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Welcome to Wales Today - our headlines tonight:

More than a billion pounds of investment

as Prime Minister Theresa May signs off the City Region deal.

Tonight in an interview with this programme,

the Prime Minister also sets out her vision for Wales in a post

I want to see Welsh businesses able to look outside the European Union.

This clergyman says he wasn't made Bishop

Now there's a call to halt the selection process.

It was an extraordinary end to the Six Nations for Wales.

After that chaotic defeat in Paris, who s done enough to grab a spot

It's been described as the biggest ever investment

in South West Wales - with the aim of transforming

the area over the next decade and a half.

The Swansea Bay City Region - which was signed off

by the Prime Minister today - is according to its backers -

They claim it'll create 9,000 jobs, stretching

across four counties - from Pembrokeshire

The reason they swept into the liberty Stadium to sign of the

agreement that will deliver the Swansea Bay city deal. It focuses on

creating highly skilled well-paid jobs across as West Wales in sectors

like sciences, energy and advanced Manufacturing. Is city region bill

that we will find today, is a very good example of working together, a

partnership that can deliver prosperity and growth. There are 11

projects across the four counties including ?40 million free health

care and well-being village and ?5 million for a new creative hub that

will be home to S4 C. The company behind this building will be one of

the beneficiaries of the city deal. They build homes and offices that

power themselves. This could be an example of one of the buildings of

the future. Electricity comes from the integrated solar roofs and it is

able to operate even on overcast days like this one. The walls have

been designed to provide the heating of the building. This has massive

potential. If you were to build 1 million buildings like this, you

would get in the order of three gigawatts of capacity. This game

will unlock a further 60 then pounds investment, making it a business

that can deliver not just for the UK, but internationally. The city

deal was originally built as creating the Internet coast by an

Internet billionaire who was the driving force behind it. Central to

it was a cable under the Sea delivering the fastest but then

speeds from New York to Swansea. I am talking about a great big hype.

If you don't have that, you can have the longest M4 you've ever dreamt

about and it will mean nothing. That's not part of the latest city

deal. It was never reported the deal. The fifth about mutations

developments are because they are the things that will allow us to do

things like during deliveries and all of the Internet of things

connectivity. The cable is a private sector development that is a line to

the city bay. There are changes to this deal from what was first

proposed by Sir Terry Matthews. Much more emphasis on building projects.

On the one hand, some see that this has made the city deal much more

concrete. On the other hand, there are those who believe that it has

lost of part of what has made it unique. This is the strategy, if you

build it, they will come. It has been described like this around the

world so the question is, why are they doing is here? Critics point to

this other project. They were centres targeted at supporting

businesses and creating science and ecology jobs. More than half close

down with questions over whether they provided value for money. What

is important is the impact this will have on people in the region

including here on the streets. It is important it comes this far West and

they think even if it stays in Swansea, it will benefit this area.

I think we want to concentrate on shops that they are closing here.

This is the vision for what the region will look like in the future.

The real work starts now in making that a reality.

Let s have a word with our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins.

Why is this so significant? One thing is interesting is how much

private sector money has been put into this, more than twice the

amount from the UK Government and the Welsh government together. This

five G mobile technology they are talking about can really affect, if

it happens, people's lives. The instance, if you have homes they

generate their own power, that helps to tackle fuel poverty as well as

developing a new industry making those parts. Five G would mean we

could really compete in the drive towards driver less cars because the

software but that really needs about five G technology so our automotive

sector which is vulnerable at the moment, could get a new lease of

life and also in terms of health care delivery, being able to do

things through virtual reality and our life sciences sector with the

many well-paid jobs. We have also heard that the economy secretary is

changing strategy, what does that mean? It really is quite a change.

It is a nuance of words but in terms of how they will do things come it

is a big change. All most governments want to grow the economy

so you're still going to be doing that but since 2010 we had nine

charity sectors, nine industry areas that have been particularly helped

by government. That is going and instead, they are wanting to Gilles

Muller local communities that have got left behind by the policy we

have had since 2010. What does that mean in real terms? It means

spending much more money within the local community server instance, a

college would be encouraged to buy things much more from its locality,

the instance of the security, rather than going to an international firm,

going somewhere locally. His buzzword is better jobs, closer to

home, anti-things that is the answer to lifting those communities that

have got left behind as the committees along the M4 might have

prospered. There's much more for

you on the Swansea City Region Deal and what it could mean on the BBC

Wales news website. The Prime Minister also

used her visit to Swansea to urge Welsh companies to strike deals

around the world, as she insisted she would try to negotiate a free

trade deal with the rest of the EU. She also held talks

with the First Minister Carwyn Jones after he said Welsh support

for the UK could be in doubt if she did not listen

to concerns about devolution. Our political editor

Nick Servini has been speaking With eight days to go before the

official Brexit talks get underway, the Prime Minister began the Welsh

leg of a mini tour of the UK. At Swansea University, she met business

leaders to find out what they want from the process. The chip is

designed to make all of the devolved governments feel engaged as well. As

it stands, is the reason a's political position strong enough

with some speculation from within her party for an early General

Election? Clearly, huge decisions about to be made. I wonder for all

of those in Wales who have been wondering about this, are you

considering strengthening your mandate by holding a snap General

Election? Last year on the 23rd of June, the people of the UK gave the

government a mandate to go and negotiate on leaving the EU. That is

what we will deliver on and our focus is on ensuring that the

trigger Article 50 on the 29th of March, we started those negotiations

and we deliver on the mandate the British people get to the government

to leave the European Union. Will be aware that the Welsh economy is very

reliant on exports to the EU. To what extent is tariff free trade a

priority for your team now as they start the negotiating process? I

have been very clear in the objectives I have already set out

for our negotiations. We want to see a good brands of free-trade deal

with the European Union. It is something that the worst government

paper proposed, we believe we want that the whole of the United

Kingdom. We will be out there that, that's going to be the benefit of

Wales and the whole of the UK but it is not just about trading with the

EU, about trading with the rest of the world as well. I don't want to

see whilst companies, whilst businesses able to look outside the

European Union, to look to trade agreements at you will be

negotiating with other parts of the world. The Prime Minister also met

the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, in Swansea, to discuss Brexit. Some

strains have been showing in the relationship after he accused her of

having a 10-year to devolution. Today's meeting was better and more

constructive, we had a longer discussion on the issues facing the

internal structure of the UK. The public is, in Whitehall, they see

things from their perspective and they don't think about what it means

for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Today was the easiest leg,

not only did Wales propose to leave but they also want to remain in the

UK as well. There will be greater challenges ahead for her as the

Prime Minister Singh heads to Scotland to try to keep the UK

together. Companies which provide care

for thousands of people living at home in Wales say they're

desperately trying Tonight's Week In Week Out programme

reveals the increasing pressures companies are under -

including a recruitment crisis. Early-morning and Amanda is

beginning her shift as a home care. Amanda health care for former

teacher, William, who has MS. She is paid ?7 55 an hour, just above the

national living wage, and struggles to make ends meet. It is hard. You

get to see all your friends out every weekend or going for supper

with each other and you see, no, I cannot come. Amanda is one of 200

staff employed by a private care company near Bangor. They help

elderly and vulnerable people across Anglesey. The company boss wishes he

could pay staff more but insists his hands are tied because of the amount

he receives from local councils. He says his company is not in danger of

going bust, profits have been falling. We have to stop this crisis

in social care and we have to make these professional carers feel

valued. But only valued members of society, but also the bee numeration

that they deserve. Last year, they stopped providing care in Conway,

saying the money the council was prepared to pay was not enough. We

didn't think we could provide this level of service that amount of

money the company was offering. We were very, very reluctant to leave

but we had to leave. It was as simple as that. Conway Council says

it is committed to supporting vulnerable people in committees

despite facing financial challenges. The body which represents home-care

providers here is a more contract could be handed back I care

companies in Wales. What we here in Wales is a real sense of desperation

from some providers, really trying to work out how they can remain in

business on the swords of rates that they are being paid by local

councils. We asked all 22 local authorities in Wales if they had

contracts handed back and 13 of them told us they had. The Welsh Local

Government Association which represents councils recognises that

rates are being squeezed but says local authorities need further

investment. The budget earlier this month promised an extra ?200 million

for Wales. At the same time, the Chancellor announced an additional

?2 billion for social care in England. The Welsh government has

not yet decided how the extra money will be spent. In Wales, we

prioritise it as an area of national strategic importance but we are

working to put in a package of measures to be able to do with those

challenges. Amanda's working day is drawing to a close. She is among

20,000 care workers in Wales, helping people like William stay in

their home loans. But the current shortage of people like her means

there are others still waiting for home-care.

And you can see more on this story on Week in Week Out:

The Real Cost of Caring, here on BBC One Wales at 8:30pm.

A man from Cardiff who's admitted five terrorism charges was an active

member of so-called Islamic State, helping people prepare for acts

Samata Ullah, stored extremist information on a memory device -

Samata Ullah, an active and committed member of one of the most

dangerous Islamic groups in the world, so-called Islamic State. He

operated out of his house in Cardiff. Police raided the address

last year after information from Kenyan authorities. They discovered

he had been helping a secret website to help people prepare acts of

terrorism. We have to understand the dark web more because that is where

these people operate. I think we have not done a great job of

securing that area. Russia and China are better at that than we are in

the UK and America. Samata Ullah used in memory stick like this,

disguised as a cuff link, the store extremist information. It has been

described as a James Bond style device that can be bought in shops.

Police found instructional videos on how to secure a sensitive data and a

document called advances in missile guidance for terrorist purposes. At

the Old Bailey, he admitted five terrorist charges including

membership of so-called Islamic State, preparation of terrorist acts

and terrorist training. Member of his family in Cardiff didn't want to

talk about him today but police say they have been shocked by his

actions. Officers have described this conviction as a result. Samata

Ullah is due to be sentenced at the end of next month.

Lunch is good here but hospital food across the country gets

the thumbs down from a group of assembly members.

And after the Six Nations - who might be on the plane

We look ahead to the Lions tour with former Wales

There's a call tonight for the process of electing

a new bishop of Llandaff to be halted - after one of

the candidates, an openly gay clergyman, accused the Church

The very Reverend Jeffrey John made the allegation in a letter

It's an accusation the Church in Wales strongly denies.

His supporters say he was the best qualified candidate and this weekend

Jeffrey John hit out at those in the church who turned him down

for the role of bishop of Llandaff claiming homophobia played a part

Despite three days of deliberations earlier this month -

the church's electoral college failed to agree on the

When the decision was passed to the bench of bishops,

they too failed to appoint and informed Jeffrey John

he and the other candidates would no longer be considered for the role.

The reverend Martin Reynolds says the Church in Wales is very

positive towards gay people, but the appointment process

should now be stopped for confidence to be restored.

The church in Wales and bishops are not homophobic but they are part of

an Anglican communion which at its core is essentially, phobic and that

is very difficult for a church like ours which is very positive towards

gay people like myself and my husband but when it comes to a

bishop, that is a very public office and Jeffrey John has become

something of a totem to the bishops of Nigeria and Kenny and a figure of

hate and in the way, this rejection of Geoffrey is giving in to that

homophobia. Both the Bishops and Jeffrey John

have declined to be interviewed, but the Church in Wales has issued

a statement in which it strongly denies allegations of homophobia

in the appointment process saying. No time scale has been given

for the appointment, but the bishops have said they plan

to meet with the candidates. Delays in improving hospital food

and nutrition are intolerable, that's according to a group

of Assembly Members. The Public Accounts Committee says -

there's been a lack of leadership and frustratingly slow progress

on the matter. A survey in 2015 found a third

of patients said they'd being given A hospital depends on this, as much

as on this. That was the message in the 1940s and according to patients

in Newport at least, the menu today was living up to it. I got apple

crumble and custard seconds and Italy good. Personally, I would

rather have a plate full of chips that you don't get that option. It's

all healthy orientated food. Get you well and get you out. Apparently the

standard is not as good everywhere. Do you like powdered egg? I am told

on social media that in hospital, powdered egg is served. That is the

chief nursing officer being put on the spot by the Public Accounts

Committee during its inquiry into the standard of food in hospitals.

Nutrition and hydration are one of those things that is almost as

important as the medication that people receive. It is that

essential. There is a constant drive to make sure that the health boards

are doing that. On a visit to the Royal Gwent today, the committee

published its findings. They say the overall standard of hospital food

across Wales is not good enough and they blame a lack of senior

leadership and the Welsh government and within the NHS because

recommendations in a report by the audit Office in 2011 still have not

been acted on. At last report in 2011 commended that there should be

people in place on health boards in the last government to make sure

that nutrition is being improved in hospitals. They have not been put in

place. The last government says over the next few years, but should

happen. Be ten years since the original report and we think these

delays are unacceptable. The last government says it has already put

healthy eating plans in place and is considering how the food served in

hospitals can be improved further. Plenty to talk about in tonight's

sport now - here's Claire. Six Nations officials are reviewing

the alleged bite on George North and the potential breach of head

injury protocol - during that Wales coach Rob Howley,

was left to question the integrity of the game after France

replaced their so called injured prop in the dying minutes,

bringing back on Raba Slimani, one of the best scrummaging

props in the world. The biting incident

surrounding George North, is also being looked

at by an independent He has 48 hours to

decide on any action. Let's get the thoughts

of Former Wales and British Lions That game, the longest six Nations

game in history, did you make of that last 20 minute Keko it was

bizarre, I have never seen anything like it. The props going off and the

tactical substitution, that's happened all the time but never in

such a high-profile situation so things might change in that respect

but ultimately, Gergo Lovrencsics lost that game in the first 20

minutes, not the last 20 minutes. A poor performance at the end of the

day. What have you made of the six Nations and Wales so far? They

finished fifth in the table, only scored six tries? Is difficult to

judge them. Two fantastic performances at home against England

and Ireland. You thought, they have turned a corner but then they

collapsed in Scotland. Again, you're thinking, we've done well against

Ireland and the knock back that up on Saturday was disappointing. The

table doesn't lie. You have learned nothing new from the Welsh team.

We'll they can defend but ultimately, they have come up short

in attacking. They have scored some nice tries but they need to offer

more if they are going to climb up those rankings. In the back of their

minds has been the British and Irish Lions tour, I note you been doing

your homework and looking at everybody. Who, for you, as things

stand, is on that plane to New Zealand with Warren Gatland? As

disappointing as it's been, individually there's been some

standout players and a lot of the players, they went in 2013. Ken

Owens, superb turn it. He has to admit he made it onto the plane.

Leigh Halfpenny robbery sealed his place with his goal-kicking on

Saturday in Paris. But the rest of those guys, they deserve to go. Can

I ask as well about your selection, if we're looking at the Lions

playing in the New Zealand, who is in the starting 15? This will change

once players get on tour, the dynamic will change but for me if

there was a game this weekend, I have for Welsh boys.

England bias, deservedly so, they were the best team, but that team

will change. The six Nations is all about getting on the plane and once

you get on tour, that is on the starting 15 will be chosen. We will

have to see if Warren Gatland appears with you, he names his squad

on the 19th of April. Football - ahead of their crucial

world cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland

on Friday night, just one Ipswich striker Tom Lawrence is out

with an ankle injury, Liverpool's Harry Wilson

replaces him. The players have assembled

today and will travel The Cardiff Devils were presented

with their first League Trophy in 20 years last night,

having clinched the Elite League title with victory in

Sheffield on Saturday. The Devils celebrated with a 6-1 win

over the Fife Flyers and having already also won the Challenge Cup,

are now chasing a treble. There's a lot of tears in the

stands, many people waited a long time. The club has gone through some

highs and lows, like any sports club doors. We have a special

relationship with our fans and I think it's why we have been

successful, sold out every game and why it is a fun time to be a fan.

The weather is next. Today it might be the screen --

Spring Equinox but we have not seen the last of the cold weather.

Thankfully that heavy rain cleared and turned out lovely for a walk.

Tonight, showers heavy in places but Hale. Wintry on higher ground with

sleet and some snow. Some dry, clear whether as well tonight and much

colder than recently. Temperatures inland bowling low enough for a

touch of Frost and were too icy patches. This is the picture for 8am

on Tuesday morning. Might then today but feeling chilly and breezy. There

will be some dry, bright weather and blue skies and sunshine but showers

and around as well and some of these will be happy and wintry in places.

So, a colder day tomorrow with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

Heavy showers in places. Hailstones, under possible and sleet and snow in

places as well. Not much snow, most of it on high ground. Temperatures

were in today. Chilly tomorrow with some rain and heavy showers.

Tomorrow night, showers followed by a long spell of rain. Some sleet and

snow, two on higher ground. Temperatures dropping low enough for

one too icy patches. Chilly again on Wednesday. Showers in places but

some dry weather and sunshine as well. Temperatures are still below

average. Thursday, breezy with a north-easterly wind will make it

feel cold but apart from the odd shower, it should stay dry. The end

of the week is more settled thanks to high pressure. Next weekend looks

rather nice. Sunshine but gardeners, watch out for overnight frost.

I'll have an update for you here at 8:00 and again

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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