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Storm Barbara sweeps across the country. | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
Wind more than 70 mph. It was quite frightening, really. My daughter was | :00:14. | :00:26. | |
in her bedroom, looked out the window towards the school and utter | :00:27. | :00:27. | |
devastation, really. The family out of their home | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
at Christmas because the insurers won't pay-out after flooding | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
ruined their house. Everything has just been ripped | :00:33. | :00:44. | |
apart. And just destroyed. That is the worst thing. It has just all | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
gone. He thought sharing his experience would bring closure. | :00:51. | :00:51. | |
The inquiry looking into sex abuse apologises for the way | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
Quite surprised with the Donald. Trump is in town for Black Friday. | :00:55. | :01:06. | |
the busiest day of the year for our emergency services. | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
The shops want it to be busy on the high streets but emergency services | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
are hoping they will not receive too many calls. | :01:18. | :01:18. | |
Millions invested to help ensure a better service | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
Wind gusts reached 75mph on Anglesey and in Snowdonia today. | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
It always seems to happen as the Christmas getaway begins, | :01:28. | :01:48. | |
Storm Barbara raced across the country, leaving hundreds | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
of homes without power, roads blocked, ferries cancelled. | :01:53. | :01:53. | |
The strongest winds, of more than 70 miles an hour, | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
Christmas shoppers braving the elements this afternoon, | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
as Storm Barbara swept in, bringing high | :02:07. | :02:08. | |
Lloyd Street in this town had to be closed | :02:09. | :02:21. | |
as a precaution after scaffolding amid fears that | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
scaffolding could come loose and high wind. | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
Further up the coast, speed restrictions on the Britannia Bridge | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
between Anglesey and the mainland, putting more strain on the ever | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
The high wind also affected train services in the area, | :02:35. | :02:43. | |
strongest gusts recorded on Anglesey. | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
Those winds also meant fallen trees, blocked | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
roads and power cuts for | :02:48. | :02:48. | |
hundreds of homes across the country. | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
Gusts of anything between 50 and 80 mph have been experienced | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
in exposed parts of the country today and the storm also affected | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
200 in Swansea and 200 in Carmarthenshire have also been | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
without power in the course of today. | :03:05. | :03:05. | |
There have also been almost 100 homes without power in Bridgend | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
Western Power have had engineers across the | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
country trying to get everybody back online. | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
This school in Caernarvon felt the full force of the storm, | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
the roof badly damaged in the high wind. | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
All of a sudden there was this, the only way I can describe it is | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
I ran into her and it was over in seconds, really. | :03:34. | :03:44. | |
Towards the school and it was utter devastation, really. | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
Half the roof had completely torn off. | :03:49. | :03:49. | |
Just carnage is the only way I can describe it. | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
Rough seas meant Irish ferries had to cancel six fast | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
sailings between Holyhead and Dublin but passengers were transferred to | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
Not the best start to the festive season, but the wind and | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
rain will ease over the weekend, with the worst over for now. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
Meanwhile, a family in Maesteg will spend Christmas | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
away from their home, after their insurers rejected | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
a claim to clear up ?50,000 worth of flood damage caused | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
Ocaso told the Jenkins family they hadn't declared their house | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Their local MP says the flood was nothing to do with the river | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
and they're giving the insurance industry a bad name. | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
Submerged vehicles, closed roads and ruined homes. | :04:31. | :04:40. | |
Storm Angus hit Wales hard last month, not least | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
Maesteg, where around 50 homes were damaged. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
Including that of the Jenkins family. | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Just looks like a bomb has been, like exploded straight in your | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
house and just looks really messy and dirty. | :04:55. | :05:09. | |
Everything is everywhere and really bad, really. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
Mark Jenkins estimates about ?50,000 of damage. | :05:13. | :05:14. | |
The family are spending Christmas with relatives. | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
It is utter devastation at the moment. | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
We are lucky we have got close family | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
to put us up, because otherwise we would effectively be homeless. | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
But paying for the repairs has become a dispute. | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
Insurers Ocaso have rejected the claim because Mark did | :05:27. | :05:28. | |
not declare the house was within 200 metres of a river. | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
Mark says he does not remember the question, but | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
acknowledges there may have been over an oversight. | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
But he feels the river is irrelevant compared to the | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
During Storm Angus water was streaming off | :05:39. | :05:47. | |
Mark's house and around 50 others behind me were damaged in the flood. | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
The nearest river is within 200 metres of Mark's house. | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
It is at the bottom of the hill on the other side | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
of the main road but both he and his local Assembly Member say | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
the river had nothing to do with the flooding. | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
Let's treat these people with respect. | :06:09. | :06:09. | |
It is a genuine claim for a couple and a family and their | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
children, who are out of their home for Christmas. | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
Their home is in devastation, show some decency, I | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
Davies thinks others could be caught by the 200 metre rule and he wants | :06:18. | :06:33. | |
the system to change so insurers identify how close properties | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
are to a river rather than customers having to declare it themselves. | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
In response the Association of British | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
It will not comment on Mark's case but | :06:41. | :06:54. | |
stresses the importance of customers answering questions... | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
One month on from the floods in Maesteg, Ocaso | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
said it is in discussions with Mark and will not comment any further. | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
The effects are still being felt by many in the area | :07:06. | :07:07. | |
but the future is more uncertain for some than others. | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse has carried out | :07:11. | :07:12. | |
an urgent review of its service in Wales and apologised | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
to a victim of sexual abuse for the poor support he received. | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
When the office opened in Wales in October | :07:18. | :07:19. | |
a victim told our reporter that he hoped for some | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
closure by sharing his story with the inquiry. | :07:23. | :07:23. | |
But he says he's "devastated" by the way he's been treated. | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
Many of us have fond childhood memories of holidays by the seaside. | :07:27. | :07:42. | |
That is not the case for everyone. Tony, not his real name, was abused | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
on a youth summer camp in Porthcawl in the 70s by a man supposed to be | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
looking after him. Three other men made similar accusations about the | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
alleged abuser, who was employed as a teacher by Cardiff Council. He | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
told us his story back in October. I became very scared of adults. My | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
whole schooling after that basically deteriorated. It was stories like | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
Tony's that launch the Independent enquiry into child sex abuse, set up | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
in 2014 by then Home Secretary Theresa May, to look at abuse | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
allegations by private and public institutions. An office opened in | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Cardiff two months ago and survivors like Tony were urged to come forward | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
and share their stories. A support worker contacted Tony before his | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
appointment and was shocked when he started crying and she spoke of her | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
own abuse. Tony said he ended up cancelling -- counselling her. When | :08:43. | :08:44. | |
he hung up the phone he was devastated. It was like a train | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
running over me. I did not know what to do. You are hopeful by giving | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
evidence you will have some kind of closure. But at the moment the wound | :08:55. | :09:01. | |
is opened. It is open big-time. More than ever. You cannot lock it, open | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
it and lock it and open it all the time at will. Do you have concerns | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
for other people? Absolutely. This affects people in different ways. I | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
have been quite strong. You don't know who is out there. The people | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
coming forward, they could be suicidal. By the outcome. When the | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
office opened in Cardiff in October Professor Alexis J denied the quarry | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
-- in quarry was in crisis despite being the fourth chairwoman in two | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
years. -- enquiry. There has been criticism the remit is too broad. I | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
think it has gone beyond the reach of any successful or positive | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
outcome. I think that is very sad for those who have witnessed that | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
from the beginning. Because yet again it is potentially another | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
negative outcome as a result of their disclosures. An urgent review | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
was carried out after Tony complain. He received an apology and the | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
enquiry says changes have been made to make sure this does not happen to | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
anyone else. Tony Hadley three other men are pursuing civil claims | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
against Cardiff Council for damages. -- and the three other men. The | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
council said it takes the allegations very seriously but | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
cannot comment on the case while it is ongoing. Tony has still not given | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
his evidence but he hopes the new year will bring some closure to the | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
memories that afforded him for decades. | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
The Archbishop of Wales has used his Christmas message to call | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
for people to respond to events like the Brexit vote | :10:44. | :10:45. | |
and the election of Donald Trump with "tolerance and grace". | :10:46. | :10:48. | |
Dr Barry Morgan says 2016 has been an extraordinary year - | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
with the civil war in Syria and the growing refugee crisis | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
showing we live in a world that "seems at times to be | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
There are 65 million refugees. Syria is in meltdown. People are torn | :10:57. | :11:08. | |
apart in this country by the Brexit vote. America has a president who | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
has made the rocketry remarks about women, Mexicans, foreigners in | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
general. -- the rocketry. Christians build bridges, not walls. -- | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
inappropriate remarks. Enough divides us already. | :11:27. | :11:27. | |
They're calling it Frenzied Friday - potentially the busiest day | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
of the year for our emergency services and our high streets. | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
Millions are said to be hitting the shops to pick-up last-minute | :11:34. | :11:35. | |
gifts and heading to the pub with friends and family. | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
In a moment - Roger Pinney on the Welsh retailers | :11:41. | :11:42. | |
as they hope for brisk business, but first Rhiannon Wilkins with | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
Starting early. This stag do is making the most of the last Friday | :11:47. | :12:01. | |
before Christmas. I will try and make the night. That is what I will | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
try and do. I probably will not make it. Make Christmas great again! | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
Black Fridays have been a pretty black as far as the memory is | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
concerned! They are on their best behaviour. But not everybody hitting | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
the streets in the next 48 hours will have such military discipline. | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
For months police forces across Wales have been prepared for | :12:29. | :12:30. | |
potential incidents over the festive period and in Cardiff, it is called | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
operation mistletoe. City centre is getting busy. Not many people out | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
stringing at the moment but by about five or six o'clock that will | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
change. Chief Inspector Jacqueline Johnson has been with south Wales | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
police 21 years. We will be bringing an extra 40 police officers only for | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
the city centre. The street parties have increased their numbers. | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
Licensees will be working to capacity with bar staff. The alcohol | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
treatment centre as extra staff. It is almost double at least compared | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
to normal Friday Saturday night in the city centre. We are expecting a | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
busy one. These are some of the team, medical staff, licensing | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
officers and public transport officers as well as police are all | :13:16. | :13:18. | |
involved in trying to keep everything under control. It is at | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
this centre in the middle of Cardiff there is one worse for wear this | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
evening will be brought. When the first person comes in you are always | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
ready for the next one. Having them here makes a big impact to the main | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
unit and everything out of the street for the other emergency | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
services as well. The emergency services know they are in for a busy | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
few days but with months of preparation and place they hope this | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
Black Friday will pass without too much of a hangover. What is it to | :13:49. | :13:56. | |
be? Out with a last-minute gift and today braving the edge of Storm | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Barbara to do it? Was this particular high street a little more | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
quiet than usual? The weather, perhaps, or something else? At the | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
last minute I will go and get it because you cannot get it in the | :14:11. | :14:13. | |
post, you're not always guaranteed so I thought I would come and see | :14:14. | :14:16. | |
what I can get. What are you looking for? Cannot say in case my wife | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
sees! High street or Internet, Meena Lee? High street. Why is that? I | :14:24. | :14:31. | |
like to see things in my hand before I purchase. Something for my | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
daughter. A little warmer. Not much, actually. I am sorry. Do you shop on | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
the high street or Internet? Mainly on the high street. You can see what | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
you are buying. It'll be a while before the retailers tell us how | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
they have done this Christmas. Anecdotally high streets have been a | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
little more quiet. Is that because we are spending less or perhaps | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
shopping differently? Maybe a bit of both. The signs are ominous, | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
according to the retail Consortium, footfall dropped in November | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
compared to last year. The Centre for retail research suggested | :15:11. | :15:12. | |
spending across Christmas as a whole has been well below expectations. | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
Retailers hope this is a week to steal a march on mail order sales. | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
We see a greater growth of footfall in the last week because customers | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
really need to get hold of that product, that get, because they | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
cannot go into Christmas Day without it. The risk factor for many is they | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
would rather come into the shops and by that product. The big stores in | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
the biggest city can fight back. What about smaller shopping centres | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
across Wales? We are seeing evidence all year, the last 18 months, that | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
shops are closing and the secondary high-street footfall is falling. | :15:52. | :15:54. | |
They have had a difficult time for a decade. One day left of shopping for | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
Christmas 2016. The sales are next. In some places they have already | :16:02. | :16:02. | |
started. You're watching Wales Today | :16:03. | :16:04. | |
on Friday the 23rd of December. How the Welsh Ambulance | :16:05. | :16:07. | |
service is aiming to get The worst is now over but what does | :16:08. | :16:10. | |
the rest of the Christmas A teenager who had to be tested | :16:11. | :16:20. | |
for HIV and Hepatitis after getting a tattoo at a Newport parlour has | :16:21. | :16:29. | |
told BBC Wales she's glad its owner John Cochran admitted | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
health and safety offences at Cardiff Crown Court | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
after customers developed But where you get them done, | :16:39. | :16:40. | |
like this clean, safe business, can be vitally important | :16:41. | :16:54. | |
to your health. As 19-year-old Molly | :16:55. | :16:55. | |
Ormond is all too aware. There was arguments, | :16:56. | :17:04. | |
a fight broke out Why I did not walk out when I saw | :17:05. | :17:11. | |
that I still don't know. She had her piercing in the wrong | :17:12. | :17:21. | |
studio and had to be tested for hepatitis and HIV after other | :17:22. | :17:24. | |
customers developed I was nervous, I was scared | :17:25. | :17:26. | |
I had all these things running through my | :17:27. | :17:34. | |
head, as you would. You never think you will ever go | :17:35. | :17:35. | |
through something like that. Molly went here, | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
the Sun Tattoo Studio. There's a sign saying it's | :17:43. | :17:44. | |
under new management. It was also known as Blue Voodoo - | :17:45. | :17:46. | |
and Flesh Wound. Four customers were hospitalised | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
after infections from ear piercings. The owner, John Cochran, | :17:53. | :18:01. | |
pleaded guilty to health and safety offences and was given a 16 week | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
suspended prison sentence. The investigation led | :18:05. | :18:12. | |
to the Aneurin Bevan Health Board testing hundreds of people | :18:13. | :18:14. | |
for blood-borne viruses. They attended specially set up | :18:15. | :18:17. | |
clinics where they were checked for things like Hepatitis B and C | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
- and HIV. She's now taken that piercing out | :18:21. | :18:22. | |
and is glad Cochran has I feel that it's been | :18:23. | :18:29. | |
a long time coming. It's been probably one big | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
roller-coaster ride, He's definitely got | :18:36. | :18:36. | |
what he deserves. Cochran has had his tattoo | :18:37. | :18:43. | |
and piercing licence taken off him ? and there are calls to tighten | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
the rules - to protect more | :18:47. | :18:48. | |
people in the future. ?4.5 million will be spent improving | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
the Ambulance Service's The Welsh Government investment aims | :18:56. | :18:57. | |
to ensure ambulances are deployed to life-threatening calls faster | :18:58. | :19:06. | |
and better co-ordination Ambulance service, what's the full | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
address of the emergency? In every direction | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
you look there is a computer screen at | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
the contact centre. It may look modern, but | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
the infrastructure which keeps the biggest ambulance control room | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
in the country running is from a The system is the bridge | :19:27. | :19:28. | |
between the 999 call takers and allocators that send | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
ambulances to patients. It is a system we are | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
maintaining and it is a safe system, but it is time now | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
to move to a 21st-century system. The service will now | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
get that opportunity to move on thanks to | :19:44. | :19:45. | |
a ?4.5 million investment | :19:46. | :19:47. | |
in its technology. The new system will be introduced | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
at all three contact centres across the country here, | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
replacing the system which was based It is going to pull | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
everything together, help contact centre staff to identify | :19:58. | :20:09. | |
the call and the most appropriate resource and also give them a range | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
of options to make sure they send the most appropriate resource | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
and the nearest resource. Response time targets | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
were scrapped last year for all apart from the most serious, | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
immediately life-threatening calls. The latest figures released at | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
the end of last month show 77.1% of responses to red calls arrived | :20:31. | :20:33. | |
within eight minutes. The new dispatch computer system | :20:34. | :20:35. | |
could improve those response times That marginal improvement | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
should make a really big difference for people who really | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
need a fast response. It should also ensure | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
there is better coordination between emergency services | :20:50. | :20:51. | |
on major incidents as well. Can you see the patient | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
from where you are? Can you confirm they | :20:56. | :20:57. | |
are awake, conscious Call centres will use | :20:58. | :20:59. | |
the trusty system which has served for over 15 years | :21:00. | :21:10. | |
but the new technology will be rolled out at | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
control centres by the end of next year, ensuring | :21:15. | :21:16. | |
Passengers travelling between South Wales and London tomorrow, remember | :21:17. | :21:27. | |
Paddington station will be closed for six days. Arriba trains is | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
warning of disruptions, including those trains between Cardiff and | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
Newport for part of the holiday, with services to Bridgend and the | :21:37. | :21:37. | |
valleys also restricted. Kate, no guessing what Swansea boss, | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
Bob Bradley, wants for Christmas. Bob Bradley has admitted his future | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
at the club could depend on the results of Swansea's | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
next two games. The Swans, who have only won two | :21:49. | :21:50. | |
matches under the American boss, play West Ham on Boxing Day | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
and Bournemouth on New Year's Eve. They're currently second from bottom | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
in the Premier League. Since his arrival, Bob Bradley has | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
never been under more scrutiny. Ten games in just two | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
wins, conceding 15 goals Even the American admits his job | :22:09. | :22:10. | |
could be hanging in the balance. The team has not been in his best | :22:11. | :22:24. | |
form and goes through a tough stretch. You could say it is a club | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
that has gone through tough periods. I knew coming in that was a | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
challenge. I'm just as motivated and determined about the challenge as | :22:36. | :22:36. | |
the day I got here. Swansea are currently 19th | :22:37. | :22:38. | |
in the Premier League table, On Boxing Day they take on West Ham, | :22:39. | :22:41. | |
currently in 13th and fresh off the back of two wins, | :22:42. | :22:47. | |
before taking on 10th place Some pundits say the Swans | :22:48. | :22:49. | |
are the present every other team But they're getting | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
slightly more respect He away they are, let's say not the | :22:55. | :23:13. | |
best, but we are playing at Swansea... They hit form at home. | :23:14. | :23:22. | |
But I am really expecting us now to continue. | :23:23. | :23:23. | |
Bob Bradley will have to wait until Boxing Day to see | :23:24. | :23:25. | |
For now, he's still feeling the Christmas spirit. | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
Rugby - and Wales wing George North says he wants to continue | :23:34. | :23:43. | |
playing for years to come, despite his latest head injury. | :23:44. | :23:45. | |
A review found the 24-year-old should not have played | :23:46. | :23:47. | |
on for Northampton after a knock to the head earlier this month. | :23:48. | :23:50. | |
The wing says he'd like to emulate Wales' record cap | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
Meanwhile, Sam Warburton is about to set his own record - | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
making his 100th appearance for the Cardiff Blues when they host | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
Newport Gwent Dragons in the Pro12 Boxing Day derby. | :24:00. | :24:01. | |
The 28-year-old will continue as captain. | :24:02. | :24:03. | |
Prop Gethin Jenkins is still out injured. | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
And organisers of the Welsh Grand National say they're confident | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
the race will go ahead on schedule after three of the last | :24:13. | :24:14. | |
This year's event is on Tuesday 27th December at Chepstow Racecourse | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
with more than 100 riders racing for a prize of ?150,000. | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
Hopefully the weather will be much better than today | :24:25. | :24:26. | |
Derek is here with the Christmas forecast. | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
Next Tuesday looks promising, fine and settled with light winds. | :24:31. | :24:38. | |
A different story today of course thanks to Storm Barbara. | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
The wind strong enough in places to cause some damage and bring | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
down trees like this one near Bangor in Gwynedd. | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
Storm Barbara is currently centred near Iceland with severe gales | :24:52. | :25:03. | |
Here in Wales the worst is now over but in the North West a yellow | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
wind warning remains in force until midnight. | :25:10. | :25:11. | |
A lot of dry weather but a few showers, especially | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
Feeling cold but too much wind for any frost. | :25:16. | :25:25. | |
But clouding over in the afternoon with some rain in the north | :25:26. | :25:35. | |
and northwest, especially on the mountains. | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
Top temperatures nine to 11 Celsius, feeling chilly in the brisk wind. | :25:43. | :25:45. | |
Tomorrow night Santa may have a bumpy ride | :25:46. | :25:48. | |
Some rain and drizzle too, especially on high ground. | :25:49. | :26:02. | |
The chart for Christmas Day shows another deep low near Iceland | :26:03. | :26:04. | |
and that has been named Conor by the Met Office. | :26:05. | :26:07. | |
The strongest winds to the north of Wales with warnings in force. | :26:08. | :26:10. | |
So Christmas Day mostly cloudy, very mild and windy. | :26:11. | :26:12. | |
Some dry weather as well with some rain spreading | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
If Hawarden in Flintshire reaches 15 Celsius, which is possible that | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
would be a new record for Christmas Day in Wales. | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
A few showers in the north and breezy. | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
Boxing Day night clear, cold and frosty and there's more dry | :26:28. | :26:34. | |
and settled weather to come next week thanks to high pressure | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
So better weather tomorrow if you're travelling. | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
No white Christmas, but some dry weather if you fancy a walk | :26:43. | :26:44. | |
We'll have updates for you throughout | :26:45. | :26:54. | |
From all of us on the team, thanks for watching. | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
And to play us out tonight, here's Tongwynlais Temperance Band. | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
MUSIC: Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly... | :27:02. | :27:37. |