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