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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
well on the way to hitting ambitious targets. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
But why is one area still falling behind and dumping too much waste? | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
The plan is by 2054 none of our rubbish to end up in landfill so can | :00:21. | :00:29. | |
behind the scenes at this plant with me to find out what happens when you | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
and I is wrote something away and it can't be recycled. | :00:34. | :00:43. | |
A row at the top of Labour - Carwyn Jones is angered by claims | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are briefing against his staff. | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
Self defence classes for Muslim men and women - | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
claims hate crimes have increased since the EU referendum. | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
On the trail of motorcyclists at more than a hundred miles an hour | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
- police launch a safety campaign ahead of the Bank Holiday. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
In tonight's sport, fresh from success in France, | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
Chris Coleman names his squad for the first World Cup qualifier. | :01:12. | :01:19. | |
The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest ever level. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
We recycle 60% of our waste with nearly every local authority | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
But in Blaenau Gwent, there was a drop for | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
The targets are part of an ambitious plan to recycle all rubbish by 2050 | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
Our reporter, Paul Heaney, is at a site in Cardiff that | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Good evening. Thousands of tonnes of our waste, the stuff you and I throw | :01:46. | :02:00. | |
away that our council collects but they can't recycle ends here every | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
day. If you look down there, you will see some of it. The huge claw | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
will take it up into a furnace with the waste will be burned and a very | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
high temperature. You will be able to see some of it being burned on | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
the screen there. That heats up steam which powers a generator to | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
generate electricity and eventually the ash that is left is used to go | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
and service our roads. This plant has been here for the last two | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
years. It was not without controversy. The people who live | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
here did not necessarily want this plant on their front door but the | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
local authority say they are trying to do something good with the stuff | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
we are throwing away. But councils are finding it difficult, some more | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
difficult than others, to convince as to recycle more. | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
Too many people in Caerphilly were throwing all their | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
Only 40% separated their food out for recycling. | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
What we are trying to achieve here is we are trying to take out | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
The county has improved its recycling rate | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
but to improve further it is knocking on 74,000 doors. | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
The message, put leftover food into a plastic caddy like this | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
and it will be processed, turned into electricity, rather | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
Stickers, leaflets and chats on the doorstep also let people know | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
just what can be put in the food recycling. | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
It is very necessary because some people put plastic in it. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
Overall the recycling rate has increased from 56% last year to 60% | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
The figures include anything that does not go to landfill. | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
Bottles, plastic, food waste, even recycled furniture. | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
Ceredigion has the highest recycling rate in Wales but Blaenau Gwent's | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
rate has fallen for a second year, now 49%. | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
Large plastic boxes replacing the old recycling | :03:57. | :04:07. | |
One local campaigner says for those on small terraces or with steep | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
steps on the side of the valleys, it has acted as a | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
The boxes are too small for families. | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
They did not bring it in and see if it works. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
When people come past with prams, they have got | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
The council say this is just a transition thing. | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
Give it a few months and the rates will go up. | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
If it was three different coloured bags, it would have been easier. | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
The Welsh government says it will decide whether to find councils | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
which have missed this year's recycling targets | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
when the provisional figures are finalised in the autumn. | :04:49. | :04:58. | |
It is worth pointing out that Blaenau Gwent council changed their | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
recycling system there because if you separate out the different types | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
of recycling, the chances are that you can sell it on for a bit more | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
money and it is better for everyone involved. With me now is Dan Cook | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
who is from the company that runs this plant. Ideally we want to send | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
as little of our rubbish to yourselves as we can. Is this idea | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
of zero waste from households in Wales by the year 2050 realistic? It | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
depends what we mean by zero waste. We are making fantastic progress in | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
Wales. We have gone from single-digit figures to 60%. We have | :05:38. | :05:45. | |
got some great partnerships. Partners working together on the | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
goodwill to recycle and we are recycling more and more and making | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
better use of what we can't recycle. It is important to keep that | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
progress going. Good well is really important but technology is also | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
being used here. It is pretty much a brand-new facility. What kind of | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
research is being done to make even more use of things like polystyrene | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
that can't effectively be recycled? Technology and innovation has played | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
an important role in bringing us to where we are and will continue to do | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
so. That has to be aligned with innovation in terms of packaging | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
design, working with retailers and consumers, to building recyclability | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
so we can recycle even more and to invest in education and | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
communication to build on that goodwill so people are putting the | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
right stuff in the right bin and local authorities can increase their | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
level further, send less for energy recovery, although that is | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
important, and working with businesses to help them recycle more | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
and more and recover whatever can't be recycled. That is next on the | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
Welsh government's list. That is the message from the people who process | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
our rubbish, both to supermarkets, ourselves but perhaps most | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
importantly, the goodwill and willingness of people to do their | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
bit. That will really make a difference if we are to get to this | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
zero waste idea by 2050. The First Minister Carwyn Jones | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
is said to be "extremely angry" about claims Jeremy Corbyn | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
supporters are briefing It's been suggested two employees | :07:21. | :07:21. | |
may lose their jobs if Mr Corbyn is re-elected because they haven't | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
been supportive enough of him. Our political editor Nick Servini | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
is here. All the blood-letting that we have | :07:30. | :07:41. | |
seen in the Labour Party for all to witness in the past year about those | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
who support Jeremy Corbyn and those who don't, it has largely escaped | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
the Welsh Labour Party. They have kept themselves out of so many of | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
the disputes, but that started to change today. It started with a | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
story in the Western Mail on Monday which quoted anonymous sources | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
saying if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership contest, there would be a | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
hit list of those who have not given enough support to him and it | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
included two senior members of the Welsh Labour Party. We have no way | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
of definitively proving whether such a list exists but the response to | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
that today shows in a way, it tells its own story and shows how much | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
tension there is in the party. A spokesman for the First Minister | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
said Carwyn Jones is really angry and it would be totally unacceptable | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
if the Labour Party in London look to get involved in internal staffing | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
matters. That sense of anger was echoed by Carwyn Jones' former | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
government minister and colleague Leighton Andrews when he talked | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
about the reaction. The status of Welsh Labour staff | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
is a matter for the Welsh Labour The Welsh Labour team has delivered | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
two Welsh Assembly election victories for Carwyn, | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
delivered two Welsh Labour governments, and he will be, | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
I am sure, furious about what is I also caught up with a high profile | :09:04. | :09:20. | |
Jeremy Corbyn supporter in Wales. He laughed at the prospect of such a | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
list in existence and said its existence had been fabricated by the | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
critics of the Jeremy Corbyn campaign. | :09:29. | :09:29. | |
I think this is absolute nonsense, the idea there | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
Unfortunately, a lot of this leadership contest has been | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
characterised by attempts on behalf of Jeremy's opponents to suggest | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
there is this atmosphere of intolerance and intimidation | :09:39. | :09:40. | |
Anyone who knows anything about Jeremy and has spent time | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
with him will know he has not got a vindictive bone in his body. | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
Before you go, Leighton Andrews has some interesting comments about | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
Carwyn Jones' feelings about the Labour leadership. Unlike many | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
senior figures in the party, Carwyn Jones has kept out in terms of | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
publicly endorsing anyone and Leighton Andrews said, why look in | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
the crystal ball when you can read the book? If you read between the | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
lines of everything he has said on the leadership contest, he says it | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
is pretty obvious that Carwyn Jones does not support Jeremy Corbyn. | :10:23. | :10:23. | |
Thank you. Staying with Labour, | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
a former watchdog on standards in public life has claimed | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
the former Economy Minister had a potential conflict of interest | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
when she approved over ?3 million of support for a Swansea firm | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
which later went bust. In 2013 and 14, Edwina Hart decided | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
to support Kancoat despite being Sir Alistair Graham said possible | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
job opportunities for her constituents meant there | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
was a potential conflict. The Welsh Government said | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
the support was "consistent American metal giant Alcoa was a big | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
employer in Swansea for years but the company left a decade ago | :10:54. | :11:02. | |
with hundreds of jobs lost. In 2012, Kancoat tried to revive | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
the production line and received more than ?3 million | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
from the Welsh Government in grants and loans but it struggled and went | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
bust in 2014. Last month, a report | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
by the Wales Audit Office found that Kancoat had previously been turned | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
down by the Welsh Government's investment bank, Finance Wales, | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
who deemed it too risky. And the report also said | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
the Welsh Government had continued to put money into Kancoat | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
despite its own review describing the business plan | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
as weak and inconsistent. We now know that decisions to back | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
the firm were taken directly by the then Economy Minister Edwina | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
Hart. If Kancoat had been based | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
in Edwina Hart's Gower constituency, she would not have been the person | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
to take the decision to back it because the government's code | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
of conduct warns against conflicts between constituency matters | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
and ministerial decisions. But Kancoat was actually based | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
ashort journey away in the neighbouring | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
Swansea West constituency. It's around half a mile | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
as the crow flies or about five A former public standards watchdog | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
has told BBC Wales that that close proximity meant Gower constituents | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
could have benefited from the investment | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
so there was a potential It's thought ministers can stand | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
above any decision and not be conflicted by possibly having | :12:30. | :12:38. | |
a political interest as an Assembly Member, | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
plus the fact in these circumstances as I understand it, the Minister | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
concerned had very strong advice from civil servants | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
and the application for public investment was not | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
a strong one at all. We certainly need to find out, | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
bearing in mind it's such a borderline case, | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
whether she spoke to If she had exercised good judgment | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
on that, she certainly would have done that | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
and the Welsh Conservatives are trying to find that | :13:11. | :13:12. | |
out at the moment. The Welsh Government said this | :13:13. | :13:14. | |
evening it would not be adding to its earlier statement which said | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
Kancoat was not in the former Economy Minister's constituency and | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
the decision she took was consistent We approached Edwina Hart | :13:21. | :13:22. | |
for comment but she didn't respond. And tonight it's been confirmed that | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
another company which had been given more than ?1.4 million | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
by the Welsh Government has gone Around 50 people have lost jobs | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
at Oyster World, a computer games company based in Treforest which had | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
debts of more than ?2 million. The Welsh Government says figures | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
show the survival rates of the companies it supports | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
are above the UK average. A former councillor | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
from Pembrokeshire has been jailed for sending obscene text messages | :13:54. | :13:56. | |
to a teenage girl. 57 year old Stephen Evans, | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
who was elected to Haverfordwest Council in 2010, sent the 15 | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
year old girl messages He was jailed for 16 months | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
after admitting two offences of inciting a child to engage | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
in sexual activities. Two people have been taken | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
to hospital after a car crashed into a block of retirement | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
flats in Swansea. Emergency services were | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
called to Stewart Hall The driver and one of the residents | :14:23. | :14:24. | |
were taken to Morriston Hospital. A number of residents have been | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
evacuated due to the damage It took me five seconds to realise | :14:31. | :14:33. | |
something had happened. I went outside and saw the wall | :14:34. | :14:45. | |
had been smashed in. The lady next door could not get out | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
of her flat with the impact which | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
had jammed the door tight shut. Self-defence classes | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
are being offered to people from minority ethnic | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
groups in Swansea. The Regional Equality Council | :15:02. | :15:04. | |
says it's in response to what they believe to be a growing | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
number of race hate They say it's worse since | :15:08. | :15:10. | |
immigration was at the centre Getting to grips with a serious | :15:11. | :15:29. | |
issue. Women from the Muslim community in Swansea are being shown | :15:30. | :15:32. | |
some basic self defence techniques. This has come about due to reports | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
of an increase in racially motivated attacks. None of them wanted to | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
share any personal experiences on camera but the self-defence | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
instructor told me of how his own family had recently experienced | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
verbal abuse because of their religion. On the way to school, | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
there was a couple, one male, one female, and when they saw my wife | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
and the two other women, they started giving my wife racist verbal | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
abuse. They ignored it and went to school. On the way back with my | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
children, other children as well, they started giving abuse again. The | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
self defence class is being held at this centre to provide individuals | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
with the confidence to go out and carry on with their everyday lives. | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
It is believed that over the past couple of months, the number of | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
racially motivated incidents have increased. Some examples include | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
verbal abuse and egg throwing. Figures from the regional equality | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
Council show there were six hate crime incidents reported to them in | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
June compared to one in June last year. But South Wales Police say | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
there was a slight drop in the number of incidents it recorded | :16:47. | :16:49. | |
during the same period but that there was an increase at the start | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
of July. The regional equality Council's chief executive says very | :16:56. | :16:57. | |
often people are reluctant to report incidents to the police but he | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
linked the recent increase in hate crime to the EU referendum debate. | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
There is a minority who have always been there who have not found the | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
opportunities in the past but now find they have a ticket to go and | :17:12. | :17:18. | |
harass people. On the basis of Google's religion, race, identity. | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
That minority has come out and become a lot more vocal. I was told | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
there are encouraging examples of onlookers who have stepped in to | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
help others facing racially motivated abuse. As for the self | :17:37. | :17:40. | |
defence classes, it is hoped it will give confidence to individuals who | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
may find themselves in a vulnerable situation. | :17:44. | :17:45. | |
You're watching Wales Today. Plenty still ahead: | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
Hal Robson-Kanu is picked for Wales' forcoming World Cup qualifier | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
against Moldova despite not having a club. | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
And after yesterday's heat, it's been cooler and cloudy | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
But what about tomorrow and the weekend? | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
Motorcyclists are being urged to ride safely as they head | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
out on the roads this Bank Holiday weekend. | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
North Wales Police are targeting accident black-spots | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
to discourage speeding and spread the safety message. | :18:19. | :18:21. | |
Four motorcyclists have died in the force area so far this year - | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
two more than the same time last year. | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
This police footage shows an officer trailing a group of motorcyclists | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
as they head through Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd last year. | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
The speedometer shows some reached speeds of well over 100 miles | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
They were all fined and given penalty points. | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
The chief constable of North Wales is a biker himself but says | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
The law is there for a reason and it's there to encourage safety. | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
I take a police motorcycle out regularly but I don't exceed | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
the speed limit unless I'm going to a response call. | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
If I need to ride safely, so do my colleagues | :19:04. | :19:06. | |
There's plenty of enjoyment to be had on the roads. | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
You know as well as I do, nice roads across mountains | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
and countryside areas, you don't need to break the speed | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
Operation Darwen is a six-month scheme across Wales to target | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
accident hotspots and clamp down on all irresponsible road users | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
But four bikers have died in North Wales this year, | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
twice as many as in the same period last year. | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
The statistics show that most accidents involve men in their 40s | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
Most collisions occur on weekends or on Wednesday afternoons | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
between midday and 5pm and they don't all necessarily | :19:44. | :19:45. | |
Some are caused by fatigue or a lack of concentration. | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
The White family from Bagillt in Flintshire have come for a day | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
trip to the Horseshoe Pass above Llangollen - | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
one of many popular riding routes in North Wales bringing | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
It definitely brings a lot of bikers. | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
You can pretty much stop almost anywhere along the routes and meet | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
Some of the riding you see on the roads leaves a lot | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
The majority of people are fine but you always get one or two bad | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
ones and it does need policing, it really does. | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
As well as running his force, Mark Polin regularly heads out | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
on his police bike to catch errant road users whether they're | :20:30. | :20:32. | |
He's hoping the safety message and offers of training | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
courses will reduce both fines and fatalities. | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
Chris Coleman has announced his squad for the World Cup | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
After a summer of Euro 2016 success, there aren't too many | :20:44. | :20:52. | |
changes in that squad but, as expected, Aaron Ramsey, | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
who missed that semifinal against Portugal, has been ruled out | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
There is a chance though for Emyr Huws, who just missed out | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
He'll be hoping to impress a week on Monday. | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
It was good while it lasted but now the boss has called time | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
The Euros was great, it was absolutely fantastic. | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
It's gone, it's behind us, it's finished. | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
As much as I am the same as everybody else, very proud | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
of Wales and what we achieved, but that is behind us now. | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
And the next game, the first game of the campaign, huge. | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
After a successful summer, there are not many | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
The almost irrepressible Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman's words, | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
He could be sidelined with an ankle injury for two months. | :21:48. | :21:55. | |
And David Vaughan is absent after announcing his retirement | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
After just missing out on a seat on the plane to France, Emyr Huws | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
gets a chance to prove his worth, as do Leicester City's Tom Lawrence | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
It's another chance to impress for Hal Robson-Kanu too, | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
The boss would like to see him settled as soon as possible. | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
Coleman remains settled himself, having signed a new two year | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
He said he is committed after Hull City's approach failed. | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
I am not going to tell a lie, somebody comes and it's | :22:33. | :22:35. | |
the Premier League, anybody, you look at it sideways, | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
of course you do, but I am the manager of my country, | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
I have always said that comes around once if you are lucky, | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
so when you are doing it, give your best. | :22:48. | :22:50. | |
The same headquarters, the same manager, but things have | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
changed after a successful summer in France. | :22:54. | :22:56. | |
Chris Coleman said today at the start of the last qualifying | :22:57. | :22:59. | |
campaign he was two bad games away from being axed. | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
Now Wales are the team to beat, expectations are high. | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
Wales will have to see if they can cope with the pressure in front | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
of a keen home crowd against Moldova on September the 5th at the very | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
start of what could be a long road to Russia. | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
The world record for the biggest ever rugby scrum has | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
1,297 people took part, beating the previous | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
It's been set during the Golden Oldies rugby festival, | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
where teams of older players compete from all over the world. | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
The scrum was overseen by referee Nigel Owens, | :23:36. | :23:38. | |
who was also recognised for his record of the most | :23:39. | :23:40. | |
I didn't get into refereeing to get any plaudits or credits or to get | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
I went into refereeing because I enjoy it and as long | :23:48. | :23:54. | |
as I continue to enjoy it and do the best for the most | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
important people in the game, the 15 players on the field, | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
that's what I referee for - to do my best and enjoy the game. | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
Some cricket now and on the second day of the champions gyp match | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
against Sussex in Cardiff, Glamorgan fought back briefly to restrict | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
Sussex' lead to just 61 and move ahead in the evening session. | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
Not quite as hot and toasty today as it was yesterday. | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
Cloudy but bright in Llandrindod this afternoon. | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
The best of the sunshine in the north and west. | :24:37. | :24:38. | |
Temperatures today lower than yesterday but | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
A little cooler and fresher on the north and west coast. | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
This evening will be dry but the south-east may see some | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
Slightly cooler and fresher in the north and west. | :24:59. | :25:08. | |
Here's the picture for 8am in the morning. | :25:09. | :25:10. | |
Some hazy sunshine in Aberystwyth and Dolgellau. | :25:11. | :25:24. | |
During the day, a few showers will break out. | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
They could turn heavy and thundery in the afternoon. | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
Some places, though, will stay dry, especially in the west | :25:36. | :25:38. | |
Highest temperatures in the south-east. | :25:39. | :25:46. | |
18 Celsius on the north and west coast with a light | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
Tomorrow evening, showers will clear away. | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
The sky clearer and a cooler so a fresher night with lower humidity. | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
The chart for Friday shows a ridge of high pressure over | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
Feeling warm too with light winds and sea breezes. | :26:06. | :26:17. | |
The forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend is not so straightforward. | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
Low pressure looks like taking control, | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
On Saturday, the north and west may start dry and bright. | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
But rain will spread northwards during the day. | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
Some of the showers heavy and thundery but some | :26:36. | :26:45. | |
Before I go, a reminder of the main headlines from the BBC. | :26:46. | :27:00. | |
At least 73 people have been killed in an earthquake in central Italy. | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
It struck in the early hours of this morning 65 miles north-east of Rome, | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
The death toll is expected to rise with many people still believed | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest ever level. | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
It now stands at 60%, with nearly every local authority | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
here recording an increase, other than Blaenau Gwent. | :27:24. | :27:26. | |
The authority says it's still in transition | :27:27. | :27:29. | |
We'll have an update for you at 8pm and more | :27:30. | :27:37. |