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Welcome to Wales Today. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:06 | |
Tonight's top stories - This gifts company used | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
the Jobs Growth Wales scheme to employ a young member of staff. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
Now the Welsh Government is to halve the financial support | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
it gives to employers. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
And making a profit in Port Talbot - could the reported improvements | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
to the steel-makers' balance-sheet help save the industry here? | 0:00:20 | 0:00:30 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
The Welsh Government is halving the amount it gives companies | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
for employing young people through its main job creation | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
scheme, Jobs Growth Wales, because it says the unemployment | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
rate here has fallen so sharply. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
Their opponents say the move makes no sense, after a Summer of warnings | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
about the economic effects of Brexit. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:53 | |
Here's our Political Editor, Nick Servini. | 0:00:53 | 0:01:03 | |
It has been the most high-profile scheme in recent years, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
set up by the Welsh Government to help create jobs | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
after the recession. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
Jobs Growth Wales became a central economic policy and was designed | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
to cut youth unemployment. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
But with the overall jobless rate at its lowest in a decade, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
the subsidies being paid to firms to take on 16-24 -year-olds | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
have been halved. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
The Skills Minister, Julie James, says it is time for the private | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
sector to take its share of the risk, as recruitment | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
has improved. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:36 | |
We are continuing it, we are just not continuing it | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
at quite that level. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:40 | |
So the subsidy derisks something for the private enterprise. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
We are still derisking it a bit, but we are expecting them to come | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
halfway to meet on that, as the economy improves | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
and expansion plans continue. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:52 | |
So how do companies feel about meeting the government halfway? | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
This woman used to scheme at her gift shop near Caernarfon. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
She doesn't quite share the minister's confidence in | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
the strength of her local economy. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:06 | |
In a rural area like this, there isn't that many | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
job opportunities. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
From my point of view, as a rural business owner, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
then definitely having this kind of scheme, you know, is important. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
We want them to stay here and work here. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
If they all go down to Cardiff then they won't be here to work | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
for companies like my own. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:27 | |
The decision by the Welsh Government is in effect a huge show | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
of confidence in the ability of the Welsh economy to create | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
jobs and interestingly, the skills Minister, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
Julie James, believes the jury is out on whether a Brexit | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
will harm the economy. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
It is a noticeably softer tone than some of the warnings we had | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
from those campaigning to remain in the referendum. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
So what kind of impact will it have? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
Business groups broadly welcomed Jobs Growth Wales, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
but the data was mixed. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:53 | |
Between 2012 and 2015, the Welsh Government said nearly | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
15,000 jobs were filled. | 0:02:55 | 0:03:05 | |
An independent report last month said that in the short-term, | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
35% of those who took part would have otherwise been out | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
of work but over the longer term, it found that there no statistically | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
significant differences between the employment rates | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
of those who took part and those who did not. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Opposition parties have accused the government of sneaking | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
the decision out in the middle of the summer recess | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
and of sending out mixed messages. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:27 | |
One minute they are saying post-Brexit there are real | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
challenges to the economy and yet in the next breath, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
like this announcement today, they are saying that the economy | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
is going well, many jobs are being created, so we can cut | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
the training budget. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:38 | |
And importantly, we don't know whether this cut to the training | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
budget from 100% of funding of places to 50% is going to keep | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
that many within the overall training budget and so there will be | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
other opportunities. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
The recruitment of young people is not such a problem now. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
The hope is that it remains that way as Jobs Growth Wales is cutback. | 0:03:52 | 0:04:01 | |
It's been threatened with closure for months, but now, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
there are reports that Tata Steel's plant in Port Talbot | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
is making a profit. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:06 | |
The company announced its intention to sell the plant earlier this year, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
but the sales process is currently on hold. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
Over 700 jobs have already been cut, but the remaining workers hope | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
the improved balance sheet is a significant step towards saving | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
the Welsh steel industry. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:17 | |
Nick Palit reports. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:25 | |
Earlier this year the Indian industrial giant Tata put | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
all its British steel interests up for sale, including the UK's largest | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
steelworks in Port Talbot, which employs over 4,000 people. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
Cheap Chinese steel and high energy costs were among the reasons | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
cited as to why Tata was haemorrhaging money. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
But now, it seems the loss-making UK operation isn't | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
losing so much anymore. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:47 | |
Unconfirmed reports say they made a profit of ?500 million in June. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
In a statement, Tata said they don't disclose financial results | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
beyond normal public reporting. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
But said the management team and employees were continuing | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
to work hard to improve the underlying performance | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
of the UK business. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:09 | |
However, sources close to this business have told me that this | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
plant made a quarterly profit of ?12 million. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
We heard reports of ?5 million, ?12 million, are those the kind | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
of figures you are hearing? | 0:05:16 | 0:05:22 | |
They are the kind of figures that have been reported | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
throughout the works. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:25 | |
I think the important thing is the fact we have | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
seems to turn a corner. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:29 | |
We are making a profit. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:30 | |
We are moving in the right direction. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
The fact that we've got rid of 700 plus jobs, that is going to kick in. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
We are still feeling the effects of that. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
It has been a painful time for people. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
We are taking on more responsibility and the workforce are | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
stepping up all the time. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
That's one of the major reasons. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
Industry experts say these profits are just not enough to secure | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
the long-term future of Port Talbot. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
It's good news, but we still have challenging times ahead, I think. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
The steel industry is extremely volatile and we still don't | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
understand the implications of the Brexit decision. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
That has consequences for the industry, not just | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
in the UK, but across Europe. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:11 | |
The sale of Tata Steel's Welsh operations is currently on hold. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
They have entered negotiations with a German firm over a merger. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
The local MP says the workforce have done everything asked of them. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:25 | |
There's been some real improvements in efficiency. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
Real improvements, breaking all production records, | 0:06:27 | 0:06:28 | |
and so every single steelworker in that plant should be given | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
themselves a pat on the back today. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
They are helping to turn the business around. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
Of course, there's still room for improvement, of course, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
the five million a month, if that is the correct figure, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
is not where you'd want to be in the long term. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:52 | |
Despite the move into profit, there is still uncertainty | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
for workers in Port Talbot, but they are confident | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
that their hard work is beginning to pay dividends. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:03 | |
A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
with the murder of his girlfriend in Cardiff last week. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Jordan Matthews was arrested | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
after police were called to the house he shared | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
with Xixi Bi on Ely Road in Llandaff on Friday morning. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
Ms Bi's family, who live in China, have been told of her death. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:23 | |
Also in Cardiff, a 22-year-old woman has died after the BMW | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
she was driving crashed into a block of flats in the early | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
hours of this morning. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:30 | |
The passenger, a 21-year-old man, is in hospital with serious | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
injuries after the collision in the Adamsdown area of the city. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:42 | |
Fewer people are dying of heart disease and are being treated more | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
quickly and effectively according to a Welsh Government report. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
The annual report into the condition shows the number of deaths have | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
fallen by a quarter since 2005, to just under 9,000, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
thanks to a drop in smoking and binge drinking. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
The British Heart Foundation has welcomed the progress, | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
but says we can't afford to be complacent. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:04 | |
Coronary heart disease is Wales' single biggest killer. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
We still need to have more research into | 0:08:06 | 0:08:07 | |
treatments, translating into better services for people. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:17 | |
Welsh athletes may have won a record 10 medals | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
at the Olympics in Rio, but tonight, there are claims that | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
medal success masks a rowing crisis in sports at a grassroots level. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
One Labour AM says limited public money should be spent | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
on getting more people active, not on investments that | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
win medals for a few. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:43 | |
Tomos Dafydd has this report. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:52 | |
They are the Welsh sporting stars who broke records in Rio de Janeiro. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
Ten medals for Team GB, more than ever before. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:03 | |
Each and every athlete that has got those medals has worked extremely | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
hard over periods of time. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
Their commitment has been outstanding. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:08 | |
And the delivery of their performances when it really matters | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
in this cauldron is a testament to themselves as individuals. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:19 | |
Each of Britain's 67 medals cost the equivalent of ?4 million | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
but tonight, claims that medal success masks a growing crisis | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
in sport at a grassroots level. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:25 | |
While millions of pounds is spent on athletes, | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
there are concerns that cuts to council budgets have brought | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
local clubs to the brink. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:38 | |
It is terrific we are top of the league table for medals | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
but we are also top of the league table for childhood | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
obesity in Europe. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:44 | |
A quarter of all Welsh adults are obese. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
Our whole approach is to tackle that through sport. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
And sport is not going to reach people who currently take no | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
physical activity at all. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:59 | |
Your party is in charge, the Welsh Labour government cut | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
the budget to local authorities by 2%. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
This is a bit rich, isn't it? | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
We are in a period of austerity. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:06 | |
The funding coming down from Westminster to Wales | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
has been cut. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:09 | |
The cuts have been passed on to local councils and they have | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
got little choice but to make cuts where they can. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
They are on top of the world. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
There were not any Welsh athletes in Team GB 's gold-medal winning | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
hockey team but these teenagers, Wales' under 16 and under 18 sides, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
could change that by Tokyo in 2020. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
Sport Wales says it invests ?24 million per year in community | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
sports, three times that invested in elite sport. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:32 | |
I think there is a very fine balance. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
You have two investing talented athletes, you have to give them | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
the support and the funding in order for them to be successful | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
and they were then consequently inspire future generations | 0:10:40 | 0:10:41 | |
because they won't necessarily get the uptake and excitement | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
if they can't see their heroes doing it successfully and doing it well, | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
doing it at the top of their game. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
Big claims are often made about how Olympic success can change | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
people's lifestyles. | 0:10:54 | 0:11:00 | |
The debate over how best to spend money will only | 0:11:00 | 0:11:07 | |
intensify, as budgets are squeezed even further. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:16 | |
In football news, Leon Britton will stay with Swansea City | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
until the summer of 2018 after agreeing a one-year | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
extension to his contract. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
The midfielder has played 514 games for the club since first joining | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
on loan 14 years ago. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
Time now for the weather forecast with Derek. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
We have had a real taste of autumn recently. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
Strong to gale force winds, around two inches of rain | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
in parts of Snowdonia. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
But some will return tomorrow, with plenty of hazy sunshine | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
and some toasty temperatures. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:41 | |
Tonight, drizzly rain will spread northwards again but by | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
the end of the night, much of the country will be dry. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
And a warm night. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
Some low cloud, mist and even a few fog patches. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
Now, tomorrow morning, any low cloud, mist and fog | 0:11:49 | 0:11:54 | |
will soon disappear, leaving the whole country dry. | 0:11:54 | 0:12:03 | |
Brighter than today, with hazy sunshine. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:04 | |
Perhaps a bit more cloud in the far north and west. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
Across the rest of the UK, a warm front over Ireland | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
and Scotland will produce cloud and outbreaks of rain | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
through the day. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:12 | |
Further south though, it is a different story. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Fine and bright, plenty of sunshine. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
Hazy in the North. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:17 | |
And a big contrast in temperature. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:18 | |
Only 17 in Belfast, a hot and humid 29, 30 Celsius in London. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
And it will certainly feel more like summer, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
compared to today across Wales. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
Fine, bright, lots of hazy sunshine and some toasty temperatures. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
26 Celsius in Cardiff and Monmouth. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
That is 79 Fahrenheit, around 21 Celsius on Anglesey. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:37 | |
Alfresco weather tomorrow evening. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:43 | |
Overnight, a week, cold front will bring some cloud. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
But very little, if any rain. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:51 | |
On Wednesday, dry, more cloud around. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:52 | |
Some sunshine though in the South and it should brighten up | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
in the north and west. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:56 | |
Some sunshine in the afternoon. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:57 | |
On Thursday, the forecast is a bit more tricky. | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
A few showers breaking out. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
Some thundery rain developing. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
That will clear away overnight. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:06 | |
Tomorrow, the warmest day of the week in Wales. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:15 | |
They risk of thundery showers on Thursday. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
Finer and fresh on Friday. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:23 | |
Enjoy the nice weather tomorrow, if you can. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:28 | |
We'll be back with more in Breakfast from around 6:30 tomorrow morning. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
Until then, from all of us on the late team, good night. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:31 |