:00:00. > :00:09.350 jobs at a meat processing plant in Merthyr Tydfil are at risk.
:00:10. > :00:12.And they're off to the best start, but tonight we'll hear why bad
:00:13. > :00:15.experiences in childhood can have profound consequences
:00:16. > :00:37.350 jobs at a food company in Merthyr Tydfil are tonight at risk.
:00:38. > :00:41.2 Sisters plans to move its packing operation to one of its other
:00:42. > :00:47.Unions have called it devastating while the Welsh Government says it
:00:48. > :00:49.will work with the company to try and minimise the impact
:00:50. > :00:56.Here's our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan.
:00:57. > :00:59.Darkness tonight in the Merthyr Tydfil plant which 2 Sisters
:01:00. > :01:05.It could be set to lose a third of its workforce at the factory that
:01:06. > :01:12.Around 700 will remain working on the cattle and lamb slaughter
:01:13. > :01:16.and cutting side of the business, which received ?1.2 million of Welsh
:01:17. > :01:19.government funding six years ago for new equipment.
:01:20. > :01:23.It's the packing operations, packing steaks and chops,
:01:24. > :01:25.that looks set to be moved to Cornwall.
:01:26. > :01:31.350 potential job losses will have a massive impact
:01:32. > :01:36.We suffer from, or have historically suffered from,
:01:37. > :01:39.poverty and disadvantage in that area.
:01:40. > :01:43.We are actually on the up now in terms of the regeneration that
:01:44. > :01:46.has gone on in the heads of the valley, along that
:01:47. > :01:49.area, the good transport links that we have got.
:01:50. > :01:53.So this is going to be a huge step backwards.
:01:54. > :01:56.Merthyr has had positive news recently with 400 jobs to be
:01:57. > :02:00.created at the new Trago Mills retail centre.
:02:01. > :02:04.And General Dynamics will employ 750 people in the town
:02:05. > :02:07.at its factory where it assembles and tests its new armoured vehicles
:02:08. > :02:12.The announcement from 2 Sisters, though, is a blow to
:02:13. > :02:15.the progress being made in Merthyr's regeneration.
:02:16. > :02:20.The company's previous restructuring also had an impact on Anglesey,
:02:21. > :02:22.where over 200 people lost their jobs at a
:02:23. > :02:28.Unions say the potential job losses at Merthyr are devastating
:02:29. > :02:32.for a loyal workforce but 2 Sisters argues that trading conditions make
:02:33. > :02:37.The Welsh government says it will work with the company,
:02:38. > :02:39.unions and employees to try to minimise the impact
:02:40. > :02:45.A man from Ystrad Mynach near Caerphilly has been jailed
:02:46. > :02:50.for life for murdering his 75-year-old mother with a chainsaw.
:02:51. > :02:54.Robert Owens, had traces of heroin and cocaine in his blood
:02:55. > :02:59.when he killed Iris Owens who was hangingout washing.
:03:00. > :03:02.He'll serve a minimum of 12 and a half years in prison.
:03:03. > :03:05.A murder investigation has begun into the fatal stabbing of a man
:03:06. > :03:09.from Caernarfon described as a "good brother and son".
:03:10. > :03:13.42-year-old Phillip Owen was stabbed in the neck and found dead on a road
:03:14. > :03:17.The police are calling for anyone with any
:03:18. > :03:25.What you experience in childhood will affect your long-term health
:03:26. > :03:28.resulting in greater dependence on the NHS.
:03:29. > :03:31.That's the finding of new Public Health Wales research.
:03:32. > :03:35.So children who are exposed to abuse, domestic violence or other
:03:36. > :03:38.stresses are far more likely to develop health problems.
:03:39. > :03:42.It's prompted calls for public bodies to work more closely.
:03:43. > :03:47.Our Health Correspondent Owain Clarke has this special report.
:03:48. > :03:50.Learning to live more healthily need not be boring.
:03:51. > :03:53.The winner of this game will be whoever has the healthiest foods
:03:54. > :03:56.in their collection and fruit always trumps fast food.
:03:57. > :03:59.At ten years old, Jessica and Alexander are already
:04:00. > :04:03.aware of how important it is to look after themselves.
:04:04. > :04:06.I want to be a dancer when I am older and you have
:04:07. > :04:10.I might not be able to do sports in the future like football or rugby
:04:11. > :04:17.because they would not choose you if you were not good enough.
:04:18. > :04:19.Encouraging and teaching pupils to live healthily is a key priority
:04:20. > :04:26.But bad experiences in childhood, such as being exposed to abuse
:04:27. > :04:29.or domestic violence, or even seeing parents
:04:30. > :04:34.separate, can have serious and lifelong health consequences.
:04:35. > :04:37.New research suggests children who have had four or more
:04:38. > :04:40.adverse experiences - around 14% of the population -
:04:41. > :04:43.are three times more likely to develop lung or heart disease
:04:44. > :04:48.They are also four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.
:04:49. > :04:51.Those who have had difficult childhoods are more likely
:04:52. > :04:57.As your body develops, it is used to being ready to be
:04:58. > :05:04.What we have got to focus on is, instead of mending broken adults,
:05:05. > :05:07.we have got to build stronger children.
:05:08. > :05:11.But a child can experience adverse incidents even before birth.
:05:12. > :05:15.Things like domestic abuse, violence in the household, shouting,
:05:16. > :05:20.Of course, those things are going to cause stress to a baby,
:05:21. > :05:25.and will impact on that baby's development.
:05:26. > :05:27.Emerging research suggests the effects could also be passed
:05:28. > :05:32.through the genes from one generation to the next.
:05:33. > :05:34.This is not just a challenge for the NHS.
:05:35. > :05:38.A child who has had four or more adverse experiences is also 15 times
:05:39. > :05:41.more likely to be a perpetrator of violence, and 14 times more
:05:42. > :05:45.That's why the Police and Crime Commissioner
:05:46. > :05:50.If there is a domestic dispute and a child is seeing it,
:05:51. > :05:56.or a parent getting blind drunk, What effect does that have?
:05:57. > :06:03.All of those things are likely to have an impact.
:06:04. > :06:05.Back at this school, and the mealtime game
:06:06. > :06:09.In trying to prevent health problems later on,
:06:10. > :06:12.inspiring children to eat well and exercise is important,
:06:13. > :06:15.but also essential is trying to ensure in the first instance
:06:16. > :06:22.A man from Flintshire who was involved in a car crash
:06:23. > :06:26.while he was on holiday in Greece 13 years ago has won his fight
:06:27. > :06:29.against extradition to serve a prison sentence there.
:06:30. > :06:32.Paul Wright from Mold was convicted in his absence of criminal damage
:06:33. > :06:37.and sentenced to 15 months in a Greek jail.
:06:38. > :06:44.My children still don't know what has happened today.
:06:45. > :06:47.I've got an eight-year-old daughter and my son is six.
:06:48. > :06:49.And I love them both with all my heart.
:06:50. > :06:51.But not only that, how do we explain to...
:06:52. > :06:55.How do you explain when your wife is in labour and you are not there?
:06:56. > :07:00.So I think, anyway, the judge has seen that side of it and then he has
:07:01. > :07:05.looked at the paperwork and decided, it doesn't add up.
:07:06. > :07:08.History could be made this week as St Davids could become the first
:07:09. > :07:10.diocese in Wales to elect a woman bishop.
:07:11. > :07:13.It's the first time women can be considered for the role
:07:14. > :07:17.after the Church in Wales voted through the change in 2013.
:07:18. > :07:21.47 people from across Wales have spent today behind locked doors
:07:22. > :07:25.and their debates could go on for three days.
:07:26. > :07:31.What is important and historic is that now we have opened the gates
:07:32. > :07:33.and made possible for women to be considered.
:07:34. > :07:36.Up until now, we couldn't even consider women
:07:37. > :07:41.So that has doubled the choice, if you like.
:07:42. > :07:44.Rugby - and the Wales second row Alun Wyn Jones will not be
:07:45. > :07:47.considered for selection for the Australia Test on Saturday
:07:48. > :07:52.Tim Jones, a former player himself for Swansea, passed away
:07:53. > :07:57.Let's see what the weather has in store.
:07:58. > :08:24.Time to dig at the woolly jumpers. A few showers closing down into the
:08:25. > :08:29.North and colder than recent nights. Some ground frost in rural spots by
:08:30. > :08:35.the end of the night. Chile tomorrow morning, one or two showers for the
:08:36. > :08:40.north-west but most other places dry. The cloud breaking. Across the
:08:41. > :08:45.rest of the UK, there will be showers across the West and East --
:08:46. > :08:48.north and east of Scotland and a brisk and cold wind. Many places
:08:49. > :08:57.bright and crisp elsewhere with plenty of sunshine. Most of Wales
:08:58. > :09:00.Finance bright tomorrow afternoon, plenty of autumn sunshine. A few
:09:01. > :09:09.showers coming in from the Irish sea. The North West, having
:09:10. > :09:14.temperatures lower than it has been. Tomorrow generally drive. The odd
:09:15. > :09:22.shower the north coast. A cold night with a ground frost. Freezing in the
:09:23. > :09:25.Brecon Beacons. Some dry weather on Thursday and sunshine in the
:09:26. > :09:29.south-east but cloud increasing through the day together with
:09:30. > :09:33.showers. Some more rain and showers on Friday thanks to low pressure but
:09:34. > :09:38.some dry weather and sunshine as well with a high of 10 Celsius in
:09:39. > :09:43.Caernarfon. A bit mixed for the weekend, with some rain and showers
:09:44. > :09:47.but clear weather and sunshine as well. The winds picking up over the
:09:48. > :09:49.weekend and that will make it feel cold on bonfire night.
:09:50. > :09:52.Next tonight, the millions of pounds of taxpayers' money spent
:09:53. > :09:56.That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.
:09:57. > :10:03.From all of us on the programme, goodnight.
:10:04. > :10:07.How would you like your own freewill back?