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Welcome to Wales Today. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:10 | |
The truck crash that killed three people from South Wales. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
Two men are found guilty of manslaughter. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Tonight we hear from the bereaved families. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
And the first case of an infectious strain of bird flu in Wales | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
is confirmed in Llanelli. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:20 | |
The town's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is closed. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:39 | |
They were fathers, husbands and brothers - | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
one of whom had been married for just six months. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
But in February last year, the lives of three men | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
from South Wales were cut short after the brakes on a 32-tonne truck | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
failed and it crashed into their car near Bath. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:55 | |
The owner and the mechanic of the haulage company - | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
described in court as an "absolute shambles" - face jail for gross | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
negligence manslaughter. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:01 | |
Ben Price reports. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
A tipper truck out of control. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
It was an accident waiting to happen that claimed four lives. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
The truck hit four-year-old Mitzi Steady killing her instantly. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
She was about to cross the road with her grandmother, who also | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
suffered life-changing injuries. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
The truck then collided with a car coming up the hill. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:29 | |
Inside was Stephen Vaughan and Phil Allen from Swansea | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
and Robert Parker from Cwmbran. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:33 | |
All three men were killed. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
Speaking to the BBC, Stephen Vaughan's widow | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
described him as a generous and loving cheeky chappie | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
who was proud of his professional chauffeur business. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
Sian Vaughan spoke of her heartache, losing the man she had married just | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
six months before the crash. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:53 | |
You try and get on with your day and then something sets you off. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
Being a nurse and trying to keep your head in that | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
professional role for seven and a half hours a day | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
without things coming into your mind, particularly | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
with things you can relate to in work as well, that has been | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
very, very difficult. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:13 | |
But... | 0:02:13 | 0:02:14 | |
People say I have been very, very strong... | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
I don't feel strong. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:17 | |
It's just what I think Steve would have wanted me to do. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:22 | |
The driver of the truck, Phillip Potter, was acquitted | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
of all charges against him. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
He spoke to reporters as he left the court. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
What would you say to the families? | 0:02:32 | 0:02:33 | |
They have never not been in my thoughts. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
They are constantly in my thoughts. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
I just hope they can carry on. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:38 | |
That's it. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:48 | |
On the day of the crash, Philip Potter - | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
an apprentice at the time - was following his | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
boss Matthew Gordon. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
They were both driving fully-laden tipper trucks. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
As they travelled along Lansdowne Lane, eyewitnesses saw | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
smoke coming from the back of the second truck. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
One said he remembered the smell of burning brakes. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Matthew Gordon was driving a tipper truck down this road and behind him | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
in a second truck was Phillip Potter. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:10 | |
Both were carrying 32-tonne loads. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
When Mr Gordon stopped at a traffic calming measure, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Mr Potter was unable to do the same because his brakes had failed. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
He then swerved around the truck in front of him before careering out | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
of control along Lansdowne Lane, causing what was described in court | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
as absolute devastation. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:33 | |
During the course of the trial the court heard how | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Grittenham Haulage had operated without a qualified transport | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
manager for almost a year before the crash and how the man appointed | 0:03:37 | 0:03:42 | |
to carry out vehicle safety inspections, Peter Wood, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
had failed in his duty. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
The business was described by the prosecution as | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
an absolute shambles. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
What was uncovered was a truly shocking picture of a company | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
culture with complete disregard of safety and maintenance. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
This was a company with a very casual attitude towards safety. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
Tonight, Gordon and Wood remain in custody. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
The judge, Justice Langstaff, told them to return to court | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
in the New Year for sentencing. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:19 | |
Ben | 0:04:19 | 0:04:20 | |
Ben Price | 0:04:20 | 0:04:20 | |
Ben Price reporting. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
The first case of an infectious strain of bird flu in a UK wild bird | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
has been confirmed in Carmarthenshire. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
The H5N8 strain was discovered in a wild duck found dead | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
on the Burry estuary near the Llanelli Wetlands Centre. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
It's been closed as a precaution to stop the virus spreading. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
Rhiannon Wilkins has the latest. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:42 | |
This centre which sees huge numbers of migrating birds gather in winter | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
has closed as a precaution tonight. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
It was after a wild widgeon, which looks similar to this, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
was found dead in marshland close to the Llanelli Wetland Centre. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
It's the first time a wild bird has been discovered with a H5N8 bird | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
flu strain in the UK. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
But the Welsh Government insists the risk to humans is very low. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
The priority now, according to the Chief Veterinary Officer, | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
is making sure this doesn't spread further. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
If we found H5N8, a highly pathogenic avian flu, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:20 | |
in a wild bird in Carmarthenshire, the chances are there other wild | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
birds out there that are infected. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:24 | |
The way this infection is going to spread is if infected | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
wild birds have contact with our domestic birds. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
That's why we have a requirement in place for people with free range | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
birds to bring them indoors at the moment. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
It would be serious if this infection took hold in our domestic | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
poultry propagation. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:44 | |
Just a few days ago, more than 5,000 turkeys | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
were found with the same | 0:05:47 | 0:05:53 | |
strain at a Lincolnshire farm. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:54 | |
All of them died or were culled. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
The Food Standards Agency has confirmed it is safe to eat | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
poultry, such as turkey, goose and chicken. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:00 | |
Regulations to stop this strain from spreading | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
were tightened on Tuesday, banning any indoor gatherings | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
of birds at events such as livestock faires, | 0:06:04 | 0:06:09 | |
auctions and bird shows. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
All regulations will remain in place into the New Year. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
A company in Blaenau Gwent says jobs are at risk because the local | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
council is holding onto land in case it's useful as part of the proposed | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
Circuit of Wales project. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
Councillors claim selling the land on an industrial estate to a local | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
waste management company may have a detrimental impact on any | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
future regeneration. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
But the company behind the ?400 million racing circuit says | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
it has no plans for the land. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
You have effectively land banking here, land that is ripe | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
for development but being held back in the hope that a larger | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
development will transpire. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
We need those kinds of development. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
We are in a situation where we need to be able to press forward | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | |
with small businesses and their chance to develop. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
Gwynedd Council has been fined more than ?72,000 for "negligence" | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
in its waste management. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
The local authority pleaded guilty to two failures | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
to comply with its duties under environmental regulations. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
The company, which removed waste from the Tywyn site - | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
TD Plant Hire and Haulage - was also fined more | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
than ?14,000, but said there was no pollution caused. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:26 | |
The former Wales rugby captain, John Gwilliam, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
has died at the age of 93. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
He won 23 caps for Wales and was in the team that last beat | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
the All Blacks in 1953. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Off the pitch, he studied at Cambridge, served | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
in the Royal Tank Regiment during World War II and enjoyed | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
a long distinguished career as a headmaster. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:47 | |
Football, and Wales have ended the year as the highest | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
ranked home nation. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
Chris Coleman's side are 12th in the FIFA world rankings - | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
one place ahead of England. | 0:07:54 | 0:08:00 | |
It looks like a wet Christmas rather than a white Christmas... | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
Derek's got the weather forecast. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:04 | |
Derek's got the weather forecast. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
Hello, trouble is brewing over the Atlantic tonight. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
This massive cloud is Storm Barbara. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:13 | |
Wales will avoid the worst of it but there is a Met Office strong | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
wind warning in force. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
For tonight, it is a dry story, a few mist and fog patches inland, | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
pockets of ground frost, the wind freshening | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
up after midnight. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:26 | |
Now, tomorrow, the chart shows a deep area of low pressure, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
Storm Barbara not far from Iceland, with an active cold front | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
moving across the UK. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
The strongest winds, the worst of the stormy weather, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
will hit the North and West of Scotland, but further South, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
some very strong winds and gales. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
So, tomorrow morning, a dry start, glimpses of sunshine, | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
but rain will reach the North West later in the morning, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
the wind ramping up as well. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
Now, across the rest of the UK, wet and windy conditions | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
in the North and West will spread South Eastwards during the day, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
the rain not reaching London until after dark. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
Behind this band of heavy rain it is brightening up across Scotland | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
and Northern Ireland with lots of showers. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
In Wales tomorrow afternoon, an intense short spell of heavy rain | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
with strong and squally winds. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
The rain should clear later in the afternoon | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
followed by one or two showers. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
The wind easing a bit as well. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
So, tomorrow night, less windy but still blustery, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
one or two showers, otherwise a dry night. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Christmas Eve, breezy and chilly. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
Some dry and bright weather, at least for a while, | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
but there is more rain on the way, the wind strengthening as well | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
during the evening and night. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Mostly cloudy, very mild and windy on Christmas Day, | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
some drizzle and dry weather, more rain spreading | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
South Eastwards later in the day. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
If you are travelling tomorrow, watch out | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
for the effects of Storm Barbara. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
Take care. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:52 | |
Thank you for watching. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:53 | |
From all of us on the programme, goodnight. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:59 |