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David Cameron's efforts in Brussels? Join me on BBC Two. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Tonight's headlines: Two of the four Welsh police forces are told to do | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
more to keep people safe and reduce crime. | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
And, as your chance to decide whether we leave or remain in the EU | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
could move a step closer, we find out what impact the debate | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Two of Wales's police forces need to do more to reduce crime | :00:18. | :00:37. | |
That's according to the police watchdog, | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
It says Dyfed-Powys and North Wales Police require improvement. | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
However Gwent and South Wales Police were ranked as good. | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
It's one aspect of policing which rarely makes the headlines, | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
not responding to but trying to prevent crime. | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
Work like this earned Gwent police a Good rating, | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
a skateboarding programme that's reduced anti-social behaviour | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
by almost 20%, keeping youngsters on the right side of the law. | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
You'd go to the park and play football. | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
Now we have something to look forward to. | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
The youth workers get you in shape so your behaviour changes. | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
In organised crime too, like the widespread fraud scam | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
involving cash for crash, Gwent were judged as good. | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
Overall the HMIC said they'd made considerable progress | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
But Wales's two rural forces have been told there's | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
HMIC said North Wales police needed to do more to understand emerging | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
threats like human trafficking and that some officers | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
were investigating crimes beyond their level of training | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
including high-risk domestic abuse cases, a criticism challenged today | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
I have had the strongest possible rebuttal from the Chief Constable | :02:05. | :02:14. | |
of the way they have gone about this particular aspect of it. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
The allocation of cases in North Wales I'm quite satisfied | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
is done on a very solid, sound basis. | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
Dyfed Powys was told it needs to improve the way it allocates | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
crime for investigation and to better spot the vulnerability | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
The force says it's able to offer a more local service and a new help | :02:33. | :02:41. | |
hub is increasing support to victims of crime. | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
Inspectors are more concerned about process. | :02:46. | :02:46. | |
I'm concerned with outcomes and how the public see the police and how | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
Dyfed Powys can still boast the lowest crime rate in England | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
and Wales and, as they put it, prioritise bobbies over bricks. | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
And that's meant closing or merging some police stations and using other | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
methods like this mobile van to maintain their community presence. | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
In the end all of this in the face of tough financial budgets comes | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
down to resources and how a force chooses to prioritise them. | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
In South Wales, the force is judged good at both the local level | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
in understanding the neighbourhoods they police and tackling serious | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
criminal drugs gangs by deploying specialist officers. | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
Police forces across Wales face very different challenges, | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
but the standards they have to meet do not. | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
People have had to evacuate their homes as firefighters tackle | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
a blaze at a linen hire company in Llandudno Junction. | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
One man has been treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
The fire broke out at Express Linen Services | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
People are being asked to avoid the area as emergency services deal | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
The proportion of patients spending more than four hours in Welsh A | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
units increased in January compared to December and was higher | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
According to the Welsh Government, January was the busiest month | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
Ministers insist the average time spent in A is just over two hours. | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
Opposition parties say the performance is unacceptable. | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
A mother from Swansea was killed by a speeding driver weeks | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
after he completed a speed awareness course. | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Jayne Parker was hit on her way to work as she crossed the road | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
Kiran Giri was travelling at least 50mph in a 30 zone before | :04:35. | :04:42. | |
He's been suspended from driving for two years. | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
Your chance to decide whether we leave or remain in the EU | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
could move a step closer in the next few days. | :04:54. | :04:55. | |
The Prime Minister is in Brussels where he hopes to agree a deal | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
on changes that would trigger a referendum as early as June. | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
The negotiations may be intense but what impact are they having | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
Our political editor Nick Servini has been finding out. | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
Welcome to the EU funding capital of Wales, Merthyr Tydfil. | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
This is where the Welsh European funding office is based. | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
It has also had plenty of cash from Brussels. | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
If it was down to EU aid levels in an area like this it would be no | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
This town at times, has had a strained relationship with the EU. | :05:28. | :05:40. | |
A new wave of migrants has caused concern and, | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
last year, Ukip launched their general election campaign | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
If we was on our own the money in our country would be for us, | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
but when you're in the EU it's spread out. | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
I think there's a lot more causes in this country that need | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
I think we have funding from them so it would be good to stay in. | :05:59. | :06:10. | |
Vitor Gomes is a Portuguese pub manager who moved to Methyr three | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
The UK benefit system, the NHS, there might be | :06:16. | :06:28. | |
a lot of people that come in only for that. | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
I think if people come to work, I think that's a positive thing. | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
If people don't come to work, it's not. | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
For everyone that is here, immigrant or not, I think it | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
The debate has already been sparked at this engineering company. | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
The staff were talking about it in their break this morning. | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
Many people have already made up their minds, but the man | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
in charge here says he is waiting on the details of the Prime | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
If he comes back and says he's got all he wants, | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
obviously, we'll have to analyse what he's got. | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
I want an improvement on what we've got. | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
Merthyr's a long way from intense negotiations between EU leaders | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
but it's in towns and valleys like this where the arguments | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
will be won or lost in the months ahead. | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
The Welsh Conservatives would scrap the grant which helps pay | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
for tuition fees and pay around half of students' rent instead. | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
The party says the Welsh Government's approach is too | :07:39. | :07:40. | |
The current Labour policy costs almost ?230 million a year. | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
The Tories say their plan would cost closer to ?75 million. | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
The biggest obstacle to students being able to go forward | :07:54. | :07:55. | |
into universities are living costs and this policy will meet that need. | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
It's sustainable, it can be carried forward for the lifetime of the next | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
Assembly, it's affordable, ?75 million a year, and it | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
will support students accessing the courses and accessing | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have been on Anglesey | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
to say farewell to the RAF's Search and Rescue Force, | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
which is being disbanded after more than three quarters of a century. | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
The work is now done by private contractors. | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
For three years, the prince was based on the island at RAF | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
Valley, where he flew missions as a search and rescue pilot. | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
The band played Auld Lang Syne as the colours were paraded | :08:32. | :08:40. | |
With his three-years service and 160 operations under his belt | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
Prince William was there not so much as a royal, | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
Wherever it is you're going to, it focuses your mind when there's | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
an actual real person at the end of it who needs your help. | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
In the BBC's Helicopter Rescue series the prince gave us a flavour | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
Some of the hardest flying is in the mountains. | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
Because it's quite a small, mountainous area, | :09:12. | :09:13. | |
We can be anywhere within a few minutes. | :09:14. | :09:22. | |
Helicopter search and rescue missions have been flown | :09:23. | :09:24. | |
The RAF's yellow aircraft became a familiar sight. | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
In its final 30 years the search and rescue force was called out more | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
than 34,000 times, rescuing nearly 27,000 people. | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
It brought a string of bravery awards. | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
If you speak to anyone here they will tell you that is a record | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
And it's one the RAF wants to pay tribute to. | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
Yes, Prince William's three years brought it public attention, | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
but the RAF wants to stress that there are 75 years to remember. | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
It's not about numbers and statistics. | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
You making a difference to peoples' lives every time you go out | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
Everything is equally valid, equally important because | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
It was a chance for old friends to meet up and swap stories | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
I asked about his new ambulance helicopter and how | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
It's different from the military but whether he's enjoying it more | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
What memories were you sharing today? | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
I've taken on the position of winch man within the search and rescue | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
force so I was explaining to him that I'd been given a job. | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
He was quite surprised because I was quite junior with him | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
He thinks I've progressed too quickly! | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
A Westland Whirlwind, in service in the '50s and '60s. | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
And then the Sea King, closing a chapter for | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
Snooker, and Welshman Michael White cruised into the quarter finals | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
The 24-year-old from Neath who's ranked 17th in the world beat | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
He's the only remaining Welshman in the competition | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
after Mark Williams was knocked out by world number one Mark Selby. | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
There was plenty of sunshine about today, Derek. | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
Don't suppose that's going to stay around! | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
If only. Lovely weather today for us in Wales but it's not set to last. | :11:33. | :11:40. | |
All change tomorrow. The wind and rain will be back. In the meantime, | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
we have a few scattered showers. Wintering places, otherwise dry | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
clear sky and some frost, temperatures inland falling below | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
freezing. There is a risk of ice and any on treated services left wet | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
from the showers. From tomorrow morning, much of the country dry | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
freight time. Frost and icy patches, bright Ray while but it would last. | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
Rain will spread from the West, wind is picking up as well. Across the | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
rest of the UK, central and eastern areas dry, bright ray time, sunshine | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
and frost but here comes the rain spreading eastwards during the day. | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
Stronger winds as well, snow likely on higher ground in the north and in | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
Scotland for a time. Should stay dry in Norwich for the evening with a | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
high of eight Celsius. Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon, dull without | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
breaks of rain, low cloud in the Hill. Breezy to and feeling chilly, | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
the bridge is recovering and should turn to riot in the west by evening. | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
Turning dry everywhere tomorrow night but staying breezy with | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
showers and temperatures everywhere staying above freezing tomorrow | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
night so no frost. On Saturday, it will be milder but windy. Outbreaks | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
of rain, heaviest on high ground in mid and North Wales, particular in | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
Snowdonia. A warning in force for heavy rain leading to flooding. It's | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
a similar story on Sunday. Further heavy weighing rain in the North | :13:10. | :13:17. | |
West. Turning milder and much more unsettled over the next few days. | :13:18. | :13:19. | |
Writing colder with a few showers on Monday. | :13:20. | :13:21. | |
We'll be back with updates in Breakfast from around 6:25am. | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
From all of us on the programme, goodnight. | :13:25. | :13:28. |