:00:00. > :00:15.Our top stories Men who pose a high risk of domestic violence are to be
:00:16. > :00:47.given one-to-one support to change their behaviour.
:00:48. > :00:50.Eric has cancer, tonight the huge increase in cancer patients seeking
:00:51. > :00:52.financial advice on how to make ends meet.
:00:53. > :00:54.A man on a mission, can this American breath new life
:00:55. > :01:20.A warning of ice for most of Wales tonight and tomorrow morning.
:01:21. > :01:24.Men in South Wales with the potential to kill or seriously
:01:25. > :01:26.harm their partners will be given one-to-one support
:01:27. > :01:31.The Drive programme focuses on the perpetrators,
:01:32. > :01:34.not the victims, of domestic violence and is being trialled
:01:35. > :01:43.in Merthyr Tydfil, and could be introduced across the UK.
:01:44. > :01:46.It's been welcomed by the charity Welsh Womens Aid, but they say
:01:47. > :01:49.they don't want to see schemes like this funded at the expense
:01:50. > :02:23.You like I finally found the courage, filed for divorce and left
:02:24. > :02:28.him. On Friday, the 19th of August, he came to my workplace with a
:02:29. > :02:33.shotgun. He aimed at my chest, told me he loved me and pulled the
:02:34. > :02:37.trigger. If we do not deal with the perpetrators, they just go onto the
:02:38. > :02:40.next victim. We need to change their mind set.
:02:41. > :02:46.Now, a pilot targeting the most dangerous offenders is being
:02:47. > :02:49.trialled in south Wales. It aims to work with violent abusers who may
:02:50. > :02:53.have the potential to kill. This woman, who does not want to be
:02:54. > :02:58.identified, says her partner was five and towards her for a teenage
:02:59. > :03:02.years. She managed to escape by pretending she needed to see a
:03:03. > :03:06.doctor. But she does not believe any degree of intervention would have
:03:07. > :03:11.convinced him that what he was doing was wrong. I really do not think it
:03:12. > :03:14.can because they have got to admit to themselves as well as the
:03:15. > :03:21.professional services that they are a perpetrator, and these men or even
:03:22. > :03:29.women, because I know it can work both ways, they have a way of
:03:30. > :03:37.charming people. But underneath, they never change. And I do not
:03:38. > :03:41.think they can change. I do not understand how a one to one
:03:42. > :03:46.perpetrator would work with people that want actually admit they have a
:03:47. > :03:51.problem. The behind this recognise they want to reach everyone, but
:03:52. > :03:57.feel this pilot programme offers one of the best chances of changing
:03:58. > :04:01.offenders' minds. This scheme is not voluntary. Abusers identified by the
:04:02. > :04:07.authorities will have to cooperate. The sessions will deal with any drug
:04:08. > :04:15.or up call problems, but those who do not take part will be dealt with
:04:16. > :04:19.by the criminal justice system. -- alcohol problems. These female
:04:20. > :04:24.victims were all murdered by current or former partners. Police in Wales
:04:25. > :04:31.recorded almost 50,000 instances of domestic violence in a single year.
:04:32. > :04:35.11% of women and 5% of men have been victims of domestic silence, and two
:04:36. > :04:40.women are killed every week in Wales by a current or former partner. The
:04:41. > :04:45.main domestic violence organisation here welcomes the programme but does
:04:46. > :04:49.not want it to money away from other services like refugees, which they
:04:50. > :04:53.say are already facing an uncertain financial future. Perpetrator
:04:54. > :05:01.programmes are something we have been calling for. The concern is
:05:02. > :05:05.that this is seen as part of the solution and does not take funding
:05:06. > :05:10.away from those vital survivor services. This woman believes the
:05:11. > :05:14.programme would not have worked for her. The pilot is aimed at
:05:15. > :05:17.intervening in the most extreme situations before it is too late.
:05:18. > :05:20.Unemployment has fallen again, with the number of people out
:05:21. > :05:27.of work in Wales now standing at 80,000.
:05:28. > :05:30.However the rate of unemployment in Wales, at 5.3%, is still higher
:05:31. > :05:34.Nick Palit has been to meet one man who's recently found work
:05:35. > :05:46.32-year-old Dean Morgan from Neath is now a construction site
:05:47. > :05:52.supervisor, but until recently he was unemployed.
:05:53. > :05:55.After being made redundant from his previous job he struggled
:05:56. > :05:58.to get another for 8 months. It was really frustrating for myself
:05:59. > :06:05.Just not having the go to do anything.
:06:06. > :06:11.Trying with the job centre and trying to get back
:06:12. > :06:23.You like I finally found the courage, filed for divorce
:06:24. > :06:32.I went on a construction course with work ways. It was an introduction to
:06:33. > :06:36.construction which was, basically, we were doing plastering. I was
:06:37. > :06:42.offered a temporary job opportunity for eight weeks. Paid employment.
:06:43. > :06:48.And from there, they took me on the box. The scheme has had 5000 people
:06:49. > :06:52.in south-west Wales get back into work over six years.
:06:53. > :06:58.It's benefited me great. It's benefited my family brilliantly.
:06:59. > :07:04.It's nice to get the get up and go on warnings, and go to work and have
:07:05. > :07:08.the boys on site. It's great. Today it was announced that the
:07:09. > :07:09.scheme will be extended to her by the long-term unemployed to get
:07:10. > :07:12.their lives back on track. Let's talk to our economics
:07:13. > :07:14.correspondent Sarah Dickins. What do these figures
:07:15. > :07:24.suggest about the state It shows as that those increases in
:07:25. > :07:31.the number of people working in Wales are not just a testicle blips.
:07:32. > :07:38.They are a trend. 49,000 more people are working in Wales than a year
:07:39. > :07:42.ago. -- statistical blips. The total number of unemployed in Wales is
:07:43. > :07:46.80,000. That is a significant increase in employment. When you
:07:47. > :07:50.look at where those 49,000 extra workers as come from many have come
:07:51. > :07:54.from that group that record economically inactive.
:07:55. > :07:59.They may be students, maybe caring for somebody, or they may be set. As
:08:00. > :08:02.many have come from that group as from the unemployment group. It
:08:03. > :08:07.shows a trend of increased employment in Wales.
:08:08. > :08:10.How do we compare to other parts of the UK?
:08:11. > :08:15.Our rate is still highly of the UK average, but on the other hand, the
:08:16. > :08:19.increase in jobs that we have on the decline in unemployment is steeper
:08:20. > :08:23.than the UK average. That is good. We are moving along. It could be
:08:24. > :08:27.that we are just a bit behind the trend that started much more in the
:08:28. > :08:30.south-east of England. The North West of England is creating more
:08:31. > :08:36.jobs more quickly across the year. But if you look at the Northwest,
:08:37. > :08:40.they are unemployment is 8%. The problem for our economy now, really,
:08:41. > :08:45.is not so much the level of unemployment but the level of wages.
:08:46. > :08:50.We have the lowest level of wages on average in the UK. The latest
:08:51. > :08:53.figures across the year, from April 2014 to April 2015, show that Wales
:08:54. > :08:56.are actually the only part of the UK where average wages fell.
:08:57. > :09:00.A 40-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison
:09:01. > :09:04.for raping a 20-year-old woman in Cardiff in September last year.
:09:05. > :09:07.Newport Crown court heard Remus Hamza attacked the woman close
:09:08. > :09:10.to Cardiff University and the Civic Centre in the early
:09:11. > :09:17.The jury took less than an hour to reach a guilty verdict.
:09:18. > :09:20.The daughter of a missing woman from Cardiff is urging her mother
:09:21. > :09:24.57 -year-old Lorraine Ridout was last seen leaving her home
:09:25. > :09:31.Police say they may start searching the river Taff.
:09:32. > :09:34.The new prison being built in Wrexham is to be called HMP
:09:35. > :09:39.Schools and community groups were invited to come up with names
:09:40. > :09:43.for the ?250 million complex which is due to open next year
:09:44. > :09:51.The name was inspired by the surrounding landscape.
:09:52. > :09:54.Two of our biggest cancer charities say they're being "inundated"
:09:55. > :09:57.with patients wanting financial advice.
:09:58. > :10:00.As more people survive cancer, and live longer, many are struggling
:10:01. > :10:04.to meet basic living costs, especially if they're unable
:10:05. > :10:23.This marina in Pembrokeshire is one of Eric's favourite places. But
:10:24. > :10:26.since being diagnosed with prostate cancer strolling along the quayside
:10:27. > :10:30.with his daughter has become more of a challenge.
:10:31. > :10:34.The cancer spread to his bones taking its toll on his health and
:10:35. > :10:39.finances. You need heating a lot more. I'd
:10:40. > :10:47.never used it before. I used to walk to the shops. But now I've got to
:10:48. > :10:50.drive. The cost of petrol. I'm lucky my wife works part-time, that helps
:10:51. > :10:56.a little bit. Otherwise we would have been really struggling.
:10:57. > :10:58.Navigating everyday life after a diagnosis of cancer is the challenge
:10:59. > :11:04.facing more and more of the bunch population. Survival rates are at an
:11:05. > :11:09.all-time high. Patients are living for longer with the consequences of
:11:10. > :11:17.the disease. Claiming benefits can be a lifeline.
:11:18. > :11:20.But two of the biggest charities in Wales offering the service have told
:11:21. > :11:23.us they are struggling to cope with demand.
:11:24. > :11:27.The increase in incidence in Wales has gone up by 11% in ten years. We
:11:28. > :11:33.are definitely seeing that honour front line staff. We have over 150
:11:34. > :11:39.people waiting, half of those are terminally ill. We have more and
:11:40. > :11:43.more people and we need more help. Advice with finances is something
:11:44. > :11:46.every cancer patients should be offered when the diagnosed according
:11:47. > :11:50.to the cancer delivery plan for Wales, set out by the Welsh
:11:51. > :11:54.government. We hear that only 50% of people are
:11:55. > :11:59.being signposted to financial benefits advice.
:12:00. > :12:03.This is the tip of the iceberg. Ultimately, both charities want more
:12:04. > :12:07.funding. With an election in May they also want more of a debate
:12:08. > :12:11.around how we deal with cancer in years to come. The Welsh government
:12:12. > :12:14.says it's issued guidance to health boards to increase the number of
:12:15. > :12:19.people being offered financial advice. It's directly funds several
:12:20. > :12:24.charities and continues to work with them. Back in Pembrokeshire Eric has
:12:25. > :12:29.been hard to claim a benefit for over 65 is needing personal care.
:12:30. > :12:33.He says it has made a big difference as he fights the disease and keeps
:12:34. > :12:41.If you're deaf or hard of hearing the struggle to access
:12:42. > :12:50.And can this American breathe new life into our dying churches?
:12:51. > :12:53.With just under three months to go until the Assembly elections
:12:54. > :12:55.Plaid Cymru are first out of the blocks in
:12:56. > :13:03.Plaid's Leader Leanne Wood says she wants to concentrate on the NHS,
:13:04. > :13:06.and says, after 17 years of Labour rule, it's time for a change.
:13:07. > :13:20.from Cardiff City's changing room, a call for change from Plaid Cymru.
:13:21. > :13:25.The party says its team are ready to go on and form the next government
:13:26. > :13:30.and send Labour to the subs bench stop its pitch includes a thousand
:13:31. > :13:35.more doctors and 5000 more nurses paid for by a sugary drinks levy.
:13:36. > :13:40.There's also a promise of cancer diagnosis within 28 days, the
:13:41. > :13:44.average time at the moment is only 22 days. They will introduce free
:13:45. > :13:47.preschool care for all three-year-olds. Students will have
:13:48. > :13:50.to pay their full tuition fees but that will be written off if
:13:51. > :13:57.graduates return to work in Wales within five years of leaving
:13:58. > :14:00.university. We make no apology for attempting to address this problem
:14:01. > :14:03.whereby some of the brighter students leave the country after
:14:04. > :14:08.we've invested in this study. We want those to make a contribution
:14:09. > :14:12.back in this country. We want to see a return on our investment in their
:14:13. > :14:15.education. On the economy plight say they'll
:14:16. > :14:18.cut business rates and undertake what it calls the biggest investment
:14:19. > :14:26.since devolution on transport and home energy efficiency schemes. Over
:14:27. > :14:31.the last Assembly elections Plaid Cymru's support has remained static
:14:32. > :14:34.at best, with Ukip seemingly increasing their support it might
:14:35. > :14:42.make like difficult for plight to win seats this year. -- make life
:14:43. > :14:45.difficult for Plaid Cymru. Maybe in the past, Plaid Cymru would have
:14:46. > :14:50.been the obvious party to turn to, but now we have a new party
:14:51. > :14:57.competing. Bags, one of the party's strategists
:14:58. > :15:02.insist that voters in Wales are ready for change after 17 years of
:15:03. > :15:06.Labour rule in Cardiff Bay. The people of Wales are looking for
:15:07. > :15:11.a new direction, new leadership. I believe that Plaid Cymru can inspire
:15:12. > :15:14.people to say, look, let's take an alternative direction. We can't go
:15:15. > :15:18.on doing what we're doing, going back with another country.
:15:19. > :15:22.Strong words on the need for change shape, but how likely is it that she
:15:23. > :15:26.will be the First Minister after the Assembly elections? Opinion polls
:15:27. > :15:31.suggest that Plaid Cymru will struggle to form a government on the
:15:32. > :15:34.run. In the past they have gone into coalition with Labour. Today has
:15:35. > :15:41.been all about the need to get rid of Labour from government. Leanne
:15:42. > :15:45.Wood so she won't take the party into government with the
:15:46. > :15:46.Conservatives. The path to power, to enact all these ideas, remains very
:15:47. > :15:48.uncertain. When it comes to providing mental
:15:49. > :15:51.health care for deaf people, services are 'inadequate' and leave
:15:52. > :15:53.patients disadvantaged. That's the warning from
:15:54. > :15:56.the British Deaf Association. The Welsh government says it's
:15:57. > :15:59.spending more than ?100,000 over the next three years
:16:00. > :16:04.to improve provision. As part of the BBC's In the Mind
:16:05. > :16:19.season, Ben Price has this exclusive Andrea has been deaf all her life.
:16:20. > :16:23.She became depressed as a result of events in her personal life. It was
:16:24. > :16:28.almost impossible for her to find the right kind of help. Someone who
:16:29. > :16:36.had the patience and ability to understand how she was feeling.
:16:37. > :16:41.The doctor would just look at me and think, oh, a deaf person, he is a
:16:42. > :16:49.prescription. I was asking for help and they couldn't offer me anything.
:16:50. > :16:54.I just got more and more frustrated. At 1.I felt like giving up
:16:55. > :16:59.completely. I'd had enough. It was a really hard time. And it's really
:17:00. > :17:07.hard for the deaf community. I don't know how I got through it. The
:17:08. > :17:09.British deaf Association says access to mental health services in Wales
:17:10. > :17:15.is inadequate. We've spoken to deaf people who
:17:16. > :17:19.struggle to access services that are specific to them. They have
:17:20. > :17:26.communication issues, they can't speak to their GP. Therapy is
:17:27. > :17:28.absolutely key to the recovery of mental illness.
:17:29. > :17:34.The British deaf Association says Wales has a policy of sending people
:17:35. > :17:38.to services in Birmingham or Manchester because it understands
:17:39. > :17:42.numbers are too few to set up services here. But the situation in
:17:43. > :17:46.Wales is improving, and it is hoped more will follow. In Swansea a
:17:47. > :17:52.special programme has been adapted to cater for deaf people. It deals
:17:53. > :17:56.with issues such as depression or anxiety. This course helped Andrea
:17:57. > :18:01.and now she is here to help others open up about their daily
:18:02. > :18:06.challenges. Sometimes, with my voice, it can be
:18:07. > :18:12.difficult to talk to people. They find it difficult to understand me.
:18:13. > :18:18.I have good days and bad days. When my father speaks to me he asks me to
:18:19. > :18:25.repeat myself. Obviously, my mother can sign, so she can understand me.
:18:26. > :18:30.My father asked me to repeat myself again, and again, and again.
:18:31. > :18:35.I just get fed up with it. Part of it is communication, and also
:18:36. > :18:41.barriers, accessing communication breakdowns that happen. Things like
:18:42. > :18:42.education, my social life, it can be difficult.
:18:43. > :18:54.More than ?100,000 will be spent on projects which aim to support deaf
:18:55. > :18:58.people. The deaf Association has worked closely with the local health
:18:59. > :19:05.boards to develop a special deaf mental health network.
:19:06. > :19:11.There is a psychiatric nurse. A psychiatrist and a social worker
:19:12. > :19:15.that form part of that team. The deaf person can access information,
:19:16. > :19:19.advice and support from them. They will have an assessment which is
:19:20. > :19:25.done through British sign language. Then they will be signposted to
:19:26. > :19:28.other support services. Back in Swansea and Jess says she
:19:29. > :19:29.will continue her fight to ensure deaf people get the support they
:19:30. > :19:33.need in the future. -- Andrea says. Tomorrow we'll be looking
:19:34. > :19:35.at the pioneering research being done here in Wales
:19:36. > :19:37.into the complexities Airbus, which manufactures wings
:19:38. > :19:40.at its plant at Broughton in Flintshire, has welcomed
:19:41. > :19:43.a multi million pound deal It will order six A 350s,
:19:44. > :19:47.with possibly another six to follow. Airbus has sold nearly 800 of these
:19:48. > :19:51.planes to more than 40 airlines, making it one of the most successful
:19:52. > :19:59.wide-bodied aircraft ever. The prototype for a new Welsh-made
:20:00. > :20:01.hydrogen-powered car The two-seater Rasa,
:20:02. > :20:04.which was developed in Llandrindod Wells
:20:05. > :20:07.by the engineering firm, Riversimple has the lowest
:20:08. > :20:09.carbon-emissions of any vehicle It's expected to go
:20:10. > :20:16.on the market in 2018. The number of us going to church
:20:17. > :20:19.here is falling and in an effort to attract new congregations
:20:20. > :20:21.the Church in Wales is having a helping hand from
:20:22. > :20:25.an American missionary. Mark Yaconelli from Oregon
:20:26. > :20:28.will spend six months in North and Mid Wales helping communities
:20:29. > :20:32.explore their spiritual roots. He's already found success
:20:33. > :20:35.with similar projects Matthew Richards has
:20:36. > :20:51.been to meet him. Our kids need to recapture that
:20:52. > :20:52.sense of wonder. We need to recapture. That's where our souls
:20:53. > :20:55.That's where our souls thrive and grow.
:20:56. > :20:57.Through stories, music and even dancing Mark Yaconelli has been
:20:58. > :20:59.getting young people across America to think about spirituality
:21:00. > :21:02.And now he's bringing his techniques to Wales.
:21:03. > :21:06.The Bishop of St Asaph has asked him to spend six months teaching his
:21:07. > :21:08.methods to youth leaders and community groups here.
:21:09. > :21:10.And it's not quite the culture clash you might expect.
:21:11. > :21:13.I was told, you know, this won't work here in Wales.
:21:14. > :21:15.We don't share at that kind of level.
:21:16. > :21:17.Then I did for events in North Wales.
:21:18. > :21:21.I ask people, tell me about a moment in your life that is sacred to you.
:21:22. > :21:27.People told beautiful stories, sometimes we were laughing
:21:28. > :21:30.on the floor, sometimes you were in tears.
:21:31. > :21:32.People are looking for a safe place, a good
:21:33. > :21:34.question, and of course, it's in the genes here,
:21:35. > :21:44.Christian missionaries were known for travelling the world
:21:45. > :21:46.spreading their message to new people, Mark Yaconelli's role
:21:47. > :21:48.is quite different he wants the communities he encounters
:21:49. > :21:52.to share their own stories about faith with him.
:21:53. > :21:55.For The Church in Wales it's about engaging those who may not see
:21:56. > :22:09.So we're sitting there trying to resist, shake, Sheikh, shake your
:22:10. > :22:13.He is taking his techniques outside the church, to try and bring
:22:14. > :22:18.Wales has the lowest level of church attendance in the UK at 12%.
:22:19. > :22:20.And the number of people describing themselves as Christian here fell
:22:21. > :22:23.from almost 72% in 2001 to 57%, ten years later.
:22:24. > :22:28.He wants to help people reconnect, if not with the church,
:22:29. > :22:31.then with the inner spirituality using modern techniques to tap
:22:32. > :22:35.into a Celtic storytelling tradition.
:22:36. > :22:39.At the end of the month a special service in St Asaph will offically
:22:40. > :22:45.Mark Williams has become the first Welsh player to make it
:22:46. > :22:49.through to the last 16 of the Welsh Open Snooker in Cardiff.
:22:50. > :22:54.Matthew Stevens is out of the competition, he lost
:22:55. > :22:56.in the deciding frame to Martin Gould.
:22:57. > :22:58.Tonight there are further Welsh hopes with Ryan Day and Michael
:22:59. > :23:04.Rugby, and Wales lock Luke Charteris could be a doubt for the Six Nations
:23:05. > :23:07.match against France in Cardiff a week on Friday.
:23:08. > :23:10.The 32-year-old second row has been ruled out of Rassing 92's match
:23:11. > :23:14.Wales team medical staff will assess his knee injury
:23:15. > :23:21.when he returns for international duty next week.
:23:22. > :23:23.Temperatures are expected to fall below freezing overnight,
:23:24. > :23:29.Yes, much colder tonight than last night with warning of ice.
:23:30. > :23:32.As expected we all saw some rain today.
:23:33. > :23:37.This picture taken by David Pearce shows dark clouds over Nantymoel
:23:38. > :23:42.But tomorrow the sky will look more like this,
:23:43. > :23:48.In the meantime, any rain in the far South-East and Marches this evening
:23:49. > :23:54.The cloud gradually clearing with a widespread frost.
:23:55. > :23:59.Parts of mid and north Wales dropping as low as -3 or -4.
:24:00. > :24:01.There is also a warning of ice on untreated roads,
:24:02. > :24:14.Icy in places otherwise dry, bright and crisp.
:24:15. > :24:19.The temperature above freezing on the West coast with a breeze
:24:20. > :24:25.So a much nicer day tomorrow, cumulus clouds and sunshine.
:24:26. > :24:28.I wouldn't rule out the odd shower but most places dry.
:24:29. > :24:31.Temperatures similar today but with the sunshine it will feel
:24:32. > :24:36.more pleasant with a light to moderate breeze.
:24:37. > :24:39.In Ceredigion tomorrow, dry with sunny spells.
:24:40. > :24:41.And after a frosty start the temperature in Lampeter
:24:42. > :24:47.And it's a similar story in Flintshire.
:24:48. > :24:54.Tomorrow night one or two showers, otherwise dry with clear spells.
:24:55. > :24:56.Some frost and icy patches inland along with a few mist
:24:57. > :25:03.Friday, dry first thing but it won't last.
:25:04. > :25:06.The wind will freshen with some rain.
:25:07. > :25:09.Temperatures rising a little higher 7 to 10 Celsius.
:25:10. > :25:11.And that sets the scene for Saturday.
:25:12. > :25:16.Strong to gale force South Westerly winds,
:25:17. > :25:19.Some heavy, prolonged rain possible, especially on the hills
:25:20. > :25:23.and mountains in mid, west and North West Wales.
:25:24. > :25:25.Sunday not great either although it may turn clearer and colder later
:25:26. > :25:34.In the meantime frost and icy patches tonight
:25:35. > :25:37.I'll have an update for you here at 8pmand again after the BBC
:25:38. > :25:40.That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.
:25:41. > :25:46.From all of us on the programme, good evening.