:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories:
:00:00. > :00:07.Coughs and colds? Stay away from the doctor's surgery.
:00:08. > :00:12.The call tonight from GPs across the country feeling the pressure.
:00:13. > :00:15.And Paul Pugh, left brain damaged after an unprovoked attack,
:00:16. > :00:18.renews his plea to understand the consequences
:00:19. > :00:39.Stay away from your local doctor's surgery if you have a cough or cold.
:00:40. > :00:45.With cases at a seasonal high they're urging patients to make
:00:46. > :00:49.appointments only if their symptoms become more serious.
:00:50. > :00:52.And all seven of Wales' healthboards have told us that
:00:53. > :00:54.with hospitals feeling the knock on effect,
:00:55. > :00:58.people need to make sure they access the right care.
:00:59. > :01:06.Like many GP practices this one in Swansea has seen its waiting room
:01:07. > :01:12.It's a similar picture across Wales as patients are reported to be
:01:13. > :01:16.turning up with common cold symptoms or a cough.
:01:17. > :01:19.Something GPs say they can do nothing about.
:01:20. > :01:22.Patients seem to think that antibiotics will clear
:01:23. > :01:29.They do nothing for viral infections, which most of these are.
:01:30. > :01:33.With the demand from patients it is more difficult to access
:01:34. > :01:36.It means they have more difficulty getting
:01:37. > :01:42.Busy surgeries mean busy hospitals with patients choosing to visit A
:01:43. > :01:48.All seven health boards in Wales are warning against this tonight due
:01:49. > :01:54.As is the Welsh Ambulance Service which says the number of 999 calls
:01:55. > :01:59.it receives for nonemergencies is also up as a result.
:02:00. > :02:03.Christmas and New Year and the winter pressures.
:02:04. > :02:06.What we are asking people is to choose wisely and only
:02:07. > :02:10.call the 999 system if it is a dire emergency.
:02:11. > :02:14.The NHS is advising patients to look beyond the hospital or local surgery
:02:15. > :02:17.and find an alternative in an effort to alleviate
:02:18. > :02:19.the growing pressure on the health service.
:02:20. > :02:26.Pharmacies like this one in Cardiff are very much at the front line.
:02:27. > :02:29.The pharmacist can assess patients and decide what help they need
:02:30. > :02:33.freeing up GPs to look after more complex cases.
:02:34. > :02:37.There is capacity for community pharmacies to take on new services
:02:38. > :02:43.We have the flu vaccination programme which pharmacies
:02:44. > :02:47.are providing which is well received by the public.
:02:48. > :02:49.Then we have the Choose Pharmacy scheme which has been
:02:50. > :02:58.In Swansea a new 111 phone line is being trialled
:02:59. > :03:00.where people can discuss symptoms from home with
:03:01. > :03:06.With winter pressures on the health service showing no signs of easing
:03:07. > :03:10.the message remains for everyone to consider their options before seeing
:03:11. > :03:16.North Wales Health Board has admitted breaching its duty of care
:03:17. > :03:20.to a patient with paranoid schizophrenia who was found dead
:03:21. > :03:26.36-year-old Iwan Lewis, from Penygroes, was being treated
:03:27. > :03:28.at the Hergest Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd.
:03:29. > :03:30.His mother, Elizabeth, accused Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
:03:31. > :03:34.of not listening to her concerns about his condition.
:03:35. > :03:38.An inquest into his death recorded a narrative verdict.
:03:39. > :03:42.A man found dead in Old Colwyn last night died of a single stab wound,
:03:43. > :03:46.North Wales Police were called to an address in the Bryn Heulog
:03:47. > :03:50.area and the body of 35-year-old David James Kingsbury was found
:03:51. > :03:56.A 38-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
:03:57. > :04:01.A petition signed by 14,000 people to keep a 19-year-old man
:04:02. > :04:05.from Afghanistan in the UK, has been presented to the Home Office
:04:06. > :04:07.by Cardiff Central MP, Jo Stevens.
:04:08. > :04:11.Bashir Nadir has been living in Cardiff for the past nine years
:04:12. > :04:18.Now he's reached adulthood he could face deportation.
:04:19. > :04:21.A man left with severe brain injuries following an unprovoked
:04:22. > :04:25.violent attack ten years ago, says his rehabilitation has
:04:26. > :04:30.Paul Pugh spent two months in a coma after the attack
:04:31. > :04:36.Tonight he's been given an award by Dyfed-Powys Police for his work
:04:37. > :04:40.warning others of the dangers of alcohol fuelled violence.
:04:41. > :04:49.He's been speaking to our reporter David Grundy.
:04:50. > :04:54.The frantic 999 call made moments after the attack on Paul Pugh.
:04:55. > :04:57.The captain of Cwmaman United football club had been
:04:58. > :05:02.It's outside this pub exaclty ten years ago that
:05:03. > :05:05.Paul Pugh was the victim of a sustained and prolonged
:05:06. > :05:10.It's an attack left him in a coma for two months and in hospital
:05:11. > :05:14.Today for the first time in ten years Paul went back
:05:15. > :05:17.to the pub with his mum, Nesta.
:05:18. > :05:24.It feels, to be honest, it feels great.
:05:25. > :05:26.The attack has left Paul needing regular therapy.
:05:27. > :05:29.He still has difficulty using one side of his body
:05:30. > :05:34.Four men were jailed for carrying out the attack.
:05:35. > :05:37.Paul says he has forgiven them and he now visits
:05:38. > :05:40.schools and youth clubs to tell his story, urging
:05:41. > :05:42.others to think twice about excessive drinking.
:05:43. > :05:56.I mean, there are many things I can't do but this, I can do.
:05:57. > :05:59.More than half of adults in Wales have suffered some form of harm or
:06:00. > :06:03.negative experience as the result of someone else being under the
:06:04. > :06:07.Recent research also found almost one in five
:06:08. > :06:10.adults had felt physically threatened by somebody who had
:06:11. > :06:12.been drinking, one in ten had their property damaged
:06:13. > :06:16.by a drinker and one in 20 have suffered physical violence
:06:17. > :06:20.at the hands of someone under the influence of alcohol.
:06:21. > :06:23.Tonight, Paul was given a special commendation award from the Chief
:06:24. > :06:27.Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police for his campaign to prevent what
:06:28. > :06:30.happened to him from happening to others.
:06:31. > :06:32.You are pretty inspirational chap, Paul.
:06:33. > :06:41.Paul Pugh ending that report by David Grundy.
:06:42. > :06:43.A Newport Liberal Democrat activist, due to stand in council elections
:06:44. > :06:46.in the city in May, has been suspended from the party
:06:47. > :06:51.Paul Halliday, who'll face a party hearing later this month,
:06:52. > :06:54.says he's innocent and hasn't been made fully aware of what
:06:55. > :07:01.A law which gives rights for people to access services in Welsh is too
:07:02. > :07:05.complicated and will be reviewed according to the Welsh Government.
:07:06. > :07:08.The Welsh language standards came into force last year.
:07:09. > :07:10.They place a duty on councils, National Parks and the Welsh
:07:11. > :07:15.Government to deliver some services bilingually.
:07:16. > :07:18.Alan Curtis has been put in charge of overseeing
:07:19. > :07:21.Swansea City players on loan at other clubs.
:07:22. > :07:24.The new head coach Paul Clement had confirmed Curtis,
:07:25. > :07:30.who's played more than 350 games for the Swans and has been
:07:31. > :07:32.caretaker manager three times, would no longer be involved
:07:33. > :07:36.The new role will see him monitor players from the first team
:07:37. > :07:44.And two Welsh regions were in action in the Pro12 tonight.
:07:45. > :07:48.Despite a half-time lead for Ulster, the Scarlets fought back to win
:07:49. > :07:50.16-13 thanks to a controversial penalty try owing to
:07:51. > :07:57.Meanwhile, the Dragons secured a comfortable 26-8 victory
:07:58. > :08:01.over Treviso to move up into ninth place in the table.
:08:02. > :08:10.The weekend weather now and Behnaz has the forecast.
:08:11. > :08:17.We can look forward to a lot of dry weather as we head into this
:08:18. > :08:23.weekend. It'll be less chilly bid we will see a lot of cloud round. Here
:08:24. > :08:28.is the radar picture from early on. It has been pushing south and east
:08:29. > :08:32.was and already it has cleared north Wales. Through tonight we will hang
:08:33. > :08:39.on to a lot of cloud. Low-level cloud, mist and hill fog soap or
:08:40. > :08:47.visibility. Temperature is no lower than five Celsius with the rain
:08:48. > :08:51.lingering Jake Ross the south. -- across the south. We will see quite
:08:52. > :08:56.bitter cloud across Wales. First thing tomorrow morning, not as
:08:57. > :09:00.chilly as the past few days. We will see quite bit of clouded and
:09:01. > :09:03.commerce in mist and fog lingering. The winds are lies with limited
:09:04. > :09:09.amounts of brightness in the east and a lot of dry weather to look
:09:10. > :09:14.forward to. Some coastal wind as well. As we go through the day, for
:09:15. > :09:17.the rest of the British Isles, the best of the brightness across parts
:09:18. > :09:22.of northern England and Scotland. Showers across Northern Ireland,
:09:23. > :09:28.England and Wales will be cloudy. Tomorrow afternoon, we do have quite
:09:29. > :09:33.a lot of cloud round. Mist and fog continuing but temperatures will be
:09:34. > :09:38.in double figures. Very little change as we head into tomorrow
:09:39. > :09:41.night. We will hang onto cloud. It will produce little bit of drizzle
:09:42. > :09:48.but it should be eh frost free night. High-pressure remaining in
:09:49. > :09:49.charge as we head into Sunday. Still cloudy with wet and windy weather to
:09:50. > :09:50.come. That's Wales Today,
:09:51. > :09:52.have a great weekend. Thank you for watching, from all
:09:53. > :09:55.of us on the programme, goodnight.