09/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Our top stories: The death of Private Matthew Boyd

from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment in Brecon -

And in the election for Police And Crime Commissioners,

Now criticism about the lack of public awareness about the role.

A soldier killed in the street in Brecon has been named tonight

as Private Matthew Boyd of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

Two men have been arrested and are being questioned by police

Tonight the Ministry of Defence paid tribute to Private Boyd.

"an excellent soldier and a highly respected comrade".

There's no sign of the police activity that cordoned off much of

this town yesterday, as Brecon tries to get back to normal.

This quiet lane was where Private Matthew Boyd was killed.

lived in Gibralter with his family but was originally

For much of yesterday a blue tent covered the spot where he was found

Forensic officers carried out a fingertip

search of the area, looking for clues.

23-year-old man on suspicion of murder and today they made a second

Locals are used to having soldiers around, but the police

were keen to reassure residents who were shocked by the incident.

We would very much like to thank the military and the local community for

their continued support during this investigation of what is truly a

Matthew Boyd being a soldier was any motivation for this assault,

nor is there any indication that this is

All day a steady stream of people have been

One of the messages he summed up the town

shock, it was simply the entire community heartbroken

at the loss of a hero, a soldier.

Meanwhile, while the police enquiry continues detectives

would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident.

Tata Steel says it's received seven expressions of interest

for its UK business, including its largest

Thousands of Welsh jobs were put at risk when the company announced

in March that it was selling off its British operations.

The company says the seven bids will immediately be

taken to the next stage of the sale process.

They lost three seats and dropped to third place

But the Welsh Conservatives tonight have said there's universal backing

for leader Andrew RT Davies after the party's Assembly

Some of Wales' newly elected Police And Crime Commissioners have

criticised the lack of information about the role, leading up

The four PCCs were named yesterday, with a higher turnout than in 2012,

but there were tens of thousands of spoilt or blank ballot papers.

Some say publicly funded leaflets should have been sent to voters.

More bobbies on the beat, tackling anti-social behaviour,

Some of the pledges from our four newly elected

They are the people in charge of our police forces.

But how many of us know their job even exists?

Some say there was not enough information during

I intend to raise with the UK Government very much the issue of

not being allowed the free post so that every household in Gwent could

I think we need to do better in publicising what it is all about.

This year, turnout for the election averaged 43%.

Triple the turnout seen four years ago.

It helped that the vote was held on the same day as

On the form there was space for a first and second choice or

preference but 50,00 first preference votes were rejected.

The question, did voters deliberately spoil them because they

disagree with Commissioners or did they not feel like they had enough

information to choose them or were genuine mistakes made

because the sheets were too complicated?

Some criticised the lack of effort from the UK Government.

There was a phone line on information online, but

these posters were e-mailed to Welsh forces by the Home Office to

publicise the election, but they were unusable.

The picture's too blurry when full size.

Mike Baker stood as an independent in south Wales.

He has branded the lack of publicly-funded information

appalling and says he spent around ?30,000 getting his message out.

I stood at several of the counts and watched as

the spoiled ballots were turned over.

Each one had a comment, the majority had a comment,

which said, we don't understand, we don't know, what is this about?

This afternoon, the body that helps advise on elections,

the Electoral Commission, said it recognised that there are concerns

It will be looking to see if changes can be made for future elections.

and two Plaid Cymru Police And Crime Commissioners,

each with individual priorities, but one goal -

to make the post more relevant to the public.

A man accused of forcing another to work against his will has told

Cardiff Crown Court that he took him in when he had nowhere

Patrick Joseph Connors is accused of forced labour, along

They each deny all the charges against them.

Patrick Joseph Connors has listened to allegations that he bought a man,

beat him and forced him to work against his will for

Today, it was his turn to give his side of

He told them how he met Michael Hughes, who was then 18,

He said he gave him work and for the first two

weeks he stayed with him in the family home until he moved

He was employed, he said, to do bricking and paving.

He was paid ?20 a day, which went up to ?50

He was asked about the allegations that Mr Hughes had escaped

to Scotland and he had kidnapped him from outside the dole

Mr Connors said Mr Hughes had wanted to come back,

He said they were pleased to see each other and greeted

On another occasion when Mr Hughes had gone to Scotland,

he said he sent tickets and money to enable him to come back

and Mr Hughes had even wanted his brother to work for him.

Mr Connors told the court how Mr Hughes had been a guest

at his daughter's wedding and a family christening.

He said he was free to come and go and spent his evenings drinking,

Asked if he had ever assaulted Mr Hughes while he was working

for him, he replied, "No".

Mr Connors and the three other defendants deny all the charges

Funding for 30 new council houses in the centre of Flint has been

Just under ?4 million has been earmarked for the scheme,

which is part of a wider plan to build 500 new affordable

Two blocks of maisonettes have already been demolished as part

The council there is also investigating why gates to a beach

car park were left unlocked yesterday, allowing 20 cars to be

The vehicles were left under water after a nine metre high

The car park is normally closed before a high spring tide.

Tributes have been paid to the man behind some of Britain's

Gareth Gwenlan, who was from Brecon, has died at the age of 79.

As a TV producer and Head Of Comedy for the BBC, he was responsible

for sitcoms including Only Fools and Horses and the BBC Wales series

Football, and with less than five weeks before

the European Championships the Wales manager, Chris Coleman,

has named 29 players who'll travel to Portugal for a training camp

Gareth Bale, as expected, isn't included.

The final 23-man squad will be revealed on May 31st.

Chris Coleman's provisional squad will have to be reduced before the

At least six are set to miss out on Wales' first major

He has played at Under-21s level and spent

most of the season on loan at Fleetwood town.

Having made his debut just two months ago, Walsall

striker Tom Bradshaw is also included.

But this former striker told me he expects the number of

I don't think taking five or six strikers is going to be key.

I also think it is difficult for League 1,

championship players at international level to go and get

Chris Coleman will take the players on a five-day get-together in the

Algarve but Gareth Bale won't be there.

He will be preparing for the

His RealMadrid side take on Atletico Madrid

Three days later, back home, and Chris Coleman will have to

whittle his squad down to 23 players.

The final squad will fly to

Stockholm for a warm up game against Sweden.

Then it is straight to their

base in northern France, arriving just six days before the opening

Touch wood, no injuries will happen and people

I don't see any point in revealing all my cards but 75% of

the team that starts will be the team that

starts the first game of the tournament.

Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward and Crystal Palace's Joe

Ledley are included despite picking up injuries.

Chris Coleman will have everything crossed that those in the

frame to go to France won't suffer any last-minute injuries.

The Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, has confirmed

Francesco Gwidolin's future will be on the agenda at a board

Gwidolin has guided Swansea to safety since his appointment

Saturday's 4-1 win at West Ham took them to 11th place in

Let's see what the weather has in store.

Thank you. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far with

temperatures reaching 25 degrees. It was well above the May average. Over

the next few days it will turn a lot more unsettled and less warm.

Overnight we have rain and drizzle moving northwards across Wales and

it is starting to clear from the south but is remaining rather cloudy

with a few patches of mist and fog and drizzle. Temperatures remain

mild overnight, between 13 and 15 degrees. Tomorrow morning we have

this front pushing up from the south which will bring more persistent

rain through tomorrow so tomorrow across Wales some dry spells to

start with and then cloudy and misty with sea fog in the rain will push

in which could be heavy across south-west England and South Wales.

It is a north/ south split tomorrow with the rain more likely in the

south and staying largely fine and warm across much of Scotland and

Northern Ireland and northern England with temperatures in the

high teens/ low 20s. Later across Wales tomorrow we have got that band

of rain pushing in, easing as it moves to the north and stay humid as

well. 16 in Newport and 19 in Gwynedd. Tomorrow the band of rain

eases in the south and it will remain cloudy and foggy overnight.

As we head into Wednesday the front lingers and we have still got a lot

of cloud with patchy rain around and it is genuinely a bit drier in the

south and feeling fracture by the end of the week.

From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

Paul has shared with me something about the moment

when his friend died and he held him in his arms in Afghanistan.

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