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Welcome to Wales Today, our headlines tonight - | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
Christine and Roger Solik from the Cynon Valley were brutally | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
murdered in South Africa. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
Their family tell us of their devastation. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
And if Debra Pool re-marries she'll lose her police widow's pension. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:20 | |
She tells us why she's campaigning for change. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
The family of a couple found brutally murdered in South Africa | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
say they're devastated. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
The bodies of Christine and Roger Solik, originally | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
from the Cynon Valley, were found in a river around | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
50 miles from where they lived. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
Christine's mother, Sheila Savage, described them as wonderful parents | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
whose children are now suffering. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
James Williams reports from Mountain Ash. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
Inseparable and a relationship to aspire to. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
A tribute from four loving children to their parents, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
Christine and Roger Solik born and bred in the Mountain Ash | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
area of the Cynon Valley. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
I have just spoken to Christine's brother and | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
sister at their family home where they are consoling their mother, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
and they are devastated by the news and finding it difficult | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
to comprehend it was only last month they saw Christine who had returned | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
home to bury her father. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
A tight knit community mourns. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
People are very shocked by the news we have heard, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
the brutality and the senselessness of the killings and the thoughts | 0:01:37 | 0:01:42 | |
of the community are with the family at this tragic time. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
Married in the Valleys, it was however South Africa | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
where they made their life, moving there in 1981. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
Work, family and retirement would follow before | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
enjoying their final days in the country's Kwazulu-Natal | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
province in a town not far from the Drakensberg mountains. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:05 | |
Police suspect they were kidnapped from their home in the town | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
of Nottingham Road last Friday. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
Christine's body was found later that day in a river, bound and | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
murdered 50 miles from their home in a gated community. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Later, the couple's car was found abandoned in | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
another area. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:23 | |
Roger, 66 years old and suffering from Parkinson's disease | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
for the last 20 years, would not be found until Monday | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
over a mile from where Christine's body was discovered. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:35 | |
With around 51 murders a day in South Africa | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
violence is not uncommon. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
But elements of this case seem unusual. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
There is a lot of shock and the police are taking it seriously | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
because it isn't normal in these kind of cases that people would be | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
taken away from their home, kidnapped, and then killed | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
somewhere else. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
That is pretty unusual and so the police are | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
focusing on trying to find out what the motive is here | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
because it is not normal that happens. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
From a small town in South Africa to a small town | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
in the South Wales Valleys. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
That shock at the murder of Christine and Roger Solik continues | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
to reverberate. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
The BBC has been accused of insulting Wales | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
after it announced a new television channel and funding for | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Scotland worth nearly ?40 million. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
It comes a day after it confirmed an ?8.5 million | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
investment here. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
Politicians from different parties are saying it's unfair. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
The BBC says the new money it's spending in Wales | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
will be "transformational", and it's already way ahead | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
of Scotland in making programmes for a UK-wide audience. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:47 | |
It is clear to me, whatever Scotland wants to do and how it wants | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
to arrange its programming, that is fine for the BBC. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
But as one of the devolved nations, license payers | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
in Wales should get the same deal as licence payers in Scotland. | 0:03:55 | 0:04:00 | |
We are being short-changed. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
A man from Pontypridd been jailed for 28 days | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
for filming and live streaming a court case on Facebook. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
39-year-old David Davies, from Llantwit Fardre | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
broadcast the footage on Monday, as a witness gave evidence | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
at Cardiff Crown Court. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
He was arrested when he returned yesterday and sentenced | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
for contempt of court. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Cameras are not allowed in courts in Wales and England. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
The number of cancer cases in Wales has risen by nearly 10% | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
over a ten year period. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
There were just over 19,000 diagnoses in 2015, | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
compared to around 17,000 in 2006. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
Public Health Wales says the main reason for the increase | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
is an ageing population. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
This is the baby boomers coming through. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
They are now in their 60s and more. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
And so we are seeing just a lot more cases in them because | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
there is more of them. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
We also have a lot of people now living longer so | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
in very old age we are seeing an increase in people and they are | 0:04:59 | 0:05:05 | |
alive to get cancer because age is the main risk factor for cancer. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
There are calls tonight for police widows to be granted | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
a pension for life even if they re-marry | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
or live with a new partner. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
New legislation from the Home Office means only the spouses | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
of officers who die on duty will retain their pensions. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
Here's Matt Murray. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Debra Poole moved from Cardiff to Ceredigion with her husband | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
Russell when he retired from the police service. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
It was their dream to have a quieter life so bought this | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
smallholding in Sarnau near Cardigan after he finished working. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
Russell had been a hard-working and decorated officer | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
for South Wales Police. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:41 | |
Debra was just 47 when he died from cancer nearly 15 years ago | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
and was left to bring up three young children. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
She receives a widow's pension of around ?900 | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
each month which is vital for her with her younger | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
son in university. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
But if she remarried or lived with a new partner Debra would | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
lose that money. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
I'm being made to choose between love and money. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
He loved his job. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
But he also paid 11% of his pay every month for his pension | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
and for his family. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
So, I do feel that this is wrong. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
Debra wants the regulations to change and on this | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
she is not alone. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:20 | |
More than a 115,000 people have signed a petition. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
They want the rules to be brought into line with | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
Northern Ireland which grants all police widows a pension for life. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
The Home Office says new legislation brought in last year means | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
the spouses or partners of officers who die on duty will retain their | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
pensions even if they remarry. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
There is a retrospective change in Northern Ireland where, if widows | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
or widowers have remarried they have been able to get | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
their pension paid to them. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
Clearly, people get into a situation where, is it going to be a | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
future happiness for them or is it going to be how much money they have | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
got in their pocket? | 0:06:55 | 0:06:56 | |
That is an unfair decision for people to make. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
That is where Debra finds herself, unable to do what her husband wanted | 0:06:58 | 0:07:05 | |
after his death and move on with her life. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Now, this next item contains flash photography. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
The Duchess of Cambridge has been in Torfaen | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
visiting a project which helps young people in care with | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
mental health problems. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:17 | |
It's her first visit to Wales as the official patron | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
of the charity Action for Children. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
Tributes have been paid to the leading automotive economist | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Professor Garel Rhys, who's died. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:29 | |
He was chairman of the Welsh Automotive Forum, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
which he established in the late '90s. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
He died after a short illness a week before his 77th birthday. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
Rugby. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
George North will return to Wales' starting line-up | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
He's recovered from a leg injury, that sidelined him for Wales' 21-16 | 0:07:46 | 0:07:52 | |
loss to England earlier this month and replaces Alex Cuthbert. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
It's the only change, with Wales boss Rob Howley | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
retaining a back row of Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
and Ross Moriarty. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Taulupe Faletau is on the bench again. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
Let's get the weather forecast now, Sue Charles has the details. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
Good evening. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:10 | |
Very wet and windy weather overnight into tomorrow. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
The Met Office has issued warnings for | 0:08:13 | 0:08:14 | |
Storm Doris, bringing heavy rain at times with gusts | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
reaching 70 to 80 mph along the North Wales coast. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:25 | |
This is the rapidly deepening area of low pressure, Storm Doris | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
arriving overnight into tomorrow which has the potential to bring | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
down trees and cause travel disruption. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Overnight, turning increasingly windy with a band of rain spreading | 0:08:33 | 0:08:38 | |
in from the north west in the early hours. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
Winds reaching gale force along the coast. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
The rain is at its heaviest first thing tomorrow, easing through | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
the morning but then the wind really picks up and across the UK the rain | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
spreads eastwards, falling as snow where it is coldest for higher | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
communities across Scotland and north east | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
England. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:58 | |
An Amber warning in force for that and for the strength of the wind | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
across the northern half of the UK. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
Gale force winds on high ground and along exposed coast as | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
Storm Doris moves eastwards. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
Across Wales, some brighter spells developing later, a few wintry | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
showers. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:15 | |
Most of Wales covered by a yellow warning for the strength of the wind | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
but an amber warning issued across parts of north Wales, the | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
white arrows at the average wind speeds but gusts of 70 to 80 mph | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
possible along the north and west facing coasts. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
Tomorrow night, the storm clears east with a few wintry | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
showers turning colder. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:36 | |
Winds slowly easing, drier and quieter. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
Cold enough for a frost risk early Friday | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
but generally fine, brighter and breezy but cloud thickening | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
with rain starting to arrive from the north-west later. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
After some stormy tomorrow, dry and cold on | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
Friday, milder with rain at times over the weekend. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
We're back in Breakfast with updates from 6.25am tomorrow morning. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 |