23/05/2016 BBC Wales Today


23/05/2016

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coming on BBC Two, special programme asking what kind

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Our headlines tonight: Steel workers wait to learn which bidders

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are in the frame to buy Tata's UK operations.

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And the lorry driver who collided with a crane on the M4 -

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killing the other driver - escapes jail after a plea

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The deadline for bidders for Tata's UK steel plants closed today,

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with several companies having expressed an interest.

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The Indian operator - which employs 7,000 people in Wales -

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has put its sites up for sale, including at Port Talbot, Newport,

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Two of the highest profile bidders have said they would be

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Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.

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Tata has made it clear no buyer has been allowed to reach this stage,

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unless it has been willing to take on Port Talbot, which is making

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There are eight potential bidders identified as interested parties.

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They include the newly formed Excalibur management buyout team

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headed by the senior Tata director Stuart Wilkie.

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Liberty Steel and Greybull Capital have both already bought smaller

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Chinese, Indian and American companies are also said to be

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interested, as well as Endless, a private equity

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American billionaire Wilbur Ross has also emerged as a potential buyer.

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Steel experts warn that whoever takes over has a tough job ahead.

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We have significant overcapacity in the industry.

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Some commentators have calculated it could be between 30

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and 50% over capacity, so to make an industry

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internationally competitive in those conditions is a real challenge.

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After a meeting in Mumbai later this week, a shortlist of two or three

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The companies have all signed agreements not to disclose

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information, but two went public before that.

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Excalibur, led by Stuart Wilkie, is the management buyout team

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which would implement the turnaround plan to make Port Talbot profitable.

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Liberty Steel in Newport is another bidder, its boss plans to change

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production at Port Talbot from making steel from

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But it aims to do both in the short term.

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Both bids have strengths and weaknesses.

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It's emerged that they could work more closely together in future.

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Some companies such as the US steel-maker Newcore are reported

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to have cooled on the idea of taking over Tata's UK operations.

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The UK Goverment, which is willing to take a 25% stake in the company

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with any new buyer, say some are being put off by

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These days, it's very common when a deal is going

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through the seller has a large benefit deficit,

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which scan scupper the deal, so I think the potential buyer,

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it's not my problem, maybe of the previous employer.

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Tata is aiming for a sale by the end of June, an ambitious timeline

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for a deal of this size and complexity, but it hopefully

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provides a bit more certainty for workers, their families

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and the local community if they see the process moving forward.

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Cardiff Crown Court has heard that a 17-month-old boy was murdered

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by his mother's boyfriend and that she lied to cover it up.

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The jury was told that Finley Thomas suffered

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"catastrophic" head injuries, after allegedly being

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His mother, Chloe Thomas, claimed he had fallen down the stairs.

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Mr Buckley denies murder, while they both deny cruelty

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More than 20,000 Welsh jobs could be lost within two years

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That's according to the Chancellor, George Osborne.

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New analysis from the Treasury, of the implications of Brexit,

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suggests 500,000 jobs could go across the UK.

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But Vote Leave Cymru described it as "scaremongering" and that leaving

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the EU would mean the UK would be free to trade with the whole world.

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A lorry driver who collided with a crane on the M4 -

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killing the other driver - has escaped jail after a plea

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Tanker driver Carl Askew admitted causing the death

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But Mr Coleman's widow asked that he be spared prison

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because he didn't intend to kill the grandfather-to-be.

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Rush hour on the M4 in Cardiff on November 2nd last year.

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There's traffic chaos following this collision on the

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A tanker collided with a mobile crane, sending the crane hurtling

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The crane driver, 50-year-old Michael Coleman, from

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The man responsible for his death, 46-year-old tanker driver

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Carl Askew, pleaded guilty to causing death

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spared a possible jail term, after his victim's family asked

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In her victim impact statement, Michael Coman's partner

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Wendy Ann Randall said she did not bear malice to the driver.

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A sentiment echoed by Mr Coleman's son.

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He is going to have enough suffering, knowing full well,

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through his careless actions, he has caused my father's death.

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We don't want any more suffering to come from that.

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My dad wouldn't want that, he would want him

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beyond the situation, to learn from the situation,

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move on and try to be happy, as we are trying

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It wouldn't make sense for us to want more to come from this.

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The judge, David Wynne Morgan, said Mr Coleman's family wishes that

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Carl Askew should not face an immediate custodial sentence,

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was an act of astonishing generosity in circumstances,

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and it would be a hard-hearted court that failed to

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The judge asked the court to take a moment for those

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who knew Michael Coleman, to reflect upon their loss.

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Mr Askew received a suspended sentence for causing death

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by careless driving, and was banned from driving

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Nick Pallit BBC Wales Today, Cardiff Crown Court.

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The body responsible for overseeing the environment in Wales has

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Natural Resources Wales has concerns over the impact of the so-called

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"black route" on nature sites and protected species.

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A multi-million pound refurbishment has begun

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on the Elan Valley Aqueduct, which has been carrying water

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from Powys to Birmingham for more than a century.

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It runs for more than 70 miles and is the only source of water

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The existing aqueduct is actually in pretty good condition,

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But, during our routine inspections, we have noted we do have some

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sections that are deteriorating, we do have some cracks.

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So, in a proactive approach, what we have got going on today,

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and the arrival of the tunnelling machine, is laying a new sectionm

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to run alongside the existing, that we can tie at on either end.

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Football and just weeks before this summer's European Championships,

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Chris Coleman has agreed a new deal to stay on as Wales Manager

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He said he was honoured and delighted to put pen to paper.

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There have been times I'v come away from a certain meeting,

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really frustrating, thinking this is not going to happen,

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and I'm quite sure it's the same for the FA Cup,

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"We can't get over the line, we're too far apart."

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But I think that tells you that both parties want to get it sorted out.

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Well, we can look forward to more sunshine tomorrow.

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Tonight is a chilly night with a north-westerly flow

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Clear skies, light winds and temperatures dipping away.

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We could see frost in the countryside with the lows of 3

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or 4 Celsius, but it is a dry night and dry start tomorrow.

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High pressure is in charge and we can look forward

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First thing tomorrow morning, it is a chilly start but we do have

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plenty of sunshine around and that will help the temperatures

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I think by the afternoon, we will see just a few

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For the rest of the British Isles, the further east you are,

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Further west, more chance of sunshine, temperatures

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In Wales tomorrow afternoon, the odd shower.

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Dry weather with sunshine, feeling warmer than today,

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those temperatures between 15 to 18 Celsius, the lighter winds coming

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Tomorrow night, clear skies at first, again

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Overnight, a weather front approaches and brings cloud

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A chilly night with lows of five Celsius.

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Wednesday, the risk of a few showers, cooler and cloudier,

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Temperatures much cooler than recently, between

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We will see light rain into Thursday, especially

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across parts of the northeast, another cooler and cloudy day

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with highs of 13 to 16 Celsius, looking warmer into the weekend

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with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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