05/07/2016 BBC Wales Today

The end of the road for the leadership ambitions

of the Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb.

And less than 24 hours before the most historic day

in Welsh football - French air traffic controllers

The Conservative MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire,

Stephen Crabb, has pulled out of the Tory party's

Mr Crabb came fourth in the first round of voting by Conservative MPs

to elect the party's new leader and the next Prime Minister.

He says he's now backing the frontrunner, Theresa May.

Here's our Parliamentary Correspondent, David Cornock.

Stephen Crabb at a place he'd like to call home,

leaving Cabinet this morning before voting for himself.

And when the results were announced this evening,

Having come fourth, Mr Crabb could have gone on to Thursday's

second ballot, but decided to pull out.

Tonight we need to recognise that there is only one candidate

who can unite our party and form a cohesive and strong

government, which our country needs at this time.

It is a serious moment for our country.

I have taken the decision that I will not put my name

forward into the next round of voting, but

instead I will be lending my wholehearted

So exactly a week after he launched his

Stephen Crabb says he has no regrets and that his campaign

highlighted the need to unite a divided Conservative Party

Supporters, among them five Welsh Tory MPs, argued he'd fought

He's done himself no harm and he is a class act.

MPs are now focused on the three candidates left.

Chris Davies supported Michael Gove, who came third,

but Mr Davies was content Theresa May topped the poll.

I think we all expected Theresa to win.

I had a meeting with her last night at eight o'clock and I felt,

this is a future Prime Minister sitting in front of me.

She may be the first choice of most Tory MPs,

but it's party members who will have the final say.

A man who drowned after a weed-spraying buggy toppled

into a lake at a golf resort in Newport died accidentally,

Oliver Floyd got trapped, after the vehicle, driven

by his father, lost traction and overturned in a lake

on the Celtic Manor's 2010 course last March.

Every hour in the UK a man dies of prostate cancer.

But now scientists at Swansea University say

they've made a breakthrough which could revolutionise how

They've been using a harmless strain of salmonella

bacteria to shrink tumours, as Carwyn Jones reports.

One in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Robert Taylor was diagnosed with the disease three years ago.

I should've known that when you reach a

certain age you should go for a test, but I was feeling great...

Now scientists believe they have developed a better

way to treat the condition, involving salmonella bacteria.

We normally associate that with food poisoning.

But researchers at Swansea University have modified the

bacteria so it's completely harmless.

a therapeutic molecule reducing the cancer.

Salmonella are actively growing and multiplying within the

solid tumour in the patient and producing more and more

A single dose should be sufficient and then the tumour

The cancer cells have no natural defence against this

modified strain of salmonella bacteria.

Once those cells are attacked, they are starved of nutrients

And then bacteria start growing and releasing an

What makes this treatment so different is

that unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy it targets only the

tumour, leaving healthy tissue unaffected.

I believe this research is a game-changer.

Given the therapies that currently exist are

very toxic, we feel that this could potentially change the whole way

The team at Swansea will be conducting

more trials in the months to come, but say their research could pave

the way for a new generation of cancer treatments.

Tomorrow, the most historic day in Welsh football.

Wales face Portugal in the semi-final of the Euro 2016

tournament tomorrow ? 59,000 fans are expected in the stadium in Lyon,

but first some will have to contend with a French air

Stade de Lyon was opened in January and now ready to host the Welsh team

in a semifinal of a major footballing tournament for the first

The heroes who have made the improbable a reality took

some time this afternoon to savour the moment.

They are part of something special and there is more to come.

Everybody thinks that the end of this tournament is the end of

This bunch of boys, there is more to come.

The experience, they are going to have to get together in the next

two, four, six years, long after I'm here,

Portugal are yet to win a match in this competition

within 90 minutes, settling on draws in each game.

Wales on the other hand have four wins out of five.

But stepping out and into the pressure

of a major semifinal will be a new experience

Portugal have come this far in four of the previous

They have reached the final just the once.

If they do not win and go to the final

At 27 Celsius, the sun welcomed the fans to Lyon.

But hundereds who have not arrived have been affected by cancelled

flights because of French air traffic control strikes.

Though it appears transport problems or any

other obstacles will not stop supporters

When we get to the final, it is my granddaughter's christening.

I have been given special dispensation to come to the final.

We wanted to go to the party, we are actually on the top table, it

We will pay for it in the end, back to work, no more leave for

Back at the 59,000 capacity stadium, Ben Davies and Aaron Ramsey

were treading the turf today, knowing they will not play a

part in the semifinal, both suspended.

Between Wales and a date in Paris on Sunday

night stand the talents of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Up against him, a Real Madrid team-mate in Gareth Bale.

He says the game is more than a duel between the stars.

The weather's looking great in Lyon

- any chance of some more sunshine here, Sue?

It was not bad until today. Largely fine and dry but it will be cloudier

later. Plenty of clear spells with mist and cloud developing on the

south-west coast. Clear sky and light wind cooler than last night at

between eight and 13. High-pressure building from the south-west and a

settled spell honour but these fronts hover in the Atlantic and

make inroads later. Tomorrow is fine and dry with decent sunny spells for

most of Wales. Across the UK it is fine and bright further east for

longest. Turning cloudier from the West at times with light rain coming

in from Northern Ireland and North West Scotland. Coolest here at 14.

21 in south-east England. Cloudier across Wales later. Still plenty of

sunny spells but a bit of drizzle and warmer south-westerly wind,

temperatures reaching 17 in Pembrokeshire -- Pembrokeshire and

19 in Wrexham. The semifinal is looking dry and fine tomorrow. It

will stay warm until well into the evening, holding up into the high

teens. High-pressure back home keeps it settled and it breaks down

tomorrow. This front pushes overnight into Thursday. Thursday

May start dry but thicker cloud at the chance of patchy rain spreading

from the north-west. Brisk but warm south-westerly wind. Temperatures

holding up at between 16 and 18 on Thursday. When that high-pressure

has broken down, and a more changeable Atlantic influence for

the end of the week, some rain at times on Friday, settled and a bit

warmer again on Saturday. Thanks very much. More on the website. That

is programmatic robust thank you for watching. -- that is Wales Today.

Thank you