:00:00. > :00:00.BBC's News at Six, it's goodbye from me. On
:00:00. > :00:12.Patrick Joseph Connors and three others, jailed for forcing
:00:13. > :00:14.a homeless man to work for their family
:00:15. > :00:18.business for as little as ?5 a day.
:00:19. > :00:21.They have been shown to have treated their victims
:00:22. > :00:38.as commodities, and kept them in the most appalling circumstances.
:00:39. > :00:46.The future of thousands of jobs in the Welsh Steel industry.
:00:47. > :00:48.Tonight, we're in India, ahead of tomorrow's
:00:49. > :00:52.The company is expected to hold a press conference after the board
:00:53. > :00:55.meeting, and that is perhaps when we will hear more from them.
:00:56. > :00:57.The letters which make up the EU referendum.
:00:58. > :01:05.How much does Wales really benefit by being in?
:01:06. > :01:07.Why one of the UK's biggest producers of ready meals
:01:08. > :01:13.And, the weather turning cooler and cloudier tomorrow,
:01:14. > :01:21.but a bit more promising for the bank holiday weekend.
:01:22. > :01:35.The police described it as modern-day slavery.
:01:36. > :01:37.Three men have been found guilty for kidnapping
:01:38. > :01:40.and forcing a homeless man to work for them against his will.
:01:41. > :01:43.The Crown Prosecution Service said the men were guilty of exploiting
:01:44. > :01:45.and controlling their vulnerable victim in a callous manner over
:01:46. > :01:50.One man was kept for 21 years. The police described the conditions as
:01:51. > :01:50.horrific. Caroline Evans is at Cardiff Crown
:01:51. > :02:02.Court. Modern-day slavery is said to be
:02:03. > :02:05.increasing in Wales but this prosecution for forced Labour may
:02:06. > :02:13.never had happened had it not been for a story be covered in 2013, that
:02:14. > :02:18.of Darryl sister who went missing for 13 years, found on a farm on the
:02:19. > :02:22.outskirts of Cardiff. The publicity around his story led one of the
:02:23. > :02:27.victims in this case to recognise his own treatment is wrong.
:02:28. > :02:33.They came to court denying all charges against them. The
:02:34. > :02:37.prosecution said Patrick Joseph Connors had bought a man and
:02:38. > :02:41.controlled him for more than 20 years, beating him and kidnapping
:02:42. > :02:46.him whenever he tried to escape. When he stepped back from the family
:02:47. > :02:49.business, his son, Patrick Dean Connors and nephew William Connors,
:02:50. > :02:54.would seek his permission to put the man, Michael Hughes, to work. The
:02:55. > :03:00.court heard evidence from the two victims. The other, and unnamed man.
:03:01. > :03:05.The conditions they lived were atrocious, said the prosecution.
:03:06. > :03:09.Police said the treatment showed a disregard for Humanity.
:03:10. > :03:12.It is about how they were treated, they were used as, to tease, to make
:03:13. > :03:19.money. At last they have justice. The court
:03:20. > :03:24.heard how Patrick Joseph Connors ran a tarmac in business. The positives
:03:25. > :03:29.and said he chose the -- clients who are vulnerable and charged inflated
:03:30. > :03:34.prices when he paid the men as little as ?5 a day. One finally went
:03:35. > :03:40.to the police after seeing television coverage about one man
:03:41. > :03:45.whose case sparked a wider investigation. In Kidderminster,
:03:46. > :03:50.Darryl is being taught by his powers not to trust everyone but they fear
:03:51. > :03:57.for other vulnerable people. For a ten, 11, 15-year-old boy who
:03:58. > :04:01.thinks his parents are picking on him and walks away from the
:04:02. > :04:08.situation, he could find himself in exactly the same situation as
:04:09. > :04:12.Darryl, approached by a couple of these people, and being told, we
:04:13. > :04:18.will look after you, find you something to do, we will look after
:04:19. > :04:23.you come you will be our friend. You have to be aware.
:04:24. > :04:29.His case was, says the man who coordinates the anti-slavery policy,
:04:30. > :04:35.a wake up call for Wales. He said reports are increasing, last year,
:04:36. > :04:39.up to 134, partly because now people have the confidence to report their
:04:40. > :04:45.suspicions. People are now prepared to make that
:04:46. > :04:50.call and report incidences. Of course, people are enslaved, the
:04:51. > :04:55.victims, they now have the confidence, they can see hope. We
:04:56. > :04:58.want to send that message of hope that we will rescue you and look
:04:59. > :05:03.after you. The CPS says this latest case took
:05:04. > :05:08.an emotional toll on the victims. The judge said Michael Hughes had
:05:09. > :05:13.been sold to Paddy Connors and conditioned to be a surf. He said he
:05:14. > :05:17.carried out the kidnappings to bring his slaves back to him. The victims
:05:18. > :05:23.will remain anonymous. All victims of modern day every given the
:05:24. > :05:28.automatic right to anonymity. The abilities hope their stories will
:05:29. > :05:33.encourage other people to report their experiences of suspicions.
:05:34. > :05:40.In victim impact statements read in court, Michael Hughes said the
:05:41. > :05:44.defendants had stripped him of his early adult life, that he had felt
:05:45. > :05:50.he had nothing to live for. The other man said he had turned to
:05:51. > :05:54.drink and drugs, in order to cope, and he now suffers with
:05:55. > :05:57.osteoporosis, the results of malnutrition. The police are
:05:58. > :06:04.investigating this case say the effects of this type of crime live
:06:05. > :06:08.with the victim for a long time, and they are asking the public to be
:06:09. > :06:12.their eyes and ears. The rest of the day's news.
:06:13. > :06:14.A doctor, who had previously worked in North Wales,
:06:15. > :06:16.has joined the so-called Islamic State militant group
:06:17. > :06:19.in Syria, the BBC has learned from leaked IS recruitment papers.
:06:20. > :06:22.37-year-old Issam Abuanza left his home in Sheffield in 2014.
:06:23. > :06:24.On his Facebook page, he is seen carrying
:06:25. > :06:26.a gun in a holster while wearing doctors' scrubs.
:06:27. > :06:36.Dr Abuanza worked at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd from May 2007 to July 2009.
:06:37. > :06:39.Work to recover the bodies of three men, including
:06:40. > :06:42.Chris Huxtable from Swansea, who died in the Didcot
:06:43. > :06:44.power station collapse in February, has been halted.
:06:45. > :06:49.The site owners RWE NPower say the remainder of the structure
:06:50. > :06:51.is too unstable, and work cannot continue until the
:06:52. > :07:00.A proposed management buy-out of Tata Steel's UK operations has
:07:01. > :07:02.not yet managed to raise enough money, according
:07:03. > :07:05.Carwyn Jones made the comments during First Minister's Questions
:07:06. > :07:07.today, the first since the Assembly election,
:07:08. > :07:10.and is due to fly to Mumbai later, for talks with Tata bosses over
:07:11. > :07:12.the future for thousands of jobs in Wales.
:07:13. > :07:25.Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.
:07:26. > :07:31.It is another crucial point for the future of steel as Tattie decides
:07:32. > :07:35.which bidders will go to the final stage of the sale process. Up to
:07:36. > :07:40.three companies are expected to be selected at several in the running
:07:41. > :07:45.for parts that include Porter Tolbert and Shotton. Among those in
:07:46. > :07:50.the frame is a potential management buyout team called Excalibur led by
:07:51. > :07:55.the Tutte director Stuart Wilkie, and Liberty, which already has an
:07:56. > :07:59.operation in Newport. The First Minister welcomed reports that they
:08:00. > :08:02.were would consider working together.
:08:03. > :08:06.The management buyout option contains a lot of technical
:08:07. > :08:11.expertise but has not yet raised the money. Liberty are a substantial
:08:12. > :08:17.business but has not normally been involved in the heavy end of
:08:18. > :08:22.production. That is a useful tie-up. I hope, tomorrow, Tata will look
:08:23. > :08:28.carefully at the bids and will, we will consider strongly the option of
:08:29. > :08:32.the management buyout, possibly linked with Liberty.
:08:33. > :08:38.A remarkably revealing statements about the financial status of the
:08:39. > :08:44.bed... Apologies, a problem with that film. Let me go on and tell you
:08:45. > :08:48.Carwyn Jones is flying to India to meet with Tata bosses tomorrow.
:08:49. > :08:50.the latest from Mumbai and the BBC's correspondent,
:08:51. > :08:54.The Tata Steel board will be meeting in Mumbai tomorrow to review
:08:55. > :08:57.the financial situation of the company, and is expected
:08:58. > :09:05.to discuss the bids received for the sale of its UK operations.
:09:06. > :09:07.In April, Tata Steel announced it wanted to sell
:09:08. > :09:09.off its entire British business which is suffering heavy losses.
:09:10. > :09:11.Seven companies had expressed an interest.
:09:12. > :09:14.Liberty House and Greybull Capital already into talks before
:09:15. > :09:20.the announcement, in April, to buy parts of its UK business.
:09:21. > :09:32.And a Chinese and Indian firm. of the Port Talbot plant.
:09:33. > :09:38.The British Government has said it is willing to pick up to a 25%
:09:39. > :09:41.The company is expected to hold a press conference after the board
:09:42. > :09:45.meeting when we should hear more from them.
:09:46. > :09:48.The big question we'll all be asked in a month's time,
:09:49. > :09:50.do you want to leave the European Union, or remain in?
:09:51. > :09:53.Both sides of the debate fiercely disagree on which option
:09:54. > :09:56.Now, a study by Cardiff University claims Wales received
:09:57. > :09:58.about ?245 million pounds more from the EU than it
:09:59. > :10:01.The finding has been challenged by Leave campaigners.
:10:02. > :10:14.Here's our political, reporter Paul Martin.
:10:15. > :10:20.The EU debate is anything but child's play, as the argument
:10:21. > :10:26.Wales Office Minister Lord Bourne was at this children's toy
:10:27. > :10:27.and clothes manufacturer in Newport today, campaigning
:10:28. > :10:39.An attempt from Cardiff University to calculate whether Wales makes
:10:40. > :10:45.a net gain or net loss financially from being part of the EU.
:10:46. > :10:48.It estimates, in 2014, Wales received ?245 million more
:10:49. > :10:58.It is very different from the UK-wide picture, largely,
:10:59. > :11:01.because of money that goes to poorer parts of Wales and
:11:02. > :11:05.On a tour of the company warehouse, Lord Bourne
:11:06. > :11:17.I know from representing Wales for 12 years in the National Assembly,
:11:18. > :11:23.all of my constituents benefited massively from the EU, the trade
:11:24. > :11:24.benefits, agricultural benefits, universities benefited, consumers,
:11:25. > :11:37.West Wales and the Valleys. There is no such thing as EU money,
:11:38. > :11:40.this is UK taxpayers's money being recycled via the European Union. The
:11:41. > :11:44.argument of this report that this is European money lost to Wales, is
:11:45. > :11:52.completely irrelevant. especially quantifying
:11:53. > :11:53.Wales' contribution, and that using a different method
:11:54. > :12:02.produces a lower figure for the In any analysis, there are going to
:12:03. > :12:07.be assumptions that can be challenged. The Scottish
:12:08. > :12:13.Government's annual look at this, their report, we found a tried and
:12:14. > :12:15.tested methodology that might be of use in the Welsh case.
:12:16. > :12:22.flow of data, forecasts, warnings and analysis.
:12:23. > :12:28.what are voters making of the debate?
:12:29. > :12:34.There is information, it can get
:12:35. > :12:40.There is confusing. We know any body that --
:12:41. > :12:42.There is we know everybody can make anything
:12:43. > :12:44.out of figures. The report shows
:12:45. > :12:48.out of figures. different in terms of its financial
:12:49. > :12:52.relationship with the EU. They also note the net benefit they calculate
:12:53. > :12:57.to Wales is a relatively small amount of money in terms of Welsh
:12:58. > :13:01.public spending generally. The report today is the latest piece of
:13:02. > :13:03.analysis for both sides of the debate to argue over. And for voters
:13:04. > :13:06.to try and make sense of. Much more to come
:13:07. > :13:23.before seven o'clock. These schoolchildren performing
:13:24. > :13:25.alongside personal actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company.
:13:26. > :13:28.has helped me a lot with my confidence.
:13:29. > :13:35.It helps me express myself, through acting.
:13:36. > :13:38.Hundreds of workers at one of the UK's biggest food
:13:39. > :13:41.manufacturers have announced they're going on strike.
:13:42. > :13:44.They company's trying to change staff terms and conditions, in order
:13:45. > :13:51.A union says 160 people at the RF Brookes site in Newport,
:13:52. > :13:54.who make ready meals for Marks Spencer and other supermarkets,
:13:55. > :13:58.But the site's owner says the claim about the new minimum
:13:59. > :14:13.Mike Smith is paid extra when he works weekends,
:14:14. > :14:22.But he faces losing his job if he doesn't agree
:14:23. > :14:28.Part of the deal includes a rise in the hourly rate
:14:29. > :14:35.It meets what the Government calls a living wage
:14:36. > :14:38.of ?7.20 an hour but many feel the deal is unfair.
:14:39. > :14:40.Allowance for weekend working disrupting lives.
:14:41. > :14:44.We should not lose this to finance a living wage.
:14:45. > :14:46.Mike works at the RF Brookes factory in Rogerstone
:14:47. > :14:51.800 staff here make ready meal curries, for Marks and Spencer
:14:52. > :15:04.The Two Sisters Food Group which owns the site in
:15:05. > :15:08.Rogerstone said it would be misleading and inaccurate to suggest
:15:09. > :15:12.they are reducing the shift allowances, those extra payments for
:15:13. > :15:15.anti-social hours, as a result of the UK Government's decision
:15:16. > :15:18.to force companies to pay at least ?7.20 an
:15:19. > :15:24.It says its pay offer represents an increase
:15:25. > :15:25.for the vast majority of
:15:26. > :15:32.The union insists management brought up the
:15:33. > :15:35.living wage in negotiations, and 20% of its members will lose money.
:15:36. > :15:38.It wants the UK Government to ask more questions when companies change
:15:39. > :15:51.When the UK Government brought in a living wage, it was to raise
:15:52. > :15:54.Unfortunately, companies have used it to take terms
:15:55. > :15:58.It is not acceptable we should put the burden
:15:59. > :16:06.The UK Government says changing other parts of workers'
:16:07. > :16:09.contract was not in the spirit of what living wage aimed to achieve.
:16:10. > :16:11.An overtime ban starts here on Friday.
:16:12. > :16:19.Some council-run care homes in Denbighshire look set to be
:16:20. > :16:20.transfered to external operators, as the authority looks
:16:21. > :16:25.The council's Cabinet says options can now be considered
:16:26. > :16:27.on four homes and day centres in Corwen, Denbigh,
:16:28. > :16:38.The decision follows a three-month public consultation.
:16:39. > :16:40.The former head of Aberystwyth University has
:16:41. > :16:42.criticised its decision to open a campus in Mauritius,
:16:43. > :16:44.after just 40 students enrolled in the first two terms.
:16:45. > :16:47.Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan has described the venture as madness.
:16:48. > :16:49.But the university says the figures show a successful start
:16:50. > :16:54.to a project they hope will expand significantly.
:16:55. > :16:58.And Wales' captain Sam Warburton is expected to miss
:16:59. > :17:00.the game against England at Twickenham on Sunday
:17:01. > :17:03.He hasn't played since suffering the injury
:17:04. > :17:10.playing for Cardiff Blues against the Ospreys in April.
:17:11. > :17:17.I think this weekend will be too early for Sam.
:17:18. > :17:23.But he's taking part in parts in the rugby.
:17:24. > :17:25.He has done everything bar contact work.
:17:26. > :17:27.So, he is getting stronger, feeling much
:17:28. > :17:34.fans from Britain, around half of them without tickets,
:17:35. > :17:36.are expected to travel to France for Euro 2016.
:17:37. > :17:42.in the centre of Lens where Wales take on England next month.
:17:43. > :17:45.Although alcohol will still be allowed in the fan zone.
:17:46. > :17:47.French authorities have already told English and Welsh
:17:48. > :17:55.fans without tickets not to travel to Lens.
:17:56. > :17:58.For fans who may be travelling out to France but haven't got
:17:59. > :18:00.a ticket for this game, my suggestion would be
:18:01. > :18:03.to stay where you are, watch it in the fanzones in other
:18:04. > :18:08.For example, in Bordeaux, where a lot of Welsh
:18:09. > :18:10.fans are staying, there is a big fanzone.
:18:11. > :18:12.We'd encourage them to remain there and not travel up
:18:13. > :18:16.This year marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare.
:18:17. > :18:19.The anniversary has prompted a host of new productions of his work,
:18:20. > :18:21.including a play in Cardiff that puts Welsh school
:18:22. > :18:24.Our arts and media correspondent, Huw Thomas, has been
:18:25. > :18:36.To paraphrase William Shakespeare, though they be but little,
:18:37. > :18:42.The pupils of Rumney Primary School in Cardiff are preparing
:18:43. > :18:49.for the stage, accompanying professional actors
:18:50. > :18:51.from the Royal Shakespeare Company, as they stage
:18:52. > :18:54.This has turned a sometimes shy bunch, into actors
:18:55. > :18:56.prepared to perform in front of a big audience.
:18:57. > :19:03.It has helped me a lot with my confidence.
:19:04. > :19:07.And we have tried to act out parts of the script.
:19:08. > :19:14.I enjoyed it, doing things like this, to help me express myself
:19:15. > :19:23.This is where those new acting skills will be put to the test,
:19:24. > :19:25.alongside a professional cast, and in front of an audience
:19:26. > :19:31.What angel wakes me from my flowery...
:19:32. > :19:35.As well as professional actors from the RSC,
:19:36. > :19:36.amateur cast members from Cardiff's Everyman Theatre
:19:37. > :19:44.But, getting to perform with such a prestigious crowd was a love
:19:45. > :19:47.It has taken months of auditions and rehearsals, ahead
:19:48. > :19:54.They have worked us, they have really worked us.
:19:55. > :19:57.When you do a lot of amateur stuff, you get a little complacent.
:19:58. > :19:59.You'll get some praise and you think you know it.
:20:00. > :20:02.But then, you come here and you realise, no, you don't.
:20:03. > :20:11.On TV, too, a Welsh influence is behind this new production
:20:12. > :20:14.of A Midsummer Night's Dream which will be shown on Monday.
:20:15. > :20:17.Bringing this stellar cast together is the former Doctor Who producer
:20:18. > :20:26.It does feel part of a chain in doing this.
:20:27. > :20:28.Like a chain of Doctor Who producers.
:20:29. > :20:32.I just happen to be creating this one.
:20:33. > :20:35.A completely different version will roll along next week
:20:36. > :20:49.400 years after his death, Shakespeare lives on stage,
:20:50. > :20:52.on screen, and in the imaginations of a new generation transfixed
:20:53. > :21:06.To a Sunette on the subject of the weather.
:21:07. > :21:12.Written, not by the Bard, but by Behnaz.
:21:13. > :21:22.Temperatures reach a high of 20 imported my dog. All, in all, a
:21:23. > :21:27.lovely day. Tomorrow, cooler and cloudy conditions. Things will pick
:21:28. > :21:31.up on Thursday and towards the end of the week, and the weekend.
:21:32. > :21:39.Tonight, we have some evening sunshine. Overnight, Cloud will
:21:40. > :21:46.creep in to the north-east. Further south, a chilly night, temperatures
:21:47. > :21:53.in towns and cities, 5-9dC, in the countryside, down to four, with
:21:54. > :21:58.grass frost. The winds are light, from a north-easterly direction.
:21:59. > :22:03.Tomorrow, a weather front will bring whether -- Rain to East Anglia. It
:22:04. > :22:11.will reach us by tomorrow night. First thing, for the rush hour
:22:12. > :22:18.across the south-east, a cloudy start, temperatures, nine Celsius.
:22:19. > :22:22.Cloud in the north-east. And parts of Denbighshire. Anglesey cloudy.
:22:23. > :22:28.Parts of Gwyneth might see bright weather. Clouding over quickly.
:22:29. > :22:32.Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, some hints of bright weather for a
:22:33. > :22:39.AM but it will cloud over pretty quickly. When that front reaches the
:22:40. > :22:45.South West. A small risk of isolated showers. The bulk of the country
:22:46. > :22:50.will have a dry day, but Chile under that cloud. Temperatures up to 14
:22:51. > :22:55.Celsius, the winds are light from the north-east. A little rain
:22:56. > :23:01.reaching us late afternoon and tomorrow evening. Tomorrow night,
:23:02. > :23:07.the rain pushes into North Wales. The Mid Wales and South Wales, a dry
:23:08. > :23:12.night. Cloudy. Temperatures not dropping too much, down to eight
:23:13. > :23:18.Celsius. The winds are light and variable on Thursday morning when
:23:19. > :23:22.that weather front lingers to the north of us, being a nuisance. It
:23:23. > :23:30.will feel warmer as we go through Thursday. The risk of the odd shower
:23:31. > :23:37.across the north and west. Elsewhere, brighter, temperatures
:23:38. > :23:46.creeping up, ranging between 12-17dC. The winds are light from a
:23:47. > :23:51.westerly direction. Friday, and the weekend, more sunshine, warmer air,
:23:52. > :23:57.but the risk of some thundery downpours. At least there is some
:23:58. > :24:01.sunshine in between. Fielding -- Feeling milder by night. Those
:24:02. > :24:05.conditions continuing into the beginning of next week. A promising
:24:06. > :24:07.weekend as long as you dodge the showers.
:24:08. > :24:14.The headlines, three members of the same family have been jailed for a
:24:15. > :24:19.total of 25 years for the police have described as modern day
:24:20. > :24:23.slavery. Cardiff Crown Court heard that the victim and a second man
:24:24. > :24:28.were kept in horrific living conditions, and hunted down when
:24:29. > :24:32.they tried to escape. It is all about how they were
:24:33. > :24:39.treated, they were used as commodities, used to make money. At
:24:40. > :24:43.last, they have got justice. The First Minister Carwyn Jones is
:24:44. > :24:47.flying to Monday in India tonight to meet with Tata bosses to discuss the
:24:48. > :24:52.future of thousands of steelworkers's jobs. He told
:24:53. > :24:58.Assembly Members that a proposed management buyout of Tata steel's UK
:24:59. > :25:03.operations has not yet raised the necessary cash.
:25:04. > :25:08.I hope, tomorrow, Tata will look carefully at the bids and will
:25:09. > :25:09.certainly consider strongly the option of the management buyout,
:25:10. > :25:14.possibly linked with Liberty Steel. We broadcast an estimate during this
:25:15. > :25:16.morning's Breakfast bulletins of the potential cost
:25:17. > :25:18.of the introduction of the Welsh Language Standards,
:25:19. > :25:21.in advance of tonight's Week