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of demonstrations — the 13th in a row. at 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first on the bbc news channel: why do so many rough sleepers continue to be trapped on the streets? wyre davies has following the lives of those sleeping rough in cardiff for bbc wales investigates. cardiff city centre on one of the coldest nights of the year. this winter, there is a noticeable difference to the streets.

this is perhaps where rough sleeping is at its most visible in wales. this is main street in the middle of cardiff, and there are a string of tents — 3—4 tents huddled together, 2—3 people inside each one trying to keep warm. it's a bitterly cold night, and there are at least 12 tents already pitched here in the middle of queen street. over the last few years, rough sleeping numbers in wales have gone up dramatically. in cardiff alone, there are estimated to be over 100 people sleeping out. each has an individual story of how they've ended up on the streets. i can't go back to my flat, so my plan was to get a b&b. but if i can't and i've got to stay out on the street, then i make sure i'm wrapped up warm. some, like del, have been

homeless for a while. how long have you been on the streets? i had a breakdown in my relationship about 30 years ago. i was drinking quite heavily. i lost myjob and i've got a little boy i haven't seen in quite a while. so did you have your own place in your own job? yeah, my own job. i was a nurse. i worked with dementia patients and practical care. i was working in hopkinsville. so you had a regular life and job? regular life, job, the whole deal. and as i say to everybody, you don't realise it but you're only one paycheque away from being homeless. how old are you now? i'm 40 now. del is not the only one who will be sleeping out tonight, and the temperature is plummeting. it's notjust tents — there are people looking out for doorways, as well. so what is it like being out

on the streets on nights like this? it's about ”pm at night. it's that time of the evening when many of those people who are sleeping rough are starting to bed down for the night. i've found a spot where i'll bed down for the next couple of hours, and try and keep warm from this cold and snow. in reality, even i'm a bit too old for this. incredibly, life expectancy for men sleeping rough is a7. for women, it's a3. it's cold... it's cold, it's cool... my inexperience is showing. my first choice is too exposed. i need to move to find somewhere more sheltered. but it doesn't make sleeping any easier.

rowdy singing it's nearly 7am, and it's time to get up and move on. the streets here are already getting pretty busy. i got a couple hours‘ sleep, but it was desperately cold and really uncomfortable. many of the people who do sleep here rough in cardiff will be back tonight. and the question really is — what can be done to get these people off the streets? people like christina. morning. she's already up to catch the morning commuters. last night, she slept out in her tent. christina has been

homeless for years. i was a runaway and ended up coming down here in ‘94. i've been homeless since. i don't really want to be living in a tent all my life in this cold weather. i'd rather be in a nice, warm home with four walls. and i'll be able to get to see my son, then, when i do get home. because at the moment, there's no chance of me getting to see my little man in the predicament i'm in. it's an endless circle, and it's a horrible circle. we have to sit out here to make our money to get what we need for our day. i smoke spice, unfortunately. i'm addicted to spice. i'm severely ill if i don't have it. others are up too, including del. it looks like it'll start again, i think - it looks like it'll start again, i think — this snow. yeah, it was really, really cold. after i spoke to you yesterday,

the temperature dropped again and then some. each morning, the council outreach breakfast team offer a cup of tea and try to persuade people to take up emergency accommodation. the council says there are enough places for all rough sleepers. so why are the streets so full of tents? many claim they still feel safer sleeping rough. being in them sort of hostels — people who actually wake up and have their trainers in the morning, or there someone in the breakfast queue fighting over who will have his trainers. at least i know that if i wake up out here, i get to choose the company isleep around. this is like my house, really. i can choose who i want in and out. one hostel facing a lot of criticism from the streets is the huggard. this winter, along with other charities, they are offering extra places.

as their day centre closes, it's time to clear up. ijoined them as they let people in for the night. regulars arrive and pick up their sleeping bags were duvets. they pick a spot on the floor. all of a sudden, a row flares up. shouting. last change, or you'll have to go. calm down. but staff calm things down. as you was. after some supper, it's time to get some sleep. i endure the winter months with 20 plus overnight nobody‘s pretending it's anything other than emergency accommodation. there's not much more than floor

space, a bit of food — but it's warm, it's dry, there is cctv, and there are staff here on duty all night. come on in, signs of life. give me a wave. it's 7am, and time for people to get up. the day centre will need the room. the huggard insists that floor space is safer than sleeping out, but they except that it's not for everyone. people want their freedom, and sleeping in a communal environment can often be difficult, particularly if people have mental health problems or substance abuse issues. so it's not an ideal environment. and what we don't want to suggest is that emergency overnight accommodation is a solution to rough sleeping, because it isn't. more and more people are actually stuck in a cycle of being in emergency accommodations and being out on the street. and we need to find a way of actually breaking that cycle.

one way the huggard is helping to break the cycle is to sort out benefit claims. to direct your call to the right place, i'll need to know why you're calling today. employment and support allowance. thanks. please hold, and i will put you through to an adviser as soon as possible. it can take a little while now. yeah... the system's an even bigger challenge if you don't have an address, idea, or bank account. richard's trying to get around this by sharing a bank account. but his money has gone missing. at the end of the day, i can't even access money. so now i'd say i'd have to find out... i'm living outside, at the end of the day. and it's to try and live and survive. what happens if you don't get it back? i'll end up begging. and it's not even about the begging,

it's — for me, i'm from cardiff. and you're seeing people. and it's — being judged. on the streets is where richard doesn't want to be. but the benefit system, even with help, feels like just another barrier back to normal life. thank you for your time. half an hour later, it's not good news. they can't do anything about that money now, that money is gone. all right? so they've lost my money? in terms of what the esa can do for you, yes. that's bad. so you know what, i'm going back to jail. i'm going to do something so drastic... listen to me. the department for work and pensions insist there is help to ensure the homeless can get their benefits. there are other challenges for rough sleepers.

if they want to climb the steps to secure a home, they are expected to follow the hostel staircase system, as it's called. prison lever, todd, is trying to do just that. after weeks of sleeping on the floor here, he's got a little more privacy. this is my place, this is where i sleep in the night. during the day, can you stay here? or do you have to get out at the end of the day? no, we've gota floorspace system. we leave at 8:30am in the morning. i can do a 12 hour day on the street. so you're trying to get a room? yeah, yeah. i'll stick it out with the pod system. i've got someone who's pretty good. once i can get a room or somewhere i can settle, i can be in there 24 hours a day if i like. this is my room, and i won't leave it at all, if i don't want to. when was the last time

you lived in a proper home? i've never had one. the last time was when i was 15. how old are you now? i'm 35. 20 years, you've been either injail or homeless? yeah... it's february, and there are plenty of homeless people still on the streets. del will no longer use emergency shelters, but he's been out all winter and it's taking its toll. so what's happened with your hand there? it's the cold weather. it's really sore, i think i've got some frostbite on my hand or something, i don't know what it is. i don't know. i've had it up to here, i really have. i don't want to be doing this any more. i'm just so depressed. ijust don't want to be dead, basically, you know what i mean? there have been an estimated 90 homeless deaths across wales over the last five years.

christina is in trouble, too. her tent is gone, and she says she was let down by a friend. they ran off with my tent, my clothes, and my embedding, all my food and all my money. whatever else was in my tent. the council's taken it away. i need to get my own flat instead of temporary accommodation. somewhere where you can close the door behind you. i want somewhere where i can close the door and nobody can open the door. my tobacco smells like rabbit. i can't even get a fag. the six nations has come to cardiff. the capital city is in the public spotlight.

tents have begun to disappear as the council finds places for some. others have just changed pitch, likejustin. i don't want to be in a hostel. if i'm going to sleep in a tent for three years before they come and tell me that they got me a flat — i'll sleep tell me that they got me a flat — i'llsleep ina tell me that they got me a flat — i'll sleep in a ten for three years. but for dustin to get his flat, he supposed to follow the staircase system. that means engaging with the council, going through various hostel accommodation before he's ready to rent a permanent home. the problem is that too many homeless rough sleepers have been on the merry—go—round of hostiles and short—term accommodation before. it hasn't worked out, and they end up back on the streets. but there is an alternative method that's been used

in other countries. it's called housing first. rough sleepers are given a permanent flat first. there are no personal conditions, such as giving up drugs or alcohol. there is indefinite intensive support submarine to actually have 81 apartments. the apartments look like this. this man is a leading expert on housing first. in finland, he was the driving force in making it the solution for street homelessness. when you have hostiles as the main option to answer homelessness, you are not solving it. you have a consta nt are not solving it. you have a constant need for more temporary accommodation, and it's not really the way to solve the issue. so we decided that we have to redo everything. and we have a really good system. the results are dramatic. old hostiles are converted into flats. temporary beds in

helsinki have dropped from 600 to just 52. rough sleeping itself has been virtually eliminated. what about del, who wanted off the streets but wouldn't go into night shelters? there has been a breakthrough. hello. how are you doing? is at your place here? yeah. the council have allowed del to step a couple of steps on the staircase system and rent a room in one of the residential blocks. yeah, it's good. it's cosy and warm. it's got heat and everything, so... you've been out of the system for about a couple yea rs out of the system for about a couple years now? do you feel like you're in limbo? i am, but i've got to set my mind on what i want to do now. i got to do it, you know what i mean? i got got to do it, you know what i mean? igota got to do it, you know what i mean? i got a son and everything, so... i've got a life behind this, which i

wa nt i've got a life behind this, which i want back. i'm fortunate that i got it. there should be more things for people like this. del has a support worker as well, but the room is still only temporary. the argument is that housing first would give del a better chance. but is it something we can afford to offer every rough sleeper in wales? a recent study in liverpool suggested that the council there could make savings of over £4 million if it switched its system to housing first. and research shows that where it's been introduced, it can save up that where it's been introduced, it can save up to 50,000 euros per head, as well as getting people off the street. it's now march, and across cardiff, there are still tense and rough sleepers. but behind

the museum, justin and his friends have been told they're about to be evicted. the council says there are public health concerns. justin is hoping to stay if you can tidy up. when the council arrived, it's clear they'll all have to go. everyone here has been offered temporary accommodation, but it's not what they want. basically they're paying for three people in a shared flat. with two people you don't even know. i won't buy into all that, first of all. i'm saying... for the council workers, their health hazards like used needles.

cardiff council says that people will be evicted if they continually refused to engage. tents have given the homeless a false sense of security, and there have been many near deaths. forformer security, and there have been many near deaths. for former nurse security, and there have been many near deaths. forformer nurse del, it's a case of sit and wait as he engages with the existing system. his luck is holding. good news today. i'm moving into full-time accommodation. it's going to be a massive difference. i won't have to leave during the day, the 9am to 9pm situation. i won't have to do that any more. i can stay in the morning and have my own flat and key, come

and have my own flat and key, come and go as i please. but others we've met feel like they're stuck in limbo. it's literally supposed to be a temporary thing, but it's not temporary to me. this is ridiculous. i don't understand how i'm supposed to move forward. i don't understand how these people can move forward. for 12 hours a day, i have to walk the streets. it's a toll on my physical and mental health. with at the time on his hands, habits that todd had under control in prison are getting out of control. todd had under control in prison are getting out of controllj todd had under control in prison are getting out of control. i need to smoke the spy stuff... —— spice. getting out of control. i need to smoke the spy stuff... -- spice. i'm still out on the streets. i'm still

in and out of floor space. i'm going to chop my own hair off later. i'm going to chop the spies out of there. there is a little burrow in there. there is a little burrow in there. ican there. there is a little burrow in there. i can feel them moving now and then. i think there's a spider in there somewhere. it feels too heavy to be like that. i can feel something moving like a spider. over the years, christina's had a lot of help, but not housing first. housing first has been on the agenda in wales for years, and several pilot projects have been run successfully, but isn't policy. i caught up with ministerjuliejames but isn't policy. i caught up with ministerjulie james at a but isn't policy. i caught up with ministerjuliejames at a housing conference. this situation clearly

isn't fit for purpose, and we need to reject the system so we don't see people sleeping rough on the streets of cardiff. emotionally, housing first sounds right. but it's important to make sure that we have worked out all the practical details right. the other thing is, i don't wa nt to right. the other thing is, i don't want to be promising things to people as their golden rainbow, then find out we can't deliver them. it's april, and it council outreach team are on the morning breakfast run. there are still plenty of people sleeping out. but for del, it's a big day. so del, this is your licence agreement for moving in. they are your keys, del. these are yours. down here, it is. it's the first proper homies for years. yours. down here, it is. it's the first proper homies for years! long tendency. but it still only temporary. it's a bit of a blank

canvas, 110w temporary. it's a bit of a blank canvas, now we can temporary. it's a bit of a blank canvas, fiow we can have a temporary. it's a bit of a blank canvas, now we can have a look at it. you got a bathroom? bathroom. big bathroom, big shower. how important is this to you? i'm so happy. you look happy. yeah... it's beena happy. you look happy. yeah... it's been a long time waiting, so... same for my little boy, maybe i can get some access to him. this is massive. and todd has also managed to negotiate the stair system. he has his own room in the huggard hostel. things are coming together slowly 110w. things are coming together slowly now. i feel a lot things are coming together slowly now. ifeel a lot better and myself. i'm very institutionalized through the lifestyle i've made. the time i've spent in and out of prison, i'm finding out how to cope with

day—to—day things, to be honest with you. it's time for change. it's may, summer you. it's time for change. it's may, summer time. as the weather improves, stories on the homeless have fallen down the headlines. but the tents are still here, just not on the streets. over the months we filmed, i've met people struggling to turn their lives around. but no one we spoken to can promise that next winter, we won't see more tents back on our streets. it simply makes me sad when i go to a new city. i always see the people sleeping on the streets. it really makes me sad, because we are living in a modern, civilized, western world. and you think it is soluble? it is completely solvable, yes. five months on, has anything changed for

those we met on the streets of cardiff? everyone has to do the cycle before you get help. it doesn't matter your background, you still have to go through the circle to get home. no matter who you are. look at me now. it's a massive difference from what it was, you know what i mean? this place has helped a hell of a lot for me, you know what i mean? from where i was out on the streets, to sitting down ona out on the streets, to sitting down on a sofa in my own flat. it's a massive difference. the temptation for the spice was too much. i smoked it in my head went. i've got no recollection of my

actions. the next step for me is... prison. cheers. hello there. it's been a pretty fabulous week for much of the country, plenty of sunshine, and pretty high temperatures. scotland bearing the best of those temperatures, further south has been a little bit cooler, especially closer to the south and east coast. whereas south could be up for dust

bit whereas south could be up for dust bhdw whereas south could be up for dust bit dry with 1—2 showers around. it was this reversal of fortunes across northern areas, apart from a few areas across the south, it should be relatively dry. temperature wise because of all the cloud coming in, and milder night then when it's been in the last few with temperatures no lower than 8—10dc. into saturday, we have this very weak area of low pressure affecting the northwest corner of europe, including our shores. it will bring more clout than what we've been used to throughout the week. but there will also be some good spells of sunshine across england and wales with light winds feeling quite warm. this is a picture for saturday, starting off cloudy with 1—2 showers. it should tend to ease through the day. by far most of the sunday spells will be across england and wales where it will feel pleasantly warm as the afternoon. i that could set off a scattering of heavy and thundershowers. continuing into saturday evening, they will fade

away overnight with a lengthy clear spells, it some mist and fog patches. whereas for scotland and northern ireland, we will hold onto cloud and the patch of rain here and there. when swallowing light, and it should be a relatively mild one. low— pressure should be a relatively mild one. low—pressure nearby, most of the weather fronts across the north of the uk are very slack isobars, meaning the wins will be extremely light up and down the uk throughout the uk. because of those weather fronts we will see more clout and shall reverse of rain across the north of the country, but as the sunshine comes across england and wales, temperatures reach around 20 celsius in the hottest spots, and we could see a few sharp showers developing. slow moving because the winds will be late. throughout the week it stays pretty benign with quite a bit of sunshine around and variable cloud, it will feel warm and the sunshine. but there will a lwa ys and the sunshine. but there will always be the chance of showers, some of which could be health doctor heavy.

tonight at ten — theresa may and jeremy corbyn blame divisions in each other‘s party for the breakdown of their talks over brexit. the prime minister could now ask mps to vote on the best way forward, as labour and the conservatives fail to reach a cross—party agreement. in particular, we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum, which could reverse it. divisions within the conservative party mean it's a government that's negotiating with no authority and no ability that i can see to actually deliver anything. but is parliament able to deliver a solution, with the house itself divided, on how best to handle brexit? also tonight... an inquest hears how an off—duty nurse rushed to help an injured man