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Our top stories: After one of the biggest railway engineering | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
upgrades in a generation, a warning that we need more | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Bird flu is confirmed in a domestic flock in Carmarthenshire - | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
a surveillance zone is in place to contain the outbreak. | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
And beavers haven't been seen in our rivers for hundreds of years - | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
A leading transport expert says Cardiff's Central Station urgently | :00:25. | :00:46. | |
needs to expand if it's to cope with predicted demand | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
which could see passenger numbers rise to 23 million a year. | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
Professor Stuart Cole's comments come on the day that the station saw | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
the official opening of a new platform. | :00:56. | :00:57. | |
It was back to work for commuters today after the festive break. | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
The train services themselves were back | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
on track after engineering and signalling works which have caused | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
First day back in work and I've not noticed | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
A little bit late getting back and forth to work over | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
For some passengers the first journey of the | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
New Year terminated at a brand-new platform at Cardiff Central. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
This is the new platform eight designed to | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
But with commuter numbers set to rise by 6% a year or | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
next decade many are saying at least two new platforms are needed. | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
With huge commercial developments and the | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
construction right on the doorstep of this | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
transport hub thousands will | :01:55. | :01:55. | |
be applied in the shiny new offices and many | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
of those extra workers will | :01:59. | :01:59. | |
At present there are 30 million passengers | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
expected to go through the stage this year. | :02:03. | :02:10. | |
By 2023, that will have risen to 23 million. | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
That rate of growth requires and it banding station. | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
If it not expanded we will get the kind of queueing | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
we have had in the past outside Cardiff Central | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
station and we will have overcrowding on platforms. | :02:25. | :02:35. | |
With room to expand in short supply, he says a | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
redevelopment of this brewery site could provide new | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
Network Rail accept new platforms are needed and are | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
We are working through options and the | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
We don't know numbers of platforms but | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
we have options and we're working closely with | :02:54. | :02:55. | |
the Welsh Government and | :02:56. | :02:56. | |
with our customers to understand what the capacity will be in the | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
For passengers, a more pressing demand is the cost of tickets which | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
rose this week by nearly 2% in Wales. | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
That was less than elsewhere in Britain, but still prompted a | :03:13. | :03:14. | |
We have seen a steady increase in fares year after year | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
All the investment into the railways is | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
The latest improvements in Cardiff will make | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
things easier for the 265,000 passengers that currently use this | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
But the expansion in infrastructure may | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
struggle to keep pace with the expansion in passenger numbers. | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
The UK Government says it is delivering | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century. | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Bird flu has been found in a domestic flock of chickens | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
The H5-N8 strain of Avian flu was discovered in a back | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
It's the same strain found in a wild duck in Llanelli | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
Teleri Glyn Jones reports from Pontyberem. | :04:00. | :04:10. | |
veterinary Officer today announced that the strain of bird flu has been | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
found in a flock of birds here. It was a flock of chickens and ducks | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
being kept in a back garden here in Carmarthenshire. The flock was cold | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
today before confirmation because there was a strong suspicion that | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
the birds were infected. Since then, a three kilometre protection zone | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
and a ten kilometres surveillance zone has been set up in order to | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
stop the spread of the disease. That is the same strain, if you remember, | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
that was found in a wild duck just before Christmas and at a turkey | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
farm in Lincolnshire earlier in December. In terms of advice, they | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
say there is a low risk to public health from the virus itself at the | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
Food Standards Agency has made it clear that there is no risk to food | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
safety. Poultry products and eggs are safe. However, the chief vet has | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
stressed that it is up to bird keepers to be responsible and to | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
practice the very highest I/O security. | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
Organisers of Festival Number 6 in Portmeirion will pay Gwynedd | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
council ?8,000 in reimbursement costs. | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
when the event's car park flooded in September. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
Council staff worked at Porthmadog leisure centre for two nights, | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
when 200 people took refuge because their cars were stranded. | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
Wrexham council is thought to be the first in the UK to collect | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
more fines for littering than for parking offences. | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
More than 3,000 fixed penalty tickets were issued in the past six | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
months as part of the council's zero tolerance approach to litter. | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
Despite claims from critics that enforcement officers | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
are over-zealous, the authority says the aim is to keep Wrexham tidy. | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
Suggestions that the Labour party's "too weak" to win a majority | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
at the next general election are "utter nonsense" according | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
Jo Stevens was responding to a report by the left-leaning | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
It comes as the incoming chair of Welsh Labour has told BBC Wales | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
the party won't make any headway while Jeremy Corbyn's leader. | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
The Gower constituency was always a rock-solid Labour fortress. | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
The party held the Parliamentary seat | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
for more than 100 years before the Conservatives won it by just 27 | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
This is the kind of area Labour will have to | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
take back if it wants to win the next general election. | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
But today's report says the party has no chance | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
of securing a majority in the Commons and it should look | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
instead to govern with the help of other | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
I'm not saying they will never get in power but not in | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
I just don't think he's the right leader. | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
We are well behind in the opinion polls. | :07:09. | :07:17. | |
But the important thing is to realise that it can be | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
What we need to do is not be defeatist. | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
We need to recognise that if we have the right policies and | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
the right attitude and the right enthusiasm we can win the next | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
20 years ago Labour knew all about winning seats. | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
Here is the then leader Tony Blair campaigning | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
in Cardiff, fortnight before his party swept to victory | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
That figure fell to 25 out of 42 years ago. | :07:48. | :07:54. | |
Before Labour's couldn't leader was elected. | :07:55. | :08:02. | |
But can Jeremy Corbyn turn things around? | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
The incoming chair of Welsh Labour told me this report is | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
a fair reflection of the party at UK level and he doesn't think Labour | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
will make any headway and the Jeremy Corbyn. | :08:11. | :08:12. | |
First of all we've got about 33% of the electorate to go for love not | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
That is part of Jeremy Clarkson appeal. | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
Can Labour win an election in the Jeremy | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
The New Year has brought familiar questions and | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
May's local elections will provide another test | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
Intervening in the natural world, or rewilding, is controversial. | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
So should an animal not seen in our rivers for hundreds of years | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
Wildlife experts in Wales are hoping to release ten beavers | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
at an undisclosed location in South Wales this year. | :08:58. | :08:59. | |
From a distance, this looks like ordinary marshland, | :09:00. | :09:11. | |
but on closer inspection, this enclosure is home to | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
It's a small project run in Machynlleth but we | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
could now be a step closer to seeing beavers in the wild here. | :09:18. | :09:24. | |
Wildlife Trust Wales has applied to release | :09:25. | :09:26. | |
ten beavers into the wild at an undisclosed location somewhere in | :09:27. | :09:28. | |
It could happen as soon as this year. | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
We have a breeding pair we hope and they are getting on | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
They are enclosed for now because beavers were not allowed | :09:37. | :09:45. | |
to live in Wales free up until very soon hopefully. | :09:46. | :09:47. | |
We are hoping our kits might be part of the | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
reintroduction programme, which would be fantastic. | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
In Scotland, following a five-year trial, | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
the government has given the species protected status, | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
meaning they are back there for good. | :10:06. | :10:15. | |
In Devo, a couple of pairs established | :10:16. | :10:16. | |
there had their kits last | :10:17. | :10:18. | |
We are getting European beavers and bringing | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
make sure they are held in captivity to make | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
not going to spread any disease and make sure | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
Farmers and anglers have raised concerns | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
beavers damage the landscape and fish migration routes. | :10:33. | :10:34. | |
The original science we were presented with | :10:35. | :10:36. | |
suggested they wouldn't build dams and travel very far but we now know | :10:37. | :10:39. | |
The evidence in Scotland is they can do | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
The species were hunted to extinction here in | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
the 16th century, but a licence for their release in the wild | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
could mark a reversal in fortunes after an | :10:51. | :10:52. | |
Natural Resources Wales said it would have | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
to consider the pact on existing wildlife and land use before making | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
Football and the man tasked with reviving Swansea City | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
watched his new side at Crystal Palace from | :11:04. | :11:05. | |
Paul Clement, the former Bayern Munich assistant manager, | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
has agreed a 2.5 year deal with the Swans who are bottom | :11:12. | :11:13. | |
Scores on the doors weatherwise - Derek's got the forecast. | :11:14. | :11:30. | |
We have gotten high pressure on the way for a Thursday. The this time | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
last night, most places were clear, cold and frosty but there is a | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
different story tonight. It is less cold because there is more cloud. | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
That is big enough for some rain and drizzle, but otherwise dry. Some | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
gaps in the cloud in the south-east. Some ground frost, but generally | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
temperatures staying above freezing. You should not need to scrape the | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
car windscreen tomorrow morning. There will be plenty of cloud | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
around. Spots of light rain drifting southwards through the morning. | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
Should brighten up later on. Across the rest of the UK, a weak cold | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
front will move southwards during the day, taking some light rain and | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
drizzle with it. You find that, blue sky, sunshine and colder air. Windy | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
on the east coast with some showers. Four Celsius in Newcastle. An | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
improving story in Wales tomorrow afternoon. The cloud in the South | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
clearing away, leaving brighter skies and sunshine. Nine Celsius and | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
dropping as that colder ever arrived and it certainly will do tomorrow | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
night. Moderate to hard frost and inverters dropping as low as minus | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
five Celsius. Maybe one or two freezing fog patches as well. The | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
frost and any freezing fog will clear on Thursday, leaving a fine | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
winter date with lots of sunshine. The capture only to Celsius in the | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
afternoon. Up to seven Celsius in Milford Haven with a south easterly | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
breeze. High pressure on Thursday but it will not hang around too | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
long. France will topple in from the Atlantic during Friday. So it is all | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
change on Friday. A dry start but we have got some rain and the way. | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
Temperatures rising so turning milder towards the end of the week | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
with some rain, but before then, some sunshine and more frost. Then | :13:20. | :13:20. | |
she very much. We're back in Breakfast | :13:21. | :13:21. | |
from 6 tomorrow morning. From all of us on the | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
programme, goodnight. | :13:26. | :13:30. |