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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories. | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
The number of fluent Welsh speakers is in steady decline. Is the | :00:14. | :00:24. | |
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language in danger of disappearing? Our other headlines tonight. The | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
Zac Smith weighed in at 50 stolen before radical surgery in India. A | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
call for more funding to tackle obesity. | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
Protesters in court. They took over a disused hotel saying it would | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
help the community. Tonight, they are told to check out. | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
After 136 years you can finally get on your bike on Llandudno promenade. | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
How about this for a romantic dinner destination? Cardiff prison | :01:01. | :01:08. | |
considers going into the restaurant trade. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
Good evening. The number of fluent Welsh speakers is in steady decline | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
according to the organisation set up to promote the language. The | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
Welsh Language Board is preparing to hand over its duties to the | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Welsh government. Its final report says there are 3,000 fewer Welsh | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
speakers every year. As well as people dying, migration is seen as | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
a key factor. Around 55,000 people moving to Wales each year, while | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
more than 5,000 Welsh because believe Wales each year, with a | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
third of those never returning. In a moment we will speak to the | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
report's of there, but first a reporter has been to Llandysul in | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
Ceredigion to test the strength of the language there. Nestling on the | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
banks of this river, this busy town is named after son David's first | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
cousin. It is also a Welsh-language stronghold. According to the 2001 | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
census, 70% of the town's population can speak Welsh. Even | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
here, the language isn't safe. The Welsh Language Board expects last | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
year's census results to show a fall in the number of Welsh because | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
living in its northern and western hardens. One of the main reasons | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
for that is migration. Many Welsh speakers are choosing to leave the | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
country and at the same time, only a small percentage of those moving | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
in that can speak the language or choose to learn it. Historically, | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
over the past 70 are 80 years, Welsh people have continually left | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
in order to find a better standard of pay and better quality of | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
employment. There is a larger amount of English people who have | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
found Wales over the last 20 or 25 years and regarded as a desirable | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
place to live. As opposed to many areas of England, it is cheaper as | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
well. Wells is still the main language for many around this town, | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
but what does the future hold? keep it going, it is a concern. It | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
is very difficult, children tend to play in English out on the streets | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
any way, you notice them walking along, speaking in English. I think | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
it is quite strong, because we have the skilled and the secondary | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
school here and it is Welsh- speaking, so I think we have a | :03:33. | :03:42. | |
strong community, but strong Welsh community. And this may be another | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
reason for being optimistic. This man has been learning Welsh since | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
he moved to the area two years ago. A know someone said it is like | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
having a house with one window in it, when you learn a language she | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
had two windows. I am sure it is. Every now and again, when I am | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
learning Welsh, I get these little glimpses of something on the other | :04:05. | :04:13. | |
side if you like. I just want to get there. The Welsh Language Board | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
report suggests that there just are not enough people like this man | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
making the effort to learn Welsh and that could have serious | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
implications for the next generation of Welsh speakers. Back | :04:25. | :04:32. | |
in 1,400, the men here were the first to fight... Today as the | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
future of the Welsh language is placed in further doubt, it may be | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
for Llandysul to get ready for another battle. Let us lot -- talk | :04:42. | :04:49. | |
to the report's also. People may be surprised, Welsh is in our schools | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
and public life, on our TV screens and radios, it seems entrenched in | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
life in Wales, but not so you are suggesting? It is certainly well | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
entrenched, it is our or historical language. It is in danger. The | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
demographic factors are what determines the future of the | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
language and demographic factors are still not in our favour. We are | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
making ground in education, Welsh medium education, is insuring that | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
two-thirds of the children who can speak Welsh now, actually speak | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
Welsh, not as the language of a home. We are winning on that front. | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
As the report mentioned, migration is still a problem. Vast amounts of | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
public money has been spent over decades and decades promoting and | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
safeguarding the language, or trying to, but this is a problem | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
about more than funding isn't it? It is about more than money and | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
Investment? Certainly. Attitudes are in favour, but money... All it | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
has been spent on the language has been on education, educating | :05:58. | :06:06. | |
children. What we need to do is get these children who can speak Welsh | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
Under able to speak Welsh, to persuade them to use Welsh as their | :06:11. | :06:20. | |
own language. I do very much. us talk to Guto Bebb who joins us | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
from our studio in Bangor. On this question of money, the evidence is | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
that decades of Investment has done very little to help Welsh as a | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
living language, used in the community? And that is an | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
interesting question. The expenditure on the line which has | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
been successful in many ways. We have seen an emphasis on language | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
rights an emphasis on legal rights for the Welsh language and what has | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
been missing is an appreciation that to survive, it has to be a | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
community language and has to be spoken across all groups in that | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
community and to do that you need to have a thriving economy. In many | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
parts of Wales, and there are plans, we have not got that thriving | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
economy and we have a very poor economy. We are losing young people | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
from Welsh-speaking areas at an alarming rate. Her in that case, do | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
we need a complete rethink on the way we look at this? I think we | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
have had huge changes in the wake will language is seen within the | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
public sector. I think Welsh because themselves need to ask | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
themselves what is the way forward and I think in constituencies like | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
mine, I feel that we need to see people who do believe strongly in | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
the future of Welsh-speaking communities and see them say that | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
they are willing to make a future for themselves. To do that, the | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
need to see a future economically outside the public sector, and in | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
order to create it implement, we need thriving businesses. That is a | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
key way in which the language can be strengthened within the | :07:55. | :08:03. | |
traditional communities. Thank you. This time last year at Zac Smith | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
from the Vale of Glamorgan was one of the biggest men in Britain, | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
weighing 50-stone. Turned down by the NHS in Wales, he was forced to | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
pay for a private weight loss operation and decided to go to | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
India for it. After one year, he is on target to lose more than half | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
his body weight. Tonight, the Chief Medical Officer has called for more | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
funding to tackle obesity. There was hardly a man a bigger than Zac | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
Smith in the UK just over one year ago. After a lifetime of over 18, | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
he hit 50-stone and was desperate. Because of strict rationing of | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
weight-loss surgery in Wales, he had to go private. He borrowed his | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
mother's life savings of �9,000 and made the journey on his own to | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
India to get a gastric sleeve operation. It reduces stomach size | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
and the amount the patient can eat. Zac vowed to lose 30 stone and we | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
have been following him since the operation. Tonight, we will reveal | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
the full extent of his extraordinary weight loss and how | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
he did it. It has been a tough journey, with highs and lows, and | :09:07. | :09:17. | |
he kept a diary. On what are two occasions, the feeling, I was | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
overwhelmed by my emotions. I would reach for fluid, which I have not | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
done and the first time I have experienced it. I was scared. | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
Surgery like a Zac had is rationed in Wales. 5,000 qualify for it, but | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
only about 100 get it. The vast majority done here at Swansea's | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
Morriston Hospital. There is evidence showing these procedures | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
save the NHS money by preventing other diseases like diabetes. The | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
Welsh government is undertaking a review of the rationing criteria. | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
If we need to find the resources to support that, we need to identify | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
where they welcome from. We are in a very tight financial situation, | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
so the question is where will we stop? Wells's top of the city | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
Surgeons as more effort needs to stop people from getting seriously | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
overweight in the first place. Nutrition is badly taught at | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
medical schools, it isn't taught in a lot of postgraduate areas and I | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
think the average doctor in the NHS knows very little about nutrition. | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
In order to slow down the inexhaustible rise of patients | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
coming our way, a much greater emphasis should be put it on good | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
nutritional advice. We do need almost like an Nutrition Sark this. | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
We need someone to tell us what we should be putting in our miles. | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
Sack is concentrating on the future. My life is turning around. It can | :10:59. | :11:08. | |
only get better, God willing. Speak to you soon. You can see more on | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
sack's weight loss journey on tonight's Week In Week Out after | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
the 10pm news. Education services in tour Viner | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
falling below expected standards, according it to the school's | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
watchdog. The 30 is one of him in Wales to be inspected so far and it | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
has been assessed as unsatisfactory, the lowest possible rating. But | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
said that performance in primary schools has improved in recent | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
years, but performance at GCSE level is among the lowest in Wales. | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
The council has 50 days to come up with an action plan. The most | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
critically, we know where our problems lie and we are working | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
with all our partners and with a watchdog to make those changes, so | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
that parents can be reassured that in here and the whole of Wales, | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
their children will receive the best possible education and our | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
teachers know that we will be supporting them and trying with the | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
delivery of those services. police are investigating after a | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
man died in a caravan fire. Fire crews were called to a caravan park | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
just before midnight. The man is thought to be in his 40s and he was | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
found inside. The fire service has stressed the importance of fitting | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
smoke alarms in caravans. Environmental campaigners have lost | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
their fight against ships carrying lick of fight and natural gas into | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
Milford Haven. The European Court of Human Rights rejected claims | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
that the two terminals at Milford posed a risk to the life of local | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
people. A group which set up a community | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
centre in an empty Swansea hotel have been told they must leave. A | :12:47. | :12:54. | |
judge said the Cwtch Community Centre grip must be a key at the | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
hotel within 24 hours of an order been served a risk of breaking the | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
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It is wrong to have empty buildings in a city centre. It is bringing | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
down the energy and is making the place look like elected. It is | :13:22. | :13:30. | |
affecting people's spirits. It was a 60 bedroom hotel but the group | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
argue it has been empty for two years and they have given a day per | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
despite turning it into a cafe where everyone is welcome. I been | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
on the streets for seven years. It is a new experience for people like | :13:45. | :13:55. | |
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us. Today, the group marched the court to see if they could stay at | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
the hotel to the owners said he was urgently trying to let it but could | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
not while they were in there. The judge agreed with the owner and | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
said they had to leave and if they did and within 24 hours, there | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
would be breaking the law. He did recognise that the work was | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
benefiting the community. It was very disappointing. We feel it has | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
been unfairly done but we are peaceful and we will go about our | :14:20. | :14:29. | |
business. I a modest a disappointed. -- I am obviously disappointed. It | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
would have been better far as to stem provide the service until the | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
actual hearing. They have not received notice to leave but once | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
they have, they are prepared to go immediately. If the fight to stay | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
here is over, it is not the end for the community group. They say they | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
are fully formed for -- in Swansea and will continue their work in the | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
future. Later in the programme. Cardiff | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
City newest eatery, the prison, is considering going into the | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
restaurant business. And just the head coach of the | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
Ospreys Sean Holly look -- looks set to leave the region. | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
There's been further speculation today about the fate of the | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
clothing chain Peacocks. The future of the retailer, which went into | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
administration last month, is likely to become known by the end | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
of the week. It's been reported that only one company, an Indian | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
clothing firm calls SKNL, remains in the race, although the | :15:27. | :15:36. | |
administrators have refused to comment. Richard Perks is a | :15:36. | :15:45. | |
director at the market research company, Mintel. We are not sure | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
about the accuracy of this report but a limited number of large | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
foreign companies have been linked to Peacocks so far. If this goes | :15:56. | :16:03. | |
ahead, would it be good for Peacocks? Absolutely. It is the | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
duty of the administrators to get the best possible price for the | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
business and I can only assume this Indian company has come up with the | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
highest bid. What Peacocks needs his stable ownership and it needs | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
to get rid of its debt and it needs money put into it. One of the | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
problems for the business is that because it took on all of the debt, | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
it could not invest in the stores in the way that it should. There | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
are hundreds of staff in Wales and customers wondering about the long- | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
term future of Peacocks. How do you see its long-term future? It should | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
have perfectly reasonable long-term future. Any clothing retailer, the | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
success is down to the manager doing the right things but Peacocks | :16:50. | :16:59. | |
has been a successful business. have got the headquarters in Wales | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
and the distribution network. What about the prospects of retaining | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
those in Wales? If the business carries on as it is at the moment | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
then all of those jobs and all of that distribution network should be | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
safe. Time to get the lycra out and | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
saddle up. For the first time in over 130 years, cyclists will be | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
able to use the Promenade in Llandudno. Since it was built in | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
1876, there's always been a ban on bikes. But today, Conwy Council | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
voted to lift it. Here's Matt Murray. | :17:37. | :17:40. | |
From its Victorian boom to it's hay days of the 1950's, when holiday | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
makers flocked to Llandudno. The town has seen many changes since | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
then but there's been one constant. For over 130 years, the promenade | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
has been a no go area for cyclists. Today, that all changed. | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
Councillors voted in favour to lift the ban. Cyclist, Stewart Harvey, | :17:58. | :18:08. | |
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believes it's long overdue. If you cycle on the road, it is horrendous. | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
The hotel trade is excellent and that needs supporting but in the | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
summertime, the amount of coaches you have and the bonnet of traffic | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
you have here and if you cycle on the road it is dangerous. For the | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
adults, it's not so bad but there's no way the kids can cycle on it. | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
While the cyclists will feel safer on the promenade, some fear the | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
safety of people walking is being put in jeopardy. It is a promenade | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
and a wide expanse for people to promenade and for people to walk on. | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
I don't think cyclists and people go together very well. They try to | :18:51. | :18:58. | |
get around in a short space of time and it could take people unawares. | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
There will be a warning sign alerting people that cyclists will | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
be allowed onto this promenade and there will also be CCTV to monitor | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
the whole situation because this will be a 12 month trial. For | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
families using the Promenade today, there was still concern about the | :19:16. | :19:25. | |
green light for cyclists. When it's a summer break or there may | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
extravaganza, I don't think it will work having cyclists on the | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
promenade. It will be a hazard to children. It is not a good | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
situation to have cyclists and lots of people together. I would like | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
for there to be cycling on the prom but I don't want lots and lots of | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
people cycling on it. So striking a happy balance maybe difficult, but | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
it's hoped both walkers and cyclists can now make the most of | :19:48. | :19:50. | |
this Welsh tourist attraction. Retrospective planning permission | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
has been granted for farm buildings to be used as dog breeding kennels | :19:53. | :19:55. | |
in Carmarthenshire. This morning, campaigners opposed to puppy | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
farming protested outside Penparc Farm in Llangynin, where | :19:57. | :20:06. | |
councillors were holding a site visit before making their decision. | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
Rugby, and Ospreys head coach Sean Holley looks set to leave the | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
region after almost nine years at the Liberty Stadium. The Ospreys | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
are already having to plan for a future without director of coaching | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
Scott Johnson, who leaves at the end of the season. | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
Sean Holley has been at the Ospreys since the region's inception back | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
in 2003. He's been a fixture of the coaching team with his highlight as | :20:30. | :20:39. | |
head coach coming with the Celtic League title two years ago. However, | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
despite having two and a half years left on his contract, BBC Wales | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
understands Holley is to leave with immediate effect. There has been no | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
official confirmation from the region who will also see director | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
of rugby Scott Johnson depart at the end of the season for a role | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
with Scotland. Down the road from the Ospreys, Scarlets head coach | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
Nigel Davies has issued a hands-off warning for clubs hoping to sign | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
Ben Morgan. The England number eight made his international debut | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
in this year's Six Nations and has been linked with a move to | :21:08. | :21:17. | |
Gloucester. He has a contract with us for another season. We are in | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
the middle of renegotiating contracts and putting together a | :21:20. | :21:28. | |
squad for next year. We are looking at all the possibility of what's | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
available to us and over the next few months, we will put that squad | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
together. Meanwhile, Wales' preparations for their Triple Crown | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
clash against England are continuing. Tomorrow, the squad | :21:37. | :21:39. | |
will hold an open free training session at the Millennium Stadium. | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
Around 8,000 people, taking advantage of the half term break, | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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have already booked their place. Cardiff City and Newport County are | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
in action tonight. Wales has a proud boxing tradition, | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
but Olympic success has been elusive. No medals for a Welshman | :22:01. | :22:09. | |
since 1972. Tomorrow night, we'll be sparring with two boxers who | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
have already qualified for the London Games. We've been to meet | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
Fred Evans and Andrew Selby at their training base in Sheffield. | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
They're hoping to be the first Welshmen to pick up an Olympic | :22:18. | :22:25. | |
medal for 40 years. It's not clear whether porridge | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
would be on the menu, but on Valentine's day, what could be more | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
romantic than a table for two behind the walls of Cardiff Prison? | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
Plans have been submitted to open a restaurant on the prison grounds. | :22:35. | :22:42. | |
Jordan Davies has more. It could be the latest Michelin | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
Star restaurant, gracing any swanky highstreet. In fact, it's in Her | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
Majesty's Prison Highdown in Surrey. "The Clink" is a proper restaurant, | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
open to the public, where you can dine on starters of Cornish crab, | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
:23:04. | :23:08. | ||
mains of fresh fish and home made ice cream. The difference being | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
inmates are being paid �14 a week to do the cooking. And now the | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
charity behind it want to bring it here. It is a very high standard | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
and we serve a full Alla carte menu. All the ingredients are fresh and | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
farmed locally. We hope that couple of the Welsh prisons will produce | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
some of the livestock and crops. may not be the most relaxed | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
gastronomic experience behind these walls - CCTV, plastic cutlery and | :23:33. | :23:40. | |
no alcohol. So how many customers could it expect? I would not go for | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
Valentine's night. I would try it out of curiosity. Not particularly. | :23:47. | :23:54. | |
I have been inside there on a visit. It is a bit scary when they close | :23:54. | :24:01. | |
the doors. If it's cheaper and it tastes good, why not? Prisoners | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
involved in the Surrey restaurant have gone on to work in catering | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
all over the country. The charity says it's reduced offending by 20%. | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
But before the cooking begins, the inmates have to satisfy certain | :24:12. | :24:21. | |
requirements. Once the prison has taken them through security | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
clearance and then meet our criteria as well which means they | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
have to have six to 18 months left to serve. We then get them straight | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
into work. The prison service says it backs inmates learning new | :24:31. | :24:34. | |
skills but plans for a restaurant are in the early stages. However, | :24:34. | :24:37. | |
by this time next year, who knows? A table could be yours, behind | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
these walls. Let's get the weather forecast now. | :24:41. | :24:48. | |
It's Valentine's night and if you're heading out for a romantic | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
meal, it's going to be cloudy and breezy. That's the story for the | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
next 24 hours. North-westerly winds bringing plenty of cloud. So | :24:54. | :25:00. | |
tonight will be cloudy. The cloud thick enough for a few spots of | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
light rain or drizzle. Mainly in the north and west, Conwy, | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. But otherwise, it'll be dry. Now last | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
night was cold enough in parts of Mid Wales and the southeast for a | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
ground frost. Trawsgoed in Ceredigion was one of the coldest | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
spots. But tonight, temperatures will be higher. The lowest, around | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
4C or 5C. Nearer 7C on the coast. Tomorrow's chart shows high | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
pressure over the Atlantic and that means north-westerly winds for the | :25:22. | :25:24. | |
UK and Ireland. This cold front over Europe will bring fresh snow | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
to the Alps. So tomorrow morning will be cloudy in the north and | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
west. Spots of light and drizzle in the wind. Some low cloud and hill | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
fog in Snowdonia. Spots of drizzle in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
as well. Further south and east will be drier with temperatures | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
around 5C in Merthyr and Brecon. So a good deal of cloud tomorrow. Damp | :25:43. | :25:49. | |
in places too. Spots of light rain and drizzle but not amounting to | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
much. Sheltered parts of the south and east will be largely dry. | :25:54. | :25:57. | |
Generally cloudy, but if you're lucky, you may see a glimpse of the | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
sun. Top temperatures around 7C to 10C with a north-westerly wind. In | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
Gwynedd tomorrow, cloudy snd damp at times, especially on the | :26:04. | :26:06. | |
mountains. Temperatures in Maentwrog rising to 9C with a | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
north-westerly breeze. Tomorrow night into Thursday, very little | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
change. The odd spot of rain or drizzle but otherwise dry. Often | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
cloudy, but the sun should break through in places. Temperatures | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
average or above with a west to north-westerly breeze. Beyond that, | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
signs of a change. Cloudy on Friday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
Some rain Saturday as well but this will clear, followed by much | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
brighter, colder weather. Some sunshine and frost. Our picture | :26:34. | :26:36. | |
tonight is from is from Gerry Pierce. Sunset at Criccieth Beach. | :26:36. | :26:46. | |
:26:46. | :26:55. | ||
Thanks Gerry. Don't forget to check Tonight's main headlines. Inflation | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
is down to its lowest level for more than a year. It now stands at | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
3.6 %. The falling cost of clothing, footwear and some household goods | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
helped to bring inflation down although it still remains above the | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
Bank of England target. The number of a fluent Welsh | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
speakers is in steady decline according to the organisation set | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
up to promote the language. Nearly 80 % of the population could speak | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
it during the 1800s. The Welsh Language Board is preparing to hand | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
over -- handover its duties to the last government. | :27:28. | :27:33. |