01/10/2016 BBC Wales Today

A Scottish boxer has died following a match

with Carmarthenshire fighter Dale Evans earlier this week.

25 year old Mike Towell from Dundee was rushed to hospital after being

stretchered from the ring on Thursday in Glasgow.

Entering the boxing ring for the last time, Mike Towell was knocked

down by Dale Evans from Saint is in the first round and again in the

fifth for the fight was stopped. He was taken to hospital in Glasgow.

Nobody ever wants to see someone get stretchered out of the ring and I

hope he is all right. Buckley last night, Mike Towell passed away 12

hours after being taken off life support. His girlfriend paid tribute

to the father of one on social media, adding that he had been

complaining of headaches over the past few weeks. The Shadow Secretary

of State for Wales has renewed his call is for both the head to be

banned in sport. But former Welsh boxer: 12 light heavyweight champion

Nicky Piper said medical tests in boxing our rigorous. At the doctors

know that he had been suffering severe headaches they would have

looked into this and find out what the problem was, maybe standards

brain. This could have been avoided, possibly. I feel so sorry for him

and his family, Dale Evans especially because I know how much

in the past that has affected the boxers, it affects them greatly.

Dale Evans will be going through such a terrible time. Other members

of the boxing community have been sending their thoughts and

condolences to both into my's family and Dale Evans on social media. A

crowdfunding page has already raised thousands of pounds in support of

Mike Towell's partner and young son. Plans to charge double the amount

of council tax on long-term empty homes in Newport

are being considered by the council. There are currently more than 2,500

vacant properties in the city,

with around 1100 exempt from council tax because they are

undergoing major work. The local authority wants to urge

owners to bring them back to use. A man has been taken to hospital

with life-threatening injuries North Wales Police was called

to the Clarence Road and Mostyn Avenue junction

just after midnight. The man, who is in his 20s,

is not from the area. Football, and the pressure

is mounting on Swansea City Head Coach Francesco Guidolin

after his side lost 2-1 Liverpool at

the Liberty Stadium. After taking an early lead

by with a good first half, the Swans were dominated

in the second with an equaliser by Firmino and a

penalty from Milner. The Italian admitted before

the match it could be Meanwhile its not looking much

better for under pressure Cardiff City manager

Paul Trollope, his side lost 2 Newport County's match

against Stevenage was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch,

but it was better news for Gary Mills with a much needed

1 nil win for Wrexham over Boreham Wood in

the National League. Nathan Cleverly will fight

Juergen Braehmer for the WBA World Light Heavyweight title

in Germany tonight. The Welshman's on the comeback trail

after losing his WBO Tonight he faces his opponent

in his home region, at a venue he's never lost in,

but says he's well prepared As a professional I have been to

Chicago and Liverpool, the lions den, I have been a failure. I have

been everywhere and I enjoyed. -- I have been everywhere. The crowd are

going to be against me. It is going to be all for the home fighter.

Time for full check on today's weather now, here's Behnaz Akghar.

We have had some intense downpours today, things coming down the little

as we head into tonight and certainly tomorrow was working fine.

We will see a few coastal showers tonight, containing funny time but

otherwise it is dry clear skies allowing the temperature to drop so

that we see a touch of grass frost and also some mist and fog patches

forming, he went light and variable. A chilly start to Sunday with

high-pressure taking charge from the south-east that will settle things

down nicely. We can look forward to a fine day with a miniature was

queried, lots of sunshine and dry weather, too. It is a lovely Sunday,

those temperatures creeping up to 16 degrees. Certainly recovering after

a chilly morning. We head into a chilly night on Sunday in the early

hours, it will be another fine day of the start of next week.

We'll have more tomorrow evening just after six o'clock.