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It's described as the biggest international event

World leaders will gather in Newport in September for the NATO summit.

But is Wales geared to make the most of the economic benefits?

Inspectors are warned of neglect and poor conditions

The owners are told it's still not up to scratch.

Taking children out of the classroom to go on holiday.

More head teachers are being asked to refuse parents requests.

Call centres in Wales are booming - now the first conference

And a new observatory at the sight of one of only two breeding pairs of

ospreys in Wales. It's being described

as the biggest international event The NATO summit - a gathering of

world leaders - will get underway in Earlier this week,

there was criticism that Wales was Today it emerged that plans are

underway to hold a major business Here's our political editor,

Nick Servini. Peace broke out among the first

Minister and Welsh Secretary, appropriately enough on a

battleship. The Welsh and UK governments insist they have put

acrimonious side for the good of the NATO summit. They use the visit to

Cardiff to set up some of the plans but details are still sketchy

because of security. The big focus will be a business summit organised

by both governments to be held somewhere in Wales a matter of weeks

after the political summit. This is by far the biggest international

event ever held in Wales so the focus and world attention will be on

Wales. As I say, we want to capitalise on the economic league.

We are looking at having a business summit to follow it and that is a

huge opportunity for Wales to benefit. This ship is here for the

freedom of the city but it is the kind of thing that could happen in

September when Wales sees its biggest ever security operation. The

profile of this event will be huge. A gathering of world leaders

including Barack Obama and the stakes will be high. Top of the

agenda, the current stand-off between Russia and the West over

Ukraine. Senior managers at the Celtic Manor resort have told MPs

they felt more should be doing -- done now in preparation. We have got

nothing nailed down in terms of outreach programmes, how we are

going to benefit. The first minister says work is being done behind the

scenes which can't be made public yet. But he believes there will be

lasting benefits from the event. There are so many people coming,

they will stay here and they will take back their memories of Wales.

We need to target investors as well. It also means there will be a lot of

traffic coming into the airport and we will look to see what needs to be

done to make sure the airport is in a position to move people out

quickly. A big unknown is whether there will be community-based events

like this when the US president went to a private school in Northern

Ireland during the G8 summit last year. The Navy are out in force in

Cardiff Bay at the moment. It is unclear what military presence there

will be in September but there will be a security operation like no

other. What have we learned this week about

the impact that this event is going to have? I thought we had a really

honest assessment from the senior managers at the Celtic Manor when

they addressed MPs earlier in the week and they admitted they felt the

local area had not benefit from the Ryder Cup as much as it could. That

sense of frustration fed through into some of the comments they made

about what is going on now. Today, what we had was the main political

leaders in Wales trying to take control of the situation. The

message from Carwyn Jones is, I would love to tell you about all the

stuff that is going on but I can't because of security concerns. To

some extent, there is going to be a lot of stuff we won't know until the

last minute because of those security issues. From David Jones, a

focus on the longer-term economic benefits. They do have a sales job.

Most people accept this is a great event to have. But that first week

in September, there will be an awful lot of destruction. -- disruption.

The owners of a care home where inspectors say they found evidence

of neglect and poor conditions are being warned that it still doesn't

The Amber House home in Abergele has now been labelled

a "Service of Concern", which means it faces enforcement

According to the care Inspectorate, it was prompted by concerns by

members of the public. Inspectors arrived in December and they found

elderly residents looking unclean and unkempt. They said places were

dirty and it smells strongly of your rim. There was also concern that

care plans lacked sufficient detail. Their report demanded

changes but we have been told that following a reinspection in March,

there is still concerned that insufficient progress has been made

and that is why it has been given this label of a service of concern.

Have we heard anything from the owners? Very little. I was told

earlier today that the manager was too busy to speak to me. We have

received a statement and they say they are taking steps to address the

concerns and they had hoped that the most recent inspection would bring

in more favourable responses. We have heard from Conwy Council. They

say they have been working with the care Inspectorate and they have put

their own staff into the home to help. Tonight, we have heard from

North Wales Police who say they are aware of the report and are studying

its content. Should you be allowed to take

your children on holiday A survey of local authorities has

found that half now ask head The research

by BBC Wales found several councils have tightened their policies since

the Welsh Government brought in its banding programme for secondary

schools, under which absences Planning the holidays of the future.

Alan and his daughters already have plenty of happy holiday memories. We

go to see paintings in museums. Landmarks. And history you learn

about with dad. Looking back at the memories are

little jewels in your life. When we are old and grey, I am old and grey,

I will be looking back at these family holidays as so special and I

hope they will as well. We have taken children out. We don't want to

do it ideally but it is a financial issue. If you are going in the

school holidays, it would be double the amount. And it is easy to see

why lots of parents find themselves in a difficult position. There are

huge variations in prices depending on the time of year. A week in a

self catering apartment in Prestatyn for a family of four currently costs

?945 in mid-August. By mid, once the schools have gone back, that price

goes down to ?236. Although the Welsh government allows councils to

authorise ten days off per pupil per year. --, those absences count

against the school when it comes to banding. In England, time off is

only granted in exceptional circumstances and there has been a

big increase in parents being fined. With the frustration is in the Welsh

system is there is the idea that there is the flexibility and

teachers do have the discretion to grant absences, but in reality they

don't have that discretion. I believe that all absence is bad for

the children and that therefore those authorities that are saying

they won't tolerate any absence, they are going down the right track.

It is a difficult decision and a difficult message to get across to

parents but I think it is the right one. Alan says that with the girls

approaching secondary school age, he and his wife probably won't take

them away during school time again. It seems lots of families will be

weighing up a similar decision. Budget airline Ryanair has announced

a new weekly flight from It's the Irish carrier's first route

at the airport for eight years. The flight will start at the end

of October. Last month the airport announced

a 9% increase in the number of passengers since it was bought

by the Welsh Government. A medical expert says the driver

of a car which crashed into children outside a school may

have fainted during a coughing fit. Five children and three other adults

were injured when the car driven by Robert Bell overturned outside

Rhws Primary School last June. But another expert

at his trial said passing out wouldn't have caused the accident

as his body would have become limp. Mr Bell denies careless driving

and the hearing continues. Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson says

he will happily take a hit after being named as one of several

wealthy celebrities who've been part A judge ordered the Cardiff born

Olympian, along with 22 other members, to repay millions and ruled

the musician-support partnership They are saying those schemes won't

exist any more because that is absolutely fine. That won't stop me

from investing into young people who need help. If it means I have to

take a hit, I will take a hit. I will still invest in people to help

them get to the top of their game. A meat wholesaler in Cwmbran has

been fined ?15,000 and ordered to pay another ?12,000 in costs after

meat which had passed its use-by Doug Willis Limited had been

in court on the same charges three years ago, but was told it had no

case to answer. But, after three years of legal

battles with Torfaen Council, the Supreme Court ordered a retrial and

today the company pleaded guilty. The council said the case should

improve food safety for consumers. This is Doug Willis Limited in

Cwmbran. The managing director processes and stores meet here for

caterers and butchers. Frozen products ready for customers. Four

years ago, Trading Standards found 12 pieces of meat which were passed

their use by dates in this freezer. Fresh meat can be frozen and kept

for some time but back then the company did not keep good enough

records. They could not prove exactly when some of the meat had

been frozen. Some samples were three years old. We don't know whether the

product was still in date. Had it gone past its use by date and frozen

after that date or before? That is quite crucial. But a court ruled the

company had no case to answer because the products were frozen and

they were deemed not to be a health hazard. Torfaen Council challenge

that decision all the way to the Supreme Court. It ruled in their

favour last summer. The test case against Doug Willis Limited in

Cwmbran means that from now on, from care homes to cafeterias, whenever

frozen meat is being stored past its use by date but -- like this, the

law is being broken. In court today, Doug Willis Limited pleaded guilty

to breaching food labelling laws. The judge said they had not done

deliberately but had still broken the law and should pay ?15,000 in

fines and ?12,000 in costs. Torfaen Council say pushing the case this

far means that consumers can feel more confident in future about

buying frozen meat because the law has been tariff item. Doug Willis

Limited say they have tightened their labelling system in the past

four years. Meat products can stay in the freezer for a long time. If

they were to go out, they would be checked first, microbiologically, to

check they were safe to send out. Why hold onto a piece of meat for

three years, that is the fundamental question? We may have issues with

certain products should have gone up previously. The action has cost

Torfaen Council tens of thousands of pounds but it says it was the right

decision and consumers can now have more confidence in the frozen meat

they are served. The highest temperature

of the year so far Find out where and how warm it's

been later in the programme. It's the first time one's been held

in Europe - a conference in Newport aimed

specifically at call centre workers to look at the skills and technology

they'll need for the future. It's a booming industry in Wales,

but critics argue it's replacing well paid manufacturing jobs with

less secure lower paid work. Here's our business correspondent,

Brian Meechan. This is the back of the furnaces and

after about eight hours the steel is ready to be released. The

traditional image of Welsh workers. We still have a steel industry but

50,000 manufacturing jobs have gone. Get out of my office! But business

is booming in another Welsh industry, the call centre. If it was

like that, I would not be working here. It is totally the opposite.

Jean Williams runs -- works in one run by the Ministry of Justice. The

industry also refers the term contact centre. The rates of pay is

what you would expect from a contact centre of the it is not massively

high but it is certainly not low. I think contact centre is one of the

sickness jobs in Britain. -- say first. 15 years ago, 12,000 people

worked in call centres. They employ 30,000 people now. An increase of

150%. But there are concerns about Manufacturing jobs being replaced by

these service sector roles. A lot of young people employed in call

centres do not have very much security. They are either employed

by agencies and then subcontracted to call centres or they are employed

on specific event contracts or zero our contracts. It is a

nontraditional conference for a nontraditional industry. What it

recognises and what it shows is the industry really looks after its

people and they recognise them as being the interface between them and

their customers. It is testament to the 36 companies that are here today

that they are invested both money and freeing people at Fort time to

come to an event like this. Behind the fun lies a serious message. The

industry is a key player in growing the Welsh economy.

It's one of the world's biggest elected assemblies,

Not all the candidates for the European parliament are

Davies takes a look at the small parties asking for your vote.

With a week to go until polling day, Daniel Davies takes a look at the

In this election, UKIP is one of the big players. But UKIP is not the

only party opposed to the EU. There are a few sceptics at the other end

of the political spectrum,. We are completely opposed to the European

Union. The policies that are built into its treaties and institutions

that are policies of austerity and privatisation. Others on the left

have similar views. The European Union is undermined. Two parties

standing in Wales share the title of socialist. One of them has set its

sights further afield than Brussels. The Socialist party stands for a

stateless, classless, leaderless world. Free access to the means of

living and production of use. The biggest controversy in this election

has been caused by one of the smallest parties. Britain First is

using the slogan, Remember Lee Rigby. They apologised to the family

of the soldier after it emerged his name would be used on the ballot

paper. Our message is that our country is being taken from it. We

have got a political elite that is correct, it is ruining our country.

Held across 28 countries, this is one of the world's biggest

elections, but it is not being contested by well-established names.

Smaller parties also want to sit in the vast chamber.

A new 360 degree wildlife watching observatory has been officially

opened today at the Cors Dyfi reserve in Powys.

The building will allow visitors to get closer than ever to

the nesting Ospreys on the reserve, as well as offering panoramic views

Nestled deep in the reed beds of this reserve, this wooden structure

offers visitors jaw-dropping views of the surrounding area. It has been

four years in the making, with construction difficult and workers

having to carry much of the timber and other materials across the bulky

reserve. It is now open for visitors and they say it has been worth the

wait. I am very impressed with the observatory. A few years ago I came

to look at the old Hyde and the difference is amazing. It is

magnificent and in such a beautiful area. With its ten metre high

viewing platform, this observatory offers spectacular 360 degrees views

all around. More importantly, it also offers unprecedented access to

the most famous residents, the ospreys. Monty and his mate are

nesting again. This is the fifth year he has returned to the

reserve. Once more, he is watching over some eggs. The platform allows

visitors to get within 250 metres of the nest. The ospreys are without a

doubt the biggest draw to the reserve but those in charge are keen

to emphasise it is about more than just birds of prey. We have got over

100 species of whether birds. And if you are lucky, you can see them.

There are 500 different species of moths, small mammals, otters, bank

voles, newts. Tens of thousands of people visited the reserve last

year. It is hoped this ?1.4 million observatory will help attract even

more in the future. And you have probably noticed it has

been rather warm today. The temperatures are going up.

Yes, a stunning evening here at the Celtic Manor.

Let me show you the view of the Usk Valley.

21.3 Celsius in Usk in Monmouthshire this afternoon.

The highest temperature recorded in Wales so far this year.

The previous highest was 20.7 Celsius in Porthmadog back

The good news is, there's more plenty fine

A taste of summer over the next two or three days.

Saturday looking the best day of the weekend.

Today it hasn't been sunny everywhere.

The satellite picture does show some cloud.

Thick enough for a few spots of rain in parts of mid Wales

and the north, including the Conwy Valley Tonight will be dry.

Most of the cloud melting away with a full moon.

One or two mist and fog patches forming.

Last night it was cold enough for a ground frost in parts of Powys

Lowest temperatures eight to 11 Celsius.

Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure over the UK

So tomorrow, any mist first thing will soon lift with sunny spells.

The small chance of a light shower but otherwise dry.

Top temperature in the north-east, 22 Celsius likely, making it

Cooler on some coasts with sea breezes.

Not definite but there is a risk of patches of sea fog in

As for the weekend, Saturday looks the best day - sunniest and warmest.

A little cooler on some coasts with sea breezes.

The best of the hazy sunshine likely in the southeast in the morning

but during the day cloud will increase from the west.

The odd shower possible during the afternoon.

A cold front may bring some rain to Anglesey, northwest Gwynedd and

The Royal Welsh Spring Festival is on this weekend.

The weather good, especially on Saturday, so if you're going along,

So some lovely weather over the next two or three days

Low pressure bringing showers and some rain at times.

The rain may be heavy and thundery but with some drier,

From sunny Newport, it's back to the studio.

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