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It will cost ?350 million, was first proposed 12 years ago

and finally this new super-hospital is given the go-ahead.

And teachers' pay could be set by politicians in Cardiff

rather than Westminster. Tonight, anger from teaching unions.

It was first proposed over a decade ago -

and after years of delays - a new ?350 million hospital

for South East Wales has finally been given the go-ahead.

The Specialist and Critical Care Centre is expected to open in 2022

as part of a plan to modernise health-services run

The best sort of medicine, at this health centre in Cwmbran

where they try to keep people out of hospital, working with

the local council and others to provide support services.

But first some emergencies only a major hospital will do.

In this part of Wales that means ageing facilities.

Neville Hall Hospital in Abergavenny or Newport in the Royal Gwent.

The new specialist in critical care centre,

almost all patients will move from Newport

in Abergavenny to hear amongst You want the right care

in the right place at the right time and that sometimes

needs you need specialist centres with excellent quality care rather

than trying to do too many things 460 beds makes it roughly the same

size as the hospital in North Wales. Plans were first floated

in 2004 body ?300 million project but six years later

the plans were no further forward and the then health

Minister asked for There was uncertainty

for years, seemingly little progress, but then in 2013

the new man in charge launched a More delay but later that year

the business case for the site was Two years later the health

board submitted its final plans, demolition of old buildings

on the site, but still no final confirmed

start date to build. The original cost up now

by more than ?50 million It will have an impact for a

generation to come. To get the right decision it is absolutely right. It

has been difficult. We have been trying to maintain services as best

we could over the last couple of years. This provides a clear focus

as to where we go. A landscape of Green fails

ready to be transformed The BMA said many of

the doctors have concerns about the lack of

detail in these plans. It still wonders what the new

facility could mean for other services across South Wales

and the doors here open in 2022. his mother with a chainsaw

how a son killed while she was hanging

out the washing. Robert Owens attacked

75-year-old Iris Owens, after a row at their family

home in Ystrad Mynach, Owens, who's 47, has

pleaded guilty to murder, Decisions over the pay

and conditions of Wales'

20,000 teachers will be devolved The Welsh Government described

the move as "encouraging". But two major teaching unions have

told BBC Wales they are opposed to the idea, fearing lower

pay than in England. There's a lot of concern that it

might to depressed wages here. There is concern about the fact that

there's such a in England and if teachers in England

are being paid more to do the same job, then we will have a brain drain

of our best teachers who want to go across the border and actually get

paid the going rate for that work. A judge is calling

for more investment and new court services in Wales

to break the cycle of families that have multiple

children taken into care. A BBC Wales investigation has

found that in one case, Judge Nick Crichton says

the current system is failing. In the first of two special

investigations, Katrina Huston travels around,

working with mums who are at risk of having or have

had their A lot of them have been

looked after children themselves, averaging

around 60% of them, a large amount of them

have They grow up with low self-esteem

and turn to alcohol. It's a means of

blocking out the pain. The get into relationships

with domestic violence, they are

focused on surviving and not on the care

of the children so they are

often done for neglect. Children are taken into care

if they are suffering or at risk There are more than 5,500 looked

after children and the number of court orders brought

by councils to remove children from their families as increased by 31%

compared to last year. Today Katrina is

visiting Allison. She was in an

abusive relationship She had four children

between the ages of seven and two removed

by social services When the social worker turned

up to take them I was devastated - one of my children left

the house and I had to go and get him because he had run away

and he was begging, like, can I just spent nine

more days with mummy? I want to live with mummy,

things like that. 16 of the 22 councils

told us the largest of the children they had

taken from one mum. The largest number was

11 children removed. If we had an earthquake in Wales the

government would come up with millions of pounds, let's say 20

million, to help survivors and people who suffer as a result of an

earthquake. The figures on the increase in the number of care

proceedings over the last ten years and over the last 12 months are an

earthquake. The Welsh government

says it is monitoring the situation and it

is working on a national approach

to help reduce the numbers Alison has managed to turn a life

around, after two years of planning Alison now has

a three-month-old baby in her care She is also hoping to get her other

children home and hopes were people in her position can get more support

before it is too late. signed a new deal with Real Madrid

a dream come true to have reportedly worth more than ?100

million over the next six years. The Welsh forward has won five

trophies But today he admitted

to Spain, three years ago. he's had a difficult

journey at the club. Obviously I had some

great years here. I had one season where it maybe

wasn't the best, but I think this was the best season for me,

that has made me grow up as a player, as a person,

and I think given me more confidence to deal with whatever life has

thrown at me. Swansea lost 3-1 away to Stoke City

in the Premier League. Swansea remain one place off the bottom of

the league. Wilfried Bony scored two goals against his old club.

Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's got the forecast.

It is dry and mild for Halloween this spooky mist and fog patches.

They could become dense in places. We could see a few spots of drizzle

in the far north by the end. Where the sky remains clear it will be

chilly, dropping as low as six Celsius in mid Wales. A gloomy start

tomorrow. That mist and fog will slowly lift. A few spots of light

rain and drizzle in the north. Across the rest of the UK, watch out

for four patches in the south if you're travelling. A few spots of

light rain drifting south during the day. Further north, brightening up

nicely with sunshine in Newcastle, some showers in the north of

Scotland. 16 in Plymouth tomorrow afternoon, so still mild, with cold

air coming down from the north, only nine in Glasgow. The odd spot of

drizzle in the south, otherwise dry, brightening up in the North are some

sunshine. Temperatures up on today with the north to north-easterly

breeze. Most places dry overnight tomorrow, a few showers, colder than

recent nights with pockets of Grant Ross. On Wednesday, high pressure

building in from Ireland, so on Wednesday, a few showers over

Anglesey, the odd one, further south, otherwise dry with some

sunshine. More dry weather on Thursday with light winds. Looks

like this October could be the driest in Wales since 1978, but

there is some rain on the way later in the week.

That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, goodnight.