0:00:02 > 0:00:03Welcome to the programme.
0:00:03 > 0:00:04Tonight's headlines.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07An inquest hears a police officer tasered Matthew Williams four times
0:00:07 > 0:00:09as they were called to the Bed and Breakfast where
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Cerys Yemm was killed.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Labour tells the UK Government to 'get moving'
0:00:14 > 0:00:16on Swansea's Tidal Lagoon.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18And holiday cottages set alight back in the 70s.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Now UK Government documents into events are revealed
0:00:21 > 0:00:23for the first time.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Good evening.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41"I have never been more scared in my entire life",
0:00:41 > 0:00:44the words of the police officer called to the Bed and Breakfast
0:00:44 > 0:00:46where a 22-year-old women died.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Cerys Yemm was killed by a resident, 34-year-old
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Matthew Williams in November 2014.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55He died shortly after his arrest in Argoed.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Today an officer said he tasered Williams four times.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03You may find parts of Caroline Evans' report disturbing.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Today the inquest heard from one of the first police
0:01:06 > 0:01:09officers to enter the room at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13PC Alan Cotterell told how, with the help of the owner's husband,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18he pushed the bedroom door open.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Matthew Williams was on the floors snarling and growling.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23He looked possessed, he said.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25His eyes almost black.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30He told the jury he'd never been more scared in his entire life,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34and said this was by far the most a horrendous thing he'd ever seen.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38He said he used his Taser, praying it would work.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41He quickly realised from the severity of her injuries
0:01:41 > 0:01:44that Cerys Yemm was dead.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49But felt Matthew Williams was such a threat he feared for his own life.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52He described how he tasered Williams once, and managed to get
0:01:52 > 0:01:55the handcuffs on him.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But as officers tried to hold him down, he was lifting them up
0:01:59 > 0:02:03with such ease they had to use the Taser again.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He told the court, "I feel if that Taser hadn't worked
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I wouldn't be such today."
0:02:09 > 0:02:13He used it three more times within a minute.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Before Matthew Williams stopped trying to get up.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18At that point PC Cotterell told the court he formally
0:02:18 > 0:02:22arrested him for murder.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Around 20 minutes after being placed in the ambulance
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Matthew Williams died.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27The inquest into the deaths of Matthew Williams
0:02:27 > 0:02:31on Cerys Yemm continues.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Labour says the UK government should "get moving" and give the Swansea
0:02:34 > 0:02:36tidal lagoon the go-ahead.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38A report commissioned by the government that backed
0:02:38 > 0:02:40the technology was published two months ago.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43But ministers are yet to agree to guarantee how much money
0:02:43 > 0:02:46the company will get for the electricity the lagoon
0:02:46 > 0:02:50will feed into the National Grid, known as the strike price.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52With more, here's Paul Martin.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Seven square miles of water that could generate enough energy
0:02:55 > 0:02:56to power 150,000 homes a year.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The Swansea Tidal Lagoon Project got the thumbs up in a report by former
0:03:00 > 0:03:07energy minister Charles Hendry, two months ago.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The company wants to start building in one year's time.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13But the future is uncertain.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16The people behind this project started developing the idea
0:03:16 > 0:03:20to harness the energy generated underwater here seven years ago.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25But with investors to keep happy, they are still waiting for confirmed
0:03:25 > 0:03:29backing from the UK Government.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32That backing boils down to a decision on how high a price
0:03:32 > 0:03:37the UK Government will guarantee the company would get for energy.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Trying to put pressure on the UK Government Labour's Shadow energy
0:03:40 > 0:03:44secretary came to Swansea today to meet the company and see the site.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48She didn't say how high the price should be,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52but she urged minsiters in Whitehall to get on board.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55We want them to get moving on this as quickly as possible.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Swansea needs to see benefits in terms of infrastructure,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59long-term infrastructure that the project will leave
0:03:59 > 0:04:04in Swansea after it's gone and the tourism it
0:04:04 > 0:04:08will bring to Swansea.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11You can see how beautiful it is.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13The tidal lagoon will be located here, and the benefits
0:04:13 > 0:04:16are going to be amazing.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20The company didn't want to do an interview saying,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22perhaps diplomatically, they are looking forward to the UK
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Government's decision.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26If the lagoon happens it could lead to a network of others
0:04:26 > 0:04:29around Wales and the UK.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Including in Cardiff.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35On another boat in Cardiff Bay Welsh Conservative leader
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Andrew RT Davis played down Rebecca Long-Bailey's demand.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I wouldn't put a lot of stall by what she said today.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The Conservatives are delivering many exciting
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and dynamic proposals for Wales.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51This is virtually over the line.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54There's still a little bit more work to do on it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56It's really important that the strike price for the energy
0:04:56 > 0:04:57it generates is competitive.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Because jobs rely on a competitive energy price.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02It's the eve of the Conservative Spring conference which happens
0:05:02 > 0:05:04to be in South Wales.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Executives from Tidal Lagoon Power are amongst business leaders meeting
0:05:07 > 0:05:14the Business Secretary in Cardiff tonight.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18But speculation about a big splash announcement seems to be premature.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23The UK Government says it is considering the report,
0:05:23 > 0:05:28but with the size of energy bill at stake it is unsurprising it's
0:05:28 > 0:05:30not speeding towards a decision.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The UK government's attempts to respond to the Meibion Glyndwr
0:05:33 > 0:05:36holiday home arson campaign,which began in the late 1970s, have been
0:05:36 > 0:05:41revealed for the first time.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Secret papers obtained by BBC Wales have re-ignited claims that
0:05:45 > 0:05:49elements of the security services were involved.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51They also detail concerns that the police couldn't distinguish
0:05:51 > 0:05:53between legitimate Welsh nationalists and extremists.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Roger Pinney reports.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01It was a turbulent period in our history, a 12-year-long arson
0:06:01 > 0:06:05campaign, and we still don't know who was behind it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09To find out what the UK Government knew, or thought it knew,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Radio Cymru's Manylu programme used a Freedom of information request
0:06:12 > 0:06:15to see these documents.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20For a year that request was denied, the BBC made a string of appeals.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Then, finally, these documents, many marked secret,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26and confidential, were released.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27The papers are heavily redacted.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30But they do give a unique insight into thinking at the highest
0:06:30 > 0:06:33levels of government.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36One document suggests the police didn't understand the distinction
0:06:36 > 0:06:38between legitimate political nationalists, and
0:06:38 > 0:06:40criminal extremists.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43One Chief Constable it says, seemed to think the presence
0:06:43 > 0:06:47of nationalists in positions of influence in broadcasting
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and education was a matter for the police.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54The first attacks came on December 13th 1979.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Four in one night.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01The attacks intensified, by the end there had been almost 300.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02The attacks intensified, by the end there had been almost 300.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And they seem to be a high level of organisation.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07On one night alone six estate agents in London were hit,
0:07:07 > 0:07:13in Mayfair, Kensington, Chelsea, Notting Hill.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14There were arrests.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The actor Bryn Fon was picked up at his home.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19He was later released without charge, and it's accepted
0:07:19 > 0:07:21he was entirely innocent.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25The secret papers reveal the Chief Constable of North Wales
0:07:25 > 0:07:27was sent greeting cards, naming actors and musicians
0:07:27 > 0:07:30as fire bombers.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I turned out to be the reverse of what they expected.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The fact that I hadn't been a member of Cymdeithas Yr Iaith,
0:07:37 > 0:07:43I wasn't a card-carrying Welsh nationalist, Plaid Cymru.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47But then they tried to turn that on its head by saying you've kept
0:07:47 > 0:07:49clear of all that stuff.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The attacks went on and army bomb disposal team was brought in to show
0:07:52 > 0:07:57journalists the damage the incendiary devices
0:07:57 > 0:07:59were capable of doing.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03But who was behind the campaign?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05In the early 1990s Sean Aubrey Roberts was part of a self-styled
0:08:08 > 0:08:11As a folk singer and politician Dafydd Iwan has been involved
0:08:11 > 0:08:13in nationalist politics for more than half a century,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15he's long believed the security services played a part.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's been worrying me for many years.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23Was it a genuine campaign by Welsh nationalist sympathisers,
0:08:23 > 0:08:30or was it in fact engineered by agent provacateurs?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You know that you give the impression that Welsh
0:08:33 > 0:08:35nationalism was going along a similar route to Northern Ireland
0:08:35 > 0:08:40and to make people afraid.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44There was a real concern about the potential loss of life.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49But the idea that the security forces were somehow complicit
0:08:49 > 0:08:54in doing things which could have endangered life is so fanciful it's
0:08:54 > 0:08:57frankly to be beyond any belief.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00We never had any hint of that, in the Welsh office,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05and I do not give any credence to it whatsoever.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07And so the debate continues, the holiday home arson campaign
0:09:07 > 0:09:14never escalated as some of the secret papers suggest UK
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Government officials feared.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18It ended as quickly as it started.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Even with these newly released documents, key questions remain.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And you can hear more on this story on BBC Radio Cymru's Manylu
0:09:26 > 0:09:31programme which is available on iPlayer radio.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Young journalists from 44 schools across Wales have been taking part
0:09:34 > 0:09:38in the BBC School Report Project - learning how to make
0:09:38 > 0:09:39news programmes.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43With social media a big part of modern life, school reporters
0:09:43 > 0:09:46from Porth County Community School, have looked at the effect it's
0:09:46 > 0:09:47having on teenagers' mental health.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49The Children's Commissioner for Wales told them, it's something
0:09:49 > 0:09:54she's concerned about.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I think it undoubtedly has an impact on mental health.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I've heard that directly from children.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01But we also know statistically it has an impact
0:10:01 > 0:10:11according to how much you use social media, for example.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18I mean, what some young people have told me is
0:10:18 > 0:10:21that they often feel quite worried, both when they are on social media,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23but also when they are offered.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25When they are on worry about some of the
0:10:25 > 0:10:27things that are said, and that they see.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30But when they are off it they worry that they are missing out.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32And if you'd like to see more on those school reports
0:10:32 > 0:10:35head to our website.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37He's not a household name yet but teenager Ben Woodburn's
0:10:37 > 0:10:39international football career is about to lift off.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41The 17-year-old, who plays for Liverpool, has been named
0:10:41 > 0:10:44in the Wales squad for the first time ahead of their crucial
0:10:44 > 0:10:46World Cup qualifier against Republic of Ireland.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Manager Chris Coleman has rejected any suggestions the call-up
0:10:48 > 0:10:54is designed to keep the teenager out of England's clutches.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56It makes me laugh, you know.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Don't tell me about this kid I've been looking out for five years.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00He's been in our system.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02We know about Ben.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04We know he's a good player.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09If I thought it was too early we wouldn't call him up,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11because this game is massive for us.
0:11:11 > 0:11:18I'm not thinking about Ben, I'm thinking about what the best
0:11:18 > 0:11:21squad I can get together to meet this next challenge.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22It's a big one.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23And he's done enough.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25He's earned his place with us.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Now for a look at the weather forecast, here's Derek Brockway.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Henffych, greetings.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It's turning colder tonight.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Tomorrow some wind and rain on the way.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Patchy light rain will clear this evening, most places dry overnight.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Bar the odd shoulder in the north.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Turning colder, temperatures falling as low as one,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49two or three Celsius.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51With a touch of low frost in the countryside by dawn.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54A chilly tomorrow morning, but dry and bright for a while.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Make the most of the sunshine.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Cloud will increase later in the morning.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02A few spots of rain in Gwynedd and Conwy.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Across the rest of the UK tomorrow wet and windy,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07across Northern Ireland spreading into Scotland and further south
0:12:07 > 0:12:11into northern England and Wales in the afternoon.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Some snow for the Highlands.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Southern England mainly dry and bright.
0:12:17 > 0:12:2211 Celsius in London, colder in Glasgow.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Now, in Wales the weather will go downhill.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Rain moving in.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Heavy rain in the West, wind increasing as well.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33That will make it feel cool.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Tomorrow night will continue breezy, further outbreaks of rain.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Heavy persistent rain in the West and north-west,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42and on the Cambrian Mountains.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Saturday not great, cloudy and breezy.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Further rain and drizzle at times.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Low cloud until fog.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Drier in the Marches.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Sunday, not much better, windy, more rain and drizzle.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Part of the North and east should be dry and brighter times.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Sheltered from these moist south-westerly winds.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07So much more unsettled band recently over the next few days,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09rain at times, about 50 millimetres, two inches of rain
0:13:09 > 0:13:11likely on Snowdonia.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Stronger winds as well.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17So not feeling very springlike over the next few days.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Bye for now.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20And that's it from Wales Today.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22We are back with updates from 6:30am tomorrow.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24From all of us on the team, good night.