:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Our headlines tonight:
:00:07. > :00:09.Helen Jones' husband Alun waited a fortnight for an angiogram
:00:10. > :00:12.Why are patients in some parts of the country
:00:13. > :00:19.The nurse said to us, there might be a slight delay,
:00:20. > :00:26.We waited 16 days for him to be transferred.
:00:27. > :00:31.Mike Boyle has Cystic Fibrosis, they're simplyfying how you access
:00:32. > :00:33.expensive treatments, will it really benefit
:00:34. > :00:38.I know there's something, it's within my grasp,
:00:39. > :00:41.within my reach, and I'm being denied that at the moment.
:00:42. > :00:53.What we want? 0%. When we wanted? Now!
:00:54. > :00:55.Angry homeowners tell politicians to scrap the rules regulating
:00:56. > :01:02.Ten years years ago, people were moved out of their homes
:01:03. > :01:08.for a road that never came, now it's back to square one.
:01:09. > :01:11.And we'll be finding out how a project looking at wildlife
:01:12. > :01:13.on this river could change how we manage our waterways
:01:14. > :01:35.There's concern tonight that heart attack patients in Mid
:01:36. > :01:38.and West Wales are waiting weeks for a specialist cardiac procedure,
:01:39. > :01:40.because there is no provision within the Hywel Dda
:01:41. > :01:47.Cardiac patient Alun Jones from Ceredigion waited over
:01:48. > :01:50.a fortnight for an angiogram in Morriston Hospital in Swansea,
:01:51. > :01:51.although official guidance recommends having the procedure
:01:52. > :01:56.Mr Jones' wife contacted us with her concerns and has been
:01:57. > :02:00.speaking to our reporter Aled Scourfield.
:02:01. > :02:03.It should be a time of celebration for Helen Jones as she marks her
:02:04. > :02:06.26th wedding anniversary with her husband Alun.
:02:07. > :02:08.But the past few weeks have been incredibly stressful
:02:09. > :02:16.Alun suffered a heart attack on St David's Day and was admitted
:02:17. > :02:21.She contacted Wales Today about his experiences.
:02:22. > :02:24.He was admitted to the cardiology ward and was advised that he needed
:02:25. > :02:29.to be seen at Morriston for an angiogram within threedays.
:02:30. > :02:31.The nurse said to us there might be a slight delay,
:02:32. > :02:40.We waited 16 days for him to be transferred.
:02:41. > :02:43.A coronary angiogram is a specialist x-ray that detects blockages
:02:44. > :02:52.All patients from the Hywel Dda health board area have to travel
:02:53. > :02:54.to Morriston Hospital for the procedure, which is in
:02:55. > :02:56.the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board area.
:02:57. > :03:00.For some, that can mean a journey of over 70 miles.
:03:01. > :03:08.The National Institutes of Health and Care Excellence, NICE,
:03:09. > :03:10.suggest that patients who suffer a heart attack like Alun should
:03:11. > :03:14.Helen has nothing but praise for the care her husband
:03:15. > :03:18.received at Glangwili, and he's recovering well.
:03:19. > :03:21.She says that patients from Mid and West Wales are waiting
:03:22. > :03:24.If somebody presents with heart or chest pains,
:03:25. > :03:35.If you present at Morriston with chest pains, you're likely,
:03:36. > :03:37.very likely, I think they're hitting their targets very well,
:03:38. > :03:40.to be seen within the 72 hours and have this intervention.
:03:41. > :03:49.It's not a question of money. It's a question of lives.
:03:50. > :03:50.The Swansea Health Board denies prioritising
:03:51. > :03:58.This is where cardiac catheterisation, or angiograms,
:03:59. > :04:00.can be performed at specialist centres around Wales at the moment.
:04:01. > :04:04.None in Mid and West Wales, and just one in the North.
:04:05. > :04:08.The Royal College of Physicians said in a report in 2014 that the lack
:04:09. > :04:19.of a cardiac catheterisation lab to perform angiograms
:04:20. > :04:22.in the Hywel Dda health board area was a clinical risk.
:04:23. > :04:25.Three years later, there's still no facility at Glangwili to cover
:04:26. > :04:27.a rural population of over 370,000 people that includes
:04:28. > :04:29.the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
:04:30. > :04:33.I know of many examples, Mr Jones is one of them.
:04:34. > :04:39.And others have had to wait for excessive amounts of time,
:04:40. > :04:41.weeks on end, for transfer to Morriston for treatment.
:04:42. > :04:44.They are clinically and say, that is what clinicians are saying,
:04:45. > :04:46.and there is a need to increase capacity, certainly,
:04:47. > :04:50.I asked for an interview with the Chief Executive
:04:51. > :04:55.of the health board, but I was told he wasn't available.
:04:56. > :04:56.In a statement, Steve Moore apologised for
:04:57. > :05:01.He said it was the health board's priority to make sure patients
:05:02. > :05:03.were treated quickly, and work closely with
:05:04. > :05:08.However, he did admit that the current situation needs
:05:09. > :05:16.to improve, and there are plans for a new catheterisation
:05:17. > :05:18.lab here at Glangwili, which will mean fewer patients
:05:19. > :05:22.The Welsh government has told me it's awaiting that business case.
:05:23. > :05:25.Helen Jones says the development is well overdue for patients
:05:26. > :05:28.like her husband that have had to travel long distances and wait
:05:29. > :05:30.for a cardiac procedure that can provide vital information
:05:31. > :05:40.Staying with cardiac care, almost three thousand people who've
:05:41. > :05:42.had certain types of open heart surgery at the University Hospital
:05:43. > :05:45.of Wales in Cardiff since 2013 have been told they may have been
:05:46. > :05:50.So far, three cases of Mycobacterium chimaera have been
:05:51. > :05:52.identified in Wales, which is linked to the use
:05:53. > :05:53.of a device to regulate blood temperature.
:05:54. > :06:04.28 cases have been identified across the UK.
:06:05. > :06:08.Patients who need treatment that isn't available on the NHS
:06:09. > :06:11.because its deemed too expensive can find the process of applying
:06:12. > :06:14.Today, that system has been simplified.
:06:15. > :06:17.But a leading charity says the changes don't go far enough,
:06:18. > :06:19.and an opportunity to end a "postcode lottery"
:06:20. > :06:28.Here's our health correspondent Owain Clarke.
:06:29. > :06:31.It's not a life jacket, but it does help him live.
:06:32. > :06:33.Mike Boyle from Cardiff has cystic fibrosis,
:06:34. > :06:35.a genetic illness that clogs up his lungs.
:06:36. > :06:38.But the vibrations from the jacket help clear the mucus,
:06:39. > :06:40.meaning every breath is a little bit less of a struggle.
:06:41. > :06:44.I do it twice a day, and it's for two minute cycles.
:06:45. > :06:47.My parents were told I probably wouldn't see my tenth birthday.
:06:48. > :06:49.Through medical advances and things like that, really,
:06:50. > :06:59.These are the medicines that have helped Mike defy the odds.
:07:00. > :07:02.He takes 55 tablets each day, but with his health getting worse,
:07:03. > :07:05.doctors told him about a new pill they thought could help.
:07:06. > :07:08.But he needed to make a special request to try to get his
:07:09. > :07:16.quite confident that this would come around.
:07:17. > :07:19.So then when you're told as a patient, no, it's been refused,
:07:20. > :07:23.and on the grounds it's been refused, it's quite some destroying.
:07:24. > :07:29.Around 700 patients with a range of doses
:07:30. > :07:31.made similar requests last year for treatments that
:07:32. > :07:34.haven't been given the green light as cost-effective for NHS use.
:07:35. > :07:40.One of the main complaint about the system is,
:07:41. > :07:43.to be successful, a patient has to prove they're an exceptional case.
:07:44. > :07:45.But Health Secretary, on the advice of an independent panel,
:07:46. > :07:49.Instead, a decision will be based on whether or not there will be
:07:50. > :07:54.But experts still need to be convinced that its value for money.
:07:55. > :07:57.I hope the process will be much easier to understand.
:07:58. > :07:59.The new definition of clinical benefit for the individual should be
:08:00. > :08:04.much clearer both for the patient but also the clinician as well.
:08:05. > :08:07.And also be much more upfront about the fact
:08:08. > :08:10.it as to deliver reasonable value. The NHS is not a finite resource...
:08:11. > :08:14.For years, there have also been complete about health boards making
:08:15. > :08:16.different decisions to each other, leading to what some described
:08:17. > :08:20.Some want to see a single group established to make
:08:21. > :08:23.That won't happen, but the various panels will be
:08:24. > :08:28.Some argue this is a missed opportunity.
:08:29. > :08:30.It's significantly more difficult to get seven
:08:31. > :08:34.We are only a population of 3 million.
:08:35. > :08:37.There are not a huge number of applications all the time.
:08:38. > :08:39.Those people on those panels could become experts.
:08:40. > :08:42.One line can have a look at the patients complaining.
:08:43. > :08:48.If one says in West Wales they have had a decision
:08:49. > :08:50.and they have a similar type of cancer, that is going
:08:51. > :08:56.Hundreds of new treatments and drugs develop each year.
:08:57. > :09:00.Back in Cardiff, Mike is well aware the NHS can't pay for them all.
:09:01. > :09:02.But now, needing a lung and kidney transplant,
:09:03. > :09:04.he feels he has personally been denied a chance.
:09:05. > :09:07.It's just something I could swallow, and it could increase my lung
:09:08. > :09:09.function, help me live longer and improve my life.
:09:10. > :09:11.But that one tablet, you know, costs over ?100,000
:09:12. > :09:13.per patient per year. I know.
:09:14. > :09:16.I know it is something within my grasp, within my reach,
:09:17. > :09:22.and I'm being denied that at the moment.
:09:23. > :09:25.The changes which come into force in September won't necessarily mean
:09:26. > :09:33.And it's hoped a similar system also be fairer.
:09:34. > :09:35.A Gwent police officer has told an inquest he forgot
:09:36. > :09:39.to switch-on a body camera, which could have recorded the scene
:09:40. > :09:42.where a man attacked and killed Cerys Yemm in 2014.
:09:43. > :09:44.PC Sion Jenkins was one of five officers who tried
:09:45. > :09:46.to restrain Matthew Williams following the attack
:09:47. > :09:53.Williams was tasered by police and later died.
:09:54. > :09:55.Police searching for an 11 year old girl who went missing
:09:56. > :09:58.from her home in Llanddulas overnight has been found safe
:09:59. > :10:03.North Wales Police has thanked everyone involved
:10:04. > :10:09.Earlier this month, Plaid Cymru's Neil McEvoy was suspended
:10:10. > :10:11.as a local councillor, after a tribunal ruled,
:10:12. > :10:17.he made a 'bullying' remark to an official.
:10:18. > :10:20.He's also an assembly member, and was suspended from the party's
:10:21. > :10:23.But, today he was reinstated into the Assembly group
:10:24. > :10:27.following his apology for any distress caused.
:10:28. > :10:29.Our correspondent Daniel Davies has been following the story.
:10:30. > :10:34.Dan, is there now peace in Plaid Cymru?
:10:35. > :10:39.There is certainly a feeling that this issue has taken up enough time
:10:40. > :10:44.and energy, and they would rather move on. Whether they will be able
:10:45. > :10:48.to do that, I don't know, given that Plaid Cymru is holding another
:10:49. > :10:54.investigation into it to look at other complaint against him. This
:10:55. > :10:59.stems from another suspension he is serving in his other role as Cardiff
:11:00. > :11:05.Council member. He said he wanted to restructure the council. That remark
:11:06. > :11:10.was heard by an officer, who told a tribunal she felt threatened in her
:11:11. > :11:13.job, and the adjudication panel came to the conclusion that his comments
:11:14. > :11:18.amounted to bullying behaviour. The party wanted him to apologise. He
:11:19. > :11:22.wants to appeal. And in the meantime for the last two weeks, he has been
:11:23. > :11:25.an independent member of the assembly, until today, when they
:11:26. > :11:29.agreed on the statement in which he says that his comment was not
:11:30. > :11:34.directed at the council officer, but acknowledged that she has said that
:11:35. > :11:42.the comet caused distress, and for that he apologises. From Neil
:11:43. > :11:46.McEvoy, to Donald Trump. Today the Welsh government's top law officer
:11:47. > :11:49.has issued a statement saying there have been increasing attacks on the
:11:50. > :11:53.independence of the judiciary at home and abroad. And although he
:11:54. > :11:57.doesn't name Neil McEvoy, he does draw attention to a phrase that
:11:58. > :12:02.Vista McEvoy has used about the tribunal that ruled against him, a
:12:03. > :12:05.kangaroo court. According to the Council General of Wales, that
:12:06. > :12:09.language undermines the fundamental principles of the rule of law that
:12:10. > :12:09.underpinned the democratic system of government and administration of
:12:10. > :12:16.justice. People living near Aston Hill,
:12:17. > :12:28.close to Queensferry, in north east Wales say
:12:29. > :12:31.they are ready to oppose new plans to widen a major road there,
:12:32. > :12:34.nine years after a similar They say they'll support
:12:35. > :12:36.an alternative route. The A 494 links the motorway network
:12:37. > :12:39.in England with north Wales. Here we go again, the first stage
:12:40. > :12:45.of a Welsh government consultation, This is a battle
:12:46. > :12:50.they thought they'd won. This has been going
:12:51. > :12:59.on for over 20 years. It was on, then it was off,
:13:00. > :13:02.then it was back on, Eight years ago, there was a public
:13:03. > :13:17.enquiry into quietening It doesn't seem to be a significant
:13:18. > :13:21.amount of difference in what they were stating
:13:22. > :13:23.when we won the public We have reformed a group and been
:13:24. > :13:27.looking very carefully at the different options,
:13:28. > :13:29.and we are ready for another The road at rush-hour -
:13:30. > :13:33.bottlenecks happen when it feeds into the A55, which runs
:13:34. > :13:35.the length of the North Wales coast to Holyhead.
:13:36. > :13:37.So why does this matter? This is the single most important
:13:38. > :13:40.road for the North Wales economy. It connects the region
:13:41. > :13:42.to the north-west of England, there are 8 million people,
:13:43. > :13:47.and two International airports We have been here before,
:13:48. > :13:56.they've been looking for a solution to Deeside's traffic problems
:13:57. > :13:59.for 30 years. These homes were compulsorily
:14:00. > :14:00.purchased to allow A plan that was scrapped
:14:01. > :14:05.after the enquiry. Now, new homes are being built
:14:06. > :14:08.there, but this time On this map, the Aston Hill
:14:09. > :14:17.route is coloured blue, it runs through Queensferry
:14:18. > :14:24.to the A55. The alternative red route would take
:14:25. > :14:27.traffic over the River Dee, connecting through countryside
:14:28. > :14:32.to the A55. They like me Flincher Bridge plan,
:14:33. > :14:35.people living near it would be less impressed.
:14:36. > :14:40.What about business? Ashka Cabani chairs a business form
:14:41. > :14:43.that represents 1000 businesses employing 25,000 people.
:14:44. > :14:45.He is backing the blue route. It looks right to me.
:14:46. > :14:48.It looks right for most businesses. Why change something
:14:49. > :14:58.that we already have a plan for? Ten years ago, they
:14:59. > :15:00.were going to do this. So just continue, bite
:15:01. > :15:03.the bullet and go for it, and build the motorway we deed
:15:04. > :15:06.so desperately for North Wales. And this is just the
:15:07. > :15:10.start of the process. Restoring our rivers,
:15:11. > :15:16.how a massive survey could change how we look after the country's
:15:17. > :15:23.watercourses, and how the Somali community
:15:24. > :15:26.here is raising money to try to help the victims
:15:27. > :15:31.of drought-striken Africa. "Absolutely diabolical",
:15:32. > :15:33.that's how some park home residents have described the rules relating
:15:34. > :15:40.to the sale of their properties. Campaigners believe
:15:41. > :15:48.it's unfair that anyone buying the bungalow-style mobile homes
:15:49. > :15:50.is required to pay up to They were protesting
:15:51. > :15:54.outside the Senedd to lobby the Welsh Government
:15:55. > :15:55.to change the rules. Here's our political
:15:56. > :16:06.reporter James Williams. Getting ready for the fight. Around
:16:07. > :16:12.15 months ago, this man and his wife moved from the Bristol area to
:16:13. > :16:21.Wales. They paid ?75,000 for their Park home. 7500 of which, 10%, was
:16:22. > :16:30.paid directly to the site owner. The actual 10% we paid to the park owner
:16:31. > :16:36.was never brought up until we had actually exchanged contracts. It
:16:37. > :16:42.came as a bit of a shock. It has led Royston to join others in protesting
:16:43. > :16:46.the up to 10% commission the buyer pays to the site owner. Despite them
:16:47. > :16:53.not being involved in the selling process. We feel it is diabolical in
:16:54. > :16:56.this day and age. We feel that it is very, very unfair, and somebody has
:16:57. > :17:00.got to stand up and be counted. And that's what we're all about. We are
:17:01. > :17:06.the ones standing up and being counted. This morning, they took
:17:07. > :17:12.their protest to the steps of government. Almost 100 lobbied
:17:13. > :17:15.ministers in Cardiff. It is in the Welsh governor's gift to change
:17:16. > :17:22.commission rules. Today, they have announced a public consultation into
:17:23. > :17:26.the issue. The minister says he is currently the view that there may be
:17:27. > :17:32.a case to reduce or even abolish the commission. However, this former
:17:33. > :17:37.Liberal Democrat Minister passed a law in 2013, he decided against
:17:38. > :17:44.including a change in the commission rate. I think the whole economics of
:17:45. > :17:49.Park homes are bizarre because you buy the site, but you still pay a
:17:50. > :17:52.pitch fee, and you still have to give a commission. The whole thing
:17:53. > :17:56.is bizarre, but it has been established like that for decades.
:17:57. > :18:06.To try to unravel that starts to get very compensated. But for these
:18:07. > :18:08.protest is and the around 5000 Park home residents in Wales it's a
:18:09. > :18:13.simple question of fairness. Our rivers and waterways
:18:14. > :18:16.are a much loved part of the Welsh landscape,
:18:17. > :18:18.but in some areas, fish stocks and other wildlife has declined
:18:19. > :18:20.because of poor water quality. Now, a new project has been
:18:21. > :18:23.launched to return rivers Our environment correspondent
:18:24. > :18:27.Steffan Messenger is on the banks What's this
:18:28. > :18:40.project all about? We are at the end of the River story
:18:41. > :18:45.at Cardiff Marina where the river flows into the sea. Water quality
:18:46. > :18:50.further up the catchment has been deemed poor, even bad in places by
:18:51. > :18:55.natural resources Wales. Now a huge survey of this river from top to
:18:56. > :18:56.bottom has given us a unique insight into the challenges it faces and
:18:57. > :19:06.what needs to happen now. A fine day for litter picking.
:19:07. > :19:10.Volunteers joined forces with a host of different organisations at the
:19:11. > :19:13.start of a new campaign to restore our rivers. I think it definitely
:19:14. > :19:17.has the be the way forward for everyone to work together with the
:19:18. > :19:22.local community, get that pride and awareness back up of the value of
:19:23. > :19:27.our rivers. This is the first of a number of clean ups along this river
:19:28. > :19:30.this spring. The hope is to involve local people and schools as well as
:19:31. > :19:42.specialists in dealing with different types of pollution. The
:19:43. > :19:49.river flows for around 24 miles from Cardiff into the bay. But the water
:19:50. > :19:52.quality is so bad in parts that local anglers complained to the
:19:53. > :19:58.council, claiming the river was basically dead. After an enquiry by
:19:59. > :20:01.the council's environment committee, a number of different organisations
:20:02. > :20:06.came on board and a thorough survey was carried out from top to bottom.
:20:07. > :20:12.The first of its kind on a river in Wales. We found hundreds of major
:20:13. > :20:21.tipping incidents, and also sewage outfall. There are also unscrupulous
:20:22. > :20:25.builders who deliberately mis-connect showers, granny flats,
:20:26. > :20:31.directly into the storm drain. That all adds together to kill a river
:20:32. > :20:36.off. Wells water are now involved in responding to the survey's findings.
:20:37. > :20:39.We've got 7000 comet is of rivers in Wales, and actually, we can't
:20:40. > :20:43.understand everything that is going on in all of them. This survey will
:20:44. > :20:49.help us to understand where we have missed connections. After two hours
:20:50. > :20:58.of litter picking, the team of volunteers feel around 20 barracks,
:20:59. > :21:03.and then there is all this rubbish as well. Things that can't be was
:21:04. > :21:08.cycled. A programme of work to tackle the problem is now being
:21:09. > :21:09.prepared. This project could set a precedent for restoring other rivers
:21:10. > :21:15.across Wales. And the findings of that survey,
:21:16. > :21:17.mapping pollution along the river Ely will soon be available
:21:18. > :21:19.as an online resource. It'll also show areas where fallen
:21:20. > :21:22.trees and invasive species like japanese knotweed
:21:23. > :21:27.could be causing problems. The hope then is that restoration
:21:28. > :21:34.work can be properly targeted, and the River Ely can
:21:35. > :21:37.in time will become a haven for fish and other wildlife
:21:38. > :21:39.and an amenity the local community Hundreds of members of the Somali
:21:40. > :21:43.community here have been taking part in fundraising events to raise money
:21:44. > :21:45.for drought-stricken families and relatives living
:21:46. > :21:47.in the Horn of Africa. Cardiff has one of the the largest
:21:48. > :21:50.Somali communities in the UK, and people here have already raised
:21:51. > :22:03.thousands of pounds. Shocking images like this have
:22:04. > :22:08.sparked an international charitable response in the last few weeks. In
:22:09. > :22:13.parts of Somalia, they've had three years without rain. The last famine
:22:14. > :22:20.here in 2011 claimed the lives of 250,000 people. It makes a big
:22:21. > :22:29.difference, you know. A world away in Wales a year without Wales is
:22:30. > :22:33.hard -- without rain is hard to imagine. They are doing everything
:22:34. > :22:37.they can to help. They have arranged football and family fun days in this
:22:38. > :22:39.part of Cardiff where second and third generations still have strong
:22:40. > :22:46.family ties in that region of Africa. Most of my family are from
:22:47. > :22:50.the rural area of Somali land, an area too far from any City, from any
:22:51. > :22:55.area where you can get basic supplies from, and the stories that
:22:56. > :23:03.I have heard are dire, people left with nothing. There is a large
:23:04. > :23:11.population here, and we have a big connection to the communities. They
:23:12. > :23:15.are appealing for help and support. With food and rain in abundance in
:23:16. > :23:19.Cardiff, the Somali community here recognise just how fortunate they
:23:20. > :23:23.are to be living in Wales, but they're determined to help family in
:23:24. > :23:27.drought stricken areas. This family fun day and other weekends have
:23:28. > :23:34.already raised nearly ?6,000. A few family members we have been able to
:23:35. > :23:38.speak to have all said about how devastating it is and how it is not
:23:39. > :23:44.getting better because it hasn't rained. I can see the suffering
:23:45. > :23:48.around, therefore they want us from the West to rally around them and
:23:49. > :23:53.basically send as much money as possible. Obviously, there is no
:23:54. > :23:58.funding, because Somali land is not recognised as a country. I have
:23:59. > :24:03.sisters hurting, even though we are all the way in Wales, in Cardiff, we
:24:04. > :24:09.hurt as bad as they are. We do as much as we can. Getting clean
:24:10. > :24:14.drinking water is the best way to stave off disease. Aid is being
:24:15. > :24:22.planned for next week. Meanwhile the funding continues. A
:24:23. > :24:26.charity football match between a Somali team and members of the
:24:27. > :24:31.Bangladeshi community kicks off at 8pm. The score is irrelevant, their
:24:32. > :24:32.only goal is to raise as much cash as possible for a drought stricken
:24:33. > :24:36.part of Africa. following the alleged bite
:24:37. > :24:42.on George North during Wales' defeat Six Nations officials have been
:24:43. > :24:45.unable to find any television BBC Wales understands
:24:46. > :24:52.the Welsh Rugby Union's plan to take over the Newport Gwent Dragons
:24:53. > :24:54.and Rodney Parade Stadium The WRU already owns
:24:55. > :25:01.a 50% stake in the Dragons. The region has been looking
:25:02. > :25:05.for investment for nearly a year. But if the deal is to happen it
:25:06. > :25:08.will need to be supported by three quarters of
:25:09. > :25:12.Newport RFC shareholders. Let's see what the weather
:25:13. > :25:25.has in store, Derek's Sunshine and heavy showers today,
:25:26. > :25:31.snow in the mountains. Parts of the North are dry, bright and sunny.
:25:32. > :25:38.This evening and tonight, more showers, and also heavy rain. Sleet
:25:39. > :25:43.and snow, too. Snow, 300-400 metres, a few centimetres likely on some of
:25:44. > :25:47.the higher level roads. Dry in the west later in the night. This is the
:25:48. > :25:54.picture for 8pm tomorrow morning. Cloudy in the north, some rain, some
:25:55. > :26:02.heavy, extending into the North East to Wrexham. Eastern Powys and
:26:03. > :26:05.Monmouthshire with showers. The south-west dry and brighter with
:26:06. > :26:11.sunshine. During the day, further outbreaks of rain in the north, wet
:26:12. > :26:15.weather, wintry on high ground. Further south, showers with dry
:26:16. > :26:20.weather and sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures again on the
:26:21. > :26:26.cold side, the wind lighter ban today. Tomorrow, cold and wet, six
:26:27. > :26:34.Celsius in Holly welcomer dry and bright in Swansea tomorrow. Sunshine
:26:35. > :26:40.as well. Rain will clear, showers dying away leaving a dry night with
:26:41. > :26:43.mist and frost in places. Thursday, dry with showers, especially in the
:26:44. > :26:51.north and east, the best sunshine in the South west. The north-easterly
:26:52. > :26:53.wind will make it feel chilly. Dry and bright elsewhere, looking
:26:54. > :27:04.promising for the weekend. Dry, sunshine and warm.
:27:05. > :27:05.Northern Ireland's former Deputy First Minister,
:27:06. > :27:12.Martin McGuinness, has died at the 66.
:27:13. > :27:14.He was a senior commander in the IRA, which
:27:15. > :27:17.in the 1970;s and eighties - was at the forefront of a terror
:27:18. > :27:21.But he later played an important role as a Sinn Fein negotiator
:27:22. > :27:25.And there's concern that heart attack patients living in mid
:27:26. > :27:28.and west wales are waiting longer than they should for angiograms.
:27:29. > :27:31.Helen Jones from Ceredigion got in touch when her husband waited
:27:32. > :27:34.over a fortnight for the test that should be available within 72 hours.
:27:35. > :27:36.Hywel Dda Health board has apologised.
:27:37. > :27:39.If you - like Helen - have a story you want
:27:40. > :27:41.us to investigate - you can email us
:27:42. > :27:43.wales.today@bbc.co.uk - i'll be back at 8 and again
:27:44. > :27:46.after the News at 10 - That's Wales Today -
:27:47. > :27:49.thank you for watching - from all of us on the