:00:00. > :00:08.A four-year-old boy has died in a house fire in Pontardawe.
:00:09. > :00:10.His mother and three siblings survive.
:00:11. > :00:20.Police and the Fire Service are investigating.
:00:21. > :00:27.A lovely little boy. Always happy, smiling. Always talkative, he had
:00:28. > :00:38.everything going for him. A lovely boy.
:00:39. > :00:41.The High Court hears claims a 21-year-old woman from Swansea
:00:42. > :00:43.was taken to Saudi Arabia by her father and locked
:00:44. > :00:57.The Ambulance Service hits it's target of reaching the most
:00:58. > :00:59.life threatening calls, but the Health Secretary says
:01:00. > :01:03.And risking their lives on the railway - there's a rise
:01:04. > :01:09.in the number of young people trespassing on the track.
:01:10. > :01:13.A four-year-old boy has died in a house fire in the village
:01:14. > :01:18.Firefighters managed to rescue Jac Davies from an upstairs bedroom
:01:19. > :01:21.in the early hours of this morning, but he died at the scene.
:01:22. > :01:24.His mother and three siblings all escaped.
:01:25. > :01:26.The cause of the blaze is being investigated
:01:27. > :01:32.Our reporter, David Grundy, has the latest.
:01:33. > :01:37.All day people have been leaving tributes outside the family's home.
:01:38. > :01:40.Emergency services were called at 1:40am this morning.
:01:41. > :01:42.The children's mother, Jennifer, managed to escape
:01:43. > :01:46.with her six-year-old daughter and her 11-month-old son.
:01:47. > :01:49.But her two other boys were still inside the house.
:01:50. > :01:52.The fire broke out just after 1:30am this morning.
:01:53. > :01:55.Jennifer Davies and her three children, two boys and a girl,
:01:56. > :01:58.Neighbours using ladders had to rescue four-year-old Jac
:01:59. > :02:03.While they were taken to hospital for treatment of the effects
:02:04. > :02:10.of breathing in smoke, he sadly died already seen.
:02:11. > :02:15.Too upset to speak, Jac's mother wrote her tribute calling him her
:02:16. > :02:19.The note continues, "You're my life, my world, my everything.
:02:20. > :02:22.Go ride your train up to heaven and wait for me."
:02:23. > :02:29.Always talkative, had everything going for him.
:02:30. > :02:40.But a joint investigation by the police and Fire
:02:41. > :02:44.At this point in time, the fire investigation is ongoing.
:02:45. > :02:47.Until we get the report from the officers we
:02:48. > :02:54.But we will be a reassuring the statement as soon as we know
:02:55. > :03:01.from the investigating officers what the possible causes.
:03:02. > :03:07.It's believed the house was fitted with smoke detectors and they may
:03:08. > :03:10.have raised the alarm to help Jac's mother, sister and baby
:03:11. > :03:14.Without those alarms this tragic fire could have been even worse.
:03:15. > :03:17.The High Court has heard a 21-year-old woman from Swansea
:03:18. > :03:20.is feared to be in danger in Saudi Arabia and may, at times,
:03:21. > :03:25.He's believed to have taken Amina al-Jeffery to the city of Jeddah
:03:26. > :03:27.in the west of the country four years ago.
:03:28. > :03:36.Ben Price has been following the story for us.
:03:37. > :03:43.We know that Amina al-Jeffery is a 21-year-old woman currently around
:03:44. > :03:47.4000 miles away in Saudi Arabia. Today in the High Court in London
:03:48. > :03:51.barristers representing her said they had a fear that at times Ms
:03:52. > :03:55.al-Jeffery had been locked up against her will by her father. We
:03:56. > :04:01.also heard today that Amina al-Jeffery grew up here in Swansea.
:04:02. > :04:06.She attended a local comprehensive school where she left at the age of
:04:07. > :04:10.16. A short while ago I caught up with one of her fellow pupils, Adam
:04:11. > :04:15.Williams. This is what he had to say.
:04:16. > :04:19.She was a bubbly girl. She never kept herself to herself. She got
:04:20. > :04:25.along with people. She had plenty of mates in school. Nothing out of the
:04:26. > :04:30.ordinary, just a normal teenage girl. As far as parting ways at the
:04:31. > :04:36.end of school, that was the normal thing. To find out today everything
:04:37. > :04:42.that has gone on since we've left school is... You know, gobsmacking.
:04:43. > :04:47.I had to double-check that it was the same person.
:04:48. > :04:52.Then, does the job have -- judge have any powers to bring Amina back
:04:53. > :04:56.to Wales? The court heard that your's father had objected in the
:04:57. > :05:00.past to her returning to the UK. But the judge said he would have to
:05:01. > :05:04.consider very carefully what borders he can actually make relating to
:05:05. > :05:09.someone with a dual citizenship in a foreign country. He said the right
:05:10. > :05:13.thing to do would be for him to order her to go to the British
:05:14. > :05:16.Consulate. In the past hour we have had a statement from the Foreign
:05:17. > :05:21.Office which says they are providing assistance to a woman in Saudi
:05:22. > :05:25.Arabia which includes her visiting and speaking to her lawyers in the
:05:26. > :05:30.UK as part of an ongoing legal process. It's been described as an
:05:31. > :05:34.important and difficult case and it is expected to continue in the High
:05:35. > :05:36.Court tomorrow. Thanks for the update, Ben.
:05:37. > :05:38.The Ambulance Service in Wales has turned a corner
:05:39. > :05:40.and is "getting better", but continues to face big challenges
:05:41. > :05:43.That's according to Health Minister, Vaughan Gething.
:05:44. > :05:45.The latest figures for June show the service responded
:05:46. > :05:48.within eight minutes to over 77% of life-threatening 999 calls -
:05:49. > :05:51.its best performance since new targets were
:05:52. > :05:58.Our Health Correspondent, Owain Clarke, has more.
:05:59. > :06:01.His years of experience means paramedic Mr Roberts knows
:06:02. > :06:06.And that helps when a call like this comes in.
:06:07. > :06:15.I've joined him in a rapid response car that can easily weave in and out
:06:16. > :06:22.Tom, a former aircraft engineer, has fallen.
:06:23. > :06:24.Right, are you more comfortable now that
:06:25. > :06:31.She was worried he'd knocked his head.
:06:32. > :06:34.After the checks, all agree Tom doesn't need to go to hospital.
:06:35. > :06:37.I didn't call for back-up, so the emergency ambulance that
:06:38. > :06:40.might have come is now at a higher priority call.
:06:41. > :06:43.But had this happened last year, an ambulance or even several may
:06:44. > :06:46.well have been sent in an effort to arrive within eight minutes.
:06:47. > :06:48.But now that target's been scrapped for all but immediately
:06:49. > :06:55.The Ambulance Service Director of Operations explains why.
:06:56. > :06:58.We could have invested tens of millions of pounds in hitting
:06:59. > :07:03.But it wouldn't have made any difference to patients
:07:04. > :07:06.because we know that around 20% of our previous red patients weren't
:07:07. > :07:11.Our system previously categorised calls as potentially
:07:12. > :07:13.life-threatening and that was a very vague term.
:07:14. > :07:17.Since the new system came into force in October, far fewer 999 calls have
:07:18. > :07:21.been classified as needing an eight minute response.
:07:22. > :07:23.In June last year under the old system, the target applied
:07:24. > :07:29.In June this year it was for just over 1,500 incidents.
:07:30. > :07:33.For all other calls the Ambulance Service is given more
:07:34. > :07:39.The smaller number of calls that you have to get
:07:40. > :07:42.to within eight minutes, theoretically, the easier
:07:43. > :07:48.However, it's really, really important that we do get
:07:49. > :07:54.What we've been able to demonstrate it we can get to a lot more
:07:55. > :07:57.of the calls for those people that have immediately life-threatening
:07:58. > :07:59.conditions than we were ever able to before.
:08:00. > :08:02.Critics have previously described all of this
:08:03. > :08:04.as a dangerous experiment - an attempt by the Welsh Government
:08:05. > :08:09.But supporters claim the new system gives far more information
:08:10. > :08:13.not just about speed, but also about quality of care.
:08:14. > :08:17.For example, between January and March ambulance crews spent
:08:18. > :08:19.22,000 hours stuck outside A departments waiting
:08:20. > :08:24.And there are differences across the country in how many 999
:08:25. > :08:26.calls end up with patients being treated in hospital.
:08:27. > :08:29.But, overall, the Health Secretary argues that the Ambulance Service,
:08:30. > :08:32.so often in the news for the wrong reasons, is now firmly
:08:33. > :08:39.I'm really encouraged by the fact there's been
:08:40. > :08:41.lots of honesty in the data about what the Ambulance Service
:08:42. > :08:44.does well and what it doesn't do so well.
:08:45. > :08:47.And also to see quality and improvement acting
:08:48. > :08:52.Not just to say, "Here challenges, don't blame us."
:08:53. > :08:55.But, "Here are challenges and this is what we will do about them."
:08:56. > :08:58.Back the rapid response, we hear a child has been injured
:08:59. > :09:02.This is an eight minute call and we pull out
:09:03. > :09:06.But before we arrive it turns out to be a false alarm.
:09:07. > :09:10.For some emergencies, speed is critical.
:09:11. > :09:16.But according to this paramedic, the trick is to know when.
:09:17. > :09:19.The cost of covering overtime payments for consultants at Welsh
:09:20. > :09:22.hospitals has gone up by over 60% in the last three years.
:09:23. > :09:25.An investigation by the BBC, shows that the total bill went
:09:26. > :09:29.from more than ?5 million in 2013-14 to more than ?8 million
:09:30. > :09:34.The Welsh Government says it's working to recruit more
:09:35. > :09:41.consultants, and is addressing specialist shortages.
:09:42. > :09:43.It's a large amount of money, let's be honest about this.
:09:44. > :09:46.But what these figures do reflect is the lack of consultants able
:09:47. > :09:53.We know, for instance, that in May 2016 just gone,
:09:54. > :09:59.the demand for new referrals to outpatients and clinics has gone
:10:00. > :10:04.up by about 4% compared to just one year ago.
:10:05. > :10:06.BBC Wales understands that the Welsh Government has been
:10:07. > :10:09.in talks to buy one of the most high-profile former industrial sites
:10:10. > :10:12.in the south Wales valleys - the old Hoover factory
:10:13. > :10:25.More from our Poltiical Editor, Nick Servini.
:10:26. > :10:32.You are invited to visit the Hoover television home. The new Hoover
:10:33. > :10:38.washing machine just out, it heats the water, too. It's part of the
:10:39. > :10:42.industrial history of Britain. At its peak, 5000 people made washing
:10:43. > :10:45.machine that the Hoover factory in Merthyr Tydfil. Production began
:10:46. > :10:50.soon after the end of the Second World War. But in one of the most
:10:51. > :10:54.symbolic closures of the recession six years ago, it came to an end
:10:55. > :10:59.with the loss of more than 300 jobs. Hoover still has a warehouse here.
:11:00. > :11:04.But most of this enormous site now stands empty. The Welsh government
:11:05. > :11:07.and company are giving little away, but I understand no price has been
:11:08. > :11:13.agreed yet. It's unclear what it would be used for, but there's the
:11:14. > :11:17.potential and the space new housing, offices and factories. The council
:11:18. > :11:22.has even spoken of linking it with a new Metro transport scheme. Phil is
:11:23. > :11:28.a prominent local businessman and like many in the town started his
:11:29. > :11:31.working life as a hoover apprentice. Everybody can see that it's falling
:11:32. > :11:34.apart and it would be nice to have some vision of what's going to
:11:35. > :11:39.happen here and to put something back that young people can look
:11:40. > :11:42.forward to some employment. We're gearing up to leave the European
:11:43. > :11:47.Union. This is a part of the UK that's received more by way of EU
:11:48. > :11:51.funds and just about anywhere else. So there will be pressure on the
:11:52. > :11:56.Welsh government to get as much bang for its part as possible in relation
:11:57. > :12:01.to economic development. And this would be a big-ticket purchase. Post
:12:02. > :12:05.Brexit there is a lot less certainty about funding and the availability
:12:06. > :12:08.of funding. The Welsh government have got to take a strategic
:12:09. > :12:13.approach to economic development making sure that projects they
:12:14. > :12:16.invest in don't happen in isolation but are actually planned to be
:12:17. > :12:20.integrated to get as much out of that development as they possibly
:12:21. > :12:25.can. The Welsh government has a track record of buying assets from
:12:26. > :12:30.its headline grabbing purchase of Cardiff Airport, to land for city
:12:31. > :12:35.centre office blocks, two former industrial units. All have had
:12:36. > :12:39.various degrees of success. At the same rationale, to stimulate private
:12:40. > :12:43.sector interest. Merthyr Tydfil will be no exception. The history of
:12:44. > :12:46.Hoover in the town is well-documented. The question is
:12:47. > :12:49.what kind of future lies ahead for this famous old site.
:12:50. > :12:53.We're at the Newport gym that's bred a long line of boxing stars,
:12:54. > :12:56.including Joe Cordina who tells us he's hoping for Olympic Gold.
:12:57. > :12:59.And we'll take a look at the 2,000-year-old Iron Age
:13:00. > :13:07.farmstead that's been rebuilt at the National History Museum.
:13:08. > :13:10.The number of young people trespassing on the railways in Wales
:13:11. > :13:12.has increased by almost 20% over the past year according
:13:13. > :13:19.They say the problem is at its worst in the summer months when days
:13:20. > :13:20.are longer and children are off school.
:13:21. > :13:27.These shocking pictures reveal a number of close calls for people
:13:28. > :13:31.trespassing on the tracks, including the following
:13:32. > :13:41.They were lucky - Victoria Swift wasn't.
:13:42. > :13:43.The 14-year-old from Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham,
:13:44. > :13:47.died after being hit by a train near a pedestrian rail crossing
:13:48. > :13:51.Her family can't understand why anyone would risk their
:13:52. > :13:56.When we lost Victoria it took a long, long time to just...
:13:57. > :13:59.Well, I wouldn't even say we still normal today.
:14:00. > :14:03.Still today we have days where we wonder why.
:14:04. > :14:07.You see her friends having babies, getting married.
:14:08. > :14:09.We just think what would she be doing now?
:14:10. > :14:11.And all because she went on a railway track.
:14:12. > :14:16.If she'd have just not on there should still be here.
:14:17. > :14:29.-- if she'd have just not gone there, she would still be here.
:14:30. > :14:31."Do we really want to put my family through that?"
:14:32. > :14:33.Victoria Swift died in 2007, but it wasn't until last
:14:34. > :14:35.year that this crossing was finally closed.
:14:36. > :14:37.This will protect young people living in this area,
:14:38. > :14:40.but there are fears the message isn't getting across everywhere.
:14:41. > :14:42.British Transport Police say there's been a 19% rise in trespass
:14:43. > :14:45.incidents in the summer months with longer days and warmer
:14:46. > :14:48.There were 128 reported cases of trespass last summer
:14:49. > :14:51.in Wales alone, 20 more than the previous year.
:14:52. > :14:53.Make sure that your child knows the dangers of going
:14:54. > :14:58.That they understand the dangers of going onto railway tracks.
:14:59. > :15:00.And if, for example, they're playing nearby
:15:01. > :15:03.and a football went on to the lines by accident, would they know
:15:04. > :15:09.Would they go running on the tracks to retrieve their football,
:15:10. > :15:11.or would they know to stand back and to contact British
:15:12. > :15:15.Most of those caught on the railways tell police
:15:16. > :15:18.But as many families are painfully aware,
:15:19. > :15:26.The team behind the management buy-out of Tata Steel's UK
:15:27. > :15:28.operation, which includes the Port Talbot works,
:15:29. > :15:31.have confirmed they're continuing with their bid for the company.
:15:32. > :15:33.That's despite Tata confirming earlier this month
:15:34. > :15:36.Our Business Correspondent, Brian Meechan, is here.
:15:37. > :15:51.We were going through the process with Tata watching them, selling up
:15:52. > :15:55.their UK operation including Port Talbot and the Welsh site. Suddenly
:15:56. > :16:00.they said they were in merger talks with a German steel-maker. And those
:16:01. > :16:02.bits that have been there were suddenly parked and they weren't
:16:03. > :16:07.going to look at them because they were quite disappointed with those
:16:08. > :16:11.level of beard. Now we have heard from Excalibur that it will continue
:16:12. > :16:17.with the bidding process, led by Stuart Wilkie, a very senior figure
:16:18. > :16:22.who runs Port Talbot for Tata. He is on paid leave to be the head of
:16:23. > :16:27.Excalibur, the management buyout team. If this was a done deal with
:16:28. > :16:31.the German steel-maker is, as many people thought it was, and you would
:16:32. > :16:38.have expected potentially for them to retail Stuart Wilkie if this bid
:16:39. > :16:40.was over. -- for them to recall Stuart Wilkie. I think it is now
:16:41. > :16:43.potentially back on the table. The Welsh Government may have
:16:44. > :16:45.to force councils into providing better facilities for Gypsies
:16:46. > :16:47.and Travellers because That's according to a charity
:16:48. > :16:50.who has represented them It's a view that's been marred in
:16:51. > :16:57.recent days by this... Controversial camping
:16:58. > :16:58.without permission. This group has moved
:16:59. > :17:01.from Gower to the border The roadblock, though,
:17:02. > :17:05.is symbolic of the message of opposition facing any sort
:17:06. > :17:08.of gypsy site in this area. 1984, and opponents of a permanent
:17:09. > :17:10.gypsy site in Swansea also This week an unauthorised camp
:17:11. > :17:14.near Newport has resulted in legal But is there a better
:17:15. > :17:23.solution to this issue? Bethan works for a charity which has
:17:24. > :17:28.represented gypsies and travellers She says there simply isn't enough
:17:29. > :17:32.permanent sites for the population, and there aren't any transit sites
:17:33. > :17:34.where families can stay for up to three months -
:17:35. > :17:40.apart from when the Royal Local authority should develop sites
:17:41. > :17:49.where there is an identified need. I think that is the stick that
:17:50. > :17:53.will have to be used. There is funding there
:17:54. > :17:54.to develop new sites. As of this afternoon the caravans
:17:55. > :18:01.are still parked outside the velodrome here in Newport
:18:02. > :18:04.on private land. The body that represents local
:18:05. > :18:09.councils in Wales says that local authorities will continue to work
:18:10. > :18:12.with gypsy and traveller households to provide appropriate sites
:18:13. > :18:14.for them to live - where possible. The question some are asking,
:18:15. > :18:18.though, is whether the political world amongst elected politicians
:18:19. > :18:20.both here and elsewhere in Wales will provide the kind of provision
:18:21. > :18:24.the gypsy and traveller communities, that some suggest might reduce
:18:25. > :18:28.the number of unauthorised encampments that we've
:18:29. > :18:38.seen him recently. To the Olympics now,
:18:39. > :18:40.and there's little over a week to go until they begin
:18:41. > :18:43.and Welsh boxer Joe Cordina has said he's good enough
:18:44. > :18:45.to win gold at the Games. His gym, St Joseph's in Newport,
:18:46. > :18:48.certainly has the right pedigree, They say people are a product
:18:49. > :19:01.of their environment. And if the environment
:19:02. > :19:03.is St Joseph's Gym, there's a fair chance you're
:19:04. > :19:05.going to be an Olympian, like Cardiff lightweight
:19:06. > :19:10.Joe Cordina. I've been dreaming
:19:11. > :19:11.about it, picturing it. Finding out I'm going to be
:19:12. > :19:14.in the final Olympic Games, That's where all these tournaments
:19:15. > :19:19.have built to. I believe I'm going to go home
:19:20. > :19:24.with a gold medal. COMMENTATOR: Centre ring,
:19:25. > :19:27.David Joyce on the canvas... The bout that led to
:19:28. > :19:29.qualification for the Rio games. Sweet retribution -
:19:30. > :19:33.beating David Joyce, a man who blocked his
:19:34. > :19:36.route to London 2012. Only complete dedication,
:19:37. > :19:42.self-sacrifice and And if there's ever any doubt
:19:43. > :19:48.where that gets you, you only have to look
:19:49. > :19:53.at the portraits on the wall. These sons of St Joe's
:19:54. > :19:57.learned their craft in Newport, They honed it at Olympic
:19:58. > :20:03.camps like this. Both competed at the London games,
:20:04. > :20:06.with Evans producing a silver medal To make a championship boxer you've
:20:07. > :20:13.got to have certain attributes. Whether it's skill or footwork,
:20:14. > :20:16.speed or ability to land a punch or take a punch, as well as
:20:17. > :20:18.commitment and dedication. He's got all the ingredients needed
:20:19. > :20:26.to be a champion boxer. Cordina knows what it's like to win
:20:27. > :20:28.the hard way. This bruising encounter in Bulgaria
:20:29. > :20:33.saw him take the European amateur And if you want to know how much
:20:34. > :20:39.the sport means to him, ask his daughter in
:20:40. > :20:43.a few years, Sofia. Named after the city
:20:44. > :20:45.in which he won the title. I hear Rio is also
:20:46. > :20:51.fashionable these days! Derek's here, and we saw
:20:52. > :21:05.an improvement today. I wish. It is all change again on
:21:06. > :21:09.the weather front. The farmers could do with a long, dry spell of weather
:21:10. > :21:13.for haymaking, but our weather remains changeable thanks to the jet
:21:14. > :21:17.stream. Tomorrow it'll be right over Wales with low pressure bringing
:21:18. > :21:20.more rain and showers. At the moment though it's nice and dry with broken
:21:21. > :21:30.cloud and sunshine in the Brecon Beacons today. Sunshine and blue sky
:21:31. > :21:35.in the Wye Valley with a high of 23 Celsius in Usk. A fine evening
:21:36. > :21:40.ahead. Dry overnight. Later, Cloud will increase. A few spots of rain
:21:41. > :21:45.in the far north and west towards dawn. Here is the picture at 8am. At
:21:46. > :21:50.this stage, Wrexham and the far south-east of Wales are still dry,
:21:51. > :21:54.but it won't last. Elsewhere looking cloudy and damp. Outbreaks of rain
:21:55. > :22:01.and drizzle. The cloud will be lower with mist and hill fog. Quite murky
:22:02. > :22:05.for a while. Breezy on the coast. During the day the rain will
:22:06. > :22:09.continue to spread eastwards. Through the afternoon, it will start
:22:10. > :22:14.to turn drier and brighter. The sun breaking through. A sprinkling of
:22:15. > :22:21.showers. It will feel muggy tomorrow and breezy on the south and west
:22:22. > :22:25.coast. Highs of 19 Celsius. Up to 21 Celsius in Monmouthshire. In
:22:26. > :22:31.Denbighshire, a little rain. It should turn drier and brighter in
:22:32. > :22:35.the afternoon. Further south in Caerphilly, a little rain. Brighter
:22:36. > :22:42.in the afternoon. Highs of 19 Celsius. In the afternoon, tomorrow,
:22:43. > :22:47.dry and bright weather. Showers in places. Later in the night, more in
:22:48. > :22:53.the way of rain and drizzle as expected. They never murky night
:22:54. > :22:58.with lows 15-16dC. -- another murky night. Friday morning does not look
:22:59. > :23:03.great, but any drizzle and murkiness will drift away and it will become
:23:04. > :23:07.dry and brighter with sunshine on the north coast. It will become
:23:08. > :23:11.fresher. Into the weekend, the wind will turn more into the West or
:23:12. > :23:17.north West bringing cooler, fresh air our way from the North Atlantic.
:23:18. > :23:21.On Saturday, a mix of cloud and sunny spells. A few showers will
:23:22. > :23:25.brew up. Otherwise a lot of dry weather. Temperature is not that
:23:26. > :23:30.high. But feeling pleasantly warm with a light breeze. A similar story
:23:31. > :23:32.on Sunday, too. You may catch a shower, but a lot of places will be
:23:33. > :23:36.dry. It's taken five years to build using
:23:37. > :23:40.a team of 1,500 workers. And, today, an Iron Age farmstead
:23:41. > :23:43.was officially unveiled at the National History Museum
:23:44. > :23:46.at St Fagans. The thatched roundhouses originally
:23:47. > :23:50.stood on Anglesey 2,000 years ago, and could once have housed a tribal
:23:51. > :23:53.chieftan and his family. Carwyn Jones is there
:23:54. > :24:08.for us tonight. Anyone who's ever visited this
:24:09. > :24:12.museum will know the wood --. What staff do here is relocated historic
:24:13. > :24:17.buildings all across Wales and place them on this site. There is a wealth
:24:18. > :24:20.of industrial heritage, terraced houses, a Victorian shop. But this
:24:21. > :24:22.building unveiled earlier today takes us right back to our ancient
:24:23. > :24:23.past. Five years ago staff at St Fagans
:24:24. > :24:26.began work on their most ambitious It was something no-one else
:24:27. > :24:30.in the UK had ever attempted - a complete reconsruction
:24:31. > :24:32.of an Iron Age farmstead, of a type uniquely found
:24:33. > :24:35.in North West Wales 2,000 years ago. Today, that farmstead, Bryn Eryr,
:24:36. > :24:37.was finally unveiled It's thatched roundhouses,
:24:38. > :24:48.complete with conical rooves, represent the typical home
:24:49. > :24:51.of an iron age farming household. Inside, it's deceptively spacious
:24:52. > :24:53.and that provides a clue as to who might of lived
:24:54. > :25:06.here in around 47 AD. It would have been quite an
:25:07. > :25:10.important family. Very powerful. It still would have been a fairly hard
:25:11. > :25:14.existence for the people. They would have focused mainly on what they
:25:15. > :25:17.could grow and breed on the farm, that they would have traded with
:25:18. > :25:18.other tribes, possibly even overseas.
:25:19. > :25:21.This farmstead is something of a departure for St Fagans.
:25:22. > :25:23.Experts didn't really know what the original buildings looked
:25:24. > :25:25.like, so they employed a method called experimental archaeology -
:25:26. > :25:27.recreating the past using modern research but traditional
:25:28. > :25:41.The original inhabitants of this farm said would have used spelt, an
:25:42. > :25:45.early type of wheat to thatched roofs. When it came to
:25:46. > :25:51.reconstructing, archaeologists grew their own spelt. About five football
:25:52. > :25:55.pitches on fields just behind the museum. -- five football pitches
:25:56. > :25:56.worth. Elsewhere, they used timber
:25:57. > :25:59.from the surrounding trees and clay And that material proved
:26:00. > :26:08.the biggest challenge of all. Most Iron Age round houses have a
:26:09. > :26:15.very thin wooden Wattel walls to them. These walls are about 1.5
:26:16. > :26:18.metres thick and made of clay. There were a lot of challenges about how
:26:19. > :26:23.to make the structure stable and also how to put on a roof that would
:26:24. > :26:26.stay in place. This Iron Age farmstead is a milestone for St
:26:27. > :26:31.Fagans. It is the first building to be opened as part of the ?25 million
:26:32. > :26:34.project to redevelop the museum, opening up more of our past to
:26:35. > :26:40.visitors and bringing history to life.
:26:41. > :26:44.And there's plenty more where that came from because just a few hundred
:26:45. > :26:49.yards away from here they're rebuilding a 13th century Royal
:26:50. > :26:54.court but was originally built for a prince. That is due to open in 2018.
:26:55. > :26:55.Everywhere you look at this museum there really is history in the
:26:56. > :27:04.making. A reminder of our top story tonight.
:27:05. > :27:10.An investigation is underway after a four-year-old boy died in a house
:27:11. > :27:13.fire. Firefighters managed to rescue Jack Davies from an upstairs bedroom
:27:14. > :27:19.in the early hours of this morning, but he died at the scene. His mother
:27:20. > :27:24.and three siblings all escaped. Economic growth across the UK sped
:27:25. > :27:29.up a head of the vote to leave the EU. Official figures show an
:27:30. > :27:31.increase of 0.6% in the three months to the end of June.
:27:32. > :27:34.I'll be back with a quick update at 8:00, and a full round up
:27:35. > :27:39.That's Wales Today - from everyone on the team,