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Cardiff University scientists are celebrating their part | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
in the detection of gravitational waves, described as one | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
of the greatest breakthroughs in physics for a century. | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
More than ?7 million for Toyota on Deeside. | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
As hundreds of jobs are secured, we look how the industry here can | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
The number ten is named in the team to face Scotland. | :00:19. | :00:40. | |
It has been described as the one of the greatest breakthroughs | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
in physics for a century, transforming our understanding | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
Scientists at Cardiff University have played a key role | :00:48. | :00:59. | |
in the detection of gravitational waves, | :01:00. | :01:01. | |
invisible ripples in the fabric of space. | :01:02. | :01:02. | |
A huge experiment in the United States had been searching | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
for them for decades, but it was here in Wales that most | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
of the data was processed and verified. | :01:09. | :01:09. | |
This gathering of physicists in Cardiff, one of several taking | :01:10. | :01:19. | |
place around the world this afternoon. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
First, via video-link, they heard from Washington. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
We have detected gravitational waves. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
The focal point of an international search for one of the universe's | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
First predicted by Einstein 100 years ago, | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
gravitational waves are pulses sent out when big things happen | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
Black holes colliding, for example, or the deaths of giant stars. | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
They would offer us a glimpse of the furthest and oldest reaches | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
Studying them could help answer age-old questions like how | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
So, for decades, a huge experiment in the US has been trying to detect | :02:00. | :02:09. | |
them, involving some 900 scientists worldwide. | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
Closer to home, the role a team of researchers in Cardiff had | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Our specialty is in modelling the signals that would come | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
from the collision of black holes and sifting through the data | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
Sensitive detectors in the US, two-miles long, were used to pick up | :02:28. | :02:40. | |
the signals from space, but it was super computers | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
in Cardiff that helped process the data and ultimately verify that | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
The team had been working for over a decade, calculating computer | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
simulations of what they expected to see. | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
A lot of the analysis was actually done on the computers. | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
Now I get to tell people about it, it starts to feel real | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
Scientists say being able to detect gravitational waves will usher | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
No longer will they have to rely on telescopes like this one to see | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
There is another side of the universe. | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
The universe that produces sounds and that is what we are doing | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
It allows us to listen to the universe in a way that has | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
So here it is, the sound of a gravitational wave sent out | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
as two black holes collided a billion light-years from Earth. | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
It is an echo from the distant past, a fingerprint from the most powerful | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
Actually seeing exactly the signal we had been calculating | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
come out of the data, that was incredible. | :03:46. | :04:03. | |
Scientists say proving these waves exist is just the beginning. | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
It opens up a new window on the universe and we are now | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
in a position to start looking through it. | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
An inquest into the death of Cheryl James has heard how | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
the army recruit from Llangollen had made comments about shooting herself | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
Private James was found dead with a bullet wound to her head | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
at Deepcut Barracks in 1995, amid claims of bullying. | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
A fellow recruit at the army training base told the inquest that | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
Private James had joked about killing herself. | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
Another described Deepcut as a "prison camp". | :04:28. | :04:28. | |
Ten Welsh courts will close because of cuts | :04:29. | :04:38. | |
Brecon, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd and Wrexham courts | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
Dolgellau, Holyhead and Llangefni will close | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
Although the Guildhall in Carmarthen will close, | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
the family and civil court will stay open. | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
Unions warn the closures will "seriously undermine" public | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
The Toyota engine plant on Deeside has won a ?7 million investment. | :04:59. | :05:07. | |
It's 540 workers will make the next generation of hybrid engines. | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
Here's our Economics Correspondent Sarah Dickins. | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
Engines of the future on the production line today | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
but the new generation engines will be in mass production | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
The plant won the ?7 million investment because it has proved | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
to its bosses in Japan how competitive it is. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
This announcement is a financial investment but also | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
In the recession, workers here took a pay cut and it paid off. | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
The Welsh government has given a grant of ?700,000 and the minister | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
Here, they are helping a company in Ammanford design more | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
For companies in this line of business, the secret is to be | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
This company has designed and made this machine. | :06:06. | :06:17. | |
It will go up the Heads of the Valleys Road to Tredegar | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
This company has been so busy in the last 18 months that it's | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
There is a lot of new innovation in this sector at the moment. | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
New technologies which might mean new materials, combining things | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
The Ford engine plant has been part of the Welsh economy | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
It has won investment for a new generation of engines. | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
But this year loses the contract to make engines for Jaguar Land | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
Across Wales, the automotive sector employs around 18,000 people. | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
There turnover is around ?3.3 billion a year. | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
The new engines that will be made on the site will be going into cars | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
Assembling whole vehicles has the greatest impact on economies | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
but Wales has developed a good reputation for making engines | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
The Health Minister, Mark Drakeford, has said the UK government's | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
decision to impose a new contract on junior doctors in England | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
is foolish, and damaging for patients. | :07:23. | :07:24. | |
A final offer to unions was rejected earlier this afternoon. | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
Mark Drakeford said junior doctors would be respected | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
We will proceed by discussion and negotiation. | :07:29. | :07:39. | |
That's why we have had no strikes in Wales. | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
That's how I want things to continue. | :07:43. | :07:44. | |
We will have negotiations with our junior doctors in Wales | :07:45. | :07:46. | |
now that the Secretary of State has made what I regard as a foolish | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
decision and one that is likely to be damaging to patients. | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
We won't want to see that happening in Wales. | :07:54. | :07:55. | |
We will continue along the path we have already set ourselves on. | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
A petition calling for Nathan Gill to stand down as Ukip Wales leader | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
has been submitted to the party's ruling body. | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
Six of the 26 signatories stood for the party at last | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
Ukip has questioned the petition's credibility and says Mr Gill | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
In terms of leadership, he has shown a distinct lack | :08:13. | :08:20. | |
People have no idea what is going on. | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
There has been no coherent policy in terms of a strategy | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
for the election and we are really concerned now because we have got | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
literally months to go and the election will be upon us | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
We neededecisive leadership in Wales. | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
Production is back to normal at the Tata steel plant | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
in Port Talbot after a fire, thought to be caused | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
Nobody was injured in the fire in the plant's coke ovens. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
Mid and West Wales crews were called to the site after 8am this morning | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
It has been described by Wales Coach Warren Gatland | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
The coaching team initially feared Dan Biggar could be out for as many | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
But despite injuring his ankle in Dublin last weekend, | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
the outside half is part of an unchanged team | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
with Gareth Anscombe replacing Alex Cuthbert on the bench. | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
A sighting of the man nicknamed Lazarus by his team-mates. | :09:11. | :09:20. | |
The limp was gone and Dan Biggar entrusted with the number ten | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
He got through training today and looked sharp so he has worked | :09:24. | :09:33. | |
really hard in terms of his recovery and stuff and he has made | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
So there are no changes to the team that drew with Ireland in Dublin. | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
The scrum was solid and Rob Evans will start again, keeping | :09:42. | :09:43. | |
Both locks keep hold of their jerseys as expected and, | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
despite speculation Dan Lydiate may return, it is the same back row | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
with two specialised sevens in Justin Tipuric and Sam Warburton. | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
Wales may be preparing for a fast and open game | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
at the Principality Stadium which will have the roof closed | :10:01. | :10:02. | |
I don't know whether the selection totally reflects that | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
because Dan Lydiate brings a lot but you can probably pick any | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
combination of three and it will still work. | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
I think we are in a very fortunate situation that we have got a quality | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
Gareth Davies will start again at nine alongside Dan Biggar | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
and at centre Jon Davies prepares to win his 50th cap, | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
playing next to Jamie Roberts who impressed on the opening weekend. | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
Liam Williams, who was brought in late for the Dublin match, | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
Alex Cuthbert loses out completely as Gareth Anscombe steps back | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
Scotland have made one forced change to the team that lost to England | :10:40. | :10:48. | |
on the weekend as Duncan Taylor comes in for injured | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
They're an improving side but Scotland have not won | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
It is a good record and it comes with a bit of pressure. | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
We have got to make sure we don't slip up and we are | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
The Scottish team in the Pro12 are getting better all the time | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
and that is going to help their national team. | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
As they showed in the World Cup, they are a very good team. | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
Warren Gatland has never lost to Scotland as coach of Wales | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
and he will be hoping that record still stands after this weekend. | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
In the rugby Pro12 the Newport Gwent Dragons lost after Connacht's late | :11:25. | :11:26. | |
surge means they are now top of the league. | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
The Dragons remain tenth in the table. | :11:30. | :11:31. | |
It is looking pretty cold. We have got some showers to deal with and a | :11:32. | :11:44. | |
lot more cloud around tomorrow compared with today as well. | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
Tonight, we have some cloud around, but breaks in the cloud and where | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
the cloud does break, we will see mist and frosty patches forming and | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
also a few showers scattered around as well. Temp tufrs getting down to | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
one Celsius. Tomorrow, low pressure nearby. It is another fairly | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
unsettled day. A chilly start to our Friday morning. We have more showers | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
scattered around, but also some drier interludes. Less sunshine | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
around compared with today, with the best of the brightness across | :12:14. | :12:23. | |
Gwynedd. A lot of dry weather with more showers along the South Coast | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
and for Northern Ireland as well. Here in Wales, tomorrow afternoon, | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
yes there will be quite a bit of dry weather, but some showers. It is | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
feeling cold out there. Temperatures between six and seven Celsius. | :12:41. | :12:43. | |
Overnight, we will start to see the winds pick up and rain coming into | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
Pembrokeshire and Swansea and parts of mid-Wales. It could be wintry on | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
higher ground. North Wales escaping the worst of the rain. So Saturday, | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
a little bit of that rain still lingering across the South East. It | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
will clear. We have got brisk winds. That's making it feel raw. Quite a | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
bit of cloud around. Feeling chilly, temperatures three to five Celsius. | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
Sunday the better day of the weekend in term of brightness. Still a few | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
showers, but a bit of dry weather to look forward to and we can look | :13:14. | :13:15. | |
forward to cold, but sunny weather for the start of next week. Back | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
Toulousy. Benny, thank you very much. | :13:20. | :13:20. | |
We're back with our first update in BBC Breakfast | :13:21. | :13:24. |