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:00:07. > :00:08.It will cost ?350 million, was first proposed 12 years ago
:00:09. > :00:13.and finally this new super-hospital is given the go-ahead.
:00:14. > :00:17.And teachers' pay could be set by politicians in Cardiff
:00:18. > :00:34.rather than Westminster. Tonight, anger from teaching unions.
:00:35. > :00:41.It was first proposed over a decade ago -
:00:42. > :00:45.and after years of delays - a new ?350 million hospital
:00:46. > :00:49.for South East Wales has finally been given the go-ahead.
:00:50. > :00:52.The Specialist and Critical Care Centre is expected to open in 2022
:00:53. > :00:54.as part of a plan to modernise health-services run
:00:55. > :01:10.The best sort of medicine, at this health centre in Cwmbran
:01:11. > :01:13.where they try to keep people out of hospital, working with
:01:14. > :01:15.the local council and others to provide support services.
:01:16. > :01:17.But first some emergencies only a major hospital will do.
:01:18. > :01:20.In this part of Wales that means ageing facilities.
:01:21. > :01:23.Neville Hall Hospital in Abergavenny or Newport in the Royal Gwent.
:01:24. > :01:26.The new specialist in critical care centre,
:01:27. > :01:33.almost all patients will move from Newport
:01:34. > :01:35.in Abergavenny to hear amongst You want the right care
:01:36. > :01:38.in the right place at the right time and that sometimes
:01:39. > :01:41.needs you need specialist centres with excellent quality care rather
:01:42. > :01:44.than trying to do too many things 460 beds makes it roughly the same
:01:45. > :01:57.size as the hospital in North Wales. Plans were first floated
:01:58. > :01:59.in 2004 body ?300 million project but six years later
:02:00. > :02:02.the plans were no further forward and the then health
:02:03. > :02:04.Minister asked for There was uncertainty
:02:05. > :02:16.for years, seemingly little progress, but then in 2013
:02:17. > :02:20.the new man in charge launched a More delay but later that year
:02:21. > :02:24.the business case for the site was Two years later the health
:02:25. > :02:28.board submitted its final plans, demolition of old buildings
:02:29. > :02:33.on the site, but still no final confirmed
:02:34. > :02:35.start date to build. The original cost up now
:02:36. > :02:47.by more than ?50 million It will have an impact for a
:02:48. > :02:51.generation to come. To get the right decision it is absolutely right. It
:02:52. > :02:55.has been difficult. We have been trying to maintain services as best
:02:56. > :02:57.we could over the last couple of years. This provides a clear focus
:02:58. > :03:04.as to where we go. A landscape of Green fails
:03:05. > :03:06.ready to be transformed The BMA said many of
:03:07. > :03:09.the doctors have concerns about the lack of
:03:10. > :03:11.detail in these plans. It still wonders what the new
:03:12. > :03:14.facility could mean for other services across South Wales
:03:15. > :03:17.and the doors here open in 2022. his mother with a chainsaw
:03:18. > :03:21.how a son killed while she was hanging
:03:22. > :03:24.out the washing. Robert Owens attacked
:03:25. > :03:26.75-year-old Iris Owens, after a row at their family
:03:27. > :03:28.home in Ystrad Mynach, Owens, who's 47, has
:03:29. > :03:32.pleaded guilty to murder, Decisions over the pay
:03:33. > :03:42.and conditions of Wales'
:03:43. > :03:43.20,000 teachers will be devolved The Welsh Government described
:03:44. > :03:47.the move as "encouraging". But two major teaching unions have
:03:48. > :03:51.told BBC Wales they are opposed to the idea, fearing lower
:03:52. > :03:57.pay than in England. There's a lot of concern that it
:03:58. > :04:00.might to depressed wages here. There is concern about the fact that
:04:01. > :04:04.there's such a in England and if teachers in England
:04:05. > :04:09.are being paid more to do the same job, then we will have a brain drain
:04:10. > :04:12.of our best teachers who want to go across the border and actually get
:04:13. > :04:16.paid the going rate for that work. A judge is calling
:04:17. > :04:18.for more investment and new court services in Wales
:04:19. > :04:21.to break the cycle of families that have multiple
:04:22. > :04:26.children taken into care. A BBC Wales investigation has
:04:27. > :04:28.found that in one case, Judge Nick Crichton says
:04:29. > :04:33.the current system is failing. In the first of two special
:04:34. > :04:35.investigations, Katrina Huston travels around,
:04:36. > :04:48.working with mums who are at risk of having or have
:04:49. > :04:51.had their A lot of them have been
:04:52. > :04:54.looked after children themselves, averaging
:04:55. > :04:55.around 60% of them, a large amount of them
:04:56. > :04:57.have They grow up with low self-esteem
:04:58. > :05:03.and turn to alcohol. It's a means of
:05:04. > :05:05.blocking out the pain. The get into relationships
:05:06. > :05:07.with domestic violence, they are
:05:08. > :05:10.focused on surviving and not on the care
:05:11. > :05:12.of the children so they are
:05:13. > :05:17.often done for neglect. Children are taken into care
:05:18. > :05:20.if they are suffering or at risk There are more than 5,500 looked
:05:21. > :05:30.after children and the number of court orders brought
:05:31. > :05:32.by councils to remove children from their families as increased by 31%
:05:33. > :05:34.compared to last year. Today Katrina is
:05:35. > :05:36.visiting Allison. She was in an
:05:37. > :05:37.abusive relationship She had four children
:05:38. > :05:40.between the ages of seven and two removed
:05:41. > :05:42.by social services When the social worker turned
:05:43. > :05:48.up to take them I was devastated - one of my children left
:05:49. > :05:52.the house and I had to go and get him because he had run away
:05:53. > :05:56.and he was begging, like, can I just spent nine
:05:57. > :05:58.more days with mummy? I want to live with mummy,
:05:59. > :06:04.things like that. 16 of the 22 councils
:06:05. > :06:11.told us the largest of the children they had
:06:12. > :06:13.taken from one mum. The largest number was
:06:14. > :06:32.11 children removed. If we had an earthquake in Wales the
:06:33. > :06:35.government would come up with millions of pounds, let's say 20
:06:36. > :06:40.million, to help survivors and people who suffer as a result of an
:06:41. > :06:44.earthquake. The figures on the increase in the number of care
:06:45. > :06:47.proceedings over the last ten years and over the last 12 months are an
:06:48. > :06:55.earthquake. The Welsh government
:06:56. > :06:57.says it is monitoring the situation and it
:06:58. > :06:58.is working on a national approach
:06:59. > :07:00.to help reduce the numbers Alison has managed to turn a life
:07:01. > :07:04.around, after two years of planning Alison now has
:07:05. > :07:07.a three-month-old baby in her care She is also hoping to get her other
:07:08. > :07:12.children home and hopes were people in her position can get more support
:07:13. > :07:14.before it is too late. signed a new deal with Real Madrid
:07:15. > :07:19.a dream come true to have reportedly worth more than ?100
:07:20. > :07:21.million over the next six years. The Welsh forward has won five
:07:22. > :07:23.trophies But today he admitted
:07:24. > :07:26.to Spain, three years ago. he's had a difficult
:07:27. > :07:31.journey at the club. Obviously I had some
:07:32. > :07:34.great years here. I had one season where it maybe
:07:35. > :07:37.wasn't the best, but I think this was the best season for me,
:07:38. > :07:41.that has made me grow up as a player, as a person,
:07:42. > :07:43.and I think given me more confidence to deal with whatever life has
:07:44. > :08:01.thrown at me. Swansea lost 3-1 away to Stoke City
:08:02. > :08:06.in the Premier League. Swansea remain one place off the bottom of
:08:07. > :08:12.the league. Wilfried Bony scored two goals against his old club.
:08:13. > :08:17.Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's got the forecast.
:08:18. > :08:23.It is dry and mild for Halloween this spooky mist and fog patches.
:08:24. > :08:28.They could become dense in places. We could see a few spots of drizzle
:08:29. > :08:33.in the far north by the end. Where the sky remains clear it will be
:08:34. > :08:38.chilly, dropping as low as six Celsius in mid Wales. A gloomy start
:08:39. > :08:44.tomorrow. That mist and fog will slowly lift. A few spots of light
:08:45. > :08:49.rain and drizzle in the north. Across the rest of the UK, watch out
:08:50. > :08:53.for four patches in the south if you're travelling. A few spots of
:08:54. > :08:58.light rain drifting south during the day. Further north, brightening up
:08:59. > :09:04.nicely with sunshine in Newcastle, some showers in the north of
:09:05. > :09:07.Scotland. 16 in Plymouth tomorrow afternoon, so still mild, with cold
:09:08. > :09:13.air coming down from the north, only nine in Glasgow. The odd spot of
:09:14. > :09:17.drizzle in the south, otherwise dry, brightening up in the North are some
:09:18. > :09:22.sunshine. Temperatures up on today with the north to north-easterly
:09:23. > :09:26.breeze. Most places dry overnight tomorrow, a few showers, colder than
:09:27. > :09:32.recent nights with pockets of Grant Ross. On Wednesday, high pressure
:09:33. > :09:36.building in from Ireland, so on Wednesday, a few showers over
:09:37. > :09:39.Anglesey, the odd one, further south, otherwise dry with some
:09:40. > :09:44.sunshine. More dry weather on Thursday with light winds. Looks
:09:45. > :09:48.like this October could be the driest in Wales since 1978, but
:09:49. > :09:51.there is some rain on the way later in the week.
:09:52. > :09:53.That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.
:09:54. > :10:00.From all of us on the programme, goodnight.