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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story. Small business like Jenkins | :00:05. | :00:08. | |
Bakery wait to see what the Chancellor's served up for Wales in | :00:08. | :00:17. | |
his Autumn Statement. specifically want to work quickly | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
devolved administration on the M4 corridor in South Wales and a | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
possible deal that we can do with the Severn Bridge and the tolls on | :00:25. | :00:35. | |
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Our other headlines tonight. A father and son who died in a | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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caravan blaze - an extension lead is thought to have been the cause. | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
Dad, he was the world's best. He was honest, helpful, caring and he | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
brought us all up to be the same type of people. Class of 2011 - | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
students face another major shake up - three colleges are to become | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
one, whether they like it or not. Can the run continue? Cardiff City | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
try to make the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time since | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
the 60s. And the car left on the slipway and | :01:16. | :01:26. | |
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Good evening. The Chancellor has announced an extra �216 million for | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
the Welsh Government. The money is to spend during the next three | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
years. However - Welsh Labour say the money won't make up the | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
shortfall from previous cuts. George Osborne has also promised to | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
look at congestion on the M4 and the future of tolls on the Severn | :01:44. | :01:53. | |
Crossings. Here's our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock. It is | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
the sort of small business agree local economy needs, and not just | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
for the cakes. George Osborne says his Autumn Statement will make it | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
easier for firms like five Polly to borrow money and take on unemployed | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
youngsters. It is a long road from Westminster and the Chancellor said | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
he would talk to the Welsh government about congestion on the | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
M4. Schemes in England could help deliver windfall for the Welsh | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
government of 200 and than �60 million to spend. Plaid Cymru say | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
it is not enough. -- �260 million. With the Chancellor confirmed that | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
the whole figure will be proportionately spent in Wales and | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
the other two Baltic nations, in Wales's case it amounts to �1.5 | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
billion? We will apply that the Barnett formula to the introduction | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
of spending in England, I can confirm that. We specifically want | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
to work with the devolved administration on the M4 corridor | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
in South Wales and a possible deal we can do with the Severn Bridge | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
and told in the future of that. cut in the tolls would be welcome | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
here, where they service and repair vehicles on both sides of the | :03:15. | :03:23. | |
bridges. �18.10 which is what it will cost in January for a heavy | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
goods vehicle and a bus to cross it, is absolutely ludicrous. It has an | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
amazing amount of money and as a have to use those crossings in the | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
course of their business. Back at Westminster, Labour were | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
unimpressed with the extra capital spending. The extra money is to be | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
welcomed but remember that teacup the Welsh government's budget by | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
more than half. So he has taken with one hand and given back with | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
the other. A 1% pay rise Cup and the prospect of regional pay rates | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
for those in public services. would want to reassure that the | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
Chancellor has any in their thirties going to look at regional | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
pay rates, there are no conclusions and there is nothing find many to | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
fear at this stage. That is unlikely to reassure many workers | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
who fear that regional pay will mean lower paid in Wales. So, | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
that's the Chancellor's Autumn Statement delivered in Westminster | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
- how it gone down in Cardiff Bay? Lets talk to our political editor, | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
Betsan Powys. How are they going to spend the money? The extra money | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
has been welcomed. But overall they say the impact of the statement is | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
that more people in Wales will lose their jobs, more people will find | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
that their incomes are squeezed. As for that extra �216 million, | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
they're not saying where it will be spent yet. One thing we do know is | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
that after the budget deal that we told you about on Friday between | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Labour and the Lib Dems, it will not be just up to Labour where it | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
is spent. David mentioned regional pay in his report. What does that | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
mean in Wales? It is not a brand new idea. It was floated by the | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
last Labour UK government. The idea is that it gives you flexibility. | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
That is this is my not be so afraid to come into the area, set up and | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
take over skills because they feared that wage aspirations would | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
be too high. Dionne went to Wales is that if you're going to decide | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
on people's wages on the cost of living locally then will workers in | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
Wales find that they are going to be towards the lower end of any | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
national scale? What they will do is say what is the cost of living | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
in a place, and we will pay you less than someone else living | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
elsewhere in the UK for doing exactly the same work. That is the | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
last thing we want. According to the latest figures, there are about | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
240,000 people working in the public sector in Wales so it would | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
clearly affect a lot of people if it happened. At this stage George | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
Osborne says there is going to be an independent review. But Carwyn | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
Jones told us that evicted happened then do wells government would | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
consider asking for control of pay and conditions to be devolved. If | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
we are forced into that situation, he told us, better that than to | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
have paid imposed from central London. Big, structural changes of | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
any of that was to happen. The Chancellor announced a series | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
of measures aimed at helping businesses, and Sian Lloyd is at a | :06:48. | :06:58. | |
factory at Risca near Newport to get reaction. Sian. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
This company makes bricks and architectural masonry for the | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
building industry. This is one of four sites they have across South | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
Wales and the have 12 across the UK. The company's managing director, | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
Wladimir Klitschko, was watching the statement. Anything that will | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
transfer and your business? The key to ourselves is to stimulate growth | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
and the housing sector. The one could think was the right-to-buy. | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
If the receipts from that army routed back into social housing | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
there will Craigmore demand for the product. The construction industry | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
has seen a dip over recent years. We have had some tough times. It | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
has been steady recently but there are signs of slowing denser any | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
stimulus is welcome. Dr Jonathan de come from the University of Wales | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
in Newport is a business commentator. What were your | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
observations? It showed today that politicians, however hard they try, | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
they cannot really generate that growth. Growth come from businesses | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
like this one, from people like you and I had been confident about | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
investing and spending money. We know more about that than | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
politicians do. Politicians need to remove all those barriers that | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
prevent us doing a good job of spend again investing. The | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
Chancellor went some way to was doing that. But I have not yet | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
fully convinced. There is the cash coming to Wales but the up Welsh | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
government will be deciding how to spend and they have not said yet. | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
�200 million is great news for Wales, it has to be said. However, | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
there is the little case of interpretation, how that money is | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
interpreted through the Welsh government and through the spending | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
structures. The devil will be in the detail. And something possibly | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
for the M4. That sounds interesting. It was a kind of throwaway line | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
this afternoon that there were 35 projects on infrastructure, | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
including some stuff about the infrastructure for broadband across | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
the UK. But the M4 but, I wonder what that means? Up again to get | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
the third tunnel? Still a number of questions here from the business | :09:23. | :09:33. | |
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A new super university will be created in South East Wales to | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
replace the existing, Glamorgan, Newport and Cardiff Metropolitan | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
Universities. Announcing his blueprint for the future of Welsh | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Universities, the Education Minister Leighton Andrews said | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
there was a persuasive case for a merger. But Glyndwr University in | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
Wrexham gets a reprieve after proposals to merge it with Bangor | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
and Aberystwyth were rejected. It is one thing suggesting his plan of | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
purging three universities, but are they going to back these plants? | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
think perhaps two 83 made back the plan but you need all three to back | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
it if they are going to come together of their own will. From | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
the centre of Cardiff, you go about 15 miles and you find for | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
universities. It has been said for some time that that is too many. We | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
will keep Cardiff University and the plan is to get the other three | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
to merge together to create a new super University that can compete | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
on the UK stage. But Cardiff Metropolitan University is not | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
having any of it. It says it wants to stay independent, its students | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
wanted to stay independent, and yet here we have the Welsh government | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
saying we want you to merge. the Linda University in Wrexham | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
gets off the hook. They also wanted to stay independent. The initial | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
plans as set out by the University Funding Council actually had that | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
university disappearing. But they made the case to stay in north | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
Wales, in Wrexham, and it seems that the education minister has | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
listened, perhaps because some of his own backbench ministers -- | :11:16. | :11:23. | |
members made that case to him. There are some famous alumni of | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
Cardiff Metropolitan University. Perhaps if they can get mobilise, | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
they can do something to save her university. It is very clear that | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
the Welsh government wants a new CBE University. The question is do | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
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students really want that war is that what the policy makers want? | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
An inquest into the death of Wales football manager Gary Speed has | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
been opened and adjourned. The cause of death from the post mortem | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
examination was given as hanging. The body of the 42-year-old was | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
found at his home in Chester on Sunday morning by his wife. Police | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
say there are no suspicious circumstances. Plans to merge three | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
of Wales's environment agencies into one large organisation have | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
been announced by the Welsh government. The new body will see | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
the Countryside Council, the Environment Agency and the Forestry | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
Commission being amalgamated. It's estimated over a ten-year period, | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
it could result in savings of up to �158 million. But companies | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
involved in forestry are warning of job losses in the industry. We have | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
had a robust process working at the business case. The rationale for | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
more joined-up process was very strong but we were quite clear that | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
the business case had to add up. A lot of work went on and it has been | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
a process involving members of staff, top management from the | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
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Fire Officers have warned about the dangers of extension leads after an | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
inquest into the deaths of two men following a caravan fire in June. | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
The accident near Barmouth killed Robert Taylor and his son Andrew, | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
who were both from Flint. A family holiday that went | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
tragically wrong. This is what was left of the caravan Denise Taylor | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
was sharing with her husband, son and granddaughter during a weekend | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
away. Today, Mrs Taylor arrived at dog SI magistrates' court described | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
what happened. She was asleep in her caravan when she was woken by | :13:30. | :13:36. | |
the screams of her son. Denise Taylor described how she managed to | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
pull her granddaughter of the safety through the caravan window. | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
Moments later, the caravan exploded. Her son and her husband were still | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
inside. Recording a verdict of accidental death, the coroner said | :13:49. | :13:56. | |
this case highlights the dangers of leaving extension cables coiled up. | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
A lexical items can always cause fire. Always be aware. Extension | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
lead in particular. Don't bleed them -- don't leave them cold up. | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
The coroner said both men died due to smoke inhalation. Sarah Taylor | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
paid tribute to her father and twin brother. Both loved family, | :14:17. | :14:26. | |
football, even though both supported different teams. Dad was | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
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the world's best. He was honest, helpful, caring. The granddaughter | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
who survived the fire suffered 65 % burns and is still recovering. The | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
inquest heard how there was a smoke detector in the caravan but had no | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
battery. Whether a working detector would have saved Robert and Andrew | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
Taylor, the coroner said we will never know. | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
A man has been charged in connection with a crash that | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
seriously injured Paralympic gold medal winning cyclist Simon | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
Richardson. Police say a 60-year- old man from the Vale of Glamorgan | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
has been charged with dangerous driving, drink-driving and failing | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
to stop after an accident. He'll appear before magistrates next week. | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
The Russian ambassador has written to Prince William, thanking him and | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
his crew for their efforts in the search and rescue operation, after | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
a Russian ship sank off the Lleyn Peninsula. Two sailors were rescued | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
and the body of one man was recovered. Five of the crew are | :15:21. | :15:29. | |
still missing, but the search has now been called off. | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
Tens of thousands of public sector workers in Wales are preparing to | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
take strike action tomorrow. The walk-out will have a major impact | :15:37. | :15:39. | |
on services. Operations will be cancelled, schools will be closed, | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
and bins will go uncollected in the protest over pension reforms. | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
As these children went home this afternoon, it was the beginning of | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
an unscheduled break from the classroom as tomorrow's one day | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
strike will close more than 80% of schools in Wales. Despite the | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
inconvenience to parents, many seem supportive of teachers being | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
involved in this action against pension reform. It is important | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
that teachers are happy and if they're not, they're not going to | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
want to do their jobs. It puts my plans into chaos but I get to spend | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
the day with the kids. I fully support the teachers. I would go on | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
strike if it was me. The Health Service is another major public | :16:23. | :16:25. | |
sector employer affected by the action. Though doctors and most | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
nurses aren't on strike, many ancillary staff will be, so | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
outpatients appointments are cancelled as well as non urgent | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
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operations. We have been working with our union colleagues and we | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
will have to offer a images he service like a bank holiday service. | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
Members of 29 separate unions are taking part in the day of action. | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
Unite is one of them and at their Welsh headquarters, the placards | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
are stacked in readiness for the marches and rallies. Wales has got | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
a very large public sector workforce and out of that work | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
force, and number are low paid. When we see the rhetoric about | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
pensions, we have to act. Unions will be staging rallies in towns | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
and cities right across Wales from Cardiff to Carmarthen, Aberystwyth | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
to Wrexham. The obvious public services will be affected. Council | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
offices will be closed, libraries will be shut and all those children | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
off school may also find themselves locked out of their leisure centre | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
or even their local park. Most local authorities say bins will not | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
be collected, though this one in Bridgend is run by a private | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
company. Refuse and recycling collections here at least will go | :17:38. | :17:45. | |
ahead, and the local authority has tried to protect vital services. | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
number of services will be affected and there will be destruction in | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
Bridgend as another places. What we have done his work with the trade | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
unions to agree exceptions so that we can provide services for our | :17:57. | :18:07. | |
most vulnerable people. Cardiff Bus used to be run by the council and | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
when staff transferred to the newly formed company in 1996, employees | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
were allowed to stay in the local government pension scheme. | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
Management had initially hoped to run a skeleton service, but now say | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
all buses will be cancelled on Wednesday, causing major disruption | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
for thousands of passengers who have no alternative means of | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
transport. There have already been numerous marches against cuts in | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
public service this year but tomorrow's walk-out could involve | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
between two and three million workers across Britain. The UK | :18:35. | :18:37. | |
Government says pension reforms are needed as people are living longer, | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
and the industrial action will damage the economy to the tune of | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
�500 million. Union leaders are predicting the mass walkout could | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
be the largest since the General Strike of 1926. | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
We'll have full coverage of the strike and its impact throughout | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
tomorrow. For the latest on how it impacts on you, log on to the bbc | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
website at www.bbc.co.uk/wales. And if you're being affected by the | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
strike, let us know. E-mail us at [email protected]. | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
In an hour, Cardiff City will try and reach the League Cup semi-final | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
for the first time since 1966. The Bluebirds hope to beat Premier | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
League strugglers Blackburn to set up a lucrative place in the last | :19:19. | :19:29. | |
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four. Judging by his selection as for | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
previous matches, the Carling Cup has not been Marty McKay's number | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
one priority. But the results have been first class. Cardiff City now | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
stand on the brink of a League Cup semi-final. Chelsea, Liverpool or | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
either of the match the clubs could await them in the last four if they | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
can beat Premier League strugglers Blackburn tonight. Even if they | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
were on a good run, we are a good run as well. We look at ourselves | :19:58. | :20:06. | |
first and foremost. We are confident. Every Beano's their role | :20:06. | :20:12. | |
within the team. The Bluebird's have only been in the semi-final | :20:12. | :20:19. | |
was before, back in the 1965-1966 season. They eventually lost 2 West | :20:19. | :20:27. | |
Ham. Tonight will also be Cardiff's first match since the death of | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
Wales manager Gary Speed. Supporters have already led to bits | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
at the Old Dominion park gates and everybody at the Cardiff stadium | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
will also pause to remember him before the game. The Welsh people | :20:39. | :20:49. | |
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are passionate and caring people. They ever expect -- respectful. I | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
am sure the correct tribute and respect will be paid. Gary Speed's | :21:00. | :21:09. | |
first club, Leeds United, play at Nottingham Forest tonight and 11 | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
minutes into the match the supporters will sing his name for | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
11 it's as their own special to bid. -- minutes. | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
Today was "Shane Day" for the Wales rugby squad. They marked Shane | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
Williams' final selection by wearing masks at today's training | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
session. The winger's family were also invited to lunch with the | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
players. Williams will bow out of international rugby on Saturday | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
against Australia in a team with Rhys Priestland and Lloyd Williams | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
at half-back. Two forwards who weren't at the World Cup have also | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
been included. Prop Scott Andrews has been selected and also lock Ian | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
Evans, who'll win his first cap for three years, with Wales' regular | :21:42. | :21:50. | |
second row pairing both injured. has been unfortunate with a few | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
injuries during the last few seasons and it is good to see him | :21:53. | :22:02. | |
back. Alun Wyn Jones and Luke Charteris could be it for the six | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
nations as well so it's nice to have somebody of that quality and | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
ability back in the squad. World Champion Dai Greene has been | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
shortlisted for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
Award. The hurdler from Llanelli is one of ten candidates for the award | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
following his victory in Daegu in September. But Greene and triathlon | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
World Champion Helen Jenkins have criticised the list because no | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
women have been included. The winner will be decided by a public | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
vote on December 22. A car has reappeared after | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
disappearing into the sea off Mumbles in Swansea. The vehicle | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
became submerged yesterday and when coastguards went to move it this | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
morning, it had vanished. But it turned up hours later at the same | :22:35. | :22:43. | |
spot, once the tide went out. Back on dry land. The car that left | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
coastguards baffled after it vanished into the water. This brand | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
new Vauxhall Corsa became submerged in the sea off Mumbles last night | :22:49. | :22:57. | |
after the occupants parked it too close to the water's edge. There | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
were fears that the gentleman's wife was trapped in the car up so | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
as far as the coastguard was concerned, it was a possible rescue. | :23:07. | :23:11. | |
Happily, there are both out of the car so it was a case of | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
safeguarding everybody. Crews left the car last night, hoping to | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
recover it in the early hours of this morning in low tide, but it | :23:18. | :23:26. | |
had disappeared. It's not clear how the car ended up in the water. | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
Conditions last night were similar to today and the postcards think | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
the combination of strong winds combined with the high tide caused | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
the car to float away. But just before midday it re-emerged, | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
bobbing up and down in the water. Coastguards had been concerned | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
another vessel in the port could have hit it had it travelled far, | :23:43. | :23:50. | |
so were relieved when it turned up still at Mumbles. This has never | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
happened before. I have never heard of it, where a car filled with | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
water and drifts away, so the get feeling was that it would show up | :23:58. | :24:05. | |
fairly locally. Then came the rescue operation. Recovery services | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
battled against the wind and rain to winch the car back on to the | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
pier, ending the car's journey back where it started, just probably not | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
functioning so well. Let's take a look at the weather | :24:17. | :24:25. | |
We've seen the worst of the wind and rain for the time being but | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
there is more on the way this week. It was wet and stormy earlier on | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
today. Capel Curig in Snowdonia recorded a gust of 81mph. It's also | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
turned colder. In Wrexham, the temperature dropped from 15C to 8C | :24:36. | :24:43. | |
this afternoon. Tonight, some dry, clear weather but showers as well. | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
Some will be heavy and prolonged with hail and thunder. Breezy as | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
well with strong winds on the south and west coast. A colder night with | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
lowest temperatures inland around 3C. Tomorrow morning, mixed | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
fortunes. Some places will start dry, like parts of Powys and | :25:01. | :25:03. | |
Monmouthshire, but there will be some rain and showers around, | :25:03. | :25:13. | |
:25:13. | :25:14. | ||
especially in the southwest, Cardigan Bay and in Gwynedd. Brisk | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
winds on the Lleyn Peninsula and feeling chilly. During the | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
afternoon, it may turn wet in parts of the north, the northwest and the | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
west coast. Elsewhere, the showers should ease. Most places becoming | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
dry with a few bright or sunny intervals. Top temperatures, 10C to | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
12C. The wind strong to gale force on some coasts in the west and the | :25:35. | :25:43. | |
northwest. Gusts of 45mph to 55mph. Tomorrow night, more wet and windy | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
weather. Some heavy rain. Strong to gale force winds. This will clear | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
to sunshine and showers on Thursday. On Friday, a window of fine weather. | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
Some sunshine after a frosty start in places, but it won't last. There | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
is more wind and rain on the way, clearing to sunshine and showers | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
over the weekend. Next week, there is a risk of some sleet and snow on | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
Monday, especially for north and west Wales. Porth Junior School in | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
the Rhondda are holding their Christmas Fayre on Friday afternoon. | :26:18. | :26:24. | |
If you're going along, it should be If you're going along, it should be | :26:24. | :26:30. | |
dry. Tonight's headlines. The | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
Chancellor's statement has painted a bleak forecast for the economy. | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
The number of public sector jobs are expected to be lost by 2017 | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
sets to almost double. Let's join Our correspondent in Westminster | :26:45. | :26:51. | |
again. What does this autumn statement mean for Wales? | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
headline for Wales is an extra �216 million for the last government to | :26:56. | :27:03. | |
spend over the next three years. That is a result of decisions taken | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
care in England. The Welsh government can decide how to spend | :27:07. | :27:14. | |
that money itself. The Chancellor says he is prepared to talk to the | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
last government will about easing congestion on the M4 although no | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
details of that yet and a possible deal linked to the picture of tolls | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
on the Severn Bridge. More worryingly for public sector | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
workers, many of whom will be on strike tomorrow, the Chancellor | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
says that in future their pay which has been frozen for a few years | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
could be squeezed further into cheers. There is also talk about | :27:45. | :27:50. | |
regional pay. Labour politicians in Wales fear that regional pay rates | :27:50. | :27:57. | |
will mean lower pay as far as public sector workers in Wales are | :27:57. | :28:04. |