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They're being blamed for an increase in violence and more ambulance call | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Concern over the easy access to so-called legal | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
Drugs are far more freely available in our prison system today as in | :00:13. | :00:25. | |
society. That is why we are saying it is an epidemic. | :00:26. | :00:26. | |
puppies close to death is banned from keeping the animals | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
Neath MP Christina Rees is named as Jeremy Corbyn's | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
But the elements aren't always so forgiving, | :00:34. | :00:41. | |
the plans to protect Newgale. A pottery class helping people | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
But despite Rob Howley's request for the roof to be | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
They coming lot, the Welsh. They always have been. They have got | :00:51. | :01:05. | |
gates, daffodils. They've got everything cost who knows. | :01:06. | :01:20. | |
An influx of new drugs is creating a serious problem in Welsh prisons. | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
That's according to the Prison Officers Association, | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
which blames a rise in the use of so-called legal highs | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
for an increase in violent behaviour among prisoners. | :01:29. | :01:30. | |
It comes as new figures show the number of ambulance | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
call outs to prisons, has doubleds over a four year period. | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
Gareth Bryer has this special report. | :01:36. | :01:47. | |
Riots last year in Birmingham prison. | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
?2 million of damage caused in just 12 hours. | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
With inmates even posing in helmets stolen from staff. | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
It is just one of a string of serious | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
incidents in our prisons, including here in Wales. | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
One of the things fuelling the problems is the influx | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
of psychoactive substances, or so-called legal highs. | :02:05. | :02:05. | |
Although they were outlawed last year, they are still | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
It is kind of like a sledgehammer blow if | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
It has just knocked the prison service sideways. | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
Steve Masterman served several prison | :02:22. | :02:22. | |
sentences, but is turning his life around. | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
He now helps people with drug problems. | :02:25. | :02:32. | |
It is quite common for people to be in prison and to | :02:33. | :02:34. | |
develop an addiction there if you like where | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
develop an addiction there if you like where they are dependent | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
Before, they may not have even heard of it. | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
It is readily available and it is the drug | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
People across the prison service has said | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
that access to these drugs, combined with a shortage of staff, | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
has led to a violent and volatile prison population. | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
It is not just the prison service under pressure. | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
Because security measures mean it takes longer to reach patients | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
in prison, ambulance staff are often tied up longer on these calls. | :03:02. | :03:18. | |
Paramedics have told me that has a significant impact on the | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
serviceability to deal with other emergencies. | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
Over four years, the number of 999 calls from Welsh | :03:24. | :03:25. | |
prisons which required ambulances doubled. | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
From around 200 in 2012 to over 400 in 2015-16. | :03:30. | :03:31. | |
Figures don't show the reason for each call, but most | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
people with experience of the prison system say it is due in part to more | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
Now there are calls for more to be done | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
before the largest prison in the UK opens in Wrexham later this month. | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
We will have a new prison that is going to be | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
opened that is going to have a major problem. | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
All of those issues require major investment, major | :03:57. | :04:05. | |
And within the Welsh society as we are, and where the | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
prisons are based, we feel that we are not | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
getting the resources that | :04:14. | :04:14. | |
are required and we call the Government to give more investment. | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
The Ministry of Justice says it has taken immediate action to deal with | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
problems like drugs and it says it is also going to spend an extra | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
?100 million a year on 2,500 extra front-line staff. | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
But it points out that the issues the prison service | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
faces are long-standing ones which wouldn't be | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
An illegal dog breeder from Ceredigion who left puppies | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
"close to death" has been banned from keeping dogs for four years. | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
31-year-old, Richard Jones, from Llanwnnen, near Lampeter, | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
was convicted of two counts of illegal dog breeding | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
and 21 counts of causing unnecessary suffering to dogs, | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
You may find some of the images at the beginning of Matt Murray's | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
These dogs were suffering with chronic skin conditions | :04:51. | :04:58. | |
and were described in court as mentally stressed as they were | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
Today Richard Jones was banned for four years and given | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
a nine week suspended prison sentence. | :05:11. | :05:12. | |
After being convicted of two counts of illegal dog breeding and 21 | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
counts of causing unnecessary suffering. | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
Jones had been running a licensed premises near Lampeter with over 70 | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
dogs breeding 40 litters a year up until 2015. | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
When the local authority decided not to renew his licence. | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
But he carried on breeding, until it was raided by the police | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
and council officers in June last year. | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
They found 113 dogs suffering in two different locations | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
and the bodies of dead dogs discovered in old fertiliser bags. | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
Jones' is extremely remote. It is in this field in the middle of nowhere. | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
There is nothing around for miles. It was here where officers found | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
dogs in complete darkness and some close to death. Months after that | :05:59. | :06:06. | |
operation, Jones has been convicted of causing unnecessary suffering, | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
you can still hear animals being kept inside this barn today. | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
Today it was ruled that the 23 dogs still remaining here will be removed | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
Linda Goodman is the founder of the animal welfare | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
campaign group, Cariad, She described it as heartbreaking | :06:23. | :06:24. | |
that the animals were still at the premises and disappointed | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
That is no justice. It is no justice for the dogs that are still there | :06:27. | :06:35. | |
and it is no justice for the dogs who have suffered and died in the | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
whole time that the council have known that we have had concerns | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
about this breeder. They were up to 70 dogs being bred from. They were | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
being sold through puppy dealers and licensed pet dogs, so no one ever | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
ready came here. No one knew this place existed. | :06:53. | :06:53. | |
But as West Wales has been labelled the puppy farm capital of the UK | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
campaigners feel more still needs to be done to stop this | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
South Wales Police has warned people to consider the impact of social | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
media messages following the death of a 14-year-old girl from Swansea. | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
Nyah James was found dead on Monday and although her death is not | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
being treated as suspicious, officers have asked anyone | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
The force says action will be taken against anyone who posts | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
abusive, threatening or insulting messages online. | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
A minute's silence has been held at a Flintshire paper mill | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
Contractor Austin Thomas was killed when he was hit by a bucket loader | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
Fellow workers at the factory held the silence | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
along with colleagues at other sites across the UK. | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
An investigation into Mr Thomas's death is ongoing. | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
Five drug dealers have been jailed for a total of 12 years | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
after they were arrested in separate raids in Llanelli. | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
Samuel Thorne, Phillip Williams, Debbie Wood, David Williams | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
and Darren Polverino all admitted drugs supply offences | :07:55. | :07:55. | |
They were caught as part of Dyfed-Powys Police's Operation | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
Panther last summer, which was prompted following a rise | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
In the past hour, it's been confirmed that the Neath Labour MP | :08:04. | :08:12. | |
Christina Rees has been appointed Shadow Welsh Secretary | :08:13. | :08:14. | |
in a reshuffle by the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
She replaces Jo Stevens, who resigned over Brexit. | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
Our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock, is at Westminster. | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
Christina Rees is the fourth person to hold this role since Jeremy | :08:24. | :08:36. | |
Corbyn became leader only 17 months ago, the fifth since the general | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
election since 2015. It is an important role, Welsh Labour's most | :08:44. | :08:50. | |
important voice. The elected MP for Neath in the 2015 general election. | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
Her background has been in the law, but she has also achieved success on | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
the sporting field. She is a former Welsh squash international. 1/100 | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
caps for country and I am told is an expert on coaching and squash. That | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
might come in useful given the current difficulties with Corbyn's | :09:15. | :09:22. | |
top table. Last night, eight MPs voted against Jeremy Corbyn's orders | :09:23. | :09:32. | |
against triggering Article 15 and triggering Brexit. -- article 50. | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
Kevin Brennan is a shadow arts minister, he was dismissed. Jeremy | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
Corbyn's approaches likely different, even though he rebelled | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
and in normal circumstances would lose his job, the signs are tonight | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
that he and other front bench rebels are going to stay in place. -- he | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
would be normally dismissed. The problems of the last year or so, | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
Jeremy Corbyn is quite short of options. | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
It's one of the most picturesque parts of the country, | :10:11. | :10:12. | |
but Pembrokeshire Council says it's fighting a losing battle trying | :10:13. | :10:14. | |
to maintain the coastal road through Newgale. | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
Drop-in sessions are being held, to explain the authority's ideas | :10:18. | :10:19. | |
on how to stop the area being cut off during bad weather, | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
On a crisp winter 's day, the three mile stretch of beach in new Gale is | :10:23. | :10:37. | |
a popular spot. It is a relaxed and peaceful scene, but the elements | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
aren't that always as forgiving. Three years ago, heavy rain resulted | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
in chaos for people using the road behind the beach. Ten people had to | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
be rescued after a bus was hit by a large wave during high tide. It is a | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
fight against the forces of nature, a fight the experts say nature will | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
win. The shingle bank behind us is becoming more unstable. Sea level | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
rise and climate change, the consultants have advised us that in | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
about 20 years, the shingle bank will become unsustainable. Common | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
sense suggests that we actually build that road, start to think | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
about building that road now. The county council is looking at a | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
number of options on show at the Duke of Edinburgh pub which has been | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
flooded itself countless times. Elevating the current road and | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
reinforcing the sea defences aren't deemed to be realistic about | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
predictions of how high sea levels will rise. The proposals is to build | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
a bridge behind this pub. Another option is a bypass the was skirt | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
around the top of the valley, bypassing Newgale altogether. Both | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
options would see the pub and surf shop being left to see nature take | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
its course. It's a shame. This is beautiful. There are not many people | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
who wouldn't agree with that. It is vital for the local community in | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
order that we can get access down here. Also, for an emergency access. | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
A few miles up the road is a wool mill. 110 years old, it is the | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
oldest working woollen Mill in Pembrokeshire. The owners say it is | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
vital it is good access to get tourists in and to get the mill's | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
products out. We've got to see something happen here. If we don't, | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
this peninsular will just cease to exist. Most of the businesses won't | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
continue to survive because most of them rely on. If there is no... | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
There will be difficulty getting supplies and here. The A487 isn't a | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
trunk road, so it is the council and not be Welsh Government that needs | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
to maintain it. A new road will take time and money. Both are things that | :12:59. | :13:00. | |
Newgale might not have much of. A sneak preview behind the scenes | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
in the Wales women camp as they prepare to take on England | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
in the Six Nations balancing To make the six Nations squad is | :13:11. | :13:18. | |
always a huge overwhelming achievement because it makes all of | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
that hard work and all of those sacrifices that we make worth it. | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
Attitudes towards people with mental health problems have become more | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
A poll run by the mental health campaign Time To Change Wales | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
suggests there's been a shift in public attitudes | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
in the last four years, with more than three-quarters | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
of people giving a positive response to questions around mental health. | :13:42. | :13:43. | |
It is more common than you may think. Out of every four people, one | :13:44. | :13:57. | |
of us will experience mental health problems in any given year. In this | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
line-up, Andy is that person. I had a breakdown in 2002. I ended up | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
getting kicked out of the house and in 2003, I found out that I had got | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
bipolar. Was it a relief with the diagnosis? It was. It was really | :14:19. | :14:21. | |
therapeutic because once I actually knew what was wrong, it made it so | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
much more easy to understand where I got from and why they had gone | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
wrong. Is there still a stigma attached to mental health issues? | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
Absolutely. It is rife. Social stigma is kind of like a leper. | :14:35. | :14:42. | |
Almost 72% of those said we had a positive attitude back in 2012, a | :14:43. | :14:50. | |
recent survey suggests an almost 5% shift. Now more than three quarters | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
of us responding positively. There is still a lot of work to do, so we | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
know from the evidence that there are areas where the stigma is not | :15:02. | :15:04. | |
shifting or not shifting fast enough. In particular problem with | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
men, an issue with people in ethnic minority communities, it is a big | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
problem amongst children and young people. One of the things we want to | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
do today as well as noting where we have got to in terms of shifting | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
stigma is to think, what do we want to do next in Wales? Pottery is one | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
of the more popular classes on offer here. A charity working with adults | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
with mental health challenges. I have autism. And ADHD. My parents, | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
they said there was nothing wrong. They would say, no, no, it is just | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
you being eccentric. It is not true. There is definitely something wrong. | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
You get depression or you feel down, it is not like just feeling down. It | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
is like the whole world has no reason to be year. There is no light | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
at the end of the tunnel and you need to get out of that. You need to | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
get out of it. I suffer from bipolar which is a hereditary condition. For | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
I was diagnosed, I used to feel that the only way I could describe myself | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
as a child and a teenager was but I felt like a Martian. Before I was | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
diagnosed with bipolar, I was very worried about people with bipolar | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
disorder. When I was diagnosed, it did make me panic a little bit. I | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
find it easier to accept people with mental health problems now after | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
being here. A change in attitudes. But it is still a work in progress. | :16:40. | :16:41. | |
More than one in five public toilets have been closed | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
by councils in Wales, in the last three years. | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
The Welsh local government Association says, "councils have | :16:48. | :16:49. | |
faced significant cuts in funding, which has impacted on public | :16:50. | :16:51. | |
Campaigners say urgent action is needed to provide services | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
for vulnerable people, such as the elderly and those | :16:57. | :16:58. | |
People who have never suffered from, or don't know anybody who suffers | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
from an illness or are reliant on toilets, don't necessarily | :17:10. | :17:11. | |
It is a big deal to be able to walk somewhere or go somewhere and | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru both ended 2016, with a small rise | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
in the number of listeners, compared with the rest of the year. | :17:22. | :17:24. | |
The latest audience figures, show Radio Wales attracted 375 | :17:25. | :17:34. | |
thousand listeners between October and December while 114,000 people | :17:35. | :17:36. | |
Rob Howley has named his side to face England for Saturday's six | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
nations clash in Cardiff, here's Claire with the details. | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
Rob Howley has made just two changes from the side that beat Italy | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
in Rome and although Dan Biggar and George North are named | :17:53. | :17:55. | |
in the starting 15, there's still a question mark | :17:56. | :17:57. | |
It is no secret that Wales wanted the roof shut, but England don't | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
agree, so it will be open to the elements come Saturday afternoon. | :18:05. | :18:06. | |
Both took knocks in Rome and Dan Biggar and George north are named | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
but not guaranteed to start on Saturday. | :18:10. | :18:11. | |
Rob Howley says he'll make the call as late as possible. | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
So I think it'll be pretty important. | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
Both players want to be part of that game as you would | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
We are giving them every opportunity, to be fair. | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
Props, Robert Evans and Thomas Francis, both | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
coming to the side after impressing from the bench out in Rome. | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
They join Ken Owens in the front row. | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
Jake Ball and skipper Alun Wyn Jones are in the second row and Sam | :18:41. | :18:43. | |
Warburton, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty make up the back row. | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
It is unchanged back line with Dan Biggar again partnering | :18:47. | :18:48. | |
with Rhys Webb at halfback and Scarlet's duo | :18:49. | :18:50. | |
Scott Williams and Jonathan Davies continue at the midfield with Liam | :18:51. | :18:53. | |
Williams, George North and Leigh Halfpenny | :18:54. | :18:54. | |
On the bench, a welcome return for Taulupe Faletau. | :18:55. | :19:06. | |
He's fit and back in the 23 and Howley knows he will need | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
They are a side playing with confidence, a huge amount of | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
And I've got no doubt that they will be ready for this | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
Wales have made no secret of their desire to play under a shut | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
In the past, it has served them well and made for a | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
England have struck the first blow, insisting the principality roof | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
Protocol says there has to be an agreement between the | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
two sides and Eddie Jones has won the first battle. | :19:40. | :19:42. | |
He has made two changes to the side that narrowly | :19:43. | :19:45. | |
beat France and he is out to unsettle Wales anyway he can. | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
I think we are bloody excited about playing them to be | :19:51. | :20:03. | |
They are a cunning lot, the Welsh, aren't they? | :20:04. | :20:06. | |
Yeah, they have got gates, they have got daffodils, | :20:07. | :20:10. | |
The defending champions arrive in Cardiff aiming to extend | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
Wales will be out to stop them in their tracks and pulled | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
BBC Wales has removed its latest promotional trail for Saturday's | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
game from social media following complaints. | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
The video which shows Welsh rugby fans struggle to answer a question | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
on "What's good about England" has been criticised online | :20:35. | :20:36. | |
BBC Wales says the video was meant to be tongue in cheek, | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
Just a few hours before the men's game kicks off, | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
next door, at the Cardiff Arms Park, the women's side will | :20:48. | :20:50. | |
But unlike the men, who can devote their time preparing | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
for their fixtures, the women's squad aren't | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
full-time players, juggling their training with other jobs. | :20:59. | :21:00. | |
Ahead of a BBC Wales documentary tonight, | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
we've had a sneak preview behind the scenes in | :21:04. | :21:05. | |
Pushing their fitness to the limit as they prepare for what could be | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
the toughest match of the tournament. | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
This Six Nations, the eyes are on the women's squads. | :21:19. | :21:21. | |
With each of the games broadcast live for | :21:22. | :21:23. | |
There's no doubt the game's popularity has | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
grown and the Wales team proved their worth | :21:31. | :21:32. | |
in their opening game of | :21:33. | :21:39. | |
the championship last weekend, beating Italy by 20-8. | :21:40. | :21:41. | |
But the next challenge is England this Saturday | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
where they kick off at 11:30 at their new home, | :21:46. | :21:47. | |
For the first time, England go into the six Nations for time | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
But the Welsh women still play as amateurs, | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
juggling training with everyday jobs. | :21:59. | :22:00. | |
Dyddgu Hywel spending her day classroom as a full-time education | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
studies lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University. | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
Juggling lecturing prep and squad sessions | :22:10. | :22:11. | |
When I'm going to get my gym sessions in, make sure | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
that I've got time for food shopping, nutrition. | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
We have got training every night with | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
Meanwhile, centre, Gemma Roland has balanced her | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
passion for rugby with a career in the Army. | :22:32. | :22:33. | |
Making the Six Nations squad, it is always a huge | :22:34. | :22:36. | |
overwhelming achievement because it makes all of that hard work and all | :22:37. | :22:39. | |
of those sacrifices that we make worth it. | :22:40. | :22:42. | |
I feel a lot of similarities when I put on my army | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
uniform and when I put on a Welsh jersey or a Welsh strip because you | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
know that you are doing something that is bigger than just you. | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
Wales have won all five of their fixtures since former Wales | :22:56. | :23:04. | |
international Rowland Phillips took charge of them last summer. | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
We have to keep progressing as a team. | :23:08. | :23:09. | |
We have to push them to the limit because a lot of | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
them probably don't know where the limit is anyway, | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
so we have to keep pushing it until we find it. | :23:18. | :23:19. | |
As all eyes turn to the Arms Park, and the | :23:20. | :23:22. | |
match against old rivals England, the hope is all the hard work will | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
And you can see the full documentary "Wales Women: Inside the Scrum" | :23:26. | :23:35. | |
tonight at 19:30 on BBC Two Wales. | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
The Cardiff Devils stunned the Belfast Giants last night, | :23:40. | :23:41. | |
to progress to the Challenge Cup final. | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
They won 5-1 to set up a final against either | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
the Sheffield Steelers or the Nottingham Panthers | :23:49. | :23:49. | |
At the home of the Devils, Wales netball team lost | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
to New Zealand for the second night on the bounce. | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
Wales got closer to the Silver Ferns last night who won 72-39. | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
Despite two heavy defeats against the second best team | :24:07. | :24:08. | |
in the world, captain Suzy Drane has hailed the occasions, | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
saying it's been a great experience for everyone involved. | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
It's been something of an east west split today. | :24:19. | :24:33. | |
but much cloudier further east, grey skies in Llandrindod | :24:34. | :24:35. | |
And it will be cold and grey again for much of Wales tomorrow, | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
but with some sunny spells, again brightest in the west. | :24:41. | :24:43. | |
Tonight it will remain cold with variable amounts of cloud, | :24:44. | :24:45. | |
the odd wintry shower in the hills, but dry for most | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
some clear skies too and a widespread frost | :24:50. | :24:50. | |
Breezy along the coast with temperatures falling | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
The reason it's so cold, we've got high pressure | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
over Scandinavia, easterly winds blowing in | :25:01. | :25:02. | |
bringing cold continental air picking up moisture as it crosses | :25:03. | :25:04. | |
Thicker cloud to the eastern side of the UK, | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
the air turning drier as it moves across the land, so the best | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
Tomorrow, early frost, then another bitterly cold day | :25:15. | :25:31. | |
often cloudy especially in the east with the odd snow flurry, | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
more likely to the west of high ground in those | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
brisk easterly winds and top temperatures of just 2C | :25:44. | :25:45. | |
That cloud could be thick enough for the odd wintry flurry | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
nearer the border - staying dry for most - | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
but the coldest night for while - down to minus 3C in towns | :25:56. | :25:58. | |
across mid Wales - even colder in the countryside. | :25:59. | :26:00. | |
Subtle changes for Saturday, more of a trough coming | :26:01. | :26:02. | |
off the North Sea bringing thicker cloud some snow | :26:03. | :26:04. | |
to the eastern side of the UK, but Wales will still see the driest | :26:05. | :26:07. | |
A widespread frost Saturday, largely dry, | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
for the odd wintry flurry further east, | :26:15. | :26:29. | |
again any sunny spells more likely in the west. | :26:30. | :26:32. | |
Should stay dry for Wales England in the Six Nations on Saturday | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
afternoon, but feeling very cold in that | :26:38. | :26:38. | |
A chance of a the odd snow flurry overnight into Sunday, | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
then similar conditions, often cloudy but dry - still | :26:46. | :26:48. | |
By Monday it will start to turn less cold, then signs of things | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
becoming a bit milder, with winds turning more SE | :26:53. | :26:54. | |
by the middle of next week, briefly feeling a bit more | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
Your mind of tonight's headlines. An influx of new drugs is creating any | :26:58. | :27:13. | |
series of new problems in prisons. It is violent behaviour in prisons | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
is increasing. New psychoactive substances which used to be classed | :27:18. | :27:20. | |
as legal highs until the law changed last year. And it has been confirmed | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
tonight that the Neath Labour MP Christina Rees has been appointed | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
shadow secretary by Jeremy Corbyn. She replaces Joe Stephens who | :27:32. | :27:33. | |
resigns over Brexit. Our next update is at 20:00 and then | :27:34. | :27:34. | |
again after the ten o clock news. | :27:35. | :27:40. |