27/09/2016 BBC Wales Today

A change on the cards for Jewish and fees. 60% of adults say they have

suffered as the result of someone around them abusing alcohol. -- a

change on the cards for student tuition fees.

More help for students from poorer backgrounds,

but an end to grants covering tuition fees.

Some of the recommendations of a major report

into funding higher education in Wales.

The review - carried out by Professor Ian Diamond -

recommends focussing help with living costs,

with every student here likely to get ?1,000 a year.

Here's our education correspondent, Bethan Lewis.

Covering the costs of higher education, both the student

But how much and what type of support should students get?

After a two and a half year review, Professor Ian Diamond

presented his findings to the Education Secretary.

He wants to see an end to the current system,

under which the Welsh government pays around ?5,000 a year

towards Welsh students University course fees.

He wants a new maintenance grant established instead.

What we have done is find a new system, a system that enables

a maintenance grant for the great majority of students,

so they have money in their pocket while they are students.

The fees are paid back when they get the benefit from higher education

The new living costs grant would mean every student would get

It could be as much as a ?9,100, depending on their household income.

The report says the average Welsh student would get around ?7,000.

19-year-old Leo Williams from Cardigan is in the second year

of her politics and International relations course at

She had received a tuition fee grant and taken out a loan.

With more than ?1000 a term to pay in rent, to make ends meet,

She has estimated leaving with student debts of ?20,000.

Leah says she had to look carefully at the finances before deciding

Is my course worth it but well I have a job?

If I wasn't 100% sure I wanted to study politics, I don't think

I would have gone to university, just in case the course was not

for me and I would still have that much debt.

Student representatives and university bosses

were on Professor Diamond's panel, and they are satisfied their main

concerns about the current system have been addressed.

In an ideal world, we wouldn't see any students leaving

However, in our current economic climate, we do celebrate that

Diamond has targeted support at those who needed

-- need it the most because we've feel that widening access

should be a core mission for Welsh higher education.

There have been concerns about affordability

Although getting rid of the grant towards tuition fees

would save ?100 million, under Professor Diamond's plan that

money would come back into higher education,

including more help for postgraduate and part-time students.

Overall, he says, his plan would cost the same.

This afternoon the Education Secretary outlined the response.

She accepts the principles and there will be a closer look

What's really important to me is that, indeed,

we do have an affordable system going forward.

We don't want to have to grip up the system

One of the things I am testing very carefully is our detailed

response is affordable, is sustainable in the longer term.

Any changes won't be introduced for at least two years,

But today's port looks set to establish a new deal for students.

The Welsh NHS needs to tackle a number of "shortfalls"

in the care provided for sick and premature new-born babies.

That's according to the organisation representing children's doctors

in its annual audit of neonatal care across Britain.

Doctors here say - Wales needs more specialist staff.

We haven't got enough people who can do the assessment and we don't have

It needs more investment in both personnel and training,

and also proper clinic space, so these assessments can happen.

That's where we have lagged behind the rest of the country.

The Welsh Government says steady improvements are being made,

but all neonatal units will need to consider the report's findings

and develop action plans to address any shortfalls.

The search for a missing canoeist in Aberglaslin near Beddgelert has

Emergency services began a major search of the area

this afternoon after a man reportedly got into

Search and rescue teams are expected to return in the morning.

The potential damage alcohol can cause to our health

But what about the effect drinking has on others?

According to a report from Public Health Wales and

Liverpool John Moores University - more than half of all adults

in Wales have suffered because of someone else's

His childhood was shaped by his father's heavy drinking.

Sometimes I would try and keep the peace and stuff like that

and try and make sure nobody wanted to argue.

It could be quite fiery an environment to live in.

With the advent of 24-hour drinking and cut-price booze in shops

and supermarkets, getting hold of alcohol has never been easier.

But today's report shows it is becoming a problem

for more and more of us and in different ways.

We have a higher level of alcohol consumption,

especially binge drinking, than any other comparable countries.

There are some big issues here which means we see a lot

of people go to hospital every year and we see about 1500 deaths

every year as a result of alcohol consumption.

According to the report, 60% of adults in Wales have

suffered in the last year because of somebody else's drinking.

The report found that 18% said they had felt physically threatened

by someone who had been drinking and 11% said the property had been

5% said they had suffered physical violence at the hands

You have seen some are being hit with a bottle?

On a night out all the time you get people fighting.

Charities trying to change attitudes to alcohol say it is time to take

a long, hard look at our drinking culture.

This report raises interesting questions about what sort

of drinking society we want, what sort of night out we want.

There are quite extreme examples of violence but what most of us

experience is that low-level unpleasant behaviour,

which means that a lot of people say they do not want to go out

in the town centre at night because they consider to be

Many of us jointing is used as a way to celebrate, commiserate,

or simply unwind at the end of a hard day.

But this report shows the impact of drinking on others

The Welsh Labour Party is to get more say over its own affairs

The plans were approved by Labour's conference in Liverpool -

despite an attempt by Jeremy Corbyn's

Meanwhile, a Welsh delegate at the Labour conference has been

booed after questioning Jeremy Corbyn's appeal as leader.

We have Jeremy Corbyn as leader whether we like it or not.

Matthew Van Royun is youth mayor of Bridgend and speaking

Two businessmen from Aberdare have become so disillusioned

with mainstream politics - that they've set up their own party

to contest next years local council elections.

Andrew Chainey and Graham Marsh have founded the Cynon Valley Party -

and it's been formally approved by the Electoral Commission.

They say - by campaigning on issues that effect ordinary people -

Verdant hillsides, ancient forests, and former slag heaps

In other parts, it is grey and bleak.

The once industrious coal community is less than industrious.

Cynon Valley also ranks highly in the deprivation index

with unemployment higher than the Welsh average

but with lower than average pay for those who are in work.

Now a new party has been set up to represent those who feel

that they have been sidelined by mainstream politics.

Businessmen Andrew Chainey and Julian Marsh felt political

parties were not representing them well enough at a local level

The main issues affecting people here are local schooling,

bins on the street, the litter, but it is also how local politicians

also do not really represent the people.

We want to set a precedent so other areas can copy what we are doing.

It is time for change in the political system.

The party is looking for 23 candidates across Cynon Valley

for next year's local council elections.

Probably at some time in the future I can see it being a force for good.

I do not tend to vote because I find that they do not get

It would not make much difference to me.

Somebody who is local I suppose would be more interested

They used to say in Valleys politics, you could pen a Labour

rosette on a donkey and people would follow like sheep

but Andrew Chainey says he is a new breed of politician

and if you live in Cynon Valley he is working for you.

Not the best night for Welsh football clubs. Cardiff City slip

back into the bottom three. Newport County remain bottom of the league

to table. Wrexham last 3-0 away to Macclesfield.

The weather will chop and change a bit over the next few days. Tomorrow

will be dry for a while but there will be drizzly rain on the way.

Nice and dry tonight. Patchy cloud and clear spells. Not so cold for

the time of year. Lower temperatures in 11-14dC. Not too bad tomorrow

morning. Dry with patchy cloud, bright in places. Maybe a few sports

of drizzle in Snowdonia later in the morning. Across the rest of the UK,

low pressure will spread some rain across Scotland during the day. Some

of the rain will be heavy in the North and West. Some drizzly rain on

the hills. Quite warm. Temperatures in the low 20s. Close to home, the

weather will go downhill tomorrow afternoon, turning dull, damp and

misty. The bruise will pick up as well, becoming strong. Dry in the

north-east and mostly dry on the marshes. Tomorrow evening, damp and

misty. The wind will increase. A cold front will spread Southeast

after midnight bringing a spell of heavy rain. Wet first thing on

Thursday. The rain will clear, leaving a bright and breezy day with

sunshine and one or two passing showers. Sunshine and scattered

showers on Friday. Cooler than Thursday. More showers to come on

Saturday. Some of them heavy with a risk of thunder. It is looking more

settled on Sunday. Dry with lighter winds.

From all of us on the programme, goodnight.