10/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to Wales Today, our top stories: Neil Hamilton

is elected leader of UKIP in the Assembly, but his appointment

has provoked a furious row within the party.

And Ryan Morse could have been saved had two doctors referred him

for emergency treatment, a court hears.

The former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton has been elected

UKIP's leader in the National Assembly.

Tonight his appointment has been criticised by Nigel Farage,

who described Neil Hamilton's victory as unjust and an act

Mr Hamilton beat Nathan Gill to the role, the man who led

the party to its election of seven AMs in last week's poll.

Ukip has made a great breakthrough today

and I don't think that the politics of the Assembly

Five days since the election and despite going from

there's effectively been a coup at the top of Ukip Wales.

Nathan Gill, who's run the party here for 18 months,

It has caused a huge split in the party.

Within hours of the result Nigel Farage attacked the decision,

But Neil Hamilton insists the group will be united.

We don't disagree on policy, so why should there be any problem about

unity? How do you respond to Nigel's comments? Nigel has worked with

Nathan in the European Parliament but this is not the European

Parliament, this is the Welsh Assembly and I don't think the

comments of a MEP from the south-east of England will be a

factor at the forefront of our mind. Nathan Gill is still

Ukip Wales leader. The role was given

to him by Nigel Farage. But there are questions now over

whether that's tenable. He was pretty despondent

after the vote. I guess only Ukip can

do this kind of thing, replace someone who has taken us

to our greatest victory in domestic politics and then the Assembly

Members that we got there, over half of them, four

of the seven, decided to replace me

as leader of the group here. He may be a new arrival

in Cardiff Bay but Neil Hamilton is arguably the most

recognisable Assembly Member. He was a junior minister

in John Major's government but became synonymous with the cash

for questions scandal in the 90s and lost his seat to Martin Bell in

1997, He dropped the libel action

against the Guardian newspaper and was ostracised

from the Tory party. Since then he and his wife Christine

have become known outside politics thanks to TV appearances with Ali G,

Louis Theroux and in the jungle

on I'm A Celebrity. Neil Hamilton's win has

been big implications Here it is now almost impossible to

see him and Nathan Gill Mr Gill may reconsider his decision

to stand down as an MEP, and at a UK level this

widens the divide between those who support Nigel Farage's

leadership and those against him. Neil Hamilton will now see

Cardiff as a power base Whatever the change of the guard

at the top of Ukip, everything stays The leader of the party here Andrew

RT Davies says he's making no excuses for the losses his party

suffered in the assembly election. In his first interview

since the Tories dropped into third place behind Labour and Plaid Cymru,

Mr Davies says many Conservative AMs have called for him

to remain as leader. Here's our political

editor Nick Servini. He was a big presence and a big

personality on the election campaign but Andrew RT Davies didn't guide

his party to any victories in the marginal seats where they were up

against Labour, and as a result the Welsh Conservatives lost their

status as the main opposition. He faced his fellow Tory Assembly

Members for the first time yesterday, who gave

him their support. I think everyone in politics after

an election considers what role they might or might not

play going forward. I have made no excuses for what has

gone on. But I also take my share of pride in

what we achieved in this election of those huge swings

in Labour-held seats. This is the first time the

Conservatives have failed to make went up to 11 in 2003, 12 four years

later and then up to 14 in 2011, before coming back

down to 11 last week. Mr Davies says a series of damaging

stories for the Tories in Westminster such as the Panama

Papers, and decisions on welfare reform, played badly for the party

in Wales. The European referendum

also cast a long shadow over the Tory campaign,

including at the Welsh conference, where David Cameron's speech

was dominated by warnings of the danger of Brexit

for the farming industry, rather than dominated by talking up

Andrew RT Davies Do you regret coming out in support

of Brexit when you did? I am passionate about what I believe

in and I wear my heart on my sleeve. I will say honestly

and openly when I believe You can't be happy with the way

the Prime Minister responded in the Welsh Conservative

conference? I think there would have been

a better way of handling that Andrew RT Davies has

always been relaxed about whether he has more time

to work on his farm. That will have to wait for now

because, as things stand, he is still very much in the driving

seat. Two doctors could have saved

the life of a 12-year-old boy had they'd examined him and sent him

for emergency treatment, A senior paediatrician said

Ryan Morse, from Brynithel in Blaneau Gwent, had every chance

of surviving the rare disease Dr Joanne Rudling and Dr Lindsey

Thomas deny manslaughter Ryan Morse had been

unwell for months. His mother made two calls to a GP

surgery the day before he died but he wasn't seen in person

by a doctor. We now know he had Addison's

disease, a problem with the adrenal gland,

eventually fatal if left untreated. An expert in Addison's

disease told the court this morning it was

a very rare condition. Only 10-15 people out of every 1,000

would be diagnosed with it Its symptoms are very similar

to other illnesses but there was one hallmark, he said,

the darkening of skin It was that symptom that Ryan's

mother said she passed on to GPs in the days and hours before

her son died. Dr Joanne Rudling saw Ryan

a month before he died. His weight was not measured, despite

his mother's concerns. The court also heard evidence from a

GP of some 41 years experience. Ryan Morse was struggling

with delirium before he died, he was so unwell,

something he said he had never witnessed in those circumstances

before in his career to date. He said that, along

with the symptoms of weight loss, discolouration of Ryan's skin and

severe dehydration, should have been red

flags to his GPs. Not necessarily to diagnose him with

Addison's disease, that was rare, but to recognise that his life could

be at risk and they should examine him

face-to-face. He said the care Ryan received was

extremely seriously below what could reasonably be

expected from a competent general

practitioner. Dr Joanne Rudling and Dr Lindsey

Thomas deny manslaughter through gross negligence. The trial

continues. The footballer Ched Evans will find

out the date for his new rape trial The former Wales international

had his conviction quashed He was released from jail in 2014

after serving half of his five year sentence for raping a 19-year-old

woman at a hotel in Rhuddlan. Welsh farmers have been debating

Britain's membership The EU's Agricultural Commissioner,

Phil Hogan, went head to head with Ukip MEP

and Farming Spokesperson Stuart They discussed whether Welsh farmers

should vote to remain or leave the European Union

at the referendum in six weeks time. Councillors in Denbighshire

are to seek approval from the Welsh Government to suspend

the right to buy council-owned The county council says right to buy

has reduced its housing stock Football, and Swansea City

are set to offer head coach Francesco Guidolin a new contract

when the club's board His current deal expires

at the end of this season. There is of course a huge summer

of football ahead. Tomorrow marks one month

until Wales' football side play their opening

game at Euro 2016. On Wales Today tomorrow evening,

join me in Brittany. This will be the base for the Wales

football squad this summer, where the likes of Gareth Bale,

Ashley Williams and Aaron Ramsey will be preparing and relaxing

during their Euro 2016 campaign. Rugby and Sam Warburton will lead

an experienced Wales squad for their Tests against England

and New Zealand this Summer, Coach Warren Gatland hasn't chosen

a direct replacement for open-side flanker Justin Tipuric, instead he's

opted for Josh Turnbull, James King and Ross Moriarty

as back-row cover. I think it says it all about how

tough it is going to be in terms of the experience we have picked

in the squad. I don't think New Zealand

is probably the best place to be blooding youngsters in terms

of confidence so we have gone for the most experienced

team we could pick. And take a look at this -

Britain's biggest ever gold nugget It's worth ?50,000 and was found

by prospector Vincent Thurkettle. The 97 gram nugget is believed to be

part of a ?120 million haul of gold which sank

with the ship the Royal Charter A 24 carat weather forecast now,

here's Sue Charles. thank you.

After the warmth of the weekend we keep the humidity tomorrow but it

will also be unsettled with rain at times. The rain continues on and off

tonight with heavy downpours and risk of thunder. Dry spells as well

overnight. Misty and muggy with temperatures holding up between 11

and 14 degrees. Tomorrow the rain band that has been lingering across

Wales today will just move to the north slightly tomorrow, bringing

further rain at times. It is a misty and muggy start with sea fog as well

and outbreaks rain across the morning. There is a north-south

split across the UK and it will be warm in Scotland and northern

England that further south the rain band will bring thundery spells.

Temperatures holding up. Across Wales later in the day the rain will

ease and drier spells develop and temperatures hold up between 15 in

Pembrokeshire and 19 in Gwynedd. Tomorrow night outbreaks of rain on

and off again with rain holding up the temperatures overnight. Misty

and muggy and temperatures in double figures. Later in the week we see

changes as we lose the weather front and the isobars straighten out and

introduce northerly and colder air. On Thursday it starts with a few

showers but they should ease through the day, generally turning drier and

brighter with the odd shower later but warm in the sunshine, with

temperatures in the low 20s. We start to see the fresher feel come

Friday. It is generally brighter breezy day and the temperatures are

down several degrees which introduces cooler but drier air as

we head into the weekend. That's Wales Today,

thank you for watching. From all of us on the programme,

goodnight.