12/04/2017 BBC Wales Today

Welcome to Wales Today.

Tonight's headlines:

After the attack targeting

a German football team - police say everything will be done

to ensure a safe and secure Champions League final in Cardiff.

And the family who fled Iraq -

to find safety in Wales - now fighting to stay in Swansea.

Good Evening.

South Wales Police say everything is being done to ensure a safe

and secure environment for the Champions League

final in Cardiff in June.

They've been speaking following three explosions,

targeting the Borussia Dortmund football team before their

quarter-final home match in the same competition against Monaco.

Police say they've arrested a suspect with Islamic links.

Kate Morgan has more.

Glass and shrapnel shattered on the floor -

investigators say it's lucky it wasn't much worse, with metal

from the three explosives found in one of the seats

on the Borussia Dortmund team bus.

It was attacked ahead of their Champion's League

Quarter Final last night.

Spanish International Marc Bartra says he's doing well

after an operation on his wrist.

Representing UEFA at the game in Germany was the Football Association

of Wales President David Griffiths.

He says security has been stepped up.

The stadium has has a sweet, the dogs and

everything and there will

be no bags allowed in the stadium and triple searches are being

carried out so...

And I think when it comes to Cardiff in June, you can

expect this to be done again.

South Wales Police has been organising a large security

operation for the four day Champion's festival

in the capital from June 1st.

Officers say they've never planned for anything like this,

and will set up a so-called ring of steel around the city centre.

The ring of steel, as it is being referred to,

will mean that at key

locations there will be barriers put up to stop vehicles entering those

locations and that is twofold - one, to ensure

the safety of pedestrians, and

secondly, it is to prevent the type of attacks

we saw in Westminster and Sweden.

Organisers are closely studying the European Championship final's

in France last Summer.

Around stadiums and fan zones there was a heavy police presence.

Large bags were banned from certain areas and everyone

was searched as they went in.

South Wales Police say they're still considering what security

measures will be in place here in Cardiff Bay

for the fan zone.

There will be various areas that they will

focus on, obviously the

safety of fans, how they commute into the city centre

where people are staying.

Obviously the road behind us will be closed

and pedestrianised on the day and no doubt they already have plans to

escort the teams by the coaches as they come to the venue.

The rescheduled match took place tonight.

Authorities in Germany say they've arrested

a suspect with Islamic links as their investigations continue.

South Wales Police will no doubt watch closely

for the outcome of that - as they try to keep the focus

on football for the biggest sporting event Cardiff has ever hosted.

The mother of a family from Iraq who resettled in Swansea

says they will be left to die on the streets if they are sent

back to the Middle East.

Trifa Sedeeq and her three children now live with her brother

after surviving a treacherous ordeal, before finding

refuge in Wales.

Next week they will hear if their appeal to remain in the UK

as asylum seekers is successful.

Our reporter Ben Price has been to meet them.

Safe, happy, and together.

It is the life this mother from Iraq

wanted for her children, but for how much longer?

TRANSLATION: I was so happy when I arrived in Heathrow Airport.

I was so happy I started crying.

We were just saying, we have left Bulgaria

and come to the UK.

We were just so, so happy.

Trifa arrived here with her family almost a year after fleeing

Iraq when her husband's life was threatened by the Kurdish

Government.

They flew to Turkey with one of her brothers and his family

before making their way on foot to

Bulgaria, where they ended up in a migrant camp.

They lived in treacherous conditions.

It claimed the life of Trifa's husband, her

brother, and sister-in-law.

She was left with seven children.

Her brother, Amran from Swansea, travelled to meet

them in Bulgaria before they were granted permission to return with

him to the UK.

Six months later, having settled in Swansea, with the

children attending the local schools, Trifa, her sons and

daughter, could soon be deported.

They said they have to leave the country.

So if they are leaving the country, where are they going?

To go back to where?

To Iraq?

So if they are going to Iraq, they will be

homeless.

Soon as they had the refuse, the children cannot sleep in

the night.

The mother, she is always crying.

Next week, a final decision will be made on the future.

The Home Office says it has a proud history

of granting asylum to those who genuinely

need it, and every case is

carefully considered on its individual merits.

The family says it is very grateful for all the support

from the local community and they hope they can continue

to make Wales their new home.

A 24-year-old driver who killed his stepson in a car crash

has been jailed for six years.

Dean Collins was found

guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.

Five-year-old Joseph Smith wasn't in a booster seat and suffered

multiple injuries when the car crashed into oncoming traffic

on Cardiff's Western Avenue.

No car seat.

Just a seat belt on.

That's...

That's wrong, isn't it?

But it will never fetch back my son, will it?

No.

It won't.

It has traumatised me.

I don't sleep.

All I do is think about that little boy.

Unemployment in Wales is now higher than the UK average.

Figures by the Office for National

statistics show Wales is the only country in the UK to see

an increase in joblessness over the last quarter.

More than 74,000 people are out of work,

which takes the rate up to 4.9%.

The UK average is 4.7%.

A woman from Barry who fraudulently claimed ?22,000

worth of benefits as a single parent was caught after posting

her wedding pictures on Facebook.

25-year-old Chanice Bowen was given payments for three years

after getting married in 2013, despite telling the Department

of Work and Pensions she and her partner had split up

earlier the same year.

She's been ordered to pay back the money.

News from the World Track Cycling Championships in Hong Kong, where

Elinor Barker narrowly missed out

on gold in the Scratch race.

The 22-year-old from Cardiff, who won Olympic Gold for

Great Britain in the Team Pursuit last year, was edged out

by Italian Rachele Barbieri at the finish and settled for silver.

It all worked out pretty well, to be honest.

I guess just not fast enough or maybe pushed a little bit too

much air too early on in the sprint but when I think about Kirsten I

thought I got to win this.

That is the fastest sprinter there is but

obviously it doesn't always stay the same, does it?

I need to watch out for different people all the time

so...

But I am really disappointed.

Well, let's take a look at the weather now.

Benny is here with the forecast.

We can look forward to a fairly settled day on Friday.

Brightness by the time we get into Saturday,

it will be dry and bright.

Sunday, a of dry and bright weather to look forward to, but the

potential for some rain across North Wales first thing.

That will fizzle away to the day and by the time we

get to bank holiday Monday, a bit of uncertainty

in the forecast at the

moment but as it stands, it stands, it is looking cool and cloudy.

Today, we did see a bit of cloud and some patchy rain with the best

of the brightness across the South East.

As we head into tonight, once the sun sets, it will be a rather

chilly night.

Variable amounts of cloud and also some clear skies.

The potential for showers into tomorrow

morning across North Wales but most of us getting away with a dry night.

5-8 C in towns and cities.

Three cell C is in the countryside is, so

we could see a touch of frost, especially in sheltered areas.

High pressure in charge tomorrow which

will bring a quiet day.

It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine at all

times.

First thing tomorrow morning, just showers across the North East.

They will tend to clear.

Diane bright weather, but then through the

day they will see the cloud bubbling up again.

An overcast afternoon with some bright stars coming through at

times.

When the sun gets through, it will feel pleasant.

The temperatures around average for the time of year.

10-12 C.

As we head into tomorrow night, we will a lot more cloud and

also some patchy rain making its way in from the west, so it is low-level

cloud, and fog.

It will be a warmer night compared with the past few

nights with laws getting down to seven Celsius.

The wind is light and coming from a westerly direction.

As we head towards the end of the week,

we have this week feature bringing with it quite a bit of cloud and

some patchy rain for Good Friday.

Once that goes through, it is looking for more settled.

So there it is.

Friday, we will start the day with some patchy rain, becoming

drier and brighter for the North and the West.