22/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

Plans to ban e-cigarettes in some public places will be dropped

The First minister Carwyn Jones says he doesn't have enough support

in the Assembly to get the legislation through.

He also says he is ready to go back to the drawing board

Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

In the last vote of the last Assembly before the election,

the government narrowly lost a vote to ban the use of e-cigarettes

There has been speculation they might try again,

There is no point running into a brick wall,

so it is important that we get a Public Health Bill through that

will command support across the assembly.

We have to recognise reality, and there are many aspects

of the Public Health Bill that are important, and it is important

Mr Jones has said he wants more cooperation between parties

in Cardiff Bay, so he will go back to the drawing board

He needs opposition support to get his policies and his budgets

through, and reached an agreement with Plaid Cymru to

But they were very few details in the deal between the two parties.

The First Minister said many details were unclear about Plaid Cymru's

He also was not keen on the party's call for an independent commission

to look at big infrastructure projects, and that could

We have agreed to set one up, and that was the agreement

that we made last week in order to allow him

to be elected as First Minister.

As I have said, for Plaid Cymru support on future votes,

including legislation and budget, I expect to see some progress

and no reneging on the agreement we have

Another area where things could get a bit rough is the M4 relief road.

The government favours the so-called black route Plaid Cymru or post

They prefer another plan, called the blue route.

We would not support the blue route, for the simple reason

that it is a dual carriageway and there is no point in replacing

one dual carriageway that is crowded with another dual carriageway,

that makes no sense to me, given the fact is not that much

Secondly, the blue route runs past literally thousands

Labour could rely on support from the Conservatives, but all parties

will have to wait for an independent enquiry into the M4 first. One thing

they do agree about is that there is different way of working in Cardiff

Bay now. Two of the bidders for TATA's UK

steel plants have drawn up plans to work together,

the BBC understands. Liberty House,

and a management buy-out team But they say that they're willing

to working in partnership. TATA are expected to decide this

week which bidders will be successful after they put

the company's UK operations for sale.

The Community trade union say and potentially

positive development. Ukip's leader in Wales, Nathan Gill,

has said that Neil Hamilton reinforces stereotypes

about the party. Mr Gill was referring to the

fact that Mr Hamilton, described two senior female AMs

as "political concubines" Speaking on BBC Radio Wales'

Sunday Supplement programme, Nathan Gill said the party

had to be professional, but Mr Hamilton says he has no

regrets about the language he used. In cricket, at close

of play, Glamorgan are all out for 260

against Essex on the first day of their County Championship

Second Division Test. In reply, the visitors

in their first innings are 29-1. Thousands of cyclists have taken

part in Velothon Wales. Around 12,000 amateur riders

set off from Cardiff on the route around Newport,

Usk, the Brecon Beacons, Pontypool, and Caerphilly.

Caroline Evans reports. These are among the first to the

finish line by 10:55am this morning. They had ridden 140 kilometres,

claiming the including cheerfully mountain.

It is like being at the Tour de France. It is great. People have

been making lots of noise and generally cheering the Raiders.

This is a chance to ride alongside some of the sport's elite. The

organisers say this event will cement Wales as a world leading

event organisation. Last year there were complaints about of lack of

organisation and road closures, this year they have said that they have

worked harder to prevent this. Over 2000 letters have gone out and there

has been a huge effort to work with everyone to make it a much better

has been a huge effort to work with experience. It has meant making

special arrangements with 200 individuals, including eight brides.

But those staging the event say it is already an important showcase for

Wales. And now let's have a quick look

at the weather forecast. Tonight, it will be mainly dry

and chilly night with clear Tomorrow, it will be

a bright start to the day, with heavy showers developing

in the East of the country later. Further west, it will be

drier, with sunny spells. I'll be back at around

10:50pm later. But, for now, from all of us

on the weekend team,