:00:00. > :00:00.Their families describe the pain of their loss,
:00:07. > :00:10.as the boss of a haulage firm and a mechanic are jailed.
:00:11. > :00:12.And Jo Stevens resigns as Shadow Welsh Secretary in protest
:00:13. > :00:31.over Labour MPs being forced to back the bill to trigger Brexit.
:00:32. > :00:35.The owner of a haulage company and a mechanic are starting
:00:36. > :00:38.prison sentences tonight for the manslaughter of three men
:00:39. > :00:41.from south Wales and a four-year-old girl who were killed
:00:42. > :00:46.Stephen Vaughan and Phillip Allen, both from Swansea, and Robert Parker
:00:47. > :00:49.from Cwmbran, died alongside Mitzi Steady, who was from Bath.
:00:50. > :00:52.Their families told the court about the life-changing impact
:00:53. > :00:58.of the crash in Bath two years ago, as Ben Price reports.
:00:59. > :01:01.This was the scene near Bath in February 2015 after the brakes
:01:02. > :01:05.of a 32 tonne tipper truck failed to work causing it to career out
:01:06. > :01:10.of control, devastating everything in its path.
:01:11. > :01:12.Tonight the owner of Grittenham Haulage Ltd,
:01:13. > :01:15.Matthew Gordon, is starting a seven and a half year jail sentence
:01:16. > :01:19.for the manslaughter of four innocent lives.
:01:20. > :01:22.The judge described Gordon as a man who had showed more concern
:01:23. > :01:27.A business owner who flouted the rules.
:01:28. > :01:30.Mechanic Peter Wood will spend five years and three months behind bars,
:01:31. > :01:33.the judge told him that he should have known that his casual attitude
:01:34. > :01:40.We need to remember the devastation that their gross negligence
:01:41. > :01:44.caused to innocent lives and their families.
:01:45. > :01:48.As well as the deep impact this has had on the community at large.
:01:49. > :01:52.Including the driver of the bus, the emergency services,
:01:53. > :01:56.and all the passers-by who attended the scene.
:01:57. > :01:58.Philip Allen from Swansea and Robert Parker from Cwmbran
:01:59. > :02:02.were on business the day of the crash.
:02:03. > :02:04.Stephen Vaughan from Swansea, a professional chauffeur had
:02:05. > :02:10.As they meade their way back to Wales they travelled
:02:11. > :02:14.as they did so there was nothing Mr Vaughan
:02:15. > :02:16.could do to avoid the truck which careered towards them.
:02:17. > :02:21.The track had also hit four-year-old Mitzi Steady,
:02:22. > :02:24.killing her as she tried to cross the road.
:02:25. > :02:28.Her grandmother suffered life changing injuries.
:02:29. > :02:31.Gordon and Wood listened in the dark as a series of very emotional victim
:02:32. > :02:38.Stephen Vaughan's wife, Sian, wept as she spoke of her loss
:02:39. > :02:41.and described the time she had to go to identify her husband's body.
:02:42. > :02:44.The man she'd married just six months before the crash.
:02:45. > :02:48.We would have had a family by now, which we've been denied.
:02:49. > :02:52.You know, the owner of the company has gone on to have a child,
:02:53. > :03:00.You know, I feel very upset over that.
:03:01. > :03:03.He's gone to have a life, and mine has been taken away from me.
:03:04. > :03:05.Phillip Allen leaves behind two grown-up children,
:03:06. > :03:10.His wife, Louise, said he was her soul mate,
:03:11. > :03:14.the family had been looking forward to seeing him give his daughter
:03:15. > :03:19.away at her wedding, but he died before he could walk down the aisle.
:03:20. > :03:22.In her statement Louise Allen said Hayley's wedding day will always be
:03:23. > :03:29.remembered as bittersweet, emotional day.
:03:30. > :03:31.Robert Parker was married for 42 years, and had one son, his wife,
:03:32. > :03:44.Denise, said their lives can never be the same again.
:03:45. > :03:46.The judge, Mr Justice Langstaff described the condition
:03:47. > :03:49.of the brakes on the vehicle which crashed as appalling,
:03:50. > :03:52.and he said the failures of Gordon and Woods to maintain
:03:53. > :03:59.He said this was not a one-off, but an accident waiting to happen,
:04:00. > :04:03.which devastated the lives of so many families.
:04:04. > :04:06.Gordon and Woods were jailed for a total of 12 years and nine months.
:04:07. > :04:10.Ben Price, BBC Wales Today, at Bristol Crown Court.
:04:11. > :04:14.The Labour MP, Jo Stevens, has resigned as shadow Welsh
:04:15. > :04:17.secretary over her party leader's instruction that Labour MPs
:04:18. > :04:20.must vote to support the bill to trigger Brexit.
:04:21. > :04:24.In her resignation letter to Jeremy Corbyn, she said
:04:25. > :04:28.she was a passionate European and had been urged by her
:04:29. > :04:31.constituents in Cardiff Central to vote against the Article 50 Bill.
:04:32. > :04:34.Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.
:04:35. > :04:37.She's only held the role since October last year,
:04:38. > :04:39.but the shadow Secretary of State for Wales has decided that,
:04:40. > :04:42.for now, her conscience comes before her career.
:04:43. > :04:46.Jo Stevens isn't the first Labour MP to resign over this issue,
:04:47. > :04:49.but she is the first member of the Shadow Cabinet to go.
:04:50. > :04:52.Front bench members of parties are generally expected to resign
:04:53. > :04:56.from their post if they choose to defy an instruction
:04:57. > :04:59.to vote in a certain way, called a three line whip.
:05:00. > :05:02.In a letter to Jeremy Corbyn the Cardiff Central MP said
:05:03. > :05:05.she believed Brexit is a terrible mistake, and that many of her
:05:06. > :05:08.constituents have strongly urged her to vote against triggering
:05:09. > :05:11.the process of leaving the EU.weather It means a search
:05:12. > :05:17.Since the election in 2015 the post of Shadow Secretary of State
:05:18. > :05:20.for Wales has been filled by Owen Smith, Nia Griffith,
:05:21. > :05:26.The party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, wished Jo Stevens well,
:05:27. > :05:29.said he understood why she was torn, but insisted it's important
:05:30. > :05:32.the Labour Party respect the outcome of the referendum on leaving
:05:33. > :05:37.The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies,
:05:38. > :05:40.has demanded a public apology from the First Minister
:05:41. > :05:44.for accusing him of not wanting to be part of deciding Wales'
:05:45. > :05:48.Writing to Carwyn Jones, Mr Davies called the comment,
:05:49. > :05:51.made on the BBC's Wales Report programme, a "false
:05:52. > :05:55.A spokesman for the First Minister has described
:05:56. > :06:02.BBC Wales understands a one-off pension contribution of up
:06:03. > :06:05.to ten thousand pounds, could be made to Tata
:06:06. > :06:08.workers in their 50s, who plan to retire early.
:06:09. > :06:11.Unions will begin balloting members on Monday, on whether to move
:06:12. > :06:14.from the current final salary provisions, to a less
:06:15. > :06:18.It's all part of changes linked to long term investment
:06:19. > :06:23.Six decades of food production has come to an end in Newport tonight,
:06:24. > :06:29.At one time, the company employed 1,000 people in the city.
:06:30. > :06:34.Now, the remaining 100 staff, will lose their jobs.
:06:35. > :06:37.Food Utopia say they've been unable to find a way to keep
:06:38. > :06:42.It's the end of an era, to be honest.
:06:43. > :06:45.They are looking at other jobs within the food industry, we've had
:06:46. > :06:50.We are offering as much as we can, but obviously, from our point
:06:51. > :06:58.The people took pride in the work, and pride in what they'd done.
:06:59. > :07:03.Onto sport, and in Rugby, the Ospreys may be forced to play
:07:04. > :07:05.their home European Challenge Cup quarter final, against
:07:06. > :07:08.Stade Francais, away from the Liberty Stadium.
:07:09. > :07:12.They're due to face the French club on the first Sunday in April.
:07:13. > :07:15.But that could clash with Swansea City's Premier League
:07:16. > :07:17.match against Middlesbrough if Sky decide to move that game
:07:18. > :07:22.The Cardiff Blues meanwhile will play Gloucester
:07:23. > :07:28.The Welsh boxer Lee Selby says he's proud to be fighting
:07:29. > :07:31.at what h' calls 'the Mecca of boxing in Las Vegas
:07:32. > :07:35.The 29-year-old from Barry, will make the third defence
:07:36. > :07:39.of his IBF World featherweight title against the Argentine Jonathan
:07:40. > :07:50.Time for a look at the weekend weather now, Sue's
:07:51. > :08:01.Tonight, outbreaks of rain, possibly wintry over higher ground,
:08:02. > :08:05.but misty and murky with overnight lows of 3 to 6C a small
:08:06. > :08:13.Tomorrow, some early fog and mist, rain will start
:08:14. > :08:20.Across the UK that band of rain moving eastwards through the day,
:08:21. > :08:23.allowing some dry and bright spells to develop behind it
:08:24. > :08:26.but a scattering of showers will push in from the west again
:08:27. > :08:29.later, possibly wintry on high ground, especially
:08:30. > :08:37.And for Wales, some bright spells, also a few scattered
:08:38. > :08:40.showers some wintry, but temperatures generally higher
:08:41. > :08:46.Tomorrow night, those showers peter out dry for a time,
:08:47. > :08:49.mist and fog developing, then clouding over with a few
:08:50. > :08:52.spots of rain pushing in from the west overnight.
:08:53. > :08:56.Less cold here, but temperatures around freezing where it's
:08:57. > :09:03.This warm front moves eastwards through Sunday,
:09:04. > :09:08.So a milder, more unsettled Atlantic influence, but still some
:09:09. > :09:12.uncertainty how far north this system will spread.
:09:13. > :09:15.So a misty murky start Sunday cloudier with some drizzle.
:09:16. > :09:19.Spells of rain move eastwards, more likely to be heavier
:09:20. > :09:25.Eventually clearing from the southwest later,
:09:26. > :09:37.remaining misty, but slightly milder at 7 to 10C.
:09:38. > :09:46.Some dry spells tomorrow and we are into mild and unsettled weather into
:09:47. > :09:49.next week. Spells of rain at times, generally blustery but less cold.
:09:50. > :09:51.We're back with our next update at 5:20 tomorrow evening.
:09:52. > :09:54.But for now, from all of us on the late team,