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It was much anticipated, but today the official | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
announcement that Tata Steel is cutting a thousand jobs | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
across the UK - the majority of them at Port Talbot. | :00:13. | :00:14. | |
And the new head coach arrives at Swansea | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
to watch his side win and move out of the relegation zone. | :00:17. | :00:34. | |
Port Talbot is coming to terms with the long expected | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
announcement that TATA is cutting a thousand steel | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
jobs across the UK and the majority of | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
750 jobs to be lost across Port Talbot and Llanwern | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
200 more support workers will go too. | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
Its a question many are asking and politicians are arguing about. | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan. | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
After months of speculation, the announcement staff | :01:07. | :01:07. | |
at Port Talbot had been anticipating came this morning. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
One of the unions unveiled a banner in support of jobs. | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
Tata Security had it quickly taken down again. | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
Tata steel has invested heavily in this site, | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
including this new blast furnace and the company has been patient, | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
but it is losing ?1 million a day at this | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
steelworks alone and it hopes by reducing the number of workers | :01:27. | :01:28. | |
here it can start to turn that around. | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
It is the UK's biggest steel plant and | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
it is showing the strains of the wider industry. | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
Energy costs and business rates are higher here than in some | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
The problems have been made worse by cheap imports coming from China. | :01:41. | :01:48. | |
Tata hopes by cutting some jobs it can save others. | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
With the measures we have taken, we are very | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
confident as a management and as a workforce that we believe | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
we actually can turn this industry around, | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
not only for Tata but also for the UK and for the Welsh | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
Are you sure that with the action you are taking today, | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
that this secures the future of this plant for decades to come? | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
There had been talk of the UK or the Welsh | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
Government taking a stake in Tata's site here, | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
an idea completely rejected by the company today. | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
4000 workers and 3000 contractors are | :02:27. | :02:27. | |
employed at Port Talbot in a well-paid jobs. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
We are just the keeper of the keys here. | :02:33. | :02:34. | |
We've got to try and ensure this for our children | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
The surrounding communities, the supporting shops, | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
the builders who work for the people who are from here, | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
This site uses as much energy as a city the size of Swansea | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
The European Commission allowed the UK Government to bring | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
in financial support to ease the burden of high | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
energy users like Tata, but Welsh ministers say Westminster | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
There are specific issues in Britain such as energy | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
Now, the UK Government realised this last month. | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
We have been lobbying them for four years and they said | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
They need to show that they are doing it. | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
Visiting a mosque in Yorkshire, the Prime Minister argued | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
that his Government had taken action. | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
The steel industry has asked us for action on energy prices. | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
They have asked us for action on procuring more British | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
They want us to take action within the European Union, | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
and we have done that as well, but we will continue | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
I want to have a strong British Steel industry at the heart | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
Workers at Llanwaren say the announcement has led | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
People have been at the meetings and they haven't really | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
The company will be hoping these job losses, painful though they are, | :03:51. | :03:58. | |
will be enough to satisfy Tata's Indian headquarters that this | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
is a survival plan to secure Port Talbot's future. | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
In the coming weeks, we will discover whether it | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
has convinced the board of that or whether even more will have to be | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
Just like towns grew up around coal mines, | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
The steelworks cast a huge shadow over houses for miles | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
So how is the community dealing with the news of the job losses | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
and what of its prospects for the future? | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
Vince Lewis and his family have a strong connection | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
with Port Talbot steelworks that goes back | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
My father worked in the plant, my grandfather, my uncle | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
worked there, my brother is a crane driver there, | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
my brother-in-law, my son is in the stores. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
Over the past few months, I've spent time | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
with the family and job losses have always been in the back | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
of their minds and it has had an effect on | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
There are people with families, mortgages, | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
children, who it will obviously have a much bigger impact on them | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
A lot of people depend on the works for their | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
livelihood and it is not only the direct people employed | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
there but the many, many others outside of their who also need that | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
Today, after clocking off from his shift, I caught up | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
He gave me his reaction to the job cuts. | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
It is really, really bad news, you know? | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
It is a body blow to the local area and a | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
body blow to the people and the plant. | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
It will most effect the workforce, but it | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
Despite not knowing exactly who will lose their jobs | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
in the coming months, like the Lewis family, | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
there is uncertainty in households around this town. | :05:46. | :05:47. | |
The Sandfields estate was built in the 1950s to house steelworkers | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
People here told me this latest round of job cuts is devastating. | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
Well, I have a son and a daughter-in-law who are working | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
We don't know what is happening yet, so just wait and see. | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
It'll be like a ghost town if that shuts. | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
There are a lot of people who still work down there, | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
still four or 5000 down there but personally I think | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
And of course, today's announcement doesn't just | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
It will also have a knock-on effect on | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
many local businesses, some of which are on this industrial | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
From supplying vehicles and tools to filling empty stomachs | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
at lunchtime, almost everyone has a connection. | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
This hydraulics company believes such a significant number of cuts | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
may well have an impact on them down the line. | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
We supply the majority of contractors in there | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
with the hydraulic head of the cases and fittings, workwear. | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
And we are starting to see effects already, so we will wait and see | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
what happens now in the next few months. | :06:54. | :06:55. | |
Many have described it as the lifeblood of this community. | :06:56. | :06:57. | |
of different families and a variety of local | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Looking ahead, it is hoped that those most affected will get | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
the support they need at a very difficult time. | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
Some of the day's other news now and BT is creating 100 | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
It's part of a move to take on one thousand new staff across the UK | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
The move comes after the company pledged that it will respond to | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
80% of its customers' calls at UK offices this year. | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
A man will go on trial charged with the manslaughter of a rugby | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
Daniel Jason Shepherd from Skewen, in Neath Port Talbot | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Swansea RFC | :07:39. | :07:40. | |
player Jonathon Robert Thomas who died following an incident | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
Mr Shepherd was bailed to appear for trial in May. | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
An outbreak of a sickness bug has led to the rescheduling of some | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
planned surgery at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. | :07:57. | :07:57. | |
There are five confirmed cases of norovirus | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
after several people were admitted with diarrhoea and vomiting | :08:01. | :08:02. | |
One ward is affected, and admissions to three others | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
have been suspended, to reduce the risk of | :08:07. | :08:08. | |
Two reservoirs in Cardiff that have been the subject | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
of a planning row for more than 15 years | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
will once again be used to supply the city with water. | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
A previous owner of Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs proposed | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
controversial plans to build hundreds of homes on the site, | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
Campaigners are now celebrating, after Welsh Water | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
We've fought for 15 years to try and stop the developments and get | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
We had three public enquiries and any number of High Court | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
actions, so it has taken a lot of commitment from a lot of people. | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
Football and with new head coach Francesco Guidolin | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
watching from the stands, Swansea City climbed out | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
of the Premier League relegation zone with a win | :09:00. | :09:01. | |
The Italian will work alongside interim manager | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
Alan Curtis but will have the final say on team selection. | :09:05. | :09:06. | |
Ahead of kick off, and a dramatic entrance for the match helped by the | :09:07. | :09:24. | |
Royal Marines. Swansea have been in freefall for recent months, winning | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
just once will stop the arrival of the new head coach at the liberty | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
stadium was more low-key. Francesco Guidolin, in grey, has managed in | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
his home country of Italy and France. He watched from the | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
director's box while for the final time this season, Alan Curtis took | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
sole charge of the team. In the Italian will have final say over who | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
blaze. He watched as the captain put his side ahead. This goal helped | :09:52. | :10:01. | |
lift spirits. It was a nervy second half for the Swans after Neil Taylor | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
failed to clear the ball properly, Watford game first. It was all too | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
much for the new head coach. The pressure could have been eased late | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
on, but the ball hit the post. At full-time, it was a result to savour | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
for Alan Curtis. He will now hand over the reins to the new man | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
Francesco Guidolin. I knew he was coming in and I knew he would be | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
watching the game and I think that also may have acted as a spur to the | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
players as well. There is nothing more of an incentive than a manager | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
looking down at you. The players were fantastic. Not just in the way | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
that the play but also the spirit they shall as well the game was not | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
thrilling, but a first win since Boxing Day means that the Swans are | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
out of the Premier League relegation zone. | :10:51. | :10:51. | |
Newport County have been knocked-out of the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage | :10:52. | :10:54. | |
after losing to Championship side Blackburn tonight. | :10:55. | :10:56. | |
After falling behind, Mark Byrne equalised for the Welsh | :10:57. | :10:58. | |
But Blackburn, who played most of the game with 10 men, | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
after having a man sent-off, won the cup tie, | :11:03. | :11:04. | |
The games we've got coming up, I didn't really want to play them, | :11:05. | :11:14. | |
Because we have so many hard games and the league is my priority. | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
Yes, it would have been fantastic to get through but at the end | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
of the day, I said to the players, I am not too disappointed, | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
If they play like that, there will be no problems. | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
Let's see what the weather has in store. | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
Well, we still have cold air with us but there is more chance of seeing | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
the sunshine tomorrow, but it will be a cold and frosty start to the | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
morning. We still have some coastal showers tonight along parts of the | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
West, but the bulk of the country is dry. We could see some ice as well. | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
We have a yellow Peter Weir warning in force. You will need to take care | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
especially on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow, we see lighter winds and | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
more in the way of sunshine and fewer showers compared with today as | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
well. First thing tomorrow, it will be cold and frosty. You will need to | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
take care if you're heading out on those untreated surfaces but there | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
is more chance of seeing some sunshine. It is feeling bitterly | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
cold in spite of the sunshine. For the rest of the British Isles, we | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
have a lot of dry weather to look forward to. Showers for Northern | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
Ireland and northern parts of Scotland. Cloud in the Midlands | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
which could seep into North West Wales and parts of the South. The | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
bulk of the country seeing something brighter than today. Winds are like | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
but it will feel bitterly cold. Three Celsius to six of years. Then | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
we going to a berry cold night and to meet the clear skies and light | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
winds will see widespread frost forming into the early hours of | :12:50. | :12:52. | |
Wednesday morning. Temperatures getting down to minus three Celsius. | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
Minus four Celsius in the countryside. High pressure as the | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
controlling our weather on Wednesday. It is another sunny day. | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
Still feeling chilly. Those temperatures between two Celsius to | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
five Celsius. The winds pick up as well and then Thursday will see more | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
cloud with a front coming in. Some showers possible but temperatures | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
That's Wales Today. time we get to the end of the week. | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
From all of us on the programme, good night. | :13:25. | :13:33. |