18/10/2016 BBC Wales Today

Our top stories: More money for childcare and health but local

councils and deprived communities lose out in the Welsh budget.

Police investigating the disappearance of the missing

Cardiff grandmother Lorraine Ridout search two houses.

And we've had years of Welsh Government policies trying

"Investing for today, preparing for tomorrow".

That's the catchy phrase from today's Welsh Government budget.

The Finance Secretary, Mark Drakeford, has a total pot

of nearly ?15 billion, slightly more than last year.

He explained how he plans to divide it up.

And determined to use next year for public services to plan about

difficult times ahead. The spending will be paid

for by cuts to some areas of local government,

community projects and to schemes Here's our political

editor, Nick Servini. Doctors and nurses is the game

of choice for these children at Funstop nursery in Butetown

in Cardiff and health is also With a cash injection it now makes

up almost half of the budget. A 2.5% increase this

year, or ?240 million. But where there is give

there is take, as local It's those services that keep our

streets tidy that see a cut. With inflation taken into account,

local councils budget And this is a sector that has

been hit year-on-year. But nevertheless it's the best deal

they've had for years. These children are just

starting theirs, so it's good news for them that overall the education

budget goes up by 1.3%. Although Schools Challenge Cymru,

a scheme to raise performance levels of schools in economically deprived

areas, is cut saving around ?15 million of the Welsh

Government's budget has indeed all gone and it could be good news

for these three and four-year-olds with ?10 million put towards a pilot

scheme to deliver a long-term vision for 30 hours of free

childcare a week. The cost of this childcare will rise

dramatically in future years. Who knows what these children

will be doing in years to come, but fixing the skills

gap here is a budget aim with ?111 million

put towards apprenticeships. And could these trainee builders

end up helping with big Plans for an M4 relief road

and the Metrorail scheme in south-east Wales have been

earmarked for more than ?1 billion This isn't just a straightforward

Labour budget. Without a majority, they've had

to weigh it up with Plaid Cymru So what were the reactions

from Plaid and the other opposition Often in politics we can

do more when we work across party boundaries,

when we look for that common ground. And we welcome that opportunity

to deliver together the kind of changes that the people of Wales

themselves want to see. Certainly there are aspects of this

budget that we would welcome, particularly the increase

in health spending. It is my earnest wish that this

draft budget will deliver for Welsh communities where so many others

before it have failed. But you will forgive me

if I reserve some scepticism, given that outcomes in so many

areas of public life Today's budget is really

a work in progress. Things may change after finding out

what Wales gets from next year's UK budget when the Chancellor's

favourite famous red box We'll get an idea of

what it could contain from Philip Hammond's Autumn

Statement next month. Police investigating

the disappearance of a Cardiff grandmother, missing for nine

months, are searching 57-year-old Lorraine Ridout hasn't

been seen since January Over the last few months specialist

police teams have carried out several searches of the River Taff

and the community have helped search Lorraine Ridout lives

on the sprawling Gabalfa estate, where she is well-known

and well liked. But one evening earlier this year

the 57-year-old grandmother That was the last

confirmed sighting of her. Police say her disappearance remains

unexplained and they have been Lorraine Ridout has not been seen

since 7.00pm on the 31st She popped out to see a friend

near her home on the Gabalfa estate. Today police began searching

a property here in Gabalfa and another property in the Ely

district of the city. At this house in Gabalfa's Aberporth

Road a special forensic team spent A number of items were removed,

grass was cut and officers In a statement, South Wales Police

said they were looking for clues which may help to explain

what has happened to her. It was a similar scene

at this property in the Ely district of the capital

about three miles away. It's a case of walking around

and showing our support. In the days after her disappearance

Lorraine's son and daughter helped the community and police

with the search of the river bank near her home and specialist teams

have already trawled the Taff. Friends in Gabalfa say the family

are now desperate for news. It's been ten months

and still nothing and I hope further her family's sake

they get some answers soon. I didn't know her as a friend

but she always said hello to us Detectives say they followed up

hundreds of lines of enquiry and say the family have been cooperating

fully and understand no stone must be left unturned in their efforts

to find out what has North Wales Police are investigating

allegations that the woman at the centre of the Ched Evans

trial has again been The footballer was found not guilty

at a retrial of raping The complainant was forced to move

house at least five times following the original trial,

after being repeatedly identified The children's charity UNICEF says

257 Syrian refugees have now been relocated to Wales and officials

expect more to arrive. Speaking at an anti-slavery

conference in Newport, the Hollywood actor and UNICEF

ambassador, Michael Sheen, welcomed the new arrivals,

but says more needs to be done. They are first and foremost children

and they need protection and they have a right to protection

so I think anything we can It will never be enough

because no-one can do enough when you have the greatest

humanitarian crisis since the Second World War

going on on our watch. But I hope that we will step up

and do whatever we can. Is trapping infected badgers

in cages and killing them the way Despite launching a fresh

consultation on how to deal with the disease in badly affected

areas, the Welsh Government has ruled out an England-style cull

with farmers shooting badgers. Here's our environment

correspondent, Steffan Messenger. Gwyndaf Thomas's herd

of cows is shrinking. He's lost 110 to TB this year

with more set to be This is a notice of intent

to slaughter bovine animals. All the herd had a blood test

as well, of which 75 came So there is some crossover and 85

have to go from here next week. 9,500 cattle have been

killed already this year as the Welsh Government tries

to stamp out TB in Wales. Latest figures show there has been

a 19% fall in new incidents But farmers say it's pointless

to keep killing cattle without doing something about badgers who can also

carry the infection. A trial to vaccinate them in north

Pembrokeshire was put on hold last year due to a global shortage

of the TB jab. Time then to take stock

and introduce a refreshed approach according to the Rural Affairs

Secretary, Lesley Griffiths. I am keen to build on this success

and speed up progress with a set We must focus on our long-term

objective of TB eradication. The new plans split the country

into different areas based on how In high incident areas

like Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and the border with England,

farmers will face more Farms that have a persistent

problem will be given And where it can be shown that

badgers are part of the problem, the government will consider

whether to trap, test We don't think that large-scale

killing is appropriate in Wales. We really do need to try this

minimal damage approach first. It's very serious taking out

a population of wildlife. Both farming leaders,

who had been calling for a cull, and wildlife campaigners,

who were opposed, were in the Senedd to watch

the Secretary's announcement. We realise that she is upping

the ante on a number of restrictions that we will have on some

of the worst areas in Wales so that is a challenge

for a lot of farmers. There is no one strategy,

no one solution fits all so we would work

with the government on looking at evidence-based solutions including

stricter bio-security measures. For decades bovine TB has been

ruining livelihoods in rural Wales. Several different ministers

and governments have wrestled A 12 week consultation will now be

launched to ask people's views Rugby and despite a knee injury

the Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau has been included

in Wales' squad for There had been doubts

whether players based in England would be available for the opening

game against Australia because the game falls outside

the official window. But interim coach Rob Howley said

Jamie Roberts and George North Football, and drama

at the Racecourse tonight as Wrexham's FA Cup qualifying

fourth round replay against Stamford has gone to extra time,

after two late goals But Stamford are

currently leading 3-2. Let's see what the

weather has in store. It's a bit chilly out there tonight

with a mixture of sunny spells A few showers about tonight

blowing across the country. Some dry and clear whether as well,

especially in the south-east Tomorrow, the remnants

of Hurricane Nicole will track towards Greenland and that

will buckle the jet stream with high-pressure

developing across Ireland. So tomorrow, a few showers

about in the morning. The best of the dry

weather and sunshine Across the rest of the UK it's

going to be cool and windy towards the east coast tomorrow

with some heavy showers inland. A few showers further west too,

otherwise most places dry Closer to home, a sprinkling

of showers across Wales Some places dry and there will be

some blue sky and sunshine as well. Temperatures are a little

higher than today. Tomorrow night, one of two

showers in the North. Also a few showers feeding

into Pembrokeshire. Elsewhere, dry,

clear and quite cold. Some ground frost

in the countryside. On Thursday, showers in the north

and in the far west but otherwise it's looking dry with some sunshine

and lighter winds as well. More dry weather on Friday but watch

out for a few morning mist The best of the sunshine

in parts of the west. For the weekend it's not

looking too bad. Mind you, a chilly breeze will pick

up over the weekend from the east with temperatures around

the seasonal That's Wales Today.

Thank you for watching. From all of us on the

programme, good night.