02/06/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Our top stories: 30,000 people here, like Janet Lloyd, have

A call for more research amid claims Wales has

Police investigate a three day illegal rave held

Locals call for action to ensure more aren't held.

And how cutting edge science is being used to create

a possible rival to Bodnant Gardens' Laburnum Arch.

Wales has the highest prevalence of heart failure in the UK,

The British Heart Foundation says more than 30,000 people here have

been diagnosed, and nearly a third of patients admitted to hospital

The charity says more research is urgently needed.

Heart failure is most commonly caused by a heart attack

which causes irreparable damage and if patients survive

they can often find everyday things extremely tiring.

More than half a million people across Britain have been

Here in Wales 30,000 have been diagnosed,

the highest percentage the size of population.

The figures that have been published today show that we have got 30,000

people living with heart failure in Wales and unfortunately Wales has

the highest rates of heart failure in the UK.

It is quite concerning for the health service, for us

as a charity and it is certainly concerning for families and those

Janet Lloyd from Swansea had a triple bypass 20 years ago but now

one of the valves isn't working properly again.

She can no longer tend to her garden and gets breathless doing

It is constant gasping for breath, particularly going up.

There is no cure for heart failure and the only hope for those

with severe heart failure is a transplant.

But the British Heart Foundation says more research is needed.

We certainly need to find out what causes heart failure,

Until we get the research done there will never be a cure for it.

Then people will just be living their lives slowly or in some

To combat that here in Wales the charity is funding a team

of researchers at Cardiff University to investigate defects in heart

muscle cells that can lead to abnormal heart rhythms.

In the last year the British Heart Foundation have invested just over

?2 million in our group with the aim of understanding why these abnormal

heart rhythms develop and ultimately to find a cure for those.

Do you think finding a cure will be possible

Certainly there has been a lot of progress over the last few years.

One of our particular focuses is trying to develop a drug that

could be given to people with abnormal rhythms

The problem with that is that it will take up to five

That drug could be too far in the future for Janet Lloyd,

but if successful could benefit generations to come and ultimately

rid Wales of its record as heart disease capital of the UK.

Police are investigating after around 2,000 people turned up

for a three-day illegal rave in Ceredigion over

Officers were called to the remote location near Llanddewi Brefi

late on Saturday night, but decided not to break up

the event due to the large number of people there.

Local people have called for action to ensure more raves are not held.

It's the perfect spot for a family day out.

This forestry land is popular with dog walkers, cyclists and those

who come to enjoy the lake, but over the bank holiday weekend

Around 2,000 people descended en masse for a three day illegal rave

with last minute texts and e-mails relaying the secret location.

Police say they made a number of drug arrests, but did not

break it up because of the sheer numbers involved.

The rave was at this beautiful and remote location

but there were complaints about the noise from the other

Scattered about are signs of the mess left behind,

but rubbish was not a big problem one visitor told me,

given the obvious attempt to clear up and leave it bagged

think they had become Ian is here are quite benign. They respect the

countryside the same as other people do.

Isolated as it is, it seems illegal raves have been making a comeback

In the nearby village of Llandewi Brefi, I was told this

There has been quite a few here in the last two or three years. They

might be one or two a year. Is it a worry? As long as it's quiet and the

same as it has been, there is no problem. They can do whatever they

want a player as long as they keep us happy down here.

Others strongly disagree, not least because the site has no

toilets or running water and they want more action

now to prevent raves from happening in the future.

An investigation's under way at a Swansea hospital after two

patients experienced "unexplained" low blood sugar.

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board said additional security measures

have been put in place at Singleton Hospital as a

The two patients have made a full recovery and have

No other patients are thought to have been affected.

Workers at one of the UK's biggest food manufacturers have begun a two

day strike over changes to terms and conditions.

A union at R.F. Brookes, near Newport,

to cut shift allowances for more than 100 workers,

so it can afford to pay everyone the new so-called "living wage".

The 2 Sisters food group, which owns the site,

says it's "misleading" to link the new pay deal

BBC Wales understands there are serious concerns tonight

for hundreds of customers who have booked coach trips with

a Pembrokeshire based company, which intends

Silcox Coaches has bases in Pembroke Dock and Tenby.

Around 100 jobs, including drivers and office roles, are also at risk.

Big Wales football fan Liam Williams was looking forward

The anniversary of the Queen's coronation was marked

A royal gun salute was fired at noon outside City Hall and military bands

played to celebrate 63 years since Britain's longest reigning

At Bodnant Garden in the Conwy valley, thousands of visitors have

arrived this week to see its famous Labernam Arch in full flower.

But could it soon have a rival and one produced using

No matter how many times you see it, Bodnant's Labernam Arch

It's little wonder then that visitors come here

from across the world at this time of year.

An artist's impression of what National Trust gardeners say

You'll have tall rhododendrons with cinnamon smooth bark

The Penjerrick Walk's under construction.

You have to be able to look into the future and I am convinced

this is going to be another Labernam Arch here at bottom

and garden and will have people doing the walk we have

done just to see this and be wowed by it.

Well, Penjerrick rhododendrons are extremely rare.

These have been micro-propagated in a lab.

The test tube babies of the plant world.

It's all part of a programme to transform Bodnant.

Five years ago there were 25 acres of garden.

We are trying to provide a mixture of blends so people can see

But we're doing things also that take longer and when they do take

longer we let them know and hopefully take them with us

so they can see it year-on-year changing and developing

The new Penjerrick Walk will take years to develop, decades perhaps.

At Bodnant they insist the wait will be worth it.

Let's return now to that story from earlier. There are concerns the

night for hundreds of customers who have booked trips with a coach

company which is expected to go into administration.

Big Wales football fan Liam Williams was looking forward

After being one of the lucky ones to get his hands on a pair

of tickets to the Wales England match at the upcoming

European Championship he booked a coach trip package

Or at least, that is what he thought.

But since hearing the company he had booked with, Silcox Coaches,

intends to file for administration he is now worried he won't make it

I probably won't see this happen again in my lifetime.

Wales against England in a European Championship.

It is not great with the uncertainty but hopefully we'll have some good

news with regards to a replacement company, but at the moment there has

not been much communication with the company at all.

As well as worried customers, Silcox coach drivers stood around

The company has been operating in Pembrokeshire since the 1930s

and currently employs around 100 staff.

But over the bank holiday weekend it came to light the company may soon

This is Silcox's main yard here in Pembroke Dock and as you can

see behind me a number of coaches are parked up.

Earlier on today more than half a dozen blue Edwards coaches turned

up here as the company prepares to take responsibility

for school transport routes across South Pembrokeshire

With around 2,000 children in the county who rely

on buses to get to school, the council says it has had

to act quickly over half term to find a solution.

We are fortunate that with our own team and some

of the teams from both Edwards Coaches and the other

operators in the area, they have pulled together very well

in helping us to make sure we have service continuity for next Monday.

There has been no official comment from Silcox Coaches yet,

but the Confederation of Passenger transport UK says it wants

to reassure customers that it's carrying out a full review

of the company's situation and will give an update on Monday.

So for people like Liam the wait continues, but it's hoped this

won't be the end of the road for this football fan's dream.

Time to find out if there's more sunshine on the way tomorrow.

Wales is definitely the place to be at the moment. The whole country

that skiing in sunshine today and more sunshine to come tomorrow.

Tonight the skies remain clear so it will turn quite cool. Tomorrow

morning try again and sunny the most diverse but some cloud likely in the

far south-east. Further west, plenty of sunshine.

Note that -- lovely in Northern Ireland and sunshine for the South

of Scotland and North West of England. Temperatures up to a warm

18 Celsius in Belfast but much cooler on the East close, only 13

Celsius in Skegness. A fine afternoon in Wales tomorrow. A few

fair weather clouds and plenty more sunshine and pleasantly warm. The

pollen count is on the rise. Tomorrow night a bit of a change.

Cloud will spread westwards bringing spots of rain with it and also some

missed until fog but staying dry in the south-west. Saturday not quite

so nice. Some missed but that will lift and a few showers breaking out

and they could turn heavy in places with thunder. Sunday will be the

better Dave most of us. Drier and sunnier. Warm as well. A few

thundery showers breaking out during the afternoon. It looks like there

is more warm weather to come next week with the risk of a few heavy

showers. That is all from me. Good night.

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