05/04/2017 BBC Wales Today

Tonight's headlines: Following an inquest

into their deaths, the family of Cerys Yemm, unlawfully killed

by Matthew Williams, say lessons must be learned.

And reports that Ukip's Mark Reckless could join the Conservative

group at the Assembly as an independent.

The family of Cerys Yemm have tonight called for a new approach

to monitor offenders after they are released from prison.

Miss Yemm was killed by Matthew Williams

He had recently been released from jail and had a history of drug

An inquest jury decided Cerys was unlawfully killed.

Cerys Yemm was just 22, described by her family as kind,

caring and someone who could always see the best in people.

She died following a brutal attack in which he sustained

Her killer, Matthew Williams, a man just out of prison

with a history of drug use and mental health issues, had been

given accommodation at Sirhowy Arms by the local council.

The 34-year-old was still carrying out the attack when police arrived.

He was Tasered four times before he collapsed and then died.

After three weeks of listening to the evidence of 40 witnesses,

the jury found that Cerys Yemm was unlawfully killed.

We feel that there should be reform of the systems of monitoring

and information sharing between agencies when offenders

He was accommodated in an unsuitable B hostel in Argoed

where he resumed his cycle of drug abuse.

Matthew Williams was released from Parc prison

Within a short time, he had met Cerys Yemm,

The night they died they had been at a friends house.

Postmortem examinations suggest both had taken drugs.

Matthew Williams, the inquest was told, had taken

They arrived at midnight, around one hour later,

screams were heard coming from Matthew Williams' room.

CCTV played to the jury showed residents gathered

on the landing and the owner, Mandy Miles, called.

Mrs Miles opened the door and saw what she thought

was Matthew Williams cannibalising Cerys Yemm's body.

In court, experts said that was not the case.

30 minutes later, police officers entered the room,

one discharged his Taser but said Matthew Williams was so strong

he was lifting them up as they tried to restrain him.

He then used his Taser three more times within 30 seconds until

11 minutes later, paramedics were brought into the room,

at which point Matthew Williams was still alive and in

He was taken to an ambulance and at some point stopped breathing.

Efforts to resuscitate him failed and he was declared dead.

Returning a narrative verdict, the jury found that

Matthew Williams' death was sudden and unexpected, a culmination

of illicit drug use and the struggle against restraint.

His family, while offering their condolences to the family

of Cerys Yemm, said that he was let down by the services that

We hope that this case will highlight the need for better

mental health care and lead to the effective sharing

of information between state agencies and that another family

will not have to go through what the families touched

The family of Cerys Yemm have called for Caerphilly Council to work

with the owners of the Sirhowy Arms to demolish the side.

They have said it serves as an unbearable reminder of their loss.

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion

of manslaughter following the death of a baby in New Quay in Ceredigion.

Officers were called to a property following reports

He was taken to hospital but later died.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of father of two,

He was found collapsed outside a nightclub on Saturday

Kieron Roberts was remanded in custody to appear at Caernarfon

BBC Wales understands, Ukip assembly member, Mark Reckless,

is set to leave the party and join the Conservative

Conservative sources say an announcement is due to be made

tomorrow after he held talks with the leader of the Welsh Tories,

Our political editor, Nick Servini, is here.

Sources tell me he will join the Tory group. Crucially though as an

independent assembly member and not a Tory party member but he will take

the whip. It means he will have two vote with the conservative group and

there are clear advantages here for the Conservatives. It means they

will become the main opposition group at the assembly. The

difficulty will be getting this past Conservative Central office who will

not want to have much to do with him after he defected from the

Conservatives to Ukip in high profile fashion to add a half years

ago. Why does it mean for Ukip? It is devastating as they lost their

only remaining MP last month. They have a power base of sorts at

Cardiff Bay and Necklaces properly the most high-profile figure they've

got. There will only be 80 candidates for Ukip in the elections

next month, just to more than the Green party. It contributes to the

wider question being asked about the future role of Ukip after Brexit and

after the triggering of Article 15, the official progress -- process

believing the European Union. An investigation is under way

into how ten-year-old Reuben Lewis, from Llanidloes, who's deaf and has

autism, has twice been left alone in a minibus

depot rather than dropped His parents say they're astonished

teachers and bus staff didn't Eight o'clock he goes

and it was gone 11 o'clock before they brought him back so he'd been

on the bus three hours and some of that time

he was on his own on that bus. There's meant to be

a register on and off the bus where each

child is ticked off. Powys Council arranges

the transport. It says it's apologised

and is putting immediate safeguards in place to prevent any similar

incidents in future. Football and Swansea City have

been in action tonight. Match of the Day is coming up later

so look away now if you don't Despite leading until the final few

minutes of the game, Swansea lost A third defeat in four games

means the Swans drop And staying with football,

Jess Fishlock has become Wales' The 30-year-old midfielder earned

the honour in today's friendly against Northern Ireland

in Ystrad Mynach - Fishlock says her family's support

has been key to her success. I wouldn't be here without them

and they know that. It was really nice for me

that they could come and enjoy And they can go home now

because it's their name, too, right? This is history they've created as

well. Time for a look at the weather -

here's Sue with the details. Overnight, largely dry with cloud

around. Light wind. Colder in very rural areas. High pressure dominates

for most of the UK tomorrow bringing more settled weather. A weak front

for North Scotland. Some sunny spells are mostly dry and that's the

same across most of the UK. Variable amounts of cloud. Thicker cloud and

patchy, light rain across the North West of Scotland. For Wales, another

largely fine afternoon and the westerly breeze. Not always sunny

but feeling pleasantly warm in any sunshine. More dry and settled

weather on Friday with variable amounts of cloud. Some bright and

sunny spells for most of us. The warming trend continues into the

weekend with the high starting to Woods -- to move more eastwards

allowing a subtle change in wind direction. The wind will turn more

southerly and that draws up my air from the south. Temperatures will

rise. High-pressure dominating and a fine and settled into the wheat and

into the weekend. Slightly warmer. We'll be back in Breakfast

with updates from around From all of us on the late team,

thanks for watching.