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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories: Sleeping rough. The number | :00:03. | :00:06. | |
of homeless people rises significantly and there's a warning | :00:06. | :00:16. | |
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Back in charge. Malcolm Walker buys back the Flintshire frozen food | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
company, Iceland, in a �1.5 billion. The last training exercise for | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
hundreds of Welsh soldiers heading to Afghanistan. | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
Also tonight: Another bank disappears from the high street | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
with more people having to do without their local branch. What do | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
they expect will people like me to do. I don't have a car. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
Getting up close with the Triple Crown at George North's old school, | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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now it's Italy at the Millennium Stadium. | :01:09. | :01:15. | |
I am live with the Italian team on the eve of the big match. Nobody is | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
giving them much chance since Wales, not even their own captain. | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
Good evening. The number of homeless people in Wales is up by | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
11%. Figures obtained by BBC Wales show more than 15,000 people sought | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
help from councils last year. Swansea had the highest number of | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
people who needed emergency accommodation. The Welsh Government | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
has commissioned a review into the problem. Caroline Evans reports. | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
Gavin is 32. He's been homeless for six months after a family breakdown. | :01:43. | :01:53. | |
He's from maesteg but left the town and moved to Swansea. The town I am | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
originally from is a very small town and a five was to be homeless | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
there, there is nothing there, no facilities, no soup kitchens and | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
nowhere to go for help. Swansea has more homeless people than any other | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
part of Wales, but Gavin is one of a growing number across the country. | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
Figures obtained by BBC Wales show that last year 18 out of our 22 | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
councils saw an increase in the number of people turning to them | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
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for help. It is clearly the fact that the economic downturn has had | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
an effect. People are struggling to pay their rent and mortgage. That | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
is a factor but we also have a lack of affordable homes in Wales. The | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
real worry is that the welfare benefit cuts and housing benefit | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
cuts have not started to bite. Currently, the system here | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
prioritises certain groups of homeless people, and the help | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
available has mainly been to provide them with social housing. | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
In Scotland, they've stopped doing it that way and give equal priority | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
to all, but Scotland has more social housing. Dr Peter Mackie, | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
whose leading a review of homelessness for the Welsh | :03:12. | :03:21. | |
Government, says Wales must look to new approaches. It is a bit of an | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
all-or-nothing system. If you fall into the one of depravity troops, | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
you get access to social housing but if you don't fall into one of | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
those groups, you don't get any meaningful assistance. What the | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
review seems to be suggesting is that we have a shift towards more | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
preventative work and that would be the best way forward. That would | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
reduce the number of people who need housing That could mean help | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
with paying the mortgage or rent or placing more people in the private | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
rented sector. In Swansea at Christmas, churches opened their | :03:58. | :04:08. | |
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door to provide temporary shelter for homeless people. The shelter | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
was due to close on 29th February but be closed on the 20th because | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
the rough sleepers that would have accessed the shelter when not in | :04:21. | :04:30. | |
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need any more, they had found accommodation. In March, there have | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
been no deaths on the streets in Swansea this winter which is | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
incredible. Today, there are more than 90,000 people on social | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
housing waiting lists. The Welsh Government says it's committed to | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
tackling the issue. Its already preparing a housing bill and will | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
put details out for consultation next spring. | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
The second part of a series looking at the problem of homelessness will | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
be on BBC 1 Wales next Monday at 10:35pm. | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
The founder of food chain, Iceland, has bought back the company in a | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
�1.5 billion deal. Malcolm Walker set up the firm in 1970. More than | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
40 years on, he's back at the helm. Our business correspondent, Nick | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
Servini, joins us now. Tell us a bit about the history of this | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
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company. Malcolm Walker invested �30 in his first Iceland store and | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
built the business up. Things took a dramatic twist in 2001 when he | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
was sacked from the company. He had sold �30 million worth of shares | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
shortly before a profits warning by the company. He was investigated by | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
the Serious Fraud Office. Four years later, he was cleared. | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
Iceland in the meantime had hit difficulties and play it -- share | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
prices plummeted. He was asked back to rescue the company and that is | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
what he did. He axed 400 staff from the headquarters in Flintshire and | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
brought the company back to basics. Today, it is one of the most | :06:08. | :06:16. | |
successful retailers on the British high street. Is it a good deal for | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
the company? The I think so. This company had been owned by a group | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
of Icelandic in Leicester's which went bust. -- investors. Malcolm | :06:28. | :06:35. | |
Walker says he has no plans to retire and his famously known as a | :06:35. | :06:45. | |
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maverick retailer. Banks and financiers taking deadly seriously | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
because they have funded this deal worth �1.5 billion. Away from | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
Iceland, another big name is talking about inward investment. | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
certain number of reports talking recently about the lack of success | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
was as sad and attracting foreign owned companies to Wales. Today, we | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
heard from the former chair of the Welsh Development Agency and in | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
those reports they talked openly that there was still value in the | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
brand of the Welsh Development Agency seven years after it had | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
been abolished. We are fairly used to X figures talking about bringing | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
back the watch to the London agency but interestingly, at this is what | :07:30. | :07:39. | |
he had to say today. You can't go back. Much as I understand people's | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
hankering for the past and the Welsh Development Agency was in its | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
ways successful. But we are where we are and we must build on what we | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
got. But we must do it professionally and execute | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
everything in the most professional way. Finally, he did talk and was | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
critical about the lack of clarity and accountability on this issue | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
and said that an external panel of experts should be brought in to | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
advise the last government on attracting foreign owned companies | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
into Wales. Welsh troops are making their final | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
preparations ahead of a deployment to Afghanistan. They've been | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
training with Third Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, who suffered | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
losses in the country just three days ago. The combined force is | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
being put through its paces on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
Jordan Davies has more. The final exercise for soldiers | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
from 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh and 1st Battalion Welsh Guards as | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
they prepare for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. They're under no | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
illusions as to the risks involved in their mission. On Tuesday, six | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
British soldiers were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
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Taliban bomb. Obviously, it is a great tragedy and a great loss but | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
it is the same as when the first person died out there. We still | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
have to get on with our jobs. Welsh regiments are part of a wider | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
fighting force, made up of units across the British Army who are | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
about to launch a new phase in the Afghan campaign. Their task will be | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
to support the ongoing security and reconstruction effort in Helmand | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
Province, one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. But next year, | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
this effort is expected to come to an end when most of the 9,500 | :09:25. | :09:33. | |
British troops are expected to be withdrawn. My friends and family | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
are quite used to it now. I have been in the Army for the six years. | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
I love back home with my grandmother and she is not too | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
happy but they have to get on with it. 1st the Queen's Dragoon guards, | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
known as the Welsh Cavalry, will be returning from Afghanistan in the | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
next few weeks. As one regiment returns, another prepares to leave, | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
and until the order is given, these men and women will carry out this | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
difficult task, which still carries enormous dangers. | :10:01. | :10:09. | |
You're watching Wales Today. Still ahead. For the first time in Wales, | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
safety courses are being run for these mobility scooters. Find out | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
what it involves later. And Italy have no chance of winning, | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
according to the Italian captain himself. They've arrived ahead of | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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A rise in the number of bank closures has left more than 20 | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
communities across the country without any bank at all. That's | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
according to the pressure group Campaign for Community Banking. | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
Figures seen by Wales Today show nearly 50 Welsh towns and villages | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
have only one branch left. But the banks say many of our smaller | :10:44. | :10:51. | |
branches are simply underused. Carwyn Jones reports. | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
Presteigne in Powys. Once the county town of Radnorshire, now, | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
the latest community in Wales to lose its bank. This branch of HSBC | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
closed today. The bank says this is one of its worst performing | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
branches in the UK. But many people here are worried about how they'll | :11:08. | :11:17. | |
now do their banking. I have not got a car. Account get to the | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
nearest place we can go. I do all my business here. My pension is | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
paid in the year, I came a bills and my rent. According to figures | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
published by the pressure group Campaign for Community Banking, | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
Presteigne joins a growing number of communities in Wales that have | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
lost their local bank. There are 21 towns and villages which used to | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
have a bank, but are now left with no banking services at all, and a | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
further 47 now have just one bank remaining. The body which | :11:45. | :11:47. | |
represents UK banks says it's increasingly difficult to keep | :11:47. | :11:57. | |
branches open, when more of us are choosing to go online. Half of us | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
actually use the computer or the telephone to access our accounts. | :12:02. | :12:10. | |
Apart from that, there are cash machines which are free to use and | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
you can do all sorts of things through those. Many of them away | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
from branches as well. Someone who does need to use their local bank | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
every day is Janet Jones. She runs an estate agents in Blaenavon and | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
uses the till services at the town's HSBC, just round the corner. | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
But in a few weeks' time, this branch is due to close, leaving the | :12:28. | :12:37. | |
town without a bank. If people want to get cash, we can they go? It | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
will have an effect on the amount of trade that comes into the town | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
because without the bank, if people have to go to do their banking out | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
of town they will do their shopping out of town. HSBC says it regrets | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
having to close its branch in Blaenavon, but over the last few | :12:54. | :12:56. | |
years, the numbers of customers using it have fallen dramatically, | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
so it's not viable to keep it open any longer. But some MPs think | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
that's just not good enough and banks have a duty to keep smaller | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
branches open, particularly when the Treasury has supported them | :13:05. | :13:11. | |
through the credit crisis. these bands have had some | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
government assistance. It may not be directly but in terms of | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
quantity of easing, the government has been able to maintain liquidity | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
in the system which has allowed these banks to survive. There's | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
little doubt our banking habits have changed over the last ten | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
years. Many of us find it more convenient to bank online rather | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
than pop into our local branch. But there are plenty of customers who | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
say they still rely on the services provided by the bank on their | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
doorstep. Just how long those banks An inquest has heard a man was | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
found dead in his car the day after his wife's business was shown on | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
BBC Wales' X-Ray programme. Complaints about La Belle Bridal | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
Wear were featured in October last year. The coroner said it appeared | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
the programme had deeply troubled James Alan Edwards, and recorded a | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
verdict of suicide. A BBC Wales spokesperson says the programme | :14:00. | :14:09. | |
focussed solely on Mrs Edwards' business. They express condolences | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
to the family. Prison service officials say | :14:12. | :14:14. | |
they've eased restrictions which led to a Welsh-speaking inmate | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
being told to speak English during phone calls. Martin Tate was told | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
he had to give 48 hours notice to speak Welsh to his relatives in | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
Caernarfon. He's serving a sentence at a prison on Teesside for vehicle | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
theft. For the first time here, a safety | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
course for people using mobility scooters has started. Up to 150 | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
people in the UK have been injured or even killed in accidents | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
involving them. Here's Matt Murray. For 91-year-old Don Flack from | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
Radyr in Cardiff his mobility scooter means he has his | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
independence and his freedom. be able to get around to see my | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
friends, the shops and the surgery and the garden centre. Don's only | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
just bought his scooter. You don't need any training to operate them | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
but he's decided to take advantage of this new safety scheme run by | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
Cardiff Council. It's a course which tests scooter skills. It's | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
not just about how best to operate them on our streets but also in our | :15:12. | :15:20. | |
shops. ImagineSainsbury's or Tesco doing a shock by anyone to | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
manoeuvre on their shopping There's also a call for more of these | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
courses as many feel these scooters are danger to pedestrians. These | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
are electrics of the assignment. Today uses they are seen as a | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
lifeline to the outside world but there are many that as these can | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
reach up to eight mph the error danger and there has on the | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
pavement as people can't hear them coming. In the training course we | :15:48. | :15:58. | |
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will advocate the use the horn that to tell the pedestrians. This is | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
where the training comes in. It is crucial for them. This is the first | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
safety caused in Wales. Streets.$$NEWLINE It's home to some | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
of our most popular dramas. On Monday night's programme we'll be | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
having a behind the scenes tour of In Cardiff Bay where Casualty and | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
Upstairs Downstairs is made. Sport now. Ashleigh is at the | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
Italian team hotel tonight ahead of another big weekend in the Six | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
Nations. Good evening. We're in the opposition camp tonight. This is | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
where Italy are staying, just round the corner from the Millennium | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
Stadium. And here in the bar there's only one topic of | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
conversation - tomorrow's big match between Wales and Italy. Now most | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
people think Italy will be blown away, like the froth off a | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
cappuccino. But Wales are putting pressure on themselves to make sure | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
that on Saturday night they'll still be in contention for a Grand | :16:56. | :17:05. | |
Slam. There will be one team in it. His in his moment I don't think we | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
can beat Wales because they are playing fantastic rugby. Going to | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
Cardiff to win against this team is probably something impossible for | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
us. If Wales are confident and with good reason but this is not a game | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
without pressure. If the only thing worse about losing their game next | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
weekend is throwing it away tomorrow. We should win the game | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
was up I would hate to think what the reaction would be in Wales if | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
we did not win the game. We are under that pressure to perform. | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
Italy have never won at the Millennium Stadium. Defeats by 20 | :17:41. | :17:48. | |
or 30 points have been the norm. Except for 2006. Italy help the | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
reigning Grand Slam champions to an 18-18 draw. Few can see anything | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
similar happening tomorrow. Gethin Jenkins has led Wales three times | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
before and never won. He is hoping, even expecting, to break his duck | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
tomorrow. Tours novel make his own bit of history. He will become the | :18:11. | :18:21. | |
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first teenager to win 20 international caps. The pupils of | :18:23. | :18:29. | |
his old school got their hands on the Triple Crown. They had no doubt | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
about the result against Italy. is tricky but we can manage it. | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
Excited. They pulled off a win over France last year. Popping by his | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
old school, George's brother Josh. It is weird, it is very strange. 2 | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
us he is still George. He was home of the weekend and his girlfriend | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
is doing cycling but they have not changed at all. There is another | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
reason why complacency will not be a problem for Wales. Competition | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
for places. Every player needs to put his hand up for selection for | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
next Saturday's grounds are decided against France. There is a match to | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
be when against Italy but a coach to impress. Wales are still after | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
that ground Slam. You can see in the background some of the Italy | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
team have come down to order a drink. They're getting rid of some | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
of the pre-match nerves. Let's talk to Moreno Molla who is going to be | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
the touchline reporter for Italian television. Were you surprised to | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
hear Sergio Parisse saying it was impossible for Italy to win? | :19:45. | :19:52. | |
surprised. Almost nobody in Italy is giving us a chance to win. They | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
have won Theatre of three but last year before the match against | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
France, we said exactly the same words. Who knows? It to the's | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
record against Wales is not that bad. -- Italy's record. It Ceri | :20:11. | :20:21. | |
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This is a new team not because of the players but because of the | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
philosophy that coaches have brought in. Sometimes that happens. | :20:29. | :20:38. | |
We had a chance against England and we did not exploit it. A lot of the | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
Italian players will play against Welsh players week-in, week-out and | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
the PRO12. It's that helpful? It has been important first to play | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
weekend, week out which was more important than the Italian | :20:52. | :21:00. | |
championship. We need to see what our chances are in the the Heineken | :21:00. | :21:09. | |
Cup was up to a diesel had a draw game against the Ospreys. -- at | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
Treviso. I think these at the steps we have to look at to see how will | :21:15. | :21:22. | |
rugby in Italy is growing. Well, that's the Italian | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
perspective. Time for the Welsh view. Scrum V Live is coming from | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
Colwyn Bay this evening where Wales under-20s are playing Italy. And | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
presenter Ross Harries has someone with him who knows all about | :21:32. | :21:42. | |
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playing and beating Italy. Good evening. I have got this. This | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
is the Triple Crown. We pinched it! It was doing the rounds here. It | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
was being shown to the sell-out crowd. I don't want to give it | :21:54. | :22:01. | |
back! Standing next to me is a double Grand Slam winner, Tom | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
Shanklin. The Italy game tomorrow, the bookies are making way as | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
overwhelming favourites. You have been the losers twice against Italy. | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
It is not a foregone conclusion. It is not impossible for Italy to win | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
but it is unlikely. Wales are so good at the moment. They are far | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
better prepared. The confidence they have, I think they're going to | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
win well tomorrow. By Max said today he said it was virtually | :22:35. | :22:43. | |
impossible for it to meet again. -- Sergio Parisse said. Italy haven't | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
played great through the Six Nations. Wales are playing at home, | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
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they are strong, they are well prepared. Under-20s playing tonight. | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
George North is still eligible to play for them! It is the next step | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
to international rugby. If they have a taste for it at this level, | :23:11. | :23:20. | |
they could be full internationals. Good stuff. Enjoy the game. That | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
game is just after Wales Today comes off the air. It is over on | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
BBC Two Wales on Scrum V live. Many thanks. Let's turn now to | :23:32. | :23:39. | |
Olympic news. David Davies qualified fastest for tomorrow's | :23:39. | :23:41. | |
final in the 1500 metres freestyle at the British Olympic swimming | :23:42. | :23:44. | |
trials. Meanwhile, Swansea-based Ellie Simmonds has become the first | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
swimmer to break a world record in the brand-new Aquatics Centre in | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
London. The double Paralympic gold medallist set the time during last | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
night's 200 metres individual medley and knocked more than half a | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
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second off her own record. I can't believe it. I have had a bad week. | :24:07. | :24:14. | |
I did get us when they qualified but so was unhappy with them. I | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
have had their bad head. I couldn't believe it. | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
Onto football and Swansea City face the Premier League leaders this | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
weekend. Manchester City are the visitors to the Liberty Stadium on | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
Sunday. The Swans will be looking to build on their win at Wigan last | :24:29. | :24:32. | |
time out, against the side who comfortably beat them in their | :24:32. | :24:41. | |
first Premier League match back in August. A few months on, we will be | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
going for the return game. Our mentality has matured and hopefully | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
that will give us an opportunity. We know what play against the top | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
team with top players means. Two points at the top of the bleak. We | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
have no fear. Elsewhere tomorrow, Cardiff City | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
look to end a run of three league matches without a win when they | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
travel to struggling Bristol City. Promotion chasing Wrexham host | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
Barrow in the Conference while in the FA Trophy. Newport County play | :25:13. | :25:21. | |
the first leg of their semi-final at home to Wealdstone. Just two | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
games away potentially from Wembley. Plenty of build-up to the sporting | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
weekend on Sport Wales at 9pm over on BBC Two. Don't forget, Wales | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
against Italy kicks-off at 2.30pm tomorrow. Coverage on BBC One as | :25:31. | :25:37. | |
well as Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. There are still some tickets | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
available for the match if you want to head along. The roof is going to | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
be open which suggests the two coaches have had a peak at the | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
forecast. Behnaz is outside the stadium tonight. Am I right in | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
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Good evening. I want to bring you some good news. Spring like weather | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
gradually building in through the weekend. It will certainly feel | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
warmer but by no means is it going to be wall to wall sunshine. So, | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
over the next few days the temperatures will creep up | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
gradually. The satellite picture showering a swirl of cloud | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
blanketing the country. Mist, hill fog and coastal fog developing | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
through the night. A damp and drizzly night to come but very much | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
on the mild side. The temperatures 8-11C with very light winds. The | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
pressure chart for tomorrow showing the area of high pressure centred | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
over the UK. Great news if you are going to the rugby tomorrow. Dry | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
with bright spells top temperature 13C in the light winds feeling | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
pleasant. The day will start on a misty and murky note. All that will | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
lift to leave a better afternoon. The best of the sunshine across the | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
north and east. We hang on to the cloud for parts of Pembrokeshire | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
right up to Anglesey. Top temperatures 14C. It will feel | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
pleasant in the sunshine and light winds. Tomorrow night much more of | :27:08. | :27:14. | |
the same. More breaks in the cloud on Sunday too. So all in all, a | :27:14. | :27:24. | |
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