hundreds of people attended a vigil in cardiff last - attended a vigil in cardiff last night for three the police force has been criticised over why it didn't find them sooner. friends who went on a night out together and never made it home. darcy

jason bowen doing what he often did for teams like cardiff, swansea and newport county.mitted professional, he played until he was a0 before hanging up his boots. during his long career bowen faced many challenges, the biggest awaits him now. i wasjust in the house with my wife and i had a lot of twitching in my muscles, going down my left side and my hand was getting a little bit weaker so she said, "go to the doctor. the doctor seeing me in the leisure centre, and within five weeks, i was diagnosed with mnd. and when you came back to told yourfamily what was their initial reaction? to told your family coming from the doctor telling the wife and kids, yes, they're heartbroken. a lot of tears. just a lot of tears, a lot of talking, just strangely positive, we just try to move on from it. my wife had been superb from the start. she's on the internet, looking up things. she has been amazing, she is pushing me all the way. my wife's mother passed away of the same disease 18 years ago, it was a bit of a double whammy for my wife. obviously, she cared for her mother going bac

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.nnel in small boats have been brought to shore on the south coast today. it comes as the government gets set to introduce new legislation to ban those who do so from returning to the uk. it would mean anyone entering via that route would be removed and unable to apply for british citizenship in future. labour says the plans were unworkable, and refugees' groups say they would leave thousands of people in limbo. more than 115,000 people crossed the channel to britain in 2022, according to government figures. it's the highest number since such records started in 2018. last year, of asylum seekers who arrived in the uk via any route, the highest number came from albania, nearly 16,000. the second largest group, of almost 11,000, came from afghanistan, followed by iran, iraq and syria. as you can see, the number of asylum seekers who have been returned has dropped significantly since 2010. of those who've arrived on small boats since 2018 and who've had an initial decision on their asylum

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.ross the channel in small boats from returning to the uk are set to be introduced to parliament tomorrow. they would mean that anyone entering via that route would be removed and unable to apply for british citizenship in future. the labour leader sir keir starmer said the proposals were unworkable, while refugees' groups said thousands of people would be left in limbo. more than 115,000 migrants crossed the channel to britain in 2022, according to government figures. it's the highest number since such records started in 2018. last year, of asylum seekers who arrived in the uk via any route, the highest number came from albania, nearly 16,000. the second largest group of almost 11,000 came from afghanistan, followed by iran, iraq and syria. of the just over 10,000 people who arrived on small boats since 2018 and who have received an initial decision on their asylum claim, 61% were granted refugee status or another type of leave to remain. 0ur political editor chris mason is in dymchurc

yes, this road which links to cardiff was - road which links to cardiff was closed this morning, it wasroads have been closed in the south wales valleys as well. as jenny have been closed in the south wales valleys as well. asjenny mentioned, a number of people are also making the most of the weather, people have been sledging here. it has meant haswell a number of schools have closed in wales, around 200. and in caerphilly that's where the highest number of schools in wales have had to close. this cold snap is because there's been a breeze coming down from the north bringing down the arctic cold wind which means there is a yellow weather warning for ice and snow until the end of the week in many parts of the uk in wales, scotland, northern ireland and england. the advice is to play it safe when it comes to travelling, the be vigilant and it could mean travel disruption and some power outages if things get worse. thank ou. and of course, we'll have a full weather forecast at the end of the programme. a weekly injection for losing weight has been approved for use by the nhs in england. s

our wales correspondent, hywel griffith is in cardiff.found but what our police are saying about the circumstances of this? i are saying about the circumstances of this? ~ , are saying about the circumstances of this? ~' , ., , of this? i think they are still t in: to of this? i think they are still trying to work— of this? i think they are still trying to work out _ of this? i think they are still trying to work out the - of this? i think they are still trying to work out the exact | trying to work out the exact movements of this group of young people and how exactly the car could have been hidden from view, we understand behind the bank or green fences for potentially up to 48 hours. as you said the group were last heard from in the early hours of saturday around 2am not far from here close to cardiff but their friends and families but nothing else and started to get very worried by sunday. no word had come to them. the police put out a missing persons notice yesterday evening but it wasn't until after midnight this car wasn't until aft

tomos morgan is in cardiff. just bring us up to date on the latest.aking to the daily mail and she said she contacted the police several times over the weekend. her impression was that they didn't believe it was worth investigating on saturday and early sunday morning. at one stage, she was told to stop contacting them. she believes had they reacted soon, the car could have been found soon, the car could have been found soon as well. sophie russon had an operation last night. we understand she is still in a critical condition. shane loughlin, the other survivor, is also in a critical condition. as you can see behind me, a number of family and friends are out here again today laying floral tributes, paying respects to family and friends involved in this terrible tragedy. the police response has been they won't comment on the allegations made by friends and family because they have referred themselves to the independent 0ffice referred themselves to the independent office of police conduct and they will let that investigation take place. the local mp ha

that brought them a point in croatia against the world cup semi—finalists as they take on latvia in cardiffmos daffyd reports. no wonder they're in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead — brilliant on his debut, according to the captain. aaron ramsey said the new players are showing players are showing they're ready to make their mark after some high—profile retirements. players are making their own history, so for nate to come in and win in the last minute was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia shot on target in the last seconds of the game. at 2a, nathan broadhead had to be patient for this opportunity. after the bonus of picking up a point in croatia, latvia tomorrow already feels like a must—win match. latvia are the weakest side in their group — latvia are the weaker side in their group — more than 100 places below wales in the world rankings. we have to be patient. i think they're going t

. ,, ., , , , cardiff.diff. stay well wrapped up, we will be back with you a bit later. l cardiff. stay well wrapped up, we will be back with you a bit later. i | will be back with you a bit later. i wonder if he is at that point where you fill your fingers. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. certainly into the weekend. if we look at the overnight temperatures they fell as low as —15 in the highlands. but look at st mary's, that fell to seven and is currently sitting at 11, so there is a big difference in the temperatures north to south. we have falling snow currently, especially across southern parts of england and wales. it is notjust know, it is a mixture of rain and sleet with lying snow in cardiff, but as i say that, some or just have rain. north of that, clear skies. it is a cold, icy and frosty start. windward coast in the north and east seeing showers throughout the day. mother conditions hanging on in the south—west, so here you will have rain rather than snow. but when precipitati

tomos morgan is in cardiff.g to the daily mail and she said she contacted the police several times over the weekend. her impression was that they didn't believe it was worth investigating on saturday and early sunday morning. at one stage, she was told to stop contacting them. she believes, had they reacted sooner, the car could have been found sooner as well. sophie russon had an operation last night. we understand she is still in a critical condition. shane loughlin, the other survivor, is also in a critical condition. as you can see behind me, a number of family and friends are out here again today, laying floral tributes, paying respects to family and friends who were involved in this terrible tragedy. now, the police response has been they won't comment on those allegations made by family and friends, because they have referred themselves to the iopc, the independent 0ffice of police conduct, and they will let that investigation take place. the local mp has also urged caution, saying that people need to wai

our wales correspondent, hywel griffith is in cardiff.d. you might be able to see the police presence behind me, - would. you might be able to see the police presence behind me, several| police presence behind me, several police presence behind me, several police vehicles and a white cording, but the important place to see here is the green screened area at the trees there. we understand that is where the vehicle was found, just after midnight last night. in the search for these people who had not been seen since the early hours of friday morning. the five people involved, we understand, are people between the ages of 20—32. the ladies had been together in the newport area, started a night out, had travelled with the other two many miles, about 30 miles or so from here, but came back to the cardiff area and had not been seen since 2am on saturday morning. we are talking about a very long period before that car was found, but it was found, tragically, with three people inside who had lost their lives. we understand sophie is one of the one

we walked from cardiff to greenham common. the press were not interested.the front pages was... i was told to get lost i don't know how many times. we had to do something more dramatic, and we decided to chain ourselves up to the gate. we had to stay a night, another night, two weeks. the support did come in. thousands of women surround the airbase in a peaceful protest in britain. it was the biggest women's demonstration ever. it was a brilliant title. embrace the base, embrace the base! give love into the base! laughter. we decorated the fence as well. i remember seeing a woman had hung her wedding dress on the fence. i suppose relations with the police had begun... they had begun quite politely. but they got quite violent. the fact that it was a movement of women that made some leaders see sense, it did change things. i'm very proud of what i did, really. anne, and the formidable women. for our final film, we go to canada and the 1990s, where indigenous canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the site of a burial ground in quebec. the dis

so we walked from cardiff, the capital of wales, to greenham common. the press were not interested.et on the front pages of newspapers was, well, you know, i was told to get lost i don't know how many times. we had to do something more dramatic and we decided to chain ourselves up to the gates of greenham. when we got there, we had to stay a night and another night, a week, two weeks. gradually, the support did come in. thousands of women surround the american air base at greenham common in a peaceful protest against the siting of american cruise missiles in britain. it was the biggest women's demonstration ever, i think, in this country. i think it's a brilliant title, actually, embrace the base. embrace the base! sort of... give love into the base! we decorated the fence as well. i remember seeing a woman had hung her wedding dress on the fence. i suppose relations with the police had begun on quite a courteous basis, but they got quite violent, really. security at greenham common has been substantially increased... at one time, a group - of about 15 women struggled with soldiers

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.tion by network rail workers, among them signallers and maintenance workers, has been called off after a new pay offer was made. members had been due to walk out on thursday of next week. network rail said it was relieved. our transport correspondent katy austin is at london's waterloo. so some good news, but it doesn't mean rail strikes are completely over, does it? no, not at the moment, but today's development is a surprise, and i think a significant development in the dispute, because it had looked very deadlocked following the rmt committee's rejection of offers from network rail and the group which represents train companies, the rail delivery group, and those offers had been described as best and final. the union was also asking for an unconditional payoff. what we know now is that rmt members who work for network rail will not take part in a strike next thursday, 16th of march, nor will i take part in overtime bans after that, and i will get a referendum, basically a bout, bans

we walked from cardiff. the press were not interested. trying to get on the front pages was...to get lost i don't know how many times. we had to do something more dramatic, and we decided to chain ourselves up to the gate. we had to stay a night, another night, two weeks. gradually the support did come in. thousands of women surround the airbase in a peaceable process in britain. it was the biggest women's demonstration ever. i think, ithink, in i think, in this country. it was a brilliant title. embrace the base, embrace the base! we decorated the fence as well. i remember seeing a woman had hung her wedding dress on the fence. i suppose relations with the police had begun... ona on a courteous basis. but they got quite violent. security are the common has been substantially increased. a security are the common has been substantially increased.— security are the common has been substantially increased. a group of 15 women struggled _ substantially increased. a group of 15 women struggled and _ substantially increased. a group of 15 women struggled and soldiers i 15 women strug

live at the scene of that crash in cardiff.sault and suffering the loss of many thousands of men, despite the pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. the crime the months controlling what has become one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war so far. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landau. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silence, calmness, and just to be _ at home in our own land. the ukrainian army still holds the centre of bakhmut. they can get in and out from the west, but... this ukrainian soldier says the situation is tense, tanks are shelling the road and bridges are broken. defending this city is coming at a high price in ukrainian lives. translation: i would like to pay . spec

let's update on this terrible incident in cardiff.t out in the city. locate it. three of them found deadin locate it. three of them found dead in the car , the other two dead in the car, the other two missing. then taken to hospital with serious injuries. all gwent, police say all five, including the three women and two men last seen in cardiff in the early hours of saturday dunng the early hours of saturday during a night out. let's get more now at the scene with our reporter there jack carson and jack we understand that an investigation is under way because then some 48 hours before this car was actually located. and that raises the question could these three have survived if they got medical treatment a little quicker . treatment a little quicker. that's right. initially, this a missing persons investigation and after the five involved in this incident were reported to the police as missing russell and eve smith, darcy ross , and eve smith, darcy ross, rafal, john, shaun locklin were all last seen around 2 am. around cardiff flight

earlier, i spoke to our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, in cardiff.r a very busy crime scene and several police vehicles and maybe see the fire engines. we understand they are in the process of recovering both the vehicle involved in this in which the five people were travelling and the bodies of the three people who are deceased. we know that these five were last seen in the early hours of saturday morning around two o'clock in a different part of cardiff and it is believed they travelled a bit around south wales but it was almost 48 hours before the vehicle was discovered in that wooded area. we are on a normally busy stretch of dual carriageway on the outskirts of cardiff with people coming from here to newport. in the early hours of the morning not so many cars but at the moment one of the key questions will be how this car could have potentially been hidden down there for over 2a hours. the police investigation still very active and in the process of recovering some of the bodies. there must be a huge sense of shock amongst the community. do we k

so, we walked from cardiff, the capital of wales, to greenham common.ng to get on the front pages of newspapers was, well, you know, i was told to get lost i don't know how many times. we had to do something more dramatic and we decided to chain ourselves up to the gates of greenham. when we got there, we had to stay a night and another night, a week, two weeks. gradually, the support did come in. thousands of women surround the american air base at greenham common in a peaceful protest against the siting of american cruise missiles in britain. it was the biggest women's demonstration ever, i think, in this country. i think it's a brilliant title, actually, embrace the base. embrace the base! sort of... give love into the base! we decorated the fence as well. i remember seeing a woman had hung her wedding dress on the fence. i suppose relations with the police had begun on quite a courteous basis, but they got quite violent, really. security at greenham common has been substantially increased... at one time, a group of about 15 women struggled with sold

she was told at one stage to stop calling and at one stage actually came to cardiff herself from newport know of so far. three young women, they were out on a night out on friday in newport. they met up with shane and rafel also in newport. they then got in a car and drove to port call —— and thatis car and drove to port call —— and that is where they were last seen around 2am on saturday morning. shortly after that it is understood they came down this dual carriageway on the slip road here and it looks like they went off into the clearing here, down by there. where this crash took place, it�*s very difficult to see anything from the main road and because it is so busy, hundreds, possibly a thousand or so cars would have passed this point over the course of the weekend before the car was found. easy to see why nothing was spotted by any of the passers—by because it isn�*t a footpath, it is not a causeway for anyone to walk by either. it is very difficult to see anything from where the car was originally found. nevertheless, friends and family, like sophie russon on�*s mother have been cr

except over the last few weeks in leeds, carlisle and cardiff where an experiment in open justice iss, as long as they keep families anonymous. 0ur reporters have heard cases involving appalling child abuse and neglect, where children were taken away, but also hearings where children were reunited with their parents. sanchia berg spoke to one mother, who we are calling jessie. jessie is a mother of five, but freddie is the only baby she's been able to keep. it's really hard, like, to think what's going to happen in the future. because i'm still so used to what happened in the past. it's all completely new. it's like having my very first child. it was the family court here in leeds that decided jessie's children should be placed in care. social workers feared she couldn't keep them safe because of her own risky relationships, poor mental health and what court documents called chaotic behaviours. the courts try to keep children with their families. there has to be strong evidence to remove them for good. over the last few weeks we've followed jessie's case, and around a dozen others. h

hywel griffith there in cardiff.nment is set to annouce plans to ban migrants who cross the english channel in small boats from ever returning to the uk. it's part of a set of new laws which will be introduced in parliament tomorrow. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the proposals are unworkable, while refugees groups say thousands of people will be left in limbo. here's our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart. stopping channel crossings in small boats is one of the government's key priorities. they are set to publish plans meaning anyone travelling to the uk this way will be detained and then deported to their home country or a third country like rwanda and banned from ever returning to stop measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow. this measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow.— measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow. this week, we will be bringing _ legislation tomorrow. this week, we will be bringing forward _ legislation tomorrow. this week, we w

our wales reporter lucy vladev is in cardiff.ere for most of the day and you can see behind me that earlier, friends and family, who have laid flowers at the lamp post behind me, they got a chance to move those closer to where the car had been found across the road. what we know at the moment is that three people have died and two others are in a critical condition in hospital and we know one of those is 22 —— 20—year—old sophie russon and we understand one of those who has died is eve smith according to family social media posts although we have had no official confirmation yet. the police presence now has been mostly cleared but there are people coming to the scene, feeling that shot, they are wanting privacy but they are still wanting to come together —— feeling that shock. they are trying to understand, i suppose, what has happened. meanwhile, there are questions for police as to why it took so long for them to find the vehicle. this is a very busy a road and it did take the police until midnight, sunday into monday morning,

wales face ireland in cardiff in the next hour as the women's six nations championship gets under waycastle jo currie is at kingston park for us, and england are strong favourites once again. and england are strong favourites once again-— once again. absolutely, you can robabl once again. absolutely, you can probably see — once again. absolutely, you can probably see the _ once again. absolutely, you can probably see the finishing - once again. absolutely, you can i probably see the finishing touches taking place with the game kicking off in a few hours' time. but it will be england and france who have really dominated this tournament over the last seven years, england winning five titles, france winning two. it is worth saying this will be the first year where all six nations taking part in the women's six nations have been offered full—time or some sort of permanent contract by the rfu so the hope is perhaps not this year but certainly in the coming years, the gap between those top two sides and the chasing pack will start to narrow. but should it come down to england and france onc

jason bowen doing what he often did for teams like cardiff, swansea and newport county.his long career, jason bowen faced many challenges. the biggest, though, awaits him now. i was just in the house with my wife and ijust had a lot of twitching in my muscles, down my left side and my hand was getting numb, a little bit weaker. so she said, look, you are off, go to the doctors. the doctor saw me at the leisure centre and within five weeks i was diagnosed with mnd. and when you came back and told your family, what was their initial reaction like? coming from the doctor telling my wife and kids, they were heartbroken. in recent months, bowen has been attending the murillo clinic in newport specialising in rehabilitation for people with neurological conditions. i didn't know it was here until we went to a friend's party, really, and the wife got talking to a friend of hers and her daughter works here. she obviously told the wife what goes on here and things and i was in straightaway. the saying they have got is maintain until you lose it and they have been really positive,

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff.n this vigil. there will be a two—minute silence later on but we know that there are friends and family members here of the three young people who died people are feeling deep sorrow at the moment, and people also have questions over whether the car could have been found sooner. as you said the police forces investigating have given us a timeline today it tells us that they believe that the car did crash in the early hours of saturday morning in this wooded area just beside us here. it was not until saturday evening they had the first report of a missing person and we know it was over 2a hours later that they publicly appealed for information about three missing people. there is already an independent review into the police procedures and they will need to look carefully at whether all the risks worse assessed properly and whether the police did everything they could. and the two of the people in the car are both still in hospital in a critical condition. the top story this evening. th

it clearly just outside cardiff. some extent gone off had been to some extent gone off the road . so not, you know, had the road. so not, you know, had it been visible. members of the pubuc it been visible. members of the public have called in. however of course, this mother seeing my concerns were not taken seriously. there's all kinds of things the police can do with anpr , the automatic number plate anpr, the automatic number plate recognition cameras, normal cctv cameras. they can ping phones to get a geographical location of where those phones were. they presumably still switched on and walking because, you know , the walking because, you know, the those on board wouldn't have had time to switch the phones off. so they would have been able potentially to have had a geographic location of which they could have then begun a search because that would have showed them actually the phones not moving . it started off this not moving. it started off this location . we know just about location. we know just about anythi

they then drove back to cardiff.ing. shortly after that, it's understood they came down this dual carriageway, this slip road here, and it looks like they went off into the clearing here, down by there. but where this crash took place, it's very difficult to see anything from the main road and because it's so busy, hundreds, possibly a thousand or so cars would have passed this point over the course of the weekend before the car was found. easy to see why nothing was spotted by any of the passers—by because it isn't a footpath, it's not a causeway for anyone to walk by either. so it's very difficult to see anything from where the car was originally found. nevertheless, friends and family, like ms russon's mother, have been critical of the time it took for the police to begin their investigation. a local mp has urged caution. there are rumours, she says, flying around on social media and she's urged caution to those speaking out about it, saying the proper processes have to take place there will the facts can be found

and also sophie —— shane loughlin, who is also in a critical condition in cardiff.ssages from mr hancock which were leaked to the daily telegraph show him agreeing to put pressure onjames daly, mp for bury north, if he failed to vote with the government. matt hancock's spokesperson said "what has been accused here never happened." scientists have produced a detailed "future flood map" of britain simulating the impact of flooding as climate change takes its toll. research revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could rise by more than a fifth over the next century unless international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met. 14 health unions are holding talks with the government today in a bid to end ongoing strikes. the three—day meeting will involve unions representing nurses, ambulance staff and many other health workers, but not the british medical association, which speaks for doctors. it's understood the talks will focus mainly on pay but also terms and conditions. here in the uk we occasionally hear about a library book that gets returned to its righ

the heartbroken father of eve smith, one of three people killed in a car crash in cardiff, has spokenre. she was everything a father could wish for. she was beautiful. ijust need her here now to help me get through this. this impossible situation. eve died on the weekend. she was one of the three young people killed when the car they were in crashed in st mellons off the a48 in cardiff. darcy ross and rafeljeanne also died, with sophie russon and shane laughlin still in a critical condition. this is either few years ago in a documentary her family took part in, up about losing her sister, xana doyle, who was killed in 2015. she was also killed in a car crash, losing her life at the age of 19. eve's dad, everton, owns this martial arts centre in newport, now a focal point for tributes. that was her prom. and these photos are special to him. they were chosen by eve to go into a family album. he has only now got around to printing them out. i'm not surprised people come and bring flowers. because, like i said, if anybody would know my daughter, you only had to meet her once to know who s

so that's between cardiff and newport. so out to the to the east of cardiff effectively. of the people in the car were were deceased, two of them seriously ill. and now in hospital. so, as you say, a very, very tragic situation and just everybody hoping those just everybody hoping that those two were injured can two people that were injured can can pull through and make a recovery. and a gwent police looking for anybody in looking for anybody else in connection or have connection with this or have they anything else about they said anything else about they said anything else about the terms the the sort of terms of the investigation ? so it wouldn't . investigation? so it wouldn't. so they've so far the appeals have been for simply for information. and that hasn't been any suggestion that there's been any suggestion that there's been something suspicious . you been something suspicious. you know, i would i would assume they're working hypothesis is that the car was probably travelling back to newport whether a home or to whether it's a people home or to meet somebody else

wales face ireland in cardiff then the favourites england face scotland in newcastle.y/france on sunday. jo currie is at the england team hotel ahead of their match at kingston park against the scots. jo, the red roses are the grand slam champions, who can stop them? well, that is the question that rugby fans have been asking for some time. as you say, the last england have been champions. france had been runners—up in every single tournament. and it's really been the rest of the sides fighting out for the other positions. it is worth mentioning this year however that this is the first time that all six nations taken part had been offered some sort of full—time or professional contract by their own reviews. so perhaps not this year, but certainly in the coming years, the hope is that the gap between the rest of the teams and england and france will start an hour. no england will start as heavy favourite once again this year, but there are big changes afoot for the red roses. at the end of the tournament, simon milton will step down as england head coach and tomorrow en

and her parents live in cardiff which is something that is great for us to strengthen the squad andus. tottenham hotspur managing director fabio paratici may have to leave his role at the club after fifa extended his ban in italy worldwide. 0ur sports reporter patrick gearey joins me now and has been following the story. give us a bit more detail on this, coming at a time when the club is searching for a new manager following the departure of antonio conte. this comes at a time when the manager has left. yes, not getting any better, the men's and women's teams do not have a main manager between them and fabia paratici has had his ban extended. it was put in place by the italian football federation for 30 months after his formatting jib enters were found guilty of false accounting. —— his former clubjuventus. paratici former club juventus. pa ratici appeared former clubjuventus. paratici appeared in a car video from tottenham only yesterday talking about their prospects for the end of the season and the situation at the club right now but if the ban comes into force as it has now, he

the 50 —year—old, who played for swansea, cardiff and newport county during his career, is now undergoingns. the 50 —year—old, who played for swansea, cardiff and newport county during his career, says he's determined not to look t00 far ahead, and to enjoy the present. he's been speaking to our reporter, george zielinski. bowen doing what he often did. a committed professional he played until 48 before hanging up his boots. during his long career bowen faced many challenges, the biggest, though weeks now. i faced many challenges, the biggest, though weeks now.— faced many challenges, the biggest, though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife — though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and _ though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and i _ though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and i had _ though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and i had a _ though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and i had a lot _ though weeks now. i was in the house with my wife and i had a lot of- with my wife and i had a lot of twitching in my muscles. going down my

hundreds of people attended a vigil in cardiff last night for three young people killed in a car crashforce is being criticised over why it didn't find them sooner. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. a moment to honour three young lives. friends who went on a night out together and never made it home. darcy ross was 21, the same age as her close friend eve smith. they died alongside rafeljeanne, aged 24. it was one of his friends who arranged tonight's vigil. yeah, we were very close. got a lot of memories together. been through a lot of stuff together. friends for years. pretty much, we were like brothers. i just wish obviously we knew a lot sooner and was able to see through the trees so he was found a lot earlier. could potentially saved him, maybe.

there's a strong start for wales too, they are too good for the irish in cardiff. qualifying campaigna win. also coming up on sportsday: the wait goes on for a british medal at the world figure sakting championships, as gibson and fear just miss out injapan from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. hello. we'll start with rugby union because the women's six nations championship is under way. details of a big win for wales in a moment but the grand slam champions england are playing scotland right now and racking up a huge score at kingston park in newcastle england have hit the ground running. it took them just 8 minutes to score their first try of their campaign, claudia macdonald touching down. amy cokayne added their second at the touchline later in the half before macdonald broke clear to score her second of the game. try number two for cokayne, followed before they went into the break 31—nil up, the tries continued in the second half, but the biggest cheer of the match was reserved for this, mid way through the second half. over and out for co—captain sarah hunter, this is h

a victim of the cardiff car crash. breaking story thatis help. this is a breaking story that is developing every minute, two hour police needs to do better. we're going to be speaking to a former met police detective the festival. here detective at the festival. here is morning's news with is your morning's news with tamsin . fair thank you. tamsin roberts. fair thank you. it's 1030 here. the headline is it's1030 here. the headline is from the gb newsroom. the government is today set to unveil new legislation to remove illegal migrants and ban them from ever returning to the uk. the home secretary says the proposed laws will push the boundanes proposed laws will push the boundaries of international law to solve the crisis . prime to solve the crisis. prime minister rishi sunak has argued the bill will take back control of uk borders, but immigration lawyer harbhajan singh bungle told gb news it won't work. the the fact is you're being sold a dream. it's not going to happen. we know it's not going to work because we don

gm and ford are former forty-niners director of pro scouting and cardiff on one of the guys who helpedll shire to forty-niners as an undrafted free agent. back in 2019 alongside fred warner and dre greenlaw. i'll show really rounded out one of the best linebacking corps in football. >> and then one more quick defensive note before we get to the other side of the ball defensive end sampson, epic am headed to the calls on a 3 year deal at the kim spent 2 seasons in san francisco. >> hey, you know, who will be in san francisco for a while now center jake brendel, the team signed brendel to a four-year deal today after alex mack retired last year. questions about who would replace him or a big offseason storyline rental had just 3 career starts before winning the job during training camp. played well all season. you know what they say about offensive lineman. if you're not hearing their name, that's a good thing. and we didn't hear bundles in a much during the nfc championship runs. so make sense. the forty-niners would lock him up long-term. meanwhile, daniel brunskill who also made big c

but believe it or not we have days, but believe it or not we have got 12 degrees in cardiff and it was a lovely afternoon at times. but we have showers of sinking southwards, and actually the temperatures are falling away as we speak. it is going to be a bitterly cold night. before we change the weather story again with this area of low pressure, which is going to drive in milder air over the next few days. for the here and now, the temperatures falling away, widely below freezing, the only exception the far southend west. that means the far southend west. that means the potential for some the far southend west. that means the potentialfor some icy the far southend west. that means the potential for some icy stretches first thing tomorrow morning. crystal blue sky and sunshine to begin with, but not for long because cloud will start pushing in from the west in this weather front, bringing rain to northern ireland, north—west england and parts of wales. a pretty cold afternoon for many, particularly as the cloud and rain starts gathering, 6—9 . as we go through the evening hours, colder

that brought them a point in croatia against the world cup semi—finalists as they take on latvia in cardiffeports. no wonder they're in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead — brilliant on his debut according to the captain. adam ramsey said the new players are showing their ready to make their mark after some high—profile retirements. mark after some high-profile retirements.— mark after some high-profile retirements. , ., ., ~ retirements. players are making their own history, _ retirements. players are making their own history, so _ retirements. players are making their own history, so for- retirements. players are making their own history, so for needs l retirements. players are making | their own history, so for needs to come in and win in the last minute was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. , . , celebrations with the fans at the end. , ., , ., celebrations with the fans at the end. , ., . ., , end. this was the moment wales rescued a poi

wales then take on latvia in cardiff three days later.start of a new era for the country, having lost several senior players — including record goal scorer and former captain, gareth bale to retirement. it's been a long time since i last had and a lot has changed in that period of time. i feel like i'm ready for it now. i've learned a lot over the years, i was 20 years old when i last had it. so of course, it is a very unusual experience at the time, one that i will be forever grateful for from gary, but now i feel like i am ready for this. it is a really proud moment for me and my family and hopefully i can be a very successful time for us. two sporting stars who've excelled in theirfield have been recognised with an accolade bestowed on the most valued members of the community — by being awarded freedom of the borough. first up beth mead — has been awarded the freedom of the borough of scarborough — her home town. last year's european championship golden boot winner says it's a source of huge pride. meanwhile in oldham — rugby legend, k

cardiff. 21 year old eve crash. old rafal jean. all died in the accident. two others, 20 year old sophie russell and 32 year old sophie russell and 32 year old shane loughlin, have been left injured. police investigate it in the crash say the group went missing after a night out on friday. they were last seen in the early hours of saturday morning cabinet have accused sue gray on the labour party of having breaching of breaching impartiality rules in a civil service. confirmed last week that the former serious civil servant who led the investigation into partygate plans to become sir keir starmer is new chief of staff. the government has cast doubts on whether grey has followed due to notify officials regarding her appointment at an urgent question this afternoon. the deputy labour leader, angela rayner accused . the government rayner accused. the government of stirring up conspiracy . of stirring up conspiracy. paymaster general quin demanded labour a record of their meetings with ms. grey. the party opposite talks

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.there were also many of hope. the bbc�*s breakfast reported on the remarkable tale of dr malcolm russell — who, along with his team, rescued a man who had been trapped under the rubble in turkey for five days. now — serdal has been able to meet those who saved his life — as tim muffett reports. this is what bravery looks like. the earthquake happened on the monday and we were well into the deployment, and on friday one of our team heard some knocking and some voices. the building they were in was a hotel that had collapsed. 77 volunteers from the uk international search and rescue team and four specially trained dogs had been flown to turkey shortly after the devastating earthquake. this particular rescue was our most prolonged for the entire period of time we were there. ten metres of breaching through concrete with a mixture of tools, hand tools that we're literally trying to get things into buckets, pass them back. groaning. after 20 hours, the team found and rescued a woman who'd b

our wales reporter, lucy vladev, is in cardiff. tell us more about what we know.ast seen in the early hours of saturday morning in a different part of cardiff. the car was only discovered in the early hours of this morning, though, by a member of the public. in the meantime friends and family had been on social media posting numerous times, trying to find out where these five people were and we know that they have now changed to tributes. darcy ross, one of the friends saying you were a ray of sunshine, and another one saying of eve smith, you were truly beautiful young girl. friends and family have come here to lay flowers and i spoke to some friends of darcy ross and yves smith earlier said they were devastated by what had happened and they raised questions over why it took so long for the car to be found —— eve smith. one of the police forces has referred its to the independent office for police complaints as investigations into what happened and when it happened here continue.— here continue. lucy, thanks for “oinino here continue. lucy, thanks for joining us-

wales are in italy having lost their first three matches, most recently with defeat to england in cardiffary losing bonus point. the players are working hard to try to give clear message about improvements that were trying to make and against england and a couple of times in a couple said peace players and so, we've done some good reviews this week on natalie and whether strengths are in potential opportunities for us from a defensive point of view at things from the attacking perspective as well. the big game of the weekend is at murrayfield tomorrow where unbeaten ireland will continue on their grand slam run. second placed scotland still have title aspirations of their own, but ireland, who are ranked the world's number one side are chasing a first clean sweep of victories since 2018. we are responsible to show the next generation of kids coming through to show them what they're striving for what they want to be involved in another to be proud of their team and i suppose, we threw the net out a bit wider to the parents and supporters of these kids, etc and the whole of the nation, it i

marches were held in london , glasgow and cardiff this london, glasgow and cardiff this afternoon . is illegal . donald trump says he illegal. donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and writing on his site truth social. he called on supporters to protest and take nafion supporters to protest and take nation back. the manhattan attorney's office is likely to bnng attorney's office is likely to bring charges against the former us president over an alleged hush money payment made to the aduu hush money payment made to the adult film star stormy daniels in the run up to the 2016 election. no former president has ever criminally charged. trump, who has been impeached twice , says the attorney's twice, says the attorney's office is corrupt and highly political . and the snp's chief political. and the snp's chief executive has resigned with immediate effect . it follows immediate effect. it follows reports peter murrell , who's reports peter murrell, who's also nicola sturgeon's husband , also nicola sturgeon's husband, was facing the threat of a vote . no confidence followi