0:00:03 > 0:00:04Welcome to Wales Today.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Tonight's headlines:
0:00:05 > 0:00:07After the attack targeting
0:00:07 > 0:00:09a German football team - police say everything will be done
0:00:09 > 0:00:12to ensure a safe and secure Champions League final in Cardiff.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16And the family who fled Iraq -
0:00:16 > 0:00:26to find safety in Wales - now fighting to stay in Swansea.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Good Evening.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40South Wales Police say everything is being done to ensure a safe
0:00:40 > 0:00:41and secure environment for the Champions League
0:00:41 > 0:00:42final in Cardiff in June.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44They've been speaking following three explosions,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46targeting the Borussia Dortmund football team before their
0:00:46 > 0:00:48quarter-final home match in the same competition against Monaco.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Police say they've arrested a suspect with Islamic links.
0:00:50 > 0:00:57Kate Morgan has more.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Glass and shrapnel shattered on the floor -
0:01:00 > 0:01:03investigators say it's lucky it wasn't much worse, with metal
0:01:03 > 0:01:05from the three explosives found in one of the seats
0:01:05 > 0:01:08on the Borussia Dortmund team bus.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10It was attacked ahead of their Champion's League
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Quarter Final last night.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Spanish International Marc Bartra says he's doing well
0:01:14 > 0:01:17after an operation on his wrist.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Representing UEFA at the game in Germany was the Football Association
0:01:21 > 0:01:23of Wales President David Griffiths.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26He says security has been stepped up.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28The stadium has has a sweet, the dogs and
0:01:28 > 0:01:31everything and there will
0:01:31 > 0:01:34be no bags allowed in the stadium and triple searches are being
0:01:34 > 0:01:35carried out so...
0:01:35 > 0:01:40And I think when it comes to Cardiff in June, you can
0:01:40 > 0:01:45expect this to be done again.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47South Wales Police has been organising a large security
0:01:47 > 0:01:49operation for the four day Champion's festival
0:01:49 > 0:01:50in the capital from June 1st.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Officers say they've never planned for anything like this,
0:01:53 > 0:02:02and will set up a so-called ring of steel around the city centre.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09The ring of steel, as it is being referred to,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13will mean that at key
0:02:13 > 0:02:22locations there will be barriers put up to stop vehicles entering those
0:02:22 > 0:02:25locations and that is twofold - one, to ensure
0:02:25 > 0:02:27the safety of pedestrians, and
0:02:27 > 0:02:31secondly, it is to prevent the type of attacks
0:02:31 > 0:02:34we saw in Westminster and Sweden.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Organisers are closely studying the European Championship final's
0:02:35 > 0:02:37in France last Summer.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Around stadiums and fan zones there was a heavy police presence.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Large bags were banned from certain areas and everyone
0:02:42 > 0:02:43was searched as they went in.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45South Wales Police say they're still considering what security
0:02:45 > 0:02:47measures will be in place here in Cardiff Bay
0:02:47 > 0:02:53for the fan zone.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55There will be various areas that they will
0:02:55 > 0:02:59focus on, obviously the
0:02:59 > 0:03:02safety of fans, how they commute into the city centre
0:03:02 > 0:03:03where people are staying.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Obviously the road behind us will be closed
0:03:05 > 0:03:11and pedestrianised on the day and no doubt they already have plans to
0:03:11 > 0:03:21escort the teams by the coaches as they come to the venue.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24The rescheduled match took place tonight.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Authorities in Germany say they've arrested
0:03:25 > 0:03:27a suspect with Islamic links as their investigations continue.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29South Wales Police will no doubt watch closely
0:03:29 > 0:03:32for the outcome of that - as they try to keep the focus
0:03:32 > 0:03:35on football for the biggest sporting event Cardiff has ever hosted.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38The mother of a family from Iraq who resettled in Swansea
0:03:38 > 0:03:41says they will be left to die on the streets if they are sent
0:03:41 > 0:03:42back to the Middle East.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Trifa Sedeeq and her three children now live with her brother
0:03:45 > 0:03:46after surviving a treacherous ordeal, before finding
0:03:46 > 0:03:47refuge in Wales.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Next week they will hear if their appeal to remain in the UK
0:03:50 > 0:03:52as asylum seekers is successful.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Our reporter Ben Price has been to meet them.
0:03:54 > 0:04:02Safe, happy, and together.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05It is the life this mother from Iraq
0:04:05 > 0:04:07wanted for her children, but for how much longer?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10TRANSLATION: I was so happy when I arrived in Heathrow Airport.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I was so happy I started crying.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14We were just saying, we have left Bulgaria
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and come to the UK.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23We were just so, so happy.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Trifa arrived here with her family almost a year after fleeing
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Iraq when her husband's life was threatened by the Kurdish
0:04:28 > 0:04:37Government.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40They flew to Turkey with one of her brothers and his family
0:04:40 > 0:04:42before making their way on foot to
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Bulgaria, where they ended up in a migrant camp.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45They lived in treacherous conditions.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It claimed the life of Trifa's husband, her
0:04:47 > 0:04:48brother, and sister-in-law.
0:04:48 > 0:04:55She was left with seven children.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Her brother, Amran from Swansea, travelled to meet
0:04:57 > 0:05:00them in Bulgaria before they were granted permission to return with
0:05:00 > 0:05:01him to the UK.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Six months later, having settled in Swansea, with the
0:05:03 > 0:05:05children attending the local schools, Trifa, her sons and
0:05:05 > 0:05:07daughter, could soon be deported.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09They said they have to leave the country.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13So if they are leaving the country, where are they going?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15To go back to where?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16To Iraq?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18So if they are going to Iraq, they will be
0:05:18 > 0:05:21homeless.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Soon as they had the refuse, the children cannot sleep in
0:05:24 > 0:05:25the night.
0:05:25 > 0:05:32The mother, she is always crying.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Next week, a final decision will be made on the future.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37The Home Office says it has a proud history
0:05:37 > 0:05:38of granting asylum to those who genuinely
0:05:38 > 0:05:40need it, and every case is
0:05:40 > 0:05:45carefully considered on its individual merits.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47The family says it is very grateful for all the support
0:05:47 > 0:05:49from the local community and they hope they can continue
0:05:49 > 0:05:53to make Wales their new home.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55A 24-year-old driver who killed his stepson in a car crash
0:05:55 > 0:05:58has been jailed for six years.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Dean Collins was found
0:05:59 > 0:06:03guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Five-year-old Joseph Smith wasn't in a booster seat and suffered
0:06:05 > 0:06:07multiple injuries when the car crashed into oncoming traffic
0:06:07 > 0:06:08on Cardiff's Western Avenue.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09No car seat.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Just a seat belt on.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11That's...
0:06:11 > 0:06:12That's wrong, isn't it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15But it will never fetch back my son, will it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16No.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17It won't.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18It has traumatised me.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19I don't sleep.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23All I do is think about that little boy.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Unemployment in Wales is now higher than the UK average.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Figures by the Office for National
0:06:27 > 0:06:30statistics show Wales is the only country in the UK to see
0:06:30 > 0:06:32an increase in joblessness over the last quarter.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34More than 74,000 people are out of work,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36which takes the rate up to 4.9%.
0:06:36 > 0:06:45The UK average is 4.7%.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49A woman from Barry who fraudulently claimed ?22,000
0:06:49 > 0:06:52worth of benefits as a single parent was caught after posting
0:06:52 > 0:06:54her wedding pictures on Facebook.
0:06:54 > 0:06:5925-year-old Chanice Bowen was given payments for three years
0:06:59 > 0:07:01after getting married in 2013, despite telling the Department
0:07:01 > 0:07:03of Work and Pensions she and her partner had split up
0:07:03 > 0:07:04earlier the same year.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10She's been ordered to pay back the money.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13News from the World Track Cycling Championships in Hong Kong, where
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Elinor Barker narrowly missed out
0:07:14 > 0:07:15on gold in the Scratch race.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17The 22-year-old from Cardiff, who won Olympic Gold for
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Great Britain in the Team Pursuit last year, was edged out
0:07:20 > 0:07:29by Italian Rachele Barbieri at the finish and settled for silver.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It all worked out pretty well, to be honest.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36I guess just not fast enough or maybe pushed a little bit too
0:07:36 > 0:07:40much air too early on in the sprint but when I think about Kirsten I
0:07:40 > 0:07:41thought I got to win this.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43That is the fastest sprinter there is but
0:07:43 > 0:07:45obviously it doesn't always stay the same, does it?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I need to watch out for different people all the time
0:07:48 > 0:07:49so...
0:07:49 > 0:07:50But I am really disappointed.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Well, let's take a look at the weather now.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Benny is here with the forecast.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34We can look forward to a fairly settled day on Friday.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Brightness by the time we get into Saturday,
0:08:36 > 0:08:38it will be dry and bright.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Sunday, a of dry and bright weather to look forward to, but the
0:08:41 > 0:08:43potential for some rain across North Wales first thing.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46That will fizzle away to the day and by the time we
0:08:46 > 0:08:48get to bank holiday Monday, a bit of uncertainty
0:08:48 > 0:08:49in the forecast at the
0:08:49 > 0:08:52moment but as it stands, it stands, it is looking cool and cloudy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Today, we did see a bit of cloud and some patchy rain with the best
0:08:56 > 0:08:57of the brightness across the South East.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01As we head into tonight, once the sun sets, it will be a rather
0:09:01 > 0:09:02chilly night.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Variable amounts of cloud and also some clear skies.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05The potential for showers into tomorrow
0:09:05 > 0:09:09morning across North Wales but most of us getting away with a dry night.
0:09:09 > 0:09:105-8 C in towns and cities.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Three cell C is in the countryside is, so
0:09:12 > 0:09:15we could see a touch of frost, especially in sheltered areas.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16High pressure in charge tomorrow which
0:09:16 > 0:09:17will bring a quiet day.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine at all
0:09:19 > 0:09:21times.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23First thing tomorrow morning, just showers across the North East.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24They will tend to clear.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Diane bright weather, but then through the
0:09:26 > 0:09:28day they will see the cloud bubbling up again.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30An overcast afternoon with some bright stars coming through at
0:09:30 > 0:09:31times.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33When the sun gets through, it will feel pleasant.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35The temperatures around average for the time of year.
0:09:35 > 0:09:3610-12 C.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40As we head into tomorrow night, we will a lot more cloud and
0:09:40 > 0:09:43also some patchy rain making its way in from the west, so it is low-level
0:09:43 > 0:09:44cloud, and fog.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It will be a warmer night compared with the past few
0:09:47 > 0:09:49nights with laws getting down to seven Celsius.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51The wind is light and coming from a westerly direction.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53As we head towards the end of the week,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57we have this week feature bringing with it quite a bit of cloud and
0:09:57 > 0:09:58some patchy rain for Good Friday.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Once that goes through, it is looking for more settled.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01So there it is.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Friday, we will start the day with some patchy rain, becoming
0:10:05 > 0:10:07drier and brighter for the North and the West.