our thoughts remain with jayden lee and gracie ann lucas s family. dangerous drivers ruin lives, which is why our new laws will increase the maximum sentence for causing death to life. on tuesday evening, the lucas family heard that the driver martin newman s sentence was to be examined by the unduly lenient sentence scheme, but for grandad jason and mother rhiannon, nothing can replace the loss of their precious children. tomos morgan, bbc news, tredegar. time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. good evening. it s been a case of two extremes today the sunshine across more southern and eastern parts of the country and the thick rain bearing cloud into north western parts of the uk, brought by an area of low pressure. so here s an example in the western isles of scotland, it was a case of heavy rain, breezy conditions too, really not very pleasant at all, whereas across more southern parts of the uk, sunshine with some hazy skies.
needs this to be sorted. it needs to be sorted quickly. and very frustrating for my travel agent members, but also consumers who get caught up in this with thousands of people preparing to travel abroad for the first time since the pandemic, the advice for anyone booking a trip is to check their documents sooner rather than later. esyllt carr, bbc news. drunk drivers who kill people, could now face life sentences after the police crime and sentencing bill was passed by parliament this week. it comes just weeks after a van driver was jailed for less than ten years, for causing the deaths of two young siblings jayden lee and gracie ann lucas while he was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. his sentence will now be reviewed. tomos morgan has been speaking to the children s grieving family. we ve done everything together, always. our life was the kids. grandad jason lucas has always
shut down, practically decimated for two years, this passport chaos is just so frustrating completely unnecessary. the industry really needs this to be sorted. it needs to be sorted quickly. and very frustrating for my travel agent members, but also consumers who get caught up in this. with thousands of people preparing to travel abroad for the first time since the pandemic, the advice for anyone booking a trip is to check their documents sooner rather than later. esyllt carr, bbc news. drunk drivers who kill people could now face life sentences after the police crime and sentencing bill was passed by parliament this week. it comes just weeks after a van driver was jailed for less than 10 years, for causing the deaths of two young siblings jayden lee and gracie ann lucas while he was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. his sentence will now be reviewed. tomos morgan has been speaking
had his daughter rhiannon lucas and four year old gracie ann three year old jayden lee living with him in tredegar, south wales. but on the 5th of february, their lives were torn apart. on the way home after a birthday party with her partner, mum rhiannon and the two toddlers were on the m4 motorway when gracie ann and needed the toilet. after pulling over onto the hard shoulder, a van suddenly crashed into the back of them. both children died as a result of their injuries. i woke up there in the accident - going into the ambulance and i asked the man where did my children go? they were talking to me and ijust cut it off, ijust couldn t remember nothing else. the doctors told me and the father, joe, and they wanted to carry on and i said no, i want to go and tell my daughter that my granddaughters were dead. i had to tell her. it shouldn t happen.
to the children s family. we ve done everything together, always. our life was the kids. grandad jason lucas has always had his daughter rhiannon lucas and four year old gracie ann and three year old jayden lee living with him in tredegar, south wales. but on the 5th of february, their lives were torn apart. on the way home after a birthday party with her partner, mum rhiannon and the two toddlers were on the m4 motorway when gracie ann and needed the toilet. after pulling over onto the hard shoulder, a van suddenly crashed into the back of them. both children died as a result of their injuries. i woke up there in the accident going into the ambulance and i asked the man where did my children go? they were talking to me and ijust cut it off, ijust couldn t remember nothing else. the doctors told me and the father, joe, and they wanted