11/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

Building work on a third bridge connecting Anglesey

with the mainland, could start by 2021 if plans to ease traffic

The Welsh Government says experts will start looking at routes

There are currently two ways to get onto and off Anglesey by car

but within a few years there could be another.

The A55, which was extended across the island has helped improve

journey times but bottlenecks at the Menai and Britannia bridges

Those who've spent years campaigning for a new one say it's long overdue.

There are delays to the mainland in the morning and from mainland

If something seriously goes wrong then it does affect

Businesses like Halen Mon, a sea salt company, think the whole

island would benefit from a new bridge.

At the moment, some people don't think we have any bridges at all.

They think we have boats that cross very infrequently, so, you know,

if we have a third bridge it will raise the profile of Anglesey.

There are those who argue that congestion is only at its worst

Meanwhile, some others including businesses think road

improvements are vastly overdue but with the Menai and Britannia

Crossings already in place, would a third be a bridge too far?

Although the island's MP welcomes the progress,

he wants all options to be considered.

We need to look properly at this, have proper traffic flows

and reports, not just for those pinch points but for

Let's consult on all the options, that is what I'm saying,

we need to improve rail links, other links as well.

There were split opinions among motorists in this

When I'm shopping there's always a lot of traffic going over

the Britannia Bridge so I think it'd be a good idea.

I don't think it's bad in comparison to other places.

There are critical periods but it flows.

The Welsh government says it will explore ways of funding

the crossing and hire consultants to select the best location

A man has been jailed for eight years for killing an ex-girlfriend

51-year-old Andrea Lewis was killed in what the court heard

was a violent and protracted attack in January this year.

Rhys Hobbs pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Swansea Crown

A 19-year-old man from Llanelli has been charged in connection

with international computer crimes, blackmail and money laundering.

Daniel Mark Kelley has also been charged in connection with an attack

on a college computer system, which affected coursework

submissions and exam administration at Coleg Sir Gar.

He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month.

A protestor from Blaenau Gwent has been jailed for ten months

for taking part in clashes between far right and anti-racist

Police say Lee Finn, from Blaina, travelled to Kent in January to take

part in the protest and was caught on camera throwing objects

More than 20 people have been sentenced for taking

Victoria Thornley from Wrexham has become the first ever Welsh woman

to win a rowing medal at the Olympic Games.

She took Silver with her partner Katherine Grainger

The pair missed out on gold by just half a length

After the race Thornley said she'd dreamt of winning an Olympic medal

I think it will sink in soon but, amazing.

I think we did everything we could in that race and in quite

difficult conditions I think we did what we set out to do.

Elsewhere in Rio, the Scarlet's James Davies,

brother of Wales centre, Jonathan Davies and Sam

Cross from Abergavenny, are through to play for the first

ever men's gold medal in the rugby sevens.

Great Britain will play Fiji, after edging past South Africa 7-5

South Africa led 5-0 at the break but Team GB scored a try

They'll play Fiji in the final at 11pm tonight.

Judo, and Wales' Natalie Powell has been knocked out of the Women's

She had been in with a chance of a bronze medal, but will now

head home empty handed, after being beaten by

Cyclist Elinor Barker helped Great Britain's women's pursuit team set a

new world record. The quartet clocked a firm and its .13 seconds

in their qualification round. Cricket and Glamorgan are all out

90-13, which means they're Yorkshire beat them in the quarter

final at St Helen's to go through to Finals Day later

in the month. For Glamorgan, the long wait

continues to return there, Cardiff city have just lost 1- nil

to Bristol roaders in the first round of the E F Al Kut. Stuart

O'Keefe went off injured which most Cardiff to finish the game with ten

men having made all three substitutions.

Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's

It doesn't feel much like summer at the moment but at the start of next

week it'll be different story. Like today and mostly dry. At the moment

we have some drivel on the hills, otherwise a dry night. The wind

easing and the claret clearing after midnight. Fairly mild and those of

16 Celsius. There is a chance of seeing a meteor shower around 200

shooting stars an hour. Tomorrow morning, fine with plenty of

sunshine. A nice start to the day but later in the morning cloud will

spread from the West and that may produce some light shallows but most

places drive. In the rest of the UK windy in the north tomorrow, heavy

rainfall for the West and north-west of Scotland. That will spread

further south across Northern Ireland. Ahead of that most places

fine and dry. The best of the sunshine in the South East. 25 or 26

in London. The bad light shower in the West. Photos tomorrow afternoon

a mix of cloud and sunny spells. You may catch a light shower but many

places remaining dry. Tomorrow night a cold front will move south east.

That will bring the River for it. For Saturday a dull and damp start

in the South but this will clear away the coming dry and bright, some

sunshine and the odd light shower in the north. A mix of cloud and sunny

spells. Monday looks like a lovely day. Learn what with plenty of

sunshine and even hotter on Tuesday. Thank you for watching from all

of us on the programme, good night.