http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/default.aspxen-gbTue, 7 Oct 2008 09:29:14 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.ukThe Assembly Government&#39;s finance minister is set to lay a draft budget before AMs.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/413596884" height="1" width="1"/>
Labour's Andrew Davies has been calling for better value for money from public services as spending slows down.

It comes after a series of settlements from the Treasury which swelled the Assembly's £15bn a year budget for the first eight years of devolution.

]]>c7648083f9c05de7769e2f4a90e841e8http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/413596884/Assembly+to+hear+budget+plan.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/c7648083f9c05de7769e2f4a90e841e8/Assembly+to+hear+budget+plan.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/c7648083f9c05de7769e2f4a90e841e8/Assembly+to+hear+budget+plan.aspxThe Church in Wales is to begin the formal process of electing a new bishop to a post tipped by some as in line to be filled by an openly gay clergyman.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/413524059" height="1" width="1"/>
An electoral college of 46 people are to begin a "lock-in" to decide on who will become the next Bishop of Bangor.

It was earlier reported the Very Rev Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans and openly gay, may be in the running.

]]>7457d2ded0611e0e4d460a8906ca76c2http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/413524059/Process+to+elect+bishop.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/7457d2ded0611e0e4d460a8906ca76c2/Process+to+elect+bishop.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/7457d2ded0611e0e4d460a8906ca76c2/Process+to+elect+bishop.aspxA police chief died from exposure in North Wales after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs as his personal life unravelled, a coroner has ruled.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412898219" height="1" width="1"/>
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd's body was found on Mount Snowdon. The 50-year-old had drunk gin and taken sleeping tablets.

North West Wales coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones recorded a narrative verdict.

]]>4c86be587fdd09c628e1e8901b5ad0f9http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412898219/Todd+died+of+exposure.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/4c86be587fdd09c628e1e8901b5ad0f9/Todd+died+of+exposure.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/4c86be587fdd09c628e1e8901b5ad0f9/Todd+died+of+exposure.aspxThe widow of police chief Michael Todd said she had "forgiven" him after his inquest heard his tangled love life led to his death on Mount Snowdon.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/413596885" height="1" width="1"/>
Depressed and suicidal, he sent a text asking for forgiveness in "another life" as he downed gin and pills, the Caernarfon inquest heard.

Carolyn Todd said: "I have forgiven and Michael's family have forgiven him."

]]>5be906ea48f050cc99516e2435bbf0achttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/413596885/Officer's+wife+'forgives'.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/5be906ea48f050cc99516e2435bbf0ac/Officer's+wife+'forgives'.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/5be906ea48f050cc99516e2435bbf0ac/Officer's+wife+'forgives'.aspxA woman motorcyclist is in a critical condition in hospital after an accident in Penarth.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/413606407" height="1" width="1"/>
The 50-year-old's machine hit a kerb on Windsor Road, near the junction with Bridge Street, and she fell off.

She underwent emergency surgery in hospital for serious leg, back and internal injuries. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

]]>7362c5e42640752aa5e8501bab730507http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/413606407/Biker+injured+in+kerb+crash.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/7362c5e42640752aa5e8501bab730507/Biker+injured+in+kerb+crash.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/7362c5e42640752aa5e8501bab730507/Biker+injured+in+kerb+crash.aspxA rigger fell 30ft to his death on his first day on a new job at a South Wales power station, an inquest has heard.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412982555" height="1" width="1"/>
Christopher Booker, 49, fell through a hole in a platform above a water pit at Aberthaw Power Station, Cardiff Coroner's Court heard.

The inquest heard how Mr Booker had no reason to be on the platform, which was in darkness at the time.

]]>16248082016aaa8a468ee544991dc34ehttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412982555/Rigger+fell+30ft+to+his+death.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/16248082016aaa8a468ee544991dc34e/Rigger+fell+30ft+to+his+death.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/16248082016aaa8a468ee544991dc34e/Rigger+fell+30ft+to+his+death.aspxNorth Wales Police came under fire for turning a Taser stun gun on a runaway ram which got loose on a busy road.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412916964" height="1" width="1"/>
Drivers watched as the rogue ram was stunned by a powerful charge from a Taser gun used by a policeman.

The RSPCA is investigating the St Asaph incident but has hit out at the force for failing to find a more humane method of dealing with the problem.

]]>b0ed1cda00cf5d57115979aba657ec19http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412916964/Police+slammed+over+Taser.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/b0ed1cda00cf5d57115979aba657ec19/Police+slammed+over+Taser.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/b0ed1cda00cf5d57115979aba657ec19/Police+slammed+over+Taser.aspxA 29-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a house fire in North Wales.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412800181" height="1" width="1"/>
North Wales Police were informed of the fire at an address on West View, in Penyffordd, Flintshire.

No-one was injured in the fire, North Wales Police said. A joint investigation between the force and the Fire and Rescue Service is ongoing.

]]>6cf002263ff620d3ef68111fbd7e5a2fhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412800181/Woman+held+after+house+fire.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/6cf002263ff620d3ef68111fbd7e5a2f/Woman+held+after+house+fire.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/6cf002263ff620d3ef68111fbd7e5a2f/Woman+held+after+house+fire.aspxSouth Wales Police have conducted a night-time operation with British Transport Police to target crime and anti-social behaviour in Port Talbot.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412773097" height="1" width="1"/>
Officers utilised a metal detector arch at the town's railway station and in Station Road to check for weapons.

Hundreds of people were tested using the detection equipment and none were found to be in possession of a weapon.

]]>eb47e4ff5ccecfc4fedc2f3a525e59d0http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412773097/Anti-social+behaviour+tackled.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/eb47e4ff5ccecfc4fedc2f3a525e59d0/Anti-social+behaviour+tackled.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/eb47e4ff5ccecfc4fedc2f3a525e59d0/Anti-social+behaviour+tackled.aspxA teenage girl who was a passenger in a car involved in a collision in North Wales has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412957455" height="1" width="1"/>
Police were called to a two-vehicle collision on Bangor Road in Marchwiel.

The Ambulance Service was called and three people were taken hospital - two with serious injuries and the other with minor injuries.

]]>d3f33384183324e48b81f3bb7eed9d83http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412957455/Teenager+injured+in+collision.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/d3f33384183324e48b81f3bb7eed9d83/Teenager+injured+in+collision.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/d3f33384183324e48b81f3bb7eed9d83/Teenager+injured+in+collision.aspxCouncils must make sure benefit claim forms are clear and easy to fill out, an Assembly Government report has said.<img src="http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~4/412957456" height="1" width="1"/>
Their websites should have up-to-date and easy-to-find information on submitting claims, it said.

Social justice minister Brian Gibbons has announced £3m in funding to increase the take-up of council tax and housing benefits.

]]>e8938eb16464010acf5b78c29d85b52ehttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/wales/~3/412957456/Call+to+clarify+benefit+forms.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/e8938eb16464010acf5b78c29d85b52e/Call+to+clarify+benefit+forms.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/wales/e8938eb16464010acf5b78c29d85b52e/Call+to+clarify+benefit+forms.aspx