27/12/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Swansea City have sacked their American manager

Bob Bradley tonight.

It follows yesterday's 4-1 home defeat to West Ham,

which left the Swans four points adrift of safety in

the Premier League.

Under Bradley's stewardship, the Swans conceded 29 goals,

and won just two out of eleven games.

Nick Palit reports.

Swansea's form here at the Liberty will be crucial

to their chances of staying up.

There was no Boxing Day cheer for Swans fans

of the Liberty yesterday, it was another humiliating

defeat for the Premiership side on a losing streak.

The team's fans calling for the American manager,

Bob Bradley, to be sacked.

But, right to the end he was adamant he was going nowhere.

I wouldn't be where I am if I wasn't resilient

and have an ability to be stong, and carry on, so that's

what I wanted to do.

But, club officials had other ideas.

And the 58-year-old, the first American ever to manage

a Premier League side, is now history.

Since his appointment at the Liberty, in October,

the Swans have had a dire record.

They have won just two out of 11 games and conceded 29 goals.

With another heavy loss here on Boxing Day, many fans

and pundits were calling for him to be sacked immediately.

It was a big punt, bringing him with his lack of experience

of the players in the Premier, his lack of experience

of our league and it was always going to be a big ask of him,

to keep Swansea up.

At the last match, fans were chanting they wanted Bradley out.

Some supporters say that team no longer plays with commitment

and pride and they blame Bradley for that.

He was a nice man, but unfortunately he didn't get the results

that the club and the team and the fans and everyone needed.

11 games, two wins, two draws, seven heavy defeats, it had to happen.

The effect of that sacking on team morale may be seen

sooner rather than later, the Swans face a home

encounter against Bournemouth on New Year's Eve.

Hospital staff in Wales were physically attacked more

than 18,000 times while at work, over the last five years.

According to new figures, there were also 11,000 verbal attacks.

Organisations representing doctors and nurses saythe figures

the figures are "unacceptable".

And those nurses are having to have time off.

Because they have been mentally scarred.

That increases the bill to the National Health Service,

so it is a wrong thing to do and I think we have got to educate

both ourselves and the public better about de-escalation and recognise

that people there are trying to do the best.

Parents who bought their children laptops, tablets and smart phones

for Christmas are being urged to talk to them about online safety.

Childline was contacted by 85

children in Wales about online sexual abuse in the last 12 months

contributing to a 24% rise in UK calls on the previous year.

Fees paid to letting agencies could be banned under proposals

from two Assembly Members.

Tenants here can be charged for a range of administration

fees, including credit and immigration checks.

There are calls within the Assembly to bring Wales in line

with England and Scotland, where such fees are not charged.

A leading transport expert is warning that

the rail infrastructure in Cardiff will not cope with the

increased demand it faces over the next decade.

Professor Stuart Cole says the city's central station doesn't

have enough platforms to handle the predicted 23 million annual

passengers expected by 2023.

Rugby, and Ospreys are up to second in the Pro12 table as they beat

Scarlets by 19 points to 9.

The visitors were ahead

at the break, but a penalty try and Dan Biggar's boot

rewarded the Ospreys' dominance in the second half.

In horse racing, the Hennessy Gold Cup winner,

Native River, has won the Coral Welsh

National at Chepstow.

After his victory in Newbury last month, the six-year-old,

ridden by Richard Johnson, was the favourite for the race.

The weather forecast for Wales, a very cold, dry and frosty night,

with temperatures dropping well below freezing in

many inland places.

Mist and fog are likely in places.

It'll be sunny and dry tomorrow, once morning fog has cleared.

Staying breezy on the coast and over the hills.

Top temperature, 7 Celsius.

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