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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
A gay clergyman has accused the Anglican Church in Wales | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
of homophobia after he was rejected for the role of Bishop of Llandaff. | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
The Dean of St Albans, the Very Reverend Jeffrey John, | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
The Church in Wales strongly deny the accusation. | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
A closely guarded process, but the selection of the next | :00:30. | :00:36. | |
Bishop of Llandaff has taken longer than expected. | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
The first meeting of an electoral college of church officials | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
Now, a leading gay cleric, who narrowly missed out on the role, | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
says homophobia played a part in his rejection. | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
It is understood the Very Reverend Jeffrey John received | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
a majority of the votes, but not the two-thirds majority | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
He says homophobic remarks had been made | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
In a letter to the Bishop of Swansea and Breccon, | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
he said he has been told by an existing Bishop | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
that it would be too much of a headache to appoint him. | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
He goes on to say the only arguments against his appointment | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
were directly related to his homosexuality | :01:13. | :01:13. | |
and/or civil partnership, namely that his appointment | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
would bring unwelcome and unsettling publicity to the diocese. | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
Mr John has missed out on a Bishop role before. | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
He was nominated as Bishop of Reading in 2003, but he was asked | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
to withdraw by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
The Church in Wales says the process for a new Bishop | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
of Llandaff will continue, so they won't be making any | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
Asked about the accusations of homophobia, | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
they said the Bishops would deny it. | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Jeffrey John himself has declined to be interviewed on the issue. | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
A Wales Office minister has described Scotland as | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
"another country" after a recent trip to Edinburgh. | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
In a newspaper column, Aberconwy MP, Guto Bebb, | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
It comes after First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
she'll seek a second referendum on Scottish independence. | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns, said Mr Bebb's comments | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
were designed to generate discussion on the issue. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
A suspected explosive device has been found on a Gwynedd beach. | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
North Wales Police were alerted to the find just south | :02:24. | :02:25. | |
of Porth Neigwl, near Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula - at around | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
A 100-metre cordon has been placed around the device - | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
which is due to be detonated safely tomorrow morning. | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
Parks in Cardiff are set for a ?600,000 regeneration, | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
as the city gets ready to host the Champions League | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
Changing rooms will be refurbished at Trelai Park, with new drainage | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
A number of playgrounds will also benefit, with the money from | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
the Champions League Legacy Cash, and the council. | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
An event has been held in Cardiff to highlight the plight | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
of a British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran on charges | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained while trying to leave | :03:06. | :03:20. | |
the country with her baby daughter in April 2016. | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
Her sister-in-law, Rebecca Jones - who's a GP in Cwmbran - | :03:23. | :03:23. | |
says the UK Government should publicly condemn what's happened. | :03:24. | :03:24. | |
The Foreign Office says it's supported the family | :03:25. | :03:24. | |
Nazanin went to a year ago to celebrate the Iranian festival of | :03:25. | :03:37. | |
the year and then was detained suddenly and we haven't seen her | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
since. Her daughter Gabriella has been taken away from her, is still | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
trapped in Iran under the care of Nazanin's parents, and we are | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
desperately, desperately trying to get them back reunited and back | :03:52. | :03:52. | |
home. Rugby and Six Nations officials | :03:53. | :03:53. | |
will review events in the closing stages of Wales' 20-18 | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
loss to France. Wales coach Rob Howley says he's had | :03:57. | :03:57. | |
to "question the integrity of our game" after France replaced | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
prop Atonio with Slimani in extra time, after he'd already been subbed | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
earlier in the 100-minute match. They will also look at into | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
an alleged bite on George North. Ice hockey and the Cardiff Devils | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
have been crowned the Elite League champions tonight - | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
their first league They beat the Sheffield Steelers 6-2 | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
last night to secure the trophy, as well as beating | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
the Fife Flyers tonight 6-1. It's their second silverware this | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
season after winning Let's take a quick look | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
at tomorrow's weather now. And after a mostly cloudy, | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
mild and wet night for most. It'll be a breezy day | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
with rain at first. The worst will be in | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
the south of the country. Brighter spells should | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
develop in the afternoon, although there will still be | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
a chance of one or two Highs on Monday | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
of around 11 Celsius. We'll have updates from 6.25 | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
tomorrow morning in Breakfast. Good evening. There is some rain | :04:50. | :05:14. | |
coming into the southern half of the UK as we speak. I think by the end | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
of the night it will have got into the Midlands and much of | :05:20. | :05:20. |