All the traffic, weather, M4, showbiz and sport from across the country on Friday, June 5.
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The jury found him guilty of 15 offences
A pub landlord who sexually abused four girls over three decades has been jailed for 24 years.
Carl Alan Martin, 58, had denied 18 offences, including one count of rape, when he stood trial at Mold Crown Court in March.
The charges related to offences against four different children who were all under the age of 13 on various dates between the late 1980s until the early 2000s.
Martin, of the Red Lion in Llanrwst, Conwy, was acquitted of two charges of indecency with a child and another of indecent assault.
But the jury found him guilty of 15 offences, including one count of rape, and sentence had been adjourned until today for reports.
This is incredibly sad news
A woman has died after being rescued from a fire at a former luxury hotel in Snowdonia National Park.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire at the historic Bontddu Hall in Gwynedd shortly after 9am on Friday, June 5.
Firefighters rescued a woman from the building but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Firefighters are still at the scene
The roof of a house has been destroyed in a fire which is suspected to have been caused by a lightning strike.
Firefighters are still at the scene of the blaze at a property in Porth y Waun, Gowerton.
Images show the roof almost completely destroyed, with firefighters using a ladder to tackle the blaze, while video shows flames leaping from the property at the height of the inferno.
'People should not attend George Floyd protests of more than six people'
Matt Hancock has urged people not to attend protests over the death of George Floyd unless they involve six people or less.
George Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man, died after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes as he told them “I can’t breathe”.
America has seen several days of protests since his death, and there are due to be a number of similar events in Wales.
But England’s Health Secretary, Mr Hancock, has urged people to protect themselves and their families by not attending large gatherings this weekend.
'Fly eggs' discovered on KFC popcorn chicken
A family of three bought food from KFC and found something “disgusting” on their popcorn chicken.
Scott Croucher, 34, said he drove to the Cross Hands branch with his partner and two-year-old son on Tuesday, June 2 and discovered what looked like fly eggs on their son’s meal.
Mr Croucher, who lives in Ammanford, said he was “shocked” by what he saw and has never had any problems with the fast food chain previously.
Car bursts into flames during night
A shocking image has captured the moment a car went up in flames during the early hours of the morning in Swansea.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and South Wales Police were called to Rhondda Street in Mount Pleasant at around 4.25am on June 4.
One vehicle was completely destroyed and a property received some damage as a result of the fire.
Boy, 12, jumped into river to save drowning man
A 12-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after saving a man who was drowning in a river and then giving him CPR until emergency services arrived.
And his brave rescue attempt happened on his first day out for three months as he has been self-isolating after previously receiving cancer treatment.
Ethan Hutchings was at the Gorad, Cwmafan, on Monday, June 1, to paddle in the water with his step-mum, Lauren Bennison, and his younger sister, Bali, who he hadn’t seen for weeks because of the coronavirus lockdown.
After hearing a commotion and people gathering on rocks at water’s edge, Ethan noticed a man was in trouble in the water and jumped into action to save him. There were around 30 people in the area the time, according to Ethan.
Lifeboat crew investigate object seen falling from the sky
On Thursday, June 4 the volunteer crew of the RNLI Beaumaris Lifeboat was requested to search for an object seeing falling from the sky towards Laven sands on the Menai Strait.
The Beaumaris lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington launched at 5.45 pm and proceeded to the area in the meantime the mobile coastguard rescue teams from both Bangor and Penmon together with the coastguard rescue helicopter had also been tasked.
A police helicopter also joined in the search as originally it was believed the object might have been a paraglider in distress.
The Bangor mobile rescue team went to Gypsy Corner on the mainland whilst the Penmon team met the informant by Friars Bay on the Anglesey side of the Menai Strait.
In the meantime the lifeboat conducted a search from the sea and located some tied together balloons , nothing else being found it was now believed that these had been what the informant had seen falling.
Once this had been confirmed the UK Coastguard instructed the lifeboat to return to the lifeboat station.
The inshore lifeboat with her volunteer crew then returned to her station at Beaumaris the lifeboat but as the crew then had to undertake a thorough clean of the vessel and equipment due to the coronavirus pandemic. They did not leave the lifeboat station until after 7.45pm.
Chris Cousens, water safety lead for the RNLI in Wales said : “We urge the Welsh public to remember the following safety advice:
“Stay in familiar surroundings and follow the Welsh Government advice. Do not put yourself, your family and emergency services at risk by taking risks or assuming it ‘won’t happen to you’.
“If you do see someone at risk call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.”
Four more deaths announced
The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in Wales has increased by four, it has been announced.
Public Health Wales (PHW) confirmed the total number of deaths since the outbreak began has reached 1,383.
Nearly 150 people caught speeding in one Welsh town
140 people have been caught speeding whilst driving into a Welsh town - in just one day.
The remarkable number of offenders were all caught as they were driving on a section of the A40 that leads into Carmarthen on Thursday, June 4.
Cleaners, cooks and agency staff in care homes will get the £500 payment
Kitchen and domestic staff working in care homes will receive the £500 extra payment for social care staff, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed today.
The payment was announced at the start of May for all care workers delivering personal care.
Mr Drakeford said on Friday that the payment will also be extended to agency staff and nursing staff employed in care homes, as well as personal assistants and domiciliary care workers providing care to people in their own homes.
Sunday will be the best day of the weekend
Saturday is not going to be the sort of day you expect to see in June
£500 bonus for social are workers to be paid soon
Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford is to giving the daily press conference.
Mr Drakeford is speaking after it was announced that face coverings will be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15. There has been no announcement here in Wales.
He is also speaking about the payment to care workers. Live updates here.
New director-general at BBC
BBC Studios head Tim Davie will replace Tony Hall as the director-general of the corporation, it has been announced.
The chief executive of the corporation’s commercial production and distribution arm has been among the favourites to replace Lord Hall since he announced in January that he was departing after seven years in the post.
Davie was acting director-general for four months following George Entwistle’s resignation in November 2012 before Lord Hall’s appointment, and previously served as the corporation’s head of audio.
Before joining the BBC in 2005, he worked in marketing.
Horse racing to resume at Chepstow
Horse racing at Chepstow will resume on Monday June 15, the first of 12 meetings at the venue that form a new ‘behind closed doors’ fixture list created by the British Horseracing Authority during the coronavirus crisis.
News about fixtures from September onwards will follow in due course.
The latest R-rate of coronavirus in Wales
The entirety of the UK, including Wales, is believed to have an R-rate below one, except for the South West of England, according to new data.
As the Welsh Government begins to ease lockdown measures, the latest estimated reproduction rate - or R-rate - of the virus in Wales is believed to be sitting at 0.8, according to the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease (CMMID).
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Mountain Ash crash
Police are appealing for information after a crash involved two off-road motorbikes and a car in Mountain Ash.
It happened at around 4pm on Thursday (June 4) on the B4275 in the Ynysboeth area.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said the crash involved the two motorbikes and a dark coloured Peugeot 208.
House prices fell for third month in a row in May
The average house price fell for the third month in a row in May, according to an index.
Across the UK, a 0.2% month-on-month decline in property values in May took the average house price to £237,808, Halifax said.
It followed monthly falls of 0.6% in April and 0.3% in March.
House prices were 2.6% higher compared with a year earlier.
Appeal after motorcyclist dies in Cardiff crash
A 54-year-old man has died in a motorbike accident near a busy Cardiff roundabout.
Police said the motorbike was the only vehicle involved in the crash on the A4232 Central Link road just before the Queensgate Roundabout in Cardiff Bay.
It happened around 6pm on Thursday.
Kate Garraway gives deeply personal interview on husband's fight for life
Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has been speaking on her own show for the first time about her husband’s desperate 10-week fight for life.
She told presenters Ben Shephard and Ranvir Singh that it was a “miracle” her husband was still here and that she is “so proud” of him.
But also revealed that coronavirus had caused a lot of “damage” to his body.
Morning headlines as doctors call for compulsory face masks
Compulsory face-covering measures should be introduced to “all areas” where social distancing is not possible, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced yesterday that wearing a covering will be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15.
However, face-covering measures can help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and “should not be restricted to public transport”, according to BMA council chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul. Read more headlines here.
Met Office forecast for Friday
Starting with the weather and it is going to be a day of sunshine and showers. Here is the full forecast for Wales:
A breezy day with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers, some of which may be heavy and thundery at times. Feeling chilly, particularly in exposed areas. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Tonight,showers through the evening, with some clearer spells. Through the early hours, cloud will build bringing rain, sometimes heavy, to northern areas. Staying windy. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
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