0:00:09 > 0:00:11A floating football pitch - Cardiff prepares for one of
0:00:11 > 0:00:12the world's biggest sporting events.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Organisers of the Champions League Final insist, the city can cope.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The Welsh surgeon who saved countless lives in Syria
0:00:20 > 0:00:25tells the Hay Festival of the "evil" he witnessed.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27And specialist language lessons for the refugee doctors and dentists
0:00:27 > 0:00:31who want to work in the NHS here.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Good evening.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Cardiff can cope with the 170,000 people expected
0:00:52 > 0:00:54to come into the city, for the Champions League Final.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57That's according to organisers who say the capital will be
0:00:57 > 0:01:00at capacity when Juventus play Real Madrid on Saturday.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Kate Morgan reports.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09It's taken almost a thousand days to plan for 170,000 people
0:01:09 > 0:01:15to arrive, enjoy and crucially leave the Welsh capital.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19It means providing extra accommodation, transport
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and security in one of the smallest cities to ever host then
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Champions League final.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28You look at cities the size of London and Berlin,
0:01:28 > 0:01:38lots of big footprints.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We have pretty much taken every lesson learnt in Cardiff.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44So the size has been a challenge, but it has also been an advantage
0:01:44 > 0:01:46because when people do come, they can walk around fairly easily
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and we think that will put Cardiff on the map and make it different
0:01:49 > 0:01:50to other finals.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52So as a fan, it couldn't be better.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54South Wales Police say they have never planned
0:01:54 > 0:01:55for anything like this.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58As part of a huge security operation there will be road closures
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and disruption for both businesses and residents, but organisers say
0:02:01 > 0:02:04the city is used to hosting major sporting events and can deal
0:02:04 > 0:02:05with large crowds flooding the streets.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08In 2005, for the Grand Slam game, there were 250,000 people
0:02:08 > 0:02:18in the city, so we know the city can cope and there will be the festival,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31meeting points for fans from each of the teams, in bars in Cardiff,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33that will show the match, so we're confident the city
0:02:33 > 0:02:35can absorb that number.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Alongside the final, there is a four-day
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Champions League Festival centred around Cardiff Bay.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41One of the highlights will be a legends match where the world's
0:02:41 > 0:02:43best former footballers will play on this floating pitch.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46But there won't be an opportunity for fans to watch Juventus take
0:02:46 > 0:02:47on Real Madrid here.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49The Festival shuts hours before the final kicks off.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52We would have loved to have been able to put on a public screening
0:02:52 > 0:02:56but the problem we face is the city is already going to be at capacity,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and if we put a free of charge public screening on in the city,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01particularly now that we have Real Madrid's Gareth Bale,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04we will have so many people coming in from the local areas
0:03:04 > 0:03:06that the city would basically become gridlocked.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Is Cardiff going to be maxed out though anyway?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09It should be.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's not very often that Real Madrid and Juventus play in Cardiff.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15If you are a local person, you know, and you like sport,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17we would expect you to come into the city.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19The best footballers in the world on our doorstep,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and these opportunities do not come around very often, so people
0:03:22 > 0:03:25shouldn't be complacent and think, "Well, we will see them next time."
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Who knows, there may not be a next time.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Alan Hamer speaking to Kate Morgan.
0:03:28 > 0:03:37Fire crews in Swansea are continuing to tackle a large blaze
0:03:37 > 0:03:38at a recycling unit in Forestfach.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40There were more than seventy firefighters tackling the fire
0:03:40 > 0:03:42earlier, with thick smoke affecting some train services
0:03:42 > 0:03:43and bringing road closures.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The operation has been scaled back, but firefighters are expected
0:03:46 > 0:03:47to remain overnight.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I look after my grandmother, so I could hear the bangs and that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52You know, I obviously wasn't sure what it was.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55But, like, it was dark then so you couldn't see smoke
0:03:55 > 0:03:56but you could smell the fumes.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59A Welsh surgeon - who saved countless lives in Syria -
0:03:59 > 0:04:01has been recalling the "evil" acts he's witnessed there.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04David Nott, who's from Carmarthen, has been operating in conflict zones
0:04:04 > 0:04:06for more than 20 years.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09He's been speaking to Huw Thomas at the Hay Festival,
0:04:09 > 0:04:19where he delivered the BBC's annual Patrick Hannan Lecture.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26In Syria, the mission for David Nott is professional and personal.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The victims, so often the innocent and the young, like little Maram.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30An air strike killed her parents.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32He worked hard to save her life.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Oh, my goodness me!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Later, he was reunited with Maram, but so many others have died,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40including Syrian doctors who worked with him.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42In his lecture this evening, he condemned the bombing
0:04:42 > 0:04:50of hospitals and the targeting of civilians.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52What we're seeing now is evil, really.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Because sin is something you can be remorseful about.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55But evil is something that you perpetrate,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59it's something that you know is wrong and you continue to do it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05That is the difference between sin and evil.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12David Nott has trained local doctors and works tirelessly
0:05:12 > 0:05:14to promote the plight of the people he's tried to help.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16But the attack in Manchester has brought it home,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19and where the techniques he's used on the battlefield have been
0:05:19 > 0:05:22employed in British hospitals.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24There is a course called the definitive surgical trauma
0:05:24 > 0:05:27skills course which all surgeons in the UK have been on,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30so it teaches them how to deal with traumatic injuries and how
0:05:30 > 0:05:31to deal with haemorrhage.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Nowadays, of course, we never saw the effect of bomb
0:05:33 > 0:05:34blasts in this country before.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Now we're adding that to our training regime whereby
0:05:37 > 0:05:39we are teaching surgeons had to deal with horrific wounds.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Look what I have got you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43He told me he will return to Syria and wherever
0:05:43 > 0:05:45else his skills are needed.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46It's a dolly.
0:05:46 > 0:05:53Dolly.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56To help others like little Maram, the innocent victims of the world's
0:05:56 > 0:05:57cruellest conflicts.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You can hear David Nott's Patrick Hannan lecture
0:05:59 > 0:06:02at bbc.co.uk/radiowales.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Meanwhile, a course run by a Cardiff based charity is coaching
0:06:06 > 0:06:11doctors and dentists - who are refugees and asylum seekers
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- through specialist English exams, so they can be employed
0:06:14 > 0:06:17by the NHS here.
0:06:17 > 0:06:26It's thought the programme by 'Displaced People in Action' has
0:06:27 > 0:06:29saved the health service ?20 million across the UK.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Here's Kate Scott-Williams.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33It's just a training room in Cardiff Bay but through these
0:06:33 > 0:06:35doors have come children's doctors, brain surgeons, specialists,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38talented medical staff key to the NHS.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I am inclined to believe that...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43What brings these people together is that they are all
0:06:43 > 0:06:45refugees or asylum seekers.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Professionals in their own country determined to qualify
0:06:47 > 0:06:50to work in the NHS here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53To do that they will be tested on their reading, writing,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55speaking and listening.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Not an easy feat when you are talking about complex science.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02One of them was in Aleppo just a month ago having graduated
0:07:02 > 0:07:04from medical college.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Another left Libya in 2014 and wants to continue
0:07:06 > 0:07:09to work as a paediatrician.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I'm not working for myself.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I'm working for my children's future.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18It's different to have a mum who just stays at home and does
0:07:18 > 0:07:24the cooking and prepares everything for them.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I want them to see their mum fighting to get to her target.
0:07:28 > 0:07:36It was my dream when I was a kid.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39So I think I have to put some work into this to achieve my
0:07:39 > 0:07:42dream to be a doctor.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45This pioneering scheme was set up by Displaced People In Action
0:07:45 > 0:07:48alongside the body responsible for training doctors
0:07:48 > 0:07:56here and with initial funding from the Welsh Government,
0:07:56 > 0:07:5887 doctors have now been registered with the General Medical Council
0:07:58 > 0:08:00allowing them to work in the NHS.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Of those, 12 are GPs, two are consultants and 67
0:08:03 > 0:08:04are in training posts.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10There are shortages in certain specialties and if you think
0:08:10 > 0:08:15that we can have a qualified doctor through the scheme within sometimes
0:08:15 > 0:08:19one to two years at absolutely minimal cost, whereas to put
0:08:19 > 0:08:21somebody through medical school and training you are looking
0:08:21 > 0:08:24at about a quarter of a million pounds, that is a huge difference.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29This doctor from Kuwait came to the UK seeking asylum in 2014.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Now doing a placement in psychiatrics in Cardiff, he came
0:08:33 > 0:08:35here because of what the Welsh scheme could offer.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38After passing all the exams and getting registered it's very
0:08:38 > 0:08:42difficult to find a job.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Also it's very difficult to find the references required for the job.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49So by providing this opportunity for me and other refugee doctors
0:08:49 > 0:08:54we were able to find references, we were able to refresh our skills
0:08:54 > 0:08:59and this will help us to find jobs.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03These doctors can use their own language and culture to benefit
0:09:03 > 0:09:06patients and it also means they can become professionals again
0:09:06 > 0:09:11in the place they now call home.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Armed police officers are on duty at the Urdd National Eisteddfod
0:09:13 > 0:09:15in Pencoed, near Bridgend.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18The increased security is in response to last week's terror
0:09:18 > 0:09:27attack in Manchester.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28It's expected over 100,000 visitors and competitors
0:09:28 > 0:09:30will attend the Welsh-language youth festival this week.
0:09:30 > 0:09:37There have been no complaints and people have just accept the fact
0:09:37 > 0:09:40that our bags searches are there and the police presence on site.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42So obviously it's something that we didn't want to do
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and I don't think anybody wanted anything like this.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47But obviously we have to adhere to the advice that the police give
0:09:47 > 0:09:50us and everybody has accepted it and everything is going OK.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Cricket, and Glamorgan have won their first County
0:09:52 > 0:09:54championship game of the season in thrilling fashion.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57They beat Durham by three wickets, with just three balls to spare
0:09:57 > 0:09:58at St Helen's in Swansea.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The visitors declared on 276-7, but Nick Selman proved to be
0:10:01 > 0:10:04the hero for Glamorgan - helping them to reach their target
0:10:04 > 0:10:06with an unbeaten 116 - which included two sixes
0:10:06 > 0:10:09in the last over.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Rugby, and the British and Irish Lions have
0:10:11 > 0:10:14left for New Zealand, ahead of their 10 match tour.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The squad - which includes 12 Welsh players -
0:10:16 > 0:10:18took off from Heathrow airport this afternoon.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21They play their first game on Saturday.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It hasn't been the brightest end to the Bank Holiday.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Benaz has the weather forecast.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Well, we have had a lot of cloud around today.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35The weather settling down this week thanks to high pressure.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38We can look forward to a lot of dry weather, some sunshine and it
0:10:38 > 0:10:41will start to feel less humid as we go through tomorrow
0:10:41 > 0:10:43and over the coming days as well.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Through tonight, it is a fairly quiet night,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47we do have a few isolated showers.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Quite a bit of low-level cloud, mist and fog forming into the early
0:10:50 > 0:10:51hours of tomorrow morning.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53The winds light to moderate, coming from a south-westerly direction.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The temperatures getting down to about nine Celsius.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Tomorrow we do have this weather front which will bring
0:10:58 > 0:11:00with it a few showers, high pressure building
0:11:00 > 0:11:03from the south, that will settle things down by the time we get
0:11:03 > 0:11:04into the afternoon.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07But first thing tomorrow morning, for the rush hour, we do have quite
0:11:07 > 0:11:15a lot of low-level cloud, mist and fog and a few showers.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18If you do catch one, it could heavy, maybe even be thundery.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Some sunshine developing as we go through the day.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23For the rest of the British Isles, yes, we do have some rain getting
0:11:23 > 0:11:25into Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern
0:11:25 > 0:11:26parts of England.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The further south and east you are, it is dry and warm,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32and the temperatures coming up to about 22 Celsius.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon we do still have a few
0:11:35 > 0:11:42showers lurking around.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Gradually they will clear through and it'll start to brighten
0:11:45 > 0:11:48up in the North and the West, so at the end of the day,
0:11:48 > 0:11:49looking much better.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51The temperatures up to about 19 Celsius,
0:11:51 > 0:11:52the winds again, light to moderate.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Now through tomorrow night, we will see clear skies,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57light winds, the perfect recipe for some mist and fog to form.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Some clear skies as well and feeling much fresher
0:12:00 > 0:12:02with the temperatures in single figures, most of us getting down
0:12:02 > 0:12:03to about seven Celsius.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06By the time we head into Wednesday, high-pressure bringing a largely dry
0:12:06 > 0:12:08day, some sunshine to look forward to, perhaps the odd
0:12:08 > 0:12:09shower along the South.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13But for most of us, it's looking good, highs of 20 Celsius, the winds
0:12:13 > 0:12:14coming from a southerly direction.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Looking good on Thursday, too.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Again, largely dry with some sunshine developing through the day.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Highs of around 21 Celsius and then turning more unsettled as we head
0:12:21 > 0:12:23towards the end of the week and the weekend.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24That's Wales Today.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Thank you for watching - from all of us on the
0:12:26 > 0:12:31programme - goodnight.