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After months of often bitter talks, the WRU and regional teams | :00:00. | :00:15. | |
agree a new multi-million pound deal. | :00:16. | :00:53. | |
on the NATO summit but can any economic benefits be made to last? | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
Malcolm King raised concerns about child protection in Wrexham. | :01:00. | :01:01. | |
He's sacked from the council's executive board. | :01:02. | :01:03. | |
As the only publicly-funded food testing lab closes, | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
a claim Wales could struggle if there's another horse meat scandal. | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
It is the scourge of many households. | :01:09. | :01:10. | |
Scientists undertake the largest trial aimed | :01:11. | :01:11. | |
In the last hour, a deal has been done between the WRU | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
After an 18-month battle, both sides signed a new agreement. | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
Let's go straight to Claire with all the details. | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
It's been some time coming but the WRU and the regions | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
have tonight signed a six-year agreement. | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
much of them bitter and played out in public. | :01:42. | :02:10. | |
The so-called Rugby Services Agreement | :02:11. | :02:11. | |
will see an increase in the amount of union funding to the regions | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
and the introduction of dual contracts for some players. | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
much of them bitter and played out in public. | :02:16. | :02:16. | |
The so-called Rugby Services Agreement | :02:17. | :02:16. | |
will see an increase in the amount of union funding to the regions | :02:17. | :02:17. | |
and the introduction of dual contracts for some players. | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
and new participation agreement has been signed and a huge sigh of | :02:21. | :02:59. | |
relief has been briefed. It is not good to see our stakeholders in the | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
game disagreeing with a light of what has happened being played out | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
in the press and media. It is important now that the agreement has | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
been made. It is an important season for the regions and all involved. | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
What has changed. The old agreement set out how much money the club 's | :03:22. | :03:29. | |
received from the union. An additional ?2 million has been ring | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
fenced to fund will contact the ten senior internationals. The union | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
will pay 60% of their salaries with the union picking up the tab for the | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
rest. Only those playing in Wales were considered. The list is | :03:55. | :04:07. | |
considered to include ten names. Sam Warburton had already signed a | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
central contract. Perhaps the most subside -- surprising inclusion is | :04:13. | :04:13. | |
Gareth Maule is several senior players are enjoying spells in | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
France. In future, players choosing to follow the lead may miss out on | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
Welsh selection. Warren Gatland encourages players to stay here to | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
play for their country. It is hoped these changes would reverse the | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
trend of high-profile players leaving. If you want an improved | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
product, he wants the full continent. At the launch of the | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
league in London, players and journalists were able to give their | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
take on the situation. The contradiction of the fortunes | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
between the national team and the regional teams who have just not | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
delivered in Europe. It is one of the great paradoxes of the time. You | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
would hope this will make a difference. A lot of the star names | :04:45. | :04:52. | |
could come back. But professional rugby being pulled back from the | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
brink of the abyss, there were no signs of champagne corks being | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
popped today. Peace has broken out and a deal has been signed. There | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
are some open wounds between the parties. | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
Live to the Millennium Stadium now. Ross is outside the home of Welsh | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
rugby. Huge sighs of relief, a deal has | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
been reached. It's been a bitter, acrimonious | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
battle. How confident can we be that peace | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
will now reign? Nothing on camera from the regions. | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
They have released a joint statement. The chairman of regional | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
rugby said following a long and detailed negotiation, they have | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
decided the new agreement will create a fair and credible | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
foundation to spot the best interests of Welsh Rugby Union to | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
the future. The core objective of delivering sustainable and | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
professional game in Wales. The Chief of the union is with me this | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
evening. Smiles all round and relief. We are relieved and we are | :05:56. | :06:04. | |
also pleased for the fans. We are particularly pleased for the players | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
and coaches. This agreement is player centred and focused. That is | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
why it has taken so long, to understand the dynamics around this | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
agreement. If only can achieve the ambitions of the four regions, we | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
would then want our rugby objectives achieved and that is what we have | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
done with this agreement. It is a complex agreement. It is | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
ground-breaking and for the next six years. Much of this has been played | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
out in public you confident you can heal some of the wounds that have | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
been created? Nigel and I have spent countless hours since January in the | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
negotiation room. There has never been a crossword or an angry words | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
between us. What has taken this within the room has not been | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
reflected by others outside of that room. That is why I am confident | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
this partnership will work. He had work starts. Surely you don't mean | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
that cosmic there has been plenty of crosswords behind the scenes? We | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
have not engaged in anything either publicly or privately because so | :07:21. | :07:28. | |
when asked us not to comment on negotiations. We have kept our | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
dignity and have not entered into discussions with the media about | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
what has been taking place behind closed doors. That does move on to | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
some of the details. There is plenty to pore over. One thing that will | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
jump out with the reinforcement of players staying in Wales to play for | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
Wales. It is not absolute. Can you elaborate? At the heart of this | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
agreement is the players. We must create the best day environment for | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
our finest players in Wales. The legions will work with our national | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
coach who has been at the heart of these negotiations to make sure the | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
players stay in Wales. If we can do that through the late finances and | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
protocols, we are confident we can say to players if you cannot work | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
with us together, we have to be fair with the players then we can say if | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
you cannot play in Wales will not be picked for Wales. There are a number | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
of complex processes and procedures in that so that everyone acts | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
fairly. Thank you for your time tonight. That is the situation here. | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
Plenty to pore over in this document. That could be the case | :08:47. | :08:54. | |
that if you do decide in future to play outside of Wales, you may have | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
to give up your international ambition. We will have more reaction | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
in the coming days. We'll have more from Ross later in | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
the programme. After months of precision planning | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
there's just a week to go until Wales hopes to impress | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
the world by hosting the NATO Summit Across the country businesses are | :09:15. | :09:16. | |
working to make it a success but as our economics correspondent | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
Sarah Dickins reports, it is hoped the economic benefits will last | :09:22. | :09:23. | |
more than just the few days that The excitement around the news that | :09:24. | :09:39. | |
Wales would host the summit was a bit like Newport had hit a jackpot. | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
The bonanza was about to begin. Businesses would have a second | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
Christmas. On this site, the butcher business was set up in 1944 top | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
three generations of the family are still involved in the company. With | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
45 workers, they supply hotels and restaurant is South Wales. They are | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
one of the biggest suppliers to the Celtic Manor. In a normal week, they | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
sell about 700 kilograms of meat. It is busy all the time was that they | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
have a kitchen. All of them have to be followed. Maybe a bit more for | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
certain kitchens but overwrought we will probably do the same amount. | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
The summit is expected to be five times bigger than the Ryder Cup. | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
Ironically, it is not delivering any extra orders from the Celtic Manor. | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
But other hotels are busier than normal. In the heart of the capital, | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
the security up around the castle to protect women leaders inside. But | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
some say it is damaging businesses outside. The 35 years, tourists | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
across the road from the castle to buy gifts here. With ourselves, it | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
would be a good three weeks with a turnover down something like 30%. | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
would be a good three weeks with a The message from small independent | :11:07. | :11:08. | |
shops in the heart of Cardiff is that the summit has | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
shops in the heart of Cardiff is their business. In the long-term, | :11:12. | :11:13. | |
the hope is that the delegations of world leaders will attend other | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
nations with the idea that Wales is a good place to invest and in those | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
terms, it will be good for all of us. What of the top chefs playing an | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
active part in promoting Wales and it product but a Mac this chef has | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
won many awards for his cooking. He and | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
won many awards for his cooking. He have been chosen to cook for the | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
three most select banquets of the summit. They design the menu is | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
sending a clear message about modern Wales. They produce we are | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
showcasing is largely local produce around this area. They will all | :11:59. | :12:06. | |
benefit from that. It is not just about leaks and Welsh rabbit. It is | :12:07. | :12:14. | |
just a stamp of approval on the highest order. It doesn't get any | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
better. That message goes well beyond food. The summit is a good | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
opportunity to freshen up the way other parts of the world think about | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
Wales. It will take many more months before we know whether this summit | :12:27. | :12:27. | |
has improved that. A minibus driver, | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after knocking | :12:31. | :12:32. | |
down a cyclist near Newbridge, A court heard Andrzej Wojcicki, | :12:33. | :12:34. | |
who's 45, was distracted by looking at photos on his phone when he hit | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
30-year-old Owain James. A man has died after being stabbed | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
at a house in Risca, near Newport. Gwent Police found the 35-year-old | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
man injured when they were called He was taken to the Royal Gwent | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
Hospital, where he later died. Two men have been arrested | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
on suspicion of murder. Former Wales international rugby | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
star Ian Gough has been told to pay just over ?2,000 in fines and costs | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
for attacking his ex-girlfriend, The 37-year-old from Swansea was | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
found guilty of assault after a short trial at Croydon | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
Magistrates Court last month. He says he'll appeal | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
against the conviction. He says he'll appeal | :13:17. | :13:28. | |
charged with arson after two children were rescued at a house | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
near children were rescued at a house | :13:33. | :13:34. | |
and seven-year-old boy were rescued from the fire early yesterday | :13:35. | :13:36. | |
morning. A long term campaigner | :13:37. | :13:38. | |
against child abuse has been sacked from Wrexham council's executive | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
board after raising concerns Malcolm King says he was contacted | :13:42. | :13:43. | |
by social workers who were concerned about their case load and | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
the way their department was run. The council's leader says | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
an independent investigation found there was no evidence to support | :13:51. | :13:53. | |
the allegations which were having It seems to me that it is a question | :13:54. | :14:12. | |
of out of sight and out of mind. That was marking King speaking to us | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
in the early 1990s when the councillor was establishing himself | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
as one of the leading campaigners against child abuse. He was | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
as one of the leading campaigners those who attempted to break what he | :14:26. | :14:27. | |
saw was a culture of secrecy when dealing with allegations of abuse in | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
children's homes. He believes he is being punished for raising issues of | :14:35. | :14:42. | |
child protection. He was contacted he says by four social workers who | :14:43. | :14:45. | |
were concerned about the way the department was being run. In a | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
confidential report, the council leader detailed 16 allegations | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
including concerns about the number of cases social workers were | :14:57. | :14:59. | |
expected to deal with. Complaints about the pressure to close cases | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
too soon and worries about the level of experience in the department will | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
stop his sacking he says goes against the whistle blowing policy | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
of the council. I have no way of knowing whether allegations were | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
true or not. But the idea that I would sit on them or tell the | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
workers to go away is absurd. Child protection is arguably the most | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
important thing we do as a council. Wrexham Council says an independent | :15:30. | :15:31. | |
expert found there was no evidence to back up his claims. The leader | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
was not available to be interviewed today but in a statement he says he | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
removed him from his job because it was concerned allegations are having | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
a negative impact on staff. I fully support what the leader has done. I | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
believe the actions Malcolm King took undermined the childhood family | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
assessment team. Issues of child abuse and child protection still hit | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
in the -- raw nerve in this part of Wales. That is an ongoing police | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
investigation of claims into historic abuse. His sacking may | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
appear surprising but what it does is exposed tensions in the ruling | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
Labour group and Wrexham. This is Wales Today. Still to come | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
before 7pm. It cost millions every year to bring | :16:25. | :16:33. | |
under control, now scientists that the biggest trial to kill Japanese | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
knotweed. And a special celebration for Bette Davis from Flint. 106 | :16:41. | :16:42. | |
today. An expert in food safety has told | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
BBC Wales, cutbacks mean councils here may struggle to respond to | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
another incident Wales' only publicly-run laboratory | :16:51. | :16:53. | |
that tests that food is what it's Professor Hugh Pennington | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
says relying on private Here's our political reporter | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
Paul Martin. The horse meat scandal affected | :17:06. | :17:18. | |
councils across Wales. They had to meet quickly to test the meat they | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
were serving. All local authorities appoint a scientist from a private | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
lab or one of their own to do that kind of work. What routine tasks. | :17:31. | :17:41. | |
Take place. This laboratory run by Cardiff Council is closing tomorrow. | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
It will save ?200,000 a year. It is the last public to run one in Wales | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
and was used by nine local authorities in all. They were now | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
have to outsource testing work to private laboratories. The horse meat | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
scandal should clearly the importance of public analyst work | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
and the importance of having public analysts working for the public and | :18:06. | :18:08. | |
not doing it for racial considerations. I do not know what | :18:09. | :18:18. | |
the result will be if it is only the commercial sector deciding what will | :18:19. | :18:26. | |
be done. This private company has laboratories around the world | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
including two in Wales. It works with several councils. One of the | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
scientists told me it is capable of handling peaks in demand. I do not | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
believe it is an issue of public versus private. I believe a | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
laboratory like ourselves are able to offer a service where we have an | :18:48. | :18:57. | |
incident like horse meat, we can carry out food testing and water | :18:58. | :18:59. | |
testing and environmental and other areas. When something like this | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
happens, we can take the stuff and put them on to do the food work just | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
to get that out of the way. We can scale up for the emergency. The | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
closure of council run labs is often an cost grounds. The Welsh Local | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
Government Association says the captive closure is a stark example | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
of how vital cancer facilities are disappearing. | :19:23. | :19:35. | |
It costs ?8 million a year to bring it under control | :19:36. | :19:37. | |
Japanese knotweed can grow three metres high in as many months | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
and is one of the most damaging species in the UK. | :19:43. | :19:44. | |
Now scientists at Swansea University are conducting | :19:45. | :19:46. | |
the largest field trial in Europe to find new ways of killing the plant. | :19:47. | :19:49. | |
Carwyn Jones has been finding out more. | :19:50. | :19:51. | |
It's a homeowners worst nightmare. Japanese knotweed is strong | :19:52. | :19:53. | |
and resilient. It can force | :19:54. | :19:55. | |
its way through concrete, from roots deep underground. | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
Once you've got it in your garden, you'll struggle to get rid of it. | :19:59. | :20:01. | |
The plant was first introduced into the UK by Victorian explorers, | :20:02. | :20:03. | |
who were taken with its creamy white flowers. | :20:04. | :20:06. | |
It's now become an unstoppable pest, damaging buildings | :20:07. | :20:08. | |
and suffocating our native plants. If you want an idea of how difficult | :20:09. | :20:21. | |
it is to get rid of, look at the roots. They have been looted by | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
chemicals. Look closely and you will see the stems are beginning to grow | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
back. In time, it will flourish and spread. | :20:31. | :20:32. | |
and suffocating our native plants. Treatments for Japanese knotweed can | :20:33. | :20:35. | |
cost anything up to ?25,000 but there's been very little scientific | :20:36. | :20:37. | |
research into whether these chemicals work in the long term. | :20:38. | :20:40. | |
Now a team of ecologists AND botanists from Swansea University | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
are testing 21 different methods of controlling knotweed, to see | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
which, if any, are successful. It's the biggest trial of | :20:50. | :20:50. | |
its kind ever conducted in Europe. We have a number of herbicides which | :20:51. | :21:00. | |
have been licensed for use which perhaps have not been used as | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
effectively as maybe they should be or could be. | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
its kind ever conducted in Europe. On this patch of land | :21:07. | :21:08. | |
on the outskirts of Cardiff, the team cleared the knotweed away | :21:09. | :21:10. | |
and applied a combination of three chemical treatments over | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
the course of two years on both the soil and the roots. | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
With this method, we have some good controlled results. It has a success | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
of 95% control. on both the soil and the roots. | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
In Wales it costs more than ?8 million a year to bring Japanese | :21:29. | :21:30. | |
knotweed under control. Ian Graham's company has been | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
tackling the plant here, and across the UK, for the last 15 years. | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
It is important that we try to find a better way of dealing with what we | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
have got and preventing its spread. Otherwise, what we see here today | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
could just be an example of what will happen elsewhere. | :21:49. | :21:50. | |
the UK, for the last 15 years. The results of this field trial | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
will be known next summer. We'll find out then whether any of | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
these treatments have been proven to kill Japanese knotweed once and for | :21:57. | :21:57. | |
all on the surface and below ground. A woman from Flint is | :21:58. | :21:59. | |
celebrating her 106th birthday. Bette Davies now lives | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
in a residential home in Flintshire but has enjoyed | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
an independent life, having never Relatives joined her to mark her | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
special day, It's a song Bet Davies is more | :22:10. | :22:27. | |
familiar with than most having heard it 106 years in a row. | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
She was born in Flint in 1908 and in her youth spent the evenings | :22:32. | :22:33. | |
at local dances, while during the day she worked | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
at the massive Courtauld's textile factory in the town. | :22:38. | :22:39. | |
She produced fabric on huge machines with little time to | :22:40. | :22:41. | |
take the weight off her feet. I never had a sitting down job. I | :22:42. | :23:00. | |
was at that 730. I had a break for lunch and a break in the afternoon | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
and in the morning. I was standing up on the machine. | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
take the weight off her feet. Bette never had children | :23:09. | :23:10. | |
of her own but her nieces, nephew and other relatives have been making | :23:11. | :23:12. | |
sure she celebrates in style. She moved to this nursing home Michu | :23:13. | :23:22. | |
was 101. She is still very independent and makes her own bed | :23:23. | :23:24. | |
most mornings. sure she celebrates in style. | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
Her family say she worked hard and took regular walks | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
but anyone looking for clues as to her longevity might be | :23:31. | :23:31. | |
surprised at her diet. She has four sugars in her tea. She | :23:32. | :23:41. | |
did not eat the vegetable of any sort until she was in her 40s. She | :23:42. | :23:47. | |
is allergic to fruit. She hates it. I used to terrorise her was up I | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
would get an orange or something and throw it in her lap. She could not | :23:53. | :23:54. | |
even touch it. surprised at her diet. | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
Bette was four when the Titanic sank and was already blowing out her | :23:59. | :24:00. | |
sixth birthday candles when the First World War broke out. | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
She has over a century of memories to look back on | :24:04. | :24:04. | |
and new ones to look forward to. I hope Bet saw some sunshine | :24:05. | :24:06. | |
on her birthday. I think an umbrella will come | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
in handy in Flintshire. Some dry, bright weather tomorrow | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
but also a few showers and breezy with a high of 18 Celsius in Flint. | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
The weather is set to improve next week but we're in for another | :24:26. | :24:28. | |
taste of autumn tomorrow. Windier and cooler. | :24:29. | :24:30. | |
Some rain on the way as well. For this evening most places dry. | :24:31. | :24:33. | |
Just the odd shower. Overnight | :24:34. | :24:35. | |
a few more showers turning-up but still some dry weather as well. | :24:36. | :24:38. | |
A breezy night, especially on the coast. | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
Strong winds in the northwest with gusts over 40mph. | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure near Scotland | :24:47. | :24:49. | |
and that means unsettled weather. Some rain, | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
showers and stronger winds. So here's the picture for eight | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
in the morning. Some places dry and bright. | :24:57. | :24:59. | |
A little sunshine but a few showers dotted around as well. | :25:00. | :25:01. | |
Quite breezy too, especially on the coast. | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
The southwesterly wind strongest in the northwest. | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
A good force six through the Menai Straight. | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
During the day, cloud will increase with some rain in the afternoon. | :25:14. | :25:16. | |
Heaviest on the high ground. 10 to 20mm in Snowdonia. | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
The wind a feature as well. Stronger than today | :25:21. | :25:23. | |
and feeling cooler. Top temperatures 17 or 18 Celsius. | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
One or yep degrees lower than today. Tomorrow night rain in places. | :25:30. | :25:32. | |
A few showers. Some dry weather as well. | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
The wind easing but still breezy. Saturday a bit mixed. | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
A few showers. Mainly in mid Wales and the north. | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
Plenty of cloud but some dry, bright weather as well. | :25:46. | :25:47. | |
A little sunshine in places. Sunday better but not perfect. | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
Some dry, bright weather and sunshine but thicker cloud may | :25:54. | :25:57. | |
bring a few spots of light rain. And heavier rain may reach Anglesey | :25:58. | :25:58. | |
by evening. The wind lighter so feeling warmer. | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
Now over the weekend a deep low over the Atlantic will move towards | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
Iceland bringing stormy weather. Closer to home high pressure will | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
build across France and the English Channel. | :26:19. | :26:20. | |
And high pressure is going to dominate our weather next week. | :26:21. | :26:23. | |
Settling things down and becoming warmer. | :26:24. | :26:23. | |
So we and becoming warmer. | :26:24. | :26:31. | |
of summer yet. The Welsh Rugby Union and the four | :26:32. | :26:41. | |
Welsh regions have signed a new deal ending nearly two years of dispute. | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
At least six internationals will be on the world contact. Players who | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
decide to play overseas they have to give up their ambition to play for | :26:51. | :26:53. | |
Wales. Roger Lewis told of the deal is aimed at keeping the best playing | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
in Wales. This is about players. We must create the best environment for | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
our finest players in Wales and working with the legions and our | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
national coach who has been at the heart of these discussions. We must | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
make sure the players and to stay here and if we can do that through | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
the red protocols and fences, we are confident we can say to players if | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
you cannot work with us together fairly, we have to be fair, then we | :27:26. | :27:30. | |
can say if you cannot play in Wales, you do not get picked for Wales. | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
That is Wales Today. We'll have a quick update at 8pm and | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
after the BBC News at Ten. From all of us on the programme, | :27:41. | :27:42. | |
good evening. | :27:43. | :27:44. |