomorrow's Six Nations match, we're in the CCTV control room

:13:35. > :13:37.of the stadium finding out how And, we meet the extraordinary

:13:38. > :13:45.pianist performing at the opening of a Beethoven Festival who's

:13:46. > :13:55.been blind from birth. Welsh graduates who stay in Wales

:13:56. > :13:58.or come back here to work after university would

:13:59. > :14:01.have part of their debts written off, if Plaid Cymru

:14:02. > :14:04.came to power after May's Assembly The party claims the Welsh

:14:05. > :14:10.Government's current system of subsidising

:14:11. > :14:11.students' tuition fees Jennifer Jones joins

:14:12. > :14:23.me from the newsroom. What exactly are Plaid Cymru

:14:24. > :14:26.proposing? Simply, Plaid Cymru are proposing to change the focus of

:14:27. > :14:30.student funding from where you study, to where you work after you

:14:31. > :14:35.graduate. They would reward those Welsh graduates who stay in Wales or

:14:36. > :14:39.come back here to work within five years of leaving university by

:14:40. > :14:44.writing off ?6,000 worth of debt every year. So a student who studies

:14:45. > :14:48.for three years would have a total of ?18,000 written off their loans.

:14:49. > :14:55.At the moment Welsh students, wherever they choose to study in the

:14:56. > :15:01.UK, pay the first ?3810 of their annual tuition fees. The rest, up to

:15:02. > :15:05.a maximum of ?5190, is paid for by the Welsh Government. Plaid Cymru

:15:06. > :15:11.have always claimed that this particular Welsh Labour policy is

:15:12. > :15:14.unsustainable and that it effectively subsidises universities

:15:15. > :15:18.outside of Wales. Plaid Cymru claim that the proposed policy would still

:15:19. > :15:22.ensure that Welsh students can study at the university of their choice,

:15:23. > :15:26.but that the Welsh economy would also benefit from their talents.

:15:27. > :15:32.Tuition fees could be a major dividing line then in the run-up to

:15:33. > :15:33.the Assembly election? Yes, there is complete political disagreement when

:15:34. > :15:46.it comes to stund funting. -- to student funding. Welsh Labour

:15:47. > :15:50.say that the current grant system has supported and protected Welsh

:15:51. > :15:54.students and that's after the UK Government raised university tuition

:15:55. > :15:57.fees in England. Now the Welsh Assembly Government is reviewing the

:15:58. > :16:01.funding arrangements for universities in Wales at the moment

:16:02. > :16:05.and that includes the tuition fees grant but it isn't due to publish

:16:06. > :16:06.that report until after May's Assembly election.

:16:07. > :16:13.Thank you. The first home game of this

:16:14. > :16:15.year's Six Nations is less Tomos is at the Principality

:16:16. > :16:29.Stadium for us. The pitch looks good and all day

:16:30. > :16:34.they've been rehearsing the pyrotechnics show that will be

:16:35. > :16:38.welcoming the Wales team. Wales go into the game in confident mood.

:16:39. > :16:40.They haven't lost to Scotland here in Cardiff in the Six Nations since

:16:41. > :16:44.2002. Scotland are enduring a miserable

:16:45. > :17:02.run of results in the competition, Wales started with a draw in Dublin

:17:03. > :17:06.last week. No team has gone on to win the championship after starting

:17:07. > :17:07.with a draw. That won't bother Wales coach Warren Gatland. Now the latest

:17:08. > :17:12.from the Wales camp. Training hard and going through

:17:13. > :17:15.those last-minute preparations. That may have been a slight grimace

:17:16. > :17:18.on the face of Dan Biggar this morning, but the number 10 has fully

:17:19. > :17:21.recovered from his foot injury, So on the eve of the Scotland match

:17:22. > :17:28.what's the general Determined to repeat the success

:17:29. > :17:40.Wales had the last time Scotland With eight tries, it was

:17:41. > :17:42.a record 51-3 victory. Wales have been criticised for not

:17:43. > :17:44.scoring enough tries of late and will be hoping to adopt

:17:45. > :17:47.an attacking style of rugby We do want to play a bit

:17:48. > :17:53.more this campaign. We have said that openly,

:17:54. > :17:56.but firstly we do want to make sure we get ourselves in the game,

:17:57. > :18:02.get points on the board. But if it does loosen up

:18:03. > :18:05.and we are chasing tries to win In this fixture 30 years ago,

:18:06. > :18:10.the victory over Scotland is remembered for a

:18:11. > :18:13.record-breaking moment. Paul Thorburn is going

:18:14. > :18:17.to attempt a goal. I had a basic routine,

:18:18. > :18:23.four steps back, three to the left but for this particular kick

:18:24. > :18:26.I thought I needed more of a run-up. So just put it down and ran

:18:27. > :18:32.in and gave it a bit of a hoof. At 64.2 metres Paul Thorburn's

:18:33. > :18:36.penalty is still the longest successful kick in an international

:18:37. > :18:39.Test match. Bill McLaren, generally,

:18:40. > :18:42.was a fabulous commentator, He added something to

:18:43. > :18:48.that particular moment. I have never seen

:18:49. > :18:50.a kick like this one. Back to the present,

:18:51. > :18:52.and centre Jonathan Davis is preparing to win his

:18:53. > :18:58.50th cap for Wales. I have played a lot of those Tests

:18:59. > :19:03.alongside him and I know how good And what he can offer the side

:19:04. > :19:07.and it's a relationship that's Charged to lead his team

:19:08. > :19:17.to their 9th win over Scotland, is Wales coach Warren Gatland,

:19:18. > :19:20.he's never lost to the Scots. They've improved as a side,

:19:21. > :19:22.under Vern Cotter. They haven't won a Six Nations game,

:19:23. > :19:25.I hope that continues on Saturday. I am good mates with him,

:19:26. > :19:28.but he can wait for someone else before he wins a Six

:19:29. > :19:33.Nations game, please. There have been some extremely close

:19:34. > :19:37.encounters in recent years but having won every home game

:19:38. > :19:39.against Scotland since 2002, These fans, however,

:19:40. > :19:51.may not agree. Well, 74,000 fans, who'll be

:19:52. > :19:54.descending on the stadium tomorrow, are being warned to expect

:19:55. > :19:57.increased security checks. Tomorrow's game is the first major

:19:58. > :20:00.event here since the attacks While there is no specific

:20:01. > :20:06.threat to South Wales, the stadium manager told me

:20:07. > :20:08.security's been stepped up But when tens of thousands turn up

:20:09. > :20:18.tomorrow there'll be a team of people keeping an eye

:20:19. > :20:22.here at this control room. Over here is the CCTV

:20:23. > :20:27.camera operators... 80 cameras in and around the stadium

:20:28. > :20:32.and from here police can monitor hundreds more cameras right

:20:33. > :20:35.across the city and the M4. We're enhancing the security around

:20:36. > :20:38.the Six Nations matches so come early to avoid the slight delays

:20:39. > :20:42.on the gates and if you can avoid bringing a bag or a large

:20:43. > :20:45.rucksack, then do so. Why have you decided

:20:46. > :20:47.to step up security? It's not just us stepping up

:20:48. > :20:50.security this is across We fall into the remit of the safety

:20:51. > :20:56.advisory group, on which the South Wales Police also sit,

:20:57. > :20:58.looking at the events that have happened in Paris,

:20:59. > :21:02.we have made a considered decision across Cardiff to step up

:21:03. > :21:04.the security levels They'll see extra searches

:21:05. > :21:10.on the search lines and a police Lots of other things

:21:11. > :21:14.happening behind the scenes, After some fans complained

:21:15. > :21:18.of overcrowding and long queues during last year's rugby World Cup,

:21:19. > :21:21.the message to fans today - Ideally arriving at least three

:21:22. > :21:28.hours before kick-off. Rail companies won't want

:21:29. > :21:31.a repeat of these scenes, Arriva Trains Wales

:21:32. > :21:35.is laying on more carriages As many as 40,000 will travel home

:21:36. > :21:41.by train, queuing After being stung by criticism last

:21:42. > :21:49.year, rail bosses are urging passengers to plan their journey

:21:50. > :21:51.in order to minimise disruption Wales women play on Sunday,

:21:52. > :22:02.they've made four changes, including captain Rachel Taylor,

:22:03. > :22:06.being out with a rib injury. Elsewhere, a week after beating

:22:07. > :22:09.Ireland in Dublin scoring four tries, the under-20s are taking

:22:10. > :22:12.on Scotland at Eirias Park Football, and the Wales midfielder

:22:13. > :22:42.Joe Allen could be a doubt for the friendlies against

:22:43. > :22:44.Northern Ireland and the Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp,

:22:45. > :22:47.says a muscle injury will keep him Allen's former club, Swansea City,

:22:48. > :22:51.take on Southampton tomorrow. Meanwhile, Cardiff City's Russell

:22:52. > :22:53.Slade says he wants to stay beyond this season

:22:54. > :22:55.when his contract runs out. He says he didn't discuss his future

:22:56. > :22:58.though with owner Vincent Tan during his current

:22:59. > :23:00.visit to South Wales. Slade also revealed

:23:01. > :23:03.that the Malaysian businessman has offered the players some advice,

:23:04. > :23:06.telling them to shoot at goal more. Newport's game against Carlisle

:23:07. > :23:19.kicks off at 1.00pm. Wales have won each of their last

:23:20. > :23:24.eight games against Scotland. See if they can make it a lucky nine

:23:25. > :23:31.tomorrow. The game is live on BBC One Wales. And S4C. Commentary on

:23:32. > :23:36.BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. We will bring you all the reaction

:23:37. > :23:39.tomorrow evening on BBC One Wales. Lucy, you won't miss a thing.

:23:40. > :23:45.Looking forward to it, thank you so much.

:23:46. > :23:47.Rachel Starritt from Bridgend started playing the piano

:23:48. > :23:52.But her lessons were very different to most children's of that age

:23:53. > :23:54.as she is blind and unable to see the keys or music.

:23:55. > :23:56.Now 21 years old, and a music student,

:23:57. > :23:59.Rachel was chosen to perform at the opening concert of a Festival

:24:00. > :24:03.A virtuoso performance on the keyboard playing music

:24:04. > :24:10.from the most celebrated composers in the classical world.

:24:11. > :24:12.Technique like this takes a huge level of skill based on years

:24:13. > :24:17.In Rachel Starritt's case, that practice is made all the more

:24:18. > :24:22.difficult when there's no written music in front of her.

:24:23. > :24:24.Blind from birth, she's had to memorise the notes of whole

:24:25. > :24:32.I think, personally, you have to learn in a different way almost.

:24:33. > :24:35.You have to learn by feel, you have to develop a greater sense

:24:36. > :24:39.of hearing and a greater sense of choreography,

:24:40. > :24:45.Rachel, who's from Brackla in Bridgend, first started lessons

:24:46. > :24:48.when she was six and always wanted to pursue a career in music.

:24:49. > :24:50.When you're playing long with your left hand,

:24:51. > :24:55.She's now a second year student at the Royal Welsh College of Music

:24:56. > :24:58.and Drama and has had specialised teaching for the last ten years.

:24:59. > :25:05.For me, the whole challenge was to try to enable the technique

:25:06. > :25:10.so that the understanding she had could flourish so my whole role

:25:11. > :25:13.really with Rachel is to enable, I would say.

:25:14. > :25:19.I probably don't go into that much detail with my sighted students

:25:20. > :25:23.Rachel's the first blind student to study here and her hard work

:25:24. > :25:26.This week, she was centre stage in the prestigious Beethoven: Music

:25:27. > :25:30.He's a composer Rachel says she can relate to,

:25:31. > :25:38.as he faced his own struggle after losing his hearing.

:25:39. > :25:46.Wonderful. Well Derek is here. What is ahead this weekend?

:25:47. > :25:49.We are in for a wintry mix this weekend. Keep the hat handy. It's

:25:50. > :25:53.going to stay cold over the weekend and into next week. A chill in the

:25:54. > :25:57.air today. Sunshine in places, but cloudier than yesterday. This

:25:58. > :26:03.picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in Goodwick and

:26:04. > :26:07.shows plenty of cloud over Stumble Head. We weren't sure about this

:26:08. > :26:11.weekend, less rain is now expected tomorrow. Still a little snow in

:26:12. > :26:14.places on higher ground, including the heads of the valleys but no warn

:26:15. > :26:18.initial force. This evening, most of the country is dry. One or two

:26:19. > :26:22.showers here and there. Later in the night, we may see rain spreading

:26:23. > :26:26.into the south and east. Sleet and a little snow on higher ground.

:26:27. > :26:33.Temperatures staying above freezing in many places but a few spots will

:26:34. > :26:37.fall to zero. Tomorrow low pressure will move in from the Atlantic.

:26:38. > :26:41.That's going to bring rain and stronger winds to France. Close to

:26:42. > :26:47.home, here is the morning. Grey and damp in places. A little sleet and

:26:48. > :26:53.snow on higher ground. The hills and mountains too. Parts of the north

:26:54. > :26:57.and north-west should be dry. Brighter on Anglesey with a brisk

:26:58. > :27:01.wind on the peninsula. During the day further spots of rain and sleet

:27:02. > :27:07.and snow on higher ground. Maybe a few centimetres on the Brecon

:27:08. > :27:12.Beacons and Black Mountains. Dry weather, as well. Parts of the north

:27:13. > :27:20.and west dry. Top temperatures reaching three to six with an east

:27:21. > :27:24.or north-easterly breeze. If you are heading to Cardiff for the rugby,

:27:25. > :27:29.grey and damp at times. Cold too but some dry weather. Sunday should be a

:27:30. > :27:32.better day. A cold wind. But one or two wintry showers but generally

:27:33. > :27:40.turning dryer and brightening up with some sunshine and don't forget

:27:41. > :27:43.it's Valentines day. Very romantic. Derek, thank you very much. That's

:27:44. > :27:48.Wales Today from all of us, thanks for watching, bye.