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:00:00. > :00:00.Jailed for causing the death of a 22-year-old woman

:00:07. > :00:09.Outside court, Sophie Taylor's mother described her disappointment

:00:10. > :00:20.I feel people can go out into their vehicle

:00:21. > :00:23.and use it as a weapon, which was exactly what happened to

:00:24. > :00:51.Wales could follow England's lead and abolish University tuition fees.

:00:52. > :00:57.Mountain rescuers in a potentially life-saving operation.

:00:58. > :00:59.Why one of Wales' biggest teams is raising concerns

:01:00. > :01:09.Their Premier League survival could be secured this weekend

:01:10. > :01:11.And thousands of jellyfish lurking off the Welsh coast

:01:12. > :01:20.Why experts say there's a mega swarm.

:01:21. > :01:32.A 24-year-old woman has been jailed for six and a half years,

:01:33. > :01:35.for causing the death of her love rival in a late night car

:01:36. > :01:38.Melissa Pesticcio, and 23-year-old Michael Wheeler, who's been jailed

:01:39. > :01:41.for seven and a half years, followed Sophie Taylor at high

:01:42. > :01:43.speed, in what the court heard, was as a "Fast

:01:44. > :01:46.The judge described the incident as terrifying,

:01:47. > :01:48.and said their actions were like a pack chasing its prey.

:01:49. > :01:54.They released a pink balloons on the steps of the court today,

:01:55. > :01:58.Pink had been the 22-year-old call centre worker's favourite colour.

:01:59. > :02:01.She died in a late-night car crash last year but the fatal

:02:02. > :02:09.Today, those responsible for her death were jailed.

:02:10. > :02:12.She was loving, giving and trusting and those qualities in her work

:02:13. > :02:19.completely abused by these two, I can't even call them human beings.

:02:20. > :02:21.All three had been involved in a love triangle.

:02:22. > :02:24.Caught on CCTV last August, Sophie Taylor is seen being chased

:02:25. > :02:25.by Melissa Pesticcio, who was angry and jealous.

:02:26. > :02:28.Also giving chase was Michael Wheeler, who had been

:02:29. > :02:37.The pursuit of Miss Taylor's BMW by Melissa Pesticcio in another

:02:38. > :02:39.BMW and Michael Wheeler in his Vauxhall Corsa

:02:40. > :02:41.lasted three miles from the Rumney area to Adamsdown.

:02:42. > :02:44.They reached speeds of 56 mph along the narrow backstreets

:02:45. > :02:47.in what was described in court as a fast and furious style chase.

:02:48. > :02:49.As they entered Adamsdown, Sophie and her passenger Josh

:02:50. > :02:52.was so frightened that they dialled 999, reporting that they were

:02:53. > :02:55.Then, on the emergency call, a loud bang is heard.

:02:56. > :02:58.Sophie's car had been violently rammed, sending it into a spin,

:02:59. > :03:09.Sophie was killed, her passenger suffered life changing injuries.

:03:10. > :03:12.He spent 101 days in hospital and was in a medically

:03:13. > :03:17.He told the court the injuries had robbed him of his dignity.

:03:18. > :03:21.I had a brain bleed, I had brain swelling,

:03:22. > :03:27.I have got a permanent frontal lobe injury.

:03:28. > :03:29.Four of my ribs broke, which punctured my lung.

:03:30. > :03:41.The court heard Melissa Pesticcio had sent a text message to another

:03:42. > :03:43.friend discussing Sophie Taylor which read, I will find her

:03:44. > :03:47.That text and the chase was the culmination of a period

:03:48. > :03:50.of hostility between the two women, which amounted to a campaign

:03:51. > :03:52.of intimidation over a stolen boyfriend and an argument

:03:53. > :04:00.It can be distressing for families to hear details

:04:01. > :04:04.The family of Sophie and Joshua maintained their dignity

:04:05. > :04:06.and we are grateful for their support throughout

:04:07. > :04:14.And we are glad that justice has been achieved in the end.

:04:15. > :04:17.When the pair were jailed, there was applause and loud cheers

:04:18. > :04:23.Outside, Sophie 's parents spoke of their loss.

:04:24. > :04:27.I few people can go out into their vehicle and use it

:04:28. > :04:29.as a weapon, which was exactly what happened to our

:04:30. > :04:38.Sentencing, the judge said you were both consumed

:04:39. > :04:39.by a self-righteous, jealous rage, chasing Sophie,

:04:40. > :04:43.He said it was like a pack chasing its prey.

:04:44. > :04:47.He jailed Melissa Pesticcio for six and a half years and Wheeler

:04:48. > :05:03.Wales could follow England's lead and abolish tuition fees if Labour

:05:04. > :05:05.University funding is devolved to the Welsh Government,

:05:06. > :05:08.but the First Minister, Carwyn Jones has told BBC Wales it

:05:09. > :05:11.would be difficult to conceive a scenario where tuition fees

:05:12. > :05:12.are abolished in England but not in Wales.

:05:13. > :05:15.Well, let's get more on this now from our political

:05:16. > :05:22.What's the situation with tuition fees in England?

:05:23. > :05:42.All universities in England, Wales and Scotland charge ?9,000 per year

:05:43. > :05:49.for tuition fees. In England, there is no help from the government. The

:05:50. > :05:53.Welsh Government puts ?5,000 per year in and it costs around ?230

:05:54. > :06:00.million a year. There are plans to change that next year. There is a

:06:01. > :06:05.contribution towards living costs. But if the Welsh Government wanted

:06:06. > :06:08.to, they could abolish tuition fees now but it would cost hundreds of

:06:09. > :06:13.millions of pounds that they do not have. Yesterday, we saw that pledge

:06:14. > :06:19.to abolish tuition fees in England costing ?10 billion. That means

:06:20. > :06:24.there would be money coming to the Welsh Government to abolish fees in

:06:25. > :06:28.Wales but more importantly, if you can imagine the scenario where

:06:29. > :06:32.universities in England are essentially free, you could not have

:06:33. > :06:39.universities in Wales charging ?9,000 because nobody would go there

:06:40. > :06:44.and they would go bust. What kind of reaction has there been to this? The

:06:45. > :06:48.Conservatives has said that Carwyn Jones should not be making more

:06:49. > :06:52.spending promises that have not been thought through. Plaid Cymru have

:06:53. > :06:55.said that they don't think Carwyn Jones would keep to this promise.

:06:56. > :07:05.Ukip saying this promise is meaningless. The Liberal Democrats,

:07:06. > :07:07.it is a tricky one, it is a labour Welsh Government but the person in

:07:08. > :07:11.charge of education is a Liberal Democrat. They are saying they

:07:12. > :07:13.should be concentrating on living costs, not on fees.

:07:14. > :07:15.Specialist teams have joined the search for

:07:16. > :07:19.Tracy Kearns from Kinmel Bay has not been seen since last Sunday.

:07:20. > :07:22.A 48-year-old man, who is known to Miss Kearns, has been arrested

:07:23. > :07:28.A newspaper editor from Pembrokeshire who published

:07:29. > :07:39.information likely to identify a sex offence victim has been ordered

:07:40. > :07:46.Health services in England have been hit by a large-scale attack. NHS

:07:47. > :07:47.Wales says it has already but proactive protection measures in

:07:48. > :07:49.place. A 25-year-old man has been

:07:50. > :07:51.arrested in Flint for affray St Mary's Catholic primary

:07:52. > :07:54.school and several streets in the area were shut,

:07:55. > :07:57.after armed officers were called to Maes Alaw at around seven

:07:58. > :07:59.o'clock this morning. It followed reports of a man

:08:00. > :08:01.behaving in an aggressive Pagers may be technological

:08:02. > :08:09.relics for most of us, but they're still widely used

:08:10. > :08:11.by our emergency services. NHS staff, the fire service,

:08:12. > :08:14.lifeboats and search and rescue teams rely on these devices

:08:15. > :08:16.because they have good signal A mid-wales mountain

:08:17. > :08:19.rescue team has told this programme they're concerned,

:08:20. > :08:21.after warnings prices could rise Here's Teleri Glyn Jones

:08:22. > :08:40.with the story. A rescuing the Brecon Beacons back

:08:41. > :08:44.in March. In an emergency situation like this, communication is

:08:45. > :08:50.critical. It is really simple. It is just a little box and it has a

:08:51. > :08:54.display on it. Mark Jones from the rescue team says they use pagers and

:08:55. > :09:03.mobile phones to mobilise volunteers because phone reception could be

:09:04. > :09:06.unreliable. We respond to different types of calls, searches and medical

:09:07. > :09:10.emergencies. If somebody is having chest pains, you want to be

:09:11. > :09:17.responding to those calls immediately. We don't want to be

:09:18. > :09:20.half an hour behind the game. But that service is under threat since

:09:21. > :09:25.Vodafone decided to close down its pager business. There is one other

:09:26. > :09:31.company that provides the service. The companies were considering a

:09:32. > :09:36.merger but there were concerns that a monopoly could mean higher prices

:09:37. > :09:45.and worse signal coverage so Vodafone decided to stop its service

:09:46. > :09:49.anyway. We have quite a dispersed membership throughout South and mid

:09:50. > :09:54.Wales and we want as many of those, ideally all of those, to get the

:09:55. > :09:59.message immediately. Without a reliable service that we can afford,

:10:00. > :10:01.we cannot guarantee that. The Competition and Markets Authority

:10:02. > :10:06.says there is nothing they can do to stop companies choosing to exit the

:10:07. > :10:09.market which could leave emergency services across Wales out of reach.

:10:10. > :10:12.We return to our election coverage now and one issue which has forced

:10:13. > :10:13.itself onto the political agenda is immigration.

:10:14. > :10:16.It played a big part in last year's Brexit debate

:10:17. > :10:19.Different parts of Wales have experienced different

:10:20. > :10:22.The north east of the country, Wrexham and Flintshire are among

:10:23. > :10:24.the areas which have proved most popular.

:10:25. > :10:26.Roger Pinney has been to Queensferry and Shotton on Deeside

:10:27. > :10:40.It is where they go for a taste of home.

:10:41. > :10:42.At this shop in Queensferry, the stock is from Slovakia

:10:43. > :10:44.and the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria,

:10:45. > :10:48.And in the main, those countries are where the customers come from.

:10:49. > :10:57.Attilan and Livia arrived four years ago from Hungary.

:10:58. > :11:06.Did you feel it was a big step for you, coming

:11:07. > :11:13.Yeah, it was a childhood dream for me.

:11:14. > :11:21.We have a better job here, we have a better life here.

:11:22. > :11:25.And do you plan to stay, would you go home sometime?

:11:26. > :11:27.Yeah, of course, we want to stay here.

:11:28. > :11:34.The shop is run by Betsy and her mother.

:11:35. > :11:51.Tried it and it's turned out really well.

:11:52. > :11:53.In the decade they've run the shop, it's doubled in size

:11:54. > :11:56.and in the same ten years, that's more or less

:11:57. > :11:58.what happened to the non-UK born population of Flintshire.

:11:59. > :12:00.Now, rightly or wrongly, they feel uncertain

:12:01. > :12:09.For us, being here, for so long now, working hard, having salaries,

:12:10. > :12:11.paying taxes, paying our rents, the bills, everything,

:12:12. > :12:13.our children go to school over here now and it is hurting

:12:14. > :12:28.To be fair, none of the mainstream parties say that but the scale

:12:29. > :12:31.of future immigration is an issue in this election and in the Brexit

:12:32. > :12:35.The Conservatives have renewed their promise to reduce it

:12:36. > :12:40.And we will hear from the other parties soon.

:12:41. > :12:43.This corner of North East Wales has much in common with

:12:44. > :12:52.Here, the old mainstays were the steel and textile industries.

:12:53. > :12:54.40 years ago, life on Deside was pretty certain.

:12:55. > :12:56.People grew up together, worked together, then came the steel

:12:57. > :13:09.When steel-making ended, 6500 jobs were lost in one day.

:13:10. > :13:14.But from the ruins, new opportunities arrived.

:13:15. > :13:15.The Deeside Industrial Park on the old steelworks

:13:16. > :13:22.Little wonder then so many East Europeans are being drawn

:13:23. > :13:30.in and you don't half to spend long here chatting to local

:13:31. > :13:32.people to discover that makes seven feel uneasy.

:13:33. > :13:39.What do you think the big issues are going to be around here?

:13:40. > :13:42.There's a lot of foreign people around here.

:13:43. > :13:44.A lot of people take issues with them taking

:13:45. > :13:49.Very difficult to get into the doctors.

:13:50. > :13:54.When you go, they are all foreigners.

:13:55. > :13:58.A lot of politicians are talking about that today.

:13:59. > :14:04.Struggling to get another job because obviously, immigration,

:14:05. > :14:09.people are coming over here and taking our jobs really.

:14:10. > :14:12.They are keeping wages down as well, yeah.

:14:13. > :14:15.And according to the Bank of England, in the lowest skilled

:14:16. > :14:17.industries, a ten percentage point rise in the proportion

:14:18. > :14:20.of immigrants is associated with a 2% reduction in pay.

:14:21. > :14:25.If they all go, who will have those jobs then?

:14:26. > :14:28.There's not enough people around here for those jobs.

:14:29. > :14:30.There's an awful lot of big factories over there now.

:14:31. > :14:33.So, do recent immigrants put pressure on local services,

:14:34. > :14:37.Or are they helping to drive the economy forward?

:14:38. > :14:47.Some big questions for the politicians.

:14:48. > :14:49.Meanwhile, on the election campaign trail today,

:14:50. > :14:53.The Foreign Secretary used his visit to Newport market to tell voters

:14:54. > :14:56.that the Conservatives will deliver a Strong and clear approach

:14:57. > :14:58.to defence, whereas the Labour party, under Jeremy Corbyn,

:14:59. > :15:07.Elsewhere, Labour's deputy leader has also been

:15:08. > :15:10.Tom Watson has been on a mini whistle-stop campaign tour,

:15:11. > :15:12.visiting areas such as Cardiff, Pontypridd, Merthyr and Caerphilly.

:15:13. > :15:15.During his visit, Mr Watson praised the party's record running

:15:16. > :15:22.And with the election just weeks away, we're asking what you would do

:15:23. > :15:29.What would you do if you were in the top job?

:15:30. > :15:32.We want to know which issues are important to you.

:15:33. > :15:35.And we've had plenty of ideas already but we'd like to have more

:15:36. > :15:38.so that we can take them all to the decision-makers

:15:39. > :15:41.after the results of the election on June the 8th.

:15:42. > :16:04.Swansea City's Premier League fate could be decided this weekend.

:16:05. > :16:06.If they win and other results go their way,

:16:07. > :16:08.they will be safe come Sunday afternoon.

:16:09. > :16:10.3,000 Swans fans will make the trip to Sunderland tomorrow,

:16:11. > :16:13.and with so much at stake, boss Paul Clement says

:16:14. > :16:15.it's all about who can handle the pressure.

:16:16. > :16:34.Swansea City, masters of their own destiny, are looking to capitalise

:16:35. > :16:45.on last weekend where their win over Everton saw them leapfrog howl. --

:16:46. > :16:49.Hull. It is Sunderland tomorrow afternoon but the boss is taking

:16:50. > :16:52.nothing for granted. They have a good manager with plenty of

:16:53. > :16:55.experience who wants to win every game he is involved in. Although

:16:56. > :16:59.they have had a difficult season, they will want to finish strongly.

:17:00. > :17:06.Mentally we are prepared for a tough game. It is certainly a crunch

:17:07. > :17:11.weekend. Victory for Swansea would apply huge pressure on rivals Hull

:17:12. > :17:15.and Crystal Palace will face each other on Sunday. The relegation race

:17:16. > :17:20.could be decided if Swansea win and Hull lose. We don't cheese nothing.

:17:21. > :17:26.We look for our work and the next game is the most important for us.

:17:27. > :17:34.We need to win the game. The pressure lies on all of us to win

:17:35. > :17:39.the game. We have to draw it. If we are defensively sound and solid like

:17:40. > :17:43.we were against Arsenal, then we are bound to create some chances at home

:17:44. > :17:47.and hopefully score. Swansea have spent almost the entire season

:17:48. > :17:50.struggling at the wrong end of the table and staying up would not

:17:51. > :17:55.normally be cause for celebration but this has been an extraordinary

:17:56. > :17:57.season. Three managers in, they look doomed before Paul Clement to change

:17:58. > :18:02.were macro charge. Another Coach has pulled out

:18:03. > :18:04.of Wales' summer tour games After Danny Wilson last week,

:18:05. > :18:07.the Scarlets have confirmed Stephen Jones won't be part

:18:08. > :18:09.of Robin McBryde's backroom team because of

:18:10. > :18:11.commitments with his region. The Scarlets play Leinster

:18:12. > :18:16.in the Pro12 semifinal next week. Lions captain Sam Warburton

:18:17. > :18:18.says his side needs to become the best in the world,

:18:19. > :18:21.in a matter of weeks, if it wants Warburton leads the Lions

:18:22. > :18:25.for a second successive tour and knows the tourists must gel

:18:26. > :18:28.quickly ahead of the first Test I think it's going to

:18:29. > :18:36.be very difficult... Four years ago, there were chances

:18:37. > :18:40.where the guys could have a little bit of a social together,

:18:41. > :18:43.we might be able to go out, have a couple of beers

:18:44. > :18:45.and do things like that. Which is quite a good way

:18:46. > :18:48.to get to know players. But the games are coming so thick

:18:49. > :18:51.and fast, there's not going to be I think going through difficult

:18:52. > :18:59.training and games will help. Welsh Cyclist Geraint Thomas remains

:19:00. > :19:02.in 2nd position overall, Caleb Ewan of Australia was first

:19:03. > :19:07.over the line, just. he was a fraction of a wheel ahead

:19:08. > :19:10.of Fernando Gaviria of Columbia, Thousands of giant jellyfish have

:19:11. > :19:24.washed up on Welsh beaches The barrel jellyfish have been

:19:25. > :19:27.spotted in Pembrokeshire, New Quay has been a hot spot,

:19:28. > :19:31.with over 300 seen in what's been They are known as barrel or even

:19:32. > :19:41.dustbin lid jellyfish And they have been washing up

:19:42. > :19:45.on the beaches of Wales Science officers from

:19:46. > :19:48.Cardigan Bay Marine wildlife Centre have counted over 300

:19:49. > :19:54.on beaches at New Quay alone. And while this happens annually,

:19:55. > :19:56.they say this number is rare. And have described

:19:57. > :20:02.it as a mega swarm. We don't normally get as many

:20:03. > :20:05.as we are seeing now. Last year was an unusual year

:20:06. > :20:09.in that we didn't see them This year we have seen them

:20:10. > :20:13.sort of April-May time And they seem to be a lot bigger

:20:14. > :20:17.than we usually see. I don't think I've ever seen them

:20:18. > :20:20.quite as big as they are this year Numbers have grown in recent

:20:21. > :20:29.years because of mild winters and warm waters,

:20:30. > :20:30.allowing plankton, their main And the fine weather

:20:31. > :20:33.lately has sparked this recent boom in jellyfish,

:20:34. > :20:35.which can grow up to These barrel jellyfish end up

:20:36. > :20:39.on the beach because they head inshore for the warmer water

:20:40. > :20:42.but they have a limited ability So they end up washed up

:20:43. > :20:51.on the beach in huge numbers. We have been coming here 40 years

:20:52. > :20:54.and I just never seen anything like this in terms of the numbers

:20:55. > :20:58.and the size of them. The last time we saw so many

:20:59. > :21:01.hundreds of these jellyfish washed up like this was when we had that

:21:02. > :21:09.really hot summer of 1976. There is advice not to touch or move

:21:10. > :21:12.the jellyfish as they do give a mild staying,

:21:13. > :21:14.similar to a nettle. And conservationists hope this

:21:15. > :21:16.will scratch the sea creatures' main predator,

:21:17. > :21:18.the large leatherback turtle. So this ancient sea creature could

:21:19. > :21:46.attract another to our beaches. some welcome rain in the forecast.

:21:47. > :21:53.Some sunshine to look forward to. Here is the radar from earlier. It

:21:54. > :21:57.was patchy in nature. It was pretty heavy. More showers to deal with

:21:58. > :22:01.tonight. They will tend to ease through the night. It'll start to

:22:02. > :22:06.feel fresher as we go through the night. The winds change in

:22:07. > :22:11.direction. Still fairly mild. Temperatures down to nine Celsius.

:22:12. > :22:15.Tomorrow we have a brief break from the rain but there is a weather

:22:16. > :22:19.front nearby that will bring the wet conditions as we head into tomorrow

:22:20. > :22:23.night. First thing tomorrow morning we do have a few showers running

:22:24. > :22:26.across mid Wales and across northern parts we have a few showers first

:22:27. > :22:33.thing as well. Temperatures in double figures. A mild start of the

:22:34. > :22:36.morning. As we head down into Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and

:22:37. > :22:41.Carmarthenshire, a lot of dry weather to start the day. Maybe even

:22:42. > :22:46.some sunshine first thing. I am hopeful most of us will see the sun

:22:47. > :22:51.shining. First thing tomorrow morning, those showers will tend to

:22:52. > :22:57.clear and it will become brighter. A few showers along the coast later on

:22:58. > :23:00.in the day. Top temperature around 18 Celsius and late afternoon, we

:23:01. > :23:05.will start to see that front approaching. That will bring with it

:23:06. > :23:12.rain and cloud as well. Tomorrow night, a wet night as that front

:23:13. > :23:16.pushes its way north-eastwards. Behind it a few showers but also a

:23:17. > :23:21.lot of dry weather. Feeling fresher than tonight. A brief break on

:23:22. > :23:30.Sunday but later in the day, we will see that area of low pressure

:23:31. > :23:33.pushing in, bringing more... On Sunday, some sunshine, the odd

:23:34. > :23:38.isolated shower. Temperatures reaching 17 Celsius. More persistent

:23:39. > :23:46.rain to come by the time we get to Monday. A woman and her ex-boyfriend

:23:47. > :23:51.have been jailed for killing a woman in a fatal car chase. 22-year-old

:23:52. > :23:56.Sophie Taylor died when her car hit a block of flats in Cardiff in

:23:57. > :23:59.August last year. Tonight Michael Wheeler is starting a seven and a

:24:00. > :24:01.half year jail term while Melissa Pesticcio will serve six and a half

:24:02. > :24:02.years. We'll have a quick update at 8,

:24:03. > :24:08.more after the BBC Ten o'clock News. From all of us on the

:24:09. > :24:13.programme, goodbye.