:00:00. > :00:08.There are concerns tonight that many thousands of patients in Wales
:00:09. > :00:11.suspected of having breast cancer are waiting too long to get
:00:12. > :00:16.That's despite a pledge by the Health Minister that
:00:17. > :00:23.all potential cancer cases should be seen by an expert within 10 days.
:00:24. > :00:27.David Cameron is criticised for focusing on the UI to the parties
:00:28. > :00:37.conference. There are concerns tonight that many
:00:38. > :00:39.thousands of patients in Wales suspected of having breast cancer
:00:40. > :00:42.are waiting too long to get David Cameron is criticised
:00:43. > :00:45.for focusing on the UI That's despite a pledge
:00:46. > :00:47.by the Health Minister that all potential cancer cases should be
:00:48. > :00:50.seen by an expert within 10 days. Steffan Messenger has
:00:51. > :00:56.this excluse report. Still proudly on display,
:00:57. > :00:58.the many Mothering Sunday cards sent to 63-year-old Andrea
:00:59. > :01:01.Evans from Bari. After battling breast cancer
:01:02. > :01:06.for the last three years, she says every moment
:01:07. > :01:10.spent with her six I found a lump in my breast and went
:01:11. > :01:14.to my doctor the same day and I was referred to the breast
:01:15. > :01:18.centre and I had a telephone call the following Tuesday
:01:19. > :01:21.for an appointment. It was 12 days but it
:01:22. > :01:23.seems like an eternity. What was going through your mind
:01:24. > :01:26.during that period? If you don't count the weekend
:01:27. > :01:34.in between going to see the doctor and getting a first hospital
:01:35. > :01:37.appointment, Andrea was seen Back in 2013, the health
:01:38. > :01:43.minister Mark Drakeford said he expected all potential cancer
:01:44. > :01:47.cases to be referred to a specialist But today's figures
:01:48. > :01:52.show that is not been happening in the vast majority
:01:53. > :01:55.of suspected breast cancer A Freedom of Information request
:01:56. > :01:58.by the Welsh Liberal Democrats revealed that across four
:01:59. > :02:02.of Wales' seven health boards, more than 11,000
:02:03. > :02:05.suspected breast cancer patients have waited longer than ten
:02:06. > :02:10.days to see a specialist since 2013. That's at least two thirds
:02:11. > :02:12.of all breast cancer referrals in those areas and there
:02:13. > :02:16.are wide variations in average waits, with patients
:02:17. > :02:19.waiting 24 days on average in the Aneurin Bevan
:02:20. > :02:21.Health Board area, compared to just 8.3
:02:22. > :02:25.days in Cwm Taf. The Minister was quite clear
:02:26. > :02:28.in his expectations back in 2013. It seems to me it was one
:02:29. > :02:33.of his top priorities, yet two and a half years down
:02:34. > :02:36.the line, far too many patients are not being seen within
:02:37. > :02:38.the timescale for the Welsh government had set itself and has
:02:39. > :02:42.set for the National Health Service. Cancer charities point to a rise
:02:43. > :02:45.in the number of cases of breast cancer in Wales as one
:02:46. > :02:47.reason behind the delays. It affects more women
:02:48. > :02:50.here than any other type of cancer. Once you've been diagnosed
:02:51. > :02:57.with breast cancer, you want your treatment
:02:58. > :03:00.to start as as possible. This may actually impact
:03:01. > :03:03.on your recovery and The Welsh Government says more
:03:04. > :03:09.people are surviving cancer in Wales They claim many women
:03:10. > :03:13.with breast cancer here starts treatment on the same day
:03:14. > :03:19.as the first appointment. There's been criticism tonight
:03:20. > :03:22.of a speech by the Prime Minister at the Welsh Conservative
:03:23. > :03:25.conference, which was dominated by arguments to remain
:03:26. > :03:27.in the European Union. Former Welsh Secretary David Jones
:03:28. > :03:31.said he was disappointed David Cameron had used the platform
:03:32. > :03:34.to promote the EU cause. Other senior Welsh Conservatives
:03:35. > :03:37.have also expressed concern at the focus on Europe
:03:38. > :03:40.rather than the Assembly. From Llangollen, here's
:03:41. > :03:42.our Political Editor, Welsh lamb was on the menu
:03:43. > :03:50.for David Cameron today. He used the visit to a farm
:03:51. > :03:56.in Denbighshire to stress the importance of remaining
:03:57. > :03:59.in the EU for among other things, the good of
:04:00. > :04:01.Welsh lamb experts. And then onto the conference
:04:02. > :04:04.and the very public and workmanlike handshake with probably the most
:04:05. > :04:07.high-profile farmer in Wales, Andrew RT Davies, the Labour --
:04:08. > :04:12.leader of the Welsh Conservatives The strain was there for all to see
:04:13. > :04:18.when David Cameron used large chunks of his speech to try to persuade
:04:19. > :04:22.people to remain in. People's livelihoods,
:04:23. > :04:28.people's life chances, people's families we are talking
:04:29. > :04:32.about and I say, don't put them at risk, don't take
:04:33. > :04:37.this leap in the dark. This was above all a speech
:04:38. > :04:41.by the Prime Minister to argue for the need to remain
:04:42. > :04:44.in the European Union, particularly
:04:45. > :04:47.for Welsh farmers. It was not though a speech that
:04:48. > :04:50.talked up Andrew RT Davies as a future First Minister,
:04:51. > :04:52.other than very briefly at the beginning, he hardly
:04:53. > :04:56.mentioned him at all by name. It went down well with those
:04:57. > :05:02.in the in camp but there was criticism from Conservatives
:05:03. > :05:04.campaigning to leave. It's understandable that people
:05:05. > :05:08.worry about a farm subsidies In actual reality,
:05:09. > :05:11.because the United Kingdom is in a net contributor of that
:05:12. > :05:15.over ?8 million a year, They are British
:05:16. > :05:20.subsidies for farmers. Those subsidies would still be
:05:21. > :05:23.there in the event of an exit. So it was wrong for
:05:24. > :05:26.the Prime Minister Earlier, Andrew RT Davies focus
:05:27. > :05:38.was firmly on the Assembly as he used his speech to set out
:05:39. > :05:40.the policies he'll be These include plans to allow people
:05:41. > :05:45.to keep ?100,000 of their assets before paying care home fees
:05:46. > :05:48.and to reduce income tax when it's The central message
:05:49. > :05:52.was the need for change. Conference, Labour have
:05:53. > :05:54.proven time and time again that they are bad
:05:55. > :05:57.for your business, bad for your school and
:05:58. > :06:00.bad for your health. Bad, lazy, complacent
:06:01. > :06:02.government, year after They've run out of steam
:06:03. > :06:07.and out of ideas. The Conservatives script over
:06:08. > :06:11.the past year has been to keep the momentum from the Welsh
:06:12. > :06:14.wins in the general election The challenge is keeping to that
:06:15. > :06:19.in the face of divisions over A man from Caernarfon
:06:20. > :06:28.who tried to kill his wife as they walked their children
:06:29. > :06:31.to school has been jailed for life 46-year-old Sylvan Parry attacked
:06:32. > :06:34.Fiona Parry on the first day Mold Crown Court heard how
:06:35. > :06:38.he repeatedly stamped on her head in front of their children
:06:39. > :06:40.and other parents. Mrs Parry, with the short blond
:06:41. > :06:47.hair, was left with a brain injury. Rugby and Wales' Under 20s
:06:48. > :06:50.are still on course for a junior Grand Slam, after a spectacular
:06:51. > :06:53.first-ever away win against England Wales won the Triple Crown
:06:54. > :07:00.in Bristol, beating England 42-16. Fly-half Dan Jones scored 17 points,
:07:01. > :07:09.including a try. Staying with rugby and Jamie Roberts
:07:10. > :07:12.says the Welsh players know how much is at stake when they take
:07:13. > :07:15.on England at Twickenham tomorrow. England go into the game
:07:16. > :07:17.with a point to prove, after Wales knocked them out
:07:18. > :07:39.of the Rugby World Cup. It's going to be a team that's very
:07:40. > :07:40.fired up and we have two weather the storm.
:07:41. > :07:45.The astronaut Tim Peake has posted this photo on social media tonight
:07:46. > :07:47.of Anglesey and part of the coast, taken from the International Space
:07:48. > :07:52.So let's see how the weekend weather's looking.
:07:53. > :07:58.It's not looking too bad weather wise for us here in Wales.
:07:59. > :08:01.This weekend, plenty of dry weather but there will be some cloud around,
:08:02. > :08:04.Sunday the best day with more in the way of sunshine.
:08:05. > :08:07.Tonight, most of the country dry but a few spots of light rain
:08:08. > :08:14.Cloud increasing later in the night in Powys and the South.
:08:15. > :08:20.A few mist and fog patches forming, not as cold as last night but chilly
:08:21. > :08:23.inland with a slight frost, temperatures in parts of mid Wales
:08:24. > :08:26.Tomorrow morning, cloudier than in the north
:08:27. > :08:29.A few spots of light rain, elsewhere dry.
:08:30. > :08:32.Bright in the south, with a few mist and fog
:08:33. > :08:36.Across the rest of the UK, there is a warning of a fog
:08:37. > :08:39.patches for southern, central and east England.
:08:40. > :08:42.These will slowly lift, most of England then dry and bright
:08:43. > :08:50.Cloud with outbreaks of rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:08:51. > :08:53.wettest in the West of Scotland with a high of 12
:08:54. > :08:58.Closer to home, most places dry tomorrow afternoon,
:08:59. > :09:00.fairly cloudy, but some brighter spells likely.
:09:01. > :09:06.With a light to moderate breeze from the south.
:09:07. > :09:12.it's looking good for the rugby, dry and bright, with hardly
:09:13. > :09:16.Tomorrow night, most places dry but we may
:09:17. > :09:20.see a few spots of light rain in the West, and temperatures
:09:21. > :09:24.Sunday promises to be a better day, dry, a cloudy morning
:09:25. > :09:28.but it should brighten up quite nicely with more in the way
:09:29. > :09:31.of sunshine in the afternoon and it will turn out like spring,
:09:32. > :09:34.with a light breeze from the south or east.
:09:35. > :09:38.High pressure in charge as we head into next week,
:09:39. > :09:44.that means plenty more dry weather, some sunshine and overnight frost.
:09:45. > :09:52.In the meantime, from me and all of us on the programme,