0:00:05 > 0:00:06Welcome to Wales Today.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Our headlines tonight: How not to run a major project.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12MPs criticise the electrification of the London to Swansea rail line.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15And Paddy Dear was disorientated by septecemia when he was found dead
0:00:15 > 0:00:18on a school trip in Pembrokeshire.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Good evening.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38The electrification of the Great Western Mainline,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41which promises faster train journeys between London and South Wales, has
0:00:41 > 0:00:45been described as "a stark example of how not to run a project".
0:00:45 > 0:00:47The Commons' Public Accounts Committee has found the cost
0:00:47 > 0:00:50could be ?1 billion higher than expected and some
0:00:50 > 0:00:54of the work could be delayed.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Network Rail says it has learnt lessons and is making progress.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Jordan Davies reports.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Will this arrive on time and on budget?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Work is underway as we speak to electrify
0:01:09 > 0:01:11the Great Western Mainline.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Faster, greener trains between London and Cardiff by 2019.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And Swansea up to five years later.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22But now a group of MPs responsible for scrutinising public money has
0:01:22 > 0:01:26criticised Network Rail's delivery of the project.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30The project has overrun by ?1.2 billion, which is really
0:01:30 > 0:01:36concerning for taxpayers.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38We have also discovered in the report that ?330 million
0:01:38 > 0:01:41is being spent just to keep the trains on the line while
0:01:41 > 0:01:42electrification is taking place.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45At the same time in Wales, not a single track has been electrified.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Electrification is part of the Welsh Government's vision
0:01:47 > 0:01:50for the future of public transport in south east Wales.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It says the UK Government needs to get a grip of this situation
0:01:53 > 0:01:57and is calling for power over rail infrastructure to be devolved.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Passengers in Cardiff today voiced their concerns.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I think it's terrible, being delayed.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It should be a lot quicker.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Technology and everything these days.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09It would be great if the trains were faster.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's unfortunate if there was a delay because I know commuting
0:02:12 > 0:02:15from Cardiff to London is quite time-consuming.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The Severn Tunnel has had a facelift ahead of electrification.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The Chief Executive of Network Rail says the Great Western scheme
0:02:21 > 0:02:26was agreed long before the scale of the work was understood.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30And they've now changed the way they approach major projects.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33The UK Government says it's overhauled the way it
0:02:33 > 0:02:35oversees their work.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38The company says it's committed to the project.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41But last year we asked the Chairman of Network Rail
0:02:41 > 0:02:44whether he could guarantee the line would reach Swansea.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48It certainly won't be done this side of March 2019,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50which is when the five-year funding period for the railway
0:02:50 > 0:02:53goes up until.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Beyond that, it is a matter for the Welsh Government,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59the national government, but the trains will be there.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01People's experience will be transformed by those trains,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05whether the wires are up west of Cardiff or not.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Millions of pounds has already been spent on preparing
0:03:08 > 0:03:11these lines and stations, like this in Cardiff,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14for electrification.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The Severn Tunnel was closed, delaying thousands of commuter
0:03:16 > 0:03:19journeys, so it could be upgraded.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Now there's doubt from MPs whether this upgrade
0:03:22 > 0:03:27was needed in the first place and when it'll be finished.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30The family of a teenager who died on a school trip in Pembrokeshire
0:03:30 > 0:03:32is urging others to learn about the illness that
0:03:32 > 0:03:35led to his death.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Paddy Dear's inquest in Milford Haven heard
0:03:37 > 0:03:40he had developed sepsis, which may have left him confused,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43before he was found at the bottom of cliffs.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46David Grundy reports.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49A bright young rugby mad teenager.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Paddy Dear from Hornchurch east of London had his
0:03:51 > 0:03:55whole life ahead of him.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57But his life was ended tragically early a year ago
0:03:57 > 0:04:00on a school trip to West Wales.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Paddy Dear and his school friends were here at Dale Fort last March
0:04:04 > 0:04:07on a geography field trip.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10He left one of the classrooms to go to the toilet but never returned.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The septicaemia had set in, causing confusion and disorientation
0:04:13 > 0:04:16and his body was found hours later 150 feet down at the
0:04:16 > 0:04:20bottom of these cliffs.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Dale Fort was built in the mid-19th century to protect Milford Haven
0:04:23 > 0:04:27but it has been used as a base for school field trips since the end
0:04:27 > 0:04:30of the Second World War.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32The manager told the inquest students are warned
0:04:32 > 0:04:35of the danger of the cliffs.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Paddy had acute tonsillitis and developed sepsis or blood
0:04:38 > 0:04:42poisoning, which may have caused confusion and disorientation.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44The Pembrokeshire coroner recorded a narrative conclusion,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48noting Paddy died of injuries after falling from heights
0:04:48 > 0:04:51while suffering from septicaemia.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56His family are now campaigning to raise awareness of sepsis.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59We have seen in the last year that the profile of the condition
0:04:59 > 0:05:00has gone up immeasurably.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And I suppose if we can take some pride in that Paddy's name has
0:05:04 > 0:05:07helped in raising the profile of sepsis so that we can lower that
0:05:07 > 0:05:08figure of 44,000 deaths a year.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13These symptoms can command within hours, sometimes
0:05:13 > 0:05:17even within minutes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21The symptoms the patient can experience is confusion,
0:05:21 > 0:05:26high temperature.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It is a long journey home to Hornchurch but today's inquest
0:05:29 > 0:05:33is another step in the long grieving process for Paddy Dear's family.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36They are hoping his legacy can live on and no other families have to go
0:05:36 > 0:05:40through what they have.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43South African police investigating the deaths of a couple originally
0:05:43 > 0:05:45from the Cynon Valley have made an arrest.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's believed Roger and Christine Solik,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51originally from Abercynon, were killed in an armed robbery
0:05:51 > 0:05:54at their farm last month.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The family of a woman killed after a multi-vehicle
0:05:57 > 0:05:59crash in Abergele has described her as generous,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02kind and proud.
0:06:02 > 0:06:0469-year-old Hilda Blythin died in the incident yesterday
0:06:04 > 0:06:07involving a lorry and two cars.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Police are appealing for witnesses.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Plaid Cymru's leader Leanne Wood has highlighted inequality and a system
0:06:14 > 0:06:17she claims is redistributing wealth in the wrong way.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23Speaking at her party's Spring conference in Newport, she also
0:06:23 > 0:06:27spoke about Brexit and immigration.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30We cannot and we will not support any deal which makes it harder
0:06:30 > 0:06:32to recruit those skilled workers that we need.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I reiterate to those people who want to come
0:06:34 > 0:06:39to Wales to work as doctors, as nurses, as engineers,
0:06:39 > 0:06:46you are welcome here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Neil McEvoy has been
0:06:48 > 0:06:51suspended from his position as a councillor in Cardiff for one
0:06:51 > 0:06:54month after a tribunal found a comment he made amounted
0:06:54 > 0:06:58to "bullying behaviour".
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Mr McEvoy was found to have breached Cardiff Council's code of conduct,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04but he did not bring the council into disrepute.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08His party will decide whether to take action next week.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14Mr McEvoy described the proceedings a "farce".
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Tributes were paid tonight to Wales rugby international
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Elli Norkett who died in a car crash last weekend.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Flowers were laid in her memory by players from
0:07:28 > 0:07:30the team she played for, Cardiff Metropolitan University,
0:07:30 > 0:07:36before their match at the Arms Park.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39In the Pro 12, the Ospreys are top of the table
0:07:39 > 0:07:41tonight after a hard-fought win in Edinburgh.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Wales fly-half Sam Davies set-up the only try
0:07:43 > 0:07:45for Josh Matavesi in the first half.
0:07:45 > 0:07:52The Ospreys eventually ran out winners by 13-9.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Let's see what the weekend weather has in store.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Sue Charles has tonight's forecast.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Good evening.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's looking unsettled over the weekend with rain at times.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Saturday looks like the better day with some brighter spells.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Some showers as well.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07But heavy rain is likely on Sunday.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Tonight, the low pressure which brought today's
0:08:10 > 0:08:13rain moves northwards, allowing some drier spells
0:08:13 > 0:08:15for a time into tomorrow.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18So overnight, rain continues on and off, moving northwards.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Slowly easing but remaining blustery, misty and murky overnight.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26Cloudy but not as cold as recent nights at 5C to 7C.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Tomorrow could be a grey start with a few lingering showers
0:08:29 > 0:08:32but generally drier than today.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Across the UK that front continues to move north eastwards bringing wet
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and windy weather at times.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Wintry in the Highlands, turning drier further south
0:08:41 > 0:08:44with some brightness.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47But also a few showers and remaining quite blustery.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Coldest in north-east Scotland at 5C, 12C in south-east England.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53In Wales the best of any brightness in the East
0:08:53 > 0:08:56but a scattering of showers, probably heaviest in the West.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59A brisk westerly wind and highs of 7C in Gwynedd,
0:08:59 > 0:09:0310C in Monmouthshire.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06This changeable Atlantic influence continues through the weekend.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10This frontal wave developing early on Sunday could bring some heavy
0:09:10 > 0:09:13rain, so a few showers on and off tomorrow night.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Dry spells for a time and then by the early hours of Sunday that
0:09:17 > 0:09:20front starts to arrive in the south-west.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Overnight lows of 2C to 6C.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Sunday might start dry in the north-east but that band
0:09:25 > 0:09:28of heavy rain pushing in from the south-west
0:09:28 > 0:09:30during the morning.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Fresh westerly winds.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Some dry spells for a time before another band of heavy rain arrives
0:09:36 > 0:09:38later from the south-west.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40So an unsettled weekend.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Some dry spells, more so Saturday.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Rain at times, heaviest on Sunday.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Breezy and changeable for the start of next week.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50That's Wales Today. Have a great weekend.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54From all of us on the programme, good night.
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