23/08/2016

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:00:09. > :00:10.Is social care here at 'Tipping Point?' -

:00:11. > :00:13.the call for urgent action to avert a catastrophe before Christmas.

:00:14. > :00:15.Six months after the collapse of the Didcot Power Station,

:00:16. > :00:16.Christopher Huxtable is still missing.

:00:17. > :00:41.People who are cared for in their own homes

:00:42. > :00:50.if urgent action isn't taken. a "winter of discontent"

:00:51. > :00:55.of Care Forum Wales - which represents care providers.

:00:56. > :00:57.Mario Kreft says funding and recruitment shortages,

:00:58. > :00:59.combined with an ageing population could lead to a "catastrophe"

:01:00. > :01:03.An art and craft session for residents of

:01:04. > :01:06.Elderly and disabled people here are encouraged

:01:07. > :01:09.to indulge their creative side as part of a wide programme

:01:10. > :01:14.But a senior figure in the care industry says that creative thinking

:01:15. > :01:16.is also urgently needed to stop a catastrophe

:01:17. > :01:21.You can only innovate if you're working with partners.

:01:22. > :01:29.Currently, the relationship between the sector, generally

:01:30. > :01:34.speaking, and health boards and local authorities

:01:35. > :01:37.And local authorities is not where it should be.

:01:38. > :01:39.We want to see those organisations and regulators

:01:40. > :01:42.led by the Welsh government, trying to make some sense of this.

:01:43. > :01:45.If we don't we going to have real winter of discontent.

:01:46. > :01:47.Mario Kreft says a lack of investment combined with a major

:01:48. > :01:50.increase in the number of over-85s in the next 20 years

:01:51. > :01:53.plus moves to increase pay in line with the so-called living wage

:01:54. > :01:55.is a triple whammy, pushing services to a tipping point.

:01:56. > :01:59.Staff at nursing homes like they say they have noticed growing pressures,

:02:00. > :02:03.and they always make sure residents are the last people to suffer.

:02:04. > :02:06.But they say that the current level of care is unsustainable

:02:07. > :02:10.Tracy Cuthill runs a care home for people with physical disabilities.

:02:11. > :02:12.She says the comparative underfunding of the social sector

:02:13. > :02:14.compared with the NHS means staff are fighting

:02:15. > :02:22.I had a gentleman in from a hospital two months ago,

:02:23. > :02:27.Now, as far as they were concerned he was going to lie in bed

:02:28. > :02:29.until such time we could get him a wheelchair.

:02:30. > :02:31.Now, that's not our responsibility either, but then,

:02:32. > :02:39.It's a basic human right. And it's basic.

:02:40. > :02:41.The Social Services minister wasn't available for interview

:02:42. > :02:43.but the Welsh Government says the sector is neither

:02:44. > :02:48.The majority of adult care homes raised no concerns in a recent

:02:49. > :02:50.report and it says it's investing in both

:02:51. > :02:54.But some experts say the system is in a fragile state.

:02:55. > :02:59.The businesses are particularly financially fragile,

:03:00. > :03:01.which means that residents in them are vulnerable

:03:02. > :03:08.If they are slow on payments, the banking and lending institutions

:03:09. > :03:13.could ask for a big financial payment, and they don't bother

:03:14. > :03:17.to find out which business it is they are demanding those from.

:03:18. > :03:24.In those instances, older people become commodities in the business

:03:25. > :03:26.model where the profit margins are looked at instead

:03:27. > :03:30.The art class in Wrexham is drawing to a close.

:03:31. > :03:32.It's part of the added value staff are trying to provide

:03:33. > :03:34.for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

:03:35. > :03:39.They warn it could be lost unless the picture improves.

:03:40. > :03:40.It's been six months since the collapse of

:03:41. > :03:46.Three workers - including Christopher Huxtable from Swansea -

:03:47. > :03:51.His family have said today they now need closure.

:03:52. > :03:53.Politicians representing the families say they're "horrified"

:03:54. > :03:55.by how long it's taking to recover their bodies.

:03:56. > :04:07.Returning to the site where a loved one is still lying.

:04:08. > :04:14.Six months on, the body of Christopher Huxtable

:04:15. > :04:16.from Swansea has been trapped under the rubble

:04:17. > :04:20.His sister and daughter save the last

:04:21. > :04:24.It's not nice to think he still out there after six months.

:04:25. > :04:32.I talked to him I do, through the scrap.

:04:33. > :04:35.It sounds stupid, doesn't it? It's the only thing I can do.

:04:36. > :04:39.I just think it needs to bring closure now.

:04:40. > :04:49.This was the scene at Didcot A power station not long after part

:04:50. > :04:52.of the decommissioned site collapsed in February.

:04:53. > :04:58.Only one of the bodies has been recovered.

:04:59. > :05:00.Politicians representing the families have also criticised

:05:01. > :05:03.One Swansea MP told me the time it has taken me

:05:04. > :05:09.As a family representative I am horrified at how long it has taken.

:05:10. > :05:11.It's just unfair, they have no closure.

:05:12. > :05:32.It's a tragedy. A dreadful tragedy.

:05:33. > :05:35.Is paid tribute to these men who went to work, and they have given up

:05:36. > :05:37.their life. Last month the demolition of the

:05:38. > :05:40.remaining section was carried out The half demolished

:05:41. > :05:43.shell was finally fully levelled.

:05:44. > :05:48.The search for the men resumed. But around 20,000 tonnes of material

:05:49. > :05:50.still needs to be sifted through. The company which owns the site has

:05:51. > :05:59.defended the recovery operation, saying part

:06:00. > :06:01.of the structure have proven challenging to remove,

:06:02. > :06:03.but they are working seven days a week and their priority

:06:04. > :06:05.is recovering the man. Tributes have been paid

:06:06. > :06:07.to a 22-year-old woman from Cardiff who died

:06:08. > :06:09.after the BMW she was driving crashed into a block

:06:10. > :06:11.of flats in the early hours

:06:12. > :06:13.of yesterday morning. Sophie Taylor's family

:06:14. > :06:14.have described her A 21-year-old man who was

:06:15. > :06:21.a passenger in the car remains in a critical

:06:22. > :06:23.condition in hospital. Four people have been arrested

:06:24. > :06:25.on suspicion of manslaughter. There's been major travel

:06:26. > :06:27.disruption on the A55 along The Conwy Tunnel was closed in both

:06:28. > :06:32.directions after a system

:06:33. > :06:34.failure within the tunnel. It has now reopened

:06:35. > :06:40.and traffic is moving well. The Archbishop of Wales,

:06:41. > :06:42.Dr Barry Morgan, has announced He's the longest serving archbishop

:06:43. > :06:50.in the Anglican communion and has been a strong

:06:51. > :06:52.voice in public Jenny Rees looks back

:06:53. > :06:57.at his career. He's led the way on big occasions,

:06:58. > :07:01.here in Llandaff Cathedral two years ago, at the Welsh national service,

:07:02. > :07:03.marking 100 years since But he has been there too,

:07:04. > :07:08.for communities rocked by personal tragedies as at Gleision, when four

:07:09. > :07:11.miners were killed in 2011. Those within the church credit him

:07:12. > :07:15.with holding it together, when topics like women bishops

:07:16. > :07:18.and same sex marriages But Archbishop Barry Morgan hasn't

:07:19. > :07:23.been afraid to speak out What I'm not in favour of is this

:07:24. > :07:34.bill which presumes that unless you have opted out

:07:35. > :07:36.then your organs can be used What is it about

:07:37. > :07:44.a prosperous country, What is it about a prosperous

:07:45. > :07:47.country, where people have to depend on food banks to get food,

:07:48. > :07:50.in order to feed their families. I think it's been absolutely

:07:51. > :07:53.right for the Archbishop He will be there to

:07:54. > :07:57.promote social justice. He, across the board has spoken

:07:58. > :08:00.for the vulnerable, particularly That has been hugely appreciated

:08:01. > :08:05.by those of us But I think it's appropriate

:08:06. > :08:10.for a bishop of a province He will, of course, receive rough

:08:11. > :08:16.treatment from some when he has Dr Morgan stands down in January,

:08:17. > :08:20.when he turns 70. Today he thanked those who have

:08:21. > :08:23.supported him over the years, particularly since the death

:08:24. > :08:26.of his wife earlier this year, a loss, he says, he found enormously

:08:27. > :08:33.hard to bear. The firm behind plans

:08:34. > :08:35.to build a ?120 million

:08:36. > :08:37.holiday village on Anglesey has bought 600 acres of land

:08:38. > :08:42.for the development. Land and Lakes plan to develop

:08:43. > :08:46.800 lodges and cottages, a spa and 320 houses

:08:47. > :08:50.on the site at Holy Island. A painting viewed as one

:08:51. > :08:57.of the finest portraits by the National Trust,

:08:58. > :09:01.bought for ?2.1 million so that it can stay at its home

:09:02. > :09:04.in mid- Wales. The 17th century miniature

:09:05. > :09:10.painting of Edward Herbert, was painted by Isaac Oliver

:09:11. > :09:12.in the early 17th century. It will be restored before being put

:09:13. > :09:15.back on display In just over a fortnight Rio

:09:16. > :09:18.will host the Paralympics but major budget cuts are a real

:09:19. > :09:21.concern for athletes here That's the warning tonight

:09:22. > :09:26.from Disability Sport Wales. Most of the 24 welsh athletes

:09:27. > :09:28.competing for Paralympics GB They won 22 medals last

:09:29. > :09:39.time around in London. Today's Britain's cycling

:09:40. > :09:48.team trained in Newport. At the weekend most will be flying

:09:49. > :09:54.to a training camp in Belo Horizonte, heading

:09:55. > :09:56.to a games overshadowed It's concerning for the athletes

:09:57. > :10:06.and for the image of the games. I know that the IPC are working

:10:07. > :10:10.with the mayor and goverment I know that the IPC are working

:10:11. > :10:12.of Brazil to make sure they put on a I think the athletes

:10:13. > :10:16.will be fully supported with no cutbacks, hopefully,

:10:17. > :10:17.on the field of play The Paralympics budget

:10:18. > :10:23.has been scaled back. Cuts have been announced including

:10:24. > :10:25.the closure of Deodoro Park, the second-largest of the four

:10:26. > :10:28.zones used in the Olympics the down One of the medal hopes took

:10:29. > :10:34.to Twitter this week asking whether these problems would have

:10:35. > :10:36.occurred had the Paralympics been Another Paralympic

:10:37. > :10:40.champion from 2012 told me it is disconcerting,

:10:41. > :10:42.but the cutback shouldn't affect the It is shameful as far

:10:43. > :10:46.as I am concerned. As an ex-athlete I feel that any

:10:47. > :10:48.athlete representing the country, Olympic or Paralympic

:10:49. > :10:50.should be given Organisers said they wanted to

:10:51. > :10:55.welcome the world to the city, but just 12% of tickets

:10:56. > :10:58.have been sold so far. The Beijing and London Paralympics

:10:59. > :11:03.generated huge interest in disability sport and brought

:11:04. > :11:06.a shift in perceptions. The hope is that that momentum

:11:07. > :11:10.will continue in Rio, despite the problems

:11:11. > :11:15.behind-the-scenes. and in the second round of the EFL

:11:16. > :11:18.Cup, Swansea City have won away

:11:19. > :11:20.from home against Peterbrough. Let's see if there's any more sunny

:11:21. > :11:40.weather on the way - here's Derek. Hello, Cardiff was a hotspot today,

:11:41. > :11:43.82 this afternoon, the highest temperatures recorded in Wales so

:11:44. > :11:50.far this August. Tomorrow, temperatures will be lower but still

:11:51. > :11:55.on the home side. Tonight, cloud spreads across Wales bringing the

:11:56. > :12:00.odd spot of drizzle, some mist, otherwise try with a mild, worm and

:12:01. > :12:05.muggy night for some. There will be some cloud around, Misty in places,

:12:06. > :12:10.otherwise dry with many places brightening up with some sunshine.

:12:11. > :12:15.Across the rest of the UK, many places dry tomorrow with some cloud

:12:16. > :12:19.around, but sunny spells as well. Pleasantly warm in Northern Ireland,

:12:20. > :12:26.20 Celsius in Belfast, hot and humid in the south-east, 29 Celsius in

:12:27. > :12:35.London, 86 Fahrenheit. In Wales tomorrow afternoon, many places dry.

:12:36. > :12:41.There will be some cloud in Powys, but still quite warm, 22 Celsius in

:12:42. > :12:46.import where it will feel humid, fresher in the north-west. Tomorrow

:12:47. > :12:50.evening we made see some rain in the south-east, spreading north towards

:12:51. > :12:55.Wrexham and Welshpool. Elsewhere, dry with showers. On Thursday, there

:12:56. > :13:00.a greater risk of rain thundery showers. It should brighten up in

:13:01. > :13:06.the West during the afternoon. Friday looks a decent day. Dry and

:13:07. > :13:11.settled with a mix of cloud and size bells, feeling pleasantly warm. Will

:13:12. > :13:15.it stay dry over the bank holiday weekend? Probably not. We are

:13:16. > :13:23.expecting rain and heavy showers, but some drier, brighter spells are

:13:24. > :13:24.likely as well. I will see you soon. Nos da.

:13:25. > :13:28.And that's Wales Today - we'll be back in Breakfast,

:13:29. > :13:33.Until then, from all of us on the programme, nos da. Goodnight.