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Good evening. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Climate activists camped alongside the UK's largest opencast coal mine | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
in Merthyr Tydfil have held a day of preparations | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
ahead of what they're calling "mass action" tomorrow. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
The Reclaim the Power group say they'll attempt to halt operations | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
at the Ffos y Fran mine. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
Our environment correspondent, Steffan Messenger, reports. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
At the End Coal Now camp, workshops are well under way | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
for those taking part in tomorrow's demonstrations. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
They have occupied a blustery patch of open moorland | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
in between the existing Ffos y Fran mine and the site of another | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
proposed opencast operation in the Rhymney Valley. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:51 | |
We have just signed the Paris Agreement which commits us | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
to keeping warming to 1.5 degrees, which is totally incompatible | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
with a new mine. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
So we're here to make a stand against that and support the local | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
community and their campaign. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
Opencast mining has seen something of a resurgence | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
in South Wales in recent years. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
There are five sites currently in operation, supplying | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan and the steelworks | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
at Port Talbot. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:17 | |
If we're not going to mine it locally in South Wales in the future | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
it'll have to come from elsewhere, and one of the biggest producers | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
of that sort of coal is New Zealand. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
If you say, "Let's shut down everything in sight in South Wales | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
and just import it," | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
well, just be clear what you're saying. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
You are asking for a larger carbon footprint. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
But this is about more than a local dispute. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
By tomorrow they reckon there'll be around 400 activists | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
from all across the UK and as far afield as France | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
and the Netherlands. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:49 | |
They're calling for a moratorium or suspension | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
of opencast mining across the UK, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
timing their protest so that it falls days before local | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
and national elections. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
In Wales, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats | 0:02:00 | 0:02:01 | |
and the Green Party says they will oppose any | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
new opencast sites. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
Labour, the Conservatives and Ukip say it should be down to | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
local councils to decide. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:08 | |
These protesters will tomorrow attempt to halt operations | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
at Ffos y Fran to try and urge politicians to call time on coal. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Those in charge of the mine say their top concern will be the safety | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
of all involved. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
A letter of intent to buy Tata's UK steel assets | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
will be submitted by Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House tomorrow. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:30 | |
Thousands of workers in Wales are at risk of losing their jobs | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
if a suitable buyer can't be found to purchase the steelworks | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
businesses here. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
Police have named a man who died in a car crash near Mold yesterday, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
as Jonathan Yeardley. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
He came from the Nannerch area, not far from where | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
the collision happened. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
Two other people were injured. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
The search for the fisherman from Pembrokeshire who's | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
been missing since last Thursday has ended. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
Dan Willington, from Carew, hasn't been seen since his boat hit | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
rocks off St David's Head. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
His father was rescued, but later died. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:13 | |
With three days to go until the Assembly election, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
the parties are making their final push for votes. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
Labour is appealing for left-leaning supporters of other parties | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
to lend them their votes. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
The Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats have | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
been attacking Labour's record in Government. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:24 | |
Here's our political reporter, James Williams. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:31 | |
Carwyn Jones. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:32 | |
He is the man Labour has put front and centre of its election campaign | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
and with the opinion polls suggesting the party could concede | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
political ground on Thursday, Carwyn Jones today made this appeal. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:44 | |
Over the next few days we will focus on two things - | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
getting out the vote and making sure those who promised to vote Labour | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
vote Labour by Thursday, and secondly of course saying | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
to people who live in constituencies where it is | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
a straight fight between Labour and the Tories, lend us your vote. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
Make sure you don't wake up with a Conservative AM | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
representing you on Friday. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Recognition, Labour says, that the majority of tight contests | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
will be between themselves and the Conservatives. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
Their focus - what they say is Labour's | 0:04:10 | 0:04:12 | |
mismanagement of the Welsh NHS. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
It can't be right that on polling day that | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
people will reward Labour for underinvestment in our health | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
service, ?1 billion worth of cuts, a doubling of NHS waiting times, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
and no cancer drugs fund. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
What the Conservatives are promising is | 0:04:25 | 0:04:26 | |
year-on-year investment, cutting waiting times | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
and the creation of a cancer treatment plan for Wales. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
Plaid Cymru believes its campaign has moved up a gear in recent weeks, | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
pouncing on opinion polls that suggest the party is in second | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
place behind Labour. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:43 | |
We've had 17 years of Labour government and Wales | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
is desperate for change. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Labour is no longer a progressive party in Wales. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Plaid Cymru is. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
I think there is a real buzz on the streets, and people | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
want change. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:56 | |
We can see that. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
So am I enthused? | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
Yes, I am. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
Elections have not exactly been kind to the Liberal Democrats | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
in recent years. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
In the shadow of one of the greatest leaders, they | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
know they're fighting for their very existence in Cardiff Bay. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
If the Welsh Liberal Democrats are not | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
in the Assembly there will be nobody there to talk about the issues that | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
are often sidelined or forgotten by the other parties. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
For instance, we are the only party in this election that | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
has consistently highlighted | 0:05:22 | 0:05:23 | |
the need to improve mental health services in Wales. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
Ukip poses the biggest threat to the Lib Dems, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
with opinion polls suggesting they could enter the Senedd | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
for the very first time. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
But with only a few days to go until the voting | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
booths open, all five parties have it all to play for. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
Cricket, and Glamorgan are 212 runs behind | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
with nine wickets remaining on the second day of their | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
County Championship match against Kent at Canterbury. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
At close of play, the visitors were 16 for one | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
in their second innings, after Kent reached a first | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
innings total of 488. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
The weather forecast now - here's Behnaz. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
The weather is set to become much warmer over the coming days. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
We can look forward to some sunshine tomorrow, with just the odd | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
isolated shower likely. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
Through tonight we do have a few isolated showers, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
mainly along the coast, but the bulk of the country dry | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
with some clear skies. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
Some mist and fog forming, perhaps pockets of frost | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
as well overnight. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
Temperatures getting down to about four Celsius. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
Tomorrow high pressure is in charge of our weather, | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
bringing a fairly settled day. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:28 | |
First thing tomorrow morning, yes, it's a chilly start to our morning, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
but at least we do have some sunshine to look forward to. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
Just the odd isolated shower, but I think most of us will get | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
away with a dry day. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
Feeling warm in the sunshine, with those temperatures getting up | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
to about 13 Celsius. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:43 | |
Over the coming days, those temperatures will recover | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
and we can look forward to more in the way of sunshine. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:50 | |
We're back in Breakfast with the latest news and sport, | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
traffic updates and weather from 6am tomorrow morning. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:56 | |
Thank you for watching. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
From all of us, good night. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 |