29/06/2014 BBC Wales Today

Good evening. Around 400 jobs could be saved at the troubled Murco Oil

Refinery in Milford Haven after a breakthrough in negotiations. It's

been confirmed today that the sale of the plant has been agreed in

principle. The buyer for the site, which faces closure, is understood

to be the oil entrepreneur Gary Klesch. Carwyn Jones reports. It's

been a major employer in Pembrokeshire for more than 40

years, but the recent fortunes of the Murco Oil refinery in Milford

Haven have cast serious doubt over its long term future. The plant has

been operating at a loss, leading owners Murphy Oil to find a buyer

for the site. A potential ?300 million deal broke down in April.

But today, news of a breakthrough, as the sale of the site has now been

agreed in principle. Still some significant work to be done but it

was really positive that yesterday they were able to reach an agreement

in principle for the sale process to go forward. We know sales like this

which are very complicated can fall through at a late stage. But having

spoken to the buyer and the seller I am optimistic. The buyer is thought

to be Gary Klesch, head of a global industrial business, specialising in

the production and trading of oil. It will take on a Murco Refinery

that has the potential to produce 135,000 barrels a day, but which is

currently having to recycle oil products just to keep it

operational. This is extremely encouraging news. Not least because

the group mentioned in the purchase did buy a refinery near Hamburg in

2010 and therefore they know the refinery business and how difficult

it is to make money in it. I think there is some realism probably on

that side of the table. A final agreement on the sale of the Murco

plant has yet to be confirmed, but there's renewed optimism in Milford

Haven this evening for the future of this Refinery and for the 400 people

who work here Imams should be able to speak English before they are

allowed to teach in Mosques in the UK, according Conservative Assembly

Member Mohammad Ashghar. Ahead of the royal visit to Wales tomorrow,

the former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain says Prince Charles encouraged

him to press the Welsh government to introduce complementary medicine on

the NHS. The Neath MP is one of three former cabinet ministers who

have revealed how the Prince tried to influence government policies.

Here's our political reporter, Daniel Davies In his job, he talks

to a lot of people, including politicians. Peter Hain and Prince

Charles disagreed on some things, like hunting. But both of them

supported the use of complementary medicine, things like osteopathy and

acupuncture, on the NHS. Mr Hain ran a pilot project when he was Northern

Ireland Secretary. He had been constantly frustrated by his

inability to confirm to any health ministers anywhere that it was a

good idea so he phoned me unique from this point of view and being

somebody who actually agreed with him on this. When he learned about

this he was extremely enthusiastic and tried to persuade the Welsh

Government to do the same thing and the government in Whitehall to do

the same thing for England, I had the same experience myself in being

unsuccessful. A spokeswoman for the Prince of Wales's said he seeks to

help people and communities in whatever way he can, but declined to

comment on private conversations. However, some think his private

conversations with government minister should be a public matter.

What we want is the utmost transparency. If he has been writing

letters and trying to influence ministers we want to know about it

and see the documentation. In an open and fiercest dietary that it's

what we want. My own personal point of view is that the monarchy should

keep out of this. Prince Charles's personal views have attracted

attention in the past. Most recently when he apparently compared Vladimir

Putin to the Nazis. Now it's not just his views that are under

spotlight, but who he's sharing them with. Now the weather. Good evening.

We have a lot of fine and settled weather forecast for the coming

days. Generally fine and settle but with showers coming through in the

afternoon. Temperatures in Engel figures in many spots as we get

through the night tonight. A dry start to the working week for many

of us tomorrow. There could be a few light showers but not all of us will

see them. Some fine weather in the forecast is how it looks right

through until the end of the week with a lot of dry and fine weather.

That is all from now. Goodbye. Good evening. For some of us, there

has been some sunshine but we have had showers around. Heavier ones

during the morning. Starting to lose