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The Welsh Assembly does not have a legal right to be consulted

I thought it was a lot of nonsense. The majority of people have already

voted for it. The people have spoken, the decision has been made.

Never mind what Parliament say, we want out.

Where will firms like Airbus stand after Brexit?

One of the company's bosses says they're entering a "dangerous

They're doing well, but it's not the same across Wales -

the schools watchdog says the quality of teaching is weak.

The row on the railways - tonight Arriva Trains Wales defends

overcrowding and the profit it makes in.

I'd love to say, here are more seats and more services, but we just don't

have them. And one of the country's leading

conservationists says we are failing miserably to protect

Pembrokeshire's porpoise. Assembly Members will not

be consulted before 11 Supreme Court judges said MPs

will have a vote and rejected the Welsh Government's argument that

AMs should have a say before Here's our parliamentary

correspondent, David Cornock. They want out, 62% of people here

voted to leave, the highest proportion in Wales. There is a

mixed reaction to the news that MPs will now get a vote on how that

happens. I thought it was a lot of nonsense. The majority of people

have already voted for it and I think the Government represents the

people as well, so the Government should make a choice. Theresa May

might be a Prime Minister but I think representing us all the MPs --

are. Theresa May is saying she'll get the best deal. It doesn't make

it so. I think it's a good thing and I think it should be scrutinised.

The decision has been made so it should be left as is. My wife, get

out now. Never mind what Parliament say, we want out. in London, Supreme

Court judges said it was for Parliament to decide, not ministers

and was no need to consult AM s. The court rules that ministers are not

required to be consulted before triggering Article 50. Under the

convention, AMs had to be consulted before the process of leaving the EU

could begin but the judge found that it is not legally enforceable and

that relations with the EU as a matter for the UK Government.

Despite that, the Welsh Government's law officer was quick to claim

victory. The sovereignty of Parliament has been upheld, imported

to Wales because we now have a direct voice on that. We don't have

a veto. Parliament remains a sovereign on the point, but we have

the opportunity to influence legislation. But it will now be up

to MPs whether and when divorce talks with the EU can begin. Is not

unexpected and I think the British Government accept the decision and

we move forward and do precisely what the court asked us to do. The

Labour Party says its MPs will not try to block off a straight Brexit.

I'll vote with the witches of the people of Wales and the UK and my

constituents -- wishes, and vote for triggering Article 50 because this

has divided the country and the constituency. but some Labour MPs

say they are prepared to rebel. If it is a hard, brittle Brexit --

brutal, I don't think it is in the interests of the people I represent

and so I can't in all conscience recommend it as if it we take

unsupported and if that means voting against the Government I will do

that and if it means putting against the Labour whip, I will do that.

Wheels may have voted out last June but Plaid Cymru say they will fight.

I've yet to take a view, otherwise I might as well pack up after the

election. I will be following the wishes of my constituency voted in

favour of staying in very heavily. AMs of all parties are debating how

they will make their voices heard. Let's talk to Daniel

Davies in Cardiff Bay. Daniel, lots of reaction

to the judgment there today. It sounds like the 11

Supreme Court judges sent They all agree there's no legal

reason for Theresa May But there is a political reason

for parliament to listen. So if parliament must vote

on Brexit, it leaves the door ajar for the Assembly

to influence things. Sorry to disappoint anyone

who thought the referendum had settled all of this,

but that means there might be a vote here,

as well as in Westminster. And I'm also sorry to disappoint

anyone who hopes that a vote at Cardiff Bay could stop Brexit -

it won't, the Assembly doesn't have It's worth reflecting

where we are seven months Soon after, First Minister Carwyn

Jones said Article 50 should be triggered sooner rather than later,

that we shouldn't wait Now his Government is celebrating

what it calls a victory in a court case that means things aren't quite

so straight forward. Staying with Brexit,

one of the bosses at Airbus says the company is "entering a dangerous

phase" if it can't seamlessly move people and products

around European countries. 6,000 Airbus workers are based

in Broughton in Flintshire, Here's our business

correspondent, Brian Meechan. Airbus brings well-paid and highly

skilled jobs to the area. It says it needs to be continued moving workers

freely between European plants. The company argues any new deal with the

EU needs to be similar to current membership so they can remain

competitive. Airbus has been in a bit of battle with its main rival

Boeing for dominance in the skies. The European business has edged

ahead in recent years including with 731 orders in 2016 compared to 668

for the US company. Its concern is that any trade deal between

President Donald Trump and the UK after Brexit will see America

favouring Boeing while any EU disputes damages Airbus. Many people

in Seattle and Washington would be more than delighted to see this

scenario played out because they will take any opportunity to try and

undermine the success of Airbus and they take the view that whatever is

being decided in Washington will also be done with what is good for

Seattle so we enter into a dangerous phase. the company also wants free

movement of products. Airbus claims are made up from parts from across

Europe. The wings from its flagship A380 are made at Broughton. The tail

is manufactured in Germany. The tail, fuselage and passenger doors

come from sites in Spain. The central fuselage and the nose are

assembled and tested in France. All of these come together for final

Assembly in Toulouse. But small firms in Wales employ around the

same number in total as the larger companies like Airbus do. Bosses he

received their voices need to be heard, too. I voted to leave Europe

and join the Brexit camp. I personally think it's the best thing

for the country long-term. The problem we have at the moment is a

lot of people are taking the negative view rather than the

positive view. Ministers are indicating they could import a

special agreement for key sectors. According to Airbus, the

Government's decision that no EU deal is better than a bad EU deal

isn't a sensible fallback position. Ministers have argued they could in

for a special agreement for key sectors like aerospace.

Let's get a final word from David Cornock in Westminster.

David, the UK Government has today lost its court battle.

Now with added pressure from companies like Airbus,

the Government really needs to get this right.

Yes, Ginny, we've heard a lot from politicians and judges today, but in

Brian's report use our a reminder that what they say will have an

impact on the every day lives of people across Wales, on businesses

and the economy. On Thursday, we expect MPs to get first sight of the

Government's proposed law, which will be a very short one. It will

simply give the Government the right to trigger Article 50, to start

those divorce talks with European Union. Theresa May expects to do

that by the end of March but this is the start of the process, they will

be up to two years of negotiations before a final deal is reached, if

indeed he deal is reached and you'll expect the politicians up there to

have a vote on the final deal so this isn't the end, this is just the

beginning. Police in Swansea are

searching the marina Marcin Porczyk was last seen

in the Wind Street area of the city Searches have concentrated

on the marina and River Tawe. HSBC is to close nine

branches in Wales as part of closures across the UK,

including in Holyhead, Knighton, It says the number of people

visiting its high street banks has fallen by almost 40% in the past

five years, as more people The quality of teaching in Wales

is weak and must be improved for standards in the classroom

to get better. That's the warning tonight

from the schools watchdog Estyn Our education correspondent

Colette Hume has the story. It's the start of

the day for the pupils The school has been singled out

by the education watchdog We challenge ourselves

on a daily basis, looking at where we can go next,

numeracy skills, IT skills, and that's a big part

of the curriculum at the moment and that's our next drive,

to look at ICT. At this school, they're getting it

right but today's report says Estyn says some pupils

are underachieving because the work that teachers are setting for them

isn't challenging enough while in some classes,

lessons are taught so quickly, There are skills with the teaching

isn't good enough and in those schools, what we're seeing

in the annual report, and there's a whole chapter on this,

is that they need to improve the staff development

and professional learning in school. The watchdog says the school heads

need to help their staff The union which represents school

leaders say they want that, too. I've yet to meet a headteacher

who would disagree with developing their teaching staff but it's

like a parent on the sidelines shouting at children to try harder,

that's not helpful. This report is another blow

for education here in Wales, just weeks after the international

school rankings placed Wales below the rest

of the UK and behind other nations including Singapore,

Slovenia and Vietnam. There is some good news for primary

schools in Wales in today's report. Younger children's literacy

and numeracy skills are improving. In around seven out of ten primary

schools, standards were rated good or better but when it comes

to secondary schools, teaching was rated good or better

in only a minority of schools. On a statement, the Cabinet

Secretary for education Kirsty Williams said improving

teaching and leadership was one Today's report will make difficult

reading for everyone involved in education here in Wales

and there will be renewed questions about the standards of teaching

in the nation's schools. Sticking with education,

exam revision workbooks used by pupils preparing for their GCSEs

have been withdrawn after research by The One Show found

they contained scores of errors. The book containing the most

mistakes was the one aimed at pupils sitting a WJEC maths exam,

which had 90 errors in it. The exam board saidit

didn't endorse the guide. You could use up quite a lot of time

in convincing yourself that the error was actually in the answer

given her somewhere in the question as stated. -- or somewhere. It would

be the weaker students who struggle more to identify the errors than the

stronger students but it could cause quite a lot of confusion with a

student's revision, this number of errors could affect their

performance in the exam. There's more on that

on The One Show at seven. Before then, concerns tonight that

we're failing miserably to protect Pembrokeshire's porpoise -

we'll find out what's going wrong. And you've probably thrown

yours out weeks ago - how these Christmas trees

are being put to good use. Arriva Trains Wales has

already faced serious Tonight, the Economy Secretary Ken

Skates has stepped in, saying he believes its profit

margins are too high and more should Meanwhile, it's emerged that

over-crowding in Cardiff stations on the morning commute is rising

at a faster rate than Overcrowding has become a regular

feature for many commuters in and out of Cardiff at peak times

on Arriva Trains Wales services. Rhiannon and Matt are

among the commuters Now we have to wait until 6:43

for the next train, if it's on time, so we now have been

nearly 45 minutes. We had people standing, not a lot

of room for anybody at all. A number of people using Twitter

to voice their opinions and you could hear the tweets

and things going off I went to this station in Cardiff

during the morning rush hour to find out and failed to get on the 7:55am

train myself so I had Once I'd got on the train,

it was clearly very busy, standing room only, pretty much

what I would have expected, but here's the key point,

the train I got on had four carriages, the one before only

had two carriages. Many believe the lack of capacity

is down to the original contract, which did not make any allowance

for passenger growth, but Arriva Trains Wales made

a profit of 6.9% last year while the franchise it operates

is also one of the most heavily It is to some extent galling

that we have to spend an additional ?25 million or so a year

on additional services above A key point here is whether Arriva

Trains Wales has a responsibility to invest more profit

in the service because it receives such a generous

subsidy from the taxpayer. I think it's fair to say that

Arriva Trains Wales should invest in a quality service wherever

and whenever passengers expect it. Arriva Trains Wales say there has

been a nationwide shortage Despite that, it says money

is being put back into services. I'd love to say, here's more trains,

give everybody a seat on those so for us, the challenge is,

how do we make the best possible service we can

with the trains we've got? Arriva Trains's performance also

came under the spotlight during It looks to us who use the service

that it is at breaking point. If it does break, you will

have to do something. We want to make sure the franchise

properly serves people with decent quality rolling stock and frequent

trains and reasonable fares to pay. The current franchise comes

to an end in 18 months. Arriva Trains is one

of the companies bidding for the new one and replacing

rolling stock takes time. There may be some way to go before

there's light at the end More on this story in

Week In Week Out tonight at 10:40 It's a sight to be seen -

dolphins and porpoises Tonight a leading conservationist

has accused the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales

of "failing miserably" to protect harbour porpoises off the coast

of Pembrokeshire and says not enough's being done

to protect the mammals. These waters off Pembrokeshire hold

the richest variety of sea life Wales has to offer,

from birds and seals to basking On this ferry, Sea Trust volunteers

carry out a survey once a month and is good for tourism,

some people travel for hours to this point near Fishguard

to try to caps a glimpse of these Harbour porpoises are protected

in law but they're making this area of sea a special area

of conservation. Those involved in marine activities

could have to show that they're For almost 20 years,

the Sea Trust has been calling for the creation of a special zone

to protect the species. Natural Resources Wales agrees

and has recommended three special areas of conservation

for harbour porpoises. One off Anglesey, another

in the Bristol Channel and another covering the whole of Cardigan Bay

on the Pembrokeshire coast. The final decision is down

to ministers in Cardiff and London, but the apparent lack

of action is frustrating. If we don't do it, then our children

will hate us, our children's children and generations,

will ask why it took 20 Plans to harness tidal energy

in the Welsh sea is in infancy, but conservationists say protecting

the area will protect the creatures We're already seeing decreased

numbers of porpoise in some areas and we know they are seriously

affected by pollutants so although they are fine

at the moment, the risk is that It's been a long time coming,

but tonight, the Welsh Government says a final decision

is expected next month. Staying in Pembrokeshire,

let me show you some pictures of a new fire engine that's been

airlifted to Caldey Island. It's the only way Mid

and West Fire and Rescue Service could get the heavy equipment

there for monks and residents. It will be crewed by volunteer

firefighters who'll be supported At the other end of the country,

discarded Christmas trees are helping to strengthen

the North Wales coastline thanks to a hospice

charity in Denbighshire. For a donation to St Kentigern's,

the fir trees were collected after the festive season and are now

preventing erosion and flooding Matthew Richards has

been to take a look. It's a whole month since

the presents have been opened, but now it's time for the trees

themselves to be given as gifts. For almost 20 years the sand dunes

at Barkby Beach have been reinforced They help to build up layers of sand

which have been eroded and they're only used when nature can't do

the job itself. The preferred approach to sand dune

restoration is to leave it to natural processes,

but here, the dunes If this is left unchecked,

then they're vulnerable This year for the first time

the trees have been collected The Denbighshire charity volunteered

for the job in return for donations. It's about getting things off

the ground but we had a positive response and this year

we are looking at about 260 Christmas trees we've collected

and people have been really positive and I think the fact this is the end

result has really been the cherry Once the trees have

lost their needles, Then conservationists will plant

grasses to fill the gaps in this Without their tinsel

and decorations, they look a little bit out of place,

but over time they won't become just part of the scenery,

they will help to strengthen and protect it for

the future as well. Next Christmas might be a long way

off but the countryside service and St Kentigern's Hospice already

know what they'll be Sport, and the Olympic Champion

Nicole Cooke has accused British Cycling of being sexist

and says it's "run by men, for men." Cooke told MPs, as part

of their inquiry into combating doping in sport, that the governing

body's efforts against cheats British Cycling says it's committed

to resolving the historic gender Rugby, and London Welsh have been

refused permission to continue playing in the Championship

by the Rugby Football Union, which means they no longer exist

as a professional club. The club went into

liquidation last month. To Las Vegas now, where boxer

Lee Selby has arrived ahead of his world IBF

featherweight title defence. The 29-year-old from Barry

will fight Argentine Jonathan Victor Barros at the MGM Grand

hotel on Saturday. His opponent has won 41 of his 46

fights in a professional career Selby says he's not fazed

by fighting in Las Vegas. The dream for every fighter

and the goal is to one day box for title in Las Vegas and for most

it's not For me, it was, but it shows

with hard work and with the dream and focus and dedication,

you can make it possible and like I said, I've been

here before, I've watched Mayweather box in the same ring I'm going to be

fighting in say you can't get And football - after three

league wins in a row, Cardiff City travel to second-placed

Brighton tonight in their rearranged The match was originally called off

last month because of fog. All of which leads us neatly

onto Derek and the weather. It was very foggy in Newport this

morning. This picture taken by our weather

watcher Jon at Tredegar Park. This evening a few spots of light

rain or drizzle in the NW. The worst temperatures in Powys

and Monmouthshire falling close Here's the picture

for 8 in the morning. Brighter than today

with some sunshine. Temperatures 6 to 9

Celsius with a south The wind strong and gusty

on exposed coasts in the west. Above freezing and windy

in Milford Haven. Thursday's chart shows high pressure

over eastern Europe. The isobars close together

over the UK and that Thursday the windiest

and coldest day of the week! Grains of snow possible,

otherwise mostly dry and cloudy. A little sunshine,

especially in the northwest. Temperatures two to six

and feeling much colder More like -16 Celsius

on Pen Y Fan on Thursday Friday will be less

windy and less cold. Temperatures a higher

with a spots of lighter rain. The headlines again, Assembly

Members do not need to be consulted before Brexit is triggered. They do

not have the right to a say before Theresa May starts formal talks with

the European Union. There is more on our website.

I'll have an update for you here at 8pm and again

From all of us on the programme, good evening.