:00:07. > :00:13.Our top stories: Why does Wales perform worse than similar countries
:00:14. > :00:15.when it comes to diagnosing cancer quickly?
:00:16. > :00:21.One of the questions a new research project will investigate.
:00:22. > :00:29.You hear for the first time cancer associated with you. And it is just
:00:30. > :00:44.the most surreal experience because you are just thinking, no.
:00:45. > :00:48.On St David's Day - you tell us what really matters to you when it comes
:00:49. > :00:50.to winning your vote in the Welsh election.
:00:51. > :00:56.One of the country's most eminent scientists says it would be a
:00:57. > :01:03.disaster for university research if we left the EU.
:01:04. > :01:08.summer's Olympics. has her heart set on cycling at this
:01:09. > :01:10.And on the first day of meteorological spring - a warning
:01:11. > :01:21.Why does Wales perform worse than similar countries when it comes to
:01:22. > :01:28.That's one of the questions a new research project - which is being
:01:29. > :01:32.described as the first of its kind in the world - will look at.
:01:33. > :01:34.The study, along with another looking at new treatments for bowel
:01:35. > :01:37.cancer, are being funded to the tune of ?1.6 million
:01:38. > :01:38.from the charity, Cancer Research Wales.
:01:39. > :01:48.Our Health Correspondent Owain Clarke has the details.
:01:49. > :01:56.Around 19,000 people were diagnosed with cancer in Wales last year and
:01:57. > :02:03.numbers are rising. Cancer rates are worse here than in many other
:02:04. > :02:06.developed countries. This woman spotted signs of her own cancer
:02:07. > :02:11.early and was diagnosed within days. It had a profound effect. It is
:02:12. > :02:14.absolutely terrifying. You go in because you think you have seen
:02:15. > :02:19.something but you are not sure, and within 50 minutes you're lying on a
:02:20. > :02:24.bed and doctors are talking about a biopsy. And suddenly you are here
:02:25. > :02:29.for the first time, cancer, associated with you. It is just the
:02:30. > :02:34.most surreal experience, because you are just thinking, no, this cannot
:02:35. > :02:43.be. Jackie recovered, many do not. But the earlier the kinds is
:02:44. > :02:50.spotted, the the results. But one charity, Cancer Research Wales, is
:02:51. > :02:54.giving a project led by a GP in Bangor ?800,000 to find out. They
:02:55. > :03:00.are under pressure to minimise health service costs and not make a
:03:01. > :03:04.public organise expensive testing but on the other hand is a chance
:03:05. > :03:08.that they have douce that up to two spot people with cancer, and we feel
:03:09. > :03:15.if we can give them the right investigations. Cancer Research
:03:16. > :03:19.Wales was formed when a group of professionals at this hospital in
:03:20. > :03:22.Cardiff joined forces. It has grown substantially over the decades and
:03:23. > :03:28.now the charity spends ?1 million a year on 50 Cancer Research partners
:03:29. > :03:34.-- project 's based in Wales. The one this year is being described as
:03:35. > :03:38.an unprecedented boost for the charity's 50th birthday. ?800,000
:03:39. > :03:44.will be used to develop ways of diagnosing cancer earlier. And
:03:45. > :03:50.?800,000 will be spent trying to develop new therapies to tackle a
:03:51. > :03:57.big killer, bowel cancer. It is the second most common type of cancer in
:03:58. > :04:03.Wales. The team in Cardiff is spearheading efforts to get the
:04:04. > :04:06.body's immune system to target and kill cancer cells. We want to make
:04:07. > :04:10.treatments are available for everyone, whether you develop
:04:11. > :04:16.colorectal cancer in the third World or the Western world. So, generic
:04:17. > :04:19.vaccines. To do this, we can identify common targets, which we
:04:20. > :04:24.find in most tumours. 9000 people die of cancer each year in Wales,
:04:25. > :04:28.yet we have some of the lowest survival rates in Western Europe. It
:04:29. > :04:31.is hoped that this research will help narrow the gap.
:04:32. > :04:34.It looks like health will be the biggest single biggest issue that
:04:35. > :04:37.could affect your vote - when we go to the polls in the Welsh Assembly
:04:38. > :04:41.But BBC Wales' annual St David's Day poll suggests that there's still
:04:42. > :04:43.some confusion over who runs the Welsh NHS.
:04:44. > :04:51.With those and other findings, our political reporter James Williams.
:04:52. > :04:58.With the Assembly Election on the horizon, BBC Wales' annual St
:04:59. > :05:02.David's Day Paul has been gauging the political temperature. Our
:05:03. > :05:05.survey suggests one third of Babel say that health would be their top
:05:06. > :05:11.issue when they cast their votes on me that there. 18% were jobs at the
:05:12. > :05:16.top the list, and 14% said immigration was their priority.
:05:17. > :05:20.Despite voters placing health as the top electoral issue, our poll
:05:21. > :05:25.suggests that confusion persists about who runs the Welsh NHS,
:05:26. > :05:30.because despite 65% of people saying, correctly, that it is run by
:05:31. > :05:33.health ministers in Cardiff, just under one third were thinking that
:05:34. > :05:38.it was run by the UK Government in Westminster. It is interesting that
:05:39. > :05:41.we have a slight increase in understanding that the Welsh
:05:42. > :05:46.government makes the key critical decisions around health in Wales,
:05:47. > :05:49.and I suspect that is as a result of some of the quite the Teutonic
:05:50. > :05:55.attacks on the performance and the governments that Mac vitriolic
:05:56. > :06:01.attacks, that have come from the UK Government. Immigration is the third
:06:02. > :06:07.highest is in the election issue even though it is the UK
:06:08. > :06:11.Government's responsibility. Ask if the numbers moving from outside the
:06:12. > :06:14.UK into Wales were too high, just over half thought that they were.
:06:15. > :06:20.37% thought they were just about right. 8% thought they were too low.
:06:21. > :06:24.Celebrating the Welsh national Day, from Downing Street, to the streets
:06:25. > :06:31.of Cardiff. How do people feel about the transfer of power from
:06:32. > :06:34.Westminster to Cardiff Bay? Our poll indicated 43% of voters would like
:06:35. > :06:39.the Welsh Assembly to have more powers, 30% thought it had
:06:40. > :06:46.sufficient current powers, 30% would like it abolished completely, and 6%
:06:47. > :06:50.supported independence for Wales. Another question we asked was, can
:06:51. > :06:54.you name these four people's these are the Welsh Police and Crime
:06:55. > :07:01.Commissioners, elected to ensure that police forces are run properly
:07:02. > :07:05.but many of our respondents could not name many of them. Do you
:07:06. > :07:15.recognise any of those faces? Do you know who that is? No, I don't. What
:07:16. > :07:23.about that guy? No, I don't. I know that one chap, from Newport went. --
:07:24. > :07:32.Newport went. His name is Ian Johnson. It is no surprise to some
:07:33. > :07:40.given that just under 15% of people in Wales voted in the first
:07:41. > :07:44.elections back in 2012. There was no significant awareness of the role of
:07:45. > :07:48.the commissioners. That needs to be embraced now, to make people aware
:07:49. > :07:53.of exactly what commissioners do now and what their function can be in
:07:54. > :07:56.the future. There is not long ago elections for policing Crime
:07:57. > :07:58.Commissioners will be held on the same day as the Assembly Election,
:07:59. > :08:02.on the 5th of May. Let's talk to our Political Editor
:08:03. > :08:12.Nick Servini. What caught your attention in this
:08:13. > :08:16.Paul? I'm not surprised that the NHS is the main concern, it is half of
:08:17. > :08:21.what the Welsh government spends. It is worth reflecting on the extent to
:08:22. > :08:25.which health dominates politics at the assembly. It was not that long
:08:26. > :08:30.ago, when you spoke about policies it would be health, education and
:08:31. > :08:34.the economy, all in one breath. Look at the figures coming from this
:08:35. > :08:42.Paul. Just 10% of people put education as the main concern. 18%
:08:43. > :08:48.said it was jobs and 33% said it was the NHS. It really is pulling ahead.
:08:49. > :08:53.This will be no surprise to the Assembly Members here. The Welsh
:08:54. > :08:57.government spends so much time defending their record on the NHS. I
:08:58. > :09:03.was at a briefing of Plaid Cymru this morning in which, they geared
:09:04. > :09:07.up for their conference and they were asked their priority. The
:09:08. > :09:11.answer was health, health and health. Confirmation, if we needed
:09:12. > :09:13.it, that the NHS really is the battle ground when it comes to
:09:14. > :09:16.assembly politics. A former lifeguard and children's
:09:17. > :09:20.swimming coach from Gwynedd will be sentenced later for raping a
:09:21. > :09:21.ten-year-old girl Gareth Vincent Hall - from Talysarn
:09:22. > :09:25.near Caernarfon - admitted travelling to Oregon to rape a girl
:09:26. > :09:27.he met online. A defibrillator used to revive a
:09:28. > :09:38.heart-attack patient who later died at Glan Clwyd Hospital was
:09:39. > :09:41.initially set at the wrong power level by a nurse,
:09:42. > :09:43.an inquest has been told. 78-year-old John Rogers from
:09:44. > :09:44.Denbigh died on a coronary care ward in
:09:45. > :09:46.March last year. One of the UK's best known
:09:47. > :09:54.scientists has told Wales Today that it would be a "disaster" for
:09:55. > :09:56.university research if Britain left
:09:57. > :09:58.the European Union. Lord Robert Winston was appearing at
:09:59. > :10:01.a life sciences conference Critics argue that leaving the EU
:10:02. > :10:05.would have no impact on research. Here's our business correspondent,
:10:06. > :10:18.Brian Meechan. This diagnostics company has been up
:10:19. > :10:24.and running for a little over a year, designing new tests for
:10:25. > :10:29.diseases including sepsis, it is the second biggest cause of death after
:10:30. > :10:37.heart disease and proper diagnosis would save lives. The benefits of
:10:38. > :10:39.being in South Wales is that we have good universities and a strong NHS
:10:40. > :10:44.infrastructure. We have all of the elements there to take forward a
:10:45. > :10:50.strong collaboration and couple that with innovative SMEs around the
:10:51. > :10:55.area, it is a great melting pot and it has a huge amount of benefits.
:10:56. > :11:01.The company came out of work on at Cardiff University. The company is
:11:02. > :11:05.one of a number of growing number of companies in the life sciences
:11:06. > :11:11.sector in Wales. There are now 350 companies operating here and they
:11:12. > :11:15.are employing 11,000 people. But it is not just the number of jobs.
:11:16. > :11:21.These ones tend to be a high quality and high value. One of the UK's best
:11:22. > :11:25.known scientists, Lord Winston, came to speak to industry figures at the
:11:26. > :11:32.life sciences hub in Cardiff, as part of the Bio Wales conference. He
:11:33. > :11:40.is also a Labour peer, but he says that his concerns over Brexit our
:11:41. > :11:44.financial rather than political. We will lose massively in signs if we
:11:45. > :11:49.come out of Europe and we will lose some of the cabala orations we need,
:11:50. > :11:55.particularly with engineering. -- the collaborations. I think it would
:11:56. > :12:03.be a disaster for us. Those who want to leave the EU deny his claims. We
:12:04. > :12:06.have huge respect for Lord Winston, but we move beyond the
:12:07. > :12:10.superficiality project fear, and to project opportunity. We hear of
:12:11. > :12:14.threats, but we never hear of what this might deliver for Wales. More
:12:15. > :12:19.and more countries are working on medical breakthroughs in Wales, work
:12:20. > :12:20.that has the potential to save lives and boost the economy by creating
:12:21. > :12:27.Much more to come before 7 o'clock. jobs.
:12:28. > :12:35.was played in 1971, the performance supposedly left the disappointed
:12:36. > :12:37.composer in tears - so no pressure for tonight then?!
:12:38. > :12:40.And it might be the first day of meteorological spring
:12:41. > :12:41.but a taste of winter again tomorrow.
:12:42. > :12:46.A full forecast in a few minutes.
:12:47. > :12:49.How do you celebrate a tenth birthday?
:12:50. > :12:51.10 years ago today the Queen officially opened the Senedd in
:12:52. > :12:54.Cardiff Bay - there was no birthday cake but there were Welsh cakes to
:12:55. > :12:57.celebrate St David's Day, as well as a visit from the man
:12:58. > :13:06.Carl Roberts spent the day there for us.
:13:07. > :13:13.A week is a long time in politics. A decade, and eternity. A lot has
:13:14. > :13:18.happened in this building since it was officially opened ten years ago
:13:19. > :13:25.today. Royal openings, Olympic parades... And even a Grand Slam
:13:26. > :13:32.celebration. Some of the uses for the Senedd. Often described as an
:13:33. > :13:39.iconic building, it cost less than the world-record fee that Real
:13:40. > :13:43.Madrid paid for Gareth Bale, who cost 85 million, whereas this
:13:44. > :13:46.building cost ?67 million. And the men who designed it, themselves
:13:47. > :13:52.icons of the architectural world, are happy with the way that it
:13:53. > :14:00.turned out. We got that it should serve the public and there should be
:14:01. > :14:04.a relationship where the public vote people in, the public have a big
:14:05. > :14:07.domain, and they are above it. It has been amazingly looked after,
:14:08. > :14:13.considering it has 100,000 visitors each year. It is weathering well. We
:14:14. > :14:17.know that the investment in the quality of materials, that comes to
:14:18. > :14:22.show. For many of us, the Senedd feels me. These politics students at
:14:23. > :14:25.Aberystwyth University visiting today were in primary school when
:14:26. > :14:31.this building open, and they have grown up with it. The Senedd is then
:14:32. > :14:34.amazing opportunity for the Welsh people to take control of their own
:14:35. > :14:40.lives, and they should definitely grab it. At First Minister's
:14:41. > :14:43.Questions, you can see how they debate with each other, and see how
:14:44. > :14:49.the issues of the day are being debated with Assembly Members. It
:14:50. > :14:53.brings it back to the public. The students are among over 1 million
:14:54. > :14:57.people have visited the Senedd. Staff here have led 30,000 tours of
:14:58. > :15:01.the building, including visits from hundreds of schools across the
:15:02. > :15:06.country. For most people, popping into this building is part of a day
:15:07. > :15:10.out in Cardiff Bay. But for the SME members down there, and for me, it
:15:11. > :15:13.is a place of work. The politician in charge of the assembly says that
:15:14. > :15:19.the building has secured a prominent place in Welsh life in a relatively
:15:20. > :15:25.short time that it has been opened. People have taken it to themselves.
:15:26. > :15:30.And recently, people came here to express their sympathy over the
:15:31. > :15:35.events in France. It is used for all sorts of things. This model of the
:15:36. > :15:39.Senedd is on show in the old assembly building in Cardiff Bay.
:15:40. > :15:42.The building was designed to last century, so it is only a 10th of the
:15:43. > :15:48.way through its life span. And there is already plenty to look at it on.
:15:49. > :15:50.-- look back on. Carl Roberts reporting and if you
:15:51. > :15:53.want to find out more about how Wales is different to the other
:15:54. > :15:55.nations in the UK - the "how Wales Works" series has
:15:56. > :15:58.been running across BBC Wales TV and radio and
:15:59. > :16:01.online at... Ifor ap Glyn will take up the role
:16:02. > :16:09.in May - and will write in Welsh. There's no salary but the National
:16:10. > :16:12.Poet is expected to champion Welsh writing, and compose poems inspired
:16:13. > :16:14.by significant national events. Our arts and media correspondent Huw
:16:15. > :16:30.Thomas reports. Ifor ap Glyn is an accomplished
:16:31. > :16:37.poet and performer. Born and bred in London to Welsh
:16:38. > :16:51.parents. He is rooted in Canaervon
:16:52. > :16:53.where he balances poetry with work The new role will be
:16:54. > :16:57.a boost to his profile. As our national anthem says,
:16:58. > :17:00."Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, Gwlad beirdd a chantorion",
:17:01. > :17:04.we are a land of poets and singers. Our singers are certainly
:17:05. > :17:05.internationally renowned. He writes in Welsh and
:17:06. > :17:10.the language alternates each time a new national
:17:11. > :17:12.poet is appointed. But a leading authority on poetry
:17:13. > :17:15.in Wales says it would be better to have two roles,
:17:16. > :17:17.one for each language. It's a good idea to alternate
:17:18. > :17:19.between a Welsh It might be an even
:17:20. > :17:26.better idea to have a two track system of one poet in Welsh
:17:27. > :17:30.and one writing in English