28/09/2016 BBC Wales Today

better day, Dreyer, with some sunshine in the offing. -- dryer.

Our top stories- Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons

were stabbed to death on Cardiff's Queen Street

A 20-year-old man is questioned on suspicion of their murder.

Much of Queen Street was closed for seven hours as police probe

the death of the young couple who'd worked together

Also tonight, the Welsh Government's new Brexit team take their seats,

but some are asking why there's only one Leave campaigner on the panel?

There's a warning tonight that harmful emissions could be trapped

for days in the Sirhowy Valley if a planned waste site is approved.

And we'll have the latest on claims the former Libyan dictator,

Colonel Gaddafi, gave Plaid Cymru ?25,000 pounds in the 1970s,

In tonight's sport: Allegations Cardiff City

investigated unauthorised payments in a transfer deal involving

the former England manager Sam Allardyce.

A double-murder investigation is underway tonight after the bodies

of two people were found on one of the main streets

The victims, who are believed to have been stabbed,

have been named as 21-year-old Zoe Morgan and her boyfriend

A man, who was known to the couple, has been arrested

Let's go live to Queen Street now and our reporter Nick Palit.

Thanks. It's quieter here tonight and an area of normality has

returned. Just after 6am emergency services cordoned off this whole

Emergency services were called to the centre of Cardiff just before

6am this morning after reports of two bodies outside

Police later confirmed they were investigating the deaths

of a 33-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman.

It's believed they were both stabbed.

Police have named the victims as Lee Simmons from the Grangetown

area of Cardiff and Zoe Morgan from Llandaff North.

They both worked at the Matalan store and had been in

Zoe had just finished a fashion course at the University

of South Wales, and was a former pupil of Whitchurch high school.

Really, a year group with an excellent reputation,

not just in the classroom but for being good citizens.

That's what you always want as a teacher.

You want them to go on and do great things and we have no doubt

that she was going to go on to do great things.

After the incident police cordons were quickly set up and scenes

of crime officers combed the usually busy shopping street for evidence

Their attention focused outside Matalan.

The area is ringed with CCTV cameras which may have

Just after 9am this morning police confirmed they'd

arrested a 20-year-old man at Castleton near Newport.

He is currently being questioned at Cardiff Bay police station.

Throughout the day police have been searching a property in Castleton

where the man was arrested less than one hour the incident.

They say it doesn't appear to have been a random assault and believe

this aspect was known to the victims.

They say they are not looking for anyone else in connection

Back in the city centre this busiest streets was partially closed

along with many shops, for most of morning.

This coffee bar which fronts Queen Street was one of the few

businesses that was allowed to stay open.

But there were few customers and staff were naturally shocked

When we came in at about five to six we didn't know anything

was going on and then when we put the furniture out about 6:30am,

it was all cordened off up there, and there were blue lights

The incident caused chaos in the city centre with many shop

workers sent home and shop deliveries unable to get through.

Well, you could see the blood on Queen Street.

Obviously, Queen Street being closed is going to put a huge

dampner on things today, but at the end of the day

the priority is now to find out what happened.

Tonight there are floral tributes to the dead couple outside the store

where they'd worked together for just a few short months.

The police investigation is continuing.

The Police are currently awaiting the results of a post mortem

examination and an incident room has been set up

at Cardiff Central Police Station lead by the Major

They're seeking to re-assure the public and say they're keen

to dispel speculation that this tragic incident had any

links with terrorism, or the homeless community.

The Conservatives have criticised a Welsh Government Brexit group

for having only one confirmed Leave campaigner.

The 20-member committee, which will advise first minister

Carwyn Jones on leaving the EU, began work today.

Our political correspondent Daniel Davies is in the Senedd for us.

Dan, the Tories say this group doesn't match Carwyn Jones's

rhetoric? They see he's relying too heavily on his own party with five

Labour politicians on the group including Lord Kinnock the former

leader. The Tories say Mr Jones is relying on people who agreed with

him. There's only one member of this

committee, that is Ukip politician Nathan Gill who campaigned for a

lean forward in the referendum. Most of the other 19 members either

campaigned for remain or are linked to groups that wanted to remain in

the EU in some way. The Welsh government says politics has got

nothing to do with this, neither has the stance people took in the

referendum. They invited people to join because of their expertise so

we've got a committee of business leaders, union representatives and

heads of universities. People with experience working in the EU who can

guide policy. Frankly that isn't going to wash with Andrew RT Davies.

I wish the committee well but I think that Carwyn Jones has missed

the opportunity to have a genuinely cross-party committee that will work

in the best interests of Wales. It's stacked for a lot of Labour luvvies.

Quite what Neil Kinnock will bring to this committee I don't know.

Meanwhile, Carwyn Jones has made an interesting appointment to another

committee? Yes, a lot of debate at Labour's Arnold conference in

Liverpool this week about how Wales should be represented on the Labour

Party's ruling national executive. That's been put into Carwyn Jones is

hands on this afternoon after Jeremy Corbyn finished his big speech

Carwyn Jones announced that he'd appointed a minister, Alun Davies,

to sit on the committee. An interesting appointment because

last year Alun Davies described Jeremy Corbyn as an absolute

electoral disaster. This has been seen as a flash point in the battle

for control over the Labour Party. The left where one is about people

being elevated who could weaken Jeremy Corbyn's control of the

party, they wanted to see elections to these posts and didn't get what

they wanted. Instead they've got Alun Davies who recently said that

Mr Corbyn was long on rhetoric and short on action.

A body has been recovered in the search for a kayaker who's

believed to have got into difficulty in a river near

The man was reported missing yesterday afternoon,

after taking to the water at the Aberglaslyn Pass.

His family is being supported by North Wales Police.

Multiple agencies sprang into action following the call that

Divers from the police regional underwater team joined various

members of the emergency services to search the river Glaslyn

which cuts through a deep valley near Beddgelert.

It was dark by the time the body was found last night

and the decision was made to postpone the recovery operation.

A number of volunteer agencies have been supporting our colleagues since

yesterday afternoon. We brought in some specialist resources. Due to

the conditions of the river and the time and light it wasn't safe to put

officers and volunteers into the river. Contingencies were put in

place this morning and resulted in the body being found.

When activity resumed at around 9am this morning there was a sombre

atmosphere as volunteers carried out their grim work hampered

It was a slow process. Police, fire and mountain rescue teams brought to

be body out of the water. It was carried through the woodland.

Police have paid tribute to all those involved in the operation.

They say the coroner has been informed of the death and that

a post mortem examination will be carried out.

Meanwhile the Force has offered its sympathies to the family

who are being supported by trained staff.

A Flintshire taxi driver, jailed for 11 years for raping

a student after a night out in Chester, has fled the country.

Syrian-born Sultan Amari, from Flint, had denied two counts

of raping the student at a house he owned in July last year.

He should have returned to the trial on Monday,

Police have been given more time to question a 33-year-old man

arrested in Cardiff on terror offences last Thursday.

Officers have until October the 6th to question the man who remains

Two houses in Cardiff have been searched as part

In the trial of former superintendent, Gordon Angelsea,

who's accused of historical sexual abuse against two boys,

the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner has told

the jury how he used to drive him to a children's home in Wrexham.

Arfon Jones told Mold Crown Court, as a police constable

in the 1980s he took Mr Angelsea to the Bryn Estyn home.

Mr Jones says he believed Mr Anglesea was going there to issue

Mr Anglesea denies the charges against him and the trial continues.

It's a weather phenomenon which means cloud and smog can

But now a senior Health Board official, has warned that

"temperature inversion" in a South Wales valley could also

lead to harmful emissions if a new waste processing plant

Aneurin Bevan Health Board says trapped Nitrogen Dioxide

over Cwmfelinfach could affect residents' health.

Locals here say the microclimate traps cloud for days.

Where you've got those two units, the Green next

They are concerned that emissions for a new waste plant planned

for Cwmfelinfach may also get trapped here.

I'm asthmatic, I've got two granddaughters, 13 and 14.

I'm worried about what they'll breathe in as they grow up.

Some days you can see this cloud really blame. It's thick. We don't

Now doctors say they have concerns about the amount of nitrogen dioxide

that may be released from the plant planned here.

They say there is no known safe threshold.

It can irritate people's lungs and lower resistance

The Aneurin Bevan health board has told Natural Resources Wales

to exercise caution when considering whether to give

Where cold air and cloud is trapped in a valley high warm air above.

Officials say it wasn't looked at in the original

And their new data shows the plant will cause significant long-term

The plant will go here, Caerphilly council gave

It would turn huge amounts of waste, that would normally go

The company behind it, Hazrem Environmental Limited,

says any factory can produce nitrogen dioxide.

And emissions will be less than previously thought.

And even then the impact on air quality would have been negligible

Caerphilly council say air qualitywould have been considered

Natural Resources Wales say they'll look at the information before

Still to come before the end of the programme: After the worst

possible start to the season Newport County have sacked

We'll be hearing who's in the frame to take over his job.

And discovered in a storeroom the ?3million pound painting

There are claims tonight the former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi gave

Plaid Cymru a donation of ?25,000 in 1976.

Party activist, Dr Carl Klaus, visited the country as a guest

of the Arab Socialist Union 40 years ago, and says they were keen

to forge links with other socialist parties.

But Plaid Cymru says there's no record or knowledge of a donation,

as our Political Editor, Nick Servini, reports.

It's an unlikely connection, Colonel Gaddafi's regime in Libya in the

1970s and Plaid Cymru. But that's what happened when a small

delegation including Carl Clow seen here on the left and the deputy

treasurer Brian Morgan Edwards met with representatives from the Arab

Socialist union in 1976. The trip was said to have been the brainchild

of the late Phil Williams, the former chair of Plaid Cymru went on

to become an Assembly Member who wanted to learn more about the way

Libya managed resources. The visit has been well documented. What is

new is the claim that the late Brian Morgan Edwards told Carl Clow is

that the party was given ?25,000 after the trip. The party had

discussions with the Socialist union and there was, in his words come in

receipt of the money from Libya so why would I doubt that. He was

central to the organisation. In a sense, Plaid Cymru has a Socialist

party was something he could identify with. He wanted to see all

countries with Socialist parties. The Arab Socialist union invited us

over to see what they had achieved. That's been denied by Dafydd

Williams who was Plaid Cymru's general Secretary in the 1970s. He

insists that if such a donation had been made he would have known about

it. I'm looking forward to reading the

book. I'm sure it's a very good book, very interesting but on this

matter I think the author has been misinformed. It was our job to

receive and to bank money to look after money.

No such sum was received. In 1976 ?25,000 was a huge amount of money.

Those who dismiss this claim if a lump sum like that was given to the

party this certainly wasn't any evidence of big spending.

I'm told that the party headquarters in the late 70s, during Cardiff,

used to regularly flood and Plaid Cymru was notoriously strapped for

cash at the time. 1976 was well before the accusations surrounding

Lockerbie. But even back then Libya's collections with the IRA

were well known. A reminder then they forgotten moment in time, and

the curious connection between Plaid Cymru and Colonel Gaddafi.

A charity has warned that Wales urgently needs more specialist

epilepsy nurses to cater for the needs of around 26,000 here.

Epilepsy Action Cymru says the Welsh Government was told

by a group of experts in 2007 that 88 specialist nurses were needed.

A campaign was launched at the Senedd today, calling

Epilepsy specialist nurses can reduce hospital admissions and

waiting lists. If they are used properly they have the expertise and

knowledge to diagnose, treat and manage epilepsy. People don't have

to see a consultant. People don't have to

see a consultant. The Welsh Government says

there "is no single model for neuro-science services" and it's

up to individual Health Boards to allocate specialist

nurses in their areas. A ban on parents using a new nappy

collection service on Anglesey, if their children are over the age

of three, is under review. Families on the island voiced

concerns, after being told they must provide birth certificates to show

they're eligible for the service, as part of changes

to waste collections. But the Council has now confirmed

it's reviewing the plan. There are allegations tonight that

Cardiff City investigated a transfer deal done with West Ham two years

ago, when Sam Allardyce The former England manager

left his job yesterday after he was secretly filmed

by the Daily Telegraph offering advice on bypassing rules

on player transfers. Our Football Correspondent Rob

Phillips joins me now. Rob, what is the newspaper claiming

happened at Cardiff City? Well, the Daily Telegraph alleged

that Cardiff City investigated a deal which saw West Ham's Morrison

joined Cardiff City on loan in 2014. One of the agents said to be

involved is someone who is now banned. What is the Telegraph

alleged was that because card of Saudi problem they brought in an

outside source to look at the deal, I understand that is correct, the

chairman, whose background is in banking and knows all about

financial property ordered that someone from outside the club look

at this deal. The club found that they weren't found wanting in any

part of the deal so therefore they drew a close to it. It's possible

that maybe they should have told the FA this. They may face a problem

over that. But overall, Cardiff City have looked into it and they also

insist that the man in question was never an employee and they did not

use him in any deal. Away from that it's not been a great

start on the pitch for any of our clubs. It was Newport today.

Newport blinked first sacking warren Feeney after a much improved

components against Grimsby. But another defeat last night. That made

it one win in 22 league games since Feeney took over in January,

following John Sheridan's departure. Terry Butcher only survived 12

games, Warren Feeney has managed 11. It remains to be seen, they are

hopeful of bringing somebody by Saturday but I think that's a tough

ask. You have to feel some simply for Feeney because it was a much

improved performance. I'm wondering whether the fact that Newport County

is and run played a part in the board panicking over this.

Who do you think? Mark Yates is the bookie favourite, the former

Cheltenham town manager. Chris Chard has been mentioned. He has

managerial history. Even Colin Pascoe, the former Liverpool

assistant. And someone from Forest Green Rovers has also been

mentioned. Please keep us posted. Boxing, and former World champion

Nathan Cleverly says he's learned the hard lessons success brought him

and wants to 'live the dream' once again ahead of his title

fight this weekend. He takes on Juergen Braehmer

in Germany on Saturday for the WBA light-heavyweight championship,

trying to win a world crown The first chapter was brilliant,

a brilliant feeling. Hard work and a lot of pressure

but I loved it. This is going to be

the same, you know. And just a reminder that tomorrow

we'll be celebrating the success of our Olympic and Paralympic

athletes this summer in Rio. There's an official home coming

ceremony outside the Senedd. Welsh athletes won 10 medals

for Team GB, and seven We'll be live from the celebrations

in tomorrow night's programme. For now though, that's

all your sport, Jen. A rare 17th century Flemish

painting discovered in a storeroom at Swansea Museum

is going on display. Thought to be worth around ?3million

it was identified during filming for a new BBC series,

and it's thought it may have belonged to

the museum for 150 years. Restored to its original glory,

ready for its public This 17th century painting

is the work of the Flemish The subject of the work

is the Greek classical myth It's been described as both

"important and beautiful" Hidden away in the museum's

storeroom, little did staff here realise they had

in their possession work by an artist who has

been known to bring more We treat every work of art in the

same way. But when the price tag of that came up we were shocked.

It's thought the painting has belonged to Swansea Museum

It had been catalogued as a work by an unknown 18th Century artist.

But when it was discovered by experts it was clear to them this

rare oil painting had been repainted by a local restorer.

The work was discovered by art historian Bendor Grosvenor,

for the new BBC Four series, Britain's Lost Masterpieces.

During the programme, conservator Simon Gillespie

casts his expert eye over the piece and identifies the alterations

That is ghastly. A horrible over paint. That very pale blue is the

That very pale blue is the original sky.

This rare discovery comes at a time when questions have been raised

Whilst it won't be closing, cuts are expected to its budget.

But Swansea Council says it certainly won't be

Our job is to collect, conserve and interpret works of art and our

heritage for future generations. Not to sell them off. We don't sell off

the family silver. What we would do if we had something super-strong

requirements is offered to another museum. Some may ponder what other

unknown treasures could be hidden here.

And you can see more on this story in Britain's Lost Masterpieces,

Derek's here with the forecast now, damp for most of us today, how's it

Changeable, but better tomorrow with some sunshine.

Dull, damp and misty in Glandwr with low cloud and drizzle.

Dry, bright and warm in Ewloe with a high of 23C.

This evening more dry weather, mist and hill fog.

Strong and gusty winds in the north and north west.

Overnight a band of heavier rain will move South Eastwards.

Drying-up in the north and west later in the night.

Now by 8 in the morning rain should have cleared.

Bright too with broken cloud, sunshine and good visibility.

You may catch a shower but a lot of places will get away

Top temperatures 15 to 18C with a westerly wind.

In the Vale of Clwyd tomorrow, mostly dry.

In Rhondda Cynon Taf, much better than today.

Dry, bright and breezy with a high of 15 in Ferndale.

Tomorrow night clear spells and scattered showers.

Breezy on the coast and a cooler night.

Friday a mix of sunshine and scattered showers.

The wind lighter with temperatures 14 to 16C.

Now the chart for Saturday shows low pressure over us

Heavy in places but it should turn drier and clearer later in the day.

And then on Sunday, we re in between weather systems with low

pressure over Denmark and another low over the Atlantic.

A double murder investigation is underway after the bodies of two

people were found on one of the main shopping streets in Cardiff City

centre. The victim is believed to have been stabbed have been named as

Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons. A man known to the couple has been

arrested on suspicion of their murder.

I'll be back with a quick update at 8pm, and a full roundup just

thanks for watching, hwyl fawr, goodbye.