:00:08. > :00:11.BBC Wales has discovered that some people are being asked to wait up
:00:12. > :00:13.to four years for specialist mental health treatment
:00:14. > :00:22.The boss of National Museum Wales says an ongoing dispute over
:00:23. > :00:35.weekend payments to staff is putting its finances at risk.
:00:36. > :00:38.BBC Wales has discovered that some people are being asked to wait up
:00:39. > :00:40.to four years for specialist mental health treatment
:00:41. > :00:44.While most receive care much sooner and spending by the Welsh Government
:00:45. > :00:46.has increased in recent years, doctors have described
:00:47. > :00:50.All parties are promising to further increase funding for mental health
:00:51. > :01:02.A calming walk by the river near Blackwood.
:01:03. > :01:05.It is difficult to see now from the outside but Julie has
:01:06. > :01:09.tried to cope with depression for decades.
:01:10. > :01:16.It wasn't the fact that I wanted to die,
:01:17. > :01:17.I just didn't want to be inside
:01:18. > :01:21.Because I just couldn't cope with what was going on
:01:22. > :01:24.Julie's most dangerous experience was triggered by a
:01:25. > :01:29.It took months for her to see a specialist.
:01:30. > :01:35.In total she spent years on waiting lists.
:01:36. > :01:37.The waiting time to see somebody really didn't help what I was going
:01:38. > :01:49.Many people across Wales are treated for mental health issues
:01:50. > :01:55.within weeks but unlike other illnesses, waiting times for these
:01:56. > :02:02.At the moment in the Aneurin Bevan health board area, for some
:02:03. > :02:04.patients, some therapies have a
:02:05. > :02:11.four-year wait because of long-term staff illness.
:02:12. > :02:13.In the Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda areas, some are
:02:14. > :02:16.being asked to wait up to two years while in Cwm Taf and Cardiff
:02:17. > :02:19.and Vale, most received treatment within weeks and some patients are
:02:20. > :02:23.Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board area didn't provided us with any
:02:24. > :02:27.Doctors have said time and time again that antidepressants or
:02:28. > :02:28.other medication are sometimes the only options
:02:29. > :02:35.There have been new resources this year and we need to see that
:02:36. > :02:38.continue to be pushed across Wales to get better services.
:02:39. > :02:48.It is not right for the patients of Wales and we need to see
:02:49. > :02:51.more investment and a true commitment to solving this once and
:02:52. > :02:53.A food cooperative run by volunteers.
:02:54. > :02:56.For many, a new step towards going back to full-time
:02:57. > :02:58.The mental health charity that organises
:02:59. > :03:00.this service says NHS services are improving
:03:01. > :03:04.has be done to monitor very long waits for a very specialist help.
:03:05. > :03:06.It is really frustrating when money is
:03:07. > :03:09.going into the service and we can't see the impact it's having.
:03:10. > :03:11.We need to make sure that data collection is
:03:12. > :03:16.transparent, it is accessible and it is consistent so we can
:03:17. > :03:18.make sure any investment that is going in is
:03:19. > :03:21.So what are the politicians promising
:03:22. > :03:28.The Welsh Liberal Democrats told me they would give
:03:29. > :03:31.the same access to diagnosis and treatment of mental health patients
:03:32. > :03:32.as patients with physical health problems.
:03:33. > :03:34.Both the UK Independence Party and the Welsh Conservatives
:03:35. > :03:37.are promising to spend more money on mental health services each year,
:03:38. > :03:40.and introduce a 28 day referral to treatment time target.
:03:41. > :03:44.Plaid Cymru said the service is underfunded as
:03:45. > :03:46.it is at the moment and are pledging to spend
:03:47. > :03:48.?68 million more by the
:03:49. > :03:54.The Welsh Labour Party who have been in charge of the service up until
:03:55. > :03:56.recently say they have already made significant progress in mental
:03:57. > :03:59.health services in Wales over the past few years and pledged
:04:00. > :04:01.to spend more money on it again in future and
:04:02. > :04:04.they have already introduced an 80% target time for people to get some
:04:05. > :04:09.kind of intervention with mental health problem.
:04:10. > :04:11.Julie eventually got really good support from an NHS
:04:12. > :04:15.psychiatrist but she and others feel there is a steep hill to climb
:04:16. > :04:26.before mental health is on an even footing with other health services.
:04:27. > :04:29.The Football Association of Wales has launched an investigation
:04:30. > :04:31.after suspicious betting patterns were discovered on a Welsh
:04:32. > :04:37.It follows a game on Saturday when Rhyl - who had not
:04:38. > :04:40.won in 17 matches - beat Port Talbot 5-0 at home.
:04:41. > :04:42.Port Talbot are making no comment but have confirmed
:04:43. > :04:46.All players in the Welsh Premier League must sign
:04:47. > :04:49.an agreement before each season, which includes a pledge not to bet
:04:50. > :04:56.on games and competitions in which they appear.
:04:57. > :05:00.Police investigating the murder of a 51-year-old woman whose body
:05:01. > :05:03.was found at a house in Powys have named her as Tracy Cockrell.
:05:04. > :05:05.Dyfed Powys Police went to an isolated property
:05:06. > :05:09.near Machynlleth on Sunday after reports of her sudden death.
:05:10. > :05:12.Officers also found man's body during a search of the grounds
:05:13. > :05:17.and he has been identified as Nigel McGrath, aged 45.
:05:18. > :05:19.His death is not being treated as suspicious and no-one else
:05:20. > :05:22.is being sought in connection with the incident.
:05:23. > :05:24.The boss of National Museum Wales says an ongoing dispute over
:05:25. > :05:27.weekend payments to staff is putting its finances at risk.
:05:28. > :05:29.David Anderson said discussions have taken place with staff affected
:05:30. > :05:32.by proposals to scrap extra pay on weekends and bank holidays
:05:33. > :05:34.after negotiations with the PCS Union broke down.
:05:35. > :05:43.Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas has the story.
:05:44. > :05:48.There's a new face on the walls at National Museum Wales -
:05:49. > :05:51.a portrait by Rembrandt that's worth ?35 million and here on loan,
:05:52. > :05:56.But it's the millions that the museum has
:05:57. > :06:02.to save that's worrying the boss while the staff are on strike.
:06:03. > :06:05.Some of the museum's lowest paid staff are opposed to plans
:06:06. > :06:09.to stop paying them extra for working weekends.
:06:10. > :06:11.For two years the dispute has affected the museum's seven
:06:12. > :06:13.sites across Wales - but now there's a warning
:06:14. > :06:21.about the financial strain it's causing.
:06:22. > :06:28.We have got staff asking if they can sign up to the offer we are making
:06:29. > :06:32.and in the broader context of the museum finances, every month that
:06:33. > :06:37.goes by without resolution costs as a further ?70,000 from our reserves
:06:38. > :06:42.so we cannot afford to keep the dispute running and we have to bring
:06:43. > :06:44.it to a conclusion because otherwise it puts the museum 's finances at
:06:45. > :06:47.it puts the museum 's finances at strategic risk.
:06:48. > :06:50.To try and resolve the dispute the Museum has offered staff
:06:51. > :06:52.an average of ?4,000 as a lump sum, equivalent to two years
:06:53. > :06:58.Around 300 members of staff currently get extra money
:06:59. > :07:00.for working weekends, and the museum has now begun
:07:01. > :07:01.individual consultations with each of them.
:07:02. > :07:04.If staff don't accept the offer, the museum says it could dismiss
:07:05. > :07:14.them and offer to re-employ them under the new terms.
:07:15. > :07:22.longest-running industrial disputes. Both sides say they have made
:07:23. > :07:23.concessions but it is clear something will have to change in
:07:24. > :07:27.something will have to change in order for the strikes to stop.
:07:28. > :07:30.Negotiations with the unions broke down at Christmas and only
:07:31. > :07:32.an improved offer will bring the workers back to the table.
:07:33. > :07:43.What we would like to see is for the museum to enter back into
:07:44. > :07:48.discussions with us, to be more open and transparent with us. In order to
:07:49. > :07:49.resolve this dispute, we need to see an improvement to the offer.
:07:50. > :07:53.The museum says the financial picture is clear but the union hopes
:07:54. > :07:56.there'll be further talks before the dispute can be brought
:07:57. > :07:59.A leading economist has warned that uncertainty over the future of Tata
:08:00. > :08:02.means parts of the car industry will be looking at options
:08:03. > :08:04.abroad for their supply of high quality steel.
:08:05. > :08:06.Professor David Bailey says he hoped companies would continue
:08:07. > :08:08.to support UK steel, but warned that if Tata begins
:08:09. > :08:17.to lose sales it will make it less attractive to potential buyers.
:08:18. > :08:20.If users in terms of the car industry to walk away from using
:08:21. > :08:23.British steel, that will have an impact on demand from whatever
:08:24. > :08:25.We hope those assemblers and component
:08:26. > :08:32.suppliers will continue to use British steel in the short-term.
:08:33. > :08:35.The leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams,
:08:36. > :08:37.says she won't repeat the same "terrible" mistakes on tuition fees
:08:38. > :08:39.that her Party made in coalition with the
:08:40. > :08:51.She's pledging to replace the current tuition fee subsidies
:08:52. > :08:53.offered by the Welsh government with a new upfront grant
:08:54. > :08:56.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.
:08:57. > :08:58.The former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg made
:08:59. > :08:59.a number of sacrifices for his
:09:00. > :09:01.Party when he teamed up with David Cameron to form
:09:02. > :09:07.The most damaging was the breaking of the pledge to oppose
:09:08. > :09:15.At a different time and a different place, the ghost of that broken
:09:16. > :09:17.Williams in tonight's Ask the Leader debate in Aberystwyth
:09:18. > :09:19.as she set out her opposition to the current subsidies.
:09:20. > :09:22.What we can do now is be very clear and upfront
:09:23. > :09:32.I could stand here and say it's fine and we
:09:33. > :09:35.can carry on paying these student fee grants for years when the
:09:36. > :09:37.reality is, I can't make that promise.
:09:38. > :09:39.I don't want to make the
:09:40. > :09:48.I do things differently in my party in
:09:49. > :09:50.Wales and I don't want to make those same mistakes.
:09:51. > :09:53.The Liberal Democrats' offer instead is an upfront grant of
:09:54. > :09:56.Under the current system, students from Wales pay around
:09:57. > :09:59.?3,800 towards the fees, wherever they study in the
:10:00. > :10:06.The Welsh government can top up more than 5,000.
:10:07. > :10:08.Many in higher education believe the system is
:10:09. > :10:11.unaffordable as tens of millions of pounds ends up in the coffers
:10:12. > :10:17.A review into the system is being carried out.
:10:18. > :10:20.Labour has pledged to keep it but the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru
:10:21. > :10:25.and Ukip say they will replace it with cheaper alternatives.
:10:26. > :10:28.The Welsh Conservative leader has joined other party leaders in Wales
:10:29. > :10:38.A document posted on Facebook showed Andrew RT Davies' tax bill last year
:10:39. > :10:46.came to around ?23,000 on an income of just over ?121,700.
:10:47. > :10:49.Leaders of the Welsh Lib Dems, Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru
:10:50. > :10:51.followed the prime minister earlier this week in releasing
:10:52. > :10:55.But Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill said he wouldn't
:10:56. > :10:59.Emergency services joined forces today, to ensure they're prepared
:11:00. > :11:02.The fire service, police, lifeboat, ambulance crews and mountain rescue
:11:03. > :11:05.Exercise Polygon took place at various locations
:11:06. > :11:28.They had to rescue people trapped in a submerged car in fast flowing
:11:29. > :11:35.water at the International Whitewater Centre in Cardiff Bay.
:11:36. > :11:44.In Cardiff the temperature soared as high as 17 Celsius. It won't be the
:11:45. > :11:49.swarm over the weekend. Some places dry tonight but a few showers dotted
:11:50. > :11:53.around with a pocket of missed here and there. More cloud around tonight
:11:54. > :11:57.compared to last night with temperatures around five Celsius.
:11:58. > :12:01.Tomorrow morning we start off with plenty of cloud with some places dry
:12:02. > :12:05.with a few showers dotted around. It should brighten up in the South
:12:06. > :12:10.through the morning with some sunshine. Fairly cloudy for Northern
:12:11. > :12:16.Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and a few spots of rain.
:12:17. > :12:21.Largely dry and bright in Scotland but further south we have a mixture.
:12:22. > :12:25.Showers are heavy and thundery in places. Later in the afternoon
:12:26. > :12:31.towards the evening, rain reaching Cornwell and the Channel Islands. A
:12:32. > :12:36.warm 17 degrees in London and only nine Celsius in Glasgow. Closer to
:12:37. > :12:40.home, a few scattered showers. If you catch a Shah, it will be heavy.
:12:41. > :12:48.Like today, hit and missed with some places enjoying sunshine and a high
:12:49. > :12:52.of 15 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, the showers will slowly fade away and a
:12:53. > :12:57.few mist and fog patches forming, for example in Powys. Showery rain
:12:58. > :13:02.reaching the South after midnight. On Friday January cloudy with
:13:03. > :13:07.showers heavy in places. It should turn dry from the West later in the
:13:08. > :13:10.day, turning cooler as well with the wind beginning to turn into the
:13:11. > :13:15.North, setting the scene for the end of the week. Cold air from the
:13:16. > :13:19.Arctic heading our way and a chilly weekend in store with a few showers
:13:20. > :13:27.on Saturday, but some sunshine and overnight frost.
:13:28. > :13:30.We will be back at around 6:25am tomorrow morning. Goodbye.