04/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:13.The world number one initially struggled

:00:14. > :00:16.A Plaid Cymru Assembly member, suspended as a councillor

:00:17. > :00:21.for bullying behaviour, should also be suspended as an AM,

:00:22. > :00:23.senior party sources have told BBC Wales.

:00:24. > :00:26.Neil McEvoy has been suspended for a month after a tribunal ruled

:00:27. > :00:30.he broke Cardiff Council's code of conduct.

:00:31. > :00:37.Here's our Political Editor, Nick Servini.

:00:38. > :00:41.He's a controversial figure who is not afraid of the limelight.

:00:42. > :00:45.Yesterday, the Plaid assembly member, Neil McEvoy, faced the

:00:46. > :00:48.Adjudication Panel for Wales, which found he broke

:00:49. > :00:55.Today he was among friends, but not everyone was happy.

:00:56. > :00:58.One Plaid AM, Bethan Jenkins, said he

:00:59. > :01:02.Other sources told BBC Wales he should be

:01:03. > :01:07.I'm here to just carry on doing my job, I'm here to

:01:08. > :01:09.speak at the conference, I'm here now, hopefully,

:01:10. > :01:12.to set up an equality section to campaign on equalities.

:01:13. > :01:15.And I will stand up for my residents.

:01:16. > :01:17.The party will make a decision next week.

:01:18. > :01:19.The chair said it has been treated seriously.

:01:20. > :01:22.Neil McEvoy has clearly been the big talking

:01:23. > :01:24.point today, partly because

:01:25. > :01:26.he's leading Plaid's efforts in the council elections in Cardiff.

:01:27. > :01:28.But the problem for Plaid is this, an

:01:29. > :01:31.official adjudication panel has upheld a complaint of bullying

:01:32. > :01:36.And bullying is something that the leader of Plaid,

:01:37. > :01:40.Leanne Wood, has campaigned strongly against.

:01:41. > :01:43.Elsewhere at the conference, on the policy front,

:01:44. > :01:47.Plaid's economy spokesman Adam Price has said the party

:01:48. > :01:51.money to help fund education by putting a penny on income tax.

:01:52. > :01:53.It's the first time this has been floated

:01:54. > :01:57.by Plaid, and an early reflection of the tax-raising powers

:01:58. > :02:05.We will ask the people of Wales over the summer how these

:02:06. > :02:11.Should we raise a penny for a purpose dedicated

:02:12. > :02:18.200 million for our schools and colleges could close the

:02:19. > :02:22.gaping chasm of funding for students between Wales and our neighbours.

:02:23. > :02:25.Raising taxes is clearly not a popular

:02:26. > :02:33.pay for the NHS will add something different,

:02:34. > :02:35.and something Plaid hopes will

:02:36. > :02:37.generate much-needed traction with voters.

:02:38. > :02:40.The Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced

:02:41. > :02:43.an extra ?27 million for GPs in Wales for the next

:02:44. > :02:47.Family doctors will get a 1% pay rise, and extra money

:02:48. > :02:51.to cover surgery costs and indemnity insurance.

:02:52. > :02:54.But surgeries will also be expected to deliver

:02:55. > :02:58.GP leaders say the changes are part of a wider review

:02:59. > :03:11.A new package for pay and expenses to help GPs run their businesses and

:03:12. > :03:15.deliver patient care, and in particular a new range of enhanced

:03:16. > :03:23.services, is improve services by people in nursing and residential

:03:24. > :03:26.care, improve get the people with diabetes. It as a commitment to

:03:27. > :03:30.recognising the extraordinary pressures facing general practice

:03:31. > :03:34.finances and then ensuring we have got some time and headspace to make

:03:35. > :03:36.sure we can have a proper contract that will meet the needs of the

:03:37. > :03:37.Welsh population going forward. Around 100 organisers of LGBT

:03:38. > :03:40.and Pride events from across the UK are holding their first spring

:03:41. > :03:42.conference at the Senedd. The UK Pride Organisers Network

:03:43. > :03:45.is behind more than 90 events. The Communities Secretary,

:03:46. > :03:48.Carl Sargeant, says the Welsh Government recognises

:03:49. > :03:51.the importance of Pride events as a positive stance

:03:52. > :03:58.against homophobic discrimination. Some football scores for you -

:03:59. > :04:01.and there was more Premier League success for Swansea City,

:04:02. > :04:03.after a 3-2 win against Burnley. In the Championship,

:04:04. > :04:06.Cardiff City lost 2-1 to Queens Park Rangers -

:04:07. > :04:09.with an own goal by Jazz Richards A disastrous afternoon for bottom

:04:10. > :04:13.of league two Newport County, with a 4-0 defeat against Leighton

:04:14. > :04:16.Orient. But Wrexham beat Braintree Town 2-1

:04:17. > :04:22.in the National League. Rugby - and in the Pro 12 -

:04:23. > :04:25.and defeat for the Newport Gwent Dragons, beaten 47-17 by Glasgow,

:04:26. > :04:28.despite this late The Cardiff Blues host

:04:29. > :04:32.Munster this afternoon. With just over half an hour played,

:04:33. > :04:37.still no score at the Arms Park. The weather forecast,

:04:38. > :04:39.and rain will spread from the south-west in the early

:04:40. > :04:41.hours, with some heavy A cloudy day tomorrow with outbreaks

:04:42. > :04:48.of rain for much of the day, occasionally heavy before the rain

:04:49. > :04:50.eases in the evening. A windy day, with gale force winds

:04:51. > :04:55.along the south coast.