28/09/2014 BBC Wales Today

Wales is to be offered more flexible income tax-varying powers after

Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has told

the Conservative conference that he will remove the controversial

restriction, that critics said made the proposed powNorthern Ireland's

Wales faces a challenge in getting its voice heard in the conversation.

I challenge for the new Secretary of State in what he called a new era in

devolution. I have always said that the powers should be far reaching

and flexible. I am committed to removing obstacles to them being

used effectively. That is why tomorrow I will be asking for my

colleagues to help me and meant the wheeled spill. Conference, our tax

devolution will end the politics of the begging bowl in Wales. What

would it mean? Under the lock step, if Wales wanted to increase the top

rate of income tax by a penny, it would also need to raise the other

rates by a penny, too. It means ministers could choose to raise or

lose the rates of tax independently of the other rates. It is events

elsewhere that have overshadowed the opening day of this conference, with

the defection of another Conservative MP to the UKIP party.

David Jones says he was tapped up by UKIP and told them to take a hike.

Another Eurosceptic Welsh Tory give another message. I am not tempted to

join UKIP. I will not be joining them under any circumstances. So, he

is staying in the party that is also offering the reserve powers model,

setting out what Westminster does and leaving the rest of Cardiff.

There is a cross-party consensus behind this idea, but deciding which

powers stay in Westminster and which could Cardiff could yet land the

Tories in less tranquil waters. Northern Ireland's First and Deputy

First Ministers have announced they are to hold a meeting with the First

Ministers of Wales and Scotland to discuss constitutional change.

Following the Scottish Referendum, the four leaders have agreed to meet

in the coming weeks to discuss the A man's body has been recovered

from the Cleddau Estuary Police are making enquiries to

identify him and the death is Golf now and Welshman Jamie

Donaldson has clinched the point that gave victory to Europe over

the USA in the Ryder Cup. It is the third successive win

for Europe, who beat the From Gleneagles,

here's Catrin Heledd. Unbelievable, that this how Jamie

Donaldson described the moment when he got the Ryder Cup for

Donaldson described the moment when had to wait until 1:30pm, but what

it cool and collected round of golf on the Welshman. Five birdies and a

fantastic second shot on the 15th. on the Welshman. Five birdies and a

The Americans forced to concede. He beat Keegan Bradley to bring Europe

to the 14.5 benchmark he needed. He nearly retired a few years ago

because of back problems, but today he was celebrating. He told me at

the start of the week he would do a Gareth Bale with the Welsh flag, if

they won. He was true to his word. Little did he know back then he

would be the hero. Remember, this is the 30 year durable's first

appearance in the Ryder Cup. He is a rookie, but I doubt after that

performance it will be his last appearance.

In rugby, the Dragons eased to a comfortable victory over Italian

The home side earned a bonus point after scoring four

tries, including this one from Jonathan Evans, to record

The Ospreys sit on top of the table after they beat Munster yesterday.

A Jeff Hassler try and 14 points from Dan Biggar's boot was enough to

Let's take a look at the weather now with Sue Charles.

The warm and dry September continues. We have had less than 20%

of the reason that we would normally expect in September. Tonight should

stay dry with like winds. Mist and fog patches will form. Temperatures

will stay in double figures in towns and cities, but it will be in single

figures in rural spots. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered

showers. Many places will avoid them and stay dry. It will be mild

bowties of 17 Celsius. Jeez they want mostly be dry with a mix of

sunny spells. Some cloud, especially further west. A largely warm N to

September, but war unsettled by the end of the week.

We'll be back later at 10.20pm, but, for now, from me and the team,

Good evening. For many, September 2014 will probably hold fond

memories. A warm and dry month. Today we had a high of 25 Celsius,