10/05/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today, our top stories: Neil Hamilton

:00:00. > :00:08.is elected leader of UKIP in the Assembly, but his appointment

:00:09. > :00:12.has provoked a furious row within the party.

:00:13. > :00:15.And Ryan Morse could have been saved had two doctors referred him

:00:16. > :00:33.for emergency treatment, a court hears.

:00:34. > :00:37.The former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton has been elected

:00:38. > :00:40.UKIP's leader in the National Assembly.

:00:41. > :00:43.Tonight his appointment has been criticised by Nigel Farage,

:00:44. > :00:46.who described Neil Hamilton's victory as unjust and an act

:00:47. > :00:52.Mr Hamilton beat Nathan Gill to the role, the man who led

:00:53. > :00:55.the party to its election of seven AMs in last week's poll.

:00:56. > :01:03.Ukip has made a great breakthrough today

:01:04. > :01:05.and I don't think that the politics of the Assembly

:01:06. > :01:10.Five days since the election and despite going from

:01:11. > :01:17.there's effectively been a coup at the top of Ukip Wales.

:01:18. > :01:20.Nathan Gill, who's run the party here for 18 months,

:01:21. > :01:27.It has caused a huge split in the party.

:01:28. > :01:30.Within hours of the result Nigel Farage attacked the decision,

:01:31. > :01:40.But Neil Hamilton insists the group will be united.

:01:41. > :01:50.We don't disagree on policy, so why should there be any problem about

:01:51. > :01:54.unity? How do you respond to Nigel's comments? Nigel has worked with

:01:55. > :01:57.Nathan in the European Parliament but this is not the European

:01:58. > :02:02.Parliament, this is the Welsh Assembly and I don't think the

:02:03. > :02:03.comments of a MEP from the south-east of England will be a

:02:04. > :02:06.factor at the forefront of our mind. Nathan Gill is still

:02:07. > :02:08.Ukip Wales leader. The role was given

:02:09. > :02:10.to him by Nigel Farage. But there are questions now over

:02:11. > :02:12.whether that's tenable. He was pretty despondent

:02:13. > :02:14.after the vote. I guess only Ukip can

:02:15. > :02:17.do this kind of thing, replace someone who has taken us

:02:18. > :02:20.to our greatest victory in domestic politics and then the Assembly

:02:21. > :02:23.Members that we got there, over half of them, four

:02:24. > :02:26.of the seven, decided to replace me

:02:27. > :02:33.as leader of the group here. He may be a new arrival

:02:34. > :02:36.in Cardiff Bay but Neil Hamilton is arguably the most

:02:37. > :02:38.recognisable Assembly Member. He was a junior minister

:02:39. > :02:42.in John Major's government but became synonymous with the cash

:02:43. > :02:46.for questions scandal in the 90s and lost his seat to Martin Bell in

:02:47. > :02:49.1997, He dropped the libel action

:02:50. > :02:54.against the Guardian newspaper and was ostracised

:02:55. > :03:00.from the Tory party. Since then he and his wife Christine

:03:01. > :03:04.have become known outside politics thanks to TV appearances with Ali G,

:03:05. > :03:07.Louis Theroux and in the jungle

:03:08. > :03:10.on I'm A Celebrity. Neil Hamilton's win has

:03:11. > :03:12.been big implications Here it is now almost impossible to

:03:13. > :03:18.see him and Nathan Gill Mr Gill may reconsider his decision

:03:19. > :03:27.to stand down as an MEP, and at a UK level this

:03:28. > :03:29.widens the divide between those who support Nigel Farage's

:03:30. > :03:32.leadership and those against him. Neil Hamilton will now see

:03:33. > :03:36.Cardiff as a power base Whatever the change of the guard

:03:37. > :03:47.at the top of Ukip, everything stays The leader of the party here Andrew

:03:48. > :03:54.RT Davies says he's making no excuses for the losses his party

:03:55. > :03:58.suffered in the assembly election. In his first interview

:03:59. > :04:01.since the Tories dropped into third place behind Labour and Plaid Cymru,

:04:02. > :04:05.Mr Davies says many Conservative AMs have called for him

:04:06. > :04:08.to remain as leader. Here's our political

:04:09. > :04:12.editor Nick Servini. He was a big presence and a big

:04:13. > :04:16.personality on the election campaign but Andrew RT Davies didn't guide

:04:17. > :04:20.his party to any victories in the marginal seats where they were up

:04:21. > :04:24.against Labour, and as a result the Welsh Conservatives lost their

:04:25. > :04:29.status as the main opposition. He faced his fellow Tory Assembly

:04:30. > :04:31.Members for the first time yesterday, who gave

:04:32. > :04:34.him their support. I think everyone in politics after

:04:35. > :04:42.an election considers what role they might or might not

:04:43. > :04:45.play going forward. I have made no excuses for what has

:04:46. > :04:48.gone on. But I also take my share of pride in

:04:49. > :04:55.what we achieved in this election of those huge swings

:04:56. > :04:57.in Labour-held seats. This is the first time the

:04:58. > :05:00.Conservatives have failed to make went up to 11 in 2003, 12 four years

:05:01. > :05:10.later and then up to 14 in 2011, before coming back

:05:11. > :05:17.down to 11 last week. Mr Davies says a series of damaging

:05:18. > :05:20.stories for the Tories in Westminster such as the Panama

:05:21. > :05:22.Papers, and decisions on welfare reform, played badly for the party

:05:23. > :05:30.in Wales. The European referendum

:05:31. > :05:32.also cast a long shadow over the Tory campaign,

:05:33. > :05:37.including at the Welsh conference, where David Cameron's speech

:05:38. > :05:41.was dominated by warnings of the danger of Brexit

:05:42. > :05:44.for the farming industry, rather than dominated by talking up

:05:45. > :05:46.Andrew RT Davies Do you regret coming out in support

:05:47. > :05:54.of Brexit when you did? I am passionate about what I believe

:05:55. > :05:59.in and I wear my heart on my sleeve. I will say honestly

:06:00. > :06:01.and openly when I believe You can't be happy with the way

:06:02. > :06:08.the Prime Minister responded in the Welsh Conservative

:06:09. > :06:11.conference? I think there would have been

:06:12. > :06:15.a better way of handling that Andrew RT Davies has

:06:16. > :06:19.always been relaxed about whether he has more time

:06:20. > :06:21.to work on his farm. That will have to wait for now

:06:22. > :06:24.because, as things stand, he is still very much in the driving

:06:25. > :06:30.seat. Two doctors could have saved

:06:31. > :06:33.the life of a 12-year-old boy had they'd examined him and sent him

:06:34. > :06:36.for emergency treatment, A senior paediatrician said

:06:37. > :06:41.Ryan Morse, from Brynithel in Blaneau Gwent, had every chance

:06:42. > :06:43.of surviving the rare disease Dr Joanne Rudling and Dr Lindsey

:06:44. > :06:53.Thomas deny manslaughter Ryan Morse had been

:06:54. > :07:02.unwell for months. His mother made two calls to a GP

:07:03. > :07:06.surgery the day before he died but he wasn't seen in person

:07:07. > :07:08.by a doctor. We now know he had Addison's

:07:09. > :07:09.disease, a problem with the adrenal gland,

:07:10. > :07:12.eventually fatal if left untreated. An expert in Addison's

:07:13. > :07:16.disease told the court this morning it was

:07:17. > :07:20.a very rare condition. Only 10-15 people out of every 1,000

:07:21. > :07:23.would be diagnosed with it Its symptoms are very similar

:07:24. > :07:28.to other illnesses but there was one hallmark, he said,

:07:29. > :07:31.the darkening of skin It was that symptom that Ryan's

:07:32. > :07:38.mother said she passed on to GPs in the days and hours before

:07:39. > :07:43.her son died. Dr Joanne Rudling saw Ryan

:07:44. > :07:58.a month before he died. His weight was not measured, despite

:07:59. > :08:02.his mother's concerns. The court also heard evidence from a

:08:03. > :08:08.GP of some 41 years experience. Ryan Morse was struggling

:08:09. > :08:11.with delirium before he died, he was so unwell,

:08:12. > :08:14.something he said he had never witnessed in those circumstances

:08:15. > :08:18.before in his career to date. He said that, along

:08:19. > :08:23.with the symptoms of weight loss, discolouration of Ryan's skin and

:08:24. > :08:24.severe dehydration, should have been red

:08:25. > :08:27.flags to his GPs. Not necessarily to diagnose him with

:08:28. > :08:30.Addison's disease, that was rare, but to recognise that his life could

:08:31. > :08:34.be at risk and they should examine him

:08:35. > :08:38.face-to-face. He said the care Ryan received was

:08:39. > :08:42.extremely seriously below what could reasonably be

:08:43. > :08:44.expected from a competent general

:08:45. > :08:48.practitioner. Dr Joanne Rudling and Dr Lindsey

:08:49. > :08:50.Thomas deny manslaughter through gross negligence. The trial

:08:51. > :08:56.continues. The footballer Ched Evans will find

:08:57. > :09:00.out the date for his new rape trial The former Wales international

:09:01. > :09:03.had his conviction quashed He was released from jail in 2014

:09:04. > :09:10.after serving half of his five year sentence for raping a 19-year-old

:09:11. > :09:13.woman at a hotel in Rhuddlan. Welsh farmers have been debating

:09:14. > :09:16.Britain's membership The EU's Agricultural Commissioner,

:09:17. > :09:20.Phil Hogan, went head to head with Ukip MEP

:09:21. > :09:24.and Farming Spokesperson Stuart They discussed whether Welsh farmers

:09:25. > :09:28.should vote to remain or leave the European Union

:09:29. > :09:34.at the referendum in six weeks time. Councillors in Denbighshire

:09:35. > :09:37.are to seek approval from the Welsh Government to suspend

:09:38. > :09:40.the right to buy council-owned The county council says right to buy

:09:41. > :09:45.has reduced its housing stock Football, and Swansea City

:09:46. > :09:53.are set to offer head coach Francesco Guidolin a new contract

:09:54. > :09:55.when the club's board His current deal expires

:09:56. > :10:00.at the end of this season. There is of course a huge summer

:10:01. > :10:02.of football ahead. Tomorrow marks one month

:10:03. > :10:06.until Wales' football side play their opening

:10:07. > :10:09.game at Euro 2016. On Wales Today tomorrow evening,

:10:10. > :10:14.join me in Brittany. This will be the base for the Wales

:10:15. > :10:19.football squad this summer, where the likes of Gareth Bale,

:10:20. > :10:24.Ashley Williams and Aaron Ramsey will be preparing and relaxing

:10:25. > :10:34.during their Euro 2016 campaign. Rugby and Sam Warburton will lead

:10:35. > :10:36.an experienced Wales squad for their Tests against England

:10:37. > :10:38.and New Zealand this Summer, Coach Warren Gatland hasn't chosen

:10:39. > :10:44.a direct replacement for open-side flanker Justin Tipuric, instead he's

:10:45. > :10:47.opted for Josh Turnbull, James King and Ross Moriarty

:10:48. > :10:53.as back-row cover. I think it says it all about how

:10:54. > :10:57.tough it is going to be in terms of the experience we have picked

:10:58. > :10:59.in the squad. I don't think New Zealand

:11:00. > :11:02.is probably the best place to be blooding youngsters in terms

:11:03. > :11:04.of confidence so we have gone for the most experienced

:11:05. > :11:11.team we could pick. And take a look at this -

:11:12. > :11:14.Britain's biggest ever gold nugget It's worth ?50,000 and was found

:11:15. > :11:22.by prospector Vincent Thurkettle. The 97 gram nugget is believed to be

:11:23. > :11:25.part of a ?120 million haul of gold which sank

:11:26. > :11:28.with the ship the Royal Charter A 24 carat weather forecast now,

:11:29. > :11:42.here's Sue Charles. thank you.

:11:43. > :11:47.After the warmth of the weekend we keep the humidity tomorrow but it

:11:48. > :11:51.will also be unsettled with rain at times. The rain continues on and off

:11:52. > :11:55.tonight with heavy downpours and risk of thunder. Dry spells as well

:11:56. > :12:00.overnight. Misty and muggy with temperatures holding up between 11

:12:01. > :12:05.and 14 degrees. Tomorrow the rain band that has been lingering across

:12:06. > :12:09.Wales today will just move to the north slightly tomorrow, bringing

:12:10. > :12:18.further rain at times. It is a misty and muggy start with sea fog as well

:12:19. > :12:21.and outbreaks rain across the morning. There is a north-south

:12:22. > :12:23.split across the UK and it will be warm in Scotland and northern

:12:24. > :12:29.England that further south the rain band will bring thundery spells.

:12:30. > :12:33.Temperatures holding up. Across Wales later in the day the rain will

:12:34. > :12:39.ease and drier spells develop and temperatures hold up between 15 in

:12:40. > :12:44.Pembrokeshire and 19 in Gwynedd. Tomorrow night outbreaks of rain on

:12:45. > :12:47.and off again with rain holding up the temperatures overnight. Misty

:12:48. > :12:51.and muggy and temperatures in double figures. Later in the week we see

:12:52. > :12:56.changes as we lose the weather front and the isobars straighten out and

:12:57. > :12:59.introduce northerly and colder air. On Thursday it starts with a few

:13:00. > :13:03.showers but they should ease through the day, generally turning drier and

:13:04. > :13:07.brighter with the odd shower later but warm in the sunshine, with

:13:08. > :13:12.temperatures in the low 20s. We start to see the fresher feel come

:13:13. > :13:15.Friday. It is generally brighter breezy day and the temperatures are

:13:16. > :13:16.down several degrees which introduces cooler but drier air as

:13:17. > :13:18.we head into the weekend. That's Wales Today,

:13:19. > :13:20.thank you for watching. From all of us on the programme,

:13:21. > :13:26.goodnight.