:00:00. > :00:09.Three soldiers died as a result of neglect on an SAS training
:00:10. > :00:13.Now, the Ministry of Defence is to face the highest possible
:00:14. > :00:21.The march was held here on one of the hottest days of 2013.
:00:22. > :00:29.The Health and Safety Executive say the MoD failed to manage the risks.
:00:30. > :00:32.Also tonight - he flew to the United States to rape
:00:33. > :00:35.Tonight, this former lifeguard from Gwynedd is starting
:00:36. > :00:53.The child has insisted they had multiple compensations about it and
:00:54. > :00:57.she had informed him she was ten years of age. -- conversations.
:00:58. > :01:00.The cost of tackling serious crime, the debate if policing
:01:01. > :01:04.And a familiar accent on a BBC primetime show.
:01:05. > :01:06.But there are calls for the corporation to spend
:01:07. > :01:08.millions more on programmes that better reflect Welsh life
:01:09. > :01:28.The Ministry of Defence is to be given the strongest reprimand
:01:29. > :01:31.possible over the deaths of three soldiers in the Brecon Beacons.
:01:32. > :01:33.Reservists Edward Maher, James Dunsby and Craig Roberts
:01:34. > :01:35.collapsed on what was one of the hottest day of 2013,
:01:36. > :01:39.The Health and Safety Executive has announced it's to pass it
:01:40. > :01:43.The law does not allow the MoD to be prosecuted.
:01:44. > :02:06.It is the toughest of testing grounds, the Brecon Beacons in any
:02:07. > :02:11.weather can be unforgiving but on the hottest day of summer in 2013,
:02:12. > :02:15.three young men on selection for the SAS lost their lives. The inquest
:02:16. > :02:24.into the deaths of reserve fists Craig Roberts, James Dunsby and
:02:25. > :02:27.Edward Maher found neglect played a part in their deaths. Today the
:02:28. > :02:31.Health and Safety Executive has published its findings, saying the
:02:32. > :02:36.MOD would have faced prosecution for the failings if it did not have
:02:37. > :02:40.Crown immunity. At the end of the inquest, the families were clear
:02:41. > :02:46.they believe the Ministry of Defence last sight of its own values. They
:02:47. > :02:51.displayed no responsibility, no accountability and no humility for
:02:52. > :02:57.their role in creating the culture which led to the events of the 13th
:02:58. > :03:00.of July 20 13. Even an ounce of this would have gone such a long way in
:03:01. > :03:06.acknowledging the vast catalogue of errors which were so clearly made.
:03:07. > :03:12.So what went wrong? The men set off on the 16 mile march just before
:03:13. > :03:16.seven, all carrying GPS trackers so the commanders could track their
:03:17. > :03:19.movements. By the time Craig Roberts reached checkpoint five, two
:03:20. > :03:23.soldiers had already been withdrawn with heat illness. He collapsed just
:03:24. > :03:30.a few hundred metres from the finish line. Edward Maher took a different
:03:31. > :03:34.route. His GPS tracker stop moving for almost two hours before anyone
:03:35. > :03:41.noticed. James Dunsby was also on the final leg of his March. He had
:03:42. > :03:44.been down for more than an hour before the medics arrived. The
:03:45. > :03:48.investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found at a failure
:03:49. > :03:51.to plan to assess and to manage the risks during the training which took
:03:52. > :03:58.lace up here resulted in their deaths. These failures they also
:03:59. > :04:02.found caused ten more soldiers on the March Saturday to suffer heat
:04:03. > :04:27.illness. In a statement they say: the Ministry of Defence has
:04:28. > :04:29.acknowledged the censure and apologised for the failings. In a
:04:30. > :04:34.statement they have said that they made improvements to reduce risks
:04:35. > :04:39.and an enquiry is underway to identify further lessons to be
:04:40. > :04:45.learned. They say their thoughts remain with the family.
:04:46. > :04:48.A former lifeguard from Gwynedd has been jailed for 50 years by a judge
:04:49. > :04:50.in America, for raping a ten-year-old girl.
:04:51. > :04:52.22-year-old Gareth Vincent Hall from Talysarn met the girl online,
:04:53. > :04:54.and flew to the United States, where he committed a number
:04:55. > :04:58.He continues to be the subject of a separate police investigation
:04:59. > :05:17.Police arrested Gareth Vincent Hall. Gareth Vincent Hall admitted four
:05:18. > :05:21.counts of rape, two further serious sexual offences and sexual
:05:22. > :05:25.corruption of a child online last month. He travelled to Oregon in
:05:26. > :05:28.April last year to see the ten-year-old girl after making
:05:29. > :05:33.contact online and spent five days in various motels meeting her
:05:34. > :05:38.readily. He told prosecutors he thought she was 17. He made a claim
:05:39. > :05:43.he thought she was close to the age of majority which from the
:05:44. > :05:46.prosecutor 's standpoint seemed pretty ridiculous. The child has
:05:47. > :05:50.insisted over and over again that they had multiple conversations
:05:51. > :05:53.about it and that she had in fact informed him she was ten years of
:05:54. > :05:59.age. He was arrested when he tried to re-enter the USA in Chicago
:06:00. > :06:02.following a complaint to police from the girl 's family. A judge said he
:06:03. > :06:12.was getting the sentence he deserved. But the lengthy statements
:06:13. > :06:16.-- centres does not necessarily mean the end of a separate investigation
:06:17. > :06:20.by North Wales Police into alleged online offences committed by Gareth
:06:21. > :06:25.Vincent Hall here. In a statement it says the devices seized from Gareth
:06:26. > :06:27.Vincent Hall have yet to be properly examined and until they are rigged
:06:28. > :06:33.would be inappropriate to comment further. Gareth Vincent Hall worked
:06:34. > :06:38.as a light -- lifeguard at this leisure centre. Gwynedd Council say
:06:39. > :06:45.no complaints made against him there. There had been concern from
:06:46. > :06:48.the FBI that Gareth Vincent Hall had made efforts from his home in
:06:49. > :06:53.Talysarn to contact other girls via the Internet. His family were in
:06:54. > :06:54.court to watch the sentencing hearing anti-used a Welsh language
:06:55. > :06:59.interpreter during proceedings. Wales would still receive economic
:07:00. > :07:01.aid for its poorest areas, even if Britain votes
:07:02. > :07:03.to leave the European Union. That's according to the leader
:07:04. > :07:05.of the Welsh Conservatives, Last week, the Prime Minister told
:07:06. > :07:09.this programme voters could not be certain that the UK Government
:07:10. > :07:12.would spend the same amount here, Well, let's discuss this
:07:13. > :07:15.with our political correspondent, And today's comment seems
:07:16. > :07:26.to contradict David Cameron? Yes, we are talking about these
:07:27. > :07:30.European Union funds that are used to give a need boost to those parts
:07:31. > :07:39.of Wales that are quite a bit poorer than the average. ?1.8 billion will
:07:40. > :07:42.be coming to Wales shortly. When he was here last week, David Cameron
:07:43. > :07:44.said if the UK left the European Union committee was not sure what
:07:45. > :07:48.would happen to that money. Were we to leave, I believe
:07:49. > :07:50.there could be quite We might see higher interest rates,
:07:51. > :07:54.we might see higher unemployment, And in those circumstances,
:07:55. > :07:57.of course the United Kingdom government would always want to do
:07:58. > :07:59.everything it could for all the different parts
:08:00. > :08:02.of the United Kingdom and you cannot guarantee these things
:08:03. > :08:16.because we might be in quite Mr Davies says that would not be the
:08:17. > :08:19.case. Yes, he wants us to leave the European Union and the point there
:08:20. > :08:24.is this is not the European Union 's money, it is UK money sent to the
:08:25. > :08:30.European Union. Speaking to the Wales report programme this evening,
:08:31. > :08:33.he says he is almost certain that many would still be there.
:08:34. > :08:36.I can guarantee that a UK Government would make sure that many would be
:08:37. > :08:38.redistributed around the regions of the United Kingdom,
:08:39. > :08:41.otherwise it would be failing in its re-met to deliver health
:08:42. > :08:44.and support to the nation that it is elected to govern
:08:45. > :08:46.and frankly, we cannot continue with operation fear,
:08:47. > :08:49.of driving people into the ballot box because you are scaring them
:08:50. > :09:05.Take out the sort of white heat of a referendum campaign and what you
:09:06. > :09:10.have is David Cameron saying he thinks if we leave the European
:09:11. > :09:13.Union that the economy would go through a difficult patch so he is
:09:14. > :09:16.not ruling out that they would be more money coming to those poorest
:09:17. > :09:19.parts of Wales but that the same time you have Andrew Arty Davies
:09:20. > :09:22.saying the money would come but he is not saying how much money would
:09:23. > :09:27.come all-weather that many could be spent anyway that you want to. Can
:09:28. > :09:31.you have a cast-iron guarantee that the same money would come to Wales?
:09:32. > :09:35.Probably not. But could there be more money because there will be
:09:36. > :09:37.more money in the cough is? Probably yes but you cannot say anything more
:09:38. > :09:40.than that. Much more on this story
:09:41. > :09:42.on the Wales Report, with Huw Edwards, is
:09:43. > :09:44.on BBC One Wales at 10:40pm. The bullet which killed a young
:09:45. > :09:47.Welsh soldier could have been fired by her or someone else,
:09:48. > :09:50.an inquest into her death has heard. Cheryl James from Llangollen died
:09:51. > :09:53.from a bullet to the head A German ballistics expert told
:09:54. > :09:56.Woking Coroner's Court that the bullet was
:09:57. > :10:03.fired at close range. Former footballer Ched Evans
:10:04. > :10:06.will have his appeal for his rape conviction heard
:10:07. > :10:07.in three weeks' time. The former Wales international
:10:08. > :10:10.was jailed for five years in 2012 after being found guilty of raping
:10:11. > :10:13.a 19-year-old woman at a hotel A Coroner has found that medication
:10:14. > :10:21.prescribed to a pensioner from Swansea did not
:10:22. > :10:23.cause her death. 80-year-old Patricia Thomas died
:10:24. > :10:25.in October 2013 after a severe bleed A narrative verdict was recorded
:10:26. > :10:29.by Paul Bennett, who believes the effects Warfarin and miconazole
:10:30. > :10:31.gel may have contributed A preventing further deaths report
:10:32. > :10:48.has been ordered by the coroner. She was such a special person, a
:10:49. > :10:53.wonderful mother and grandmother. Our grief at her loss has been made
:10:54. > :11:00.worse by the devastating evidence that we have heard during this
:11:01. > :11:03.inquest that her dentist and her pharmacist made fundamental errors
:11:04. > :11:06.in prescribing and dispensing medicine.
:11:07. > :11:08.The ability to tackle serious crime would require "huge" investment,
:11:09. > :11:12.That's according to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.
:11:13. > :11:15.Ian Johnston believes Welsh officers would have to go cap in hand
:11:16. > :11:17.to England to access expertise like the National Crime Agency,
:11:18. > :11:20.But not every Police and Crime Commissioner here agrees.
:11:21. > :11:29.Wales versus France in Cardiff on a Friday night.
:11:30. > :11:31.Policed by around a hundred officers and a few horses.
:11:32. > :11:34.And while events like this aren't unique to Wales,
:11:35. > :11:36.the Welsh Government believes policing here could be improved
:11:37. > :11:45.But could serious crime like this be tackled as effectively?
:11:46. > :11:47.These drugs came from an Albanian crime group smuggled to a Welsh
:11:48. > :11:51.The gang was brought down by Gwent Police
:11:52. > :11:54.But the man responsible for the Gwent force believes
:11:55. > :11:57.the ability to fight serious crime and other specialist skills would be
:11:58. > :12:08.There is a real danger that we will have local policing
:12:09. > :12:11.in Wales, which is covered, but if we need anything at a higher
:12:12. > :12:13.level, whether it be the National Crime Agency,
:12:14. > :12:16.some parts of the criminal justice system, we will have to look
:12:17. > :12:18.to England and we will be isolated and we could actually
:12:19. > :12:25.And the Welsh Police and Crime Commissioners,
:12:26. > :12:27.who are up for re-election in May, are split on the matter.
:12:28. > :12:29.Ian Johnston in Gwent doesn't want policing devolved.
:12:30. > :12:31.Nor does Christopher Salmon in Dyfed Powys.
:12:32. > :12:33.But Alun Michael in South Wales does want policing devolved.
:12:34. > :12:36.Winston Roddick in North Wales is also broadly in favour.
:12:37. > :12:40.Unless it can be demonstrated that devolving responsibility
:12:41. > :12:42.for the police would result in a deterioration
:12:43. > :12:44.in the effectiveness and efficiency of the police service then
:12:45. > :12:57.In Westminster yesterday, Plaid Cymru said devolving policing
:12:58. > :12:59.was the only way to address community needs in Wales.
:13:00. > :13:01.Keith Vaz, the Chair of the influential
:13:02. > :13:03.Home Affairs Committee, said he believes Wales does
:13:04. > :13:06.This is what the fight against crime and terrorism looks
:13:07. > :13:09.like in Scotland, which has full power over policing and justice.
:13:10. > :13:10.The ?75 million Scottish Crime Campus.
:13:11. > :13:14.One expert here believes the Welsh Government wouldn't have
:13:15. > :13:16.to spend money like that, but would have to appoint policing
:13:17. > :13:19.ministers and civil servants, which could lead to wider mergers.
:13:20. > :13:28.The natural step forward if we had policing policy in Cardiff would be
:13:29. > :13:35.perhaps the formation of a national police force for
:13:36. > :13:48.Now, I don't see there being a Welsh College of policing.
:13:49. > :13:51.What I see is it might be a hub, regional hub, that is linked
:13:52. > :14:00.It's said there's a growing desire among senior officers here to see
:14:01. > :14:04.But the UK Government says PCCs already have that power and it
:14:05. > :14:16.won't be handing control of the police to Cardiff Bay.
:14:17. > :14:18.Still to come on the programme, tonight's sport with Iwan.
:14:19. > :14:20.The countdown to the European Championships.
:14:21. > :14:22.100 days before the finals in France.
:14:23. > :14:26.And we'll catch up with the World Champion from Barry,
:14:27. > :14:37.who dreams of a title fight at a sold out Principalty Stadium.
:14:38. > :14:39.The BBC should spend more on programmes that reflect
:14:40. > :14:44.That's the verdict of an inquiry by Assembly Members into the future
:14:45. > :14:50.It's called on the BBC to invest an extra ?30 million
:14:51. > :14:53.in new productions, and it wants more Welsh people to feature
:14:54. > :14:55.on programmes that are broadcast across the UK.
:14:56. > :17:55.Here's our arts and media correspondent, Huw Thomas.
:17:56. > :18:00.If someone had given me that when I was 17, I would have bitten their
:18:01. > :18:10.hand off. Swansea City of back playing in North London tonight.
:18:11. > :18:16.Despite taking the lead, they lost to toss a number, but a win would
:18:17. > :18:23.let them six points clear of relegation -- Tottenham. It'll be
:18:24. > :18:30.the first major football tournament for Wales 1958 World Cup. It's been
:18:31. > :18:33.a long wait, and before a ball has been kicked, club say they are
:18:34. > :18:39.seeing a benefit at a grassroots level. It was a fairly subdued
:18:40. > :18:44.affair in Paris this morning, as five men in suits gathered around
:18:45. > :18:49.the trophy to mark 100 days until kick-off. A far cry from the scenes
:18:50. > :18:52.in Bosnia for mums ago when Wales learned they had qualified their
:18:53. > :18:56.first major tournament in A.D60 years. It has had a positive impact
:18:57. > :19:01.on football teams around the country. Here, the chairman of the
:19:02. > :19:07.University club says they are already seeing the benefits. You can
:19:08. > :19:13.see how it is bleeding down to the grassroots level, everyone is
:19:14. > :19:17.enjoying it. It has been beneficial. We felt that, even in the fourth
:19:18. > :19:20.tier. It has been a long and frustrating wait for the fans, and
:19:21. > :19:26.to add to the sense of excitement, Wales have been paired with England
:19:27. > :19:33.in the group stage. Getting England was massive, but as long as we have
:19:34. > :19:38.got Gareth Vale we can do anything. I'm very excited. These five aside
:19:39. > :19:44.teams are gearing up too, and believe it could be down to one man.
:19:45. > :19:58.We have Gareth Vale, and he is the key. -- Bale Chris Coleman is a top
:19:59. > :20:01.manager. Organisers of the competition say the terrorist
:20:02. > :20:04.attacks in Paris have forced them to strengthen security, but stressed
:20:05. > :20:09.there when thinking of playing matches behind closed doors about
:20:10. > :20:12.bands, which had been reported. But security concerns have not deterred
:20:13. > :20:18.funds, and that this travel agency, the phone has been ringing off the
:20:19. > :20:24.book. It has been busy this past few weeks. The first game against Novak
:20:25. > :20:31.your household out. We have two chartered aircraft -- against
:20:32. > :20:43.Slovakia has sold out. After more than one month out of playing, Bale
:20:44. > :20:48.is back playing. Just 100 days until Europe's best teams do battle to
:20:49. > :20:55.determine who will lift the trophy. Can't wait. Onto boxing, and Lee
:20:56. > :20:59.Selby says fighting at the stadium in Cardiff would be a dream come
:21:00. > :21:04.true. The boxer will defend his title against Eric under next month,
:21:05. > :21:11.but then hopes for a world title showdown in front of a sell-out home
:21:12. > :21:14.crowd. He didn't even have time to stop his rigorous training sessions,
:21:15. > :21:24.but between bouts, the world champion was able to share words of
:21:25. > :21:29.wisdom to date with keen athletes. As well as the daily routine, the
:21:30. > :21:35.main topic of conversation was his next mandatory fight. He will defend
:21:36. > :21:41.his title against American Eric Hunter next month. He is the number
:21:42. > :21:48.one champion, he is a good fighter. He is from Philadelphia soapbox is
:21:49. > :21:52.that the traditional style. It has not been confirmed, but it will
:21:53. > :21:57.probably be at the O2 Arena on the 9th of April. After that, he hopes
:21:58. > :22:06.he can perform in front of a sell-out, home crowd. You have seen
:22:07. > :22:13.the big fight on the weekend. I'm more than tempted to fight against
:22:14. > :22:23.them. 80,000 people. It would be amazing. That your preference? Yes,
:22:24. > :22:28.it would be nice. I am in a great position, two great fight is calling
:22:29. > :22:32.me out. He has certainly made a name for himself in the featherweight
:22:33. > :22:37.boxing circles. But it has taken hard work and dedication. His
:22:38. > :22:44.attitude is an inspiration for these young students. This is a big shock,
:22:45. > :22:52.definitely. Honestly it is true because of where he is now. It is
:22:53. > :23:01.eight tough ask. It is a big ask, you trained a lot. He has impressed
:23:02. > :23:05.me. There's been a long line of famous Welsh boxers. Lee Selby has
:23:06. > :23:12.his sights on becoming one of the greats. That is your sport, time for
:23:13. > :23:24.a weather check. It has been a day of wintry showers and strong winds.
:23:25. > :23:29.Some very strong gusts, 81 mph, 77, and a much quieter day in store for
:23:30. > :23:33.tomorrow. Largely dry with some bright spells. Tonight, winds not a
:23:34. > :23:38.strong but remaining blustery. Wintry showers will slowly ease,
:23:39. > :23:44.generally turning dry overnight. An ice and frost risk first thing
:23:45. > :23:47.tomorrow. A respite tomorrow, spell of dry weather before this next
:23:48. > :23:53.front pushes from the Atlantic late in the day. An early frost and ice
:23:54. > :23:57.risk, but a quieter, drier day. Any showers easing with a brighter
:23:58. > :24:05.spells, variable cloud but turning cloudy later wish I was pushing in
:24:06. > :24:08.from the west as that next front arise. Lighter winds, but still on
:24:09. > :24:12.the chilly side, six Celsius, eight in Newport. This weather front
:24:13. > :24:18.proves problematic on Friday. It pushes through overnight and then
:24:19. > :24:23.swings Brack overnight, bringing rain and snow. Tomorrow night, a
:24:24. > :24:27.band of rain, sleet and a warning of snow above 200 metres, especially
:24:28. > :24:35.across North Wales, as that front moves through. Colder weather nice
:24:36. > :24:39.rest, and then fried is cold. Maybe try a further south, but the
:24:40. > :24:44.position of this front could change, so a wintry feel for the end of the
:24:45. > :24:51.first week of spring, but looking colder and more settled as we head
:24:52. > :24:54.into the weekend. Our top story tonight, the Ministry of Defence
:24:55. > :24:58.will be given a strongest reprimand possible over the deaths of three
:24:59. > :25:03.soldiers in the Brecon Beacons. They collapse on one of the hottest days
:25:04. > :25:08.of 2013 whilst on an SAS selection exercise. I'll have a quick update
:25:09. > :25:13.at eight and a four round up at ten, but that is it for now. Goodbye. --
:25:14. > :25:17.a full round-up.