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0:00:06 > 0:00:07Welcome to the programme.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Tonight's headlines, it's believed a husband and wife,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11named locally as Kevin and Ruth Burke, were killed
0:00:11 > 0:00:13in the helicopter crash in Snowdonia, alongside three
0:00:13 > 0:00:14members of their family.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17As Cardiff and Swansea both bid to be Wales' first
0:00:17 > 0:00:18major trauma centre, senior doctors say it's
0:00:18 > 0:00:20embarrassing that we don't have a dedicated unit already.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And the increase in number of reported offences
0:00:22 > 0:00:32of domestic violence.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Good evening.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Five members of the same family were in a helicopter which crashed,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54sparking a major air and land search across North Wales.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Their bodies were found earlier.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57One couple has been named locally as Kevin and Ruth Burke.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59The privately-owned helicopter vanished yesterday evening, en route
0:00:59 > 0:01:01to Dublin from the Luton area.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The wreckage was found in the Rhinog Mountains
0:01:03 > 0:01:04in Snowdonia National Park.
0:01:04 > 0:01:14Roger Pinney reports.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Narrowing the search to South Snowdonia allowed
0:01:16 > 0:01:17a concentration of effort.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18The military joining civilian volunteer teams
0:01:18 > 0:01:19from Aberglaslyn and Ogwen Valley.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22It must have felt like looking for a needle in a haystack.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Mid-morning, they found the crash site and the five bodies.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32The news was given at a police press conference.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Poor weather has been hampering the search,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36with horrendous conditions reducing visibility to less than
0:01:36 > 0:01:40ten metres at times.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I can sadly now confirm that a crash site has been located and that five
0:01:44 > 0:01:46people have lost their lives during this incident.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I am sure you will appreciate this is an agonising time
0:01:48 > 0:01:50for the families and friends of all involved.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56Our thoughts are very much with them at this time.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59This is as close as we can get to the crash site.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02It is in the area behind me in the mist.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It is a mountainous area, stretching from the A470 the coast
0:02:04 > 0:02:05at Harlech and Barmouth.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The terrain there, we are told, is extremely hazardous.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Carol Jarvis was camping in the area.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15Conditions for the search teams were appalling, she told me.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17The conditions around the lake have been absolutely shocking.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I've been camping for a couple of weeks and it has been quite nice
0:02:20 > 0:02:23but it has just got really, really quite bad the last couple
0:02:23 > 0:02:24of days, especially last night.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27You can't really see the top of any of the hills.
0:02:27 > 0:02:34Yes, and the weather doesn't look like it is going to calm down yet.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The helicopter is a Twin Squirrel, manufactured by Airbus.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38It had a range of 500 miles.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41It took off from the Luton area yesterday afternoon to make
0:02:41 > 0:02:42a journey to Dublin.
0:02:42 > 0:02:51At some stage, it disappeared from the radar.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I did some of my helicopter flying training in Snowdonia.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It is awesome scenery but you don't go up there lightly
0:02:56 > 0:02:58if the cloud is low, you can't see, you don't go
0:02:58 > 0:03:01because obviously the higher you get, the more the cloud
0:03:01 > 0:03:04is going to be and you can't see forward and there are big lumps
0:03:04 > 0:03:07of granite in the way and you don't really want that.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10So you have to take the weather very much into account in North Wales.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It does surprise me that an experienced pilot would be
0:03:13 > 0:03:18in that position in that weather at that time.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19The helicopter was owned by Kevin and Ruth Burke
0:03:19 > 0:03:21from near Milton Keynes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22They are among those who died.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Mrs Burke is believed to come originally from Dublin.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Mr Burke from Manchester.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Conditions on the ground improved marginally during the day.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30The investigation into what happened will have already begun.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36The wreckage and the bodies yet need to be recovered.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39139 jobs are going at the University of South Wales, that's
0:03:39 > 0:03:40around 5% of its staff.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It says costs are rising and it expects student recruitment to fall.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The institution was formed four years ago, following a merger
0:03:46 > 0:03:47of Glamorgan and Newport universities and has
0:03:47 > 0:03:48around 30,000 students.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51The university is not giving a breakdown of how many staff
0:03:51 > 0:04:01in each area will be affected.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04We are aware that yes, within the number of staff that
0:04:04 > 0:04:06will be cut, it looks proportionately like senior
0:04:06 > 0:04:09managers, however, this is on the back of year-on-year cuts.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Front line staff have already been affected,
0:04:10 > 0:04:20so we really don't have any more space for any more cuts.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The mother of a man who died after he killed a 22-year-old woman
0:04:30 > 0:04:33in a hostel has told an inquest the two would still be alive
0:04:33 > 0:04:35if a police officer had got the psychiatric appointment promised
0:04:35 > 0:04:37for her son when he was released from prison.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Matthew Williams attacked and killed Cerys Yemm in Argoed in 2014.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47He died after being tasered by police.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Wales is about to get its first specialist major trauma unit -
0:04:50 > 0:04:51to treat patients with life threatening injuries.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Senior doctors say the NHS here has fallen behind many developed
0:04:54 > 0:04:57countries when it comes to treating the most serious injuries -
0:04:57 > 0:04:59describing it as "embarrassing" that we don't have a dedicated unit
0:04:59 > 0:05:00already.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Two hospitals are now in the running.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Our health correspondent,
0:05:03 > 0:05:13Owain Clarke, has this exclusive report.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18This is where my car was actually on its side,
0:05:18 > 0:05:19in between two trees.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21This is where I was cut out of the car.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Sarah Williams can't remember much about the 10th of June 2015.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26After her horrific crash, the air ambulance was sent
0:05:26 > 0:05:31with a doctor on board.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33They worked on the side of the road.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34When I wasn't starting to regain conscious,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37that was when the doctor who was the flying doctor,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39started to realise that maybe something wasn't quite right and it
0:05:39 > 0:05:45may involve a head injury.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47The doctor also decided not to take the nearest A,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50as would have happened if a road ambulance had turned up.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Instead, she was flown straight to Wales' biggest hospital to have
0:05:52 > 0:05:54surgery to relieve pressure on the brain.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56The decision is likely to have saved her life,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58but it's not always obvious wary seriously injured patient
0:05:58 > 0:06:05like Sarah should be sent.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Major trauma affects everybody but is the leading cause
0:06:07 > 0:06:09of death in people under 40.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12We do have all of the constituent parts of the major trauma centre
0:06:12 > 0:06:13throughout South Wales.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16What we don't have is them concentrated on a single site,
0:06:16 > 0:06:22where we can manage these patients sufficiently.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25In North Wales and part of mid Wales, there is a system which means
0:06:25 > 0:06:27patients with life-threatening injuries are taken across
0:06:27 > 0:06:28the border to Stoke.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29There are around two dozen major trauma centres
0:06:29 > 0:06:30established around England.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33At these hospitals specialist teams are on stand-by 24 hours a day.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35And survival rates increased dramatically.
0:06:35 > 0:06:43But there's no such system in Wales.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's actually embarrassing to be part of a system that doesn't have
0:06:46 > 0:06:47regionalised network trauma care.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50We are falling behind, as you said, the rest of the modern world.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55The University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and Morriston in Swansea
0:06:55 > 0:06:57want to become dedicated major trauma centres.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59But at the moment, neither has all the specialisms.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Each has been making its case and a recommendation is due soon.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Morriston is one of the leading centres in the UK, treating burns,
0:07:05 > 0:07:06wounds and limb injuries.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09It has 55 acres of available land to expand and one of its bosses
0:07:09 > 0:07:19says its location is key.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Because Morriston is sitting on the motorway at the M4,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25it means that it is much easier to access and you can get
0:07:25 > 0:07:28to the other side of Haverfordwest, the other side of Brecon,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30to the other side of Newport, easily within an hour.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33But Cardiff argues it would serve a bigger population.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34It is home to Wales' Children's Hospital
0:07:34 > 0:07:38and the only one in Wales that performs brain surgery.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40We aim to provide a fully comprehensive neurological service
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and I think one of the examples from the data we submit
0:07:43 > 0:07:46to the National registry is that of those patients affected by severe
0:07:46 > 0:07:48trauma, 70% of those patients are going to
0:07:48 > 0:07:56have a significant head injury.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Southmead Hospital just across the Severn Bridge in Bristol
0:07:58 > 0:08:01is one of two major trauma centres in the south-west of England.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Staff here say the benefits of having all the expertise
0:08:03 > 0:08:08in one place are clear.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10We thought we were trauma experts.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11We thought we were excellent.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17But we know now that we were OK at it and now we really are excellent.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Swansea and Cardiff in many areas of life have often been fierce
0:08:20 > 0:08:22rivals but choosing a major trauma centre, it is argued,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24shouldn't be about winners and losers if patients
0:08:24 > 0:08:30across South Wales benefiting the end.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33The number of reported domestic violence offences in Wales increased
0:08:33 > 0:08:36by more than 20% between 2013 and 2015, according to new figures.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Legislation which encourages victims and perpetrators to seek support
0:08:38 > 0:08:39was introduced two years ago.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42The Welsh Government says campaigns to raise awareness of it are making
0:08:42 > 0:08:44good progress but there are calls for greater awareness
0:08:44 > 0:08:45of the guidelines.
0:08:45 > 0:08:55Ben Price reports.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Controlling, threatening or violent behaviour.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It can cause emotional, psychological or physical harm.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00A couple from Swansea told me about their own experience.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02We've agreed to protect their identity.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04For Sarah, increasingly regular arguments with her partner
0:09:04 > 0:09:13eventually turned violent and she was assaulted.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18It just got worse and worse.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Things just escalated and, you know, it would be something little
0:09:21 > 0:09:22and it would get worse.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25The last time, he grabbed my neck, it was like the final straw.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26That was it.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27I could have been killed.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30We could have been arguing and I could have hit my head
0:09:30 > 0:09:37and then obviously my daughter would have been without a mother.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Not wanting to get her partner arrested, the couple sought help.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42They turned to a local domestic abuse hub which provided
0:09:42 > 0:09:43guidance and support.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49Her partner, Mark, says he deeply regrets his actions.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I feel terrible for the way that I treated my partner.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55There are no words to explain how how bad I felt straight after.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56But obviously it happened again.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01I didn't learn from my mistakes but now I have.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Figures from North Wales, Gwent and Dyfed-Powys Police
0:10:03 > 0:10:05forces show that in 2015, more than 10,000 domestic violence
0:10:05 > 0:10:08crimes were reported, compared to more than 8000 in 2013.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10That's an increase of more than 23%.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Data from South Wales Police was not comparable.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14But the force said it also saw an increase of 48%
0:10:14 > 0:10:21during a similar period.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Two years ago, a legislation was introduced by the Welsh Government
0:10:24 > 0:10:26to improve the prevention of gender-based abuse and to protect
0:10:26 > 0:10:27those affected by it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30A national framework has since been published but there are calls
0:10:30 > 0:10:40for greater awareness of the guidance.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45We need the Welsh Government and we need the local authorities
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to learn about the act, understand what their duties
0:10:47 > 0:10:51are and start using the guidance as it comes out, so that we know any
0:10:51 > 0:10:52survivor, anywhere, or their children, can get that
0:10:52 > 0:10:57support that they need.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Today, new proposed sentencing guidelines have been published
0:10:59 > 0:11:00for domestic violence offences.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03They say that abuse in a domestic setting should be regarded as more
0:11:03 > 0:11:06serious than in a non-domestic setting, as it's likely
0:11:06 > 0:11:08to be a repeated offence, which can have a lasting impact
0:11:08 > 0:11:16on both women and men.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18World football's governing body, Fifa, has opened proceedings
0:11:18 > 0:11:20against Neil Taylor following the Wales full-back's
0:11:20 > 0:11:22challenge on Republic of Ireland defender Seamus Coleman.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The Everton player suffered a broken leg in a tackle that saw Taylor sent
0:11:25 > 0:11:35off during last Friday's World Cup qualifier in Dublin.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Time for a look at the weather now.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Here's Derek.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41A big contrast in the weather today.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Wet in parts of the North and west.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Dry and bright in the south-east and in Cardiff, the temperatures
0:11:46 > 0:11:48soared to 18 Celsius, making it the warmest
0:11:48 > 0:11:49day of the year so far.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51For tonight, we've got more rain on the way.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Some of this rain on the heavy side.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Drier in Flintshire and another mild night.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Tomorrow morning, cloudy, some rain and showers
0:11:56 > 0:11:57spreading north-eastwards.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Again, some heavy rain in places.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01But it should brighten up in Pembrokeshire
0:12:01 > 0:12:02later in the morning.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Across the rest of the UK, rain and showers will spread
0:12:05 > 0:12:10north-eastwards during the day.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Some heavy rain in parts of Scotland.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Behind the rain though, dry and brightening up.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15The sun will come out.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Showers approaching Northern Ireland later in the afternoon.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Slightly cooler and fresher than today.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21But still up to 17 Celsius in Liverpool and Norwich.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26In Wales tomorrow afternoon, better than today.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Dry and bright with some sunshine.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32A few showers spreading from the south-west by evening.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Temperatures 12-16 Celsius with a southerly breeze.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Tomorrow night, yet more rain and showers will spread
0:12:41 > 0:12:42across the country.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Heavy in places.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49For Saturday, a mixed bag.
0:12:49 > 0:12:55April showers, heavy in places.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Maybe a bit of hate and Thunderbird some dry weather
0:12:57 > 0:12:58and sunshine as well.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Sunday dry and more settled, thanks to a ridge of high pressure.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04There will be some cloud around but sunny spells as well
0:13:04 > 0:13:08and with light winds, it will feel pleasantly warm.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11A mixture of sunshine and showers over the next few days.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Chilly on Saturday night, next week more dry weather to come
0:13:13 > 0:13:18thanks to high pressure.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We'll be back from around 6.25 in the morning
0:13:20 > 0:13:21with updates in Breakfast.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22But that is Wales Today.
0:13:22 > 0:13:32From all of us on the programme, good night.