02/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

That's all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye

Why you might be picking up a bigger bill to help pay

If we can see where the money is going, that is the other option. The

other thing is that we don't see any benefit, I don't want to pay it!

Five Ukip Assembly members call for Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill

to resign his seat as an AM if he will not resign as an MEP.

Medical help from above - new mums and vulnerable babies

will benefit from Wales Air Ambulance's latest bit of equipment.

Keeping it local - not quite the butcher,

the baker and the candlestick maker, but small businesses could hold

And hands off Chris Coleman - the man who masterminded

Wales' success at Euro 2016 will not be going to Hull.

Looks like you might be picking up a bigger bill to help pay

for the increasing cost of your police force.

Taxpayers in Gwent are being warned they could be asked to pay more

towards the cost of policing, if UK Government cuts continue.

The Police and Crime Commissioner, Jeff Cuthbert, says half

of the force's budget will need to be raised locally

The other Welsh forces say they're in a similar position.

On the road with Gwent Police. Two years ago, cars like this were part

of a dedicated traffic unit, but with less money, that unit was

merged with others. Officers like this are now trained to do more

tasks. Public order, raiding properties, as well as road

policing. Technology helps as well, a device to help check details and

record evidence. It makes you more efficient as the officers can go on

patrol and can do the admin without having to come back to work.

Households in Gwent paid ?220 on average towards the police know. In

five years' time, it could be more like ?270. Take a look at this. The

top line is the money Gwent Police gets from the Home Office. It is

predicted to continue to fall. The bottom line is the money Gwent

Police raises from local people, collected with council tax. The plan

is for it to go up, as the other funding goes down to balance the

year 2021, it could raise ?59 million, half of the total Gwent

Police budget. We would need to so see a sustainable police force in

Gwent, there has to be minimum standards delivered, it has to be

paid for somehow. If the UK Government continue with austerity

and continue to reduce their central grant to us, we have little choice

other than the turn to the local population for that input. Again,

none of this will happen without explanation and consultation. The

other police forces in Wales want to be in a similar position. North

Wales Police already raises 50% of its budget from local people via a

local tax. Powys police says it is likely to go the same way over the

next few years. In South Wales, the Commissioner says he is also being

pushed in that direction. Went has already seen the biggest drop in

staff numbers of all the forces in Wales and Wigan. Would people in

black would be prepared to pay more to keep their service? But, I would

go for it, personally. I would be happy for that to come out of my

council tax and led the police keep doing it. I you happy to pay more on

your council tax? I don't mind. Quite good value? They are doing

their job. Pity they couldn't do a little more in this time. Is the

price worth paying? I think it is, if we can see where the money is

going. The other thing is, if we don't see any benefit, then I don't

really want to pay it! At this police station, the show goes on,

doing more with less. The Home Office has been asked to comment.

Five Ukip Assembly members have called for Ukip Wales leader

Nathan Gill to stand down as an Assembly member

if he will not resign as a member of the European Parliament.

It follows criticism of Mr Gill "double-jobbing".

Just before we came on air, I spoke to Nathan Gill and asked him

No, and I feel really sorry for the membership of Ukip who fought really

hard to get myself and all these other people elected, and here we

are in silly season, in August, and a few people for their own political

aims disgracing Ukip in front of the media of Wales. You set off while

ago that if you won your summer-mac seat, you would stand down as an

MEP. What have you changed your mind? I did, but I also said all

along I would do it after the referendum. After the referendum,

the two people who could replace me as an MEP both decided they did not

want to do so. So, stand down and have a bye election that will cost

the Welsh taxpayer five Milibands? Stand down and lose the seat to

liver-mac? It doesn't make any sense it has also -- to liver-mac? It is

also become something of a non-job. So, presumably you will not be

taking a full salary? I do not get two Sarries. I am not doing this for

financial gain. -- salaries. I am not any better off by being an AM

and I was as an MEP. I am doing this because it is the right thing to do.

When the people of your constituency elected you, the presumably expected

and Assembly member to be working for them one of the time perhaps

five days a week. What do you say to them when clearly you are not? But I

am. Are you saying I cannot be an AM when I am sitting in Brussels as

well? I am saying you cannot be in two places at once. You could use

the same argument against the two members of the House of Lords who

sit in the summer-mac chamber as well. They cannot be in London and

Wales at the same time. But it is possible to do more than one job

impossible to serve your constituents extremely well, and

that is what I do. So, your message to those Ukip AMs is what? You have

picked the wrong fight. Let's talk to our political

reporter, James Williams. James, this doesn't show any sign of

being resolved amicably. It does not, because it seems that

neither side in this debate is willing to blink. Nathan Gill,

despite being asked by the Ukip Chairman nationally, the Chairman

and Wales, and his fellow is members, to step down, he is

unwilling to do so so he faces potential expulsion from the party.

Do you get the Ukip ruling committee have given him until Sunday to

decide whether he remains and is a member here or a member of the

European Parliament in Brussels. They say he cannot do both and

remain a member of Ukip. I'm told that he is willing to go the

distance on this one, potentially taking the party to court if he is

expelled, or even sitting as an independent here in Cardiff Bay and

in Brussels. Why is he willing to go to such lengths? Ukip is embarking

on a leadership contest. On the one side, there are people who are

incredibly loyal to Nigel Farage, who is stepping down from his role.

People like Nathan Gill, you could's leader in Wales. On the other side,

people such as Neil Hamilton, the group leader in the Assembly. So

what is happening here is just one battle in a much wider war for the

party's soul. Three nurses who falsified the blood

sugar reading of patients have been Rebecca Jones, Lauro Bertulano

and Natalie Jones, who worked at the Princess of Wales Hospital

in Bridgend, all pleaded guilty The Independent Police Complaints

Commission is investigating after a 24-year-old man was left

in a critical condition, following the use of

a police Taser in Llandudno. North Wales Police responded to

a domestic disturbance on Wednesday. The man's being treated in hospital

with a serious head injury. A drug which can prevent HIV

should be offered in Wales, according to the Welsh

Liberal Democrats. It follows a High Court

ruling which told NHS England it is responsible for funding

pre-exposure prophylaxis. The Welsh Government says it

will review the evidence available to develop a position

on using it here. Passengers left stranded

by the collapse of Wrexham-based GHA Coaches last month have been

told they should get some of their services restored

by the end of August. But many say there'll be a reduction

in the number of available buses. Councillors have been meeting

the Infrastructure Minister One of Wrexham's most remote

villages, Penley has many residents who rely on the 146 bus service

for work, hospital appointments, But the 146 hasn't operated

since GHA Coaches went Some have arranged lifts,

others ride a bike, but single mum Emma Oulton's life has been

turned upside down. I lost my job at the beginning of

last week due to the fact there is no transport any more to get me to

the Wrexham area. Because of that, the company thought I was

unreliable. So I ended up losing my job so I am now unemployed. The

village has been effectively cut off since the collapse of GHA Coaches.

While the new timetable is being put out to tender, there is no guarantee

people here will get anything like the service they had.

Flintshire Council says despite a few changes,

all service routes have some form of replacement.

In Denbighshire, four routes have been withdrawn

In Wrexham, eight routes are still be replaced.

Whether it was previously serviced by two buses on a full schedule

timetable, we are now down to a one bus timetable or a service that has

been reduced by over half. The service they are proposing, at the

timetable they go with is what they had put on the tender document, is

not going to be fit for purpose. Plaid Cymru says the Welsh

Government knew that GHA Coaches was in financial trouble months

before it went into administration, but didn't give councils

adequate time to prepare. For the local authorities to be

informed at 4pm on the day the company went into administration is

an acceptable. Leaving 250 members of staff in the lurch as well as the

thousands of customers. The Welsh Government knew this was coming and

they were not ready. Today I have met with members of key local

authorities, to discuss how local authorities together with the Welsh

Government can respond to the failure of this private sector

company. Some drivers have managed

to find new work with firms But almost three weeks on,

thousands of passengers are still waiting for a bus

which may never come. Much more to come

before seven o'clock. In demand after delivering

success at Euro 2016 - Premier League Hull are told

Chris Coleman's not available What a brave man, he led them write

to the line. He had to settle for Olympic

silver last time round - can rower Chris Bartley go one

better in Rio? If we want the Welsh economy to grow

after we leave the European Union, more of us need to work

where we live. That is the message

from the Bevan Foundation. It says more needs to be done

to grow local economies. Here is our economics

correspondent, Sarah Dickins. Four locally owned businesses

working together in Crickhowell. My husband and I set up this smoke were

nearly 21 years ago. Ever since, this family business is bought and

sold locally. We are using other locals -- local suppliers, buying

local sausages and smoking them, we are going to the two villages away

and having our preserves made, going to a town away and buying crackers.

So, absolutely, we are genuinely interacting business to business in

our community. We have the cheese being smoked. That probably has

another few hours to go. It is coming along nicely. In this oven,

we have a load of salmon and that is all for Oak roasting. Again, that

will take about five hours. The employees are local as well. Ryan is

one of five local employees the doubles in the run-up to Christmas.

Trimming the edges down, then I slice it into a D shape. Then I

rebuild it and put it in the packaging, ready to go out. The busy

centre of Crickhowell looks like the perfect postcard but many other

Welsh market towns have died as big towns and cities have taken over as

places to work and shop. Many here argue it is by working together that

it has survived. The argument is that if every adult in this area

spend ?5 in these shops every week rather than in chains and

supermarkets, it would put ?1.4 million into this local economy.

Here over the hill, it is not as easy as in Crickhowell. Here, a high

proportion of people commute for work and they are more likely to

spend money there and here. The suggestion from the Bevan Foundation

of trying to grow local organisations and businesses is in

sharp contrast to policies are building business parks and

communities -- in communities and trying to get jobs there. Doctor

Mark Lang has been to define ways of getting money into local communities

where traditional industry has gone. Did they believe benefit from this

more local approach? Definitely. Both communities still have people

living in them who have skills and passion for the future. It doesn't

have to be in wealthy communities that this happens. The argument is

that if people work in their own communities, they will spend more of

their wages there, so the money goes round. This proposal is an attempt

to encourage more jobs in a post-Brexit Wales.

A group of Assembly members has written to the UK Government,

urging them to move forward with plans for a tidal lagoon

in Swansea Bay, now that plans for a nuclear power plant

at Hinkley Point in Somerset have been delayed.

Swansea AMs Rebecca Evans, Julie James and Mike Hedges say

the tidal project offers Wales the chance to be world leaders

A group of MPs will look at whether Wales needs its own

BBC News at Six, according to the chairman

of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

It follows a report by the committee which has backed plans

for a Scottish version of the BBC One bulletin.

The designs for S4C's new Carmarthenshire headquarters

have been unveiled at the Eisteddfod in Abergavenny.

It'll be built at the University of Wales

It'll house around 25 companies and create 98 jobs.

75 jobs will be relocated, including 55 S4C posts from Cardiff.

Wales Air Ambulance will start using the most advanced

flight incubators in the UK later this month.

The charity says the new technology will provide an alternative

to road ambulance journeys, offering significantly quicker

transport of vulnerable babies between hospitals.

Our reporter Geraint Thomas has more.

The Wales area and alert service was on the established 15 years ago, but

now it is one of the busiest in the UK, with its capabilities growing on

a yearly basis. This is its fourth and newest helicopter. When it

begins its work out in the field later this month, Wales will have

the biggest Air Ambulance operation in the UK in proportion to its size,

using some of the most advanced technology in Europe. One piece of

equipment which is likely to have a big impact is Wales' first fight

incubator. It will provide an alternative to long road ambulance

journeys, something which could have benefited Oliver, who is almost two

years old. In 2014, his mother was rushed from Bangor to hospital in

Merseyside, where she gave birth prematurely at 27 weeks. He was

transferred in an incubator by road ambulance. When they are that

vulnerable and you're not sure what is going to be the outcome, think it

is important you get there safely and as quickly as possible and I

think an Air Ambulance would be a big benefit to North Wales. This is

the government monitors heartrate... At a cost of ?70,000 each, two

incubators have been bought by NHS Wales. They were attached to

existing equipment, providing warmth and air to seriously ill newborn

babies. In this one, we are talking the average time of about 20 and 30

minutes. If you consider some of the road -based transport times, in

excess of three hours. The Air Ambulance transferred its helicopter

and staff to a purpose built facility in Carmarthenshire earlier

this year. Success has been used as an example in other parts of the UK.

We have a lot of air ambulances in England visiting us to see the base

and to ask about how the service is going, particularly interested in

the incubator. It is wonderful for them to say that this is probably

the best base in the UK. The incubator service will begin this

month following training, running as a trial until the end of this year.

With some of the most advanced equipment in the UK and Europe, it

seems that Wales' Air Ambulance service is rising above the rest.

With the sports stories now, here is Tomos.

He's staying put - that's the message from

the Football Association of Wales after an approach from Hull

to speak to national team manager Chris Coleman was rejected.

Coleman guided Wales to the semifinals of Euro 2016

and Welsh football bosses say they're "fully focused"

on the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.

Our football reporter, Dafydd Pritchard, is here.

What is happening behind the scenes? Chris Coleman signed a new two-year

contract between -- before Euro 2016 so he is under contract. He says it

would be his final campaign in charge of Wales and his stock is at

an all-time high after leading Wales to a first-ever major tournament

semifinal. So, no wonder that Hull should show an interest in common.

The F a W has not given permission for Hull to speak to, and he stays

as the Wales manager. So, can Wales fans be confident Chris Coleman will

be at the helm at the World Cup qualifiers next month? I think they

can. There is a certain feel-good factor about Welsh football at the

moment and Chris Coleman did say that although this is likely to be

his last campaign with Wales, his next job is likely to be abroad. He

sees foreign club management Haseeb -- is his best chance. You imagine

that would rule out Hull. They have lost their manager, Steve Bruce,

some upheaval at board level, so you would not think it is the most

attractive prospect for Chris Coleman right now. Thank you very

much. Swansea City midfielder

Gylfi Sigurdsson has signed However, those rumours over Wales

and Swansea captain Ashley Williams' Williams is being linked

with a ?10 million move to Everton. Swansea have already seen three

forwards leave this summer, Former player Ian Walsh says

the club needs to start spending With the money involved

at the top level now, your budget has got to be loosened

up a little bit. I think Swansea, behind the scenes,

yes, they are not a big club, they've got to watch the budget,

but I do feel now that they are playing with the big boys,

and if you want to stay with the big boys, you've got to

open up that budget. The Welsh Rugby Union is demanding

an explanation from four teams after their games at a beach

tournament erupted into mass brawls. Ferndale, Porth's A team,

Rhigos and Wattstown were all Officials and police officers

entered the pitch in Swansea Bad news for rower

Graeme Thomas tonight - he's out of the Olympics

because of illness. It's believed he's suffering

from a virus he contracted Meanwhile, water quality

is a serious concern there - rowers are being urged not

to enter the water. The build-up to the rowing events

in Rio has been overshadowed by concerns over the water quality

at the rowing venue. Officials have insisted it will be

safe for the athletes, including the two Welsh competitors

in Team GB. Victoria Thornley's first experience

of the Olympic Games came in London in 2012,

when as a member of the women's eight, she finished

fifth in the final. The 28-year-old's route

to a second Games has Partnered with London gold

medallist Katherine Grainger, a disappointing result

in the European Championships this year saw them make a bid to be

included in the eight team instead. After that failed, they have paired

up again in the double scull, meaning the door hasn't closed

on their Rio dreams. I think one thing that Wales

are very good at is resilience, and we've definitely had

to be resilient One thing that rowers are very good

at. Once... I think both of us are the

kind of people, once we stepped back into that boat,

that was it, everything that happened before,

that's behind us now, there was no point

in dwelling on it. Chris Bartley from Wrexham

also competes in However, it was disappointment

with a silver medal in the lightweight men's four

in London which meant the 32-year-old extended

his elite rowing career. In front of the home

crowd was pretty painful. I think we all thought we were good

enough to win, but things just I think had they gone that way,

I might not be here now. And the rowers won't have long

to wait, with the action at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon getting

underway on day one of the Games. Before I go, at least one man in

Wales is enjoying the wet weather. Gareth Bale has been preparing

for the new season here at home. And after scoring, he made quite

a splash with his celebration. If I was Bale,

I'd stay in sunny Madrid! It is pretty hot across Spain, 37

sources in Madrid tomorrow. Less than half that here in Wales! A

very wet start to August in South Wales. In Mumbles, over 50

millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours. The wettest place in the UK

and the most rain in one day was Swansea so far this year. A little

more rain to come this evening. Damp and misty in parts of the South and

West with lots of low cloud. This will clear away overnight. The North

East of the country dry, but from 12 showers later. Quite breezy on the

South and West coast, and I'm mild and muggy night, temperatures not

falling below 14 to 17. Tomorrow, the chart shows low-pressure close

to Northern Ireland, and the isobars are close together, meaning stronger

winds, unseasonably bendy, especially in the. The picture for

eight o'clock in the morning, breezy on the coast with brisk winds, the

good news, it will be generally drier than today, bright in places,

Cloud broken with sunshine and better visibility. 12 showers in

North Wales. During the day, the wind will increase, becoming strong

to gale force in the North West. Some drier weather and sunshine, but

watch out for a few sharp showers. Top temperatures of 17 to 20.

Feeling fresher than today with lower humidity. For the National

Eisteddfod in Abergavenny, drier and brighter than today with some

sunshine at times. Breezy in the afternoon and feeling fresher,

around 19 Celsius. Tomorrow night, continuing to be blustery with a

mixture of clear spells and showers. A windy night with temperatures in

the mid teens. Thursday, less windy with some sunshine and scattered

showers. Showers heavy in places, maybe some thunder. If you're lucky,

you may stray dry. Friday should be the best day of the week, drier and

more settled with lighter winds. The weekend, more uncertain. Saturday

breezy, maybe some light rain or drizzle. Hopefully, Sunday will

improve, becoming dry with some warm sunshine. Meanwhile, a bright and

fresh day tomorrow, showers and stronger winds.

The headlines again. Tax payers in the Gwent Police force area are

being warned they could be asked to pay more towards the cost of

policing if UK Government cuts continue.

The Police and Crime Commissioner says half of the forced's budget

will need to be raised locally in five years' time.

The other Welsh forces say they are in a similar position.

I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and again

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good evening.