25/03/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Some of Wales' most visited museums will be closed over the Easter break

It's over plans to stop extra payments for weekend working.

It is amongst one of Wales's top visitor attractions.

But the doors weren't open at the Big Pit mining Museum

More than 130,000 people have come to visit

the Big Pit here in Blaenavon over the past year.

But on a day when the chatter and footsteps of visitors

would usually be heard it is a lot quieter.

The museum opened at one o'clock but with a limited service.

I drove four hours specific to come here.

I was disappointed the underground bit was closed.

Over the bank holiday, another five establishments run

by National Museum Wales are affected by

industrial action causing a mixed response.

I've come all the way from Australia and I can't see all that Wales has

to offer so I'm disappointed about it.

If they did it outside the most popular times

then we may not see it but this way they will get the most effect.

Strikes at Welsh museums aren't an unfamiliar sight.

For more than two years, PCS union members have been

protesting against cuts to front line staff members pay on weekends

But National Museum Wales says a cut of 4.7% to

its annual grant from the Welsh Government means extra

weekend payments are now unaffordable as they cost

They want to be treated fairly in the same way as everybody else

It is the lowest paid, they want some security.

The last planned strikes were suspended in September

But further disagreement means the long-running dispute continues.

National Museum Wales says resolving it is a matter of urgency.

An individual consultation process will start a week on Monday.

An organisation which helps train people who want to work

in television, film and the creative industries is closing

Creative Skillset Cymru says it's due to a lack of public funding.

Companies who want to attempt a new way of transforming

underground coal in Wales into synthetic natural gas won't be

The Welsh Government took the same action on fracking last year.

One academic study suggests synthetic natural gas emits seven

times more greenhouse gases than natural gas.

The president of athletics governing body, Lord Coe,

says security at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff

will be discreet and proportionate, following events in Belgium.

Double Olympic gold medallist, Mo Farah, is one of hundreds

of elite athletes who'll be competing tomorrow.

Cardiff is used to hosting big scale sporting events but tomorrow will be

the largest athletics event ever to be held in Wales.

200 elite athlete from 54 countries will be taking part

But for Olympian Mo Farah it isn't just about clocking the

Young people from across the city got the chance to ask Mo a few

At the age of 12 I started running and then racing.

It was a great experience to meet an Olympic winner.

He was talking about, like, what he eats with diet and stuff.

I was just like, I'm in the same room as Mo Farah!

Tomorrow, elite athletes will be running alongside

ordinary runners but today is about inspiring the next generation.

At the business end, this is all part of his road

It is important tomorrow to come away with a good result and analyse

it with my coach and go back and plan for the season.

The council has warned of long delays at peak times and roads

Despite fears over recent events security

will be discreet and proportionate according to the organisers.

Security is always uppermost in any event organisers mind whether,

whatever the level, the threat level is.

We lived through that in the London Games.

These kids will be amongst the hundred thousand people

expected to line the streets of Cardiff tomorrow and organisers

will be hoping their enthusiasm and seeing one of British athletics

Newport County lost 1-0to League 2 leaders Northampton Town this

afternoon with a goal from John Marquis

County are yet to ensure safety from relegation.

Well, it's been a beautiful for most of us.

Here's Sue Charles with the forecast.

After a fine Good Friday, looking unsettled over

Wet and very windy at times on Saturday and Monday.

Sunshine and blustery showers on Sunday.

The wind a big feature tomorrow with a Met Office

Rain will spread in from the west tomorrow morning,

20-40 on high ground with gustss of 40 to 50 mph

The rain clearing to showers later in the day, highs of 10-13 Celsius.

If, like me, you are whether watching

for the world half marathon, not ideal conditions.

Easter Day is a bit better, brighter spells, cool and blustery,

Could be some that are heavy with hail but with some

Overnight into bank holiday Monday, a deep area of low pressure named

Storm Katie will bring further wet and windy weather so not a good

We'll be back with our next update at 10.15pm this evening.

For now from all of us here, have a good evening.

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