31/03/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Good evening. Tonight's headlines:

Emergency talks on the future of the steel industry.

The UK Government says it is doing all it can

but can't give any guarantees.

And more nurses and smaller classes.

The Liberal Democrats launch their Assembly election campaign.

Good evening.

"There's no guarantee of success".

The Prime Minister's warning as the fight to save thousands

of Welsh steel jobs gets underway.

David Cameron chaired a meeting of key ministers in Downing

Street this morning.

He says his government is doing everything it can to save Britain's

biggest steelworks at Port Talbot.

But critics say its handling of the crisis has been "a shambles".

Here's our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock.

A lot at stake as cabinet ministers arrived in Downing Street

early this morning.

Minister, has the government ignored the plight of the Welsh people?

Are you going to save thousands of Welsh jobs?

The meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister,

lasted less than an hour.

We were concerned that there was the chance that there could have

been an outright closure of Port Talbot and that is why

we worked very hard with the company to make sure there is a proper sales

process and we'll be doing everything we can to encourage

people to come forward but this is a difficult situation,

there's no guarantees of success.

That warning of no guarantee of success may be seen as an attempt

to manage expectations as Tata Steel tries to offload a business losing

a million pounds a day.

The Prime Minister said he isn't ruling anything out,

but he added that nationalisation is not the right answer.

Labour say UK ministers should have done more in the run-up to Tata's

decision to sell.

I think it has been a total shambles.

It seems to be a blend of incompetence and indifference.

Why wasn't Sajid Javid or Anna Soubry with me in Mumbai?

Some of that delegation who went to India are now back in Port Talbot

hoping they can make a difference to the prospects

for Britain's biggest steelworks.

I don't believe in nationalisation.

I believe we're at the point in time for support from the government

while we are looking for a buyer or while we are looking

for the next step.

And I think that's going to be essential going forward.

I don't believe renationalisation is the right way to go

for the simple reason that we don't want a hand-out or we don't

want any charity.

All we want is an even playing field and a fair crack of the whip.

Besides Port Talbot, Tata also has operations

at Llanwern in Newport, Trostre in Llanelli

and Shotton in Flintshire.

Together they employ almost 3,000 people.

We are not calling for nationalisation.

Today is the 36th anniversary for when the works behind us lost

6,500 men in one day.

That happened under a nationalised industry.

We need short-term help to make sure the businesses around Tata Steel

are still viable for when a buyer is found.

But the eyes of the world are on Port Talbot tonight.

The UK Government claims to have intervened to prevent its overnight

closure and give breathing space to the search for a buyer but it may

not be enough to stop the sun setting on an iconic industry.

The Ministry of Defence has been reprimanded over failures which led

to the deaths of three soldiers in the Brecon Beacons.

Reservists Craig Roberts from Penrhyn Bay, Edward Mayer

and James Dunsby died as a result of neglect while on an SAS selection

exercise in 2013.

The Health and Safety Executive issued its strongest sanction,

a crown censure, as the law does not allow the MoD to be prosecuted.

The MoD has apologised for the failings.

Should the Arts Council of Wales be more involved in the film

and TV industry here?

Its chairman, Professor Dai Smith, says it's effectively been barred

from offering its expertise to the Welsh Government's

creative industries team.

In an interview with BBC Wales, he said the government's sometimes

acted in a "knuckle-headed" and "philistine" fashion.

In some parts of government there has been a silo mentality.

There are some parts of government ministerial office which seem to be

incapable of understanding co-operation and partnership

is the name of the game, not chivvying and ordering people

about and sometimes getting it wrong in a knuckleheaded,

philistine fashion.

The Liberal Democrats launched their election campaign

in Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, this morning.

Leader Kirsty Williams highlighted the party's key priorities,

including providing more nurses, reducing class sizes and increasing

the number of apprenticeships.

Arwyn Jones reports.

The Liberal Democrats decided to tee off their campaign at a golf

club in Ceredigion.

One of the constituencies where they are hopeful

of making gains.

We have spent the months running up to the election listening

to what the people of Wales want and what we have heard loud

and clear is that they just want the Welsh government to get

the basics right for them.

They want a health service that is going to be

there when they need it, good schools for their children

and they want an opportunity economy, an economy that

does not just allow them to survive but thrive.

We want to make sure there are more nurses in our hospitals,

we want to make sure that we cut class sizes so that teachers have

got time to give to individual students, and we want that

successful economy that allows people to buy their own home.

Launching their election campaign in a golf club,

the Lib Dems say predictions of their electoral demise are par

for the course.

However, they did have a terrible time at last year's general

election, down to just one MP in Wales.

They could be in for a difficult time in May.

This is going to be a tough Assembly election, no doubt about that.

The polling suggests they are unlikely to hold

on to the five seats they have and it is going to be very tough

for them to hold on to one or two seats at this election.

But the party's remaining MP in Wales told me that

although their performances have been below par,

they are now on the up in terms of members in Wales

and they are hoping for a strong showing in May.

What happens after the Assembly elections in May, that is up

to the people of Wales to decide.

We have got to stick to the strong message we are putting forward.

At this point in time, all the parties are there

with the messages they are putting to the electorate and it is early

days in the campaign.

We are confident the response will be a positive one.

In politics it can be difficult to get the lay of the green

but there is no doubt the party has been through a difficult period.

However, as in golf, the hope is if they can

hold their nerve, they can succeed on May 5th.

An historic walled garden on Anglesey which was badly damaged

by flooding in December has re-opened.

Several rare plants were washed away by flood water

at Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens near Menai Bridge on Boxing Day.

Most of the work to restore the gardens has been finished

but work to re-build a collapsed 200-year-old wall has

not yet started.

We are trying to restore the gardens to how they were before.

We are not really doing many changes.

We want to have the flavour and character of what it previously had.

A look at the weather now. Here's Sue Charles.

After a lovely spring-like day for most of Wales,

tomorrow is looking largely dry but with some rain later.

Overnight, dry with light winds.

Temperatures will drop away.

Near freezing across mid Wales with some frost

overnight into tomorrow.

A brief ridge of high pressure kept things settled today.

That clears towards Scandinavia.

Another weather system will try to push on from

the Atlantic tomorrow.

Some early mist and fog will clear to leave a bright

but chilly morning.

Some sunny spells with the cloud thickening from the north and west.

The south-east of England holding onto the rest of the brightness.

The rain pushing in across Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Temperatures between eight and 14 Celsius.

By mid-afternoon, rain will start to spread across North and West

Wales.

Strengthening winds reaching gale force across the west coast.

The best chance of staying dry further south and east.

Highs of nine Celsius in Gwynedd, 11 in Cardiff.

The front receding Friday night so it looks like some rain

in the north and west on Friday night, drier in the south and east,

cloud holding up the temperatures overnight at around eight Celsius.

There will be some rain at first on Saturday in the north and west

but this will clear northwards to leave a mostly dry and sunny day

with the wind easing.

Similar on Sunday.

Winds turning southerly, introducing warmer air.

Cloudy at times, some sunny spells, just the chance of a shower.

Dry weather as we head into the weekend.

The best of the brightness on Saturday.

Turning warmer on Sunday and it is staying warm

on Monday as well.

After a chillier than average March, it is looking warm

as we head into April.

We're back with the latest news and sport, traffic updates

and weather in Breakfast from 6:00am tomorrow morning.

That's Wales Today.

Thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good night.