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BBC Wales understands around a thousand workers | :00:13. | :00:14. | |
could lose their jobs in the steel industry in Wales. | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
It's thought Tata Steel are about to announce | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
that the losses will be mainly at their Port Talbot plant. | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
There are calls for politicians to do more to intervene | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones. | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
Where once the economic blizzards of former years swept | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
across Port Talbot, there now emerges the Abbey steel works... | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
When it was built over 40 years ago, the Port Talbot plant | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
was the largest in Europe, but things change. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Cheap imports from China, a strong pound and high energy costs | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
have led to thousands of job losses elsewhere in the UK. | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
Now BBC Wales understands that hundreds of jobs could go as early | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
as tomorrow all over Wales, but mainly at Port Talbot. | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
Port Talbot is massively important to the British economy. | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Probably in 2014, it accounted for a third of the steel produced | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
So we've seen a number of job losses since then, | :01:09. | :01:15. | |
so, to a certain extent, if we want a manufacturing base | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
and we want steel, Port Talbot is the jewel in the crown, | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
not just in Wales, but in the whole of the UK. | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
Now there are concerns that further job losses could be the end | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
We're watching the industry that we love and we have been | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
so much of a part of in terms of Welsh industrial history, | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
we're watching that decline to the point where it's so serious, | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
it could be going over a cliff, and that's the end of it. | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
The Italian government has already intervened here at Europe's | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
Ilva in the south of the country was making huge losses, | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
so ministers intervened to essentially nationalise the plant | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Plaid Cymru's leader said | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
There needs to be some sort of urgent action, | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
and all options considered to protect those jobs. | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
When I say all options considered, I mean that the Government should | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
really take seriously the option of taking in a temporary part stake | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
in the industry, like has been done elsewhere in Italy and in Germany, | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
in order to protect those vitally important jobs to the Welsh economy. | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
Wales' First Minister said the UK Government should be | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
If you look at the way Italy has done it, Italy has effectively | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
taken its steel industry into public ownership and is selling it again, | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
so the state aid issue doesn't really apply. | :02:41. | :02:41. | |
I hope we don't get to that position in the UK, but, | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
if we do, the UK Government must be ready to make sure it supports | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
the steel industry in Wales and gets it through this difficult patch. | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
It's been a central part of the Welsh economy for decades, | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
but the steel industry is now facing some very difficult challenges. | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
New eye-care services are to be introduced in Mid and West Wales, | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
to reduce journey times for hundreds of people. | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
Patients in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area, | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
with wet, age-related macular degeneration, | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
currently have to travel to Ammanford or Aberystwyth. | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
But new centres in Pembrokeshire and South Ceredigion are planned, | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
to bring services closer to patients. | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
For the first time, people in Wales are being given the chance | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
to explore the Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
The book holds the names of 35 thousand servicemen and women | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
It's now being displayed at the National Library | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
A digital copy has been created, so the public can help | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
in researching the stories of the names listed. | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
Football, and BBC Wales has learned that Swansea City are set to appoint | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
the former Udinese manager, Francesco Guidolin, as head coach, | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
alongside Alan Curtis, until the end of the season. | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
Meanwhile, the Swans are back in the Premier League relegation zone. | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
Newcastle's 2-1 win at home to West Ham means they've | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
leapfrogged Swansea City, who are now two points | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
Rugby, and the Scarlets have suffered a record defeat | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
The Pro12 leaders were outclassed as Racing scored nine tries, | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
Meanwhile, in the European Rugby Challenge Cup, | :04:22. | :04:31. | |
They lost to Harlequins 34-26 away at Twickenham. | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
A look at the weather forecast, and rain is likely to turn to sleet | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
or snow over high ground overnight, where extensive hill fog | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
It'll be cold and dull tomorrow, with occasional drizzly rain, | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
and still a few light flurries of sleet or snow on high ground. | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
We're back in Breakfast with updates from 6.25. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
From me and the weekend team, good night. | :04:57. | :05:07. | |
Good evening. There as been a bit of snow across many parts of UK but it | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
is not all doom and gloom. It looks like people are having fun here in | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
Cumbria. There was some sunshine to be | :05:20. | :05:20. |