20/04/2017 BBC Wales Today

That's it from us. They will be continuing coverage throughout the

night on Tonight's headlines:

On the campaign trail. The First Minister says Labour has

a 'mountain to climb' Cardiff University will become

one of the UK's major And an inquest hears a tumble dryer

should "not be ruled out" as the cause of a flat fire

which killed two men. The First Minister, Carwyn Jones,

has admitted that Labour has 'a mountain to climb'

in the general election. Speaking for the first time

since the snap election was called, he also said it was an opportunity

for the UK leader Jeremy But with the party languishing

in the polls, how much pressure Our political editor

Nick Servini reports from one of Labour's heartland areas,

Merthyr Tydfil. High-profile politicians

are back out on the step. And at times it's going to get quite

uncomfortable for them, as the First Minister found out

in his home patch of Bridgend. And you haven't stood

by your constituency. The majority of people

voted for Brexit. The Welsh Labour leader of course

won't be ending up in the Number Ten Can you honestly see

Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister? I think he has to prove himself,

there's no question about that. People haven't seen him

in an election campaign. He is somebody who is passionate,

he is somebody who is This is, despite the apparent lead

in the opinion polls, an election Jeremy Corbyn insists it's not

a foregone conclusion but Labour is lagging in the polls which has

led some to predict The party currently

has 25 out of the 40 Constituencies like Bridgend,

Cardiff Central, Newport West, Anglesey and a number in north-east

Wales could come under pressure. If they lose six they go down

to less than half the seats in Wales and that hasn't happened

for a very long time. What that means is it will take much

longer to rebuild because I think there will be an inevitability

as usual with the political cycles. This isn't the end of

the Labour Party but it will take a lot longer to get back to where it

used to be. Merthyr Tydfil says

it has a big heart. A big problem for Labour in places

like this is that they supported Brexit in contrast to virtually

all of the party's leaders. No one realistically expects anyone

other than Labour to win here. This is Labour heartland

territory, isn't it? Surely it's safe for

Labour here isn't it? Labour says it does support leaving

the EU and recognises the result. It's all a bit watery

though, isn't it? I'm Labour, always been Labour

and I will not change my mind. If everyone was in the same frame

of mind as me perhaps They will vote Labour

if they had a donkey I think they have lost a few voters

to Ukip and potentially Even in Merthyr.

Stranger things have happened. So over the next seven weeks expect

Theresa May to talk a lot about taking us out of the EU

and controlling our borders. Expect Jeremy Corbyn to talk a lot

about anto-austerity and taking The question is, in a place

like Merthyr which voted to leave remember, has Corbyn's class-based

rhetoric which has gone down so well over the years been overtaken

by the new language of Brexit? All of the parties will come under

intense focus in a frenetic few weeks but in Wales inevitably that

means the dominant force, Labour, Cardiff University has been chosen

as one of the major centres The ?13 million centre

in the capital will be a significant section of the UK's

new Dementia Research Institute, The other towels were

outside, weren't they? From preparing a meal

to doing the laundry, 54-year-old Karen Kitch

from Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taff gets a helping hand with daily tasks

from her personal assistant, Three years ago, she was told

by her doctor that she had He couldn't tell me how long before

I was in the final part How it was going to be

through the process. He said it was an

individual disease. And have you noticed

that the condition is My children say that

over the last 12 months I think that I'm OK,

but they say that I have Cardiff University has already

gained international recognition for its dementia research,

but today's announcement means academics here can

take their research a step further. The is to aim find new ways

to diagnose, treat, prevent and care for people with dementia and build

on the work which is already taking Initially, the University

will receive ?13 million to become a UK Dementia Research Institute

Centre. And the centre is set to become

the biggest investment Wales has ever received first scientific study

into the disease. With the potential to be awarded

a further ?70 million in research And up to 60 scientific researchers

will be employed in Cardiff by 2022. This happened to cancer

research about 20 years ago, where a lot more investment was put

in and sustained. And now we are reaping

the benefits in terms And we needed this large

injection of funds. Back in her home, Karen

welcomes the news. It's really needed, because I don't

think it will be for my time, but it will be for my children,

my grandchildren, because possibly they could have dementia

when they are older. And if by that time they could find

a cure, that would make me happy. The recruitment process will now

begin at the centre as the fight Police investigating a sexual

assault on a woman in Barry are appealing for a man,

who gave her a lift in his The woman had been out

in the Park Crescent area It's believed a man in a silver

Lexus offered her a lift. He's described as white,

aged 50 to 60, with white hair and was wearing orange

workmen style trousers. Waiting times for patients

in Accident and Emergency units Just under 81% of patients were seen

in less than four hours. The target of 95%

has never been met. NHS Wales is still behind

on waiting-time targets for patients to start cancer treatment,

but there was a slight improvement in ambulance response times

to life-critical calls. A tumble dryer at a flat

in Llanrwst, where two men died in a fire, couldn't be ruled out

as its cause, despite a lack An expert, hired by the manufacturer

Whirlpool, has been presenting his findings at an inquest

into the deaths of Bernard Hender One of the key questions surrounding

the fire at this flat in the centre of Llanrwst is whether a tumble

dryer was to blame. Seen on the left of these pictures,

taken just days after the tragedy, it's the focus of the inquest

into two men who died there. 39-year-old Douglas McTavish,

who ran a local bistro, and 19-year-old Bernard Hender,

who worked there as a chef, were unable to escape the thick

smoke and flames which tore through the property

in October 2014. Mr Hender's partner

Garry Lloyd Jones was able to crawl out of the building but,

suffered from severe He said yesterday that he woke up

in a smoke filled bedroom, before seeing flames coming

from the drum of the tumble dryer, though it had been swtiched off

with the door open the night Today, a member of the Insitute

of Fire Engineers presented his Appointed by the manufacturer

Whirlpool, he said there was no compelling evidence that the blaze

started in the dryer, The company's former product safety

director said between 2009 and 2014, there had been 28 reports of fires

where the same type of door switch was implicated

or couldn't be ruled out. But given that its dryers

complete one billion cycles every 12 days,

it hadn't triggered The inquest is expected to enter

a third and final day tomorrow. UKIP have been campaigning

for the local elections on the streets of Cardiff today,

saying it offers a breath It says councils are under pressure

because of immigration and also The party is fielding 80 candidates

in 14 authorities in Wales in the local elections,

on May the 4th. We have our scheme to prioritise

people in terms of housing needs. We want to reduce fat cat

salaries for councillors In particular we want to return

to the old committee system and get away from the cabinet system

of local government that we've And the money saved,

we can put into front-line services. A charity is calling

for a respite centre for patients It would be the first

of its kind in Wales. Kidney Wales is staging a walk

around the country in 30 days, to help raise ?4 million

for the centre. It would allow patients

to continue treatment, while they enjoy a holiday

with loved ones. 10,000 people in Wales live

with kidney disease. It's going to be a form

of respite care centre. Lots of families can't go on holiday

because they are tied to a dialysis machine and we are going to put

together a wellness centre The former Wales manager

and midfielder Gary Speed will be inducted into

the National Football Speed, who made 536 Premier League

appearances, is being honoured The former Wales captain,

who died in 2011, will be inducted Time for the weather forecast now.

What do you have for us Derek? I did it sure. Cloud, sunshine and

frost and a cold snap on the way. We have not had much rain this month so

far and we're not expecting much if any rain over the next few days.

It's a dry story tonight. Clear in parts of the South but cloud will

spread down from the North overnight. Temperatures holding up.

Fairly cloudy tomorrow morning. Bright in a few places and dry. Just

the odd spot of light rain in the North. Across the rest of the UK we

have called front line through Scotland which will bring some rain

with it. Tending to fragment as it moves south during the day.

Brightening up behind that cold front. For the south of the UK

mostly dried -- tomorrow. The best of the sojourn in Devon and

Cornwall. In Wales tomorrow afternoon the odd light shower in

parts of mid and North Wales but otherwise it's looking dry and

bright. The best of the sunshine in the south and south-west.

Temperatures up to 16 Celsius. Some sunshine in the south tomorrow

evening then overnight cloud increasing and a few splashes of

rain in the north and north-east. On Saturday cloudy for a while and the

odd spots of rain but no more than that. Brightening up with some

sunshine. Gardeners watch out on Saturday night, it's going to be

quite cold with a widespread grass frost. Sunday is largely dry with

summer sunshine. Next week, called a heading our way from the Arctic

bringing some showers and some of those will be wintry. So cold snap

next week. We'll have updates in Breakfast

tomorrow but that is Wales Today. I think I love you. I love you too.

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