28/02/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.The first prisoners arrive at the new jail in Wrexham,

:00:00. > :00:11.And Andrew Saunders, who murdered his ex-girlfriend

:00:12. > :00:16.and her new partner outside the Matalan store in Cardiff,

:00:17. > :00:37.It's Britain's biggest prison and tonight the first prisoners have

:00:38. > :00:43.It can house more than 2,000 inmates - and cost ?250 million to build.

:00:44. > :00:46.There's been a long campaign to get a prison in north Wales,

:00:47. > :00:53.but the opening comes at a time when the Prison Service is under

:00:54. > :01:05.Obviously, you can see there's two beds.

:01:06. > :01:07.Staff say that HMP Berwyn is different from prisons

:01:08. > :01:14.But it's opening at a time when the prison service is under

:01:15. > :01:16.tremendous pressure with record overcrowding, violence and suicide.

:01:17. > :01:21.The majority of prisoners who come here will be category C,

:01:22. > :01:25.meaning they have a lower likelihood of escaping.

:01:26. > :01:27.They'll be encouraged to work and gain qualifications,

:01:28. > :01:29.even the design is meant to reduce tension.

:01:30. > :01:31.There is actually four floors in this block

:01:32. > :01:34.but they are divided by ceilings, which are supposed to give the man

:01:35. > :01:38.a sense of a smaller community and not have the big imposing spaces

:01:39. > :01:41.The governor says the focus is on setting prisoners up

:01:42. > :01:45.We're going to have real bits of culture where the men that live

:01:46. > :01:48.here will have every opportunity to live law-abiding lives

:01:49. > :01:52.I think we're going to have a situation where our staff

:01:53. > :01:54.understand what their role is in making sure that we have

:01:55. > :02:00.We get them to be able to look to their future ambition,

:02:01. > :02:03.and hope they have a real desire to be able to support

:02:04. > :02:06.Prison reformers say despite those aims, the typical

:02:07. > :02:15.Berwyn is not going to help reduce crime in fact it

:02:16. > :02:23.In the long run, in years to come, I will be talking to people in Wales

:02:24. > :02:29.saying that this prison is a disaster, because it is

:02:30. > :02:31.overcrowded, underresourced and is a festering crime.

:02:32. > :02:34.The campaign to get a prison in North Wales has been a long one,

:02:35. > :02:36.with local people arguing prisoners should be placed closer

:02:37. > :02:40.Michael Goldsmith from Menai Bridge was jailed for fraud

:02:41. > :02:44.in 2013 and spent a year in prison on Merseyside.

:02:45. > :02:47.He said family contact is crucial but not always easy to access.

:02:48. > :02:49.The Ministry of Justice don't care where you are.

:02:50. > :02:52.Once your sentenced, you are in the system.

:02:53. > :02:54.The family could be anywhere in the country they want you to.

:02:55. > :02:57.They don't care if you're far away from your family at the moment.

:02:58. > :03:03.Yeah, you've done the crime, I understand that but then

:03:04. > :03:06.you and your family are being punished even more, because they are

:03:07. > :03:09.The Welsh Secretary says there will be benefits

:03:10. > :03:12.It's about giving them the opportunity so that

:03:13. > :03:14.when they leave, there will be better skills, they will

:03:15. > :03:17.But if that can be delivered through the medium of

:03:18. > :03:19.Welsh Language Commissioner then, because it's in Wales,

:03:20. > :03:23.then of course we will be delivering on that and we're keen to answer

:03:24. > :03:26.the needs of every part of the United Kingdom and of course,

:03:27. > :03:32.Building work won't be completed until the summer but the Ministry

:03:33. > :03:35.of Justice hopes that HMP Berwyn will play a key role

:03:36. > :03:43.A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her new partner on Cardiff's

:03:44. > :03:45.main shopping street has been told he'll spend at least

:03:46. > :03:49.Andrew Saunders repeatedly stabbed 21-year-old Zoe Morgan

:03:50. > :03:52.and 33-year-old Lee Simmons outside the Matalan store where

:03:53. > :03:56.Their families say the sentence is too lenient.

:03:57. > :04:04.Driven by jealousy, he spent days planning the attack.

:04:05. > :04:09.This CCTV shows Andrew Saunders making his way along

:04:10. > :04:16.The attack on the couple was described by the judge today

:04:17. > :04:22.This was a brutal, unprovoked, and premeditated attack.

:04:23. > :04:28.Saunders attended the location well before Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons

:04:29. > :04:36.The plastic bag concealed two knives, bought from a supermarket

:04:37. > :04:42.after days spent on the internet researching how to kill, his actions

:04:43. > :04:48.As a family, we will never be able to express how we feel

:04:49. > :04:51.inside and the disappointment we feel at the leniency

:04:52. > :04:52.of the sentence that's been passed today.

:04:53. > :04:56.We are all totally heartbroken and we miss our beautiful

:04:57. > :04:58.intelligent girl for the rest of our lives.

:04:59. > :05:01.The whole family has been left devastated by this horrific violent

:05:02. > :05:06.We have been deeply shocked by the brutality of it.

:05:07. > :05:10.It's not only had a massive impact upon ours and Zoe's family,

:05:11. > :05:12.but we believe also Andrew Saunders' family.

:05:13. > :05:17.When she failed, she tried to run but Saunders caught her.

:05:18. > :05:30.On arrest, Saunders told police he was sorry he had snapped.

:05:31. > :05:33.His lawyers said at the time of the killings, he was suicidal.

:05:34. > :05:39.Passing sentence, the judge described Saunders' actions

:05:40. > :05:43.as savagely violent, telling him, "Whatever your

:05:44. > :05:46.mental state, you took the lives of two people.

:05:47. > :05:52.You robbed the families of Lee Simmons and so we Morgan

:05:53. > :05:54.You robbed the families of Lee Simmons and Zoe Morgan

:05:55. > :05:57.of a much loved son and a much loved daughter."

:05:58. > :05:59.Saunders was sentenced to life and told he will serve

:06:00. > :06:05.Some of the families of the 30 British victims of the Tunisia

:06:06. > :06:08.terror attack will sue the tour operator TUI.

:06:09. > :06:23.This follows a coroner ruling today that they were

:06:24. > :06:26.51-year-old Trudy Jones from Blackwood was among those

:06:27. > :06:29.who died when an Islamist gunman opened fire on a beach

:06:30. > :06:34.If you go down into the town in Blackwood, everybody knew Trudi.

:06:35. > :06:38.The day I heard, I came home from my other job and I had

:06:39. > :06:42.When I looked then, I could see that she had passed away.

:06:43. > :06:53.The Welsh Conservatives are calling for fundamental reform of the way

:06:54. > :06:55.the General Medical Council handles disciplinary and negligence cases.

:06:56. > :06:57.Five-year-old Ellie-May Clark from Newport died of an asthma

:06:58. > :07:00.attack two years ago, hours after a GP refused

:07:01. > :07:04.to see her because she was minutes late for an emergency appointment.

:07:05. > :07:10.Dr Joanna Rowe was given a warning by the GMC.

:07:11. > :07:13.An inquiry into the M4 relief road has begun in Newport,

:07:14. > :07:15.with the Welsh Government outlining their case

:07:16. > :07:19.for a new ?1 billion motorway south of the city.

:07:20. > :07:23.The inquiry will now consider up to 22 different proposals

:07:24. > :07:24.to ease congestion around the Brynglas Tunnels,

:07:25. > :07:31.including one of the world's longest underground road tunnels.

:07:32. > :07:34.The office of Wales' bestselling daily newspaper, the Daily Post,

:07:35. > :07:38.will move from Llandudno Junction to Colwyn Bay after 16 years.

:07:39. > :07:40.Staff, who hadn't officially been told of the move,

:07:41. > :07:44.found out when the supermarket Lidl issued a press release

:07:45. > :07:48.earlier saying it would be taking over the site.

:07:49. > :07:50.Let's see what the weather has in store.

:07:51. > :08:09.We started the day with some ice, frost and even some slow in places

:08:10. > :08:11.for Saint David's day, a cold and dry start,

:08:12. > :08:14.some sunshine to look forward to with rain on the way by the time

:08:15. > :08:17.Through tonight, we'll continue to see some

:08:18. > :08:20.more showers, pushing south and east words before easing into the early

:08:21. > :08:32.We do have this weather front which will bring wind and rain as we head

:08:33. > :08:38.into the afternoon. First thing tomorrow morning, dry

:08:39. > :08:42.and wet start for most of us with showers. There are clear and then

:08:43. > :08:46.through the afternoon, will see clouds and rain spinning up from the

:08:47. > :08:52.site. For the rest of the British Isles, sunshine and showers in

:08:53. > :08:58.northern England and Scotland and an icy start for Scotland. Rain pushing

:08:59. > :09:02.up from the south and West. Tomorrow afternoon here in Wales, we'll

:09:03. > :09:07.continue to see that rain band pushing north and east words and

:09:08. > :09:11.parts of Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire hanging the best of the

:09:12. > :09:15.weather for much of the day. That's rain band will gradually clear

:09:16. > :09:22.through North and east words with potential for some snow on higher

:09:23. > :09:27.ground. Further south, Lowe was getting down to one Celsius. Through

:09:28. > :09:31.Thursday, dry and bright start, strong winds and then more rain

:09:32. > :09:39.pushing in from the West as we head into Thursday night. The editors, on

:09:40. > :09:42.Friday, strong winds and heavy rain yesterday named the forecast,

:09:43. > :09:49.starting to feel less cold with the temperatures getting up to about

:09:50. > :09:50.eight. Should nearly qualified strivers face restrictions? Week in,

:09:51. > :09:52.week out is next. Good night. Cake-a-bake? Yeah.

:09:53. > :10:00.What is that? It's like bake a cake,

:10:01. > :10:01.but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.

:10:02. > :10:05.Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.

:10:06. > :10:09.I so love it when this happens.