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0:00:03 > 0:00:04Welcome to Wales Today.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Our headlines tonight.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09It was like a scene out of a horror film, the inquest hears repeat
0:00:09 > 0:00:12offender Matthew Williams killed Cerys Yemm.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Sport Wales, and the controversy over how it hands out tens
0:00:17 > 0:00:18of thousands of pounds of public money.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And why are parents having to pay out for signing
0:00:22 > 0:00:25lessons to communicate with their own deaf children?
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Good evening.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Like a horror film.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44That's how the owner of a Bed and Breakfast,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47where a 22-year-old woman was killed, has described the moment
0:00:47 > 0:00:49she walked in on the attack.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Mandy Miles told an inquest there was blood everywhere
0:00:51 > 0:00:55when prison leaver Matthew Williams was found attacking Cerys Yemm
0:00:55 > 0:01:00at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed near Blackwood, in 2014.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Williams was tasered by police and later died.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08You may find some of the details in Caroline Evans' report distressing.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12It was that this bed and breakfast in November 2014 that 22-year-old
0:01:12 > 0:01:21Cerys Yemm was killed by Matthew Williams.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24This morning the jury was played on a 999 call made
0:01:24 > 0:01:26by owner Mandy Miles, telling police Matthew Williams
0:01:26 > 0:01:28was attacking Cerys Yemm with a screwdriver and it looked
0:01:28 > 0:01:31to her as if he was eating her.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34She said she's since been told that was not the case.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Breaking down she told the court how, for the last two years,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41she's tried to forget what she saw that night.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47She says she's been told that the reality of the situation
0:01:47 > 0:01:49was not as she had thought, but the image in her
0:01:49 > 0:01:50head remains the same.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54She told how she opened the door and spoke to Matthew Williams,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and asked him, "Do you know what you're doing?"
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Her son had shouted to him, "That's a girl."
0:02:00 > 0:02:05He said Matthew Williams looked up and said, "That's no girl,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07and carried on the attack.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12Cerys Yemm, she believes, was already dead when
0:02:12 > 0:02:14she opened the door.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16The jury heard from a friend of Matthew Williams about,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19how in the days leading up to the deaths he and Matthew
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Williams had been partying.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27On the night it happened, Cerys Yemm and Matthew
0:02:27 > 0:02:32had been at his house, and when they failed to get
0:02:32 > 0:02:35to get Cerys a taxi home, she left with Matthew Williams.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38He knew that Matthew Williams had mental health problems.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44On that night, he said, Matthew Williams was 'not right',
0:02:44 > 0:02:47but not aggressive.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52The owner of the hotel said she knew nothing of any mental health issues,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56she would not have agreed to house him if she had.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00She's blames Caerphilly Council, who she says failed to inform her.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06In her statement Cerys Yemm's mother, Paula, said two weeks
0:03:06 > 0:03:09after her death she learned that Cerys had been warned to stay away
0:03:09 > 0:03:12from Matthew Williams.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14A teenager from Denbighshire who left the UK ten years ago
0:03:14 > 0:03:17to sail around the World with her family has been killed
0:03:17 > 0:03:21in a sailing accident in Jamaica.
0:03:21 > 0:03:2418-year-old Bethany Smith fell from the mast of the luxury
0:03:24 > 0:03:26yacht she was working on.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29The Foreign Office says it's supporting her family.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33An investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse
0:03:33 > 0:03:36against the former Speaker of the House of Commons,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Viscount Tonypandy has ended with no further action.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43South Wales Police say the complainants have been told.
0:03:43 > 0:03:50George Thomas, a former Cardiff MP, died in 1997 aged 88.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Sport Wales, the organisation which looks after grassroots
0:03:52 > 0:03:57and elite sport, risked damaging its reputation in the way
0:03:57 > 0:03:58it awarded contracts.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02That's according to an internal audit report leaked to BBC Wales.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06It found that one consultant was given the details of a tender
0:04:06 > 0:04:08two days before other bidders.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Our political editor Nick Servini reports.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Wales former world champion sprinter Jamie Baulch says he's concerned
0:04:14 > 0:04:18that the current turmoil at Sport Wales, the body that funds
0:04:18 > 0:04:21grass-roots and elite sport, could have an impact on the next
0:04:21 > 0:04:26generation of Welsh sport stars.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The crisis at the top of the organisation that develops
0:04:29 > 0:04:32grass-roots and elite sport in Wales has intensified tonight.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Sport Wales has not been far from the headlines recently.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Mainly because of this man, the chair, Paul Thomas,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45seen here in a BBC Wales programme as a business troubleshooter.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48In February his activities, as well as those of the entire board
0:04:48 > 0:04:51were suspended over concerns from the Welsh government that it
0:04:51 > 0:04:54had become dysfunctional.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57The board has since been reinstated, but Mr Thomas,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59and the vice-chair remain suspended.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Now the focus has shifted to the day-to-day running
0:05:03 > 0:05:07of the operation, based in Cardiff.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The internal Deloitte audit report found that the Chief Executive,
0:05:10 > 0:05:19Sara Powell, gave the tender details for a surge contract mentoring staff
0:05:21 > 0:05:22to a consultant called Sam Whale.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24The managing director of a business called Unforgiving Minutes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27This happened two days before rival bidders received information.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30The report said this meant there may be a perception of some bidders
0:05:30 > 0:05:36being given undue advantage during the tender process,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I've also seen a copy of an e-mail Trail,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48between Sarah Powell and Sam Whale.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53In which they discuss things like where Sam Whale
0:05:53 > 0:05:55will be based for work, the terms of reference and even
0:05:55 > 0:06:00payments of up to ?1000 a day, potentially discounted.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And this exchange took place a full month before other companies
0:06:03 > 0:06:07were invited to bid for the work.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Then, two days before, Sarah Powell sent an e-mail
0:06:11 > 0:06:15to Mr Whale:
0:06:33 > 0:06:37In the end there was only one tender from Unforgiving Minute
0:06:37 > 0:06:38the Deloitte report
0:06:38 > 0:06:43says no other companies were able to respond in the time frame.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Sam Whale has not responded to an attempt to contact him.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50There is no suggestion of impropriety on his part.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52In response to this report Sport Wales has
0:06:52 > 0:06:55tightened up some of its procedures in relation to contracts, which it
0:06:55 > 0:06:58says were accepted by its own audit committee last week.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02It also insists there is no suggestion of
0:07:02 > 0:07:05impropriety among its staff members.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Taken as a whole, tonight, at least,
0:07:08 > 0:07:09from Sport Wales a sense that the
0:07:09 > 0:07:12fallout from this report can be contained.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Nick Servini, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Police in South Africa investigating the murder of a couple originally
0:07:19 > 0:07:21from the Cynon Valley are searching for a second man.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Roger and Christine Solik were found dead in a river last month.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30Xolani Brian Ndlovu is wanted on suspicion of murder, robbery,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34kidnapping and theft.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The director of BBC Cymru Wales has warned that the Welsh representative
0:07:37 > 0:07:40on the UK's new BBC board will need to be appointed quickly if they're
0:07:40 > 0:07:44to influence the way the organisation works.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Rhodri Talfan Davies' comments come after the Welsh government vetoed
0:07:47 > 0:07:51the UK government's choice for the position.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57The recruitment process will be reopened.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01There are calls to improve support and sign language provision
0:08:01 > 0:08:03for families with a deaf child.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Some are paying hundreds of pounds for British Sign Language lessons
0:08:05 > 0:08:09which many are unable to afford.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13The Welsh Government says programmes are in place which recognise
0:08:13 > 0:08:14the importance of communication.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Ben Price reports.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Oliver is a happy-go-lucky three-year-old from Cardiff
0:08:20 > 0:08:24who loves to play with toy trucks.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26He is also profoundly deaf.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It had a massive impact on myself and our family.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35We struggled to come to terms with Oliver's hearing loss.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oliver's cochlear implants help him to hear and speak.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Without them he can't.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42His mother has recently completed a beginners British
0:08:42 > 0:08:47sign language course.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49But that the cost of more than ?350 they can't afford to pay
0:08:49 > 0:08:55for Oliver's father and sister to have the same lessons.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56It's upsetting.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01It feels like my child is being failed.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I'm failing my child.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The system is failing my child.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And really we are ostracising deaf children on a daily basis,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12because we are not allowing people to communicate with them.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15The children's Commissioner for Wales says children who are deaf
0:09:15 > 0:09:18have the same right as anyone else to communicate
0:09:18 > 0:09:19in their own language.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23They are only between 2,000 and 3,000 deaf children up
0:09:23 > 0:09:26to the age of 19 in Wales, we are not talking
0:09:26 > 0:09:28enormous numbers here.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I don't think they are getting help they need
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and we should be providing more.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39At Cardiff's deaf club they've started a programme which brings
0:09:39 > 0:09:41hearing and deaf families together and provides opportunity
0:09:41 > 0:09:44to learn BSL for free.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48One of the difficulties is that that key moment BSL was recognised
0:09:48 > 0:09:54by the Welsh government, back in 2007.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57But it's not an official language, which means there is no legislation
0:09:57 > 0:10:04actually linked to the BSL act.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Really, it is the third language in Wales.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11It's difficult for parents to access the correct teaching,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15the support linked to BSL.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18The Welsh government has increased the number of qualified interpreters
0:10:18 > 0:10:21and says it spent ?20 million improving support for those
0:10:21 > 0:10:24with additional learning needs.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Oliver hasn't started school yet, but his family hope you'll get
0:10:27 > 0:10:34the right support to ensure he has every opportunity to flourish.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Downing Street says a letter sent by the Welsh Secretary,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38expressing his delight that the sacked Government
0:10:38 > 0:10:42adviser Lord Heseltine was advising ministers,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44was a clerical error.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Alun Cairns wrote to all Welsh MPs yesterday,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49saying with the expertise of Lord Heseltine, they'd
0:10:49 > 0:10:52soon be in a position to come to an agreement
0:10:52 > 0:10:54on the Swansea Bay city deal.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Lord Heseltine was sacked last week, after rebelling in the House
0:10:57 > 0:11:00of Lords over Brexit.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02A bid to protect historic place names will not
0:11:02 > 0:11:03proceed in the assembly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Plaid Cymru's Dai Lloyd failed to get a majority of AMs to back
0:11:06 > 0:11:10a bill that would protect the names of houses, farms, fields,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13natural features and landscapes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Rugby, and Wales have named an unchanged side for the third
0:11:16 > 0:11:19consecutive time for the game against France in the Six Nations
0:11:19 > 0:11:23in Paris on Saturday.
0:11:23 > 0:11:23in Paris on Saturday.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Coach Rob Howley is sticking with the squad that beat Ireland,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28as they play for second place.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Ken Owens will win his 50th cap.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Let's see what the weather has in store, Derek's
0:11:34 > 0:11:37got tonight's forecast.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Hello, shwmae.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Most of us enjoyed a taste of spring today with lots of blue
0:11:41 > 0:11:42skies and sunshine.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45In Flintshire and the temperature exceeded 17 Celsius.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49The warmest day of the year so far, but not everywhere.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Cooler on the south and west coast.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Clear for some of us, but overnight low cloud
0:11:54 > 0:11:57becomes more widespread, a few mist and fog patches.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00The odd spot of drizzle.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Not as nice as today, cloudier, grey and misty for some
0:12:04 > 0:12:07of us tomorrow morning.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Spots of drizzle in the south.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Rain in the West.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Across the rest of the UK rain across Scotland and Northern Ireland
0:12:16 > 0:12:21spreads north-eastwards into Wales during the afternoon.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Some dry weather, a little sunshine in eastern England.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Behind the rain, brightening up across Scotland
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and Northern Ireland.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32A mixture of sunshine and wintry showers.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It will start to turn colder.
0:12:34 > 0:12:44In Wales tomorrow mostly cloudy, spots of drizzle, some mainly light
0:12:44 > 0:12:46rain spreading south East in the afternoon.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Temperatures similar to today.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Elsewhere in a few degrees cooler.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Light rain tomorrow will clear, it's looking dry overnight
0:12:51 > 0:12:54with a colder night than recently.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Temperatures dropping as low as three Celsius.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Friday, dry and bright for a while, but it won't last.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Rain on the way, winding eastwards and some of this rain turns
0:13:04 > 0:13:07heavy with strong winds.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Breezy on Saturday, some heavy, persistent rain in the West
0:13:09 > 0:13:13and north-west, it should ease off later in the day.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So a taste of spring for most of us, but the next few days
0:13:16 > 0:13:18much more unsettled, wet and windy.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22See you soon.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24That's Wales Today thank you for watching, from all of us
0:13:24 > 0:13:26on the programme, goodnight.