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Spy planes targeting ISIS, a multi-million pound deal | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
for military surveillance aircraft secures jobs in Flintshire and hopes | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
There's a strong market across the world for that capability and I | :00:09. | :00:23. | |
think we are well placed here in North to provide that. | :00:24. | :00:35. | |
The family of Miriam Briddon from Ceredigion, killed | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
by a drink-driver, are in Downing Street handing | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
in their petition calling for tougher sentences. | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
They've been selling flowers in Pontypool market for generations. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
A new report looks at how to revitalise communities | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
I remember coming in here when I was a really little girl. It was so busy | :00:53. | :01:06. | |
here then. I come in and it's disheartening when no one thing | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
here. All of this can have food poisoning bacteria on. And concerns | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
over an increased risk of E. Coli with a growing trend for burgers | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
served rare. And Wales's Valley to Rally GB get started in North Wales. | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
They are the spy planes at the front line of surveillance | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
against so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
Tonight a ?130 million deal has secured Welsh jobs to maintain | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
Raytheon based at Broughton in Flintshire says North Wales | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
is now well placed for further expansion into Intelligence | :01:45. | :01:46. | |
This is the view from the cockpit of the Raytheon Sentinel, | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
the RAF's eye in the sky over Iraq and Syria. | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
The plane can fly for nine hours at a time, at 40,000 feet. | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
Surveying the land below using high-tech radar equipment. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
It's helping to pinpoint a terrorist in the Middle East. | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
It's here in north-east Wales that engineers maintain the planes | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
which have their instruments and electrics installed | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
The fleet of five sentinels were due to be scrapped, | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
but in last year's UK Government's Strategic Defence Review | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
A decision that has secured 40 highly skilled jobs here, | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
and around 120 across the rest of the UK. | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
It's great to be here in North Wales at Broughton to announce | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
a ?135 million contract to sustain the centre now | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
here at Raytheon and ensure that this really capable aircraft | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
which provides an eye on the sky for our Armed Forces is going to be | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
Raytheon have been in business here for 20 years. | :02:55. | :03:02. | |
The company took over the Hawker jet company, | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
and move production to the United States but bosses | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
were so impressed with the quality of the workforce that the company | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
Engineers here are in the process of servicing one of the fleet | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
Today's news means that staff of all ages can have some job | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
We're going to be here for however long, I can still learn. | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
Move around different areas and get to know the aircraft. | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
And Shannon and her colleagues could see their workload | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
increase if the company can sell its high-tech | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
The market itself, I think, is a very strong market | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
for ISR, the intelligence for reconnaissance platforms. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
There is a strong market across the world for that | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
I think we are well placed here in North Wales | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
This entire area is controlled by Islamic State. | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
Last year the BBC gained exclusive access on board one of the centre | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
now planes as it flew in nine hour mission over Iraq and Syria looking | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
John Skipper spent most of his 35 year military career working | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
in intelligence and was involved in developing the Sentinel. | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
He says it's a very valuable in modern warfare. | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
It can image in very high definition what is going on on the ground. | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
Enemy troop movements, and enemy positions. | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
Particularly effective in Afghanistan, or certainly | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
against Isis where you're trying to identify a small pocket | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
of very quickly moving and difficult targets to acquire. | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
Today's investment will assure that these planes are fit | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
for the skies above the Middle East for years to come. | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
Thanks, in no small part, to a highly skilled workforce some | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
A Pembrokeshire engineering company has gone into administration. | :04:57. | :05:06. | |
Main Port Engineering opened a new manufacturing site last March | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
with ?650,000 support from the Welsh Government | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
with the aim of creating 30 jobs and safeguarding the then | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
The company was served with a petition to wind | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
We will have more just after the ten o'clock news. | :05:24. | :05:33. | |
The family of a young woman from Ceredigion, | :05:34. | :05:35. | |
killed by a drink-driver, have taken their 100,000 name | :05:36. | :05:37. | |
petition to Downing Street to call for tougher sentences. | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
The motorist who killed Miriam Briddon will spend just two | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
The government say they will hold a review into driving offences | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
From Downing Street, Aled Scourfield reports. | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
It's been a long, painful journey for the family of Miriam Briddon's | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
since she was so tragically killed near Ciliau Aeron in March 2014. | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
Today the journey took them from their home in Ceredigion | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
to the gates of Downing Street in their battle for tougher | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
penalties for drivers that kill after drink-driving. | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
Not only have we been fully supported by our local community, | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
that's kept us going for the last two and a half years. | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
We've been supported across the whole of the UK. | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
We're very proud to be here to present this petition | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
on behalf of ordinary families like ourselves. | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
Miriam was just 21 when her Fiat Punto was struck by a car | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
being driven by Gareth Entwistle, seen here hiding his face outside | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
He pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving whilst under | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
but his sentence was cut by six months on appeal. | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
He'll serve just two and half years in jail. | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
Miriam's family have led a campaign for tougher sentences | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
And almost 110,000 people have now signed a petition supporting | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
them, which was handed into Prime Minister Theresa | :06:59. | :07:00. | |
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice told me the Government | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
is determined to make sure that sentencing fits the crime for people | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
who killed or seriously injure others on our roads. | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
The consultation on road offences and penalties will be launched | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
Miriam's family told me they are hopeful they will be | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
a change in line to light of the tragic story. | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
It's very hard to put into words the feeling of being here today. | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
We've worked hard for 11 weeks now, and we're handing this over | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
Quite frankly, there has to be a change. | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
We have to get to the point when a sentence fits the crime. | :07:39. | :07:41. | |
People need to understand that drink-driving is not an accident. | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
It is a choice people make with tragic implications. | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
I think the Government are mindful, we need, those of us campaigning | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
on this issue with the Briddon family, need to hold | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
The Briddon family say they will continue to fight | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
for tougher sentences despite their daily battle to deal | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
The UK Government says it's looking at whether there should be | :08:01. | :08:08. | |
a change in the law, in the wake of the Ched Evans case. | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
The Welsh footballer, who now plays for Chesterfield, | :08:12. | :08:13. | |
was cleared of rape in a re-trial earlier this month. | :08:14. | :08:15. | |
Labour has condemned the decision to allow the jury to hear the sexual | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
The Attorney General says this isn't "routinely used", but | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
A 23-year-old man has denied murdering his girlfriend in Cardiff. | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
Xixi Bi,who was 24, died at a property on Ely Road | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
Jordan Matthews, who's from Llandaf, was remanded in custody and is due | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
Ms Bi grew up in China, and had moved to the UK to study. | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
A teenager has been sentenced to four years behind bars, | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
after attempting to rob a village post office near Newport | :08:50. | :08:51. | |
with an imitation gun wrapped in a plastic bag, | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
and dressed in a smart suit and balaclava. | :08:56. | :08:58. | |
19-year-old Kane Wannell fled the Basaleg post office where there | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
were several elderly customers after the postmaster fought back. | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
Major infrastructure projects such as the M4 relief road and Metro | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
will offer "little" to some communities, despite costing over | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
?1 billion in public money, and the promise | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
A wide ranging report suggests that towns in the South Wales Valleys | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
would benefit more from having higher-skilled jobs, | :09:23. | :09:24. | |
so people would earn more and spend more locally. | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
The report concentrates on the town of Pontypool in Torfaen, | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
from where our economics correspondent Sarah | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
The entrance to Pontypool Park, a reminder of past glory. | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
But for decades here, like many other Welsh towns, | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
The indoor market has been refurbished, helped by EU cash, | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
The market, like the town, is not thriving. | :09:52. | :10:05. | |
The bulk of the work that is above minimum wage | :10:06. | :10:07. | |
Lots of people within the town work minimum wage, | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
As seen in London the report says the haves and the have-nots | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
It argues those struggling can be drizzly forgotten and big economic | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
projects can fail to touch communities in need | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
like this one, a mile from Pontypool town centre. | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
What's it going to do for those broader communities, | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
in particular of Pontypool that are so far distant from | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
The prospect of using that infrastructure to commute to work | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
in the big cities of Wales and beyond seems a very | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
It's in this part of the town that families are struggling most. | :10:45. | :10:51. | |
It's only a mile from the centre of Pontypool that you can | :10:52. | :10:53. | |
As you drive up, a few streets away large houses with big bay | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
Here's 75% of children under four are living in poverty. | :10:59. | :11:08. | |
The average income is ?16,000 a year. | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
Reducing poverty is a priority for the Welsh government and Torfaen | :11:11. | :11:19. | |
It hopes the Cardiff Capital Region wil help. | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
It can really bring the scale and ambition to the | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
If we really worked together I think we can combine that skill | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
with the local knowledge we bring to the table. | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
Getting ready for a day of inspiring children | :11:40. | :11:41. | |
with extra money from, among others, the Welsh government. | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
It's proud of low unemployment across Wales and says it's | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
developing a new strategy to support economic growth in all communities. | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
Its recently set up a valleys task force. | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
The Welsh government says investment is at record | :11:57. | :11:58. | |
In Pontypool the report says those who are more affluent are earning | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
and spending their cash outside the town. | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
The challenge is to grow higher paid jobs in town. | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
And there are positive signs, and old pub transformed, | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
new flats above, and a creative space for businesses below. | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
People will then grow outside this space. | :12:21. | :12:22. | |
Eventually they get bigger and they may take up | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
It means they can stay living in Pontypool. | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
It means they don't have to go to Newport or Cardiff. | :12:30. | :12:31. | |
Theyll buy their bacon sandwich in the market. | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
Beth White is the fourth generation of her family to sell | :12:39. | :12:41. | |
I remember coming in here when I was really little. | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
Obviously my mam had the stall and it was so busy then. | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
The report argues that if you can get more people with money | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
spending it in the town, that's good for people like Beth. | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
So what does this report suggest about other parts of Wales? | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
I think the detail of what we see in Pontypool is something that will | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
touch a nerve with a lot of people across Wales. Inward investment has | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
been a policy of successive governments for a long time. The | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
idea of attracting jobs in industrial parks and building good | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
roads to them so people can get there. The Government is right, we | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
have more inward investment and higher levels of employment. | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
Unemployment is below the UK average, but if you look at | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
Pontypool, I think lots of us know a town like that where people are | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
living and earning decent wages, but they are not working in the town | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
they live in and not spending money in that town either. In tall vine | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
about 40% of people don't even work in county. They commute. The | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
argument in this report is that with technology and the way people work | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
now you don't have to be in the same office as your colleagues and you | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
can bring the life back into towns. Thank you. | :14:10. | :14:10. | |
There's concern tonight that relaxing food hygiene rules around | :14:11. | :14:13. | |
serving rare beef burgers could lead to an increased risk | :14:14. | :14:15. | |
Demand for gourmet or premium burgers, served rare or medium, | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
has increased and experts say, while the risks are low, | :14:21. | :14:22. | |
serving under cooked burgers is a risk to public safety. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
The humble burger, staple of the roadside van, | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
And increasingly being offered as a premium option | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
The sector has grown rapidly, the UK burger bar market is now | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
estimated to be worth over ?3.2 billion, up 22% | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
But it's how well you cook the burger which is causing much | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
debate, as the current trend is to offer high-end burgers cooked | :14:59. | :15:00. | |
We're at Coleg Gwent's catering department, | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
There'll be bacteria on the outside of the meat, | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
and on the meat as it's been handled and gone | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
It's not been killed by high-temperature throughthorough | :15:15. | :15:22. | |
cooking, it's just been warmed up a little bit, which actually | :15:23. | :15:24. | |
We would expect to see, for a properly cooked burger, | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
So this is a burger that's been properly cooked all the way through. | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
Responding to the trend, the Food Standards Agency has been | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
looking at how meat can be made safer for the industry to serve | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
rare, but environmental health experts here say it can't be done. | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
One of my concerns with rear burgers is that someone could get | :15:53. | :15:54. | |
E.Coli food poisoning, and someone could die | :15:55. | :15:57. | |
Right now we can't stop people offering their burgers, | :15:58. | :16:04. | |
if the business can absolutely guarantee that there is no risk | :16:05. | :16:07. | |
at all from the burgers that they serve rare, | :16:08. | :16:12. | |
My concern, the concern of the chartered Institute | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
of Environmental Science, is that nobody can guarantee that. | :16:19. | :16:20. | |
It's impossible to give that guarantee. | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
In fact, the Welsh Food Advisory Committee, | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
which advises the FSA's board, also disagreed with | :16:26. | :16:27. | |
I would hope that we take the opportunity to rethink the | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
Although I'm quite happy to recognise that it was arrived | :16:34. | :16:45. | |
at with the best intentions I don't think it's the best position | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
Here in Wales memories are all too fresh of the E.Coli outbreak | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
of 2005, which killed a five-year-old boy. | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
The man who chaired an enquiry into that outbreak has called | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
on the FSA to reconsider the relaxation of rules | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
and heed the advice of their scientific advisers. | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
Many of us, including myself, and I know experts | :17:12. | :17:13. | |
from Wales as well lobbied the Food Standards Agency not to go | :17:14. | :17:16. | |
down this route and not to, basically, relaxed the system | :17:17. | :17:18. | |
they had in place for many years which worked very satisfactorily. | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
Why change it just because of a change in public fashion? | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
I'm not saying that they've been giving into commercial pressure, | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
that you could say that's what it looks like. | :17:38. | :17:39. | |
The Food Standards Agency says their advice is clear, | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
serving burgers less than thoroughly cooked remains unacceptable, | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
unless a business can provide evidence to their local authority | :17:45. | :17:47. | |
However, FSA advice when cooking burgers at home is that burgers | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
should be cooked all the way through, no pink meat, | :17:56. | :17:57. | |
And high pressure building as we head into the weekend, | :17:58. | :18:13. | |
Engines are to be ready. We gear up for the start of Wales Rally GB in | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
mid and North Wales. And high pressure building | :18:20. | :18:21. | |
as we head into the weekend, looking settled, but not necessarily | :18:22. | :18:23. | |
that bright, a full A group of dentists and doctors | :18:24. | :18:25. | |
from South Wales is going to the so-called Jungle in Calais | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
this weekend to give medicine and clothing to people who've | :18:34. | :18:35. | |
been living at the camp. French officials cleared the site | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
this week and migrants have been moved to centres across the country, | :18:42. | :18:44. | |
but the group believes there are still people | :18:45. | :18:47. | |
in the area who are in need. It was once home to around 8000 | :18:48. | :19:02. | |
people. Very close to the Calais ferry terminal they were desperate | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
to come to the UK. French police moved in this week to move migrants | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
to other facilities. Some slept without shelter last | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
night, activists on the ground worn many will simply return here after | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
clearance work is done. Groups of volunteers from Wales have | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
visited Calais frequently for the past year. Ali is a dentist chair | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
income brand, part of the latest group to offer help. | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
Despite thousands of people being moved to other homes there are | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
hundreds still there. The only difference being their accommodation | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
has been decimated. He was inspired by another dentist | :19:42. | :19:44. | |
from Cardiff who visited the so-called jungle camp last year. | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
He had lines queueing around him last year. He literally had got a | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
caravan, attached it to his car and was driving around doing all the | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
work he could possibly do. Sometimes people have problems they don't know | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
about. This can cause significant loss of quality of life. | :20:04. | :20:07. | |
They will take medical supplies and money with them. | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
It is basic humanitarian aid for me. I'm not concerned with the politics | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
of who wants to come to the UK. These people all deserve basic care | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
and aid which, unfortunately, in the jungle is not being provided. As | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
refugee centres they will tell you, the living conditions are poor. We | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
just want to help our fellow man. That is my philosophy. They were | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
temporary shelters built by people who had very little. Some now appear | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
to have even less. Ali hopes that practical help with the right some | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
relief as a long-term solution to the crisis seems a distant hope. | :20:47. | :20:48. | |
Students and staff at Swansea University were evacuated | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
earlier after a potentially hazardous chemical | :20:51. | :20:51. | |
The emergency services were called to the Singleton campus shortly | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
It's understood that steps are being taken to safely remove | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
the chemical and the Health and Safety Executive | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
I think most people were surprised it wasn't a drill. | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
This is the one time it isn't a drill. | :21:12. | :21:19. | |
They scanned the building to make sure no one was there. | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
At least half the campus are away, if not at home. | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
The latest radio listening figures show the audience | :21:29. | :21:30. | |
for BBC Radio Cymru has fallen to its lowest level this century. | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
101,000 people tuned in between July and September,a drop of 2,000 | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
compared to the previous three months. | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
Meanwhile, Radio Wales increased its audience | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
to 340,000, attracting 7,000 additional listeners. | :21:45. | :22:01. | |
So how will the weather be looking for the event over the coming days? | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
A bit mixed over the next 24 hours, there is some rain heading | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
into parts of North West Wales, misty but mild and often cloudy | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
This evening starts dry, some clear spells further south, | :22:13. | :22:15. | |
but cloud thickening and that patchy rain pushing into | :22:16. | :22:17. | |
That rain further north comes from this cold front, also bringing | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
thicker cloud tomorrow, but it retreats back northwards | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
as high pressure starts to build in from the south later in the day. | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
Some mist and fog first thing tomorrow. | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
Slowly lifting, that mainly patchy rain and drizzle in the north | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
Some limited brightness later, light winds,mist and fog reforming | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
But still quite mild for late October at 12C in Gwynedd, | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
Some improvements as we head into the weekend, that high pressure | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
continues to build from the south keeping things relatively settled, | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
but quite a gloomy high with a lot of cloud around. | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
A lot of low level cloud, and just a light breeze allowing | :23:04. | :23:11. | |
a fair amount of mist and fog to develop overnight. | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
Temperatures won't drop away too much staying in double | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
A misty, murky start to Saturday, quite cloudy, but where we get | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
the breaks in the cloud southerly winds will make it feel quite mild | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
Through the weekend, high pressure drifts | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
It should still be should be dominant enough to block weather | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
systems from coming in, but always the north and west more | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
So often overcast but mild as we head into the weekend, | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
which looks mainly dry and settled, but could be quite cloudy. | :23:50. | :23:51. | |
The cloud thick enough for some rain and drizzle. | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
When the suns breaks through, feeling pleasantly mild | :23:56. | :23:58. | |
although where the sky is then clear overnight it will turn chilly | :23:59. | :24:01. | |
Finally this picture is from weather watcher ADJ, | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
who took this one of misty, autumn woods near Tonypandy. | :24:07. | :24:09. | |
Likely to see more mist and fog over the next 48 hours. | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
If you're near any of the forests of Mid and North Wales over | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
the coming days you'll almost certainly encounter | :24:24. | :24:25. | |
the Wales Rally GB - the penultimate stage | :24:26. | :24:27. | |
of the F-I-A World Rally Championship. | :24:28. | :24:28. | |
Teams from around the world are back to compete over | :24:29. | :24:31. | |
200 miles across Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Powys. | :24:32. | :24:33. | |
The event is about to be launched in Park Eirias in Colwyn Bay, | :24:34. | :24:36. | |
and Chris Dearden is there for us tonight, Chris. | :24:37. | :24:44. | |
Good evening. From the ceremonial start the first cars crackle their | :24:45. | :24:53. | |
way across the start line. That's where the Wales Rally the GB | :24:54. | :25:01. | |
formally begins. The work in the forests in Denbighshire this morning | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
for a shakedown. That is chance to iron out | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
last-minute problems. They would be there for real on Sunday. I have Ben | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
Taylor who is the managing director with me. | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
What is the attraction? There is a fantastic cloud here this evening. | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
It is the biggest event in North and mid Wales every year. Its second | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
motorsport in the UK, to Formula 1 Grand Prix. This is a big event. The | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
best of the World Championship rallying coming to Wales. And we've | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
a platform here which we really excited about. | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
It's been in Wales for 20 years, 16 years, I think? | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
Wachtel Wales get out of it? It's a fantastic host country. The Welsh | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
government have been incredibly supportive. They get back a ?10 | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
million economic impact in the Welsh economy which is big numbers. It's | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
talking about local communities. You can't get a bed in Wales for the | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
next four days! We've also got primary schools and | :26:07. | :26:08. | |
rugby clubs and community groups benefiting from the event coming. | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
It's bringing masses of spectators with it. | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
Last year was really wet. I remember the driving rain and wind. With the | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
weather this year, what is going to like? | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
It looks like it will be favourable. We had a terrible time last year. | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
The weather looks fair. It's half term, the families and kids go free. | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
It's a brilliant way to end the half term holiday. We are really looking | :26:36. | :26:38. | |
forward to a fantastic regard. With less mud over the next few | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
days! Rallying starts tomorrow morning with the first stage. It | :26:42. | :26:44. | |
looks great to be a Chris. Rank you. Our headlines. Around 40 highly | :26:45. | :26:57. | |
skilled jobs have been maintained in Flintshire. Raytheon is benefiting | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
from a deal struck with the Ministry of Defence is worth more than ?130 | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
million. And BBC Wales has learned tonight that main port engineering, | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
based in Pembroke Dock has gone into administration. We will, of course, | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
have more details for you on that story in late bulletin. That's at | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
10:30pm. You can see the latest online. | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
For now from all of us on the programme, | :27:29. | :27:31. |